reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince priebus has been speaking about his resignation, which he says he offered on thursday. here s some of what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, which is i have always said to him, and he was agreed with me any time either one of us think that we ne
the latest person to be leaving is the chief of staff, reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince priebus has been speaking about his resignation, which he says he offered on thursday. here s some of what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, which is and i have always said to him, and he was
disappointed with china, for not doing more to stop north korea s weapons programme. his comments, in a tweet, came after pyongyang launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile, in a month. the north koreans say it s a stern warning to washington, that the entire us mainland is now within striking distance. in response two us b 1 bombers, have conducted exercises over the korean peninsula. from seoul in south korea, karen allen reports. us b 1 bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over the korean peninsula. escorted by fighterjets as part of a drill it was a direct response to what is being seen as an increasingly belligerent north korea. the us president is blaming china, pyongyang s biggest trading partner, for letting it get this far. taking to twitter president trump said: but china s influence could be overstated. historic ties have become looser and chinese imports of north korean coal have been cut after un sanctions last year. china also condemmed
good evening from tyne cot cemetery in belgium, the final resting place for almost 12,000 allied soldiers who died in world war i. most of them were killed in the battle of passchendaele, which began here 100 years ago tomorrow. it was one of the bloodiest battles of the conflict. in all, half a million allied and german soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing, in just three months of fighting. this evening, the duke and duchess of cambridge joined the prime minister, theresa may, here, as two days of commemorations to mark the start of the battle got underway, as robert hall reports. this is a city that has dedicated itself to remembrance. the fireman of ypres have sounded the last post in summer and winter as the decades rolled by. around them, carved into the great darch of them, carved into the great darch of the menin gate, over 5a,000 names, men from every corner of the uk, who travelled across the globe to join the fight, men who disappeared in the fight, men who
in response to two long range ballistic missile tests last month. the sanctions aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. china and russia also called on the us to stop the deployment of its thaad anti missile system in south korea. from the un in new york, nick bryant reports. this was a show of ambition and menace. north korea last month testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appeared capable of reaching the american mainland, west coast cities such as los angeles and even beyond. it s this kind of brinkmanship that s intensified diplomacy at the united nations security council and led to a deal between the us and china, north korea s ally, to impose tough new sanctions. this is the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation. these sanctions will cut deep, and in doing so will give the north korean leadership a taste of the depravation they have chosen to inflict on the north korean people. every country must