Dan Mitchinson: US correspondent on Kevin McCarthy being ousted as US House Speaker in historic vote - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Kevin McCarthy has become the first US House Speaker ousted from the role.

Representatives have voted 216 to 210 to remove him- after Republican ire over McCarthy  compromising with Democrats on a stopgap deal to avoid a Government shutdown.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says it's unclear who will replace McCarthy in the role, as the Republicans haven't lined anyone else up.

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