welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm monica miller. the headlines — the head of tiktok is grilled by us lawmakers as he tries to convince them the chinese—owned app is not a threat to us national security. issue whether the company tiktok would commit to not selling its data to anyone and just using it for its own purposes internally? i can get back to you — purposes internally? i can get back to you the _ purposes internally? i can get back to you the details. - the us has charged south korean cryptocurrency mogul do kwon with fraud. he was arrested at an airport in montenegro, where he was found carrying forged documents. also in this addition,

—— also in this edition a special report from ukraine. explosion. a report from just 700m from russian lines in eastern ukraine, where soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare. get in, get down. two russian shells are _ get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. _ get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i _ get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think- get in, get down. two russian shells are coming. i think it i shells are coming. i think it is time for... _ anger in israel after the country's parliament passes a new law preventing the removal of the prime minister. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 9pm in washington, dc, where the boss of tiktok has been

in the hot seat as he defends the social media app to the us congress. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than 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 angry exchanges on capitol hill, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans... even before he arrived shou zi chew was on to doctor 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, or surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned.— manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. should be banned. shou zi chew hit back- it _ should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. it is — should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. it is not _ should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. it is not owned - should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. it is not owned or -

hit back. it is not owned or controlled _ hit back. it is not owned or controlled by _ hit back. it is not owned or controlled by the _ hit back. it is not owned or controlled by the chinese | controlled by the chinese government.— controlled by the chinese government. controlled by the chinese covernment. �* government. but politicians and many parent — government. but politicians and many parent activists _ government. but politicians and many parent activists here - many parent activists here don't believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious... we president donald trump was suspicious. . ._ president donald trump was suspicious... we are looking at tiktok. suspicious... we are looking at tiktok- we _ suspicious... we are looking at tiktok. we may _ suspicious... we are looking at tiktok. we may be _ suspicious... we are looking at tiktok. we may be banning - tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. �* tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ~ ., ., ., tiktok. and now in a rare moment _ tiktok. and now in a rare moment of— tiktok. and now in a rare| moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress are too. they claim the apt�*s beijing based company bytedance has strong links with the chinese government and fear data belonging to more than 100 million american users could end up in the hands of the chinese communist party. we don't sell _ chinese communist party. we don't sell data _ chinese communist party. - don't sell data to data brokers. don't sell data to data brokers-— don't sell data to data brokers. , , , brokers. the issue is whether the company _ brokers. the issue is whether the company tiktok - brokers. the issue is whether the company tiktok would i brokers. the issue is whether- the company tiktok would commit to not— the company tiktok would commit to not selling it started to anyone _ to not selling it started to anyone and just using it for its own— anyone and just using it for its own purposes internally. | its own purposes internally. i can its own purposes internally. can get its own purposes internally. i can get back to you on the details. ., , details. he denied the details and claims — details. he denied the details and claims all _ details. he denied the details and claims all us _ details. he denied the details and claims all us data - details. he denied the details and claims all us data is - details. he denied the details| and claims all us data is being stored inside america after the app created a billion—dollar firewall to alleviate concerns. we do not collect body or face data. . , . we do not collect body or face data. ., , , . ., ., data. legally it is unclear how a ban would _ data. legally it is unclear how a ban would work _ data. legally it is unclear how a ban would work but -

