the australian tennis star nick kyrgios is due in court in canberra later, charged with an alleged assault of a former partner in 2021. and covid, vaccines, and those conspiracy theories we speak to the microsoft founder and philanthropist, bill gates. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the us where the defence department says it s confident a balloon spotted over montana is a surveillance platform from china. a short while ago, the pentagon press secretary brigadier general pat ryder put a statement on the us department of defence website confirming the high altitude surveillance balloon is being tracked. he added. he also said. i m joined now by peter bowes for more on this story. peter, great to get you on the show. in the first instance, what do we know about this? well, according to the pentagon, we know that the surveillance balloon, believed to be china s, has be
weighed into reports that fifa is set to allow saudi arabia s tourism authority to sponsor the 2023 women s world cup. new zealand sports minister grant robertson said fifa should consider the empowerment of women and girls when making commercial arrangements. fifa should consider the empowerment of women football australia and new zealand football have said they are shocked and disappointed by the reported deal. i m joined now by ben freeman, research fellow at the quincy institute for reponsible statecraft. thank you forjoining us. we haven t heard yet from fifa, half weak, but what are your thoughts on what s happened so far? . ~ thoughts on what s happened so far? ., ~ , ., thoughts on what s happened so far? ., ~ i. ., thoughts on what s happened so far? ., ~ ., ., far? thank you for having me. it s far? thank you for having me. it s curious far? thank you for having me. it s curious that far? thank you for having me. it s curious that fifa far? thank you for having me