through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants devices. take a listen. we re also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. on the face of it the app might not look like a threat to national security. it s exploded in popularity as a platform to share short videos of viral dances and comical voice overs. and has become a part of today s youth culture. tiktok claims to have more than one billion monthly users worldwide. and last year it was the most downloaded app in the world. the app is owned by the chinese company byte dance. and that s what s worrying governments. because the app can collect data stored on t
meanwhile, the us house select committee on china is preparing for a potential conflict between china and taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members from conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. it came just over a week after china s military conducted live fire drills around taiwan in response to taiwanese president tsai ing wen s transit through the us this month. we can discuss that now with congressman jake auchincloss from massachusetts. he is part of that house select committee on china. congressman, good evening to you. thank you forjoining us. let s start with what we heard from the treasury secretary janet yellen there, saying the us and china need a constructive and fair relationship. is she right? yes. there s1.4 billion people in china. they are a huge trading partner notjust to the united states but to our alli
the chairman of the bank has said he is truly sorry for taking the company to the brink of bankruptcy. credit suisse was taken over last month by its rival, ubs, in an emergency deal backed by the swiss government. shareholders were not consulted about the takeover. let s go live now to switzerland and speak to our correspondent, imogen foulkes. it is interesting if you eat so what has come out of this meeting, the boss they are apologising and also a collapse entirely would have been bad news for the country and therefore this was the least bad option. therefore this was the least bad 0 tion. . , , therefore this was the least bad otion. . , , ., option. that is right. it s a blustery option. that is right. it s a blustery day option. that is right. it s a blustery day in option. that is right. it s a| blustery day in switzerland option. that is right. it s a - blustery day in switzerland but there is a tornado of anger blowing through credit suisse s agm. it is tru
and around the world. i m samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. a four day strike from this morning through to saturday morning. rbma is being accused of picking dates to ma
you have to play good two games. in this competition, it s not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn t count what you have done three days ago. listen. tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it s a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it s an obligation to give my very, very best. some fascinating games in the champions league this week. later, portguese league leaders benfica take on inter milan, who are 22 points off the top of serie a. frank lampard takes his cheslea side to the holders real madrid on wednesday night. it s an all italian affair as napoli, who are on the cusp of the league title, go to ac milan. tuesday, april 11th marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand with organisers saying they re