the be. the be the as. you know what you need i would do news live from then time could be up for tick tock in the u.s. president trump says he plans to babyak over concerns about chinese spying and what will it mean to the video platform and u.s. chinese relations also coming up democracy deferred elections in hong kong delayed for a year chief executive kerry lamp says a surgeon coronavirus case is raised. and we follow a coronavirus task force in israel and look at efforts to contain the culprit 9

spain in one of the country's major hotspot. to. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we start in the united states where president donald trump says he plans to ban the chinese owned video app tick-tock u.s. officials are currently looking into the potential for tick tocks to be used by china as a tool for chinese intelligence. tick-tock with its viral dance routines and political activism videos is a favorite among teenagers worldwide. with over $2000000000.00 downloads and $17000000000.00 in revenue last year the app is extremely successful and influential but its exploding popularity has also raised red flags in the u.s. officials are investigating whether tick-tock is a threat. to national security there are concerns that the data collected by the

app owned by the chinese firm by dance could be accessed by beijing the company denies any connection with the chinese government but donald trump is threatening to ban the f. in the u.s. . well look here that we may be betting we may be doing some other things are a couple of options but a lot of things are happening so we'll see what happens but we are looking at a lot of alternatives with respect to their. reports on friday indicated that one of the alternatives being considered is an order for byte dance to give up ownership of tik tok potential buyers are reportedly already in talks to take over the apps u.s. operations including tech giant microsoft and national security review of tick talk is expected to be presented to trump in the coming days its results may further sour already deteriorating ties between the u.s.

and china with tensions already running high on trade and the coronavirus pandemic cyber security concerns are now further straining relations between the 2 powers. they don't really business correspondent quarter has been following the story for us from new york. there have been charges against to talk for quite some time that the company actually collects privacy data from their users and if you look at the user base of tick tock it's basically the younger crowd and that's why they have been some concerns not just in the united states but also in the u.k. or in germany for instance so let's wait and see if really any kind of deal is going to happen on one side for microsoft to talk would be clearly pretty tricked if was just recently more than $2000000000.00 loss off the tick top globally on the other side microsoft would be right in the middle between those struggling

superpowers the united states and china and i'm quite certain that microsoft will think twice to spend billions of dollars and then might be caught in the middle of china and the u.s. and staying in the u.s. 3 people have been charged in connection with the hacking of prominent twitter accounts 2 weeks ago prosecutors say a 17 year old from florida was the mastermind behind the hack that chipped people into making big donations effective some of the platforms most high profile accounts including former u.s. president barack obama democratic presidential candidate joe biden microsoft founder bill gates as well as some companies accounts like apple and twitter said the hackers targeted some of its employees who had access to its internal systems. on kong's legislative elections federal said temba have been postponed for a year chief executive kerry lam says the delay is necessary due to

a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers convinced they accuse the government of using the pen demick as a probe pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement germany has responded by suspending its extradition treaty with the territory. hong kong's election 4 years ago it should happen again in september instead the poll has been pushed back by a full year not how sailing at the well off but it was a very very difficult decision to postpone the legislative council election which takes place every 4 years but it's necessary to fight off the coronavirus to protect people's health and up hold public safety we also have to ensure the election process is fair and open. high p. so. ironically to curb the pro-democracy protests on const chief executive has activated a rarely used nearly century old emergency power dating from the british colonial

times. that allows for short term only delays to elections. the decision to postpone the trainee trente electrical election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections. dismayed by the delay the opposition is warning of a constitutional crisis. he said that he said. that. people who are not just these well you see some of those locals if you see some any more. against the basic law against the forces maybe. some 30 years ago. around half of the 70 members of hong kong's legislative council are

appointed by the beijing backed government after a year of often violent protests and the imposition of a heavily criticised security law the opposition had been optimistic. for the 1st time there were hopes of a democratic majority. will not let that happen and sees the rising number of coronavirus cases as an opportunity to delay the vote. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world officials in portugal say it least 2 people have been killed and dozens injured after an intercity trains collided with a maintenance ical hundreds of passengers were on board when the crash occurred near the central city of cum cohen. police in zimbabwe have arrested acclaimed author sits down to embark during an anti-government protest people turned out in the capital harare to demonstrate against alleged state corruption and a slumping economy or parties said the protest was banned due to the corona virus

