"The era of politically correct, overly sensitive, 'don't hurt anyone's feelings leadership' ends right now," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told America's top generals and admirals on Tuesday (Sep 30), slamming the diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in the military. "We became the woke department, but not anymore," Hegseth told them. He and US president Donald Trump had abruptly called US military leaders from around the world to convene at a base in Virginia without publicly revealing the reason until this morning. "If the words I'm speaking today are making your hearts sink, then you should do the honourable thing and resign," Hegseth said. Read more: https://cna.asia/4gYtLxh Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia

The United States is once again facing the possibility of a government shutdown as Congress remains deadlocked over federal funding. Democrats and republicans are debating which federal programmes to fund and which to cut, as national debt skyrockets. The US government now owes more than 37 trillion dollars. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York and Patty Culhane has the latest updates from Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #US #UnitedStates #USDebt #DebtClock #Economy #FederalBudget #Taxpayers #Policy #USGovernmentShutdown #Debt #Congress #BudgetCrisis #FederalSpending #USPolitics #AlJazeeraEnglish

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Iranian media has released a video showing the moment an Israeli attack targeted Tehran during its conflict in June, throwing cars into the air. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive