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
But playing over 2,500 metres above sea level, using different balls and on a clay surface means it s going to be very difficult for them to try to reach september s group stage. and that is all the sport for now. we will have more for you on the bbc news channel a little bit later. thank you. spanish born fashion designer paco rabanne has died at the age of 88. his death was confirmed by a spokesperson for spanish group puig, which controls the paco rabanne label he left two decades ago. he made his name with space age designs in the 1960s, made jewellery for givenchy and dior and was also a successful perfume maker. let s speak now to vanessa friedman. she s the fashion director and chief fashion critic for the new york times.