this is bbc news. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories: after a chinese balloon flies into us airspace, a second is reported, this time over latin america. the boss of tesla, elon musk, is cleared of fraud charges brought against him by the company's shareholders. the pope and british church leaders visit south sudan in an attempt to heal divisions in its civil war. and the spanish fashion designer paco rabanne, best—known for his metal clothing designs and his fragrances, dies aged 88.

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 deviated from its planned route. we'll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first, this report from gordon corera. i...have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think

this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right — i can see it. it's not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so visible. and it's now sparked a major diplomatic row. the chinese foreign ministry today first called for calm, but later apologised, saying a scientific balloon mainly used for weather research had gone off course. but within hours, the us military responded by saying they did not believe beijing. yesterday, the department of defence announced that we had detected and were tracking a high—altitude surveillance balloon that remains over the continental united states. we continue to track and monitor the balloon closely. we are confident this is a chinese surveillance balloon. in light of china's unacceptable action, i am postponing my travel

this weekend to china. so, where did the balloon come from? a us meteorologist has tracked the route it may have taken using a model normally used to look at the spread of pollutants. the bbc�*s data analysts and weather teams say this model takes account of things like wind patterns and shows a trajectory from china across the pacific, crossing alaska, then canada before entering the us. it was then spotted, supposedly first by civilians on a plane, over rural montana. here, us officials claim, the balloon lingered. why? well, one possible reason we can see from this satellite imagery is malmstrom air force base nearby, an important base that houses intercontinental missiles. the us air force scrambled two fighter jets from nevada's nellis air force base, but the decision was taken not to shoot the balloon down because of the risk of debris

causing harm below. so what do we know about the balloon itself? here's what scientific experts we've spoken to think — that it's likely filled with helium, with solar panels to provide power, and it is manoeuvrable. there are instruments and sensors to collect data that could be used for science or surveillance. military specialists i've spoken to, though, say it's not likely to offer anything more than existing spy satellites can do. this balloon may not represent any significant security threat, but the incident highlights that the growing tension between the two countries now even extends to the skies above rural america. gordon correra, bbc news. our north america correspondent peter bowes told me what information there is on the sighting of the second balloon. we've had a couple of lines from the pentagon confirming, really, that there is a second balloon that is flying somewhere

over latin america. of course, that is a vast area. we don't have any precise location. and that it is, according to the pentagon, another chinese surveillance balloon. so that means there are two. it certainly adds to the intrigue. it certainly raises more questions than it answers. is this another balloon that has veered off track, like the chinese were saying about the original balloon that is still floating somewhere over north america? is this a concerted effort by china, assuming, now, that there are two balloons, and possibly more — who knows? and, indeed, what is the strategy as far as beijing is concerned? so many really unanswered questions at the moment that you can bet the state department will be looking into with urgency. we will wait to see what the chinese themselves they about this second balloon. secretary of state antony blinken has now cancelled his trip to beijing. how have people reacted

to that decision? well, ithink, generally, in terms of politics, it is seen as the right decision — that, clearly, there is a tense situation developing. it might seem surreal to many people. but this is looming into a major international row between the united states and china. and unusual — we really don't know how it's going to end. i think one of the questions is this visit was planned to try to improve relations between the united states and china. they planned to discuss a number of issues during the meetings over the weekend, everything from technology to covid—19 to taiwan. it's not happening now because it's been completely overshadowed by this situation, and we don't know how 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. a jury in the united states has found elon musk not guilty of fraud over a tweet about tesla. mr musk was being sued by shareholders who claim they lost billions following tweets by the founder of the car maker that he was taking the company back into private ownership, something which never happened. summing up, the lawyer for the shareholders said that the billionaire was not above the law, while mr musk�*s attorney said his client was not a tweeting monster. james clayton has been following the case. i'm curious as to what you guys think. elon musk seemed nervous after he'd given evidence. "how did i do?" he asked the media outside. and, to be fair, he had a lot to lose, potentially billions, in fact. in terms of an individual tweets, this tweet had already been extremely costly. in august 2018, he tweeted out that he had funding secured to take tesla private. that would effectively mean

buying out tesla shareholders, and many investors say they took mr musk at his word, buying up tesla stock. after that tweet, tesla's share price rocketed. but soon it became clear that the deal was far from done. tesla never went private. it's still a public company to this day. and when that became clear, the share price duly fell. investors lost big money. the securities exchange commission had already fined elon musk and tesla $40 million for the tweet, and stripped him of his position as chairman of the board. and, in addition to that, many shareholders sued. for the last few weeks, this court in san francisco has been hearing evidence. the question the jury had to decide was whether elon musk had knowingly tweeted out something that wasn't true, and, if he had, what damages he should pay. mr musk argued in court that he had acted in good faith and, after deliberation, thejury concluded he did not have to compensate investor losses.

