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Trump appoints new chief of staff after midterm defeat

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Donald Trump names the immigration hardliner, Stephen Miller, as the new White House chief of staff after the Republican Party's historic losses in the US midterm elections. Mr Miller's appointment to one of the most powerful positions in Washington has been criticised by Democrats and some Republicans. Also: Paraguay's president, Santiago Peña, is impeached and placed under house arrest. Thomas Markle - the estranged father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan - appears in court over child sex abuse material; he denies wrongdoing. More than 200 Palestinian couples are married at a mass ceremony in war-torn Gaza. The American-Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv speaks to the BBC about his new movie, The Liberation. And were ancient Siberian nomads smoking cannabis?

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Photo: Stephen Miller, the newly-appointed White House chief of staff, speaking on 20th October in the Oval Office.
Credit: Reuters
6 Nov 11PM English United Kingdom News

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