Alex Wickham(@alexwickham):Andy Burnham has a big diplomatic to-do list in New York - persuade Trump to give Ukraine Patriot air defence missiles and up pressure on Putin - lobby him to deescalate in Iran, while urging others to follow the UK in helping Saudi against Houthis - carve out what he calls a “sweet spot” for the UK on AI amid criticism that he doesn’t have a clear policy position - convince von der Leyen to take a less hostile approach on the EU’s Made in Europe policy Huge amount of work for a PM who wanted to focus on domestic issues but is finding they are at the whim of global events With @ChaplainChloe in NY:

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Andy Burnham has a big diplomatic to-do list in New York - persuade Trump to give Ukraine Patriot air defence missiles and up pressure on Putin - lobby him to deescalate in Iran, while urging others to follow the UK in helping Saudi against Houthis - carve out what he calls a “sweet spot” for the UK on AI amid criticism that he doesn’t have a clear policy position - convince von der Leyen to take a less hostile approach on the EU’s Made in Europe policy Huge amount of work for a PM who wanted to focus on domestic issues but is finding they are at the whim of global events With @ChaplainChloe in NY: