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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has blamed Howard Lutnick's Commerce Department for failing to properly oversee the export of high-spec AI chips, as the fallout from the Nvidia scandal widens to President Donald Trump's cabinet. Pressure is building on Mr Lutnick from across the political spectrum to explain his department's actions.
Also in the programme: Another tech giant stumbles: a 24 hour outage leaves millions of Microsoft users high and dry; and how testing for subtle changes in speech could predict dementia decades in advance.
(Photo: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says some parts of the administration want more controls on trade with the firm Megaspeed. Jensen Huang was ousted as Nvidia CEO after revelations he had an affair with a businesswoman who was also allegedly a Chinese spy. Megaspeed is the firm she worked for. Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Microsoft says it's made progress fixing its services after an outage caused major problems across the world. Why is it taking so long to fix and what lessons can be learnt?
Also in the programme: does the Nvidia debacle teach us lessons about the importance of planning for a corporate succession?; remembering Dr Rizq abu Shaira, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's only remaining major hospital; and why the Pope's trip to Peru is so special.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang quits amid infidelity allegations and US national security fears; Also in the programme: the US pushes for Europe to join negotiations over Ukraine but is the bloc singing from the same hymn sheet?; and a conference in Japan tries to nail down what constitutes a decent cup of matcha.
(Photo: Nvidia logo on a circuit board. Credit: Reuters)

One of the AI industry's most important figures, the CEO of the chip-maker Nvidia Jensen Huang, has resigned amid allegations that he had extramarital affairs with a suspected Chinese spy and a fellow company executive.
What could this cost Nvidia - and the whole AI sector?
Also in the programme: a historic senate victory in Mississippi; as US negotiators meet President Putin to discuss the latest peace initiative, the people of Ukraine prepare for another miserable winter; and Manchester United sack another head coach - what does this mean for the once-great behemoth?
(Photo shows then-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking on stage during a summit in Berlin, Germany on 19 October 2026. Credit: Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

Troops carry out their first attack against one of Haiti's largest criminal gangs; El Nino in Kenya; US Congressman John Moolenaar tells Newshour there are "credibility issues" with Jensen Huang and Nvidia; and we celebrate a hundred years of the Mother Road -- America's Route 66.
Photo: Salvadoran troops operate in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 3, 2026. REUTERS/Patrice Noel