now on bbc news, europe s royals revealed. washington dc is the heart of the free world. let s go now to capitol hill. i m katty kay, and in more than 20 years spent here in the news business, i ve grown accustomed to thinking of this as the centre of power. decisions that reverberate around the globe are made here by politicians who proudly champion democracy: the rule of the people, by the people. we are here to assess the real meaning of the results in hundreds of races. but it s not the only way, or necessarily the best. a recent poll shows that of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. the founding fathers rejected a king, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. i am leaving washington on a royal mission, as the uk has a new king, charles iii. i want to find out how other royal families, many of them king charles relations, manage to stay relevant in the 21st century. i will be mixing in royal circles. how was it? c est bien. ..and visiting
general keane i m not sure if you can see this. we have a live shot now of this balloon going down. this balance has been taken down. that is great. it is falling from the sky. reporter: air force f-22 fighter jet shot down the fighter plane that floated down across the u.s. last week. shortly after president biden claimed he wanted to shoot down the balloon earlier was overruled. president biden: on wednesday i briefed on the balloon i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided to do that when it got over water, within the 12-mile limit. reporter: the 12-mile limit biden mentioned that the coastal states right to claim 12 miles of nautical ocean as their territory. closing the airspace around the balloon, closing air traffic from wilmington, myrtle beach and charleston airport while the balloon was shot down. militariliry official said it was the first chancer to target over the balloon while f
also meeting with british prime minister rishi sunak. the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. and james clayton explained how the in
in her speech, she said her country would give military aid to ukraine until it prevails in its war with russia. she also stressed her support for democracies around the world. now on bbc news click. although other colours of nature are available. oh, i can change the colour of my tree. we discover some highly unusual building materials. it is, in a sense, mould in here. that s the strangest case of rising damp i ve ever seen. no, the whole place is made of it. and spencer meets the man behind an icon. this is your baby. but as the ipod is laid to rest for good, we meet the robots built to break down your iphone. and also, cats big ones. a giant redwood the largest tree on earth. and this one s been laser scanned with lidar technology, capturing a sense of the endangered species so viewers don t have to physically visit california s sequoia national park to be inspired. it s beautiful. this digital art exhibition at london s barbican centre aims to get more people think
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