live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. 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 postponed 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 fr
music, it has been critically acclaimed and deeply researched album. she hasn t been hugely successful in the big categories like album of the year, but the general consensus is that this year is her time. good luck to beyonce and all the other contenders, but i was also reading it could be a big night for latin music as well. well, yes, it could be a big night for latin music, that is the beauty, isn t it, the 6rammys, it is notjust about music, it is about recordings. we have had awards handed out, you mention viola davis when in further spoken word recording of a biography which puts her in the record books as well, but yes, latin music, with that country music, we got r&b, we ve got rock music, we ve got 0zzy we ve got rock music, we ve got ozzy osbourne when in already in a couple of categories at the pre ceremony, and one of the pre ceremony, and one of the other big categories
in various categories, which means that, come the end of the night, she could be a record breaker. she could be the most successful grammy winning artist of all time and, as you mentioned, the pre ceremony, the premier ceremony hasjust taken place and that is when about, what, about 80% of the awards are actually handed out and she has already won in two of those nine categories. she won four best dance recording and also best r&b performance so she is on course to achieve at least 31. if she gets more than 31 she would be the most successful grammy winning artist of all time. she is nominated for renaissance, which is that hugely popular album which she had out in the last year, which is really omage to black, queer dance music, to house music. it has been critically acclaimed, and deeply researched album. an fault all beyonce hasn t