a ban would work but politically it may be damaging. if you're a politician trying to win over young voters, banning their favourite app may cost you. banning their favourite app may cost ou. . banning their favourite app may cost ou. , ., , cost you. the president has made an — cost you. the president has made an effort _ cost you. the president has made an effort to _ cost you. the president has i made an effort to demonstrate in the past that he values and cares about young people and their opinions and i think the fact that is not been something he has publicly discussed when talking about tiktok, i think that could be an issue. do you feel that down? _ that could be an issue. do you feel that down? i _ that could be an issue. do you feel that down? i wouldn't i that could be an issue. do you feel that down? i wouldn't say let down. _ feel that down? i wouldn't say let down. i — feel that down? i wouldn't say let down, i hope _ feel that down? i wouldn't say let down, i hope to _ feel that down? i wouldn't say let down, i hope to see i feel that down? i wouldn't say let down, i hope to see a i feel that down? i wouldn't say| let down, i hope to see a clear demonstration of how young people are being included in the conversation.— people are being included in the conversation. after more than four _ the conversation. after more than four hours _ the conversation. after more than four hours of— the conversation. after more than four hours of grilling i the conversation. after more than four hours of grilling it i than four hours of grilling it is hard to say if mr chu is convinced politicians here. president biden has already given the backing by lawmakers to ban tiktok. he has told the companies to find a new owner or else. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. well, the governor of utah has signed a sweeping bill to limit children's access to social media. the utah social media regulation act puts some

of the strictest limits on apps such as tiktok and instagram. azadeh moshiri has more. there has been a lot of focus in the past few weeks on tiktok but of course parents and lawmakers have been worried about the impact of social media apps in general on children's mental health, apps like instagram, snapchat, facebook, also apps that are under scrutiny right now. it's because if you are a parent you are concerned about your child being exposed to harmful content, you're worried about the impact it can have on the way that children perceive their bodies, there has been a lot of serious studies on this. and of course, on the bbc we've also reported on the fact that sometimes, children get exposed to content that relates to self—harm, for example, in the social media companies have had a problem in regulating how search engines recommend that kind of content to children and so, if you're a parent, you are feeling pretty powerless about

this. so utah lawmakers have decided it is time to take some sweeping action and this is one of the most aggressive bills we've seen when it comes to how they police social media for children and there are three major ways it does that. the first is that children can no longer, once the bill comes into effect next year, create and account without their parent or guardian's explicit consent. it also establishes a social media curfew, the children cannot use it from 10:30pm to six am again unless they have signed from a parent and this is most controversial part, parents now have access to their children's posts, as as well as replies on these apps. but is quite an extraordinary thing but the bill isn't going smoothly with some people, i mean, there has been criticism in terms of tech

experts as well as civil liberty experts? that's right. the real concern _ liberty experts? that's right. the real concern is _ liberty experts? that's right. the real concern is about i the real concern is about whether this is infringing upon children's privacy, the fact that parents can actually now have access to what they are saying, and there are concerns about free speech. some experts have said they are worried about communities that could be generally isolated and see social media as a resource for them and away where they can find some sort of belonging, such as the lgbtqia+ community, some of these kids growing up can be in communities that don't understand them or accept them and they find solace and actually find that social media can help them in that way. and when i spoke to a representative, a spokesperson from metter, facebook�*s parent company, they said they are doing everything they can to make sure that children feel safe and have already worked with lawmakers to put in place at intervals —— meta. let's take a look at some of the day's other stories. the world athletics federation says it will not allow

transgender women to compete in elite female events to protect the female category. the decision comes after studies into the effect of testosterone levels in athletes born with male sex and will come into force at the end of this month. the council has agreed to exclude male to female transgender athletes who have been through al puberty from female world ranking competitions from march the sist competitions from march the 31st this year. —— mail puberty. at that meeting, the world athletics council also announced that russian and belarusian athletes would still be banned from its competitions. the original ban was down to doping offences but while that has been lifted, the invasion of ukraine means athletes from those two countries will still not be allowed to compete. there's been a ninth successive day of protests in france following president macron's imposition of laws which would raise the age at which people can draw a state pension from 62 to 64. strikes affected schools and public transport. dozens of police officers were injured and tear gas was used in paris.