reed kathrein is a lawyer who's an expert in securities fraud, who's interviewed bernie madoff and elizabeth holmes under oath. when we looked at the case, i thought it was a slam dunk. he comes out, says, "funding secured!" i mean, that's as concrete of a statement of taking a company private as there can be. finding elon musk not guilty, i think, is a travesty, because it means that, from now on, corporate executives can put out tweets, social media and skirt the line, be very thin on what's real and not real, as long as they can say that they believed it in their own minds. many legal experts thought mr musk would lose this case. they were wrong. it means that one of the world's richest people has just saved himself potentially billions of dollars. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.

let's get some of the day's other news. the memphis police department says it's fired another officer as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of tyre nichols, a 29—year—old black man who was beaten by officers in the us city last month. it said preston hemphill violated department policies on personal conduct, truthfulness and compliance with regulations. five policemen have already been fired and charged with second—degree murder over the case. jobs growth surged in the us injanuary, defying fears that the economy is heading for a downturn. the us department of labor said employers added 517,000 jobs last month, far more than expected. it's pushed the unemployment rate down to 3.4% — the lowest rate since 1969. chilean president gabriel boric has cut short his summer holiday to travel to the scene of wildfires in the centre of the country. at least 11 people have died and around 15,000 hectares have been torched in the flames, which were sparked during a heatwave. the us is to provide ukraine

with longer range guided rockets as part of another package of military support worth some $2.2 billion. in addition to the ground—launched rockets, the package will include more air defence systems, anti—tank missiles and armoured infantry vehicles. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. this is a bit of a turnaround for the us in that ukraine really wanted this longer—range missile. it's effectively twice the range of ukraine's weaponry. it's normally launched from the air — this one is launched from the ground — but it doesn't actually exist in the us military stockpile, so it has to be made by the weapons industry. it is thought it could take some time for ukraine to, therefore, get it, probably around about nine months. ukraine actually wanted missiles that cover a much longer distance, but the us is still uncomfortable about that —

there's concerns that it could be used to hit targets deep inside russia. now, it's nearly a year since the invasion and the us has given more than $2112 billion in security assistance, and so far, there has been broad support, there has been a bipartisan support for president biden�*s position in helping ukraine. but there are some cracks in that consensus. you have republicans who are now in control of the house who have said that they will not give a blank cheque to ukraine when it comes to helping them. at the moment, though, recent surveys do suggest around three in four americans believe that ukraine should still be supported by the us but, as we know, politics can change and if they can, so can policy. pope francis is in south sudan, the latest stop on what the vatican is calling "a pilgrimage of peace." he was welcomed by large crowds. he wasjoined at the airport injuba by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, they're seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that's been ravaged by tribal conflict since it became independent 12 years ago. 0ur religion editor

aleem maqbool is travelling with the pope, and has more. in the centuries, there has been — there's never been a foreign trip by an archbishop of canterbury with a pope. but that all changed today, and they were joined, as you say, by the moderator of the church of scotland as well. so, why here? why are they making this unprecedented move in south sudan? well, the idea is because it's a majority christian country, most of the rival leaders who've been fighting over control of the resources of this country — almost since its independence back in 2011 — well, they all call themselves christian, they all say they are churchgoing, the president is a catholic, the first vice president is presbyterian. the idea is to say, "well, if you call yourselves christians, "then you need to live out those christian values." and what are their chances, though, of achieving a lasting peace? well, according to what's happened in the past, they've got a very slim chance, actually, because back in 2019,

these same leaders were invited to the vatican and, in a very dramatic moment, the pope kissed their feet. well, not a great deal has changed since then, and today, the pope, in his opening speech, said, "no more of this" — he was referring to violence and corruption and instability — and immediately, the president here said he would meet some of the factions he hasn't met since 2018, but this is just the start of the visit — it gets under way in earnest tomorrow and culminates in a mass on sunday. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, giving the game away: why this year's grammy awards will be honouring a different type of music. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps

of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. mission control: three, two, one. a countdown to a critical moment. the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. one of them called it, "a piece of cake." thousands of people have given l the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming - in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record . for sailing solo _ around the world, non—stop.

