unprecedented action and would cause significant public harm. since his approval in 2000 the fda says more than 5 million women have taken mifepristone with 28 deaths associated with the drug what happens here today will be felt by all americans no matter what your feelings on abortion a ruling that could radiate nationwide our thanks to dasha burns. in other headlines the biden administration is demanding tiktok s chinese owners sell all their stakes in the app or else the united states may ban it completely that s according to sources by the wall street journal on a story they broke last night. the popular video sharing app is owned by the beijing based company bite dance many believe it poses a national security risk. tiktok, however, says changing ownership will not address security concerns and that the the app is already working to increase user data protections we ll have more on this story as
touching distance, in his words, of the abyss. let s get more now on the news that the uk has become the latest country to ban ministers and civil servants from having the social media app tiktok on their phones and devices for security reasons. it s been claimed the chinese owned video sharing app passes information about users to the chinese government something the owners, bytedance, deny. joining me now is journalist and author chris stokel walker, who wrote tiktok boom, a book which explores the app and the company behind it. are these security concerns are valid in your opinion, these concerns that we hear from mps and many other campaigners saying that
over the black sea. britain becomes the latest country to ban the chinese owned video sharing app tiktok from government mobile phones. the uk government has reached an agreement with health unions over a new pay dealfor nhs staff in england. the deal aims to bring to an end a winter of industrial action which has seen nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists all go on strike. the offer includes a rise of 5% for the next financial year starting in april and covers all nhs staff except doctors, who are on a different contract. for this year staff have been also offered a one off payment. members will now be consulted over the coming weeks and strike action paused.
confrontation between an aircraft is something different. it is something more worrying. in one concern i have is this release in the us perhaps indicating that something is changing about russian behaviour and is it better to call russia out on such behaviour publicly to reduce the risk of that occurring again. if the risk of that occurring again. if the state secret, do you have acquired escalation which will not safe for anyone step i think you so much forjoining us on the programme. let s take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the uk government has banned ministers and civil servants from using the social media app tiktok on their phones and devices citing security concerns. it is claimed the chinese owned video sharing app passes information about users to the chinese government: something the owners, bytedance, deny.