mother of two nicola bulley, who s been missing for a week, fell into the river while walking her dog. and the spanish fashion designer paco rabanne has died at the age of 88. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected in the sky above the united states. china says a balloon is a chinese civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. us defence officials said they believe the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can sate. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it
moment with weather fronts toppling across that milder air but on the whole an incredibly mild night to come. these are the daytime maximum temperatures but this is how we will start the day tomorrow. cloudy and grey, thick enough perhaps for some drizzle out to the west. more persistent rain pushing towards the northern isles but generally speaking a quiet story. when we get some holes in the cloud sheltered eastern areas, some favourite spots for the warmest of the weather. 13 and 1a celsius, not has warm as today because of the cloud around. as we go into the middle part of the week, signs of a change to come. this is a cold front and yes, as it pushes its way steadily south and east it will introduce somewhat colder air as the wind direction swings round to a north westerly. ahead of the front we will see some showers, showery outbreaks of rain drifting south and east through wednesday with brighter skies behind. crisper weather to come and a few scattered showers will tu
senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of