this is bbc world news. our main headline: after a chinese balloon flies into us airspace, a second is reported — this time over latin america. let's stay with that now. i've been speaking 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 to wait six months, but want to fly it now. the balloon is built. it's ready now. how high do the balloons fly? how high is the first balloon, do you know? at first they were saying it was at 150,000 feet. now they have updated it

and said it is 60,000. does it surprise you to hear that there is now a second balloon that has been seen over latin america? actually, what surprises me is that they're paying attention to it. at any given time, there are literally thousands of these balloons flying over the world. literally thousands are launched every day, they're flying over the us, they're flying over europe, they�* re flying over japan. weather balloons will sometimes circle the globe a couple of times before landing. there are actually a lot of balloons up there in the sky. why these are notable in your opinion? i think because usually when you have a balloon flying over somebody�*s airspace, you notify them. all these balloons are being launched but everyone is talking to each other. they gave no notice of the balloon until it was spotted out of place. you are an expert on balloons. we don't know much about the second balloon, but what can you tell

us about the first? one of the things we can tell is the type of balloon it is. this type of balloon, a latex balloon, is a standard weather balloon that weather services around the world use. it's kind of tan, it's made out of latex rubber. a research balloon going longer distances with larger payloads, these are about 60 feet in diameter stressed out, but is made out of thin film poly. and this is what we're seeing the pictures of this balloon from china. so it looks like it isn't being floated on a traditional weather balloon, but on a research or high altitude military balloon. so what would this balloon consist of, john? well, the balloon itself is just a polyethylene film. you know, if you have yourfood wrap film and you have something about ten times thinner, and that is holding your big ball of helium that is holding the balloon up.

below it is the instrument package. from what we can see there are solar panels on it, which is fairly common. and that is the only really identifiable thing we can see on the vehicle. the spanish fashion designer paco rabanne has died in france at the age of 88. he began his career working on jewellery designs for luxury labels including givenchy and dior before launching his own fashion house. azadeh moshiri reports. he was the man who took fashion into the space age, introducing metal couture to the 1960s and to jane fonda's barbarella. the most comfortable of styles, but perhaps what he called his uncommercial debut collection

12 unwearable dresses in contemporary materials. the modern era had its own take on his designs. modern era had its own take on his design— his designs. genuine cancan uirls his designs. genuine cancan girls who — his designs. genuine cancan girls who clap _ his designs. genuine cancan girls who clap clap - his designs. genuine cancan girls who clap clap with - his designs. genuine cancan| girls who clap clap with every movement. introducing the metal cake, a cast—iron way of keeping men at bay. paco rabanne certainly knows how to set trends. rabanne certainly knows how to set trends-— set trends. drawing on his background _ set trends. drawing on his background in _ set trends. drawing on hisl background in architecture, set trends. drawing on his - background in architecture, his own fashion house he simply called paco rabanne experimented with lots of materials. shredded rawhide, paper, and plastic. in 1969, a deal with a family landed him in the world of perfume. his first fade —— fragrance became a huge success. his ringing was as dramatic as his creations. —— upbringing. his father was a republican colonel during his managed civil war, executed by the nationalist forces. and he had fashion in his veins. his

mother was a seamstress for balenziaga. that heritage and his mark on the fashion industry owed him several honours from france and spain. reacting to the news of his death, the fashion president said "there is only one rabanne." paco rabanne who has died aged 88. the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, has given a speech at his first public event since he lost the election and left his country for the united states ahead of the inauguration of president lula. mr bolsonaro is facing investigation in brazil over his role in the storming of government buildings in brasilia by his supporters last month. our correspondent will grant, told me more about what he had to say. well, i think if his supporters were waiting for him to say that he is about to make an imminent return to frontline politics in brazil or anything of that nature, that wasn't forthcoming, nor did he make any explicit reference that

i could make out about the events on 8january — the uprising in brasilia. what he did say was that he considers that brazil is facing, as he put it, an "ethical, "moral and economic crisis" and when it came to sort of his role going forward, he said he was currently recharging his batteries and would not give up on brazil. that was enough for his supporters to start chanting "2026" — that's the next election year in brazil — so they clearly think that he's not done yet and they expect to see him back there eventually, notjust facing any question of investigation of his role in the events of 8 january but actually to try and take back the office of president at some point. so, was he preaching to the already converted there? how was he received, will? yeah, absolutely, yeah. this was a very friendly audience. this was organised by a group that promotes conservative values in us campuses, at universities and high

