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Direct pressure from the White House was the immediate catalyst for ABC’s decision to briefly pull the plug on Kimmel.

A UN official later told the BBC the White House was operating the teleprompter at the time, bringing their own laptops and plugging them into the UN's system.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition, including far-right figures whose avowed policy is to expel Palestinians and build Jewish settlements in their place, is intent on pulling the plug on a two-state solution.

ABC pulled the plug after Nexstar Media, one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, said its stations would not air the show "for the foreseeable future".

Swimmers are advised to protect their noses by keeping their heads above water, using nose plugs and avoiding stirring up sediment in stagnant or untreated freshwater.