Chinese balloon flight violated US sovereignty and international law -- Blinken
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. |
| 0:07.1 | This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday, |
| 0:09.3 | the 4th of February. |
| 0:10.9 | The US calls off a high-level diplomatic mission to Beijing, |
| 0:14.2 | saying a Chinese spy balloon had violated American airspace. |
| 0:18.2 | The Pentagon is to give Ukraine longer-range missiles |
| 0:21.1 | to help it recapture Russian-occupied territory. |
| 0:24.3 | And on a joint visit to South Sudan, |
| 0:26.6 | Pope Francis calls for peace. |
| 0:31.1 | Also in the podcast, |
| 0:32.3 | the Australian tenor star Nick Kirios pleads guilty to assault |
| 0:35.8 | but avoids conviction. |
| 0:37.5 | And... |
| 0:38.5 | He did not accept the idea that everything had to be made of silk |
| 0:42.9 | and velvet and cotton and sewn with the needle and thread. |
| 0:46.3 | The Spanish fashion designer Paca Raban has died at the age of 88. |
| 0:50.7 | The US has told China that flying a spy balloon over American territory is unacceptable. |
| 1:00.6 | That was the blunt message delivered by America's top diplomat, |
| 1:03.6 | Anthony Blinken, |
| 1:04.8 | as he told his Chinese counterpart, |
| 1:06.6 | the incident had forced him to postpone his high-profile trip to Beijing. |
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