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what the heck is that? those are the bad guys. are they friendly? the 10g network, only from xfinity. one giant leap for mankind. the top of the hour this monday. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning the white house is refuting china s claims that they had illegally flown balloons in china airspace ten teams. the white house is calling that allegation flat out false. it is coming on the heels of the u.s. shooting down three unidentified objects over the last week. and it is not known if they have connections to the three others after the shot down surveillance balloon. there is pressure mounting on president biden to explain all of this as one democratic congressman says that people are quote freaked out. the pentagon says that there was no military threat, and despite that military officials across north america are on alert for more of these. we go to natasha bertrand with more on this. and natasha, what are we learning about at the latest objects shot do ....
in london as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners with four awards, including the much coveted album of the year. hello to you in the uk and around the world. let s bring you some breaking news here in the uk first and a committee of mps has been highly critical of the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. it has, in effect, urged him to consider his position. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee accuses mr sharp of a significant error ofjudgement for getting involved in facilitating a loan to the then prime minister, borisjohnson, at the same time as applying for the chairmanship of the bbc a job ultimately in the gift of the prime minister. mr sharp has insisted he was appointed bbc chairman on merit. he said that while he hadn t told the committee about the loan offer, he had informed a senior government official. and we ll have more on this a little later. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people ha ....
borisjohnson, whilstapplying for the chairmanship of the bbc. now on bbc news. bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she s an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she s perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she s one of the bbc s 100 women this year. hi! and we re going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you re obviously a successful star in two countries on two continents, but when you were growing up, that was a very different world. when people asked you what you want to be, what did you say? and at what point did you feel that the canvas could be as big as this? no, i never thought the canvas could be as big as this. t ....
Protests across france Over Pension Reform plans which include raising the Retirement Age to 64. Now its time for breaking the county lines. Its every parents nightmare. He was climbing out the windows every night. He was climbing out the windows every night. They had him selling crack and heroin. Young people lured into a world of drugs, gangs and violence. He was beaten badly. To see your childs face twice the size of what it should be, no mother should see. There are calls for a change in the law. To make it a specific offence to deal to children under 16. But are they criminals or victims . If children are being exploited and coerced, the law would not criminalise them in those circumstances. Today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. It is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by crimina ....
declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson, secure a loan. thousands of people in new zealand are left without power as parts of the country endure the start of a severe storm with warnings of more destruction to come. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson hello and welcome to political thinking. the row about how and why a rapist called adam ended up in a women s prison has shone a spotlight on a debate which in truth, has been raging notjust for months, but for years. at the centre of that debate is the charity and campaigning organisation stonewall. my guest on political thinking this week is the new chair of stonewall. he s iain anderson and he s got a cv that might surprise you. he s a lifelong conservative. he went to school with michael gove in aberdeen and he ended up running a leadership campaign for ken clarke. he s also a westminster insider who s operated behind the scenes at ....