to call this off. brendan, we don t know who to call this off. brendan, we don t know who is to call this off. brendan, we don t know who is responsible, - to call this off. brendan, we don t know who is responsible, but - to call this off. brendan, we don t know who is responsible, but we | to call this off. brendan, we don t l know who is responsible, but we do know who is responsible, but we do know when there is an unidentified object, we call for you. we may be speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining us. speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining no speaking to you again soon. thanks forjoining us. to the uk now. 13 men and two women have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, following clashes outside accommodation for asylum seekers on merseyside. crowds gathered near the suites hotel in knowsley last night, where a police van was set on fire. officers say missiles were thrown at the police, but there were only minor injuries. mairead smith reports. a poli
accused the us of political manipulation and hype. jon donnison, bbc news. i m joined now by brendan kearney, former military colonel from santa rosa, california. again, i should say, because we spoke just 2a hours ago about the shooting down of an eye identified object over north american airspace. that was a week after the shooting down of a suspected chinese spy balloon. is there a pattern emerging? balloon. is there a pattern emerging? balloon. is there a pattern emeruain ? ,, , , balloon. is there a pattern emerauin? ,, , , ., emerging? seemingly there is, and aood to emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, - emerging? seemingly there is, and good to speak with you again, by i emerging? seemingly there is, and l good to speak with you again, by the way. i ll be honest with you taking a quick l
head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a high altitude object is shot down by us fighterjets over alaska. white house spokesmanjohn kirby says it posed a threat to the safety of civilian aircraft . hope and despair in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors continues more than 23,000 people are known to have died after monday s earthquakes. well, let s get more on our developing story this hour. the shooting down of an object flying high above alaska. i m joined now by brendan kearney, former military colonel, from santa rosa, california. thank you so much forjoining us.
the yukon territory. what it was exactly looking at, i m not sure, but this thing at 40,000 feet certainly did pose a threat to civilian aircraft that transit that particular part of alaska, as it crosses the polls, so this is interesting series of questions that you re asking me, and you and i are going to have a good time trying to figure it out, but i think we are going to have to wait for further information, really, as to what this thing was really all about.- thing was really all about. brendan kearne , thing was really all about. brendan kearney. joining thing was really all about. brendan kearney, joining us thing was really all about. brendan kearney, joining us live thing was really all about. brendan kearney, joining us live from i kearney, joining us live from california, trying to get to the bottom of this. thank you. well, let s get more on this story by speaking to shashankjoshi, who s the defence editor at the economist. hejoins us from north london. not many deta