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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 ...

It's going to end. i think it might depend to some extent on the level of cooperation between the chinese and the americans to either bring this balloon safely down or at least get it out of us airspace. earlier we spoke tojohn powell who is the president and founder ofjp aerospace. his company has launched 200 balloons into the upper atmosphere for research students and media companies. i asked him why the chinese are using a balloon rather than a satellite. well, balloons give you several advantages. one, it's much closer, and more timely. you have a new camera or sensor, and you don't want ...

Chinese counterpart that accidental incidents had to be dealt with in a calm and professional manner and that both parties needed to avoid any misjudgments. us defence officials say the first balloon is still hovering somewhere over the united states and they are keeping their options open. i can tell you that the balloon continues to move to the east and is currently over the centre of the continental united states. was this the balloon does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. ' . . , people on the ground at this time. a. , time. officials say the i...