welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines.. as college protests over gaza intensify, the us house speaker goes to campus and wades into the debate. today, hamas issued an endorsement statement of the protestors on this campus. they call them to future leaders of america. it is detestable. the us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in china as washington steps up aid for its allies in the region. a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at a school in southwest wales. and runaway horses tear through london — smashing into vehicles and leaving four people injured.

hello. we begin in the us, where police have clashed with pro—palestinian demonstrators as a wave of protests intensifies at university campuses across the country. skirmishes broke out between protestors and police at the university of southern california in los angeles. we'll hear with our reporter there in a moment. at the university of texas in austin, the governor sent in state troopers in riot gear to confront demonstrators who waved palestinian flags and chanted �*free palestine�*. these demonstrations have spread since the arrest last week of more than a hundred

protesters at columbia univerity in new york — sparking debates about free speech and the right to protest. the us speaker of the house mikejohnson visited columbia university on wednesday. he accused administrators of failing to protectjewish students from what he describes as �*virulent antisemitism�*. much of his speech was drowned out with loud jeering from the students. to all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the state of israel off the map, and attack our innocentjewish students, this simple truth — neither israel nor thejewish students on this campus will ever stand alone. today, hamas issued an endorsement statement of the protesters on this campus, they called them the future leaders of america. it is detestable. all of this has to be said because the cherished traditions of this university have been overtaken right now by radical extremist ideologies. they place a target on the backs ofjewish students in the united states

and here on this campus. for more on this story, i spoke to our correspondent emma vardy who was at the university of los angeles in california. well, protesters here have been in place since about 8am this morning. they�*ve actually just been asked now to disperse. and it seems like this protest went off pretty peacefully for the last couple of hours. but earlier on, there were clashes between protesters and the usc campus police. there were some protesters, it seemed, who had put up tents and things like that earlier on. they were asked to take those down. that led to some scuffles, clashes between protesters and police. but after that, the demonstration just continued on its way, and has continued pretty peacefully from then on. now, of course, just like on other campuses here, there has been tensions rising between pro—palestinian groups and pro—israel activists. we�*ve seen some pretty heated arguments between some students, some protesters here today, but they have now been asked to disperse.

and there will be questions to answer really for usc and other universities about how they are dealing with this, whetherjewish students feel threatened on campus, whether it�*s right to cancel some speakers, as happened here at usc. and just about getting the balance right in how you handle this, as well as upholding, of course, free speech and student�*s entitlement to debate these very emotive issues. indeed, as you say, this is a highly polarising issue. what�*s been the response from president biden? well, the white house has condemned incidents of anti—semitism on college campuses. joe biden spoke out about that. but for some people, that helps to inflame things because there are students here who will be protesting for pro—palestinian causes who say, look, actually what they feel, that the backlash is that universities are shutting down free speech. one particular point of tension here in los angeles for usc was that the valedictorian, the top graduate of the year that was chosen by the

university, she was asked to cancel her speech at graduation, essentially because there were accusations of anti—semitism. the university felt that by her speech going ahead, it could inflame the already existing tensions on campus, and therefore her speech was cancelled. but what happened was that had the effect of galvanising even more people to attend this protest today. and some of the placards you saw here today were about that speech being cancelled. so it�*s very difficult for people to get the balance right here. the us secretary of state antony blinken is in china aiming to put relations between the countries on a steadierfooting. mr blinken arrived in shanghai late on wednesday, for meetings with business leaders before heading to beijing for talks with foreign minister wang yi. though tensions have eased since last year, disagreements on issues such as trade and security remain. there was a sharp illustration

of that on thursday when president biden signed a foreign aid package which includes $8 billion for allies in the asia—pacific , including taiwan. here�*s china�*s reaction. translation: the insertion of taiwan-related content i into the us congressional bill seriously violates the one china principle and the three joint communiques of china and the us, and sends the wrong signal to separatist forces in taiwan. we urge the us to honour its commitment of not supporting taiwan�*s independence with concrete actions and to stop arming taiwan in any way. let�*s speak now to gary locke, former us ambassador to china. thank former us ambassador to china. you forjoining us. to thank you forjoining us. need to time one is just one of the many issues, the trip comes as joe biden signed into law at the law that could possibly an

tiktok. what could be secondary lincolns main objective? secretary antony blinken primary objective is to continue the dialog when the presidents met weeks ago —— months ago, where exchanges of dialog have occurred on the among our military and cabinet never ministers such as secretary yelton in talking about trade issues. they are clearly differences but a good foundation note to try to improve the relationship, because the world is expected on close cooperation and collaboration between the countries for global issues like climate change, terrorism, halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. i halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. i to halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons.- halting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. i to say, they are at least _ nuclear weapons. i to say, they are at least talking _ nuclear weapons. i to say, they are at least talking but - are at least talking but washington seems increasingly frustrated when it comes to

chinese aid to russia, will that be one of the topics discussed?— that be one of the topics discussed? the hot topics around the _ discussed? the hot topics around the world - discussed? the hot topics around the world would i discussed? the hot topics| around the world would be discussed? the hot topics i around the world would be a matter of discussion, the hotspots, i�*m sure antony blinken would reinforce the message that china must not provide direct military aid to russia, but also china needs to try to move for peace and reduction of hostilities in the middle east, in terms of the drone attacks against ships that are in the gulf region. making sure that china is not supporting iran and the manufacturing of weapons and shipments of weapons to russia in the fight against ukraine. so, these hot, global issues, will be discussed, and antony blinken will be deliver a frank message that china needs to stay out of these conflicts. would you say on those topics

that they disagree, beijing�*s up that they disagree, beijing�*s up messages and washington�*s messages have been rather consistent, but is this a matter of continuing to talk but agreeing to disagree? the united states _ but agreeing to disagree? tie: united states and china have major differences between our two countries in terms of our economy, trade, intellectual property, but we also have many areas in which we must operate, in which our scientists and researchers are collaborating, in which we are engaged in world initiatives such as trying to halt the proliferation of nuclear weapons. those discussions and collaborations must continue and intensify while recognizing that we have differences. you spoke a bit about the potential ban of tiktok sure the chinese would object to that, but quite frankly this semester of

national security and making sure that the data of americans is not transmitted to china. what�*s more, china bans many of our social media entities and apps from even operate in and being present in china. facebook, instagram, are not allowed in china, so china should not be so surprised or upset by the united states trying to protect the privacy of its citizens by requiring a sale of tiktok from the chinese conglomerate.— sale of tiktok from the chinese conglomerate. before we let you no. what conglomerate. before we let you 90- what do _ conglomerate. before we let you go- what do you _ conglomerate. before we let you go. what do you think— conglomerate. before we let you go. what do you think beijing - go. what do you think beijing is hoping to get out of this visit? �* , , , , visit? bei'ing will express its concerns visit? beijing will express its concerns about _ visit? beijing will express its concerns about things - visit? beijing will express its concerns about things like i visit? beijing will express its i concerns about things like time one and the assistance package that the congress recently passed, and the president was signed, providing some military assistance to taiwan, but it is long—standing, we have done it for many decades, even since the normalization of relations

between united states and china. of course, we want the future of taiwan to be settled by the chinese people and the people of taiwan without force or military threat, but we wanted to be done peacefully. so the united states is continuing with its supply of defensive weapons to taiwan to ensure that there is no military action taken by the men and against taiwan, and that the future of time one would be settled peacefully. gary locke —— gary locke, former us ambassador to china, thank you. as we heard , there was another bill signed into law by president biden that china won�*t like — this one about tiktok. the bill gives tiktok�*s chinese owner — bytedance — nine months to sell its stake or the app will be blocked in the united states. tiktok says it�*ll challenge the move in court. it�*s chief executive had his

say — on tik tok of course. make no mistake, this is a ban, a ban on tiktok and ban on you and your voice. politicians may say otherwise but don�*t get confused, many who sponsored the bill admit a tiktok ban is the ultimate goal. tiktok has huge reach. across the us , it has i70—million users. there are concerns among politicians that the chinese authorities could misuse their data. tiktok has consistently denied ever sharing information with the chinese government. it�*s chief executive has been grilled by lawmakers , twice in less than a year. i�*m making following commitments to you and all of our users. number one, we will keep safety, particularly for teenagers, as a top priority for us. number two, we will firewall protect us data from unwanted foreign access. number three, tiktok will remain a place for free expression and will not be manipulated by any government.

the us is not the only country taking action. india is the largest country to place a blanket ban on the app. it also banned 58 other chinese apps. other countries have banned tik tok on government owned devices, like australia and canada. in the uk — the british government banned ministers from using it. staff from the european commission, and the nato alliance, are not allowed to have tik tok on their work phones. three men from sudan and south sudan have been arrested in kent after five people died trying to cross the english channel in a small boat yesterday including a seven—year—old girl. the men were detained on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the uk illegally. more than 400 people landed on the english coast yesterday alone.

