and extreme poverty. hello and welcome to bbc news. us defence chiefs have identified what they say is a second chinese surveillance balloon, this time over latin america. the first balloon is floating across the us mid west. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has cancelled a trip to beijing, and accused the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china insists the balloon is a weather monitoring device which has blown off course amd has called for tensions between the washington and beijing to be handled in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us the chinese balloon that s been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it s a platform to conduct weather related research that s deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that the ball
earlier in the week. the tesla founder elon musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had funding secured to take the electric car maker back into private ownership. the former sex pistols frontman, john lydon, has failed in his attempt to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest. he d hoped his song hawaii would give him the chance to raise the issue of his wife s alzheimer s disease, but his band public image limited came fourth out of six acts. from dublin, daniel rosney reports. ladies and gentlemen, it s the late, late show. eurosong, 2023. welcome. john lydon s song was a tribute to his wife nora, who lives with a form of dementia. # remember me. # i rememberyou. and you ve been together many years. yeah, nearly 45 now. 45 and she s not so well. yeah, she, unfortunately, got alzheimer s. - and so this song from an idea from the fabulous lou here i we pieced together to try and tell the story as genuinely and real. as we possibly
charges brought against him by the company s shareholders. raise your voices against injustice the call from pope francis to south sudan s christian leaders on his first full day in the world s newest country, which remains plagued by violence and extreme poverty. and it s one of mother nature s greatest displays, flock of starlings. china has made another attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis caused by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. china insists the balloon is a weather obervation airship
at least 13 people dead and tens of thousands hectares of forest destroyed since the wildfires began earlier in the week began earlier in the week. now it s time for you, me and the big c. cheering and applause. hello, everyone. good evening. welcome to you, me and the big c live. woo. hello. i m proud founder of girlsvscancer lauren mahon. and he is steve bland, who will always be known as steve bland. if you have just started listening, you are so 2018. where have you been? but we have covered a load of topics and you might find them helpful, or a loved one might find them helpful. we ve spoke to all sorts of incredible people you can find it where you get your podcasts. we, tonight, arejoined by actress victoria ekanoye. you may recognise her from gracing the cobbles of coronation street or national favourite the royals. and since her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021, our wonderful victoria has opened up about her experience and the importance of breast health. and joi
the boss of tesla, elon musk, is cleared of fraud charges brought against him by the company s shareholders. china has made another attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis caused by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. china insists the balloon is a weather obervation airship that went off course, but washington says it s being used for spying. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us the chinese balloon that s been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it s a platform to conduct weather related research that s deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that t