it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm 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, following canada which imposed a similar ban. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self confidence. we firmly oppose the us s wrong approach to overstretching the concept of national security, abusing national power, and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. earlier, i a
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
and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. fire officials in greece say at least 26 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 more do we know about this train crash? we have been getting regular department dates 26 bodies have been recovered now and they think 85 people have been injured. dozens of rescuers on the ground going through those carriages in the dark with torches looking for survivors. we know this was the result of a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train details have been emerging, it happened in the thessaly region the government described the collision is very powerful, he called it a terrible scene, he said the first two carriages were almost completely destroyed in his words on the two after that were derai
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