our paris correspondent andrew harding reports business as usual on the french coast this afternoon. people from vietnam, from afghanistan, setting off by bus towards the sand dunes and the beaches. the forecast ideal for more attempted channel crossings tonight. it was only yesterday morning that we witnessed how risky and violent those journeys can be. we watched migrants and smugglers fight off the police. you can see the smugglers here. some of them have sticks. they�*re trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. then they try to cram more than 100 people into a small inflatable boat. five died, including a seven—year—old iraqi girl. this evening, there was a memorial service for the dead in calais. among those attending,

a charity worker who saw what happened to the iraqi girl. translation: the girl's father was in tears, but at first, - she was still alive. she was being treated in an ambulance. later, when her death was announced, her father was shattered. this is the beach where it happened — all quiet again today. in the nearby town of wimereux, the sight of migrants, like these we filmed yesterday, has become routine. but the death toll is angering many. injanuary, we came here for another incident. five people had drowned just off the seafront in the middle of wimereux. today, the mayor told us nothing had improved. translation: i can't take it any more. - i�*ve reached a breaking point. we had five dead injanuary here and now the same thing. no—one is fixing things. it�*s getting worse. i�*m so angry.

in a makeshift camp along the coast, these migrants were looking for rwanda on a map of africa. most people are aware of britain�*s plans to deport people there. rwanda, yes? some are worried. rwanda no good. no good? no good. africa... but for many, the risk remains hypothetical and obscure. problem... problem, if you go to rwanda? mm. but you still try, you still try to go to england, yeah? yes. and what of the behaviour of the french police? yesterday, we watched them fail to halt the boat. today, we went back to the spot where so much had gone so badly wrong, so fast. could, should the french police have done more to stop the boat and perhaps save lives? well, they insist that it was too risky to intervene in what was already a very violent, very dangerous

situation — that if they had tried to stop the migrants from getting into that boat, they could easily have made matters even worse. clearly, it is a hard balance to strike, but five people died in this small boatjust yards from the shore, and many more are likely to die as summer approaches and the number of attempted small boat crossings surges. andrew harding, bbc news, in northern france. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at a school in south—west wales. two teachers and a teenage

pupil were taken to hospital. police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. tomos morgan reports: this was the scene at ysgol dyffryn aman after what was a shocking incident. two teachers and a pupil stabbed and taken to hospital with non—life—threatening injuries. a raft of emergency service vehicles and personnel attended the scene, and worried parents rushed to the gates waiting for any news. radu in year ten was inside when the alarm was raised. i was in it room and i walked out as break ended, and i heard that there�*s been a stabbing from this pupil, but i didn�*t believe her until i heard the code red. parents have been waiting here for hours outside ysgol dyffryn aman, waiting for their children to be released from their classrooms. those that have contacted their parents say they�*ve been fed and they�*ve been questioned by the police. the parents have also said that the emergency services and the school have been sporadic with information about what�*s happened.

i�*ve tried to ring the school several times. the phones are out of order. they�*re not answering the phones. as we can see, the school is on lockdown so we can�*t get into the school. very worrying and very concerning. and, you know, even though we know the person's been apprehended, still concerned about the well—being of, you know, their minds, their little minds. at around 3:15, the children were released. a bit shakyjust because, you know, it happened and this saying and, you know, that happened and we were there. relief, a little bit. yeah, because it's over. everything's finished. dyfed—powys police say they�*ve recovered a knife and that a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody. we are working together with the school and all other agencies in the area to ensure appropriate support is available to all people involved. this was a very distressing incident. as the students were reunited into the comforting arms

of their parents, dyffryn aman will remain closed tomorrow as the police investigation continues. tomos morgan, bbc news, ammanford. there were some extraordinary scenes in london this morning a number of horses from the household cavalry which were on exercise threw their riders and bolted through the streets leaving four people including a cyclist in hospital. our correspondent ellie price has the story. if it wasn�*t so dangerous, it would be strangely beautiful. two military horses on the run in central london during the morning rush hour. one hits a taxi... ..and they carry on down fleet street. in total, five household cavalry horses ran loose after unseating four riders. one had been in charge of two horses. the damage unmistakable as they crashed into several vehicles, including this bus.

