is time running out for tiktok? china condemns the us government s decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app. and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. fire officials in greece say at least 16 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa, in the thessaly region. stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. what more do we know about this train crash? officials have now confirmed they have recovered 16 bodies from the site and it was the result of a cargo train colliding with a passenger train. it happened in the central thessaly region of greece and the governor has been speaking out and described the collision as very strong and the carriages were completely destroyed, in his words, and fire authority said two carriages were co
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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
john kerry speaks exclusively to the bbc to outline what the us is doing to help save brazil s amazon rain forest. it will cost all of us much more money not to respond and make this transition now. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6pm 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 conf