This is bbc news, the headlines. At least 32 killed in lebanon after two days of exploding Device Attacks targeting hezbollah. Pagers and walkie talkies have been banned from flights out of beirut. Israel widely believed to be behind the attacks has announced what it calls a new phase in The War the United States is urging calm. The bbc reveals that the former Harrods Boss the late Mohamed Al Fayed has been accused of rape by five female ex employees. Evacuations in Northern Italy as Storm Boris batters the country causing severe flooding and landslides. And in the uk calls for urgent Maternity Service Reform after two thirds of hospitals inspected fail to meet safety standards. The bbc has revealed that the late Mohamed Al Fayed former owner of harrods, the uks largest Luxury Department Store has been accused of rape by five female ex employees. The egyptian born businessman rose from a poor family in alexandria to buying the world famous Department Store in 1985. A Bbc Documentary h
. the storm prediction center upgrading the risk expecting more tornadoes in mississippi and alabama, and that includes areas like rolling fork, mississippi. already reeling after being obliterated by an e f four tornado overnight on friday. the death toll from this weekend storms rising to 26 president biden approving mississippi s disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources, and today, the head of fema and the department of homeland security. toward the damage alongside mississippi s governor, saying just this a short time ago. but we have come to do. we ve come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi. that we are here, not just today, but for the long haul. it is heartbreaking to hear of the loss of life to see the devastation first hand. it is also as the governor expressed inspiring to see the people of mississippi come together. the president has directed us to be here. to assist the people of mississippi. to be here on an enduring basis,
hill last week grilling tiktok s ceo over the incredibly popular apps data collection and its chinese ownership today, senate intelligence chairman mark warner again raising the alarm over what china could do with us users information. at the end of the day. tiktok is owned by a chinese company bytedance and by chinese law, that company has to be willing to turn over data to the communist party or one of my bigger fears. we got 150 million americans on tiktok average of about 90 minutes a day and how that channel could be used for propaganda purposes or mr disinformation. advocated by the communist party. the concerns over tiktok highlight how difficult it can be to get reliable information out of china s leadership and how that makes it challenging for western media as well to cover beijing. mike chinoy is cnn s former beijing bureau chief. he s also