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I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

Today, we'll start things off with the latest from the Red Sea as the Hutis launched their largest attack yet on commercial shipping vessels, demonstrating yet again why many shipping lines continue to avoid the region.

Later in the program, we'll examine the unfolding drama on Capitol Hill

as the House Homeland Security Committee

launches impeachment hearings against DHS Secretary

Alejandro Mayorkas, days after revelations

that an astonishingly high number of migrants

are being granted entry into the United States.

Then, we'll bring you the details of the chaotic scene at a house oversight hearing

sparked by an unexpected visit from the President's son, Hunter.

And finally, in today's back of the brief, top U.S. and Chinese defense officials met face to face at the Pentagon this week for the first time

since January 2020. We'll look at what was discussed and what it might mean for U.S. China relations. But first up, the PDB spotlight. In one of the most significant

confrontations to date in the Red Sea, US and UK Naval Forces intercepted a barrage of 21 missiles and drones fired by Iranian-backed

Huti forces from Yemen, as per a U.S. Central Command statement, at around 9.15 PM on Tuesday, the Hutis

unleashed an attack that included 18 drones designed for one-way attacks, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-way attacks, two anti-ship-ships missile. The intended target, of course, were the

international shipping lanes in the Southern Red Sea crowded with dozens of merchant vessels at the time of the attack.

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