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Recent efforts by Beijing to mend ties with Washington were showing progress, but the balloon’s appearance over the United States illustrates lingering mistrust and growing tensions.

The navy said it had begun an operation to send the aircraft carrier São Paulo to the bottom.

The Pentagon called the object, which had been seen flying over Montana, an “intelligence-gathering balloon.” Beijing said it was used mainly for weather research and had strayed off course.

Beijing said the object, which had been seen flying over Montana, was used mainly for weather research and had strayed off course. The Pentagon described it as an “intelligence-gathering balloon.”

U.S. officials say they are preparing to surge forces in the event of conflict with China, including over Taiwan, but do not intend to build up permanent bases.

The decision is a big victory for the families of the 29 people who died in the attack in August 1998, four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.

The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi.

The divorce between Britain and the European Union has become the dark thread that, to many, explains why Britain is suffering more than its neighbors.

Following talks with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, the U.S. secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, met the Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah amid a sharp rise in tensions in the region.

The problem is driving up temperatures in what is already one of the hottest cities in the world, where air-conditioning is a luxury only the rich can afford.