whose parents are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00pm 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, as has canada. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world s number translation: the united states, the world s number one the world s number one super sewer is so afraid of a mobile phone application that
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 29 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 is the latest? this is very much what is the latest? this is very much alive what is the latest? this is very much alive rescue . what is the latest? this is l very much alive rescue seen what is the latest? this is - very much alive rescue seen at the minute and we are getting regular updates on the latest is they have recovered 29 bodies from the carriages and around the scene and 85 are injured. they are going through the carriages on my one systematically with torches
of children aged under 13. and take a seat. the 700 year old chair that ll be the centrepiece of king charles coronation. hello and welcome. fire officials in greece say at least 32 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. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. we heard a like being in an earthquake. - heard a big bang, it was ten nightmarish seconds, we were turning over in the wake until it fell on the sides and the commotion stop. then there was panic, cables everywhere, fire, the fire was immediate as we were turning over we were being burnt, fire was right and left. a
which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
proceedings are now live so we can t say what happened. needless to say it s been an extensive search, 200 officers involved in members of the public, as well. you heard there from detective superintendent bassford his thanks for the help they ve had from the public notjust in the search button locating the couple who have been on the run since the first weeks of january. but clearly that s not the outcome anybody who s been following the story would ve wanted, and our hearts go out to the extended family on that development from brighton this evening. we will of course continue to cover the breaking news from brighton, i ll hand you to outside source. multiple carriages came off the tracks, and intern caught fire. the extent of the destruction became clear in daylight. the front carriages of the passenger train were mostly destroyed. many of the victims are thought to be university students. survivors describe panicked scenes as they tried to escape. let s hear from one. tra