welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing each accuse the other of aerial espionage. we were able to determine that china has a high altitude ballon programme for intelligence collection that is connected to peoples liberation army. one week on after the devastating earthquake hit turkey and syria, 37,000 people are known to have been killed. the un warns the number is expected to double. everything we had was here. even my children are crying now, they are saying, everything is gone. 0ur childhood is gone.
our headlines. the us defends its decision to shoot down unidentified flying objects. washington and beijing each accuse the other of aerial espionage. one week on after the devastating earthquake hit turkey and syria, 37 thousand are known to have been killed. the un warns the number is expected to double. new zealand has declared a national state of emergency for only the third time in its history after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the country s north island on monday night. one firefighter is missing and another is in a critical conditon after a landslide near the city of auckland. several beach side communities have also had to be evacuated and dozens of relief centres have been set up across the region as gale force winds, heavy rains and flooding have left tens of thousands without power, grounded flights and damaged buildings and infrastructure. this most recent storm comes just weeks after the auckland area experience record rainfall and flooding
hello, i m maryam moshiri. you re watching the context on bbc news. washington and beijing accuse each other of aerial espionage after the us shoots down three unidentified objects in just three days. the white house says they acted in the best interests of american people and places the blame squarely at beijing s door. we know that these prc surveillance balloons have crossed over dozens of countries, on multiple continents, around the world, including some of our closest allies and partners. britain s opposition labour party accuses govenment deparments of lavish spending on hotels, dining and gifts and footing the public with the bill. a young girl is pulled from the rubble after seven and a half days, but hopes of finding more people alive in turkey