and abortion doctors are urging a us appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take a common abortion medication off the market as soon as friday. ambushed newly released body cam video shows the moment officers come face to face with the louisville, mass. killer and deteriorating health. jailed russian opposition leader alexey navalny s medical condition is said to be severe. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and thanks for being with us, a group of anti abortion doctors that sued to ban a common abortion medication is urging a u. s appeals court to uphold a ruling that would take the drug off the market. the group filed its response to request requests from the u. s justice department and the maker of the drug mifepristone. asking that a texas judge s decision to suspend that drugs long held fda approval be allowed to take effect on friday, the group says mifepristone is not safe and that the fda did not adequately assess its risks when it a
in brutal trench warfare. get in here and get down. those two russian shells that have just come in, i think it s tank fire. and tier gas and dozens of arrests in paris as protests across france against plans to raise the pension age continue into a ninth day. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 8pm in washington, dc where the boss of tiktok has been in the hot seat, defending the social media app during a us congressional hearing. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than a 150 million of them are in america. several governments and even big companies have advised their staff to take care when using it. shou zi chew insisted data would never be given to the chinese communist party, but did accept that data is currently accessible to staff in china. it led to some angy exchanges on capitol hill as nomia iqbal reports. even before he arrived shou zi chew was on tikto
world athletics issues new guidance on transgender athletes, saying they cannot compete in the female category at international events. in ukraine, soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare reminiscent of battles in another war more than a century ago. the fighting around the key city of bakhmut is some of the bloodiest, with neither side gaining a significant advantage. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera operator darren conway have been to the frontline, where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has taken place. into a crate of no man s land, where even tank armour can be breached. up close and in range, serhii s tank crew releases everything it s got against russian targets. explosions. the enemy is just 500m away across this field. watch serhii s round hit, top right. gunfire. the orders are get in, get out, and take cover. we are right behind them. quickly! go to position. go, quickly. go quickly! open ground is their enemy s friend. explosion. tran
hello and welcome. the chief executive of tiktok has been defending the chinese owned video sharing app in the face of hostile questioning at a us congressional committee hearing. shou zi chew denied tiktok is a national security risk and played down the company s connection to china. but many in congress are not convinced, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived, shou zi chew was on tiktok, arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. but politicians and many parent activists here don t believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ..and now, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress a
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