With the Chinese Government. Tiktok has told lawmakers that it has taken steps to ensure the data of american users isnt 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. Heres what they told our correspodnent. I am aware that im giving my data, right. Im aware. Im ok with it. Let me make that decision, you dont need to make that for me. You know, thats where i stand. To be quite honest, everything on the internet is a Security Risk and so, this may be have a Parent Company that is foreign, but we have just as many Security Risks with Domestic Companies as well, and so i would love to see our lawmakers spend this much time and energy to pass 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 instead explained why he wants it out of chinese control. We have already heard instances of people being banned from tiktokjust because of talking about the genocide going on the uyghurs. 170 million americans who use tiktok and about 45 of the country gets its news tiktok. I do not think they are in the height of the Cold War Britain would have agreed to sell bbc to the soviet union or cnn, we would not have allowed that and it is really the same situation as they. 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 you here on bbc news, this legislation has passed in the house, if its taken up in the senate, what fate if its taken up in the senate, what fate do you it faces they . We have a lot more momentum in the senate than i was originally expecting, you have a lot of lawmakers that do 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 theres still pretty notable oppositions in the senate and the Senate 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 of floor time, 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. Lets talk about china then, 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 . So, the concrete evidence is that the Chinese Government has used social media platforms like tiktok to spread divisive of messages to the American People but what i personally see, im nota member of the intelligence 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. With russia. In connection to the Chinese Communist party and with the tiktok is actually bending over data to them, tiktok denies that, and we have seen evidence here and there of instances where the border between us data and chinese engineers working for bytedance is pourous but i personally havent seen a Smoking Report that says, chinese Commoners Party or even Chinese Workers at bytedance are using us data on any significant scale. Lets talk about the impact on young people incredibly popular influencers using this as a source of income, revenue, do you anticipate resistance if this were to go further . Court battles . Absolutely, a Couple Dozen Tiktok creators and influences absolutely, a Couple Dozen Tiktok creators and influencers on capitol hill yesterday, they had meetings with lawmakers and told them how much the app meant to them how it helped them start a business and sustain theirfamilies and now that its passed 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. Again, going back to hypotheticals say it passes the senate, gets to the president s desk, to avoid a ban, 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 . It is challenging. Not only is tiktok not interested in a sale, they have said as much, it would be hard to find a buyer that one, can afford it, its a very valuable company and also one that would stand up to antitrust 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 tech, doesnt already have a Big Social Networking Platform so not to raise any antitrust in competition, and i think tiktok is seen getting a buyer as essentially an Impossible Task and thats why they are calling it a ban. Axios reporter, ashley gold, thank you for being with us. To the war in gaza. Israel says its investigating an attack on a United NationsFood Distribution center in rafah, after at least five people were killed, including one unrwa staff member, in an explosion at an Aid Warehouse in the Southern Gaza city. These are pictures verified by the bbc, filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. It comes as the us and others continue to urge israel, not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where over a million palestinians have taken shelter in recent weeks. Here are images of the warehouse taken in the immediate aftermath. This the scene inside some of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Tensions also remain high in the 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 Senior International correspondent 0rla guerin reports. How was another palestinian child shot dead . Rami al halhouli lived and died in the shadow of israeli watchtowers. His home was here in eastjerusalem, sealed off by walls and fences and israels occupation. His family say he loved school and wanted to be a pilot. Last night, rami was playing with friends, holding a firework. A shot rings out. Gunshot. Rami is dead on the ground with a bullet to the heart. His father, moussa, was there in seconds, struggling to hold back his mother. Today, moussa is mourning his youngest child. He used to help everyone, he tells me. All the neighbours. Then grief overwhelms him. This is the street where his son died. Standing here, its hard to imagine how rami, a 12 year old boy with a firework in his hand, could have been any kind of threat to the Border Police who were down the road, beyond that high wall, with the fence at the top, heavily armed and well protected. This was ramis friend who was by his side when he was killed. Were you afraid they might shoot you, too . I was afraid i would be shot or killed or badly injured, he says. And if i was shot, they would take me and torture me. Israels far right security minister, itamar ben gvir, was backing his men today. I love you guys, he says. But he was avoiding our questions. Why did you congratulate the police officer, minister, for shooting the child 7 what evidence is there that the child was causing anybody any harm 7 do you have any evidence . Minister, witnesses say the child was just setting off a firework in the air. Translation you say hes a 12yearold. I say hes a 12 year old terrorist. A 12 year old who endangered one of our officers. The officer should be commended, not investigated. I will take steps to get him an award. Back at the scene, mustafa tells me he witnessed the killing from his window. He wasnt holding an m 16 or a bomb or an rpg, he says. He was a child playing. How come a sniper shot him . Was itjust because hes palestinian . And what future for the next generation, growing up under israels watchtowers . 