Austrian Chancellor Kurz ousted after video row

Austria's parliament has removed Chancellor Sebastian Kurz from office in a special parliamentary session.

His previous coalition ally, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), and the opposition Social Democrats (SPÖ) backed the no-confidence motions, BBC News reports.

The FPO had become embroiled in a political scandal caused by a secret video, which ended the coalition.

Austria's president named Vice-Chancellor Hartwig Loger as the interim leader. .

In a televised address, President Alexander Van der Bellen said the constitution mandated all offices must be filled "even in a transitional period" and asked for some ministers to stay in office until transitional replacements could be found.

Mr Loger - a member of Mr Kurz's centre-right People's Party (ÖVP) and the country's finance minister - will serve until a new transitional government can be appointed ahead of elections expected in September.

He was appointed vice-chancellor days ago after the previous holder of the office, FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache, was sacked over the secret video.

The president will formally remove the government from office at 11:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Tuesday.