The US Senate has approved the CIA's first female director, despite her role in the spy agency's post‑9/11 interrogation programme.
Gina Haspel's confirmation in a vote follows a partisan fight among senators about the CIA's Bush‑era use of techniques such as waterboarding.
Haspel, a CIA veteran, once oversaw a so‑called black site in Thailand after the September 11 2001 attacks.
The former CIA chief, Mike Pompeo, left to become US Secretary of State.
Today, six Democrats crossed party lines to vote in her favour.
Source: BBC
