News anchor takes break amid Iraq claim probe

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Brian Williams has apologised for what he said was a 'mistake' Credit: NBC Nightly News

An anchor for NBC News in the US is taking a break from broadcast as the broadcaster investigates misstatements relating to his experience reporting on the Iraq war in 2003.

It comes after Brian Williams, who presents the Nightly News show, apologisedlast week after claiming he had been on board a military chopper which had been shot down in Iraq - a claim which turned out to be untrue.

In a statement posted on the NBC News website, Brian Williams said he was taking himself "off my daily broadcast for the next several days".