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Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Wednesday, including US House blocking effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, COP31 leaders’ summit set to open in Türkiye with electrification in focus, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi "very productive."
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 211-204 to send a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the effort.
Republicans backed the motion 210-1 and were joined by the chamber’s lone independent, while all 203 Democrats who voted opposed it. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who authored the resolution, was the only Republican to vote against it.
Massie’s resolution, introduced Monday, contained eight articles of impeachment. They accuse Hegseth of waging war with Iran without congressional authorization, carrying out extrajudicial killings in airstrikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea, illegally seizing then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, targeting Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and carrying out an unlawful war in Yemen.
Hegseth dismissed the effort at a Pentagon news conference earlier Tuesday.
World leaders are set to gather in Türkiye’s Mediterranean city of Antalya on Wednesday for a two-day summit at the COP31 UN climate conference, with the Turkish presidency putting electrification at the center of its push to turn climate pledges into action.
Türkiye is seeking support for a proposal to raise electricity’s share of global energy use to 35% by 2035.
Turkish Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are scheduled to address the opening session at the Antalya Expo Center at 12.15 p.m. local time (0915GMT). National statements are due to begin at 2.30 p.m. and continue Thursday.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country hosted last year’s climate talks, is among those expected to speak Wednesday, along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are also expected to address the summit.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized trilateral negotiations between the US, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as "very productive," saying their diplomatic efforts are looking to construct durable security arrangements.
"There's a lot of work to be done in that regard. It's not like something that's on the verge of being solved in the next 24 hours or anything like that," Rubio told reporters at a G7 ministerial meeting in France.
Rubio said Russian representatives agreeing to the trilateral format and showing up is "good."
Canadian ultrarunner Stephanie Case has become the first woman to complete a nonstop 100-mile race in Antarctica, establishing the continent’s inaugural women’s record at the distance.
Case finished the 2026 Antarctic Ice Ultra in 17 hours, 31 minutes and 39 seconds, placing second overall, according to the event’s official website.
The race was held at the Schirmacher Oasis on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. Competitors completed 38 laps of a 4.2-kilometer (2.6-mile) circuit, followed by an additional section to reach the full 100-mile distance.
British music legend Paul McCartney has become the world's third-richest musician, with an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, according to a new Forbes analysis published Monday.
The 84-year-old former member of the Beatles, one of the most influential bands in music history, ranks behind American rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, whose fortune is estimated at $2.8 billion, and pop superstar Taylor Swift, worth an estimated $2 billion.
McCartney's wealth stems largely from decades of music royalties, songwriting copyrights, concert tours and investments, including real estate and art holdings. His music publishing company, MPL Communications, founded in 1969, has an estimated value of at least $250 million, while his Beatles songwriting copyrights generate an estimated $10 million or more annually, according to Forbes.
Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd, known for his role in the Fantastic Four films, has warned fans about online impersonation after a woman approached him believing she had been in a romantic relationship with him for more than a year.
In a statement shared on Instagram, Gruffudd said the woman approached him at a fan convention and believed she had been involved in an extramarital relationship with him.
“She showed me hundreds of AI images and videos that someone claiming to be me had sent to her. The images were explicit and disturbing,” he wrote.
Shares of US chipmaker Nvidia extended losses as a shareholder lawsuit and an independent investigation involving CEO Jensen Huang added to scrutiny of the company.
The stock traded at $171.55, down $7.12, or 4%, from Monday’s close of $178.67. Shares had fallen 4.27% in the previous session, bringing their cumulative decline since Friday’s close to nearly 7.9%.
A proposed shareholder class action filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California accuses Nvidia and Huang of misleading investors by failing to disclose his alleged relationship with a former Megaspeed executive.
US consumer prices rose 0.4% in October from the previous month, exceeding market expectations as energy, food and shelter costs increased, official data showed Tuesday.
The monthly increase in the Consumer Price Index slowed from September's 0.6% gain but exceeded economists' forecast of 0.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It did not publish annual headline or core inflation figures because the government shutdown in October 2025 prevented the collection of survey data needed for year-on-year comparisons.
Annual inflation had been expected to reach 3.9%, but no official headline figure was available for comparison with the forecast. Energy prices rose 0.7% in October, following a sharp 5.2% increase in September, according to the data.
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