hello and welcome. the united states says it has shot down a high altitude object flying over the state of alaska. the white house said it was much smaller than the recently downed chinese balloon, but was still the size of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. let s get more now from our correspondent nomia iqbal. she is in washington. nomia. yes, this ress she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference she is in washington. nomia. yes, this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while ago. at the top of the agenda we were expecting to hear about the latest on the ukraine war, also america s assistance for turkey following that devastating earthquake and also president lula of brazil is visiting, but it was complete dominated once it was revered by the white house spokespersonjohn kirby revered by the white house spokesperson john kirby that around 1:30pm eastern time here in the u
to ensure that afghan women continue work with aid agencies hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us despite a ban by the taliban. yet hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. we start with some breaking news here in the uk prime minister rishi sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car. mr sunak had previously apologised for what he called the brief error ofjudgement in a social media video as he carried out a series of visits in the north of england on thursday. tonight, lancashire police said it had issued a 42 year old man in london with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. our political correspondent, david wallis lockhart, told me more about the background to the story. rishi sunak was going across the north of england because he was announcing levelling up funding. government funding that was going to specific p
with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump is speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republican jd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president biden and the democrats have not done enough to stop migrants and drugs from entering the us across the mexico border. there
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us midterm elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. it s a choice of two very different visions for america. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump has been speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republicanjd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president b