hello and welcome to bbc news. washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. 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 i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so visible. and it s now sparked a major diplom
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. we ll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but 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 i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so br
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there may well be an employment law sanction, but the court of public opinion will make its own judgement. greenwood hasn t played or trained with the squad for 12 months. despite that, some fans want him back on the pitch. if someone accuses you of something and it s not been proven, then i think it s only fair that you give him another chance, really. the optics of playing him are not good. there is a risk that manchester united could alienate their female fans and their women s team, who are currently top of the women s super league. well, i don t think i d come again, it would really, like, hurt me, it d really feel like a. it sounds overdramatic but a stab in the heart, because i love this club, it s my everything, it s where i grew up, i ve been watching it for years, i m still watching it, i m a big fan of the women s team, and like you said, top of the league and ijust think it would be a real, like i said, stab in the heart for them to do that. greenwood has said in a statem