Newshour

President Zelensky has described talks in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia and the US as "constructive and quite substantive". Former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst assesses the prospects for peace on Newshour.
Also in the programme: impeachment proceedings commence against Pete Hegseth; and how chimpanzees learn language.
(Picture: Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan attend the UAE-hosted trilateral talks between the United States, Russian and Ukrainian delegations, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Reuters)

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)

Shares in the American AI chip giant Nvidia fall as the company investigates claims its own boss, Jensen Huang, had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. We hear from a Democratic congressman, who sits on the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, about his concerns.

Also in the programme: the British celebrity Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten-and-a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assault; a BBC investigation into the drugs gangs grooming children in the French city of Marseille; and Earth acquires a second Moon - but just for a while.

US chip giant Nvidia has said it is investigating reports that its CEO Jensen Huang had a close relationship with Alice Huang, who had been the managing director of Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed. The New York Times reported that US officials suspect Alice Huang has been working for China's spy agency to collect intelligence. China has denied allegations of Huang being a Chinese spy, calling the allegations "entirely groundless, speculative and intended to smear and malign China."
Also on the programme: a special report from France, on how Marseille's drug gang the DZ Mafia is increasingly relying on children; and how a cruise ship pianist fell overboard and survived in the sea for nine hours.
(Photo: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gestures on the day of the Invest in Germany Summit in Berlin, Germany. Credit: Reuters/Lisi Niesner)

The man tasked with forming Israel's next administration, Gadi Eisenkot, has said he plans to establish a national emergency government which could include the party of prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
Also in the programme: The Sudanese army says it has captured Ahmad Haroun, who's accused of playing a leading role in war crimes committed in Darfur; and we hear from Lina Attalah, the prominent editor-in-chief of the Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr, who has been released from detention
(Photo: Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, speaks following the exit poll on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 28, 2026. Credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen.)