the us secretary of state antony blinken says, we i of state antony blinken says, we have determinedave committed crimes against humanity. that is the scene inside the conference centres. delegates arrive and leave, people rush off to have a coffee in between speakers. they have just heard from kamala harris who was interviewed by the chairman of the conference who used to be representative at the united nations until two years ago. this is very much driven by the foreign policy, particularly retired officials, former ambassadors and officials, former ambassadors and officials at the foreign ministry. i was hoping that was going to be the announcement for rishi sunak but i think we are now going to get the european correspondence who is going to introduce rishi sunak and after he speaks, we will bring you live here on bbc news, he will be following that up with a few words of welcome and also some questions and answers to rishi sunak. we are going to stay with this for a moment because we can public take the introduction because it would be very long and then because they are running

ah, this is dw used life from building you as secretary of state. antony blanket wraps up his middle east visit with the cold peace meeting with palestinian prison mahmoud abbas. and lincoln said, palestinians face a shrinking horizon of heart, and he urged both sides to stop the violence. also coming up, families of dollars killed in monday's mouth, bombing and pakistan had begun bearing their dead. at least 100 people were killed in the deadliest attack there in years. ah, i am jared read. thank you for your company today. you a secretary of state antony blinking has wrapped up his visit to israel and the palestinian territories. after talks in jerusalem on monday, he met with palestinian president mac mood of boss in ramallah on tuesday. that came and meet a spike in violence between israelis and palestinians. lincoln expressed his condolences for the court innocent palestinian civilians who lost their lives over the last year, and he urged abbas to de escalate tensions. he also reiterated washington support for a 2 state solution, albeit without proposing any new initiatives. dur

s. secretary of state antony lincoln has postponed a plan visit to china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st attacked, detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. here enter gun officials have described the airship as an intelligence gathering balloon. china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and that it regrets the balloon sailed into us as space. well, correspondence to missile must come as following the story in washington. and here's what she told me about you, a secretary of state antony blinking, postponing a plan trip because of the balloon that china clamps is for mature electrical research. again, that's exactly what media is reporting at this point. they're linking this to, to senior u. s. administration officials who say that the secretary of state hass pope postponed rather this trip. we don't have confirmation yet from the state department. we haven't heard anything from the white house either. a president biden was at a press conference earlier today asked a question about this. he didn't answer

he was secretary of state antony, blanket has postponed, a planned visit to china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercom until ballistic missile silos. pentagon officials have described the airship as an intelligence gathering balloon . china claims the balloon is for a civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailed into us air space of a more on that let's go right to washington where dw correspondence and we some us gonna standing by for us. so me, your secretary of state antony blanket postpones a plan trip because of a balloon china says is for many a little logical research. so what is really going on in the skies over the us? what we're seeing is essentially a balloon that is become a diplomatic crisis. several several media have reported. as you mentioned, that secretary of state antony blinkin has postponed his trip to china, postponed indefinitely. meaning there is no further date being named at this point . and that is a big deal because this visit was important, and secretary of linco

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 h

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secretary of state antony blinken? >> reporter: right.his was the first face-to-face meeting since those incidents. a senior state department official tells cbs news the secretary was frank and direct immediately bringing up what the u.s. says was a violation of american airspace by that chinese spy balloon. blinken gave an interview to cbs's margaret brennan. >> so one of the things i'm hearing here in munich is real concern about the surveillance balloon program. i suspect the fact that it's been exposed by us is going to have to cause china to take another look at this. >> and that full interview will air tomorrow on "face the nation." adriana? >> we'll be christina ruffini, thank you. >>> the biden administration is facing backlash tonight over its handling of the massive train derailment in east palestine, ohio. fema officials arrived at the site today more than two weeks after the derailment following toxic chemical releases. cbs's michael george has the latest. michael, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. federal and

state. next stop for antony blink. and his ankara whale give more details on washington's plans to help of a big winner at this. he is a british academy film awards. was a german anti war movie. old quiet on the western front. with 14 nominations. the movie won 7 trophies, including thus the best picture and the best director, the british woods awards rather a thing as a curtain rise for the oscars. now just 3 weeks away, and all quiet on the western front as 9 nominations there. and the batter goes to all choir ah, the historic moment at the british film awards, a german war drama breaks the buff to record for the most a war to one by a film in a foreign language. taking home a total of 7. based on a german novel about the horrors of world war one, it tells the story of a young german soldier who soon learned that the romanticized version of war and that was described to him is nothing like the battlefields he encounters picking up his best direct, apprise at burger pay, tribute to those currently fighting in ukraine.

