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connection to slavery. 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. our correspondent david willis has more from washington. officials here are saying that this...

visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. well tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own familys connection to slavery. 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 civi...

well tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own familys connection to slavery. 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. its foreign ministry has now released a stat...

hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 — serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the ...

good morning to you. yesterday was a really cloudy one right across the board. today weve got a lot more sunshine around, but it is feeling on the cool side. high—pressure sticks with us into much of this upcoming week, so it looks like it is going to stay largely dry and settled, but i will have all the details on that very shortly. its sunday, the 5th february. our main story: the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they...

pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, bennazir bhuto. at the time of his death, he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc�*s gordon corera...

pope franciss historic visit to south sudan ends with an open air mass. he urged people to reject the "venom of hatred" and pleaded with leaders to find peace. pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. in 2008, he suffered defeat in the polls and left the country six months later. when he returned in 2013...

the former uk prime minister, liz truss, has blamed what shes called a "powerful economic establishment" — and a lack of support from the conservative party — for her downfall in number ten. ms truss was forced to quit after her package of tax cuts caused panic in the markets and the pound dropped to a record low. in a newspaper article, ms truss admitted shes not blameless, but doesnt think her tax policies were given a "realistic chance". speaking earlier to the bbc, britains bus...

iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. the state broadcaster says that ayatollah khamenei was responding to a proposal by the head of the judiciary. iranian media outlets say that the letter from the judiciary chief said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebast...

what we dont know, obviously the numbers. we dont know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that its written says its an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and theyre still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame t...