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Surveillance is continuing very closely by the military, but the balloon continues to hover. peter bowes. will monitor that story for you, attending to get reaction from china later on bbc news, so stay tuned for that. theres been a big development in a story we brought you 2a hours ago. america has sealed a deal to greatly increase its military presence in the philippines. the deal gives the us access to four more military bases in the philippines, which will make a total of nine. chinas foreig...

The us department of defence says its tracking whats believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon that entered american airspace two days ago. the military considered shooting it down over the state of montana but was concerned that falling debris could hit someone. the canadian authorities have also released a statement about a high—altitude surveillance balloon and say they are working with us partners. this is the first image weve received, believed to be of the balloon, but its not been i...

The fact that china has the balloon so low in our atmosphere and collecting our infrastructure is disturbing to the american people. >> mike walt is coming out, listen, we let them get away with this thats why we keep on doing this. here is what the pentagon said. >> once the balloon was detected, the u.s. government acted immediately and protect against the collection of sensitive information. >> yes, but this one lingered longer, bill. >> yes, it continues to linger and until we find out where...

Editor's note: Pentagon has said it is tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon that has been spotted over the country's airspace in recent days. Four experts shared their views on the incident with China Daily. Excerpts follow:

This is bbc news. the headlines: the us department of defence says its tracking whats believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon, flying over the country. these are believed to be the first images, but theyve not been independently verified. a pentagon official said the balloon entered us airspace two days ago, with its flight path, carrying it over a number of sensitive sites. a former russian army officer has told the bbc that he witnessed russian soldiers committing crimes in ukraine, incl...

A conspiracy theory about a surveillance balloon over Montana has aroused wide attention in the US - even though the photo they took is unclea, and features no sign linking it to China.

This is bbc news. the headlines: the us department of defence says its tracking whats believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon, flying over the country. these are believed to be the first images, but theyve not been independently verified. a pentagon official said the balloon entered us airspace two days ago, with its flight path, carrying it over a number of sensitive sites. a former russian army officer has told the bbc that he witnessed russian soldiers committing crimes in ukraine, incl...

Balloon emerged. also anthony blinken, secretary of state, is due to play —— due to speak to president xi on a visit to beijing in the next few days, so there is a confluence of different events here making it potentially quite awkward for that conversation to take place. but clearly it doesnt help that there is this now seemingly awkward, tense situation of the us authorities having to deal with this balloon that, although we dont have absolute confirmation, the role of it appears to be to ...

D.c. why would anyone be shocked they were wearing pro-life beanies. >> ashley: that is how they were identified by the group and keeping track of them. >> cheryl: yeah, but high school students, to be clear. >> ashley: adults talking to high school students. >> cheryl: well see you for the jobs report later. >> todd: "fox and friends first"ed the pentagon monitoring a high balloon hovering over the united states. jonathan gilliam will assess this. >> ashley: and steve doocy is live at the big b...

Between the u.s. and china in the years ahead. as the u.s. military has been expanded its footprint in the pacific with an eye towards china. for the latest on this by balloon, lets go to our senior national security correspondent, alex marquardt. alex, what more are you learning about this balloon, and is it still over montana? >> john, montana is the one place that the pentagon has said its been spotted. they have not said where it is exactly. we now know it came across the border from canada....