dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
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
minister to go. he should resign after what happened six months ago the war start, and hamas and everything. he claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. for one israeli family, the hope is over elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group in january and that special forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. during the attack in october, his father was killed. his mother was abducted but later released. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death, saying, he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas , and said the israeli leadership was cowardly. in gaza, a desperate wait for food, amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced
netanyahu. the families of the hostages say he hasn t made their release a priority. they say that the government s strategy of trying to put military pressure on hamas to negotiate has failed. now, the main hope is for a dealfor more captives to be freed. any kind of deal would see the release of hostages in return for palestinian prisoners who are being held in israeli jails. now, on sunday, as we mark the six anniversary of this conflict, hamas says it is sending a delegation to cairo for a ceasefire talks that have been mediated by egypt and qatar. the head of the cia is expected to be there, and these are difficult talks. we still don t know whether major obstacles have been resolved. meanwhile, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. others expected there, include us central intelligence agency director bill burns and qatar s foreign minister. israel s war cabinet is reportedly
An effort to demonstrate in the past that he values and cares about young people and cares about their opinion. i think the fact that has not been something he has publicly discussed when talking about tiktok that can be a let down. i wouldn t say i feel let down, but i would hope to see a clear demonstration about how people are being included in this conversation by government. after four hours it s hard to say if shou zi chew has convinced politicians here. president biden has been given the backing by lawmakers to ban tiktok. he has told the company to find a new owner or as. nomia iqbal, bbc news washington. well, the governor of utah has signed a sweeping bill to limit children s access to social media. the utah social media regulation act puts some of the strictest limits on apps such as tiktok and instagram. our reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now with more on this.