Pete Hegseth under pressure after US elections
Global News Podcast

Pete Hegseth under pressure after US elections

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 6, 202626 min
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Yohatan and in the early hours of Friday the 6th of November, these are our main stories.

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We continue to see the domino effect from the democratic election wins in the US. The Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, says he'll fight any attempt to impeach him. Also, major tech stocks plunge with a trillion dollars being wiped off their value in a single day as the U.S. midterm results add to fears of an AI slowdown.

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Also in this podcast, Paraguay's president Santiago Piña faces impeachment after the collapse of a bank left millions without access to their money. And Sambo is a martial art developed by the Soviets, and now it's being practiced by blind athletes.

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