president biden has arrived in canada to meet the country's prime minister, justin trudeau. the leaders are expected to announce an updated deal on how to handle migrants between the two countries and from south america. they will also discuss the war in ukraine, trade, and the creation of an international force to stabilise haiti. let's take you now to the war in ukraine and the very dangerous frontline around bakhmut. it's a city in the east of the country, held by the ukrainian military, but it's been under siege for months. there have been huge casualties on both sides, as the territory took on symbolic value. but the commander of ukraine's ground forces has told the bbc he feels the russian army is now losing any impetus it had. 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, and camera operator, darren conway, have been to the front line, where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has taken place.

into no man's land, where even tank armour can be breached. up close and in range, this tank crew releases everything it's got against russian targets. explosions. the enemy is just 500m away across this field. watch this 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! 0pen ground is their enemy's friend.

explosion. translation: our tank worked successfully on the target, i so the enemy artillery is now targeting us. 0ur drone spotters gave the tank crew the commands to urgently roll back out of range, so our guys won't be hit by the enemy's artillery. explosions. that was a 120mm shell landing, maybe around 20—30 metres away from us. a brief lull and it's time to move again. this is what a year of attacks has done to the town of velyka novosilka. 0nce thriving, it's all but abandoned. and still, russian bombs fall here. explosion. a mortar lands to the right. the town has already been reduced to rubble. and yet another mortar lands... explosion. ..even closer.

they're zeroing in. any movement here captures russia's attention. in the town and on its outskirts, travelling in the open can be a matter of life or death. this road is within range of russian guns and it has to be taken at speed. to a stricken wasteland, where russian eyes are always watching. gunfire. infantryman dima, only 22 years old, is escorting us forward. the trenches we're heading to are about a kilometre ahead and dima'sjust told me the village over here is half held by the ukrainians and half held by the russians.

gunfire. explosions. gunfire. heavy breathing. whoa! mortars, tank fire, grenades — they get hit by everything here. fast, fast, fast! separated by incoming fire, camera journalist darren connelly. .. in here! ..pulls us into the trench. q, there's a bunker here! this way! come on — run, run, run!

straight to me. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. breathes heavily. those two russian shells that have just come in, i think it's tank fire. i think they're very close to these positions. gives you an idea of how exposed it is here. there's absolutely no tree cover. the safest place for these men is in the trenches. they've already taken a couple of casualties here in the last week. the bombardments never stop. explosions. translation: we are standing at zero position and right now, | we are under mortar fire. when the next one might be a direct hit...

explosion. ..it�*s hard not to flinch. does dima think russia could win here? translation: it's a good question. l this question needs to be addressed to the senior military. explosion. oh, that was close! what do you think — can russia win? i don't know. they have an unlimited amount of shells. they have entire warehouses full of them. they can shoot all day and they will never run out of shells. and what about us? we will run out of shells this year. but we are forming various assault brigades and we have been given tanks like abrams, so i think with their help, we will win. and we are cossacks.

we are brave guys. we can handle it. translation: ok, you and dima go together and i will go - with the other group. dima checks if the ground is clear. explosion. "we won't go for now", he says. dima welcomes the cover of darkness. a single shift here feels like a lifetime. beyond these trees lurks a great danger. their daily duty is holding it back. their country's freedom depends on it. russia could attack again at any moment. dima and his comrades will be waiting. quentin sommerville, bbc news, velyka novosilka.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — the us has charged south korean cryptocurrency mogul do kwon with fraud. he was arrested at an airport in montenegro, where he was found carrying forged documents. applause i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, - the committee has decided that south africa will be excludedl from the 1970 competition.

