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

Good morning. Henry Kissinger, the former 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. The celebrity diplomat advised 12 presidents, including Joe Biden. He famously reopened a relationship with what was then still called Red China, negotiating Nixon's visit, and won a shared Nobel prize for negotiating the end to the Vietnam war. But his legacy was also defined by his contempt for human rights and efforts to protect US corporate interests at all costs, with opponents across the world…