Being banned in america. Shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that if the bill becomes law it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us. Heres some of that video. Hi, everyone, its shou here. Just wanted to share some thoughts with our us users on the disappointing vote in the house of representatives. There has been a lot of misinformation and i hope to clarify some things. First, thank you to all of our incredible community, you are what makes tiktok so special. Thank you for making your voices heard. Over the last few years, we have invested to keep your data safe and our platform free from outside manipulation. We have committed that we will continue to do so. This legislation, if signed into law, will lead to a Ban On Tiktok in the United States. Even the bill sponsers admit that is their goal. This bill gives more power to a handful of other social media companies. It will also take billions of dollars out of the pocke
In on that breeze. Not a bad day, actually, for many of us. Some Sunshine Looks like it could break through. And, again, were in that milder air with temperatures up to around about 1a to 16 for most of us. This is bbc news, the headlines redefining extremism at the uk government names groups that are a cause for concern and could face restrictions. Us Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer says Benjamin Netanyahu is a major obstacle to peace as israel vows to push ahead with its rafah offensive. Elon musk s Spacex Mission is hailed a success even though the Starship Rocket is lost on re entry to earth. Tiktok warrants a us ban could cost us businesses billions of dollars and thousands ofjobs. And for the first time in its history, glastonbury will have to female Headline Acts. Find out which artists get the prestigious sports. Just before we go to business, some Breaking News to bring you involving a plane which was carrying the defence minister grant shapps on his way back from poland
All of those stories are coming up soon. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Good afternoon, jane. Hello, matthew. Theres one English Premier League match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid table battle. The two sides are struggling to reach the european places and the pressure is on both managers. Mauricio pochettino s chelsea have won just three of their last nine games. Newcastle are four points better off in the table, and were the winners in the reverse fixture in november. However, manager eddie howe says theyre running out of time to get something from this season, while pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. Iam i am concerned in our performance and in the way that we are going to deal with now, maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find a different solution again. Of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i
Business headlines. Us Investment Firm Elliott Advisors has walked away from making a takeover bid for currys after being rejected by the retailers board in its own words multiple times. It had initially proposed an offer that valued the electricals chain at £700 million, and later raised it to 757 million. But currys rebuffed the approaches, saying they significantly undervalued the business. Currys could still receive a bid from chinasjd. Com, which said last month it was mulling an offerfor the firm. Earlier i spoke with russ mould, Investment Director at the stockbrokers aj bell. There is but it it will focus on what the two main shareholders in currys have got to say, redwheel and frasers. Any bid will have to get their approval and one can only assume that wasnt forthcoming this time. They said it undervalued the business. It is rare we are in a position where we are talking about a high street retailer at the centre of a possible bidding war. We thought that bricks and mortar w