chanting streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. wow. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. 0ur headlines: the head of tiktok is grilled by us lawmakers, as he tries to convince them the chinese—owned app is not a threat to us national security. the us has charged south korean cryptocurrency mogul do kwon with fraud. it comes after police in montenegro said they've

arrested a man suspected of being do kwon. the south korean authorities are convinced the man arrested is one of the world's most wanted fugitive. do kwon is wanted by the us, singapore and south korea. people who invested in his terraform company and the terra and luna cryptocurrencies lost around $40 billion. nick marsh is our asia business reporter. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. it wasn't clear in ourago us on the programme. it wasn't clear in our ago if they had the right person. do they have do kwon?— the right person. do they have do kwon? ~ ., do kwon? wondering whether it was indeed _ do kwon? wondering whether it was indeed do _ do kwon? wondering whether it was indeed do kwon, _ do kwon? wondering whether it i was indeed do kwon, montenegrin authorities said they thought it was him and in the end it took his fingerprints to be matched with south korean police records. there was a match and there was confirmation it was do kwon.

montenegrin authorities found him and another suspect trying to board a flight to dubai with forged documents. now he is been detained, he has been around for many months, like you said, the authorities in south korea but also in the us, singapore here as well, have accused him of this multibillion—dollar crypto fraud. the south korean authorities put up a red alert to interpol basically saying police forces across the world, if you find this man, apprehend him, he even travelled to serbia next door to montenegro because it was thought do kwon was there. there is no tradition treaty between south korea and serbia so they wear negotiations with diplomats in belgrade. the interior minister of montenegro has been tweeting about it so you'd have to assume that he is going to be extradited in some way, shape orform. where'd you, we're not sure yet, could be the us or south korea or singapore. there are many after him.—

are many after him. remind aaain are many after him. remind again exactly _ are many after him. remind again exactly is _ are many after him. remind again exactly is he - are many after him. remind again exactly is he on i are many after him. remind again exactly is he on the i are many after him. remindl again exactly is he on the run all this time? do again exactly is he on the run all this time?— again exactly is he on the run all this time? do kwon founder cyrptocurrency _ all this time? do kwon founder cyrptocurrency company i all this time? do kwon founder cyrptocurrency company called | cyrptocurrency company called terraform, one of the many hundreds, thousands that have sprung up in the last few years, based here in singapore. it offered two cyrptocurrencies, terra and luna, which both crashed last month. he is accused of misleading investors, saying one of these currencies, terra usd was connected to the us dollar, so it was a safe investment as a stable commercial asset. investment as a stable commercialasset. in investment as a stable commercial asset. in the end it wasn't true, they plummeted and lost all their value in some cases, some customers lost their entire life savings. this is a reality unfortunately in an unregulated market like cyrptocurrencies. the south koreans have been trying to find him since last may since this happened and like i said

we don't exactly where he will be extradited to the us law enforcement has only charged him with several counts of fraud so i have egos properly face a hefty prison sentence. i know you'll be keeping a close eye on that. thank you very much, our correspondent, nick marsh. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's determined to proceed with what he calls responsible judicial reforms. police in israel have arrested dozens of demonstrators following the latest mass protests against this the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system. the confonrtations came only hours after the israeli parliament ratified a law making it more difficult to remove a prime minister deemed unfit for office. critics say the law is meant to shield benjamin natanyahu from corruption trials. from jerusalem, tom bateman sent this report. is really stopping the traffic over their politicians' plan to

the court. weeks of protest are boiling over. it is a bitter division. this is a fight for the flag. and now it is spilling blood onto the streets of tel aviv. spilling blood onto the streets of tel aviv-— of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace — of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace and _ of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace and i _ of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace and i try - of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace and i try to i of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace and i try to stop. of tel aviv. they sprayed us i with mace and i try to stop him and he hit me with a can on the face. ., ., . and he hit me with a can on the face. ., ., , , ., ~ i. face. how does this make you feel about _ face. how does this make you feel about what's _ face. how does this make you feel about what's happening l face. how does this make you | feel about what's happening in your country? we feel about what's happening in your country?— your country? we have a dictator— your country? we have a dictator in _ your country? we have a dictator in israel- your country? we have a dictator in israel that i your country? we have a dictator in israel that is i dictator in israel that is trying to make these people heard us. you tell your government, you tell your people. government, you tell your eo - le. government, you tell your --eole. ., , ., ., , government, you tell your --eole. ., , ., ., people. the demonstrators had reached the _ people. the demonstrators had reached the british _ people. the demonstrators had reached the british embassy i reached the british embassy last week, wanting foreign governments to add pressure as mr netanyahu heads abroad visiting london today. they warned of dystopia and dictatorship and a muzzling of legal protections. by the new coalition of the ultra

