for international aid to be sent to rebel held areas, it follows days of appeals by aid agencies. sports ministers from thirty five countries meet online to discuss whether athletes from russia and belarus should participate in next year s olympic games. hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a high altitude object flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal gave us this update. it nomia iqbal gave us this update. was revealed by1 spokesman it was revealed by the white house spokesmanjohn kirby it was revealed by the white house spokesman john kirby that around about 130 eastern time here in the