A Coronavirus Task force in israel and look at efforts to contain cope with 191. 00 of the countrys major hotspots. I mean use of thanks for joining us we start in the United States where President Donald Trump said hes considering banning the Popular Video app ticktock from the country reports indicate hes also considering the option of forcing the apps owner chinese firm bite them to sell it microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire tech talks u. S. Operations american Officials Say ticktock could pose a National Security threat amid concerns that china could access the data it collects. Heres what donald trump had to say. Were looking at a tick tock we may be bending take stock we may be doing some other things here government option but a lot of things happening so well see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to that. Now lets bring in our Business Correspondent yes quota in new york so what power does trump actually have to put pressure on a Chi
3 times i want. To marry my challenge. To such an agenda. Clear exactly. The sun. Our culture history the. C. W. Travel extremely worth a visit. Thats going to head spinning past few days for to talk donald trump wants to ban the Popular Video sharing app in the u. S. Microsoft wants to buy it at least in part all eyes are now on the latest flashpoint in american chinese tensions. Also on the show Kenya Airways resumes International Flights after a pause through the pandemic and the troubled flyer now dig itself out of a financial. Old. And south korean Ship Builders are crossing their fingers for new orders of l. In g. Tankers something that would keep their industry afloat and be a Positive Side for the global recovery. Who are welcome to the show and Stephen Beard is in berlin its good to have you with us microsoft is in talks to buy the u. S. Operations of social media platform ticktock a development that would prevent the much feared band of the app by washington of the American S
A financial hole. And south korean Ship Builders are crossing their fingers for new orders of l. In g. Tankers something that would keep their industry afloat and be a positive sign for the global recovery. Welcome to the show im stephen beards in berlin its good to have you with us microsoft is in talks to buy the u. S. Operations of social media platform to talk a development that would prevent a much feared ban of the app by washington of the American Software giant hopes to seal a deal by the middle of september and appears to have a thumbs up for now president donald trump. Today would be unthinkable without microsoft word and excel but so far the worlds leading Software Producer hasnt had a social media hit among young people that however could be about to change. President trump is giving chinese own social me. Platform tick tocks 45 days to sell its u. S. Business a chance for microsoft 2 8 3 2 2 4 8 9. Ticktock is an internationally successful social video platform that allows
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Lavongo on their merger and the first companys earnings report. David has news on microsoft and tiktok. Want to continue to update a story were following closely given we have not seen anything like it. Tiktok the incredibly popular social media app in the u. S. And around the world, bytedance its owner, the u. S. Government saying we will shut tiktok down in the u. S. Unless you find a way to transfer all of it to u. S. Ownership and microsoft playing the role as potentially the only suitor for the business i wanted to bring everybody up to date on new reporting that ive got because it is interesting. Both sides right now, bytedance and microsoft and of course the u. S. Government is still very much involved in this as well are negotiating to try to reach some sort of an agreement under which microsoft would buy the u. S. Business of texas toks u. S. Bit from bytedance within the next two to three weeks. That seems to be what theyre hoping for in terms of a timeline obviously in these