secretary sean spicer, one of the most recognisable faces of the current white house administration, has resigned. it s apparently in protest at the president s decision to appoint a former wall street banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications. however speaking to reporters mr scaramucci played down a clash of personalities. mr spicer is famous for his angry outbursts at reporters during heated media briefings, but hasn t been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation he d been sidelined. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports from washington. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump s inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama. this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguratio
good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n