s. secretary of state antony blanket has postponed. a planned, visited china following the discovery. the balloon was 1st detected over the state of montana which houses some 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos entered on officials, described the airship as an intelligence gathering below china claims the balloon is for civilian purposes and says it regrets the balloon accidentally sailed into you as airspace a moments ago, you as secretary of state antony blank and spoke about his decision to not go ahead with a visit to china yesterday, the department of defense 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're confident this is a chinese surveillance balloon. once we detected the balloon, the u. s. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information. we communicated with the p r. c. government directly. through multiple channels about this issue,

you are a secretary of state antony blinking, and one ye met on the sidelines of the munich security conference in germany. in later interviews, blinker revealed that the u. s. had information that china was planning to provide legal support to russia in its war in ukraine, and that such support would carry consequences for b ging, i think we also had an opportunity to talk about the russian aggression against ukraine. we're here in munich and many of the country sure, focused as we are on that aggression. and one of the things that i shared with him was a growing concern on our part. the china is considering providing legal support to russia and its aggression against ukraine. and i made clear as president biden has almost from day one with president she that, that would have serious consequences in our own relationship. and beijing has responded by using the us of spreading false information and caution date on finger pointing on china, russia relations. but let's get more context on this from alyssia who's gosh, she's a policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. a

anthony had walked into the program, us secretary of state antony blank and has warned that china may soon provide lethal assistance in the form of weapons and ammunition to russia's war in ukraine badging his last out of what it calls false claims by the united states. lincoln issued the warning on a u. s. talk so. blitz after meeting with his counterpart when ye at the munich security conference. and again, while on a visit to nato, a member turkey. we are concerned that china is considering us of supporting russia's war effort in ukraine with lethal assistance. something that we're watching very, very close. so i also said, and as president biden said, going back many months when the aggression 1st took place and he spoke to president, she should thing he told him at that point that there would be real consequences in our own relationship. we're trying to provide legal assistance to russia in this aggression against ukraine or in a systematic way, 8 and the evasion of sanctioning. joining me now is director of is a, is china institute at the university of london state saying, welco

ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, you a secretary of state antony lincoln wraps off his middle east visit with the co pays meeting with palestinian prison mahmoud abbas lincoln st. palestinians face a shrinking horizon of toys. panting urged both sides to stop the violence also on the program in pakistan, families of the always killed in mondays, most bombing in the shower has been got, had begun and varying there did. at least 100 people were killed in the countries deadliest militant militant attack in ah, i'm jared ray. thank you. fuel company tonight, you will take retrieve state antony blanket has finished his visit to israel and the palestinian territories. after talks in jerusalem on, on monday he met with palestinian president mark mood abbas in ramallah on tuesday, and made a spike in violence between israelis and palestinians. lincoln expressed his condolences for the quote innocent allison palestinian civilians who lost their lives over the last year. and he urged abbas to de escalate tensions. he also reiterated at washington support for a 2 state solution, albeit w

yet this meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and his chinese counterpart was very symbolic. take a listen to china's top diplomat. >> translator: we asked the united states to handle it calmly and professionally based on consultation with the chinese site. regrettably the united states disregards these effects and used fighter jets and downed a balloon with its missiles. this is i would say is hysterical and absurd. >> reporter: and that is the s chinese response, yet all of this secretary of state blinken is being portrayed as very text and unapologetic about the u.s. position.text and unapologetic about the u.s. position. the u.s. through an official at least is saying that secretary blinken did still leave the door open for a discussion between president biden and chinese leader xi, but at this point no time table as to even if this would occur. >> interesting. and then on the topic of ukraine, china is talking about some form of peace plan, but then as we heard earlier from nic, the u.s. is considering ramping up assistance to russia. >> reporter: right. and u.s. says i

s. secretary of state antony blinking, that china army, russia would have serious consequences. but what would be a likely reaction from europe? well, it would be a red line in china relations that is, according to the european union's foreign affairs chief. you're set barrell, who has been in this building speaking to press urging of course, encouraging china not to take this step. not he was quite clear. he said that this was not something he had anticipated from china. so far he had heard from his, from china's talk diplomat, one v, that china is not planning to send weapons to russia, but he made it clear that that would be a red line. i also spoke to estonia as foreign minister who said he was very concerned about such dimensionality of a supply of weapons from china to russia. and he said, china surely wouldn't want to have blood own eights hands. now when it comes to a reaction, what does that red line translate into? will that is where it gets tricky, because we've seen how difficult it's been for the european union to pursue sanctions against russia due to those long bu

