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
the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscow s efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind the glass, inside court. we have had a live feed up until the last few minutes from inside and outside, if you look at the outside of the court as well. this is an appeal hearing against the charges on which he is being held. of course, we cannot predict or know what the outcome proceedings will be, but many observers and washes of court proceedings in russia points to the fact that most of the time, once people are in the judicial system, very little changes, so most verdicts, when it comes to c
2005 world champion shaun murphy said he was relieved no one was hurt. i m an expert on, they all say that we are hurtling towards problems and some commentators would even suggest that we have gone past the point of no return. i am we have gone past the point of no return. iam not we have gone past the point of no return. i am not an expert on that at all. but you only have to watch one of david attenborough s shows when he comes in at the ends and tells us how much trouble we are in, these people do know what they are talking about and they tell us that we need to be doing more. i m thankful that no one was hurt and it is, after all, just a game of snooker. well, on day four of the world championship, we have seen some snooker played. we re still in the first round. let s take you to the crucible now. this is jack lisowski taking on a player from thailand. jack lisowski is leading 3 2. he reached the quarterfinals last year. he is taking another commanding lead. he is takin