We start with the social media app tiktok because its ceo has vowed to keep on fighting after the us House Of Representatives passed a bill that could see the app banned in america. Shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that if the bill becomes law it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us. Well hearfrom him injust a moment, but first, heres our us Business Correspondent erin delmore who has been following developments on capitol hill. The houseboat sets the stage for what could become an ultimatum to tiktok Chinese Owned Company bytedance. Selby avenue or it will be banned. There is a way to go between here and there. It needs to go through this and it faces an uncertain future. The Senate Majority leader has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. Some studies are only about to vote against it. If it does move through the senate, President Biden that he will sign it. Components of the bill argue t
Test flight yet. The Starship Rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. But the mission is still being declared a big success. Heres our science correspondent pallab ghosh. New objectives thatll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. Twice before, Starship Blew Upjust minutes after launch. Was this going to be third time lucky . So far, so good. We are feeling the rumble. We are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. And now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. Oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. And heres a view of the lower section falling back to earth. But then, communication is lost. And acquisition of signal, well see if we can get some other video. But back in space, its all going fine, and the uppe
Been watching these pictures for the last few minutes. This is a protest, a number of people gathering their from the main square in tel aviv to the defence ministry. Holding up the signs of women hostages held in gaza. They are calling for their Immediate Release. We can hear the chanting there, and the posters in the pictures are just behind the cameras position there. Is itjust turns around again, you can see that Protest Calling for the immediate return of the hostages. We will get more on the humanitarian situation in gaza. Cancer patients say theyre being denied exit for Life Saving Treatment through the rafah crossing to egypt, despite their names appearing on authorised Evacuation Lists. In parallel, fees charged by an Egyptian Company arranging evacuations from gaza have rocketed during the war, the bbc s Lara Elgebaly has the story, which was also produced by haya al badarneh. Hopefully i will find my name there and be able to travel. God willing. Translation im on my way to
Have missed. January 6th was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own government. They used terrorism to try and stop us, specific piece of Domestic Business they did not like. Fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. They stormed the center floor. They tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the Vice President. They did this because they had been Fed Wild Falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. Because he was angry and lost an election. Former President Trumps actions preceded the riot for a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty. Therefore, i am endorsing donald j. Trump. The one thing we cut off there, maybe its not fair is right after that, he broke into a rousing tune. Happy days are here again. It was like the 32 convention. I couldnt believe it. But yeah. A little discordant, song didnt go with the message. But you know, thats mitch. Mitch mcconnell there, that was in 2021. It was a month after j
Dead. Well have the latest in just a minute. The biggest oneday strike to hit los angeles in a generation is under way right now. Everyone from mechanics to Traffic Officers are walking off the job. The latest in the series of union labor actions that disrupted the city in recent months. Well explain what it is all about and whats next coming up. We start, though, with former President Donald Trump and federal prosecutors locking horns over what will be one of the central themes of his upcoming federal trial. The right to free speech. Right now the legal teams from both sides are under orders to agree on a hearing date to hash out the scope of a protective order which would set ground rules for what Evidence Trump can and cant disclose. Last night, his Team Rejected the governments original proposal to restrict everything it hands over, arguing that would violate trumps First Amendment rights. Instead, trumps attorneys proposed more narrow limits for only genuinely sensitive materials.