They were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. Nd, these pictures from iranian State Media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. Tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. And tehran says it warned the us against intervening. Well, israel has responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut s southern suburbs. These are live pictures of the lebanese capital. The idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites. Meanwhile, the iranian backed Militant Group says it has clashed with israeli troops in the Southern Lebanese town of Adaisseh Biv both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from Yesterdays Missile attacks. Our Correspondentjon Donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles airraid siren. Israel was warned it was coming. But this was irans revenge. Almost 200 ballistic missi
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
row, the debris mixed together, it is astonishing and that is replicated across what is a big city here. in other news, president biden is due to give his state of the union address to a divided congress, flanked by a republican speaker of the house. why the tech giant microsoft believes artificial intelligence will revolutionise the business of searching the web. and showcasing the work of a 17th century dutch master. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings goes on show at the national museum of the netherlands. his use of lighting colour sharpness, which makes his paintings and gives the experience of viewing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a huge rescue effort is continuing for a second night in freezing temperatures to find survivors of monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria. thousands of turkish soldiers along with international teams are taking part in the emergency operation in the south
city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone. drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged for entering a designated area. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland in a joint statement said they would work towards finding a solution to the dispute. the talks are due to be held late lunchtime on monday and if a deal is reached mr sunak will make a statement to parliament. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if