gordon, thank gordon corera _ is a growing concern. orera reporting. _ a bid has been tabled by a qatari sheikh to buy manchester united. it is the second bid for the football club to be made public, after businessman sirjim ratcliffe stated his interest last month. our sports correspondent andy swiss is outside old trafford for us now. tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline — tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline for _ tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline for any _ tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline for any bids _ tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline for any bids to _ tell us more. well, 10pm tonight was the deadline for any bids to buy - the deadline for any bids to buy manchester united and as you say, we have had a bid from sheikh jassim bin hamad al thani. he is the chairman of a qatari bank. he is the son of a former president of qatar and says he is a lifelong manchester united fan. in a statement he says his bid will return the club to its former glories, both on an

gordon corera, bbc news. our north america editor sarah smith is in washington.ate has spoken about this incident this evening. what did he say?— about this incident this evening. what did he say? well, he's clearly very angry- — what did he say? well, he's clearly very angry- he _ what did he say? well, he's clearly very angry- he said _ what did he say? well, he's clearly very angry. he said this _ what did he say? well, he's clearly very angry. he said this was - very angry. he said this was irresponsible and unacceptable, particularly coming just before his planned trip to china, and he said it undermined the very basis of that trip watch was intended to improve relations and increase trust. secretary blinken was due to meet the chinese president xi jinping himself, among other things they would have discussed taiwan which is a major point of tension. america fears china might move to militarily seize the self—governing province and china would have wanted to talk about america's expanding military presence in the philippines which is supposed to deter china

gordon corera, bbc news.blic inquiry into what has been called the "worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs" has heard its final evidence after more than four years. it is thought tens of thousands of people were infected with hiv and hepatitis between 1970 and 1991 after being given a contaminated drug or blood transfusion. 3,000 patients are thought to have died, and 30,000 patients are reported to have been infected. the inquiry, which started in 2018, has reviewed thousands of documents and is expected to publish its findings in the autumn. here's our health editor, hugh pym. some families lost more than one person. it's just devastated families over a0 years. what happened to us was avoidable, and i think that's what made me angry, made me want to fight. we have battled mps, civil servants, the medical profession, _ the pharmaceutical company — i mean, itjust goes on and on and on. i they've all battled forjustice, not least these former schoolmates who have been at almost every day of the inq

gordon corera, bbc news.s from the european union have said "ukraine's future is inside the eu", as president zelensky has been hosting a summit in kyiv. there was no mention of a timeline, but the eu says it will support ukraine and its people against what it calls russia's ongoing war of aggression for as long as it takes. here's the european council's charles michel speaking at a joint news conference. let get some reaction now from ukraine. our correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv. another pledge of concrete dollars... also the subject of ukraine's winchell potential member ship to the european union. it came up in the summit. in the roles of charles michelle, he said, let's make this happen. can this happen? i am joined by the deputy head of the ukraine office. what did you make of the meeting? what was your document achieved in your mind? here in k iv, we document achieved in your mind? here in kyiv. we have _ document achieved in your mind? here in kyiv, we have the _ document achieved in your min

gordon corera, bbc news. senior fellow for defense priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the us army. he's in denver, colorado. daniel, antony blinken has cancelled his trip to china. was he right to do that? i don't think he was. this is not the first time this has happened and every country on everybody. we spy on china daily and best bonus. there are a lot of things going on right now and tensions have been as leading between china and the united states and already the us has conducted unusually low amounts of high—level diplomacy between the two countries. i think they need to and i hope you get to back on track soon. antony blinken had to do something, to take a stand. what else would you recommend he did? he what else would you recommend he did? . ., what else would you recommend he did? ., ,, what else would you recommend he did? _, ., ,, ., he did? he could address it and sa it is he did? he could address it and say it is unacceptable _ he did? he could address it and say it is unacceptable an

our security correspondent gordon corera is here to explain. gordon.skies of america — balloons and unidentified flying objects being shot out of the sky byjets. so what's really going on? nine days ago, what the us describes as a high—tech chinese spy balloon was shot down by fighter aircraft after it had been tracked across the country. it was large — about 200—foot tall — helium filled, solar powered and carrying sensors to collect intelligence as it flew across military bases. it may have been shot down by fighter jets eventually but president biden took flak for not doing that faster. it then emerged this was just the latest of a handful of balloons in recent years. the growing concern led us air defence to change the filters on its radars — that means it's now seeing many more unidentified objects. so after the first balloon — shot down over south carolina on february 4th — another object was spotted over alaska and shot down on february 10th. the next day, another object was shot down over yukon, canada. and then yesterday, there was yet another

we'll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first, this report from gordon corerahave 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 una

