US fighter jets shoot down Chinese spy balloon

Beijing has reacted angrily to the shooting-down of a Chinese observation balloon that flew across the United States, calling the move an obvious overreaction.

Also in the programme: the exiled former president of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has died in hospital in Dubai after a long illness; and why rap music is being scrutinised by UK authorities for possible links to criminal behaviour.

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: The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US on 4 February 2023. Credit: Randall Hill/Reuters)