so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops.ind that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half... danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed. in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically trained and that he wasn't a doctor, but that slapping was all about self—healing. but the prosecution said that he had a responsibility towards danielle when she was at one of his slap

so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops.n by half. danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes, believing everything that hongchi xiao had claimed. in previous interviews, he'd always maintained his methods worked. it has a healing effect, number one, on diabetic one, diabetic two, and also on all the heart diseases, all kinds of... also high blood pressure. it works. it works so well that people love it. hongchi xiao admitted to the court that he wasn't medically trained and that he wasn't a doctor, but that slapping was all about self—healing. but the prosecution said that he had a responsibility towards danielle when she was at one of his slapping workshops, and that he had a duty to tak

she had been persuaded by hongchi xiao that slapping would cure her.'d feared xiao would go back to slapping after his release from prison. there is a significant risk that, yet again, history may repeat itself. this constitutes a significant risk of serious harm to members of the public. hongchi xiao had earlier been convicted in australia of the manslaughter of a six—year—old boy in another slapping workshop. danielle's family say his methods have now been exposed. we hope that the good that will come out of this is that it will warn others to be very careful before venturing down the path of this sort of alternative therapy. hongchi xiao's techniques have many followers, but he failed to care for someone who swapped mainstream medicine for his radical alternative. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a giant sinkhole that forced residents from their homes in merthyr tydfil, in wales earlier this week, has got even bigger. now, with storm darragh expected to bring more wet and windy weather, residents hoping to return to their homes this weekend have been told

today hongchi xiao was given a 15 year sentence.edly clears the body of everything from back pain to cancer. but the prosecution said there was little scientific or medical evidence to back up those claims. yet followers around the world are willing to endure these sessions, even if it leaves some covered in bruises. one of them was danielle carr—gomm, from lewes in east sussex. she suffered from type 1 diabetes but feared the daily injections of insulin. thank you all for coming here. so in 2016, she turned to hongchi xiao, who ran slapping therapy workshops. but his only training was in finance. i find that i've been able to reduce my insulin by half. danielle, here at one of his workshops, was convinced he could help. you can see the bruises on her arm from the slapping, and she praises hongchi xiao with an almost religious devotion. you're definitely a messenger sent by god — that i'm sure of. but four days into a slapping workshop at this retreat in wiltshire, danielle died. she had stopped taking the insulin for her diabetes,

a news conference, trump addressed questions about tiktok, and he recently met with the app's ceo, xiao >> you know, i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok because i won youth by 34 points, and there are those that say that tiktok has something to do with that. >> but even after taking office, the president can only do so much, and many in congress remain concerned. >> tiktok wants to do business in america. they should be able to comply with that very easily. if tiktok doesn't want to do business in america, then they don't have to. >> i'm one of five groups that are interested in buying it. >> there may be buyers here for tiktok, but the parent company has made it clear ownership shouldn't change. >> we are confident and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. the facts and the constitution are on our side and we expect to prevail again. >> so far, tiktok has prevailed and prospered, but its popularity here could ultimately be its downfall. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> well, president joe biden has signed a new bill into law, giving the regal bird on the n

wu yize beat xiao guodong by six frames to four in an all chinese first semifinal of the scottish open — britain's eva 0karo has booked a place in tomorrow's final of the women's 50m freestyle at the world short course swimming championships in budapest. earlier in the year, she became the first black woman to represent great britain in the pool at an olympic games. that comes at a time when people — particularly from minority communities — are swimming less and less. dan 0gunshakin has been to meet a triathlon group trying to change that. great britain's fifth gold of this games goes to alex yee! since triathlon became an olympic sport in 2000, no country has won more gold medals than great britain. but despite olympic success, most notably for alex yee, swim bike run struggles for diversity. according to british triathlon, just 2.3% of its members are from ethnically diverse backgrounds. founded in 2022, the black tri tribe is seeking to buck that trend. we are an entry—level participation triathlon club. we are a cic made for black and people of colour, to have a space to try a new

. >> local friend xiao bin and musician friend seven wu jialing and gao xin all enjoy a good hotpot. almost everybody around here does. eric, however, seems apprehensive. so this is eric's first time for sichuan hotpot. i think you're really going to enjoy this. and this is particularly good, right? >> which is known for being spicy. >> so hahaha. >> not a good news. >> i feel it in my eyes already. yeah, the way it works is you order a whole bunch of ingredients meat, vegetables, noodles, fish, whatever you like. >> a lot of different ingredients and you feed them into the pot. >> the dog town. we should just throw them first. >> yeah, because that's going to take a long time. it's for that tripe in. >> it's called like 1000 layer stomach. >> it's all going in there, man. yeah. the inner ring is a more neutral broth. the outer ring though is the good stuff. the hard stuff. oh that's good man. that's good. >> that was first bite. bite hotpot. >> awesome. right? yes. it only gets better my friend. >> oh, this is nice. >> oh yeah. tofu. >> oh, this is tofu. yeah. oh it's the skin on to

notably after he had made those comments at mar-a-lago just hours after that, he had met with tiktok ceo xiao chen shou chew excuse me at mar-a-lago as well. and we know as well. that exact same day, tiktok had also filed this lawsuit with the supreme court, asking them to put a pause on the ban. all to say, it's very unclear what is going to happen from here, but donald trump is officially weighing in now, asking for this ban to be paused so that his administration can take a deeper look at it. >> we'll take a look and see what the supreme court decides. elena, i know you're also following the backlash within trump's supporters and the maga movement against elon musk. give us the latest. >> that's right. we're really seeing this divide kind of forming around many of donald trump's most fervent supporters. you have on one side, you know, some of donald trump's most loyal people in the maga movement who really have been attracted to him in many cases for his hard line immigration views. but then you also have some of these, you know, silicon valley lat rely o high skilled foreign workers to wo

the elderly woman was reportedly howling in pain before she died while xiao continued to promote hismethod of self—healing. well, xiao, who has no medical qualifications, was convicted in july and is currently being sentenced at winchester crown court . uk house prices have hit court. uk house prices have hit a new record high today, with the average home now costing £298,000. halifax says property values rose 1.3% in november. that's the biggest monthly increase this year and the fifth rise in a row. annual house price growth also jumped to 4.8%. that's the strongest rate rise since november 2022. scientists at the university of cambridge have developed a groundbreaking urine test that could detect lung cancer in its earliest stages. the innovative test identifies proteins released by zombie cells that's damaged cells that may trigger cancer development. already successful in mice , researchers successful in mice, researchers say they're now excited to begin human trials offering a promising and cost effective alternative to expensive scans . alternative to expensive scans. well, wi