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
of the independence hero, john garang. 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 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. and 18 year old juliette lamour has won $a 48 million canadian, on the gold ball lotteryjackpot, on her first try, but she still plans to finish her university studies and become a doctor. china has called for a cool headed handling of the dispute about a chinese spy balloon that s been seen over the united states. a senior chinese foreign ministry official has spoken with the us secretary of state antony blinken by phone, after he cancelled his trip to the country this weekend. presidentjoe biden says the united states is, in his words, going to take care of the balloon. beijing i
Hostages are released. Israeli forces went into rafah on monday night in defiance of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Qatar has called for International Intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. We know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. This really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. And the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. Now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. Its the first time weve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. And it really does reflect, i think, the lev
Of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un Secretary General, antonio guterres, has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Qatar has called for International Intervention to prevent the city from being invaded. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem. We know that for weeks now the us has been warning israel against a full scale offensive of rafah. This really because of the high numbers of displaced people who are living in that city, crammed up next to the border with egypt. And the us had been talking to israel about more limited options for going in there to tackle the hamas presence. Now, this does look to be a really significant development, the idea that a us shipment has been halted to israel. Its the first time weve heard of such a thing in seven months of war. And it really does reflect, i think, the level of us concerns about this operation, in particular. We understand that the ship
deliberately? deliberately? well, of course there s a lot deliberately? well, of course there s a lot of deliberately? well, of course there s a lot of speculation i deliberately? well, of course - there s a lot of speculation about that. ijust listened to secretary pompeo saying that the chinese are too capable to make a mistake. this reminds me of when i was the deputy assistant secretary of state in the clinton administration. the united states and nato accidentally bombed the chinese embassy in belgrade. people in china were certain that it must have been intentional because the us was too capable to make such a mistake. and to this very day most people in china and certainly the chinese government believed that the clinton administration intentionally bombed the chinese embassy in belgrade. so, these accidents happen and the two countries view one