meanwhile the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air base.e'll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel—held parts of syria. with clean—up efforts getting under way in turkey, anger is building in some of the worst—affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are still waiting for their loved ones to be found under the rubble. translation: my cousin has still not been found under the rubble. - the search has to continue so that at least his body is found. we have been waiting for 15 days. we have been here since the day of the earthquake. translation: while we are suffering l here, they tell us to go and empty l our homes because they will destroy the building, but my house is elsewhere, so wait until the people are out of the rubble first. we go there, they forbid us to enter the houses. what are we going to do? our things, our lives are there and our loved ones are there. our cor

secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. poses anything that puts an israeli palestinian two state solution further out of reach. he has concluded his trip to the region after holding talks with the palestinian president. a toll from a suicide bombing in the northwest of pakistan has risen to 100. the attack happened inside what was thought to be highly secure police compound. at least 51 people have been killed after their overcrowded boat capsized in northwest pakistan. it was carrying a group of students and teachers on sunday. the -- after sacking their predecessors. it follows a second round of voting in the country's parliamentary election on sunday. we have more from the capital, tunis. reporter: this is an election that has focused more on turnout rather than who are the candidates and what form are they running. initial results show tunisians have the same lack of interest in the runoff than they had during the first round in december with about 11% of the total 7.8 million registered voters heading to the ballot box

secretary of state antony blinken postponing his high stakes trip to china. mola lenghi, mary bruce standing by at the white house. >>> the deadly cold already tonight, the national weather service is calling it a once in a generation arctic blast. 25 million americans, multiple states. new york city, philadelphia, boston, wind-chill readings in maine expected to reach 60 below zero. and where the wind chill is already 106 degrees below zero tonight. victor oquendo in massachusetts. rob marciano timing this out. >>> the deadly assault on an e.r. doctor riding his mountain bike. police say the suspect in his car hitting the victim, then allegedly getting out and attacking him. matt gutman reporting. >>> another scare at the airport. this time, newark. two passenger jets clipping wings. one plane full of passengers. >>> the stunning and unexpected jobs report tonight. president biden celebrating the numbers. the unemployment rate not this low since 1969. so, how does this complicate steps by the fed moving forward? rebecca jarvis, as always, breaking it down. >

will ripley has a look at secretary of state antony blinken postponing his trip to china after the fallout. i want to start with alex at the state department with what he's learning there. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. has not ruled out shooting down the chinese spy balloon once there's no risk to civilians below. but secretary of state antony blinken telling reporters that china's flag rant violation of u.s. sovereignty forced him to post his trip to beijing. >> i made clear the presence of this balloon in air space is a clear violation of u.s. sovereignty and international law. it's an irresponsible act and that the prc's decision to take this action on is detrimental to the discussions that we are prepared to have. >> reporter: it would have been the administration's highest level trip to china so far. the state department said the rare chinese apology today and the claim the balloon was for civilian purposes floating off course did not change their mind. >> i can only imagine what the reaction would be in china if they were on the other end. and what this has done is cr

meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air basel hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel—held parts of syria. our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from adana. tomorrow morning, it will be two weeks since the earthquake hit turkey and syria, and according to the turkish emergency and disaster budget, the vast majority of rescue operations will be winding down from the end of today. we know they have already significantly reduced come across one province there were 200 buildings being searched, that had been reduced to 98 on saturday. in another province, the epicentre, there were 19 buildings still being searched. the body has thanked the rescuers for their efforts, they sent over 11,000 people were involved from 80 different countries from around the world, but the majority of those people have now left turkey. we can speak now to journalist ayla jean yackley, who's in istanbul. you have been in some of the worst a

well, china is the focal point one day after a meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and ina's top diplomat. secretary blinken warning that sending that surveillance balloon over the united states violates international law and must never happen again. this at a time when there are growing concerns between beijing and their ties with moscow. secretary of state antony blinken was firm talking about balloon blowup. >> it doesn't matter in the sense that china's responsible for this action. and ultimately as the leader of the country president xi's responsible. >> reporter: he met with china's top diplomat saturday in munich, stressing the importance of a direct line of communication between the two sides, though the already strained relationship with beijing may be widening. today the country's foreign ministry issued a statement announcing "if the u.s. continues to fuss over and escalate unintended and isolated incident it should not expect the chinese side to flinch." >> no one of course wants a cold war, but that isn't the issue. what we want is a china that is not going

