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
a building on a unholy alliance and mark warner on what he sees as a growing threat from china period. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with peter doocy at the white house on how they re digesting all of this. peter? officials are saying this putin and xi get-together is a marriage of convenience. xi thinks that putin can help him challenge american influence. putin thinks that xi can help him in ukraine. for putin, he s speaking about his chinese visitor in glowing terms. over the last years, china has made a huge leap forward in its development. in the whole world, it s a genuine interest and we re jealous a bit. the way that the president s foreign policy when it comes to this is being explained to us, there s no effort to try to contain chinese influence in the world. instead, they would rather try to promote america s interests. do you think that putin and xi fear president biden? you d have to ask them whether they fear or they not. it s no
a war zone as president. he and zelensky walking through the streets of kiev. you can hear the sirens ringing through the country as the two leaders were leaving a church a few hours ago. [sirens blaring] bill: quite a shot there biden and zelensky undeterred by those alarms above. unannounced visit comes after ukraine marks a year of fending off russia. the fighting only expected to intensify in the coming months with that spring thaw. according to the president s america s support will go nowhere. president biden: i m here to show our unwavering support for the nation s independence. we know there will be very difficult days, weeks and years ahead but russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. dana: president biden getting a look at the devastating toll of russia s invasion that s ravaged the country for the last year. the fighting has killed thousands of troops and
proceedings are now live so we can t say what happened. needless to say it s been an extensive search, 200 officers involved in members of the public, as well. you heard there from detective superintendent bassford his thanks for the help they ve had from the public notjust in the search button locating the couple who have been on the run since the first weeks of january. but clearly that s not the outcome anybody who s been following the story would ve wanted, and our hearts go out to the extended family on that development from brighton this evening. we will of course continue to cover the breaking news from brighton, i ll hand you to outside source. multiple carriages came off the tracks, and intern caught fire. the extent of the destruction became clear in daylight. the front carriages of the passenger train were mostly destroyed. many of the victims are thought to be university students. survivors describe panicked scenes as they tried to escape. let s hear from one. tra