reporter: there s certainly more people out here today than we ve seen in days past, especially because today we know exactly what we will get decisions on because it s the last day. you mentioned those two big cases, of course at the end of pride month. that case that has to do with whether or not a web designer can refuse to design a wedding website for a gay couple. we could see some reaction to that. the biggest one we re watching for is on student loans, whether or not biden s student loan forgiveness program will stand. the biden administration was using a congressional act started after 9/11 in 2003. it was continued through the pandemic, even invoke bid betsy devoss under the trump administration. can student loans be forgiven in their entirety forever? this would affect about 43,000 people, sorry, we re starting to get some decisions just in now. so i m going to go listen for what those are, and i said 43,000, that s 43 million people, and i ll be back to you when
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
whose parents are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00pm 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, as has canada. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world s number translation: the united states, the world s number one the world s number one super sewer is so afraid of a mobile phone application that
and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. fire officials in greece say at least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. what more do we know about this train crash? we have been getting regular department dates 26 bodies have been recovered now and they think 85 people have been injured. dozens of rescuers on the ground going through those carriages in the dark with torches looking for survivors. we know this was the result of a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train details have been emerging, it happened in the thessaly region the government described the collision is very powerful, he called it a terrible scene, he said the first two carriages were almost completely destroyed in his words on the two after that were derai
is time running out for tiktok? china condemns the us government s decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app. and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. fire officials in greece say at least 16 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa, in the thessaly region. stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. what more do we know about this train crash? officials have now confirmed they have recovered 16 bodies from the site and it was the result of a cargo train colliding with a passenger train. it happened in the central thessaly region of greece and the governor has been speaking out and described the collision as very strong and the carriages were completely destroyed, in his words, and fire authority said two carriages were co