the secretary of state antony blinken called it an irresponsible act by china. keep in mind, this comes just days before he was supposed to head to beijing. he has now postponed that highly-anticipated trip. >> and defense officials have advised president biden against shooting that balloon down. but that decision could change. china claims the balloon is a civilian air ship used mainly for weather research and it was blown off course but no one here in the u.s. is doubting that this was indeed a spy balloon. we are covering the story from multiple angles, we will have live reports from our correspondents, from the pentagon, to beijing, and we're going to begin with our pentagon correspondent oren liebermann. secretary of state antony blinken is standing by his decision to postpone his trip to china. what are you hearing from him? >> it was a massive decision because this was a very high stakes visit for washington and especially for beijing, especially given the level of tensions between the two countries right now. it would have been the first visit from the t

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secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart face to face for the first time since the u.s. shot down that chinese spy balloon. what each side is now saying about that meeting. >>> plus, days after that powerful earthquake in turkey people are still being pulled alive from the rubble of destroyed buildings. a look at some of these miraculous rescues coming up. >>> and the ceo of the company that owns the train that derailed in north palestine, ohio, visited the community this weekend. his message to residents impacted by the accident coming up on "cnn this morning." ♪ >>> sunday, february 19th. a new week. we are so grateful that you are starting it with us. good morning. great to be with you as always. >> good morning to you. we begin in plains, georgia, where the family of former president jimmy carter says the 98-year-old will begin receiving hospice care at his home. a peanut farmer and navy lieutenant before going into politics, the democrat eventually served one term adds governor of georgia and one as president of the united states from 1977 to 1981. >>

secretary of state antony blinken canceled a trip to china because of the balloon. >> this has created conditions that undermine the purpose of the trip. >> reporter: the u.s. military is tracking it. a pentagon spokesman says it's maneuverable and has changed course since yesterday. the u.s. government has taken steps to keep them from learning anything and members of congress have called on the white house to frequently update them. >> the question is how sophisticated is the technology, whether it is or not, it's a spy balloon over our country. >> reporter: the president and military have opted not to shoot it down, worried the debris could land in a populated area. for now they say the safest place is high above the u.s. but they're weighing options to bring it down and examine it. >> just into the news room, another balloon has been spotted. a pentagon spokes person says they're seeing reports of a balloon over latin america. they believe it, too, is a chinese surveillance balloon. >>> security changes are being made at a synagogue in san francisco after a man walked into that syn

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons andto russia, for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to �*cbs news', after meeting china's top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said he'd warned mr wang of consequences, if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs, that chinese firms were already providing non—lethal aid for russia's invasion. james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china's president so is all that diplomacy about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia's invasion of ukraine calling instead for a peaceful solution. at the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms. and america's top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons. the element we have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information we have now is ba

so when the military knew about it, and the public didn't, biden's secretary of state antony blinken was still planning to head to china. and according to the "financial times" was slated to meet with the chinese president xi jinping. and president biden they knew about it, he was first briefed tuesday on the spy balloon. on wednesday a ground stop was issued for a swath of air space stretching 200 miles. this is from helena, montana, to billings. the public did not find out in any widespread way till you all saw it thursday night. it was only after that that blinken abruptly postponed his trip to beijing. now we are covering this story from all angles tonight. oren lieberman is at the pentagon. selina wang is in beijing. and tom foreman is tracking this spy balloon. i want to begin with oren. so what more are you learning from your sources there? >> reporter: the pentagon not buying at all this chinese explanation that it was a weather balloon that just happened to have floated off course because of strong winds. we've already seen part of that response, as you pointed out. secretar

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essentially what it means is an independent palestinian state in the west bank alongside israel, with jerusalem as the share capital. on monday, antonyen reiterated the message that the two-state solution was the best way to achieve peace. next is palestinian president mahmoud abbas. pres. abbas: we follow a strong commitment to the resolutions of international laws, the renunciation of violence and terrorism, respect of signed agreements. we are now ready to work with u.s. administration and the international community to restore political dialogue in order to end the israeli occupation of the land of palestine based on the 1967 ers with east jusalem as its capital. lewis: plenty of reaction to today's development. this is an advisor to president abbas speaking to the bbc. >> secretary blinken is right to say there is a shrinking horizon of hope,hrinking horizon of political resolution of ending the aggression, and he is right to call for a two-state solution in line with international resolutions and he is absolutely right in stressing the need for equal measures of freedom, security, opportunity, dignity to the palestinians and is

