Mike Waltz confirmed as new US Ambassador to the UN

After months of postponement, the Senate confirmed Mike Waltz as the next US ambassador to the UN. The vote, with 47 votes in favour and 43 against, comes just days before world leaders gather next week in New York for the annual UN General Assembly.

The role of ambassador to the UN - the last member of Donald Trump's cabinet to be confirmed - has been vacant for eight months, leaving the US without a high-level representative on a major world stage.