I meet her now in the bustling Neumarkt Square in Cologne, surrounded by Christmas market stalls where locals eat sausage and drink mulled wine, and the dramas of Syria seem far away.

During the visit he was heckled and faced calls to resign from locals who demanded more aid in devastated areas.

In the Today interview, Badenoch also acknowledged the local elections scheduled for May next year would be difficult for her party, but said it was a marathon not a sprint.

In one, troops with RSF insignia are seen celebrating their attack on the town and of killing locals.

He stabbed eight other girls and a local man who had rushed to protect them.