Anthony Blinken said on Wednesday that the incoming president’s ambitions are unlikely to amount to anything more than talk.

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, close to the Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday, in what police called a “horrendous” crime.

Councillors were recommended to approve the plan but decided to defer the decision to give residents more time to comment.