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TikTok is again available in the US after the Trump administration offered assurances that the ban would not be enforced TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform until 5 April. The po[CENSORED]r app, which is used by more than 170 million American users, went dark briefly last month in the US as the ban deadline approached. Trump then signed an executive order granting TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law banning the app if it is not sold. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BBC News. According to Bloomberg, which first reported TikTok's return to app stores in the US, the decision to resume its availability came after Apple and Google received assurances from the Trump administration that they would not be held liable for allowing downloads, and the ban wouldn't be enforced yet. The ban, which passed with a bipartisan vote in Congress, was signed into law by former President Joe Biden. It ordered TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the US version of the platform to a neutral party to avert an outright ban. The Biden administration had argued that TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political mani[CENSORED]tion. China and TikTok have repeatedly denied those accusations. Beijing has also previously rejected calls for a sale of TikTok's US operations. The law banning the app was supported by US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and it was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court. Trump himself had supported banning the app during his first term in office but he appeared to have a change of heart last year during the presidential race. He professed a "warm spot" for the app, touting the billions of views he says his videos attracted on the platform during last year's presidential campaign. What does Trump's executive order mean for TikTok and who might buy it? TikTok restores service in US after Trump pledge Legal showdown looms as Trump tests limits of presidential power When the app started working again in the US last month, a popup message was sent to its millions of users that thanked Trump by name. TikTok chief executive Shou Chew met Trump in Mar-a-Lago after his electoral victory in November and later attended his inauguration ceremony. Trump has said he wants to find a compromise with the Chinese company that complies with the spirit rather than the letter of law, even floating an idea of TikTok being jointly owned. "What I'm thinking of saying to someone is buy it and give half to the US, half, and we'll give you a permit," he said recently during a news conference about artificial intelligence. And he also said he would be open to selling the app to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, as well as billionaire Elon Musk, who leads the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency. Previous names linked with buying TikTok include billionaire Frank McCourt and Canadian businessman Kevin O'Leary - a celebrity investor on Shark Tank, the US version of Dragon's Den. The biggest YouTuber in the world Jimmy Donaldson - AKA MrBeast - has also claimed he is in the running after a number of investors contacted him after he posted on social media that he was interested. Link : Clickhere

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Locals laid flowers at the school's gate to mourn the eight-year-old student A teacher has fatally stabbed an eight-year-old girl at an elementary school in South Korea, in an incident that has shocked the nation. The female teacher, who is in her 40s, confessed to stabbing the student in the central city of Daejeon, police said. The girl was found with stab wounds on the second floor of a school building at 18:00 local time (09:00 GMT) Monday and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The teacher was found beside her with stab wounds that police said might be self-inflicted. South Korea's acting president Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday ordered an investigation into the case and urged authorities to "implement necessary measures to ensure such incidents never happen again". Some locals laid flowers and a stuffed doll at the gate of the school, which was closed on Tuesday. In a police briefing on Tuesday, Yook Jong-myung, the head of the Dajeon Western Police Station said the teacher was currently recovering in hospital, adding that she had a wound on her neck that had been stitched. The Daejeon education office earlier said the teacher had requested a six-month leave of absence citing depression on 9 December, but had returned to school just 20 days later after a doctor assessed her as being fit to work. During her time off work, she had suicidal thoughts, said Mr Yook, citing a testimony that the teacher had provided to police. Days before the stabbing, the teacher had displayed violent behaviour, including putting another teacher in a headlock, said the education office. Two officials from the education office visited the school on Monday, the morning of the stabbing, to investigate that altercation. After the attack on the co-worker, the education office recommended that the teacher be put on leave and be separated physically from the other teacher. She was made to sit beside the vice principal's desk so that she could be kept under close watch. She had also not been teaching any classes since her leave in December, and did not have any contact with the eight-year-old student, the official said. According to the testimony given by the teacher to police, she had purchased a weapon on the day of the attack and brought it to school - adding that she had planned to kill herself along with a child. The testimony went on to say that the teacher did not "care which child it was", and targeted the last to leave - she managed to "lure the child into the media room" before attacking them. The student was reported missing on Monday evening after the bus driver informed the school that she had not arrived to be picked up that day. South Korea is a generally safe country with strict gun control laws. But in recent years, it has grappled with several high-profile crimes, including stabbings. Link : Clickhere

