welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the last hour, the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. in a moment, i ll get the latest from our correspondent on the second balloon sighting. first, this report from gordon correra. 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
so much fear, pain and tears. and also coming up on tonight s programme. the police officer still critically ill after a gun attack in omagh three men have been arrested. harvey weinstein is given another 16 year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault. and. commentator: radford again. oh, what a goal what a goal! farewell tojohn motson the fans companion to more than 2,000 matches on the bbc. and coming up on the bbc news channel. can manchester united come from behind to beat barcelona as they battle to keep their europa league dream alive? good evening from kyiv, a place i d never been to before this time last year. 0n the eve of russia s invasion, i stood in this very spot and i presented this bulletin, as restaurants and pubs all over this city did brisk business. millions of people were just getting on with their lives. i d arrived that afternoon on what turned out to be the last direct flight from london to kyiv, and there hasn t been another one since. i
between the us and china, with claims and denials of spying. some of the thousands of victims of the nhs infected blood scandal this afternoon, the long running inquiry into the disaster heard its final evidence. and a man armed with a crossbow who entered the grounds of windsor castle in 2021 has pleaded guilty to a charge of treason. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we will look ahead to the start of the six nations championship. the first match is here in cardiff between wales and ireland. good evening. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog last week, most likely fell into the river wyre. a major search for her continues, but no trace of her has been found. the partner of ms bulley has said he will never lose hope but he can not get his head around how she has vanished. danny savage reports. exactly a week on from when nicola bulley vanished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this
Hundreds of homes evacuated. Signing away the trump legacy from the pandemic to immigration and Climate Change, President Biden orders a change of direction. Chapter one. A book at bedtime how going online has preserved those cherished moments with the grandparents. And coming up on bbc news. Its claimed uefa are considering staging the European Championship in one country instead of across the continent as planned due to the pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Were in it for the long haul. Borisjohnson has warned that its too early to say whether or not restrictions might last till the summer. Much will depend on the data. Today Public Health england is reporting that covid case rates have fallen in every region. But some scientists are warning that any easing of the lockdown before may would cause another rise. By then, millions should have been vaccinated. As our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports, 65 new centres have opened today. Queueing for the main fea
Hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 0n the eve of his inauguration president Electjoe Biden along with Vice President elect Kamala Harris have attended a Covid Memorial Service in washington, in tribute to the 400,000 americans whove lost their lives to coronavirus. National landmarks were lit up in tribute. Mr biden who will spend the night at the president ial guest house blair house paid tribute to medical workers and spoke of the importance of healing as a nation. To heal, we must remember. And its hard sometimes to remember, but thats how we heal. Its important to do that as a nation. Thats why were here today. Between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection and remember all whom we lost. 0ur correspondent larry madowo is in washington with more. The highlight of the day was that Memorial Service that joe biden and Kamala Harris attended at that reflecting pool which provided this really bea