religious and the far right. this government is the first post— zionist messianic government. my father and his brothers fight in wars for a theocracy for 0rthodox dues. the israeli leader is caught between deepening dissent and a coalition he needs to survive. and he is vowing to push on. translation:— and he is vowing to push on. translation: onto everything, eve hint translation: onto everything, everything to — translation: onto everything, everything to calm _ translation: onto everything, everything to calm the _ everything to calm the situation and to and division among our people because we are brothers, and with the help of god, together we will manage and together we will succeed. but his far right and religious coalition is under growing international pressure over both its rhetoric and its policies, and its spiralling violence. in the west bank, the protests feel a world away. the palestinians, the faces of israel's forces may change but

the occupation remains. and things are getting much worse. for people here it feels like a crisis arriving from all sides. israel's most extreme government and its history, a palestinian leadership losing its limited security grip on key cities around here. and thatis key cities around here. and that is why the fears are growing that the west bank could slip out of control. for over a year, i've seen militants rearm in nearbyjenin and nablus as violent scripts the region. israel puzzling political turmoil comes amid calls for calm that may be impossible to heed. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. more of those protests and proposed changes to the laws that prompted them as well as all the day's news, visit our website, bbc news online, or

click on our app. that's all for now on bbc news. i am monica miller. goodbye for now. hello. quite an ominous—looking sky behind me with heavy showers forecast for friday, perhaps with hail and thunder. and indeed, the outlook is looking very unsettled. sunday onwards, it'll also turn quite a bit colder, particularly across the northern half of the uk. now, here's the satellite picture — look at this broad area of cloud to the south, that brought the rain on thursday evening. but the centre of the low pressure here now, a very large area of low pressure, is approaching ireland — and within this centre of low pressure, we have frequent showers circling. so from early morning onwards, the winds will start to strengthen across many western parts of the uk. it's already cloudy with showers across scotland and northern ireland, but in england and wales it'll

actually start off pretty clear — and in fact, lots of sunshine expected early in the morning. but as this area of low pressure approaches, the winds reach gale force around the south—western coasts of the uk, gusting 50mph or more, and really blustery inland, too. so the showers will be fast—moving across england and wales. again, some of them will be downpours with hail and thunder. in northern ireland and scotland, the showers will be slow—moving — the winds are much lighter here — so any showers will last for longer, and that's in the centre of this area of low pressure, and this blustery weather will continue into the evening hours on friday. this is saturday's weather map and one area of low pressure clears away — another one is approaching, but we're sort of in—between these areas of low pressure. i think the most frequent showers on saturday will be across more northern and eastern parts of england. elsewhere, yes, some showers in the forecast, not as heavy, not as frequent. temperatures will get up to around 12—13 celsius, i think, for most of us.

and then on sunday, we start to see a change. cold northerly winds spread from the northern climes, pushing that milder air to the south. and in the north of the country, yes, it will be cold enough for some hill snow. watch the wintry showers spreading across the highlands of scotland. in the south, however, closer to a weather front, there will be some rain early in the day, but eventually that rain will clear away. temperatures may be making double figures across the south of england and wales, but further north, it will be around six degrees in aberdeen, and a wind chill. and before i go, just a reminder that the clocks change this weekend. bye— bye.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. it's adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and shortly we'll be joined by a former leader of the conservative party, but not one of the prime ministers that rebelled over brexit this week. so that narrows it down. yeah, to a few. this is like a pub quiz. yes. and that comes after the show.

right. so today, a big, big figure left the political stage —