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UK defence secretary sacked over Huawei leak

Gavin Williamson was fired after an investigation into a security leak.

The UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson was sacked following an inquiry into a leak from a top-level National Security Council meeting. The leak was over plans to allow Huawei access in the UK's new 5G network. Also: The US Attorney General William Barr is under scrutiny from a Senate panel regarding his conclusion of the Mueller report into Russian interference in the 2016 Trump election campaign, and we'll hear how a Chinese man failed a breathalyzer test after eating too much durian fruit.

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