There are "no plans" for a TikTok ban in the UK, officials have said as a block in the US is set to come into force on Sunday. The social media giant lost a last-ditch legal bid this week to have a ban declared as unconstitutional on free-speech grounds.

The new Labour Party government will NOT ban the social media platform, after it was banned over the pond in the United States.

He then took a U-turn when he announced that he wanted to "save" TikTok by pausing the ban. What was even more confusing about this situation was the appearance of TikTok's CEO, Shou Zi Chew, at Trump 's inauguration on Monday.

The US President has suggested TikTok could enter into a joint ownership deal with the United States to avoid a looming ban for the site.

Britain's technology minister is "genuinely concerned" about how Chinese-owned TikTok could use the data of millions of Britons, according to an interview with The Guardian newspaper published Thursday.

Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

Judge Mr Justice Goose ordered Axel Rudakubana to be removed from the dock shortly after the start of the sentencing hearing.

The journey from London to Edinburgh in Scotland takes over seven hours, and the duo crossed into Scotland in the early hours of the morning, with the track "Born Slippy" by Underworld playing in the background—a moment Courte found poetically ironic. They arrived at the destination at 2:24 a.m., completing the epic journey.

Airlines Ryanair and Jet2 have issued urgent warnings ahead of a Met Office red weather warning and tornado alert hitting the United Kingdom in the form of Storm Eowyn. The weather service has warned that a red weather warning is in place across the UK on Friday (24 January), starting from 7am.

All schools in Northern Ireland have been forced to close due to a red ‘danger to life’ weather warning caused by Storm Eowyn. Some schools across Scotland will also close their doors because of the once-in-a-century event set to bring 100mph winds.

Storm Eowyn is bringing a weather bomb of tornados, strong winds, rain, snow – and travel disruption. The officially named Storm Eowyn is approaching the UK and Ireland from the Atlantic, with the Met Office warning of ‘danger to life’ winds.

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