hello and welcome. the chief executive of tiktok has been defending the chinese owned video sharing app in the face of hostile questioning at a us congressional committee hearing. shou zi chew denied tiktok is a national security risk and played down the company s connection to china. but many in congress are not convinced, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived, shou zi chew was on tiktok, arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. but politicians and many parent activists here don t believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ..and now, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress a
on suspicion of murdering 35 year old zara aleena in england. police say she was the victim of an opportunist stranger attack . scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. and the dogs not playing ball how these pooches were tipped to be wimbledon s ball boys and girls, but failed to get moving. ..without a treat. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of san antonio, texas. officials say a further 16 people, including four children, were taken to hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion. san antonio is around 150 miles from the us mexico border and a major transit route for people traffickers. azadeh moshiri. emergency responders crowd together after dozens of bodies were found in an abandoned lorry. more than a dozen survivors, including children, were rushed to hospital. a worker
it s georgia, who donald trump most wants to win who stopped his bid tooverturn the 2020 election . at this hour, the second in-person summit of the quad is undergoing. they re holding one on one talks. the meeting between mr. biden and the indian prime minister set to begin later this hour. just a day earlier, ended up boosting trade ties with several asia pacific countries. all part of boosting the u.s. alliance. but for all the four meetings and photo ops, it s what biden said when he went off screen. take a listen. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. the white house was quick to down play those comments sghicist u.s. policy on china and taiwan has not changed. and in just the last hour, mr. biden himself clarified the policy hasn t changed. beijing is telling the united states not to
Un aid workers warn they will have to end their operations tonight, if they dont get more fuel. And the situation on israels northern border with lebanon remains tense. Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome bbc news, live from jerusalem as we report on the top headlines israel gaza crisis. This is a 19 pin group. Today, the emphasis from United Nations agencies and from countries around the world for a humanitarian pause in the Fighting Israel Hamas seven desperately needed aid can be let into gaza. Israel has allowed food, water and medicine into the territory, but isnt allowing fuel supplies , over fears theyll end up in the hands of hamas. Hamas is designated as a Terror Organisation by many western countries including the united kingdom. The United Nations is repeating it was michaels not only humanitarian pause also for desperately needed fuel tanker. All the while, the images coming from the while, the images coming from the gaza strip where israel says it to target hamas infrastructure