Prime Minister Theresa May has sacked Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson over a leak that revealed Chinese telecoms giant Huawei had been approved build parts of the UK's 5G network
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The Prime Minister's Office said in statement that Williamson had been asked to leave the cabinet following an investigation into the"unauthorised disclosure of information" from the U.K.'s National Security Council.
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