the debris stretches over seven miles. the chinese called it an overreaction. the us insisted on using force in disregard of china s repeated explanations, which is an obvious overreaction. china firmly opposes it. the us should not continue to escalate and prolong the situation. republicans in us congress take a different view, and they say the delay in shooting the balloon down was a mistake. if you look at the path, i believe that they were trying to gain information on how to defeat the command and control of our missile defence systems. that s a crisis. that certainly should have had an urgency to the president, and not just wait until this gets the atlantic to take it down. a short time ago, the republican congressman dustyjohnson agreed to talk about this with me. he sits on the newly formed
ukraine is having on stocks. you have precision guided munitions and missile defence systems, and the lead times for a lot of these systems are two years plus. which has strategic ramifications not only for ukraine and the security of europe, but the security of other places, for example taiwan, and the growing threat there from china. thank you. the bodies of 27 people who are believed to be from ethiopia have been found by the side of a road in zambia. the bodies were found in an area north of the capital lusaka. police say it s likely they suffocated to death. 0ur southern africa correspondent, shingai nyoka, has more details. well, the police are still conducting investigations, what we do know is that local residents in that suburb just north of lusaka found 28 people dumped by the side of the road. 27 were deceased and there
no room for terror in the world, that is why we are appealing to our partners to support to protect our skies. we need modern and effective air and we need modern and effective airand missile we need modern and effective air and missile defence systems. i thank everyone who has already helped. meanwhile, almost 90% of neighbouring moldova was left without electricity following the strikes on ukraine. although the country wasn t directly hit, moldova s foreign minister said they have traditionally relied on ukraine and russia for energy, and are are unsure, because of the ongoing conflict, where their power will now come from. let s update you now on the unfolding disaster in indonesia where efforts are still under way to try to rescue any more survivors from monday s earthquake. the latest official figures say 271 people were killed many of them children and a0 are still missing. hundreds of others were injured.
all forms of energy terror. let s see if anyone in the world, along with russia, can say that terror against civilians are supposedly good. there must be no room for terror in the world, that is why we are appealing to our partners to support to protect our skies. we need modern and effective air and missile defence systems. i thank everyone who has already helped. well, on wednesday, there were several explosions in the capital kyiv. after an air raid alert was issued for the whole country. the western city of lviv was reported to be without power it s now been mostly restored. and in the zaporizhzhia region, a newborn baby was killed when a rocket hit a maternity unit. our europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from kyiv. smoke clouds signalling destruction has come again to kyiv. this is hundreds of miles away