schools and so on — a group called turning point. he was introduced by the conservative talk show host charlie kirk. this was absolutely preaching to the converted. and i think it was being watched very, very closely in brazil, too, of course, for any reference about the events that took place in brasilia — that uprising, anything that he might have said. really, though, this was much more a speech about what he considered his successes had been as president — and he was making a lot of reference to, for example, the things that he did on covid. the biggest cheer, i think, was when he said that they respected the freedoms of those who didn't want to get the vaccine. american music's biggest night, the grammys, takes place on sunday evening. awards will be handed out in dozens of categories — including pop, rock, hip—hop, and jazz, to name a few. but this year a new award is being given to a previously—unheralded type of music. the bbc�*s tim allman explains.

going to the grammys by david feldstein and marc ferrari plays. pretty much anyone who's anyone has won a grammy. they are, give or take, the most prestigious award in music. famously, they give them out forjust about every genre you can think of, and that list has just got a little bit longer. orchestra plays dramatic music. this isjust one nominee in the latest category, the grammy for best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media. it's the music you hear when you're fighting aliens, slaying dragons or flying sorties during the war. i think as an industry, we've shown that, you know, there's great artistry and there's some fantastic music being composed for video games, so it'sjust amazing that someone as big as the grammys have taken note

and thought, "you know, we need to support this industry". not that the industry needs that much support — it's already big business, valued at around $200 billion, and there are gamers all over the world. man sings in foreign language over dark metal music. so, for those composing the music, this new award couldn't come quick enough. having the recognition of, like, an institution like the grammys or other big things like thatjust show validation that what we're doing is important, that it's reaching wide audiences. orchestra plays dramatic music. the lucky winner will be revealed at the ceremony on sunday, which is taking place in la. reward at last for a music described as being unlike anything else in the entertainment industry. tim allman, bbc news.

well, that is it for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @anjanagadgil. and you are watching bbc news. hello there. it's going to be a weekend of two halves, weather—wise. the weekend starts off with a lot of cloud and a mild feel, just as we've had over the last couple of days, but the second half of the weekend will look and feel quite different. it will be mostly sunny, the skies will be clearer but it will be a little bit chillier. but starting saturday morning, as you can see, with extensive cloud cover in most places, that cloud producing the odd spot of drizzle, a bit of mist and murk over hills in the west. for england and wales, we should see some breaks appearing in that cloud, so some sunny spells. but for northern ireland and scotland, it's a slightly different story. this band of rain will push in from the north—west eventually with brighter skies following behind. top temperatures between nine and 12 degrees.

and then, as we head through saturday night, this band of cloud and increasingly light and patchy rain will sink its way southwards, clear skies following on behind and we will be moving into some colder air which will be across just about all parts by the end of the night. so, we will start sunday morning in quite a few places, i think, with a touch of frost because we will be in this colder air, but with this strong area of high pressure building on top of the uk. and what that means is a lot less cloud and a lot more sunshine, perhaps with a chilly breeze for some of these north sea coasts, at least for a time. a bit more cloud dancing across the north of scotland, maybe some extra cloud for a time in the far south—west of england, but for most, sunday will bring sunshine, albeit with slightly lower temperatures — seven, eight or nine degrees — but with the sunshine overhead, that is not going to feel too bad. now, as you move through sunday night into the first part of monday, the centre of our high drifts a little further eastwards and under the centre of the high, with light winds, we could well have some fog patches to start monday morning, especially across central and eastern parts of england. england and wales will have the lion's share of the sunshine on monday,

eastern scotland perhaps as well, but for northern ireland and for the western side of scotland, we will see a bit more cloud filtering in, maybe with a few splashes of rain, and temperatures generally between seven and ten degrees. as we head through the course of the week, we are going to see a lot of dry weather. temperatures generally staying in single digits. the greatest chance of any rain towards the north and west of the uk.

this is bbc news. the headlines: after a chinese observation balloon was detected over the united states, a second has been reported — this time over latin america. earlier, the us secretary of state said china was acting irresponsibly and violating international law. antony blinken has cancelled a planned visit to beijing this weekend. ajury in the united states has found elon musk not guilty of fraud over a tweet. mr musk was being sued by tesla shareholders who claim they lost billions of dollars after he tweeted he was taking the company back into private ownership. pope francis is in south sudan, the latest stop on what the vatican is calling a pilgrimage of peace. he was joined by the leaders of the churches of england and

scotland. together, they're seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that's been ravaged