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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 ....
Welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore, i m mariko oi. the headlines. after the blow out the fallout. diplomatic tensions rise following america s shooting down of china s observation balloon. iran s supreme leader is to pardon thousands of prisoners including many who tookpart in recent anti government protests. reports that ukraine s defence minister is to be replaced following claims of a corruption scandal in his department. and american music s big night is about to get under way. we ll bring you the latest from the grammys. ....
Open as well? yes, i do think that certainly open as well? yes, i do think that certainly washington - that certainly washington remains interested in having a visit at some point down the line. what this balloon incident really did, unfortunately, was to derail the momentum that we saw generated by the 620 meeting where president xi and biden were able to meet face to face for the first time in november. and out of that meeting, we saw really a desire expressed by both sides to begin to stabilise the relationship, even as competition continues. we saw that the rhetoric that came out of it, that governments have softened, that was interest expressed in finding ways to prevent competition spiralling into conflict so i do think very much that both sides likely still hope that the visit can happen, but given the way in which this incident has become ....
Countries about arms supplies and so on going to ukraine. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. pope francis says laws criminalising l6bt people are a sin and an injustice and that people who are attracted to the same sex are children of god. the pope made the remarks aboard a plane while returning from a historic visit to south sudan. he said it s not right for some countries to still outlaw same sex relations. for the leader of the catholic church to come out and say, look, this is not a sin, these are real people, these are people who are loved by god is quite a long way away from the harsh rhetoric we have had over the years, and i think it is part of the trajectory that the pope has shown constantly, well, since i met in 2019, of ....
Have been justifying this brutal crackdown on the people of iran. why they have more than 500 people have been killed in these protests, according to rights groups, and so, yes, we are talking about pardons right now but it is important to say that the dangers faced by a lot of these prisoners and these protesters still exist. ., ., prisoners and these protesters still exist. ., ~ , ., prisoners and these protesters still exist- still exist. thank you so much for that update. you re watching newsdaay on the bbc. still to come on the programme. dressed for success the outfit is spectacular but will lizzo be celebrating as the 6rammys get under way. there s mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran s spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he has passed a death sentence ....