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House on wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that could force tiktok s chinese owner to sell their stake in the platform, orface a nationwide ban. President joe biden urged the senate to take swift action to pass the bill. Lawmakers say the app poses a National Security threat as its Parent Company, bytedance, is based in beijing and is subject to a law requiring it to share data with the Chinese Government. Tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isnt compromised by employees in china. Nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next. Its fate there is uncertain. Following the house vote, tiktok urged its 150 million users in the us to lobby against the bill by calling on them to contact their members of congress. Tiktok influencers also protested against the bill outside the white house. Heres what they told our correspondent. I am aware that im giving my data, right. Im aware. Im ok with it. Let me make that d
Good evening. This is 18 year old itay regev and his sister maya they were kidnapped by hamas from the Music Festival in israel last october and held for sa days. They were both shot when they were seized. Itay has been describing in detail what happened to him, his sister and his best friend, after they were taken hostage. His friend is still being held along with more than 100 others. Itay has been talking to our special correspondent lucy manning. Itay regev is free, but all he thinks about are the hostages he left behind. The teenager was at the nova Music Festival with his sister maya and friend 0mer when hamas attacked. Translation we started hearing shooting. The terrorists were surrounding the whole party area. Lots and lots of people started running in all directions. I hear shooting going past my head. I heard people screaming. I saw people falling down. A lot of bodies. We were confronted by a van of terrorists spraying our car with bullets without any mercy. I got shot in m
And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. The Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. This evening, diane abbott attacked both the conservatives and labour for their response to the controversy. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . The Big Questions ringing in the ears of rishi sunak today. Would the party take more money from mr hester . After a morning in which two senior conservatives answered these questions rather differently. I would think about the company i kept and i would give tha