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 diplomat antony blinken to travel to beijing for rare talks about covid, trade disputes and the security situation over taiwan, but mostly to calm sky high tensions. this crisis shows just how fragile re
with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
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
by internal conflict. and 18 year old juliette lamour wins $48 million canadian dollars, on her first try at the lottery. the university student says she still plans to finish her studies and become a doctor. you re watching bbc news. sportsday coming up shortly, but first: welcome to sports day this saturday night. coming up on the programme, wales blown away by ireland in their six nations opener in cardiff. scotland score one a try in a thrilling calcutta cup clash against england. it hasjust thrilling calcutta cup clash against england. it has just finished. another memorable night for scotland at twickenham. lift off for everton under their new manager as they stunned premier league leaders arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche. arsenal to make it a winning start for sean [mlle- arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager
father, john garang. the service was part of what s being called a pilgrimage of peace to the country torn by internal conflict. and 18 year old juliette lamour wins 48 million canadian dollars on the lottery, with her first ever ticket. the university student has got financial advice from her dad and says she still plans to finish her studies and become a doctor. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday welcome to sports day. scotland stunned england in the six nations to make three calcutta cup wins in a row. nowhere near as close to that drama in cardiff. wales are blown away by ireland. and lift off for everton under their new manager as they beat the premier league leaders, arsenal, to make it a winning start for sean dyche. fix, winning start for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1 0, every manager like those. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager like those. , ., those. also coming up on the programme- those. also coming up on the programme. great those. also co