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Tillerson Sacked as US Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson is replaced by Mike Pompeo at the US State Dept. Gina Haspel appointed director of the CIA.
Rex Tillerson is replaced by Mike Pompeo at the US State Dept. Gina Haspel appointed director of the CIA.
Also in the programme: rising diplomatic tensions between Russia and the UK over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
Picture: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson boards his plane to depart Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on March 9th, 2018. Credit: JONATHAN ERNST/AFP/Getty Images
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