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. Heres what they told our correspodnent. Iam aware i am aware that im giving my day dark, im aware, im 0k day dark, im aware, im ok with it, let me make that decision, you need to make that for me. , v decision, you need to make that for me. � ,. ,. , for me. Thats right stand. To be uuite for me. Thats right stand. To be quite honest, for me. Thats right stand. To be quite honest, everything l for me. Thats right stand. To | be quite honest, everything on the internet as a Security Risk and the internet as a Security Risk and so, the internet as a Security Risk and so, this may be have aberrant and so, this may be have aberrant company that is foreign aberrant company that is foreign but we have just as many foreign but we have just as many Security Risks where Domestic Companies as well and i would Domestic Companies as well and i would love to see a lawmakers spend i would love to see a lawmakers spend as i would love to see a lawmakers spend as much time and to pass more spend as much time and to pass more data. Spend as much time and to pass more data, protection overall for all more data, protection overall for all americans on all platforms on everything. Democratic congressman seth moulton co sponsored the bill. He told the bbc that he isnt trying to ban the app but wants it out of chinese control. Look, understandable of concerns but we should put our Country First over politics or political constituencies. Thats the first principle that i operate by, the second thing is that users will see tiktok improve, tiktok is trying to say that they were banning tiktok, thats not true, were trying to say that the Chinese Communist party cannot own tiktok and if the Chinese Communist party is not dictating why People Media Feeds are, then i think that tiktok will be more positive of its users, more positives of the American People, live up to our values as opposed to valleys of the Chinese Communist party. As opposed to the values. To get an idea of the bills fate in the senate and whether it could be signed into law, i spoke to ashley gold, Technology Policy reporter at axios. Very good to have your weather is here on bbc news, this legislation has passed in the house, if its taken up by the senate, what fate do you it faces they . Senate, what fate do you it faces the . ~. ,. ,. , faces they . We have a lot more momentum faces they . We have a lot more momentum in faces they . We have a lot more momentum in the faces they . We have a lot more momentum in the senate faces they . We have a lot more momentum in the senate than l faces they . We have a lot more j momentum in the senate than i was originally expecting, you have a lot of lawmakers add to see tiktok as a thread that see the influence of china as a threat and they want to get something done and it seems like this is something that could pass and get signed by the president , by the still pretty notable oppositions in the senate and the Majority Leader is not committed to putting it on the floor so, its really up to him and if you see this as a valuable use, and this is something at the centre should be doing so, and washing cautiously but its the most momentum ive seen for a piece of tech related legislation in a long time. The stock about legislation in a long time. The stock about china legislation in a long time. The stock about china than, the tiktok ceo released a video in it he says that over recent years, weve invested to keep your data safe so talk to us a bit about the National Security concerns, is there concrete evidence essentially that china is been given this data from us users . ,. Is been given this data from us users . ,. G , users . So, concrete evidence is that the chinese users . So, concrete evidence is that the Chinese Government i users . So, concrete evidence is. That the Chinese Government has used social media platforms like tiktok to spread the vice of messages to the American People but what i personally see, im not a people but what i personally see, im nota member of people but what i personally see, im not a member of the community, is that they are using american user data from tiktok to do so. Manipulating social media is something any company can be subject to. We saw this happen in the 2016 election with meta. In connection to the Chinese Communist party and with the tiktok is actually bending over data to them, tiktok denies that, we have seen evidence here and there of instances with the border between us data and chinese engineers working for bytedance is poorest but i personally havent seen a Smoking Report that says, chinese Commoners Party or even chinese Commoners Party or even Chinese Workers at bytedance are axne singh us data on any significant scale. Significant scale. Lets talk about the significant scale. Lets talk about the impact significant scale. Lets talk about the impact on significant scale. Lets talkj about the impact on young people incredibly popular influences using this as a source of income, revenue, do you anticipate resistance if this were to go further . Core battles . ~ ,. , this were to go further . Core battles . ~ ,. , this were to go further . Core battles . ~ ,. , battles . Absolutely, a Couple Dozen