to which this will be accepted in the united states, and now, crucially, this new statement has come out days before what was to be a planned trip by antonyeen postponed. this seems to of been an attempt by the chinese side to try and hold things together, because of course this has caused extra tension, the idea of having a balloon floating over us airspace at this time, with the capacity to research who knows what, according to the chinese side, the weather, according to the us side, some other types of intelligence gathering, and now we are here to see what the two sides can make of it in terms of what they now have to do to ease tensions on yet another front. like i say, the trip committee planned a trip by antony blinken, was supposed to move relations, to ease tensions and yet here we are again —— the trip committee planned trip. stuck with the two biggest superpowers in the world at loggerheads over a sort of security issue. stephen mcdonell their invasion. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in washington. it is there for meteorological purposes, gary. what are they saying about that where you are? the americans _ a

ah, you as secretary of state antony blinkin has warned israel and palestine that the u . s. suppose is anything that puts a 2 state solution further out of reach, but he stopped short of making any concrete pledges. lincoln is now concluded his trip to the region of to holding talks with palestinian president man made a bass, says some members of his team will stay on to help defuse current tensions and at the worst violence seen in the occupied west bank in east to west lemon. yes, bernard smith reports now from ramallah in his meeting with the palestinian president, the u. s. secretary of state sticks with the line that washington remains committed to a palestinian state alongside israel. but antony blinking knows it's a diminishing prospect. we have been clear and consistent. neither side should take any, you know, or actions that right now potentially would, would add fuel to a fire and over the medium to long term ah, would make go the prospects of achieving 2 states even more distant than, than they currently are. so far, $35.00 palestinians have been killed this yea

earlier, the us secretary of state said china was acting irresponsibly and violating international law. antonylty 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

. >> during a meet with america's top diplomat, secretary of state antony blinken said he warned if thatd happen. blinken added they're already provides support. here's what he told nbc. >> china can't have it both ways, publicly, they present themselves as a country striving for peace in ukraine. but privately, as i said, we've seen already over these past months, the provision of nonlethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting russia's war effort. and some further information that we are sharing today and that i think will be out there soon, that indicates that they are strongly considering providing lethal assistance to russia. to the best of our knowledge that -- >> well, for more on this, we're joined by cnn's beijing bureau chief steve jiang. and here in london, we've got nick bonusson and clare sebastian as well. steve, first of all, what is beijing's view on this, in what they have been supporting in terms of weaponry and support to the russians in the united states' perspective, at least? >> yeah, max, the chinese just formally pushed back on blinken's allegati

meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken has this message for china.e are concerned that china is considering supporting russia's war effort in ukraine with lethal assistance, something that we're watching very, very closely. as beijing reacts by telling the us to �*keep out�* of its relationship with russia, we look at whether there's a danger the war in ukraine might become a proxy warfor the us and china. also coming up on newsday... two weeks after being struck by catastrophic earthquakes — turkey is hit by further tremors. a bbc investigation reveals widespread sexual abuse on tea farms which supply some of the world's most popular brands. and real treasure from cambodia dating back a thousand years or more surfaces in london hello and welcome to the programme. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where an american president has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. joe biden�*s trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america

blown up a chance to ease tensions between the world's two great powers, with the us secretary of state antonyg a planned trip to beijing. here in beijing, the foreign ministry in china had been expecting to welcome antony blinken today to talk about stabilising the relationship in carefully planned, carefully choreographed meetings. instead, suddenly, relations have taken a sharp turn for the worse. the visit could still very well take place later in the year. butjust getting here is now part of the problem. barbara plett usher, news, beijing. earlier, i spoke to amanda hsiao, who is a senior analyst for china at crisis group. she studies china's conflicts and conflict development, as well as developments in foreign policy. i started by asking her whether the release of the balloon was a calculated move by china or an honest mistake. given that beijing really stood to benefit from this visit by antony blinken, it is unlikely that the leadership had time, the passage of the balloon over the passage of the balloon over the us with his visit. it is likely the leadership was very much of course a

earlier, the us secretary of state said beijing was acting irresponsibly and violating international law. antonyy of fraud over a tesla tweet. mr musk was being sued by shareholders who claim they lost billions following tweets by the founder of the carmaker that he was taking the company back into private ownership. pope francis is in south sudan, the latest up on what the vatican is calling a pilgrimage

