Shadowing Practice: Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 10, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Welcome to Democracy Now!, democracynow .org, The War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

Republican Congressmember Thomas Massey introduced articles of impeachment against

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday for high crimes and misdemeanors.

The aid impeachment articles accuse Hegseth of violating the 1973

War Powers Resolution by continuing to attack Iran, even after both chambers of Congress ordered the Trump administration to stop.

He's also accused of illegally waging war against Yemen, ignoring laws designed to reduce civilian casualties,

overseeing extrajudicial killings and attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific,

abducting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro without congressional authorization

and suppressing the free speech rights of Democratic Senator Mark Kelly in retaliation for reminding troops not to obey illegal orders.

Congressmember Massey outlined the charges during a speech from the House floor.

Wherefore, Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution,

if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law.

Peter Brian Hegseth thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor,

trust, or profit under the United States.

It's expected the House will vote on Hegseth's impeachment Wednesday.

Only a few

Republican defectors would be needed for a simple majority, setting up a Senate trial on whether to remove Hegseth.

On Monday, President Trump said he would stand by Hegseth if he's impeached.

The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon's evacuated aircraft from a

second base in the United Kingdom due to another alleged threat from Iran.

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refueling tankers were reportedly moved from the base in Mildenhall on Monday.

Last month, the Pentagon pulled B -1 bombers out of another British base.

Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, of course, says two more ships, including a supertanker, are on fire near the Strait of Hormuz after using what

Iranian officials have called an unauthorized route.

Iran has claimed 11 strikes on ships over a 10 -day span.

The continued attacks on shipping came as Iran's foreign ministry said it could reopen the strait within 48 hours

if the U .S agrees to Tehran's list of demands.

If the U .S meets the demands put forward by Iran,

the situation in the region could see a positive shift in as little as two days,

and security in the Strait of Hormuz could also be restored.

On Monday, President Trump spoke with Qatar's prime minister, who's acted as a mediator in efforts to end the war.

After the talks, Trump claimed there was positive momentum in negotiations for a deal with Iran.

The military action doesn't seem to be a very necessary thing, but we're locked and loaded, ready to go for any reason that changes.

Israel and the entire

Middle East are protected from Iranian danger and threats, and we're seeing momentum toward the end of this conflict.

I think it's going to be ending fairly soon.

Since the U .S and Israel launched the war in Iran in February,

Trump has claimed more than 40 times the war was close to an end, that a deal was near or that the war was already over.

Democrats are continuing to build on their historic wins in last week's midterm elections as votes continue to be counted.

In Mississippi, Scott Colombe's lead over Republican incumbent

Senator Cindy Hyde -Smith has topped 2 ,500 votes with just

two batches of ballots left to be counted before a Friday deadline to certify the results.

In Colorado, Republican Congressmember Lauren Boebert is trailing in her bid to hold onto her seat.

On Monday, CNN projected she will lose the race to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired U .S.

Navy admiral who served on the National Security Council under President Biden.

On Monday, President Trump reversed his previous comment that he was absolutely willing to accept the results of the midterm elections.

Trump wrote on Truth Social, quote,

Senate Democrats could be headed for a leadership shakeup after Maryland

Senator Chris Van Hollen indicated Monday he's open to running for Senate Majority Leader when the new

Congress convenes in January.

A source close to the Maryland senator told Politico that

Van Hollen is thinking about a run after he, quote, received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode.

The door is not shut, the source said.

This comes as a growing number of Senate Democrats have called for new leadership.

or refused to commit to supporting

New York Senator Chuck Schumer for majority leader.

Joining the call is a major labor union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which wrote in a letter to Schumer on Monday,

quote, we believe this is the right moment for a new generation to lead

Senate Democrats, unquote.

Meanwhile, Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said he's open to new leadership if a challenger to Schumer emerges.

But we need to have a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas.