Tiktok battles . Absolutely, a Couple Dozen Tiktok Creators battles . Absolutely, a Couple Dozen Tiktok Creators and dozen tiktok creators and influences on capitol hill yesterday, they had meetings with lawmakers and told them how much the app meant to them and help them start a business and help them start a business and sustain their families and now that its past the house and getting even more national attention, i think youre going to see a very Loud Community of tiktok supporters, rallying against the bill. Tiktok supporters, rallying against the bill. Again, going back to Hypotheticals Against the bill. Again, going back to hypotheticals bullets| back to hypotheticals bullets to say then it passes the senate, gets to the president s desk, to avoid a band, we are seeing is bytedance having to arrange a sale, guaranteeing the tiktok is not under the influence of what is being referred to as a foreign adversary within six months, that seemed pretty challenging, isnt it . ,. Isnt it . It is challenging. Not only isnt it . It is challenging. Not only is isnt it . It is challenging. Not only is tiktok isnt it . It is challenging. Not only is tiktok not. Not only is tiktok not interested in a sale, they have said as much, its hard to find a buyer that one, can afford it, its a very valuable company and also, one that would stand up to and i trust scrutiny. Here in the us, increasingly, the environment around Big Business Mergers And Acquisitions that our current Government Administration is pretty sceptical so, the buyer would have to be someone thats not already in tachy, doesnt already have a Big Social Networking Platform so not to raise any and i trust in Competition Flakes and i think tiktok is seen getting a buyer as essentially an Impossible Task and thats why they are calling it a ban. Calling it a ban. Take policy reporter. Calling it a ban. Take policy reporter, ashley, calling it a ban. Take policy reporter, ashley, thank calling it a ban. Take policy| reporter, ashley, thank you calling it a ban. Take policy reporter, ashley, thank you for being with us. Israel says its investigating an attack on a United NationsFood Distribution center in rafah that killed at least five people, including one unrwa staff member. These are pictures verified by the bbc filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. The us and several eu countries are among those urging israel, not to launch a full scale assault on rafah where more than a million palestinians are sheltering. Here are images of the warehouse taken in the immediate aftermath of the attack and this is the scene inside, some of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Tensions are also high in the occupied west bank and in Occupied Eastjerusalem where five palestinians were reportedly killed on tuesday night by Israeli Security forces, including a 12 year old boy holding a firework. The bbc� s mark lowen sent this report from jerusalem. Its been a day of Islands Inside Gaza and beyond with the un In Gaza Reporting that one of its Distribution Centres in rafah in the southern tip of gaza was struck with at least one member of staff of the un killed and more than 20 people injured, take the total numbers of staff killed to 165. Meanwhile in eastjerusalem, neara meanwhile in eastjerusalem, near a refugee camp, 12 year old boy who was holding a firework was shot dead by an israeli police. The police say he was aiming the firewood towards them and theyve been hit by Molotov Cocktails in riders and the family of the 12 year old say he was just a kid and this firework in the m presented no threat at all but the policeman has been congratulated by israels far right National Security minister for right National Security ministerfor in his words, defending israel from terrace. On the aid front, it is a slightly more positive note with six trucks from the u. N. World Food Programme managing to reach northern gaza, an area thatis to reach northern gaza, an area that is not received any food aided all since the middle of february and theyve taken a route for the first time allowed by israel since this war began. Now, the food aid has been slow and ineffective in coming in over ground, israel has been holding up trucks consistently since this war began so that is why western countries are having to resort to air drops but a maritime corridor coming in from cyprus with a shift thats making its way from cyprus to gaza carrying 200 tons of aid which is said to be offloaded into a temporaryjetty thats been built. The having to resort to maritime routes, air drops because the overland routes have been so slow and the need on the ground are dire with the un warning that a quarter of gazas population are imminent risk of famine. Mark lowen there. And now, five months on from the attacks that triggered this latest, deadly conflict we are learning more about happened on the 7th of october. 