a first of its kind bill to ban tiktok statewide, setting the stage for future court battles that could determine the fate in the us of the popular social media app, which is owned by china. the bill, which will now be sent to the governor s desk, specifically names tiktok as a target of the bill and a possibility of a $10,000 a day fine for a violation. earlier, i spoke to montana based tiktok influencer carly goddard, who described the platform as her livelihood. first of all, tell us what your reaction is to this move from montana lawmakers? so, i am just shocked. this is how i make my income, i am able to provide for my family, it honestly really saddens me, because i feel like there isn t really a reason, there isjust a lot more behind it. there are other social media apps children are using which they are not safe on, like they claim tiktok, you know, that they are not safe on that app. there is snapchat, there is instagram, and so many others, apps that children are us
my guest is state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so, has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, it s great to be here. let s start with the war in ukraine. i think there s no doubt that putin s invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i don t think so. but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we would continue using cheap russian natural gas. and it was also based in a kind of historic, should i say, historic experience that although russia was a competitor and an enemy in the cold war, it was always also, in economic terms, a quite reliable partner. and i think that was somehow, you know, seen as a constant policy. and we did not really realise that it s not the soviet union any more. it s a brutal dictator and an unpredictable dictator. but what you ve just described is a very big de
hello and welcome to the programme. tyre nichols, was a 29 year old black man. a father, a fedex employee, a keen skateboarder. three weeks ago, he was pulled over by the memphis police on suspicion of reckless driving. there was a confrontation after which tyre fled. and what happened next defies belief. five memphis police officers, who are also black, chased him down just 80 yards short of his mother s front door, they beat tyre so badly that, three days later, he died from his injuries. i am going to show you a picture of what tyre looked like before he died. just a warning it is hard to look at. the coroner said he had suffered excessive bleeding caused by a severe beating . the family have been shown the body cam footage. while each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of tyre nichols, and they are all responsible. reverend al sharpton has spoken with the family and will deliver th
been. i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin is dialing up his rhetoric against the west, suspending participation in the last nuclear arms treaty with the u.s., even using the word war as he sends a clear message about what russia has long called a special military operation. translator: i would like to repeat, they started the war and we used the force in order to stop it. complicating questions about the future of this conflict, china s top diplomat is now in moscow this morning. live reports from russia, poland, and ukraine in moments. meanwhile, back here at home, a compounding crisis in ohio, the head of the epa is back in east palestine today as a clinic is set to open to address the community s health concerns following the derailment of the train with toxic chemicals on board. can they treat the mistrust building in the community
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the