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Trump backs Hegseth as he faces impeachment push
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President Trump has said the resumption of US strikes against Iran is "quite unlikely and unnecessary". He expressed support for his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, after a Republican Congressman, Thomas Massie, introduced articles of impeachment against him for waging war in Iran and elsewhere without Congressional approval. Also: President Trump says the FBI is investigating claims that Jensen Huang, the boss of the US tech giant Nvidia, had an affair with a suspected Chinese agent. He said he'd spoken to Mr Huang - who'd told him he had no idea that the woman was a spy. France has accused...
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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson and in the early hours of Tuesday, November the 10th, these are our main
stories. President Trump has backed his defence secretary in the face of impeachment articles brought by a Republican senator. France has blamed Iran for cyber-attacks that heated up hundreds of supermarket fridges and freezers last month.
Also in this podcast, Donald Trump says the FBI is looking into claims that the boss of the chipmaker Nvidia had an affair with a suspected Chinese agent and... The evidence presented in this case showed Bran to be a manipulative sexual predator, using his growing fame and power to create situations in which he could pursue women sexually,
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