hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. for its part, china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent, gordon correra reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so vis
he was joined by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, they re seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that s been ravaged by tribal conflict. police in the north west of england say they believe a woman who went missing while walking her dog probably fell into the river in lancashire. the 45 year old mother of two was last seen a week ago in st michael s. underwater drones, helicopters and dogs have all been used in the search. danny savage has the details. exactly a week on from when nicola bully van asch, heferen staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping tojog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere. but there is no trace of her anywhere. it has been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. our whole focus is the two girls, just staying as strong as i can for them. i am scared that if i put any focus into anything else it will take my focus of that. right now
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china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top diplomat antony blinken to travel to beijing for rare talks about covid, trade disputes and the security situation over taiwan, but mostly to calm sky high tensions. this crisis shows just how fragile re