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 cancelled 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 is from a heat seeking missile fired from the jet, easily finding its ta
we start this hour with breaking news there has been a major earthquake in turkey near the border with syria. the epicentre was in gaziantep close to the border of syria. strong tremors were felt across the region. the quake was recorded at a magnitude of of 7.8 and at a relatively shallow depth of ten kilometres. reports have been coming in of many collapsed buildings. azadeh moshiri is our reporter. sketchy details but a lot of reports and people across the region have felt this? the governor region have felt this? the governor of region have felt this? the governor of malaysia, - region have felt this? tue: governor of malaysia, close region have felt this? tte: governor of malaysia, close to gaziantep and he has reported 130 buildings collapsed. when you look at the pictures, the pictures we re showing you now. . this hit local time at around a quarter past four and since the early hours of the morning. you re seeing people bewildered and search and rescue teams doi
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from
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