US President's deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland asked to resign

US President Donald Trump's deputy National Security Adviser, KT McFarland, has been asked to step down after just three months. 

According to media reports, Ms McFarland has been offered the role of ambassador to Singapore



instead. It comes days after Mr. Trump removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council. 

Mr Bannon's appointment in January had raised fears that the circle of top advisers was being politicised.