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china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a "cool—headed and prudent" manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it's actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon's convinced it's more than...

homes leveled, airplanes upended in missouri. tens of millions of risk once again for massive hail and powerful storms. just breaking, criminal charges dropped against alec baldwin, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter after that deadly shooting on the "rust" movie set. production slated to restart today. so why are charges being dropped now? just in tonight, president biden's plan to announce his rebid for election as new details emerge on the hunter biden investigation and the criminal charges prosecutor have considered. this spectacular explosion on the first test f...

they want the government to immediately stop all new uk fossil fuel projects and sport institutions to help them do that. this the latest in a number of headline grabbing protests: blocking roads, defacing a memorial for captain sir tom moore, throwing orange soup at van gogh's sunflowers, tying themselves to the goalposts during premier league matches. all that and more to come. we are facing an existential threat. this nougat protest, is it a cue for a change? get in touch. —— the snuggle protest. here is the news from dan brennan. thank you. good morning. energy firms have agr...

thousands under evacuation workers right now, and according to governor gavin newsom, 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnn's nick watt, joins us with all the latest on the los angeles river which in normal times his river in name only. what is the latest, nick? >> you are right anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact there is usually a homeless encampment in what is the l. a. river. those people have had to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just aren't used to this amount of water. and in many cases, the states are just not equipped to deal with it. furthe...

territories in ukraine, but the us says it will never recognise russia's claims. meanwhile ukraine says 23 people were killed when a russian missile hit a convoy of vehicles carrying civilians. search and rescue efforts continue in florida, after hurricane ian caused widespread destruction. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england — more than 40,000 have left in the last year. steve wright will host his final radio 2 weekday show this afternoon, but stressed he is not retiring and will continue at the station. the prime minister liz truss and chancellor kwasi kwarte...