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on the states northern coast. hello and welcome to the programme. a young us air national guardsman is being questioned after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, whos 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum and has exposed details of ukraines war plans and the extent of the uss spying on its allies. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in s...

by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south carolina, they closed local airports, they cleared all airspace and the order was given to fire. w...

either. its happened once previously, and several times under the man that he replaced, former president trump. more on that in a moment. in this hour, federal crews are briefing for the seven mile radius where it fell, after being shot down by an f 22 fighter jet. the big question now, we are does this ordeal take the already strained relationship between the united states and china? beijing says they are reserving the right to respond. receiving an onslaught of monday morning quarter...

may be slowing down. 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. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese ...

and a peace mission to south sudan — the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. 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 contin...

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...

pace since june. and that could have major economic and political fallout. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on this. lucas. >> reporter: jon, jp mayor began ceo jamie dimon thinks the fed has lost some control over inflation. a chemming contact congressman representing joe bidens home hometown in scranton responded earlier on fox. >> i wouldnt go that far, but what i will say is i think they got a late start. i think they should have started ticking interest rates u...

immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts. more news at the top of the hour. now its time for political thinking with nick robinson. his guest this week as mary bousted, one of the teaching union leaders. hello and welcome to political thinking. it was another week when children and parents had to wait anxiously for an early morning text or an email to tell them whether their classroom or their sch...

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...