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Trump's new rules are likely to stem the flow of packages from China's retailers The US Postal Service (USPS) said it has stopped accepting parcels from mainland China and Hong Kong until further notice. Letters will not be affected by the suspension, said the company, which declined to offer a reason for the decision. However, on Tuesday new rules came into force which closed a loophole that allowed small packages worth $800 (£641) or less to be sent to the US without paying tax or fees. It was one of the measures announced by US President Donald Trump who imposed an additional 10% tariff on all goods imported to the US from China. The so-called de minimis tax loophole has faced increased scrutiny in recent years as Chinese e-commerce giants like Shein and Temu have used it to reach millions of US customers. Changes to the tax exemption under President Joe Biden were already in progress before Trump took office. But in his trade announcement at the weekend, Trump extended tariffs to all China goods being imported into the US, including fashion items and toys. In response, China said it would implement tariffs on some US imports. From 10 February coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) will face a 15% levy. Crude oil, agricultural machinery and large-engine cars will be subject to a 10% tariff. Beijing hits back – can China and US avoid trade war escalation? Why Trump tariffs could mean Barbie dolls cost more Nick Stowe, chief executive of Monsoon & Accessorize, told the BBC's Today programme he was in support of the changes in the US to the de minimis exemption, claiming that it had allowed major Chinese retailers to "undercut" rivals in other markets. "It has long been a complaint of UK retailers, European retailers as well as the US retailers that Shein are exploiting this loophole, not paying customs duty and they have built a business at an industrial scale," he said. Trump had been expected to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the coming days but on Tuesday the US president said he was in "no rush" to hold talks. "Trump's tariff changes are especially sharp if goods were previously shipped via e-commerce directly from China to the US," said trade expert Deborah Elms. Close to half of all parcels entering the US under de minimis exemptions were sent from China, according to a 2023 report by US Congress. Link : Clickhere

There have been previous outbreaks of GBS in India - in 2019 at least one child died in the north of the country (file photo) Last month, a school teacher in the western Indian city of Pune found her six-year-old son upset about homework. "I had erased some words and asked him to write them. I assumed he was angry and that's why he was not holding the pencil properly," she told the Indian Express newspaper. She never imagined his struggle to hold a pencil was the first sign of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare disorder where the immune system attacks nerve cells, causing muscle weakness and paralysis. Within days, the boy was in intensive care, unable to move his arms or legs. As his condition worsened, he lost the ability to swallow, speak, and eventually breathe, requiring ventilator support. He is now recovering. The boy is among around 160 reported cases of GBS since early January in Pune, an education and IT hub, ringed by industrial towns and villages. There have been five suspected deaths. Currently, 48 patients are in intensive care, 21 on ventilator, and 38 have been discharged, according to official figures. GBS begins with tingling or numbness in the feet and hands, followed by muscle weakness and difficulty moving joints. Symptoms worsen over two to four weeks, typically starting in the arms and legs. The reported mortality rate varies between three and 13%, depending on severity and quality of health care support. The outbreak in Pune is being traced to a pathogen called campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of foodborne infections, and the biggest driver of GBS worldwide. The link between the two was discovered in the 1990s in rural China, where the pathogen was common in chickens, and GBS outbreaks occurred every monsoon as children played in water contaminated by chicken or duck droppings. The outbreak in Pune is being traced to a pathogen called campylobacter jejuni GBS is not entirely uncommon in India. Monojit Debnath and Madhu Nagappa, of Bangalore-based National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), studied 150 GBS patients over a five year period between 2014 and 2019. Their findings showed 79% of the patients had evidence of prior infections, with a third testing positive for campylobacter. Notably, co-infections were more common, occurring in 65%, suggesting a complex interplay of bacteria and viruses. More recently, outbreaks linked to the pathogen have been reported from all over the world. In the first seven months of 2023, Peru reported over 200 suspected cases and at least four deaths of GBS, prompting the government to declare a national health emergency and strengthen public health measures. Two-thirds of the cases were linked to campylobacter. In countries with good hygiene, fewer GBS cases are linked to campylobacter, with respiratory infections being a major contributor, say experts. There have been other triggers as well. In 2015 Brazil reported a cluster of GBS cases linked to the Zika virus. Vaccines can rarely trigger GBS, but one Covid vaccine was reportedly linked to a few hundred GBS cases in the UK in 2021. "Campylobacter is endemic with hundreds of thousands of cases taking place all the time. It is always existing in the environment," Hugh Willison, a professor of neurology at University of Glasgow told me. Yet, it is not easy to develop GBS, scientists say. There's a specific strain of campylobacter, which has a sugar-coated outer layer, and in rare cases, its molecular structure matches the coating of human nerve cells. When the patient's immune system attacks the bacteria, it may end up targeting the nerves as well – a process called molecular mimicry – leading to GBS. However, a small fraction of campylobacter strains have this nerve-like coat. "In Pune, a strain of campylobacter with this molecular feature is likely to be circulating, and a surge in infections with this strain consequently leads to a higher number of GBS cases," says Prof Willison. Link : Clickhere

Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted this picture on X on 24 January announcing that deportation flights had begun. The US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept - without restrictions - deported migrants, the White House says. Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military deportation flights from landing in the country on Sunday. Colombian President Gustavo Petro had initially responded by saying his country would accept repatriated citizens on "civilian planes, without treating them like criminals". A White House statement says Colombia has now agreed to accept migrants arriving on US military aircraft "without limitation or delay". Colombia said a dialogue would be maintained to "guarantee the dignity of our citizens". The White House has hailed the agreement with Colombia as a victory for Trump's hard-line approach, after the country's two leaders traded threats on social media on Sunday. Colombia's foreign ministry said it had "overcome the impasse" with the US just hours after Petro published a lengthy post on X condemning what he called Trump's "blockade". Trump's threat to Colombia sends a message Petro had earlier denied entry to US military deportation flights, saying that migrants should be returned "with dignity and respect". In response, Trump announced "urgent and decisive retaliatory measures" in a post on his social media site Truth Social, including tariffs and visa sanctions. Petro responded on X with a post announcing his own tariffs and celebrating Colombia's heritage. "Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world," he said. Within hours, the two sides appeared to have resolved the row, and the White House said Colombia had agreed to "all of President Trump's demands". Trump's proposed tariffs had been "fully drafted" and would still be implemented if Colombia does not honour this agreement, according to the White House. Trump had also announced visa sanctions and enhanced inspections on Colombians at the border. These will remain in place "until the first planeload of Colombian deportees is successfully returned", the White House said. Colombia's foreign minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said the country would "continue to receive Colombians who return as deportees, guaranteeing them decent conditions, as citizens subject to rights". Petro's presidential plane has been prepared to facilitate the return of the Colombians who would have arrived in the country earlier on the blocked military flights, he added. Murillo will travel to Washington for high-level meetings in the coming hours, according to a foreign ministry statement. Link : Clickhere

A massive blast rocked a road near the airport of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city Two Chinese nationals have been killed and at least 10 people injured in a suspected suicide attack near Karachi airport in Pakistan. A third body, not yet officially identified, is thought to be that of the attacker, the BBC understands. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said the explosion on Sunday night was a "terrorist attack" targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a power project in Sindh province. The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which has in recent years carried out attacks on Chinese nationals involved in development projects in Pakistan, has said it carried out the attack. The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army has said it carried out the attack In a statement released on Monday, the militant group said it had "targeted a high-level convoy of Chinese engineers and investors" arriving from Karachi airport. A later statement from the group described it as a suicide attack, and named the perpetrator as Shah Fahad, part of a BLA suicide squad called Majeed Brigade. The attack was carried out using a "vehicle-borne improvised explosive device", Reuters news agency quoted the BLA as saying. The explosion happened around 23:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Sunday. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the attack a "heinous act" and offered his condolences to the Chinese people. "Pakistan stands committed to safeguarding our Chinese friends," he wrote on X. The Chinese embassy said that the engineers were part of the Chinese-funded enterprise Port Qasim Power Generation Co Ltd, which aims to build two coal power plants at Port Qasim, near Karachi. Thousands of Chinese workers are in Pakistan, many of them involved in creating an economic corridor between the two countries as part of Beijing’s multibillion dollar Belt and Road Initiative. The Port Qasim plant is part of the corridor, along with a number of infrastructure and energy projects in Pakistan's Balochistan province, which has a rich supply of natural resources, including gas and minerals. The BLA along with other ethnic Baloch groups has fought a long-running insurgency for a separate homeland. It has regularly targeted Chinese nationals in the region, claiming ethnic Baloch residents were not receiving their share of wealth from foreign investment in the province and natural resources extracted there. The Chinese embassy on Monday reminded its citizens and Chinese enterprises in Pakistan to be vigilant and to "do their best to take safety precautions". The embassy added that it hoped Pakistan would thoroughly investigate the attack and "severely punish the murderer". Link : Clickhere

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Grant Shapps made his second visit to Ukraine as defence secretary last week. Grant Shapps aborted a trip to southern Ukraine last week for "security reasons", the UK defence ministry said. The defence secretary had to scrap his visit to Odesa last week after UK intelligence reportedly warned Russia had become aware of his travel plans. Mr Shapps was due to travel to Odesa a day after a missile hit the city while the Ukrainian president and the Greek prime minister were visiting. Five people were killed in the strike, Ukrainian authorities said. Mr Shapps had travelled on an overnight train from Poland to Ukraine, accompanied by chief of the defence staff, Adm Sir Tony Radakin, and a small team of British officials. The aim of their journey was to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and senior members of his wartime administration. But having arrived in Kyiv on 7 March, Mr Shapps's onward journey to Odesa was cancelled abruptly at the last minute, following fears surrounding his safety. According to the Sunday Times, which had a reporter travelling with his delegation, the trip was called off after an intelligence update revealed the Kremlin's knowledge of it. Link : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68589866

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