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The ice bab, we call it the ace thing.
One glass ceiling does get cracked.
The White House will have its first female chief of staff.
Also ahead, Israel scrambles El Al aircraft to retrieve Maccabee Tel Aviv fans from Amsterdam after antisemitic violence.
Later in the show, unabated anger in Spain over the response to recent floods.
And a look at what went right with election security as America voted.
Plus, we'll wrap up the latest news from the world of cinema.
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US President elect Donald Trump has named his first significant pick to his new administration.
His White House chief of staff will be his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, who will be the first woman to hold that role.
In an interregnum of uncharacteristic silence from Trump, speculation is naturally growing about who who is being lined up to fill out his cabinet.
Names being floated include former CIA director Mike Pompeo, possibly as secretary of defence, and Robert F.