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make the biggest prison exchange in the year of war for intense negotiations. the boring nations were patriot only $200.00 captured soldiers. and in sports a day to remember for dormant sebastian other 6 months after being diagnosed with cancer. he scores his 1st club goal in a big with ah, i'm anthony held walking up the program. the united states has shut down the suspected chinese spy balloon. that's been traveling across the us of the last few days. authorities temporarily closed the air space of the carolina coastline as the balloon approached the atlantic ocean where a fighter jet finally brought it's journey to an end. by jing claims the balloon was a civilian research is ship that strayed into us a space secretary of state antony blinkin,

who broke off plans to visit china earlier this week. colby incident, a clear violation of us on sovereignty. the purpose of trip here is u. s. president joe bod. now speaking to reporters about the downing of the suspected chinese spy, berlin. on wednesday when i was break down the blue order of the brethren to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was we got over water, odd saudi, within our, within 12 mile limit as successfully took it down. and i want to compliment our aviators who did it and want more to report on his so a little later. so let's get more on this with d w 's. so me some a scandal in washington dc. what a stir it caused it to me. what more can you tell us about just how this balloon was brought down? so as any, we've learned that according to

a senior military official, it was an f 22 fighter jet that took the balloon down with one missile. and at the time the balloon was travelling at an altitude of around 60000 feet. that's around 18000 meters. in the sky and it was taken down just off the coast of north and south carolina in the u. s. territory. that is important because it means it was in us jurisdiction. and the us government actually ordered all flights to be grounded at the 3 airports near by. while this mission was taking place. air traffic has now resumed, and president biden actually gave the green light for the defense department to go ahead and bring down this balloon on wednesday. so it was military leadership that deem that the risk of taking down this balloon over land was too great because it was so high up and the threat of debris injuring people was great. so they decided to wait until the balloon was over. open water is the reason that's interesting, anthony, is because president biden has been under massive pressure here,

particularly by republicans who have accused them of a dereliction of duty for letting this balloon enter. u. s. air space at all. and they are still criticizing him by the way, even after the shooting down of this balloon, saying that he's been weak in the face of china. but again, the president saying, as we heard him, that sound by he said on wednesday, the military can shoot it down when they deem it is safe. and that moment was on saturday. the speak to the, the pressure that mounted on by me. how important is this balloon to we think for pentagon as evidence compared to how important it became for the white house as a political theater. also, according to the pentagon, they say it's very important. a defense official actually said on saturday. the balloon is of significant intelligence value, and in particular, they are interested in what's called the payload. that is the part just under the balloon that's conducting what the pentagon says is surveillance reports here indicated that the coast guard and the navy are working as quickly as possible to recover that payload. you might remember that early in the week,

the pentagon had originally said that a spy balloon has only limited capabilities. it doesn't have the counter intelligence capabilities of more high tech device. but still, this is a balloon that traverse montana all the way to the carolinas. and the pentagon said they want to know whatever information was picked up along the way. so again, for the pentagon, this is of significant value. so after days of intrigue, how has this incident affected diplomatic relations thing between the us and china? yeah, this has been a huge just diplomatic confrontation for sure. so this trip was highly anticipated . it was seen as an opportunity to finally engage in dialogue again at a time where the u. s. and china are seeing extremely strained relations. so secretary of state, lincoln antony blank and he already had a list of really thorny issues to address on this trip from the south china sea to the warn ukraine to wanting china to take a bigger role in deterring russia. and of course taiwan as well. things were

already very tense and the fact that a secretary of state blanket had to cancel that trip is one that just indicates how serious things are, are he would have been the highest ranking member of the biden administration to visit china. so this is something that is being seen as a lost opportunity. the lines of communication i should say, between the us and china are still open. that's what the state department said, and they will plan a trip for the secretary of state when the conditions are deemed right. but there's no indication anthony, when that might, might be delivered to me from a scandal in washington dc. thanks so much. a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and george's imprison the former president me here. second billy says he's being poisoned in jail. he's asked the court to let him leave george of treatment. his lawyer says he could die due to critical white loss. so just really is in prison for allegedly abusing his power during his time as president israelis in television and other cities have again taken to the

streets in their thousands they are protesting against prime minister benjamin netanyahu is plans to give lawmakers the right to overrule the supreme court, critics of netanyahu say he is trying to weaken the judiciary ahead of his corruption trial against and you can't find rages on around the city of back. most you, french army has been dug in for months, trying to push back russian forces. but despite tensions between both sides, keep and moscow say they have made the largest exchange of prisoners since the start of the year of $100.00 ukrainians. and more than 60 russians captured in battle, returned to their lines. moscow says it, it's soldiers were receiving medical and psychological care. ukrainian authorities also recovered the bodies of 2 british volunteers were killed during a humanitarian evacuation. last month or early, we ask military analyst frank lead, which what lid for this prisoner exchange?

