he gave the state department the very best of his leadership for the up very best of his leadership for the up his experience, his patriotism, he gave us his decency and the state department loved him for it. colin powell: paul department loved him for it. colin powell : paul was one of the architects of the iraq war. architects of the iraq war. who later said he regretted the case he made for military invasion as a blot on his reputation when the intelligence turned out to be wrong. and uefa has ruled that the england football team will have to play at least one game without fans over the chaos at wembley during the euros final. here in the uk, it s been a day of reflection as politicians paid tribute to the murdered mp sir david amess at a special parliamentary session. he was stabbed to death during a meeting with his constituents in essex on friday. in the last few minutes a remembrance service for sir david has ended. the service was held at st margaret s church, in
he was 84 years old. his family confirmed the news in a statement on facebook, saying they have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and great american. the powell family says he was fully vaccinated. they thanked the staff at walter reed national medical center for their caring treatment. powell served in multiple republican administrations, shaping american foreign policy over the last 20 years, also marking a number of firsts. wolf blitzer honors his life time of service. i will never not be a soldier. reporter: colin powell, a soldier turned statesman, made history on many fronts. the first african-american and youngest chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and later, the first african-american secretary of state. so i ve always felt strongly that you should try to solve conflicts in this world through negotiations, through diplomacy. any time we can solve a problem that way and not use force and satisfy our objectives, let s push for that.