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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier—general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much—anticip...

acid rain. the community says its like someone dropped a toxic nuke on them. >> basically nuked a town with chemsz. so get a railroad open. i was kind of surprised that -- when they quickly told the people they can go back home. theres a lot of what-ifs and we are going to be looking at this thing five, 10, 15, 20 years down the line and wondering gee, cancer clusters could pop up, well water could go bad. >> jesse: the state governments top doc came out today and said those cancer clu...

2 degrees command about that in lerwick. the morning forecast shows most of the heavy rain in northern ireland, parts of scotland, but to the south the rain should be easing and becoming more showery and it will wax and wane through the morning and into the afternoon. possibility of sunny spells, showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland tomorrow, and a few sunny spells developing in east anglia and the south—east. look at those temperatures, 13 or 1a degrees. still low pressure...

this way of life. as guests in this remarkable city, so must we. if an air raid siren goes off during the show, when it went off last night and hours ago, we will need to leave this location and go somewhere more secure. now, if that does happen, my friend and colleague, alex witt, is standing by in new york to pick up coverage until im all set and safe to rejoin you. while a raid sirens dont always mean that there is an imminent threat in the area, these are precautionary measures tha...

japan says north koreas latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long—range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territory. jean makenzie has more seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long—range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the mis...

hello and welcome. japan says north koreas latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long—range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long—range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballis...

the military band playing at there. we heard earlier that the anthems of both countries playing as the president made his way outside. if you are with us earlier, you will know they both signed a visitor book. president biden read out part of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, yourfeet will of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you work your heart is.". a lot of the strippers focus on the irish roots of president biden. he was certainly out ...

now, finally, that could be happening. were notjust settling for doing the same old, same old. we want to push further. and rocket launches are now commonplace, sending up spacecraft for the benefit of life on earth. space is an integral part of society. our way of working only functions with satellites for telecom, for navigation, for earth observation, for weather forecasting, for many things. so we need these satellites for our daily life. the country that first sent a person into s...

good monday morning to you. im jim sciutto. hi jim. great to be with you. im jessica dean and happening right now. massive protests in israel, a crippling general strike and several mayors launching a hunger strike after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for opposing his plans to overhaul the judicial system . this as many israelis fear the united states closest ally in the region is moving further away from democratic principles. ahead we will have the very ...

how the iconic sea king helicopter has found new purpose fighting the russian invasion. and standing by for lift—off from south america for an eight—yearjourney to send a spacecraft to jupiter. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united take on sevilla in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal tie. but they will be without marcus rashford as they face the six times champions. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court charged with...