china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top diplomat antony blinken to travel to beijing for rare talks about covid, trade disputes and the security situation over taiwan, but mostly to calm sky high tensions. this crisis shows just how fragile re
health leaders in the uk are warning that there will be a struggle to clear backlogs and improve emergency care unless industrial action by thousands of staff is brought to an end. hello and welcome. china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top d
by internal conflict. and 18 year old juliette lamour wins $48 million canadian dollars, on her first try at the lottery. the university student says she still plans to finish her studies and become a doctor. you re watching bbc news. sportsday coming up shortly, but first: welcome to sports day this saturday night. coming up on the programme, wales blown away by ireland in their six nations opener in cardiff. scotland score one a try in a thrilling calcutta cup clash against england. it hasjust thrilling calcutta cup clash against england. it has just finished. another memorable night for scotland at twickenham. lift off for everton under their new manager as they stunned premier league leaders arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche. arsenal to make it a winning start for sean [mlle- arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche arsenal to make it a winning start for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager for sean dyche. clean sheet, 1-0, every manager
and the oscar goes to everything everywhere all at once. and it really did win everything, everywhere as the film scoops seven oscars including best film and best actress. michelle yeoh becomes the first woman from an asian background to win best actress at the oscars i m here getting all the latest reaction. brooke shields has been waiting half an hour to get into the vanity party. how ireland moved to within one win of six nations clean sweep. we reflect on all of the weekend s action. good morning. for most of us it will be a mild day with showery spells of rain. the exception is across the north of scotland, which will have snow and will be colder with gales developing. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday the 13th of march. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike which is expected to cause major disruption to nhs services. they ll walk out at seven o clock this morning in a row over pay and conditions