A report claims US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was the only Cabinet secretary to accompany Donald Trump on a secret flight out of Turkey last month. The extraordinary operation was carried out amid a credible threat that Iran or its proxies could target the president's aircraft with a shoulder-fired missile.
Trump was attending the NATO summit in Ankara on 8 July. He had arrived aboard a new Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar. The aircraft had undergone about $400 million (£300 million) in modifications before entering presidential service.
