it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a powerful house committee is debating wether to allow president biden to completely ban the chinese owned app, tiktok, which is used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days. and it s notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, following canada which imposed a similar ban. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self confidence. we firmly oppose the us s wrong approach to overstretching the concept of national security, abusing national power, and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. earlier, i a
farming sea cucumbers is stopping them being fished in the wild so they can keep doing their important work in the ocean. bbc news. and finally some pictures from greece, where people celebrate the day before the start of the fasting season with tradition called alevromou tzouro mata, which translates as flour smudging. the day is celebrated with a massive annual feast and people taking to the streets to throw tonnes of dyed flour, painting each other and dancing. at the show you like pictures from washington where that debate is continuing in that house committee over the ban on tiktok. you have been watching newsday. good morning. not a lot happening in any great hurry in terms of the weather across the uk in the days ahead. a big area of high pressure centred to the north of scotland has been with us so far this week and it stays
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