Morning news brief: Suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over US, Netanyahu meets Macron in Paris and more
Morning news brief: Suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over US, Netanyahu meets Macron in Paris and more
With the Israeli-Palestine conflict at a new high, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday met French President Emmanuel Macron and other France's Jewish community in Paris. Republicans removed Democrat Ilhan Omar from the US House Foreign Affairs Committee over her anti-Semitic comments.
Meanwhile, ahead of Blinken's visit to Beijing, the US was tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that has been flying over the continental United States for a couple of days.
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Suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the US, Pentagon says
The US was tracking a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that has been flying over the continental United States for a couple of days, a senior defence official said Thursday. Senior officials have advised President Joe Biden against shooting it down since the debris might pose a safety threat.
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