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US Defence Secretary calls impeachment attempt a "farce"

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth defends his record after a Republican congressman launched an attempt to impeach him.

Also on the programme, the British actor and writer, David Walliams, has been named by media outlets as the celebrity who used a court injunction to block the publication of sexual misconduct allegations against him; and the winner of this year's Booker literary prize, sci-fi writer M. John Harrison on his dystopian novel, The End of Everything.

(Photo: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
10 Nov 10AM English United Kingdom News

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