portions of mississippi and alabama or live in the weather center. awarding to the west, vladimir putin says he will station nuclear weapons in belarus. and risking it all for the american dream, a rising number of pregnant women and minors make the dangerous trek through panama for a chance at asylum in the us from cnn center. cnn newsroom with laila harre. we begin with a massive cleanup underway in the southeastern us after powerful storms that spawned deadly tornadoes barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. the secretary of homeland security is set to tour the area later today and in the past couple of hours, president biden approved the mississippi governor s request for a major disaster declaration to get federal disaster. eight. flowing as quickly as possible. the mayor of heart hit rolling fork saying his city is gone. here s congressman bennie thompson, describing the destruction in his home stat
also in this edition a special report from ukraine. explosion. a report from just 700m from russian lines in eastern ukraine, where soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare. get in, get down. two russian shells are get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think- get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think it i shells are coming. i think it is time for. anger in israel after the country s parliament passes a new law preventing the removal of the prime minister. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 9pm in washington, dc, where the boss of tiktok has been in the hot seat as he defends the social media app to the us congress. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than 150 million of them are in america. several govern
in brutal trench warfare. get in here and get down. those two russian shells that have just come in, i think it s tank fire. and tier gas and dozens of arrests in paris as protests across france against plans to raise the pension age continue into a ninth day. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 8pm in washington, dc where the boss of tiktok has been in the hot seat, defending the social media app during a us congressional hearing. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than a 150 million of them are in america. several governments and even big companies have advised their staff to take care when using it. shou zi chew insisted data would never be given to the chinese communist party, but did accept that data is currently accessible to staff in china. it led to some angy exchanges on capitol hill as nomia iqbal reports. even before he arrived shou zi chew was on tikto
injured. dana: the u.s. responding with a series of precision air strikes in syria. the blast targeting an arms depot and port. eight iranian fighters were killed. bill: iran s this as u.s. foreign policy is put to the test on multiple fronts. the department remains vigilant against other persistent threats including iran, north korea and global activity groups. iran is improving its capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon. they continue to build its missile forces. iran could produce missile material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and several more months to produce an actual nuclear weapon. john: we have reaction from nikki haley. first all ex ex andrea hoff has more information. as soon as it was found to be from iran retaliation was authorized. the initial attack occurred yesterday afternoon at the coalition base in northeastern syria. u.s. contractor was killed after the suspected iranian drone struck into a maintenance facility there. you had
are also the very hateful decisions being made at the state level in the united states that complicate this. i don t see that decision here as being in the mode of saying the governors from florida or texas and some of the things that are happening in the u. s states in the us but i do think it s all part of that same conversation, which gets so emotional people could just calm down and have conversations somewhere in the middle. we may well come up with an answer, but i think it s going to take quite a while because it does remain a so called wedge issue, and i m just wondering in terms of the world athletics council. what kind of message is it? sending to young , talented trans people who were spired to becoming professional athletes? that certainly is a problem. i mean, and we know of course, we let the issues the emotional issues of mental health issues that surround something as as difficult as deciding that you are going to transition and, you know, obviously, i m for trans right