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 over simplistic explanation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. and we begin in the us, where the department of defense 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. these are the first pictures we have received, which are believed to be of the balloon. the department of defence says the balloon was most certainly launched by china, but there s been no word yet from beijing. the pentagon press secretary brigadier general pat ryder posted a statement on the department of defense website, saying, our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has been following the story and gives us some more detail. this is
this is bbc news. our top stories: the us says a chinese spy balloon is hovering over the us. this image taken in montana has appeared on social media. russia s highest ranking defector tells the bbc he witnessed his soldiers humiliating and killing ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner s forehead and said, i am going to count to three and then shoot you in the head. australian tennis player nick kyrgios is in court in canberra to contest a charge of assault against his ex girlfriend. a convicted italian mafia killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run.
this is bbc news. our top stories: the us says a chinese spy balloon is hovering over the us. this image taken in montana has appeared on social media. russia s highest ranking defector tells the bbc he witnessed his soldiers humiliating and killing ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner s forehead and said, i am going to count to three and then shoot you in the head. australian tennis player nick kyrgios is in court in canberra to contest a charge of assault against his ex girlfriend. a convicted italian mafia killer has been arrested in france after 16 years on the run.
sawed government. the syrian prime minister defecting to jordan with his family. the white house calling it another sign the al-assad regime is crumbling from within. jordan asking for international help dealing with thousands of refugees crossing the border. some estimate as many as 200,000 syrians have fled from that fighting. hi, dominic. reporter: this was the highest ranking defector we have seen in the syrian regime since the uprising began back in march of 2011. riad hijab had been the prime minister two months it s a blow to the assad regime because he took with him three top officials and cabinet ministers. he s on his way to qatar.