western allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. drug smugglers are using submarines to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine from south america into europe. we from south america into europe. have a special re; welcome back. representatives from 50 nations are meeting to discuss further support for ukraine in germany at the moment and we are expecting a news conference from the defence ministers in the next little while and we are expecting to hear from lloyd austin and of course about the additional support for ukraine, the critical thing. the final preparations are being made so i do not think we are that far away. we were talking to the deputy director of the centre for strategic and international studies, director of the centre for strategic and internationalstudies, emily, and international studies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and i was going to bring her back but we can see that the news conference
welcome to bbc news. we start with a huge political sotry here in the uk, where the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has been forced to resign. wherever you re watching, this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult or domineering bosses. the investigation into the bullying allegations has been going on for months and a report was given to the prime minister, rishi sunak yesterday. in his resignation letter today, dominic raab claimed the inquiry hadn t been fair, calling it kafka esque, and saying the threshold for bullying was now so low, it would encourage spurious complaints, against ministers. let s go straight to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, live at westminster. talk live at westminster. about a reluctant resignation. that s talk about a reluctant resignation. that s right. dominic raab had pledged to stand down if this independent report upheld complaints of bullying against him
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
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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