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who departed on friday. then came the bombshell. anthony scaramucci, tapped as white house communications director less than two weeks ago, is leaving as well, saying he wants to give mr kelly a clean slate. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel has been following all the action for us. the decision came after a profanity laced tirade mr. scaramucci had last week aimed at his new colleagues. here was white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders just a short time go discussing the departure. i m going to be brief, i m going to make my remarks informal. well, he was right about that, wasn t he? it is day one on the job, and certain things are instantly clear. anthony scaramucci does not lack for self confidence, swagger or bravado. but i love the president, and i m very, very loyal to the president. this would be his first and last appearance at the white house podium. ten days later, the new communications director is gone, the white house blowing him a kiss go ....
and nuclear weapons programme. the un security council voted unanimously at the weekend for new sanctions, which aim to reduce north korean export revenues by a third. at a summit in manila, a spokesman for the regime sought to blame the us for the rising tensions. translation: is our nuclear possession a threat to the world orjust a threat to the united states? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsular as well as other nuclear issues were caused by the united states. we re firm that we ll never place our nuclear and ballistic missile programme on the negotiating table and won t budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. a north korean government spokesman. our correspondent in south korea, rupert wingfield hayes, has had rare access to an american military base on the border. a relic of the cold war on the last cold war frontier. just after dawn, i m riding the chase car as a us spy plane heads out on a classified mission ....
a thousand times over for what it calls the crime of drafting new un sanctions against pyongyang s missile and nuclear weapons programme. the un security council voted unanimously at the weekend for new sanctions, which aim to reduce north korean export revenues by a third. at a summit in manila, a spokesman for the regime sought to blame the us for the rising tensions. translation: is our nuclear possession a threat to the world orjust a threat to the united states? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsular as well as other nuclear issues were caused by the united states. we re firm that we ll never place our nuclear and ballistic missile programme on the negotiating table and won t budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. a north korean government spokesman. our correspondent in south korea, rupert wingfield hayes, has had rare access to an american military base on the border. a relic of the cold war on the last cold ....
on trade and immigration, after their first summit meeting at the white house. but there was little talk about the story that has been gripping the headlines: national security adviser michael flynn has apologised for his discussions with russian diplomats before the inauguration. our north america editor jon sopel reports. announcer: the president of the united states and the prime minister of canada. this is the neighbour just dropping by. but were there ever two elected leaders so different in style and substance than donald trump and justin trudeau? both men were on their best behaviour, because on one particular issue they are thousands of miles apart and that is whether to allow those fleeing persecution into the country. on the day after president trump signed his controversial executive order banning refugees and travellers from seven mainly muslim countries, justin trudeau tweeted this: to those fleeing persecution, terror and war, canadians will welcome you ....
but theirjoint press conference was remarkably free of any question at all about the issue hogging the headlines, the future of mr trump s national security adviser, michael flynn, who s had to apologise for his discussions with russian diplomats before the inauguration. this from our north america editorjon sopel. announcer: the president of the united states and the prime minister of canada. this is the neighbour just dropping by. but were there ever two elected leaders so different in style and substance than donald trump and justin trudeau? both men were on their best behaviour, because on one particular issue they are thousands of miles apart, and that is whether to allow those fleeing persecution into the country. on the day after president trump signed his controversial executive order banning refugees and travellers from seven mainly muslim countries, justin trudeau tweeted this. to those fleeing persecution, terror and war, canadians will welcome you, regardles ....