hello and welcome. the chief executive of tiktok has been defending the chinese owned video sharing app in the face of hostile questioning at a us congressional committee hearing. shou zi chew denied tiktok is a national security risk and played down the company s connection to china. but many in congress are not convinced, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived, shou zi chew was on tiktok, arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. but politicians and many parent activists here don t believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ..and now, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress a
hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
executive faced strong questioning from us lawmakers about the social media app s alleged threat to us national security. the french government says more than a50 people have been arrested in clashes between police and crowds protesting an increase to the country s pension age. more than a million people took to the streets in major hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as mr sunak met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving israeli flags and placards stating their aim of saving israeli democracy . protests are continuing in israel, where the government is pushing ahead with controversial reforms that would limit the power of the courts. well, let s speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. the protests following mr netanyahu on this visit to the uk. they consist of. there are
to avoid spiralling costs. history for harry, as england get their euro 2024 qualifying campaign off to a winning start. he becomes england s record goalscorer to help england see off italy in naples. how you can follow in the footsteps of king charles but only if you re wearing socks. good morning from wadhurst in east sussex, voted the best place to live in the uk. i will be finding out why andi in the uk. i will be finding out why and i will bring you a full weather forecast. a blustery and unsettled speu forecast. a blustery and unsettled speuin forecast. a blustery and unsettled spell in the next few days. good morning. it s friday, the 24th of march. the education watchdog ofsted says school inspections must continue, despite calls from unions and head teachers to pause them. it follows the death of a primary school head, ruth perry, who took her own life after an inspection which, according to her family, caused intolerable stress . speaking for the first time since
their disbelief after new zealand s prime minister announces she s stepping down. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s british academy film awards. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3pm in los angeles where we begin our programme with the news that the hollywood actor alec baldwin is to be charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was shot dead on the set of the film rust. 4pm in los angeles. the film s armourer who was responsible for the weapon will face the same charge after a gun that the actor discharged on set was found to contain live ammunition. sophie long has the latest from los angeles. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on the set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th c