hello and welcome to bbc news. us defence chiefs have identified what they say is a second chinese surveillance balloon, this time over latin america. the first balloon is floating across the us mid west. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has cancelled a trip to beijing, and accused the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china insists the balloon is a weather monitoring device which has blown off course. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this spec on this guy could be spying on the us. the chinese balloon that has been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it is a platform to conduct weather related research that has deviated from its root. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that the balloon is being used for surveillance. and defence officials now say there is a second balloon. we have seen reports of a balloon tran
of the united states. there ve been powerful tornadoes in the southern state of arkansas, killing three people and injuring twenty others. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. city s best ever performance under pep according to guardiola after a 4 1win against rivals liverpool. whatever city do arsenal seem equal to, with striker gabrieljesus back among the scorers. it s heartbreak for harlequins as they leave their comeback too late against stormers in rugby union s champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. after a difficult start to the formula one season, british drivers george russell and lewis hamilton are on the up down under. and it s all on the line for anthonyjoshua win or bust for him againstjermaine franklin at the 02 tonight. welcome to sportsday. it s been packed day back in the premier league today with plenty of goals to savour as the action resumed after the international break. manch
elon musk tweets let the good times roll after he buys social media giant twitter for more than a0 billion dollars, and clears out top executives. # .balls of fire!# and jerry lee lewis, a leading figure of rock and roll whose life was marred by scandal and violence has died at the age of 87. the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks although he did not give a date. back in may, for the first time the nationalist party sinn fein won the largest number of seats in the stormont assembly. but the biggest unionist party the dup has refused to restore power sharing, because it says northern ireland s place in the uk has been undermined by the post brexit trade deal signed by boris johnson. that dea
tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w