In more news from Capitol Hill, the Senate voted 73 to 25 Monday to take up a sweeping permitting reform bill.

It was advanced by nearly every

Republican and 22 Democrats.

Environmental groups have called the legislation a, quote, aggressive attack on federal environmental protections in order to facilitate rapid,

unregulated development of frack gas power plants, dirty fossil fuel pipelines, and expensive hyperscale data centers, unquote.

Meanwhile, indigenous leaders, including

New Mexico governor -elect Deb Haaland, argue the bill would undermine tribal sovereignty.

More than 160 health, consumer,

religious, and environmental groups are calling on Congress to instead pass the No -AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act.

It's sponsored by Michigan Democratic Socialist Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib,

who said, quote, Here in New York,

activists with climate defenders, New York Communities for Change and Planet Over Profit, protested Ananthropic's Manhattan offices for over an hour Monday.

Five of them were arrested for blocking the employee security entrance.

The protesters blasted Ananthropic's moves toward an initial public offering that could see it valued at $1 .4 trillion,

far less than previous estimates it could be worth as much as $2 trillion.

This comes after major global tech stocks fell sharply last week following the U .S midterm elections,

which sparked concerns among investors that the Democratic takeover of both chambers of Congress will mean tougher regulation of A .I.

This is activist Jonathan Weston speaking to Democracy Now! as he was being arrested.

I'm getting arrested because we're trying to stop Anthropik from crashing the global economy along with A .I.

They are not worth the paper they're printed on.

Millions and millions of lives will be affected by it.

In South Africa, the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, suffered its worst results in local elections Sunday.

The ANC won just 31 percent of the vote, though it remains

South Africa's largest party.

Its main rival, the Democratic Alliance, said it won the votes of more than one million black

South Africans for the first time.

At least 39 migrants have died after a small wooden boat

capsized off the Atlantic coast of Senegal as it tried to reach Spain's Canary Islands.

This year alone, the Spanish immigrant rights group

Walking Borders has recorded over 600 migrant deaths in the Atlantic as more people desperately flee war, famine, climate disasters and attempt to reach Europe.

This comes as at least 22 people have died while attempting to reach Greece from Libya over the course of three days.

Back in the United States, a deportation flight carrying

Iranian nationals to Iran via Pakistan was abruptly canceled Sunday morning

after at least eight Iranians had been loaded onto a plane in Mesa, Arizona, bound first for the Republic of Georgia.

The flight would reportedly have been the first deportation of Iranians since the U .S launched attacks on Iran in February.

Back in October, U .S.

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District Judge Ana Reyes ordered the U .S.

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government to give the court 24 -hour notice of any plans to deport Iranians to Iran

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or to any other country and five days' written notice before deportation is carried out.

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In San Diego, an eight -year -old Haitian boy is in federal custody after ICE detained him at a scheduled immigration appointment.

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He'd been living with his uncle since his father was deported last year.

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DHS says the uncle could not establish legal guardianship.

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Gerline Joseph, executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, said, quote, This is not child protection.

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This is state -inflicted trauma disguised as immigration enforcement.

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An eight -year -old child should be sitting in a classroom, learning, playing and dreaming about his future,

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not being taken away and re -traumatized by armed federal agents.

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His father has already been taken from him and deported.

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Now this administration's stripped him of the stability, family and community every child deserves, she said.

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The U .S.

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Supreme Court's allowing the Trump administration to resume the construction of a new border wall in Big Bend National Park

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and along more than 500 miles of the Rio Grande in Texas.

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Monday's ruling lifted a lower court's temporary injunction

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that blocked construction back in October while a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and others is resolved.

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Justice Ketunji Brown -Jackson was the only

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Supreme Court justice to dissent.

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To see our coverage of this story, go to democracynow .org.

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An estimated 6 .3 million people in the United States could

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lose their food assistance by 2029 over a new proposed policy set forth by the Department of Agriculture.

