preferred better science, better results. the cnn presidential debates, june 27th at nine live on cnn and streaming on max it s merrick garland above the law. i mean, i thought the whole argument is that no one is above lot this is such a monumental day we all can feel what we ve lost. it s been nearly 12 years since a gunman entered sandy hook elementary school, killing 21st graders and six educators a 21 gun salute hails the arrival of the russian frigate gorshkov in havana harbor. and an old cold war alliance against america is required kendall live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world. by max foster, it is thursday, june the 30th, 9:00 a.m. here in london. turn em in southern italy where the fifth annual g7 summit is set to kick off next hour with a major focus on russia and its war in ukraine. us president joe biden will unveil more than 300 new sanctions targeting russia. they re meant
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accused lawmakers of political grandstanding. the chinese government also responding cnn s anna coren live in hong kong. what is china, saying about a data protection and any forced sale of tiktok anna? well christine a short time ago, china s ministry of foreign affairs addressed the congressional hearing over tiktok s future in which, as we heard us lawmakers are seeking a nationwide ban as quote a xenophobic witch hunt. i mean, this strong language reveals beijing s dismay at the accusations that were held at the ceo of the popular chinese owned social media app during that five hour grilling on capitol hill, lawmakers accusing 40 year old harvard educated ceo shuozhou of being under the influence. of the chinese government through the beijing based parent company by debts, and even before the hearing, christine china s commerce ministry told the media that it would quote firmly opposed any for sale of tiktok, which is what the biden administration has demanded if the social media
people were arrested thursday and 123 police officers were injured in clashes over a new pension plan, increasing the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old cnn sam kiley live in paris. for sam. this has been remarkable to watch president macron standing firm in the face of all of this, you know, in in paris in france, it s sort of a way of life to strike and to, you know, peaceful protests. they happen all the time. this is different. they re spontaneous. gnaeus protests here against this this pension change. why is macron standing firm here? well he s standing firm in a way that has provoked a lot of these, uh, demonstrations across the board across the nation in this country, christine, and that s because he forced through legislation against the where,
respectfully, if you don t mind, i would just like to start by saying is devastating to hear about the news of yes, as a father myself. this is surging. yes or no. this hearing was playing out. kevin mccarthy, the house speaker told me that he does, in fact, support legislation there. allow congress to move ahead and ban tiktok now, he said. there are various proposals that are still working out through the legislative process them different ideas on how to do that, so that will take a little bit of time to sort out. also hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader, told me that democrats are looking for a consensus position to address the real concerns that were raised on the senate side. the majority leader over there also indicating an openness to moving ahead and a lot, giving the administration power to ban tiktok so major momentum now growing on capitol hill in the wake of this hearing , in which the ceo of the social media platform endured a grilling on both sides of the aisle. raju