Brigitte Bierlein becomes Austria's first female chancellor

Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen has named Brigitte Bierlein the country's first female chancellor.

Ms Bierlein takes over as interim chancellor from Sebastian Kurz, whose government lost a confidence vote in parliament over a video scandal involving Mr Kurz's far-right ally, Heinz-Christian Strache secretly being filmed offering public contracts to a woman posing as a a Russian oligarch's niece, according to the BBC.