may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south car
delaware. in israel, more than 100,000 people take to the streets to protest the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we re live in jerusalem with the latest. and the welcome core allows american citizens to sponsor refugees resettling in the u.s. i speak to one afghan man about how he and his family are acclimating to life in america. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. political problems are rapidly mounting at the biden white house. the president s personal attorney says an fbi search of mr. biden s private home in delaware has turned up even more classified materials. his republican critics in congress are already sharpening their knives. the president and first lady were not home at the time the materials taken by the fbi add to a growing list of classified documents recently recovered from places connected to the president. a special counsel is investigating. for more on friday s extraordinary search, here is cnn s arlette
town already claiming victory. ukraine says not so fast. we have new video in tonight of ukrainian forces taking out a shelter with dozens of russian soldiers inside. powerful explosion that tells a ma major chilling story. demons in my head mocking me, the reporter breaking the story is my guest. in the story you ll see first tonight outfront, the man who sparked the protest against xi jinping s zero covid policy is missing tonight as his followers compare him to the brave man standing in front of the tank in tiananmen square. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, deadly explosion. tonight, we re getting remarkable new video of the bloody battle for power in soledar as that town is on the cusp of falling to russian control. what you re looking at is what appears to be a group of russian soldiers walking along the street in soledar towards that building with a green roof. according to ukraine, that building was being used as a shelter for russian troops.
groups as shoplifters have become more violent and employees more terrified. grocery stores may soon lock up their items. we began with a white house insisting that it s being transparent over the investigation into classified documents found in president biden s personal space. white house correspondent kevin corke is live for us in the nation s capital with more on this. good evening. critics argue that the white house s definition of the word transparent is decidedly different than, say, merriam-webster s definition which says it means among other things free from pretense or deceit, to be frank or obvious, readily understood or characterized by visibility or accessibility of information. all right, that all sounds simple. critics say none of that is how they would describe the process that saw the white house make a major discovery back on the 2nd of november and then not divulge it to the public until mid-january. so much for transparency. case in point: the infamous g
to come out as gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks, on the edge of the city of mariupol, have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. they are all ukrainian. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate people. an anxious message in some respect by ukrainian pr