News Snapshot:
"Balloongate" is a compelling story for a number of reasons, not least the balloon itself. The American public is locked onto commentary of its journey as it proceeds over the continent. The Pentagon described it as "manouvreable", indicating it was under someone's control. If the Chinese are steering it, where will they fly it, where will it land and who will take possession of it? They are the hardware questions exercising the US military as it monitors the balloon's progress and mulls over whether or not to shoot it down. Meanwhile, the tiny white dot 60,000ft in the sky casts...
