The us House Of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the tiktok owner bytedance to sell its stake in the Social Media Platform or face a total ban in the country. During the debate, lawmakers repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the Chinese Communist Party Something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. Party something denied by both lets hear some of the debate in congress. Our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate, but not under the control of the Chinese Communist party. I want to emphasise this bill does not ban tiktok. It simply would require the Chinese Communist Party Affiliated bytedance to sell tiktok and divest their interests. Live to washington and our correspondent nomia iqbal. Nomia, given what has happened, how likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . Likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I would be staggered banned in the us . I would be staggered if banned in the
hello, i m sumi. we start in israel, where there s been an attack in tel aviv. officials say one person was killed and five injured as a car rammed into a group of people near a seaside park. the attacker has been shot dead. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered the mobilization of police and army reserves. earlier, in the occupied west bank, two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a gun attack on a car. here s israel s defence minister. translation: we will settle | the account with whoever tries to hurt citizens of israel and we will bring them to the cemetery or prison after investigation. anyone who tries to turn the days of israel holiday into days of morning will regret this matter greatly. this all comes after a week of escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians. on wednesday and thursday, israeli police stormed jerusalem s al aqsa mosque. israeli forces fired stun grenades and clashed with palestinians as t
Attended the incident and treated the woman for stab injuries, but she died at the scene. A 22 year old man was arrested in the colindale area on thursday afternoon and remained in custody. Thousands of people have joined pro palestinian protests in the swedish city of malmo ahead of israels appearance in the semifinal of the eurovision song contest. The climate activist Greta Thunberg was among the crowds that gathered in the citys main square, waving flags and chanting. The man performing for israel, eden golan, was booed during the rehearsals. A bbc investigation has revealed the saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city that is being built by dozens of western companies. A former Intelligence Officer says he was ordered to evict villagers to make way for the line, part of the neom eco project. You are very welcome to the programme. The People Living in rafah say the last two days have been punctuated by the almost constant s
well, we ve gotten a little bit of you into outer space with the background you have shared with us. thank you pam melroy. thank you. we want to bring you some breaking news now from texas where a federaljudge has halted the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. the decision another setback to abortion rights in the us. in a 67 page opinion, the districtjudge matthew kacsmaryk said the food and drug administration s two decades old approval violated federal rules that allow for accelerated approval for certain drugs and subsequent actions by the agency ran afoul of federal law. he put his decision on hold for seven days to allow for the biden administration to appeal. we would bring you the reaction from the white house and the