and a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. 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. a short time ago, this is what president biden said. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was as it got overwater within a 12 mile limit. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it, and we ll have more to report on a little later. our north america correspondent david wi
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this is bbc news, i m tanya bekett with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shot out of the sky the us military gets the chinese balloon that had been floating in american air space. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it. three airports were shut and the airspace was closed it came down off the us east coast. suddenly we saw something take off from the jet, knew it was a missile. and you could see the explosion didn t hear anything, but saw the explosion of the balloon. the hunt for the british woman who disappeared while walking her dog detectives want to speak to a key witness seen nearby.
this is bbc news, i m tanya bekett with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shot out of the sky the us military gets the chinese balloon that had been floating in american air space. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it. three airports were shut and the airspace was closed it came down off the us east coast. suddenly we saw something take off from the jet, knew it was a missile. and you could see the explosion didn t hear anything, but saw the explosion of the balloon. the hunt for the british woman who disappeared while walking her dog detectives want to speak to a key witness seen nearby.