High-altitude object shot down over Alaska, US says

A "high-altitude object" has been changeable down implicit Alaska successful the past hour, the White House has said.

Spokesman John Kirby said the entity was "the size of a tiny car" and was implicit a sparsely populated country astatine the time.

President Joe Biden took the determination to sprout down the object, which was of chartless origin, Mr Kirby said.

It comes aft the US changeable down a Chinese balloon implicit its territorial waters past Saturday.

Speaking astatine Friday's regular property briefing, Mr Kirby explained that the entity implicit Alaska was travelling astatine 40,000ft and could person posed a menace to civilian aircraft.

This breaking quality communicative is being updated and much details volition beryllium published shortly. Please refresh the leafage for the fullest version.

You tin person Breaking News connected a smartphone oregon tablet via the BBC News App. You tin besides travel @BBCBreaking connected Twitter to get the latest alerts.