Donald Trump sacks Security Adviser John Bolton, tweets his 'services no longer needed'

President Donald Trump says has sacked his national security adviser John Bolton, telling him his services are "no longer needed".

But Mr Bolton gave his own version of events, saying he had resigned.

Mr Trump and Mr Bolton, a foreign policy hawk, had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and other global challenges.

Most recently Mr Bolton opposed the president's now-scrapped plan to bring Taliban negotiators to Camp David.

Mr Trump tweeted: "I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House.

"I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning.

"I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week."

Mr Bolton responded afterwards, posting on Twitter: "I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, 'Let's talk about it tomorrow'."

And Fox News host Brian Kilmeade said live on air that he received a text from Mr Bolton, which said: "Let's be clear, I resigned."

Iran then claimed credit for the sacking, with one of President Hassan Rouhani's adviser's saying it was the result of Iran's resistance to Mr Trump's maximum pressure campaign.

Hesameddin Ashena claimed the move is a sign of Iran's ability to manage US policies.

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