The State Department in the United States is firing 1,300 career diplomats and civil servants in line with a dramatic reorganisation plan initiated by the Donald Trump administration earlier this year.

In connection with the departmental reorganization … the department is streamlining domestic operations to focus on diplomatic priorities.”

The U.S. State Department will start firing more than 1,350 U.S-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its U.S. diplomatic corps,