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killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run. he was hiding out as a pizza chef. and covid, vaccines and those conspiracy theories we speak to the microsoft founder, bill gates. i guess people are looking for the bogeyman behind the curtain their oversimplistic explanation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. and we begin in the us where the department of defence says a chinese surveillance balloon is hovering over the northern us. officials at the pentagon say the balloon had flown over the state of montana, but haven t revealed its current location. the pentagon press secretary brigadeer general pat ryder posted a statement on the department of defence website saying the balloon is being tracked. he added: he also said: our north america correspondent peter boes joins me now. we heard from officials say it isn t a threat but what more do we know about the story? this is unusual we know about the story? this is unusual but we
welcome to bbc news: i m monika plaha. our top stories: the us defence department says it s confident that a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel - translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put i a blindfold on. the colonel put a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner s forehead and said i am going to counter three and then shoot you the head. meanwhile, president putin uses the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over the nazis in stalingrad to insist that russia will win the war in ukraine. a convicted italian mafia
welcome to bbc news: i m monika plaha. our top stories: the us defence department says it s confident that a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel - translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put i a blindfold on. the colonel put a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner s forehead and said i am going to counter three and then shoot you the head. meanwhile, president putin uses the 80th anniversary of the soviet victory over the nazis in stalingrad to insist that russia will win the war in ukraine. a convicted italian mafia