Republicans say Biden acted too slowly in response to this threat and that they, in fact, invited it by showing weakness towards China. The balloon stayed up for another four days because of concerns that it's payload might have harmed somebody if it had fallen to the ground. Do we know what intelligence the balloon was able to gather? It's still really unclear. American defense officials are saying that they assess the intelligence gathering capabilities of this balloon is very limited.
American fighters shot down a balloon that China says was monitoring the weather, but America insists was spying. It was a minor incident, but it highlights the relationship of a great-power rivalry with inadequate guardrails. Our correspondent visits a market in Mumbai to see what might be lost as India’s economy formalises. And some surprising—and worrying—data puncturing the myth about the skinny French.
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