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  The Pentagon admitted on Thursday that the U.S. military has been monitoring what’s being described as a Chinese “surveillance balloon” hovering in the skies over the United S...

"currently traveling altitude at well above commercial air traffic and does not present military or physical threat to people on the ground." the senior official says it is not the first time these kinds of spy balloon have been seen over the u.s. it is obviously a diplomatic issue coming days before secretary state antony blinken is due to travel to china. it is not clear whether those plans may change. one other important point is president biden asked for options to dealing with the balloon a...

Welcome to bbc news, i�*m monika plaha. our top stories: the us defense department says it�*s confident that a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. these are believed to be the first images. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. _ the colonel put a pistol to the prisoner�*s forehead and said, "i am going to count to three "and then s...

And to the strategic bomber base. i mean, this location is hugely significant. >> it is. and you know, part of what we call our nuclear triad made up of bombers, missiles and submarines. two parts of that triad are right directly in the path of this chinese balloon. >> so, i guess im curious whether you think they should shoot it down. its just floating there. this is a real question. theyve decided not to do that for now. what do you think about that? and i know you also think that china may ac...

The pentagon is now tracking a very high altitude chinese spy balloon over the northern united states, apparently over montana right now and photographs of the balloon are on your screen. the pentagon decided not to shoot down the balloon but say its flying over some "sensitive sites". so the intercontinental ballistic missile site in the area. what is this synergy home what do you think is happening here? >> this isnt the first time weve seen chinese spy balloons over u.s. territory in the past...

Visible that the military has been tracking for several days? >> alex, what options does the u.s. have to deal with the balloon, if any? >> the big option, of course, is to shoot it down. thats one option they have considered quite closely, and that they have ruled out. were told by the pentagon that they did shut down temporarily the airspace over billings, montana. that jet scramble to get them options. planes have got up to look at the sting, but they determined that it is too dangerous to sh...

Welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines: the us defence department says its confident a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. the us also reaches a deal to increase its military presence in the philippines, as it seeks to counter chinese influence in the region. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold...

Down, hard to know, tucker, its worth noting back in 2001, chinese forced down an american plane and forced people off the plane. that was almost two decades ago. >> >> tucker: you think if it was a u.s. balloon over chinese, chairman xi would say no, just leave it alone? >> yeah, kevin mccarthy going to taiwan shortly and the taiwanese were threatening to shoot down nancy pelosis plane and clear the chinese would take action and surprising were not. >> tucker: you want to be as fair as possible...

Welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines... the us defence department says its "confident" a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. the us also reaches a deal to increase its military presence in the philippines as it seeks to counter chinese influence in the region. a former russian officer tells the bbc he witnessed russian soldiers humiliating and shooting ukrainian prisoners of war. translation: the ukrainian had a blindf...

The Pentagon said Thursday that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon flying high over the United States that appeared to be surveilling highly sensitive nuclear weapons sites.