health leaders in the uk are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. hello and welcome. china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top d
the family of nicola bulley, who went missing in lancashire eight days ago, urge people to keep an open mind about what s happened to her. police in england believe she fell into a river. health leaders in the uk are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. hello and welcome. china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and
more now on the bbc having seen internal guidance to magistrates in england and wales which said they should wave through bulk applications by energy companies who want to forcibly install prepayment meters in people s homes. earlier this week, the regulator 0fgem asked firms to suspend the compulsory installation of the devices after a times newspaper investigation showed british gas subcontractors breaking into the homes of vulnerable people. the magistrates leadership executive has been approached for comment. here s our work and money correspondent noor nanji. this was the footage that thrust
sides have said they are very keen to get those discussions back on track. this was to have been a very big visit as far as anthony blinken was concerned. he was due to sit down with the president and of course there is a lot on the agenda, not least taiwan and so on there is momentum on both sides to get the visit rearranged but no indication just at the moment as to when that might happen and of course events playing out here over the next few days could either bring it forward or push it back. thank you very much for the update. courts in england and wales were told to wave through bulk applications by energy companies for the power to forcibly install prepayment meters in domestic homes, in recent internal advice obtained by the bbc. previous guidelines requiring the very careful scrutiny of warrant applications are now disproportionate .