may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. 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. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south car
hello, i m anna foster in southern israel. you in southern israel. are here in israel with bbc news. you are here in israel with bbc news. the bombardment from israel in gaza continues, we can see on the horizon in the background, the gaza skyline and within the last few hours we have seen tank movements and continuing plumes of smoke heading up into the sky. it s been another intense night and day of bombardment as you can hear on the situation inside gaza is becoming increasingly desperate. the un agency unrwa which looks after palestinian refugees has said what communications have been cut in garzo since friday they are starting to return but they say the people who live there have stormed unrwa warehouses, they say they have been in there and taken what they need, things like food and water and basic hygiene kits so they say it is a sign of the desperation that is happening in gas at the moment is such a limited amount of humanitarian aid continues to make its way into th
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