kamala harris, his current deputy, will be running for another term as vice president. it all comes four years to the day since he first announced he was running for the white house at the last election. personal freedom is fundamental to us as americans. there is nothing more important, nothing more sacred. that has been the work of my first term, to fight for our democracy. this should not be a red and blue issue. to protect our rights, to make sure everyone in this country is treated equally, and that everyone is given a fair shot. but around the country, maga extremists are lining up to take out our most bedrock freedoms. cutting social security that you have paid for, cutting taxes for the wealthy, dictating what health care decisions women can take, banning books, and telling people who they can love. all making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. live to new york with cbs correspondentjarred hill. so, correspondent jarred hill. the so, correspondentjarred hil
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
welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine, because, for the second time in a week, there have been explosions in crimea. it s not yet clear who is responsible for them. there were explosions at a russian military base there. a separate fire also broke out at a power substation, and a railway was damaged. crimea has a russian appointed local governor. he spoke after the explosion happened. translation: as of now, the information we have i is that two people were injured. one man was hit by a shrapnel fragment, the other wounded person was buried under a wall. i ve ordered 5km to be closed off. evacuation of all civilians within this 5km zone is under way. earlier this week, there was this other explosion this was on tuesday at an airfield. it s reported that destroyed at least seven russian aircraft. let s remind ourselves why crimea is important. russia illegally invaded it in 2014 and has occupied it since. since russia s invasion of ukraine this year, its
election. supporters of his rival accuse him of bootlegging. as a because of living crisis continues in britain the opposition labour party promises to freeze energy bills this winter. it has been one year since the taliban seized control of the afghan capital kabul. the world watched as the country s government collapsed, the country s government collapsed, the president fleeing, afghans scrambling to get on the last planes out. fast forward to now and serious deep rooted issues persist including the status of women and girls and severe food shortages but for the group itself and its supporters todayis group itself and its supporters today is a national holiday. this is the scene in kabul with the taliban flags flying in the main square but we have seen similar scenes in kandahar, the stronghold in the south west of the country was our correspondence was there. supporters of gravity and a centre of kandahar. todayis of gravity and a centre of kandahar. today is the first ann