republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he cancelled the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is from a heat seeking missile fired from the jet, easily finding its ta
and at the brit awards in london, as predicted, harry styles is one of the night s big winners, with four awards, including the much coveted album of the year. the world health organisation says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. now rescue efforts are being hampered by a worsening security situation in southern turkey, there have been reports of looting and clashes between unnamed groups. more than a hundred people have been detained across the ten provinces affected by the quakes, with thejustice ministry ordering officials to set up so called earthquake crimes investigations units. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in gazientep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old
the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed to have died has passed 28,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief martin griffiths said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. the turkish vice president has said 113 arrest warrants have been issued over the construction of buildings that collapsed in monday s powerful earthquakes. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in gaziantep. minor miracles are still happening, even after all this time. a five year old girl rescued in the city of marash. in hatay, seven year old isra freed. cheers and applause ..after 136 hours under the rubble. a woman, five months pregnant, found alive in gazientep, although there s no word on how she and her unborn child are doing. no such joy elsewhere in gazientep. instead, the pain of losing a cousin, who was sleeping here when the ea
With 100% of ballots counted, Christodoulides had 51.9% of the vote and his runoff rival Mavroyiannis, had 48.1%, according to official election results. Mavroyiannis conceded defeat before the vote tally was complete.