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The Republican -backed measure would toughen restrictions on people's eligibility for SNAP, that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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The policy change could also leave millions of children without access to free school meals.

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The news outlet

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New York Focus has uncovered a 2023 lawsuit in which two former

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Cornell students say the university's

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Title IX office ignored their complaints that the same male student sexually assaulted them in 2018 and 2021.

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A complaint filed by one of the students and their lawyers say, quote, at least five to 10 others are known to have been sexually abused.

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It's believed many more were abused but have yet to come forward, unquote.

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Cornell University and the male student tried to have the case dismissed, but a trial is scheduled for next year.

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The lawsuit follows another high profile lawsuit filed by Jane Doe

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in September over an alleged fraternity gang rape at Cornell in 2024,

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prompting a massive public outcry and leading to New York Attorney General Letitia James to order a new investigation.

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In the United Kingdom, the comedian, actor and podcaster Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10

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and a half years in prison for raping a fan and sexually assaulting three other women.

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The abuses occurred between 2004 and 2009 at the peak of Brand's career.

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This is Judge Joel Benethen.

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about 20 years ago Russell Brand you were becoming famous you were clever

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and in many people's eyes funny

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and charismatic you had also become a sexual predator in California

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prop 40 proposition 40 a one -time 5 percent wealth tax on individuals

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and trust with over 1 billion dollars and assets has failed to pass.

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Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom was an opponent of the wealth tax, while Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna of California was in favor of the tax.

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The progressive online magazine

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Salon is abruptly shut down after 31 years of publication.

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Salon was widely celebrated as a trailblazer for digital journalism after it was founded in 1995.

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And in Pennsylvania, the Gaza -born

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Palestinian -American writer and businessman Ahmed Moore launched a 2028

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Democratic primary challenge Monday against

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Senator John Fetterman, who's an ardent defender of Israel.

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Moore is a regular columnist at publications, including The Guardian and The Nation.

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He's running as a democratic socialist connecting U .S military aid to Israel

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and the Trump administration's war on Iran to the rising cost of living.

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This is Ahmed Moore speaking with Democracy Now! in 2024 about his family in Gaza.

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My family's experienced direct loss through the genocide.

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Most recently, my cousin's 19 -year -old son was killed by an Israeli sniper in Rafah.

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And so the urgency surrounding this lawsuit goes to the fact that the conditions are getting worse.

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The danger that people are exposed to continues, even as we speak.

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And those are some of the headlines.

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I'm Amy Goodman in New York, joined by Democracy Now !'s Juan Gonzalez in Chicago.

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Hi, Juan.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 10, 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Monday, Iran, democratic, Trump. This video has 164 sentences and 2107 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:25. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lawsuit noun	/ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/	In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
impeachment noun	/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ.mənt/	The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something.
meanwhile adverb	/ˈmiːnwaɪl/	During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
sexually adverb	/ˈsɛksjʊəli/	With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
strait noun	/stɹeɪt/	A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
deportation noun	/diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/	The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
ignore verb	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
chamber noun	/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/	The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
immigration noun	/ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/	The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.
publication noun	/ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/	The act of publishing printed or other matter.
uncle noun	/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/	The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
assault noun	/əˈsɔlt/	A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
complaint noun	/kəmˈpleɪnt/	The act of complaining.
socialist noun	/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/	One who supports or advocates socialism.
activist noun	/ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/	One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
carry out verb	/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/	To hold while moving it out.
come forward verb		To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
going forward adverb		In the immediate future and beyond.
put forward verb		To propose for consideration.
set up verb	/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/	To make ready for use.
shut down verb		To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
take away verb	/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/	To remove something and put it in a different place.
take up verb		To pick up.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has demonstrated · has acted · have called
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	would be needed · were reportedly moved · be restored

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: deportation /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/, immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, socialist /ˈsoʊ.ʃə.lɪst/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: deportation /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/, immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, reportedly /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lawsuit, impeachment, meanwhile.

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