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hello and welcome to bbc news. washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much—anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a "civilian airship" — which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days — was a "high—altitude surveillance" device. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. i...have no idea what this thing ...

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—anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a "civilian airship" which had deviated from its planned route. we'll have more on the second ba...

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—anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a "civilian airship" which had d...

hello and welcome to bbc news. us defence chiefs have identified what they say is a second chinese surveillance balloon, this time over latin america. the first balloon is floating across the us mid—west. antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has cancelled a trip to beijing, and accused the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china insists the balloon is a weather monitoring device which has blown off course. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this spec on this guy could be spying on the us. the ...

sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. it's the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can't agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting fo...