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastjerusalem. The United Nations says its started evacuating its non essential staff from haiti, although workers who carry out Life Saving Activities will remain. Political leaders are negotiating the formation of a transitional 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 injust the last couple of weeks, more than 15,000 people have been forced to leave their homes to escape the violence. Meanwhile, the un is setting up an air bridge from the Dominican Republic to help deliver aid. 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 closed it is as bleak a picture as at any time since the 2010 earthquake, in the haitian capital. There is, for example, the effort by the Us State Department and Member States of the Caricom Group of nations to see an interim administration take power in the coming days, but thats running into difficulties because the gang members themselves, the powerful gangs that are in control of much of the Capital Dispute who will be in that council, and may well want representation themselves, for example, in search of an amnesty. So it is an intractable situation for the time being, it may take several days from this point onwards to resolve, and in the meantime, ordinary people in the streets of Port Au Prince are simply trying to make a living, make ends meet amid the violence. 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 Dollars 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 this, they say that the remarks were racist, the alleged remarks were racist but that doesnt make mr hester himself racist. 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. March is womens history month, here in the us, the uk and australia. This week also marked equal pay day, an occasion to acknowledge the gap between womens and mens pay in the workplace. And a recent World Bank Report shows the Global Gender Gap for women in the workplace is wider than previously estimated. The women, business, and the law report analysed policies affecting womens Economic Opportunity in 190 economies. It found that no country provides equal opportunity forwomen, including the wealthiest ones. The report also found that when considering childcare and safety, women now enjoy less than two thirds of Legal Protections available to men. Far fewer than the previous estimate of 77 . The findings show that closing the gap would raise Global Economic output by more than 20 . Joining me live to discuss the report is tea trumbic, managerfor the women, business and the law project at world bank. Good to have you with us. Thank you for your time. Your report has found the Global Gender Gap was winder than previously thought. How wide are we talking here . The gap is much wider than we thought, previously with 77 and now it is only two thirds. With the increasing participation of women in the global workforce, and the slow Economic Growth countries express, eliminating the gender gap would essentially double the Global Growth rate. As you mentioned, one of the reasons why we see such a wider gap, were looking at safety in child care, to Critical Issues that prevent women from having a level Playing Field with men when it comes to their Economic Opportunities. When it comes to their Economic Opportunities opportunities. You are talking about legal opportunities. You are talking about Legal Protections, opportunities. You are talking | about Legal Protections, things like parental leave, equal pay, for example, of course, we know a number of countries around the world have those as part of legislation, so what are you saying . Are you seeing laws exist but they are not necessarily being implemented . Tell us more about that. That is one key finding we have this year. Forthe is one key finding we have this year. For the first time we are looking at not only laws on the books but also implementing frameworks. When it comes to equal pay for example, 98 countries have enacted laws yet only 35 of those adopted measures or Enforcement Measures 01 Enforcement Measures or Enforcement Measures to address that Pay Gap Measures to address that pay gap. When it comes to equal pay we also still see too many countries that restrict women from jobs that might be higher paid. Jobs in energy, transport, manufacturing, water and energy. They still prevent women from receiving equal pay and if that is where we see that in practice, we when have 77 cents in the 1 to men. This idea to include 77 cents in the 1 to men. This idea to include for 77 cents in the 1 to men. This idea to include for the 77 cents in the 1 to men. This idea to include for the first time these indicators in terms of safety, childcare, speaking to a lot of women about this report, went looking at childcare, they have said, of course, it seems obvious to them. Why do you think it has not been included before and it is kind of economic reports . This was seen as not the most critical issue so when they were first looking at discrimination on the log, we were addressing things like job restrictions, and childcare was seen as something that could be handled outside of the law but what we are seeing right now and especially during the pandemic, it became increasingly clear, it is not just access to childcare but high quality and affordable childcare that matters. Then we look at things like the payer, because women are paid less, they work part time, they work less, take time off, and this works over their lifetime. This is why this year we wanted to shine a light on these issues, parents access to childcare but also