three soldiers were hospitalised, their injuries not deemed to be life—threatening. the bbc understands a fourth person injured was a cyclist. at such a busy time in the day, there were, of course, plenty of witnesses. when i saw these horses galloping along, it�*s a very surreal thing to see, as you can imagine. then they came running down here. some went off that way, some went straight on, and one of the horses decided to go through a van and made a mess of the van. they were going really, really fast, really galloping down the road. other people around me were really shocked, lots of people were upset. i thought i was watching a film at first. pictures on social media showed members of the public catching and calming one of the horses. eventually all five were caught and were checked over by a vet. the chaos started to unfold near buckingham palace this morning. the black and the grey made it here to the strand before ending up five miles away

at limehouse in east london. we understand it was noise from a nearby building site that causes the horses to spook and then bolt. they unseated their riders, coming down here, and one of the loose horses crashed into a taxi just about here. household cavalry horses are used to loud noises and loud events. every morning, around 150 are exercised on the roads and parks of the capital, to get them used to city sounds. the commanding officer insisted this sort of event was rare, but asked the public to avoid making loud noises around the animals. tonight, all five horses are back at their barracks. ellie price, bbc news. a growing number of young people in russia are being influenced by the asian music and film culture — as sanctions have made it harder to access western culture products. emily brown reports. k—pop�*s global popularity has grown over the past few years, with bands like bts achieving

worldwide success, and it�*s particularly on the rise in russia. russia and china share a lengthy border, and russia has a long cultural ties with east asia. but sanctions have made it harder to access western cultural products. and that means russians are turning to countries like south korea, japan and china for entertainment. and k—pop has been gaining a lot of momentum in russia. k—pop dance schools like these have now got thousands of students practising in russian cities. and group performances in russian society are becoming more frequent. translation: people i started getting interested in k—pop covers. i think it became so widespread because a lot of k—poppers started to go out on the streets to film themselves. it used to be done in studios, renting studios or other indoor locations. then it became popular to perform k—pop in public. but it�*s notjust k—pop. many russians have been heading to anime festivals, too,

with inspiration from japan. what�*s clear is that east asia�*s cultural influence continues to rise in russia. now — the us military are trained to deal with the unexpected, but take a look at what turned up on the runway at macdill air force base in tampa in florida. a three metre — or ten foot — alligator. it was spotted next to the landing gear of a refuelling aircraft. as you can see, the gator was wrangled and captured by wildlife experts. officials say it may have wandered into the base searching for a mate. the alligator was released into a nearby river and the air force posted — "our newest toothy airman has been relocated to a more suitable environment off base." that�*s all for now —

stay with bbc news. hello there. some really chilly—feeling air for the time of year, and it�*s going nowhere for the next couple of days. but of course, the sunshine�*s helping to lift the temperature somewhat. lots of blue sky across many parts of scotland, 13 celsius in edinburgh, butjust seven degrees for these north sea facing coasts such as scarborough. lots of clouds, and a brisk, a bitter northerly wind blowing, too. and as we head through the rest of tonight, there�*s a little feature running southwards bringing the threat of some further showers, possibly wintry over the hills of scotland. temperatures dipping very close to freezing into thursday morning. watch out for some icy stretches perhaps. and it�*s still blustery for those north sea facing coast, and across the northern isles as well. a mixture of sunny spells, but also some showers across many northern areas of england, scotland and northern ireland. more cloud and some showers pushing southwards across england and wales.

temperatures again towards the east, just 8—10 degrees celsius, but a little milder again further south and west. now, as we head through thursday night, then there�*ll be a lot of clear spells around. again, it�*s another cold feeling night for the time of year, the snow levels again dropping across parts of scotland. another frost for many of us as we head into friday morning. again, watch out for some icy stretches here and there. friday, we�*ll start to see a few changes. this area of low pressure starts to push in to south west england, affecting parts of the channel islands as well, bringing some more showery outbreaks of rain here. and the winds will fall lighter as well, so it won�*t feel quite so bitterly cold towards those north sea facing coast. but still, the bulk of the showers will be here. a scattering of showers, also some sunny spells, probably sunniest out towards the north and the west again. but temperatures still very low for the time of year, below the average, 8—12 degrees celsius for most of us. things are set to turn a little less cold, though, as we head through the weekend. some milderfeeling air. and it�*s going to be quite unsettled, tending to be drier

in the north and the west. so, if we just look at this low pressure system. it�*s spinning in from the south. it�*s going to give plenty of wet weather, particularly towards the south and the east, but also some milder feeling conditions. temperatures will rise to more or less the seasonal average. so certainly no heat wave. here�*s the temperature outlook for our capital cities as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week. so not as cold, but really quite showery. bye— bye.

facebook parent company meta forecasts wea ker—than—expected second quarter sales, sending its stock into free—fall. tiktok vows legal action, as president biden signs into law a bill that could ban the social media platform in the us. hello and welcome to asia business report. i�*m mariko oi. us tech giant giant meta — the parent company us tec giant meta — the parent company for social media platforms facebook and instagram — reported first—quarter earnings. revenue and earnings both beat expectations but the share price is down over 15% in after hours trading.

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