British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defence minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese telecoms company Huawei, the latest of her allies to be ousted from government. "I am sorry that you feel recent leaks from the National Security Council originated in my department. "May appointed international development minister Penny Mordaunt to succeed Williamson as defence secretary, and named prisons minister Rory Stewart to Mordaunt's former role. Mordaunt will be Britain's first woman defence minister. The police must urgently investigate," Nia Griffiths, Labour's defence policy chief, said in a statement after Williamson was fired.

Source: dna May 01, 2019 21:00 UTC