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
Thats could come later. Well assess what the markets make of today. The pound is moving and well get the inside track on the Fastest Growing publishing market, audiobooks. Its a Global Industry valued at 3. 5 billion and the boss of the Biggest Company in the business audible is here. And so let the negotiations begin as the Brexit Process formally gets underway how do you think it will go . A good deal, bad deal or no deal . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Nine months after voting to leave the eu today begins that process. It kicks off two years of negotiations. And for businesses in the uk and across the continent its likely to be two years of uncertainty and preparation. In the financial heart of the country, several big banks have threatened to move staff overseas if they dont get the brexit deal that they want. So whats at stake for the city . Latest figures show it contributes 159 billion a year to the uk economy it employs almost 1. 2 Mill
also many americans, especially younger americans have used tiktok as a creative outlet to share music, dancing, art. so i would expect that any larger band of tictac will experience legal concerns, and it is unclear what the outcomes of those challenges might be. challenges might be. caitlin connected challenges might be. caitlin connected to challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy - challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy with - challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy with us | challenges might be. caitlin i connected to heavy with us at challenges might be. caitlin - connected to heavy with us at the centre for strategic and international studies. thank you. you so much for having me. let s get the latest now on yesterday s top story britain and the european union s new, post brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has spent the day selling the deal to lawmakers first in northern ireland, and in the last few hours
let s get the latest now on yesterday s top story britain and the european union s new, post brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has spent the day selling the deal to lawmakers first in northern ireland, and in the last few hours, to mps from his own conservative party. we ll here from him more in a moment, first let s remind ourselves what s in this deal. the bbc s helen catt explains. under the windsor framework goods going to northern ireland and staying there would go through a creed lane getting rid of virtually all checks. rishi sunak says that would remove any sense of a border in the irish sea. there would be a red lane for goods going on to the republic of ireland which would see full check. northern ireland would still follow some eu laws but a new measure, the stormont break would give the northern ireland is simply a way of saying no to some changes in the future. a lot could depend on the stormont brake that helen catt mentioned
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