taking direct aim at president biden s open border policies. in a new video desantis is promising to secure the border, stop the cartels, build the wall, and stop the invasion. right now governor desantis is getting ready to meet with potential voters in eagle pass, texas as you look live there. we will he will deliver remarks and take questions there, we re told. here is some of what he had to say yesterday about president biden s immigration policies. the parolee is doing is unconstitutional. we sued him on things like catch and release. he is abusing the law to change the law to allow people to have an open border. we ll deputize state and local officials to also enforce immigration laws. dana: bill melugin is live in eagle pass, texas. what did you find out? good morning to you. this is governor desantis first trip to the texas border as a presidential candidate. as you can see behind me in a matter of moments he will be meeting with potential voters here in eagle
a dire warning from the u.s. and european officials as funding for ukraine remains stalled in congress. one senior u.s. military official warning that with a crucial aid, ukraine is, quote, certain to fail without us. plus, any moment we could get a verdict on damages in rudy giuliani s defamation trial. jury deliberations are happening now as they weigh potential 48 million dollar decision. the cdc sounding the alarm. why the agency is begging americans to get vaccinated. the troubling data behind this new push. we are following these major developing stories and many more on this friday, all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with a dire new warning in the face of russian aggression. officials say if more military aid is not green light for ukraine, it will doom kyiv s prospects of winning the war. the white house wants to send another 61 billion dollars. a logjam in congress is holding it up, likely through the holidays. allies say that if that aid is not app
also in this edition a special report from ukraine. explosion. a report from just 700m from russian lines in eastern ukraine, where soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare. get in, get down. two russian shells are get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think- get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think it i shells are coming. i think it is time for. anger in israel after the country s parliament passes a new law preventing the removal of the prime minister. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 9pm in washington, dc, where the boss of tiktok has been in the hot seat as he defends the social media app to the us congress. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than 150 million of them are in america. several govern
hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
executive faced strong questioning from us lawmakers about the social media app s alleged threat to us national security. the french government says more than a50 people have been arrested in clashes between police and crowds protesting an increase to the country s pension age. more than a million people took to the streets in major hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as mr sunak met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving israeli flags and placards stating their aim of saving israeli democracy . protests are continuing in israel, where the government is pushing ahead with controversial reforms that would limit the power of the courts. well, let s speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. the protests following mr netanyahu on this visit to the uk. they consist of. there are