want the election scrapped calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration s ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people s security and privacy. china disagrees. here s a foreign ministry spokesperson. the ministry spokesperson. united states, the rhodes one the united states, the rhodes number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application to young people like so
with respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. it s deputy education minister told reporters: the chemical compounds used to poison students are not war chemicals. adding, a large percentage of the chemical agents used are treatable. this all began in the religious city of qom and now its happening elsewhere. there s been rising anger in qom this was outside qom s governor s office around 100 parents came out to protest. some say that the schoolgirls are being poisoned as payback for their role in the anti government protests. they began after a young girl, mahsa amini, i m joined now by taraneh stone from bbc persian. bring us up to date on this astonishing case. 650 girls affected. , , affected. yes, exactly. our investigation affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows - affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows that i affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows that at j affected. yes, exactly. our- investigation shows that at least 800 people