the bbc�*s gordon corera looks back on his life. 1999.hen troops stormed the national television headquarters to put pervez musharraf in power, the people of pakistan heard a familiar refrain. the nation needed another leader in uniform to save it from self—serving politicians. in the past, our governments have ruled the people. it is time now for the governments to serve the people. pakistan had already been under army rule for more than half the time it had been independent. general musharraf portrayed himself as a moderniser out to rid pakistan of islamic extremism. the attacks in the us in september 2001 severely tested his resolve. controversially, within pakistan, he decided to support the american—led military campaign to oust the taliban regime in neighbouring afghanistan. the best way to fight this common enemy is to join hands. he faced protests that he'd sold out to the americans. later, he only narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. challenges to his authority were put down with military force. he later handed over control o

gordon corera, bbc news.the united states has found elon musk not guilty of fraud over tesla tweeting. 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. it never was. 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. elon musk seemed nervous after he'd given evidence. how did i do he asked the media outside. and, he had asked the media outside. and, he had a lot to lose, potentially billions,. 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 mosk at his word, buying up tesla stock. after that tweet tesla price rocketed. but soon

let's have more details from our security correspondent, gordon corera, who was with me.and unidentified flying objects being shot out of the sky byjets. so what's really going on? nine days ago, what the us describes as a spy balloon was shot down after it had been tracked across the country, including flying over military bases. it was large — about 200 foot tall — helium filled, solar powered, and carrying sensors to collect intelligence. officials today said it was part of a chinese military programme which had sent balloons around the world in recent years. that balloon may have been shot down by fighter jets eventually, but president biden took flak for not acting faster. the growing concern in recent days led us air defence to change the filters on its radars. that means they are now seeing many more unidentified objects. so after the first balloon, shot down over south carolina on february 4th, another object was spotted over alaska and shot down on february 10th. the next day, another object was shot down over yukon, canada. and then yesterday there was yet anoth

gordon corera, bbc news.kraine with longer—range guided rockets as part of the package of military support with some $2.2 billion now and in addition to the ground launch rockets and the package will include more air defence systems, anti—tank missiles and armoured infantry vehicles. a spokesman from the pentagon has refused to be drawn on whether ukraine might use the longer—range rockets to attack russian occupied crimea, saying that how the ukrainians choose to deploy them is their decision. this comes as france and italy also make announcements for the military aid will be made after finalising for the military aid will be made afterfinalising plans for the military aid will be made after finalising plans to supply kyiv with a highly effective mobile air defence system in order to protect them against russian drone and missile attacks. senior officials from the european union have said, "ukraine's future is inside the eu". the comments were made at a summit in the capital, kyiv, hosted by president volody

gordon corera, bbc news.illions 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. 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 the yachtswoman ellen macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing a solo around the world nonstop. this is bbc news. to the uk now — and police in the n

our security correspondet, gordon corera is here.?— on their phones, what is the securi risk? . , , ., , security risk? it has been a widely successful app _ security risk? it has been a widely successful app spreading - security risk? it has been a widely successful app spreading around | security risk? it has been a widely i successful app spreading around the world in one of the reasons it is so successful is because of the way it understand its users. it knows what they are interested in, knows how to feed that more videos to match those interests and it�*s precisely that strength, its understanding and reach, which worries some security officials. one concern it could be used to collect sensitive data, to track and understand people and that is why what we have seen in the last few days is governments asking their officials not to use it on official devices. that is the concern, basically of a kind of espionage. it is worth staying other social media apps also collect large amounts of information but they are not owned by a chin

gordon corera, bbc news.earlier, i spoke to scott kennedy from the centre for strategic and international studies. that's a washington—based policy research organisation. and i began by asking him about what china found so interesting about the weather in the us state of montana. it's probably not just it's probably notjust with a balloon. it's most likely a surveillance balloon trying to get information. the us has nuclear launch sites in montana and this is a way for them to get information. but sending a balloon also sent a signal. in some ways it's a trial balloon to see how the us would react, given the certain current state of the relationship.— given the certain current state of the relationship. they knew the us would _ of the relationship. they knew the us would see _ of the relationship. they knew the us would see it _ of the relationship. they knew the us would see it pretty - the us would see it pretty clearly and that we would see it as well. clearly and that we would see it as well-— clearly and

here's more from the bbc�*s security correspondent, gordon corera. short of craziness. well, it all started when the americans say they saw a high—tech chinese spy balloon over their territory flying over sensitive military sites, and they shot it down. but there was criticism that they didn't do that fast enough. so the us military has adjusted its radars. what that means is the more they look, the more they're seeing. they're seeing more objects in the last few days and shooting those down. now, what are they? we don't know. we just don't know. it's wild that we didn't know, isn't it? it is wild that we didn't know. well, there is a mystery to this. have you ruled out aliens? i haven't ruled out anything. these objects look a bit different from the original chinese spy balloon. so they're going to look at the debris and try and work out what these ones are. but there's certainly growing alarm about it. and in china, they've responded angrily. they've said they didn't send any spy balloons and they've seen american spy balloons over their territory.