18 year old itay regev and his sister maya were kidnapped by hamas from a Music Festival in israel and were then held for sa days. Itay has been describing in detail what happened to him, his sister, and his best friend, after they were taken hostage. His friend is still being held along with more than 100 others. Itay spoke to our special correspondent lucy manning. Itay regev is free, but all he thinks about are the hostages he left behind. The teenager was at the nova Music Festival with his sister maya and friend omer when hamas attacked. Translation we started hearing shooting, and terrorists were surrounding the whole party area. Lots and lots of people started running in all directions. I hear shooting going past my head. I heard people screaming. I saw people falling down. A lot of bodies. We were confronted by a van of terrorists spraying our car with bullets without any mercy. I got shot in my leg. My sister also got shot in her leg seconds after me. This, the moment they were tied up and taken. Translation we entered gaza, and the terrorists started shouting and screaming and celebrating. It was as if it was a big party. Itay says they were taken to a house with a shaft, then through a tunnel and driven to a hospital. Translation they threatened my life. They looked at me doing this, that they are going to kill me, that they are going to behead me. I still had a bullet in my leg. They put the forceps into my leg. They pulled out the bullet without anaesthetic. They told me to keep quiet because if i wont keep quiet, theyll kill me. It was a day that i thought i wouldnt come out of alive. I came to terms with the fact that i wasnt going to live. I see my sister, maya, injured and crying. Maya also said her goodbyes and told me if i come out of this alive, to tell our parents that she loves them. What were the conditions like where you were being kept . Translation you dont really know if youre going to wake up in the morning, if a missile is going to fall on you, if theyre going to come in with a kalashnikov and start spraying us with bullets. The conditions are very, very difficult there. Sometimes no water, and the hunger was very, very difficult. Hamas wants a total ceasefire and the withdrawal of the troops for the hostages to be released. Do you think that israel should agree . Translation i think we should do anything we possibly can to get them out of there, whatever the cost. We need to do anything that will bring the hostages out of there. You cant put a price on it. Its peoples lives. Itay says he must now shout out in the name of all the hostages who cant be heard. Translation i was there for two months, and every day felt like an eternity. To be there for five months, its horrible, and they are really going through dreadful things and dreadful feelings. In november, maya was released and reunited with herfamily and is learning to walk again. Itay was freed a few days later. Omer, theirfriend, and around 130 others are still held. Itay says the world has forgotten the hostages. Lucy manning, bbc news. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at a top story in the uk britains Prime Minister is resisting pressure for the conservatives to return £10 million, or about 13 million, that was donated by the businessman frank hester, who allegedly said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and should be shot. Rishi sunak told the commons that the alleged remarks were racist but that mr hester� s apology for making rude comments should be accepted. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. The governments current position is theirs, they say that the remarks were racist, the marks were racist but that doesnt make frank hester himself erases. If you take half a step back, it is a position in which he says there should be a tolerance to an articulation of alleged intolerance as long as there is some contrition. Meanwhlie, ms abbott was not called on during wednesdays Prime Ministers questions. Thats despite standing up 46 times. A spokesperson for the speaker said he Ran Out Of Time to call on her. Youre live with bbc news. The United Nations says its started evacuating its non essential staff from haiti although workers who carry out Life Saving Activities will remain. The un is also setting up an air bridge from the Dominican Republic to help deliver aid amid ongoing unrest and Gang Violence. Political leaders are negotiating the formation of a Transition Council set to take over after the Prime Minister, ariel henry, stands down. Theres hope that following henrys resignation, the violence in haiti will recede. But in the meantime, the humanitarian situation there is worsening. At least four Million People are facing severe food insecurity. Gangs are in control of roughly 80 of the capital Port Au Prince and in just the last couple of weeks, more than 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes to escape the violence. The bbc� s Central American correspondent will grant has more from haitis border with the Dominican Republic. Life at the Border Crossing between the Dominican Republic and haiti is taking on a certain rhythm that every day, throughout the day, several trucks carrying undocumented haitian migrants come to this point and deport those migrants back into the country. They are being deported into an impoverished nation facing its biggest crisis in over a decade. Now the situation in the capital, Port Au Prince, remains critical the Food Security situation, of course, the Gang Violence on the streets, the problems in the hospitals and schools being cl