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tensions with china. nbc news was first to report the suspected chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern united states around montana for the past few days. china is now responding claiming it is a civilian airship used for weather research that was blown off course. but how credible is that claim? minutes ago we learned secretary of state antony blinken is postponing his trip to china for what was supposed to be a highly anticipated meeting with chinas leader next week....

also on the programme: police whove been searching for a missing two—month—old baby say a body found yesterday suggests the child may have been dead for some time. we speak to the journalist who leaked matt hancocks whatsapp messages — more than 100,000 of them. isabel 0akeshott says the public interest was overwhelming. and as children are encouraged to read on world book day, the bbc is encouraging them to write. the 500 words story competition is back. 0n bbc london: coming up...

find it hard to vote for rishi sunak�*s brexit deal in his first comments since mr sunak unveiled the windsor agreement on monday. a new plan to improve learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities in england is set out by the government. a review into the manchester arena attack has found security service mi5 missed a significant chance to take action that might have prevented the bombing. chairman sirjohn saunders says the reasons for the missed opportunity...

and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. welcome to the programme. the united states has an outsized fascination with murder mysteries. the trial that is playing out in walterboro, south carolina has it all. in the dock is the 54—year—old high—powered attorney, alex murdaugh, who stands accused of murdering his wife maggie and their 22—year—old son paul. the pair were shot dead in 2021 in the grounds of the familys hunting lodge in hampton, 60 miles west of charleston. ph...

speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy neede...

toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. were also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelensk...

as a young boy features on the front page of the mail. the paper says mps who resigned earlier in the week from the government are facing a backlash from colleagues and voters in the so—called "red wall". the telegraph leads with a warning from rishi sunak that "tax cuts must wait", with the paper calling him "the serious candidate". the ft says the former chancellor is among those being accused of treachery by fellow tories after events of the past few days. "dont listen to fairytal...

2023. 6 00 here in new york city. Why start with this fox news alert. We begin this hour following Breaking News here at home and abroad as well. Ainsley a manhunt is underway in maine this hour for the gunman who opened fire on a bar and a Bowling Alley. A Law Enforcement source tells fox news the shooter killed at least 22 people and injured dozens of others. Brian and in the middle east, the Israeli Military says its conducted its largest ground raid in Northern Gaza so far in the war. The id...

Speaker all the way back to boehner. Is that about him or the exhaustion . Thats something well learn about tonight, but the Nomination Speech Backing him and the way the democrats responded tore into the politics that hangs all over there. The federal government has been illegally weaponized again we the people. House republicans have put their names behind someone called the most important architect of the Electoral College objections. Mike johnson has received 220 votes. I want to thank Leade...

Good day to our viewers. Im kasie hunt. It is thursday, october 19. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington and noon in gaza where there is some hope that humanitarian aid could soon reach palestinians in gaza. The strip has been blocked off and under heavy bombardment since the october 7 hamas terrorist attack. President biden says he has struck a deal with egypts president to get much needed aid into gaza starting tomorrow. He agreed that what it would do is open the gate to do two things. One, let up t...