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Weekend: China reacts angrily to US shooting down balloon

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China reacts angrily to US shooting down balloon

05/02/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, China reacts angrily to US shooting down balloon

Beijing has reacted angrily to the shooting down of an observation balloon off the US

China has reacted angrily to the shooting down of one of its observation balloons off the US coast. The Pentagon says it was a lawful response to a violation of US sovereignty.

Also in the programme: the Ogale community in Nigeria's Delta region have joined a lawsuit against the oil giant Shell, seeking damages for pollution of their land and local environment; and looking ahead to US President Biden's annual State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Joining Audrey Brown to discuss this and more are Stephanie Baker, a senior writer at Bloomberg News in London, and Adeolu Adekola, a Nigerian policy and development analyst.

(Photo: Spectators watch after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the coast in Holden Beach, North Carolina, US on 4 February 2023. Credit: Reuters/Allison Joyce)

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