house on wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that could force tiktok s chinese owner to sell their stake in the platform, orface a nationwide ban. presidentjoe biden urged the senate to take swift action to pass the bill. lawmakers say the app poses a national security threat as its parent company, bytedance, is based in beijing and is subject to a law requiring it to share data with the chinese government. tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isn t compromised by employees in china. nevertheless, the legislation should head to the senate next. its fate there is uncertain. following the house vote, tiktok urged its 150 million users in the us to lobby against the bill by calling on them to contact their members of congress. tiktok influencers also protested against the bill outside the white house. here s what they told our correspondent. i am aware that i m giving my data, right. i m aware. i m ok with it. let
roadblock. plus, the widow of alexei navalny, putin s fiercest critic is accusing the kremlin of hiding his body to cover up his murder as the kremlin denies putin s involvement in his death. former president donald trump takes his legal losses to the court of public opinion, promiing to the appeal the fine in the new york civil fraud case, what that could look like. and dangerous weather taking aim on the west coast, 35 million people under flood alerts. we re going to have a live look at that forecast. hey, everybody, good to see you. we re going to begin with new developments in the israel-hamas war. this morning the international court of justice began day one of six, historic public hearings into israel s nearly six decade long occupation of palestinian territories. the hearing is happening before the same court that last month ordered israel to prevent its forces from committing a genocide in gaza. it s coming as efforts towards a new cease fire appear to stall
senate approved a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. the approval comes after months of political arguments. senate republicans are still divided on the bill and previously voted it down it d include $60 billion for ukraine, and further conflict zones including gaza. the bill now heads to the republican controlled house of representatives where we do not know what will happen. it is not a done deal yet into the last hour, joe said this. done deal yet into the last hour, joe said this- done deal yet into the last hour, joe said this- joe said this. america can be trusted. america joe said this. america can be trusted. america can - joe said this. america can be trusted. america can be - joe said this. america can be. trusted. america can be relied joe said this. america can be - trusted. america can be relied upon in america stands for freedom and we stand strong for allies. we never bow down to anyone and certainly not to vladimir putin. the stakes of
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in his nightly video address he said g7 leaders had provided ukraine with long term security guarantees, which it had never had before. sounding a more positive note than in earlier statements, he said the summit in lithuania had removed any doubts about whether ukraine would join nato. here s the bbc s security correspondent, gordon corera, with more on the outcome and reaction in ukraine to the summit. the reaction here in ukraine to the end of that nato summit in vilnius is one of muted satisfaction, rather than celebration. there is a sense they achieve some of what they wanted but certainly, not all of it. there were promises of more weapons supplies, some of those are important like the french longer range missiles, also fighterjet training, and longer term security guarantees, including from the g7. those are all considered important in the short term and the long term. on the crucial issue of nato membership, ukraine certainly did not get all that wanted. president