31 min
Chinese spy balloons, UFOs and the future of modern espionage The i Podcast
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At the beginning of February, a mysterious flying balloon drifted into the public’s view in the skies above Montana. Locals eagerly filmed the unidentified object, posting videos on social media, kickstarting speculation that it was a visitation from extraterrestrials.
While bizarre, it seems there was something altogether more earthly was going on. The US pointed fingers squarely at China, claiming the balloon was a spying device, but Beijing insists it was merely a meteorological device, blown off course.
By the time the balloon was shot down by a US Air Force fighter jet over the Atlantic, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had canceled a trip to China and relations between the two countries are showing no signs of improving.
In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, Senior Reporter Serina Sandhu is joined by foreign news reporter Keiron Monks to discuss how the mysterious balloons have reignited political tensions between the two superpowers.
Only 14 percent of the UK’s rivers are classified as being in a ‘good’ ecological state and if things don’t change that could be as low as 6 percent by 2027.
What does this mean in practice? It’s killing off our fragile ecosystems, making us sick and destroying these natural treasures for future generations.
The i has a plan to reverse the fortunes of our national waterways, that’s we are launching the Save Britain’s Rivers campaign – alongside our sister publication the New Scientist.
In part 2 of this episode we are joined by our Environment Correspondent Daniel Capurro to explain how we plan to pressure politicians and businesses into cleaning up their act.
Produced by Julia Webster. The executive producer is Albert Evans and the assistant producer is Phoebe Fleming.
Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.
Check out their music here.
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/
https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/
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At the beginning of February, a mysterious flying balloon drifted into the public’s view in the skies above Montana. Locals eagerly filmed the unidentified object, posting videos on social media, kickstarting speculation that it was a visitation from extraterrestrials.
While bizarre, it seems there was something altogether more earthly was going on. The US pointed fingers squarely at China, claiming the balloon was a spying device, but Beijing insists it was merely a meteorological device, blown off course.
By the time the balloon was shot down by a US Air Force fighter jet over the Atlantic, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had canceled a trip to China and relations between the two countries are showing no signs of improving.
In this week’s episode of The i Podcast, Senior Reporter Serina Sandhu is joined by foreign news reporter Keiron Monks to discuss how the mysterious balloons have reignited political tensions between the two superpowers.
Only 14 percent of the UK’s rivers are classified as being in a ‘good’ ecological state and if things don’t change that could be as low as 6 percent by 2027.
What does this mean in practice? It’s killing off our fragile ecosystems, making us sick and destroying these natural treasures for future generations.
The i has a plan to reverse the fortunes of our national waterways, that’s we are launching the Save Britain’s Rivers campaign – alongside our sister publication the New Scientist.
In part 2 of this episode we are joined by our Environment Correspondent Daniel Capurro to explain how we plan to pressure politicians and businesses into cleaning up their act.
Produced by Julia Webster. The executive producer is Albert Evans and the assistant producer is Phoebe Fleming.
Music featured is by Michael Kobrin and Lexin Music - licensed via Pixabay.
Check out their music here.
https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-the-introvert-michael-kobrin-10959/
https://pixabay.com/users/lexin_music-28841948/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
31 min