i don t think spying is the right way to describe it. i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they ve never asked us. i find that actually preposterous. american data has always been stored in virginia and singapore in the past and access of this is on an as required basis. as required by engineers for by engineers, bytedance and the communist party. no, no. lawmakers grilled tiktok s ceo over hours on user data and the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have much more from that contentious hearing just ahead. plus, while no movement from the grand jury, there was a busy day outside the courtroom in manhattan during the hush money investigation with the d.a. s office calling out house republicans and donald trump ranting about the prince harry prosecutor and also ahead, the latest on a drone strike in syria that has killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. good morn
but a necessity for the safety and prosperity of the british people in the decades ahead. the police officer accused of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard is due to go on trial in late october. and coming up scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to set out a timeline for the easing of lockdown in scotland. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. afterfour weeks in hospital, the duke of edinburgh has been discharged and has returned to windsor castle. prince philip was admitted to king edward vii s hospital in central london on february 16th after feeling unwell. the duke, who s 99, later underwent a successful procedure for a pre existing heart condition at another london hospital. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard, on his way home to windsor af
The uk has told the European Union that it is going to leave. This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Britain is leaving the eu. We are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. The terms of the uks divorce deal will be subject to intense scrutiny. The labour party set out its red lines. Labour will not give this government a free hand to use brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services, or create a tax dodgers paradise. And the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of a second referendum on independence. The snp urges the Prime Minister to show some respect. If she remains intransigent, and if she denies scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish Independence inevitable. The Journey Towards triggering article 50 began nine months ago. 52 of voters in the Eu Referendum put a cross next to the box that said leave the European Union. Those 7. 4 Million People unleashed a huge political upheaval. David cameron resigned the next day,
A dream come true for many people, but a day others hoped would never arrive. The uk has told the European Union that it is going to leave. This is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. Britain is leaving the eu. We are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. The terms of the uks divorce deal will be subject to intense scrutiny. The labour party set out its red lines. Labour will not give this government a free hand to use brexit to attack rights, protections and cut services, or create a tax dodgers paradise. And the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of a second referendum on independence. The snp urges the Prime Minister to show some respect. If she remains intransigent, and if she denies scotland a choice in our future, she will make Scottish Independence independence inevitable. The Journey Towards triggering article 50 began nine months ago. 52 of voters in the Eu Referendum put a cross next to the box that said leave the European Union. Those 7.