there are 2 possible angles to this. the 1st of it is the perennial work. excellent work of the international committee of the red cross who's one of his main jobs is to act. in fact, as an intern meeting for things exactly like this. and i think it's, it's highly probable that they were involved to involve some point and certainly there will be in the future not been in the past. the 2nd is, as you had to yourself, that it's offline talks between the parties in formal negotiations for this kind of thing. i see that this, these, these present changes have happened before they sometimes happen and not publicized . i'm done. but this is one of the larger ones that was military analyst, frankly, which talking to us earlier. ah, sport down has been an emotional day in the buddhist league of adornment. strike a sebastian other he's got he's forced to go for the club since being diagnosed

with cancer in july helped seal a big win over title, rivals fryeburg. that puts dormant on the tails of by me. dorman strike a sebastian a layer was making his 1st league start at home. since treatment for testicular cancer, dormant marked world cancer day by redesigning their center circle urging men to check for lumps. fryeburg killian cecilia, did his teammates no favors by being sent off? after to 17 minutes. dorman, defend a nickel, shot back, a struggle with the back at times. the season in toronto go though he poses a threat and gave you said the lead from the titus of angles. but fryeburg later exposed his defensive frailties. lucas hurley equalizing after the ball had rebounded off slaughter beck, and plenty to think about at the break. luckily for him carrying at

a amy scott his 2nd, the league season and 2nd into games. early in the 2nd half, it was quite a celebration to dot man's next goal, had fans in raptures and making it free won. this was his 1st goal having been diagnosed in july, shortly after signing for the club. his joy was there for all to see his boots told their own story. union blunt added an impressive force and ye irena, a 5th but the day belonged to allah. as dorman boosted dead title hopes and the hero of the day a lawyer was in a reflective mood art. but afterwards, when he spoke to reporters whipping the records go today, ah, was also great. misses were to everyone, everyone that finding archdale, we fight later. so i'm just,

i'm home. so some florida and that digital did adapters will be always better. now on yon berlin returned to the top of the buddhist leg. a table after snatching a light to one victory. i've a mites. when the aunt winning goal came with just 6 minutes to go, american for jordan squad, it after coming on as a substitute, it's only on sports, right? when in the league means they get 2 points clear by munich at the top of the table though i have played on game. okay, so let's look at some more of the saturday bonus league of results now entitled chases leipzig were held to a goal. this draw by cologne and dropped a 4th on the table for now frankfort. a right behind them, after bidding stragglers had to berlin 3 nill on sunday by munich. have the chance to retake top spot when they face bolster our. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories from the world. the sport now and voss

berg have maintained their perfect women's bonus league record. thanks for foreigner winner. the fryeburg holy striker ever po, said we'll speak on their way after just 4 minutes as they won the 11th game out of 11 this season. i have an 8 point later the by munich, hid sundays, matches in golf sand, lombard shot, the buggy, free round to take a one stroke league at the dp world tour event in the u. h. e. south african left is putting the back there is looking to win his 1st 2 a title event concludes on sunday in winters 40 crowns freestar sphere. demitra petoskey, while the crowd to win a gold medal woke up in at the u. s. deer valley, the land one had a strict, an aerial skiing called the hurricane, and in himself, a reco world cup school of them. well, now i, saki isn't the 1st bought one thinks of when it comes to africa, but that hasn't deterred some from dreaming. in kenya, 28 year old benjamin and buddha is following his dream of ice hockey,

glory benjamin and barry has chosen unlikely par. he's the captain of the only ice hockey team in kenya. this is the country's solitary brink . opened back in 2005. the kenya ice lions on normally forced to face off against one another, occasionally vote and peru and his teammates will get a friendly against a team of experience in the canyon capital. one of the perks of life in ny robi as a may poker player. knowing that they don't have enough, i seemed freeman and they would not be as good as compared to abroad most to be able to be of assistance from some of which is gonna be a threat to leaving the robi in working. they told me with ice time limited, grew also trains on rooftops in roller blades. and of course,

tops up his technique with the ot youtube tutorial. repetition is mother is killed . we got to train muscle memory. my jenny to i focused that when they joined college, i really did 1st. then i played in laying hockey. and then on the few of my friends invited me to grow plays hockey and that was the beginning of the very beautiful journey. the ice lions certainly have a job on their hands to raise the profile of ice hockey in kenya. but off the roof in the woods of a certain wayne gretzky. you miss 100 percent of the shots. you don't take, ah time for a quick recap of that top story. the so you are spotted jets have shot down a suspected chinese surveillance balloon of its territorial waters. bloom triggered a diplomatic storm that kept the secretary of state antony blinking from visiting

china. if it's on now on the way to collect the debris, and that is a nice round up for now. i'm next on the channel sports. life follows the progress of a spaniard preparing to scout african 2nd highest peak. that's despite having boss is something that you for that's coming up after a short break. remember, you can always get news 247 on our website that we found a d, w dot com and on social media on twitter. instagram a handle is at the w news. i'm anthony howdy and so then for me and the team here, thanks for your company. and what if you're watching have a good day. ah yes, that is still muted. total austin, you month right? year the end of a superpower, the collapse of the soviet union.