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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 ....
$70 million. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronovirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration he s said all adults would be eligible for a covid vaccine by may 1st and insisted the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he also laid out a pathway towards july. he also laid out a pathway towardsjuly. he said people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly the fourth only in small gatherings with their family or their friends and neighbours. he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i v e i ve told you before, i d carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who have died from covid to date, it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726, that s more deaths than in world war i, worl ....
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss following the coronavirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration, mr biden said the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he said he hoped people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly 4th with their families but he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i ve told you before, i carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who died from covid to date. it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726. that s more deaths than in world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war and 9/11 combined. here s the bbc s david willis. this was, as you mentioned, joe biden s first prime time address since taking office just 50 days ago. it came from the east room of the white house, ....
killing george floyd. how do you find an un biased jury? and. the schoolgirl left for dead by the taliban, who went on to win a nobel prize, talks to bbc news about her multi million pound television deal. taking her own life and that there had been conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie s skin might be. oprah winfrey said it wasn t the queen elizabeth or the duke of edinburgh who asked prince harry about the colour of his son s skin. so far, buckingham palace has not responded to any of the allegations as our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports. whatever the palace expected, the reality was worse with meghan describing uncaring attitudes and a racist remark from a member of the royal family. it almost broke her. were you thinking of harming yourself, having suicidal thoughts? yes. this was very clear. very clear and very scary and i did not know who even to turn to. these are the thoughts that i m having in the middle of th ....
Stories on our website. you can reach me on twitter i m @jamesbbcnews. thanks so much for watching. hello there. it s going to be a weekend of two halves, weather wise. the weekend starts off with a lot of cloud and a mild feel, just as we ve had over the last couple of days. but the second half of the weekend will look and feel quite different. it will be mostly sunny, the skies will be clearer, but it will be a little bit chillier. but starting saturday morning, as you can see, with extensive cloud cover in most places, that cloud producing the odd spot of drizzle, a bit of mist and murk over hills in the west. for england and wales, we should see some breaks appearing in that cloud, so some sunny spells. but for northern ireland and scotland, it s a slightly different story. this band of rain will push in from the northwest eventually, with brighter skies following behind. top temperatures between 9 12 degrees. and then as we head through saturday night, this ....