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Altitudes, that means extremely high, much higherthan high, much higher than commercial aircraft high, much higherthan commercial aircraft and therefore it is interposing any danger to aircraft. it isnt posing a danger to people on the ground either. we understand that at one stage the option of it out of the air was considered, in fact, aircraft military were deployed at one stage. that idea of shooting get down was rejected because of the danger of a potential debris field, thats bits of debri...

Been spotted. we know it came across the border from canada, across that northern border. it is quite large, the size of three school buses. its flying well above what we are told the altitude where commercial planes fly. it is in the atmosphere. but in american airspace. it is loitering for longer than past instances. thats right, john, there have been several examples in the past few years, including were told by the pentagon during the past administration when the chinese have sent similar ba...

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Welcome to bbc news: im monika plaha. our top stories: the us defence department says its confident that a balloon spotted over montana is a chinese surveillance platform. 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. _ translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the _ translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold on. the colonel - translation: the ukrainian had a blindfold ...

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...

Wondering what this balloon is after. >> this spy balloon has been over uss space at least two days now. it is a chinese government, high-altitude balloon thats being seen in videos like this one from montana posted on twitter. officials believe the spying balloon have been flying over sensitive military site to try to gather intelligence. montana is home to the air force space. that had one of the countrys three nuclear missile silo fields. president biden did not response to shoutout questions...

That has put this thing in the wrong place at the wrong time, i kind of thought the, but it is a possibility. on the other side, a more alarming side is this was put here a purpose, at this time, in order to message, and that would be something we would have to look at. the final thing i would throw out real quick john, your correspondent made a great point, low flying satellites can do a lot of good work and maybe better work than this balloon, but what we dont know is what exactly is the ballo...

Thousands of people have given l the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming - in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record . for sailing solo _ around the world, non—stop. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the us defence department says its 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...

Information that we would? well, whats it reason for this large balloon having to be used by china? i think thats something we need to get the answer to. >> mr. secretary leon panetta, thank you so much for being with us tonight. so next, was it political pay back or keeping a promise or both? inside the vote to remove a controversial democrat from the house foreign affairs committee while putting two controversial republicans back on the committees. and later a mother accused of kill her th...

Cameras or equipment to pick up sensitive information that we would have? whats the reason for this large balloon having to be used by china? i think thats something we need to get the answer to. >> mister secretary, leon panetta, think you for being with us tonight. >> next, was it political payback, or keeping a promise or both? inside the vote to remove a controversial democrat from the house foreign affairs committee while putting two controversial republicans back on the committees. and lat...