through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants devices. take a listen. we re also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. on the face of it the app might not look like a threat to national security. it s exploded in popularity as a platform to share short videos of viral dances and comical voice overs. and has become a part of today s youth culture. tiktok claims to have more than one billion monthly users worldwide. and last year it was the most downloaded app in the world. the app is owned by the chinese company byte dance. and that s what s worrying governments. because the app can collect data stored on t
when you see this president just out of it. sick and doesn t know where he is going. can t read the prompter. it allows our allies to wonder. honduras cut ties with taiwan. mexico saying their election board they are throwing them out. this is a bad moment in the world. it s a bad moment because of this. laura: the metaphor is america in decline. the president is in decline. they are fine with that. they think china will take the global dominant position and do for themselves at this point. i think the white flag is up in this white house. today he promised 690-million dollars for democracy building projects aboard. he wants 9.5-billion dollars. there is no accountability for this money.
to go beyond the mode of operation which have prevailed until now. macron has made these reforms a central part of his second term, arguing it s essential for the pension system s long term viability. so why have they created such anger? france s retirement age is currently 62. the same as sweden, portugal and greece. but much lower than many countries in western europe. the average retirement age across the european union is 65. italy and germany have moved towards raising the official retirement age to 67, so has the uk. the french government says raising the pension age to 64 will bring in an extra 19.5 billion dollars, or 18 billion euros, by 2030. earlier president emmanuel macron defended his reform plan, while speaking to french diplomats. translation: we must assume, l