pandemic. hurricane. is churning through the caravan bringing strong winds and flooding in puerto rico and some islands of the bahamas. hurricane warning has been issued for parts of florida where the storm is expected to hit on saturday. british filmmaker alan parker has died at the age of $76.00 after a long illness he started his career in advertising and later shot to fame as the director of films like midnight express mississippi burning and u.v. to market was awarded a knighthood and the british film and television academy's lifetime achievement award. israel has suffered a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks the city of but iraq is a hotspot it's one of the most densely populated and poorest cities in israel and home to an ultra-orthodox population munis municipality has set up a task force to contain the pandemic and they don't tell you crime when to say how

it's doing. most of morgan stern is on his way to the main synagogue in the center of the neighborhood home to a largely ultra orthodox or had a d. community the synagogue is closed because of the pandemic people have to pray outside. without martin stern who works as a noir manages in this free time a corona task force. there's a stigma in the general public against the us for also dogs and against been able to be rough only people seem to have a demon all sick and that they're infecting people that it's evil but it's not true and i don't think there's any other community that keeps the rules as strictly as we deal with the commitment of all the myth of eve. over 2400 residents are currently infected with call that 19 and their new cases every day in

a brac is one of the most densely populated cities in israel. yes boy. the author hearing about arguments for a 20 family members shares 75 square meters and one bathroom one shower one person get sick everyone will get sick putting on a simple of many don't have internet no smartphones they can't get information online but this information on billboards. made a lot of what all the menace apology has now set up a so-called war room to handle the crisis this is modern stern and his team supported by the israeli army work every day of the week except about was some ultra orthodox communities forbid the use of modern technologies modern instance team rely on them every neighborhood is monitored to help isolate people who have tested positive for the virus. we took those people who were newly infected and

send them out of the city if they agreed to it of course because we believe that the more cases we move out the list karuna whisper it in this city you. a family of 8 needs to be placed in quarantine in jerusalem they're taken by ambulance to one of the hotels that have been turned into quarantine centers run by the israeli military morgan stern is back on the road the virus keeps him busy all the time. it's hard it's very difficult and very demanding but it don't give up someone is watching over us. been a block is taking up the task to keep the virus from spreading further just like the rest of the country which is in the midst of a 2nd wave of the pandemic. let's take a look now at the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic

a number of deaths in mexico has surged past 46000 now poised to take over take britain as the country with the 3rd highest death toll behind brazil and the u.s. british prime minister barak johnson says he's putting the brakes on easing lockdown measures and will instead be imposing new restrictions and suffer a new spike in corona virus infections in the u.k. and germany has added 3 northern spanish regions to its list of high risk best destinations anyone arriving from those areas will have to produce and negative virus test or go into quarantine for 2 weeks muslims around the world are celebrating. one of the most important holidays in the islamic calendar this year the 4 day holiday is taking place under the shadow of the pandemic social distancing measures and making it difficult for families to celebrate together but worshipers i'm making do the best that they can. we'll also. bring

them in a historic 1st for dublin's croke park stadium the home of irish sports and normally a symbol of catholic ireland hosted socially distance prayers for several 100 muslims celebrating eat a lot. for me. to see today. i was just hysterical it is captivating appeared in the air with. muslims around the world are celebrating a scaled down version of the festival worshippers in war torn yemen perform a prayer in freedom square. the festival of sacrifice is marked by the ritual slaughter of animals which are then share it with those in need in a live and then go is distributing meat to syrian refugees.

this project is important because there are many families who do not get meat except on and there are families that don't get me to tall not even own eat a lot of there are more families in need then there is sacrificial meat but god willing we will do our best to bring this meat to those who deserve it. and if the afghans pray as a 3 day cease fire between government forces and the taliban begins. many hope this will bring an end to nearly 2 decades of conflict. strict health guidelines in indonesia allowed muslims in the capital of jakarta to attend prayers amid the pandemic. though a quieter affair than usual the spirit of each ensures across the globe. you're watching news has a reminder of the top story we're following for you u.s. president donald trump says he'll ban the chinese on video to talk in the u.s.

citing national security concerns media reports suggest trump huang the option of forcing the phone by by the dance to give up ownership of tiktaalik. we're up to date up next shift in living in the digital age don't forget you can stay up to date on our web site data dot com be back next hour to 26. years. yourself or. are they friends so long to be with you thank you. i see the board which you must know him wolf i'm on the phone used. for our sake and i mean he's going to finish the diffused fueling up over 3 or pushed you away but he's usually what he's going to get the to work for right.