are current top stories on al jazeera who are secretary of state antony blank, and has postponed a rare trip to beijing over what the state department described as a clear violation of sovereign territory. the pentagon has rejected claims, a chinese berlin that's moving across the central united states as civilian and not being used for surveillance. officials say the balloon had been seen over the state of montana on thursday, where there are about a 150 intercontinental ballistic missile silos. us describe the craft as a surveillance satellite. first of all, we are aware of the p r. she's statement. i'm however, the fact is, we know that it's a surveillance balloon, and i'm not gonna be able to be more specific than that. we do know that the balloon has violated us airspace and international law, which is unacceptable. and so we've conveyed this directly to the p r c at multiple levels. and in terms of specific locations, i'm not going to be able to go into specific locations. again, other than to say it's moving eastward at this time. why has corresponding kimberly how kit has more?

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says there will be �*serious consequences�* for china, if our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from munich. this war is almost one year old and it shows no sign of letting up. whether on patrol in the snow or dug in deep below ground, ukrainian troops are largely holding firm, backed by arms from the west. but... there is still a lot to be done. we have to increase and accelerate our military support to ukraine, quickly. and now, potentially, a new development. the united states says russian forces are already getting surveillance and technology from chinese firms, but america's top diplomat believes china is considering going further, providing russia with weapons and ammunition. we have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information we have that they're considering providing lethal support, and we've made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us and in our relationship. that message was delivered at a security conference in munic

meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in turkey, at the incirlik air basehe'll hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel—held parts of syria. our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from adana. tomorrow morning, it will be two weeks since the earthquake hit turkey and syria, and according to the turkish emergency and disaster body, the vast majority of rescue operations will be winding down from the end of today. we know they have already across one province there were 200 buildings being searched, in another province, the epicentre, there were 19 buildings the body has thanked the rescuers for their efforts. it's an area which has been searched before, though search teams have previously said that some parts of the water are hard to see because of debris. the investigation into nicola bulley�*s disappearance has attracted widespread speculation, and after the police released personal details about her, there has been a public and political back

well, china is the focal point one day after a meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and ina's top diplomat. secretary blinken warning that sending that surveillance balloon over the united states violates international law and must never happen again. this at a time when there are growing concerns between beijing and their ties with moscow. secretary of state antony blinken was firm talking about the balloon blowup. >> it doesn't matter in the sense that china's responsible for this action, and ultimately as the leader of the country president xi's responsible. >> reporter: he met with china's top diplomat saturday in munich, stressing the importance of a direct line of communicationn e. though the already strained relationship with beijing may be widening. today the country's foreign ministry issued a statement announcing if the u.s. continues to fuss over and escalate the unintended and isolated incident it should not expect the chinese side to flinch. >> no one, of course, wants a cold war. but that isn't the issue. what we want is a china that's not going to be an agg

balloons have the ability to steer themselves to go into the wind comes just days before secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled to travel to beijing, the first visit by a u. s secretary of state and more than four years years. rising tensions in the region. secretary of defense loin aston visiting the philippines this week where manila agreed to give us access to additional military bases. the move ended deterring china's increasingly aggressive action toward taiwan in the disputed south china sea. this may be a attempt to send a message to the united states by china. what kind of message one that they're watching us and that they can look at our most sensitive sites. they probably knew that this was reported. we have an open press in the united states, and they want the americans to see that they that they do have the capabilities to put, uh, sensitive military collection devices like these over the continental united states. at least one u. s. senator is already calling for secretary blinken to cancel his trip to china next week. now beijing has not denied that the balloon came from chin

of course, you claim us secretary of state antony, blinking and echoed the sentiment and accused beijing of planning to support hooton's war. we have information that gives us concerned that they are considering providing legal support to russia and in the war against ukraine. and it was important for me to share very clearly with, with lonnie that this would be a serious problem. china maintains it is pushing for peace and dialogue as the war approaches. it's 2nd year or join him. if more is the w political correspondent, matthew more. matthew could assume we just heard you are secretary of state anthony, blinking in the report that how do we interpret what he had to say had that meeting go? well, i mean, this was a meeting happened on the sidelines of immune security conference and it's the 1st time that they've had a chance to talk since this bible in saga in recent weeks. and it's fair to say it was a fraud encounter. and i don't think they found much common ground, anthony, they had a chance to really address some of the various tensions that go up in recent weeks, months. and the u