with the united states says with a chinese surveillance balloon, roughly six nautical miles off the coast of south carolina. well within u.s. territorial airspace. the balloon crashed into the atlantic ocean, creating a debris field at least seven mile spread out in relatively short shallow water. the recovery of that debris is ongoing, including navy divers, the coast guard, and other manned and unmanned salvage feedback vessels. the fbi counter intelligence agents are also on board the recovery vessels, officials say there are plenty to learn from that debris, but added that they have also been studying that balloon since it first entered u.s. airspace in the illusion islands of alaska, on january 28th. the balloon, which had maneuverability capabilities via small motors and multiple propellers entered canadian airspace on january 3rd, for troubled self crop crossing into the united states. president biden says he gave the order to shoot the balloon down on, wednesday but o
jennifer griffin at the pentagon and the latest information about the balloon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, shannon. fox news has learned the chinese spy balloon could exit u.s. continental territory moving off the east coast in the next 60 hours. the spy balloon first flew over alaska on january 28th, exited u.s. airspace and then reemerged to cross into the continental u.s. on january 31st. passing from canada into idaho. the balloon was most recently seen flying over missouri. the balloon has changed its course. right now we assess that it will probably be over the united states for a few days. the pentagon is not buying china s apology and explanation that this was some sort of civilian research balloon that was blown off course. the spy balloon left montana airspace and moving east over the continental u.s. fox is told it was launched from mainland, china. this is a chinese balloon that has the ability to maneuver. the balloon continues to move eastwar
a chinese surveillance balloon was detected above montana. the government has abandoned plans to house asylum seekers in a pontins holiday park on merseyside. and a warm welcome in south sudan for pope francis, as he continues what s described as a pilgrimage for peace in africa. hello. good evening, welcome to bbc news. lancashire police say they believe that nicola bulley, who went missing while walking her dog, most likely fell into the river wyre. the mother of two, who s a5, was last seen a week ago in st michael s on wyre. air and underwater drones, helicopters, police divers and dogs are being used in the search. we can speak now to our reporter rowan bridge, who joins us from that area. more than a week since her family have seen her, a desperate story. explain more about what the police are saying. explain more about what the police are sa inc. , explain more about what the police are sa in. , explain more about what the police aresa inc. , , are saying. yes, it has
blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. ukraine s president has also accused moscow of terrorism after a string of russian strikes in zaporizhzhia. hours ago a new attack reportedly destroyed an apartment block, leading to several casualties. before that attack, ukraine s president said the strikes this week killed 43 civilians including 14 at this building. cnn s fred pleitgen is live in kyiv with the latest. reporter: just now, ten seconds ago, there were two very big explosions we re hearing right now. i can hear them very clearly from where we are right now. it s unclear whether or not that is incoming russian rockets or any other attack, whether or not that might be outgoing air defense rockets, unclear from our position. certainly it sort of americans with what we ve been seeing the entire morning which appears to be, to us, the ukrainian capital under full-on, massive rocket attack by there s another explosion right now. it seems as though there