US works to recover the shot down Chinese balloon over Atlantic
China has condemned the decision to shoot down what it insists was a stray weather balloon
A Pentagon official said the recovery would enable US analysts to examine sensitive Chinese equipment. We asked a former US State Department official how much this will worsen the relations between Washington and Beijing.
Also in the programme: Reports from Iranian state TV say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to the women-led protests that swept the country since September; and as Pakistan鈥檚 former president General Pervez Musharraf dies, we explore how he鈥檚 regarded inside the country.
(Photo: Chinese high-altitude balloon spotted over North Carolina, Charlotte, US, on the 1st of February 2023. Credit: EPA).
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