First Thing: Henry Kissinger, US foreign policy giant, dies aged 100

Former secretary of state under Richard Nixon became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century. Plus, what's happening on the first day of Cop28

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Henry Kissinger, the secretary of state under Richard Nixon who became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century, has died aged 100.

How are people responding? Tributes poured in from prominent US officials after the news of his death. George W Bush said the US had lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs", while Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, said Kissinger was endlessly generous with the wisdom gained over the course of an extraordinary life". Some on social media were more damning, referencing the victims of his bombing campaigns such as in Cambodia during the Vietnam war.

Read our obituary of Kissinger