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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 26th, 2026: Xi Purges Top General For ‘Leaking Nuclear Secrets’ & Ukraine Left In The Dark

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—a major shakeup inside Beijing, as Xi Jinping purges China’s top general amid allegations he leaked nuclear weapons secrets to the United States. We’ll break down what this stunning move reveals about growing paranoia, internal power struggles, and instability at the very top of the Chinese Communist Party. Later in the show—even as Ukrainian and Russian officials met to discuss peace, Moscow pressed its campaign against civilians, launching air attacks that knocked out power for more than one million Ukrainians. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://joindeleteme.com/PDB and use promocode PDB at checkout. American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.orgAPR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-885-1881 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.2

It's Monday, the 26th of January.

0:46.6

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

0:49.7

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

0:51.9

All right, let's get briefed.

0:59.7

First up, a major shakeup inside Beijing, as Xi Jinping purges China's top general amid allegations that he leaked nuclear weapons secrets to the U.S. I'll have those details.

1:04.8

Later in the show, even as Ukrainian and Russian officials met to discuss peace, Moscow

1:10.0

continued its assault, launching air attacks

1:12.7

and knocked out power for more than one million Ukrainian civilians. But first, today's afternoon

1:18.5

spotlight. We're following up on a story we first touched on in this weekend's PDB situation report,

1:23.6

and now the picture coming out of Beijing is far clearer and far more serious. China has

1:30.2

purged one of the most powerful figures in its military leadership. Zhang Yohsiah, China's highest-ranking

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