Europe 1 with AFP // Credits: PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP 10:46 p.m., February 11, 2024

Defense Minister Lloyd Austin has again been admitted to hospital, the Pentagon announced this Sunday, specifying that the White House had been notified. This American official suffers from prostate cancer. 

US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, whose secret hospitalizations have sparked controversy, has been admitted to hospital again, the Pentagon announced on Sunday, specifying that the White House had been notified.

The official, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer and recently underwent surgery, was taken to a military facility in suburban Washington for what appeared to be a bladder problem, the official said in a statement. - ministry spokesperson, Pat Ryder. He retains his prerogatives for the moment, he said.