This is bbc news. the headlines: the us department of defence says it s tracking what s believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon, flying over the country. these are believed to be the first images, but they ve not been independently verified. a pentagon official said the balloon entered us airspace two days ago, with its flight path, carrying it over a number of sensitive sites. a former russian army officer has told the bbc that he witnessed russian soldiers committing crimes in ukraine, including torture and looting. the claims also include a ukrainian prisoner of war being shot. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios is in court in canberra, where he s admitted assaulting a former girlfriend.
Written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra.
Health problems, and she did address him directly, saying that she would be treating him, in her words, a person whojust happens to hit a tennis ball very well, as she would any other young man who comes before her here in canberra at the magistrates, so she was essentially saying that she is treating him just the same as she is treating everyone else, giving them essentially a second chance, after those indiscretions, which nick krygios has apologised for. we did here in a victim impact statement from his former partner, saying that she felt betrayed by nick krygios after the incident, and that the assault had left her in pain and in distress. so nick krygios now is free to pursue his rehabilitation and to pursue his tennis career without a criminal conviction to his name.
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