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Trump Fires Rex Tillerson
President Trump fires Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State
US President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, naming CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement. The president also nominated Gina Haspel to become the first female director of the CIA. We hear from our correspondent on the latest reaction to the surprise announcement.
Also we hear about President Trump's expected visit to inspect prototypes of the border wall with Mexico. And we get the latest from South Africa as the inquiry into the national power company Eskom gets underway.
(Photo: Rex Tillerson / Credit: Jonathan Ernst / AFP / Getty Images)
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Tue 13 Mar 201817:06GMT
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