The us House Of Representatives has passed a bill that would require the tiktok owner bytedance to sell its stake in the Social Media Platform or face a total ban in the country. During the debate, lawmakers repeatedly said that tiktok has links to the Chinese Communist Party Something denied by both tiktok and bytedance. Party something denied by both lets hear some of the debate in congress. Our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate, but not under the control of the Chinese Communist party. I want to emphasise this bill does not ban tiktok. It simply would require the Chinese Communist Party Affiliated bytedance to sell tiktok and divest their interests. Live to washington and our correspondent nomia iqbal. Nomia, given what has happened, how likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . Likely is it that tiktok will be banned in the us . I would be staggered banned in the us . I would be staggered if banned in the
as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
meanwhile, ukraine has denied responsibility. moscow s regional governor said, several drones had been shot down outside the city, and also pinned responsibility for the attack, on ukraine. this was vladimir putin in the last little while. asa as a response, the kyiv regime took as a response, the kyiv regime took a different path of frightening russia, fighting the citizens of russia, fighting the citizens of russia initiating residential buildings. of course, this is a clear sign of terrorist activity. firstly, i want to say that the rest make moscow air defences of work satisfactory although there s still some to do. we encountered the same in syria. it is just overcoming the airbase in moscow in the metropolis are incomparable. in general, it s clear what needs to be done to seal the air defence of the capital and we will do it. but i m not so worried about this as about the attempts to evoke a response from russia. after all, everything is designed for this purpose. they
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other
will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills and i will be making an announcement on that tomorrow. and we ll report from pakistan and the deadly flooding there. officials the threat of the country s largest lake bursting its banks is receding. we start with the war in ukraine. the russian president vladimir putin says the sanctions imposed on russia following the invasion of ukraine represent the biggest current threat to the world economy. have a listen. translation: after the pandemic, different challenges arrived that have also been global in nature and pose a danger to the whole world. i m talking about the west s sanctions fever. its brazen and aggressive attempts to force others how to behave, deprive them of their sovereignty and force them into submission. there is nothing unusual about that. this policy has been used by the west for decades. the kremlin has repeatedly tried to downplay the effect of sanctions on its economy. with s