i don t think spying is the right way to describe it. i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they ve never asked us. i find that actually preposterous. american data has always been stored in virginia and singapore in the past and access of this is on an as required basis. as required by engineers for by engineers, bytedance and the communist party. no, no. lawmakers grilled tiktok s ceo over hours on user data and the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have much more from that contentious hearing just ahead. plus, while no movement from the grand jury, there was a busy day outside the courtroom in manhattan during the hush money investigation with the d.a. s office calling out house republicans and donald trump ranting about the prince harry prosecutor and also ahead, the latest on a drone strike in syria that has killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. good morn
strikes has inflicted significant damage to the national power grid. and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood: a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 19705 has died in london. a very warm welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career, he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but he was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, and a campaigner on several issues. joe wilson reports on the life of a true
republic. they re all enemies of the state. he is an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth. that comes as trump is contending with a slew of investigations picking up steam. how much will they impact his party this november? that s a big question. season two of the january 6th hearings are upon us. the house select committee is preparing for its end of the year sprint, expected to resume public hearings this month. the justice department presses on with its criminal investigation into the capitol attack. now there s the added suspense in the classified documents probe after the search of mar-a-lago. the washington post is reporting tonight that among the highly sensitive government documents found was one describing a foreign government s nuclear defense capabilities. the washington post sources didn t identify the foreign government in question or say where at mar-a-lago the document was found. other tersmaterials detail top secret operations so close ly gua
are furious. they said they are looking at his handling of white house documents. in court today writing gigs is accused of throwing his then girlfriend out a hotel room while she was naked. he denies controlling and abusive behaviour. in scotland, the record sitting exam has dropped since he is at the pandemic. serenejo williams, the 23 time grand slam champion signals she s about to move on from competitive tennis. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news channel. the sharp rise in energy bills for millions of households across britain is likely to be even worse than feared, according to industry experts. the typical household could be paying over £4,000 next year, according to analysts at cornwall insight, at a time when people are facing a soaring cost of living, with the rate of inflation at its highest level in a0 years. there have been more calls for government help, with business leaders saying it makes no sense to delay until a new prime minister is in place. our b