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How is uncertainty over the future of TikTok in the US affecting influencers and businesses who rely on the platform?

BBC Click’s Lily Jamali met content creator Peggy Shoo who has garnered millions of views sharing videos about milk.

Not only have Peggy’s videos boosted her own following, but they have helped a local family dairy business too.

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Five Thai farm workers released by Hamas in Gaza last month have arrived home in Bangkok, after spending nearly 500 days in captivity.

Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Saethao and Surasak Lamnao had all been working in southern Israel when they were kidnapped during the attacks by Hamas on 7 October 2023.

There were emotional scenes on Sunday morning as the five men were embraced by tearful relatives at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport's arrivals hall.

One Thai hostage remains unaccounted for.

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Israeli forces say they have completed their withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.

The road separates north and south Gaza, and was controlled by Israeli troops.

Their move was a condition of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, which this week saw the release of three Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners.

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A new “megaport” on Peru's coastline, that's part of China's Belt and Road initiative, has increased the frequency of its trips to Asia.

With a direct route to China that cuts sailing times by some 10 days, the port aspires to become South America's gateway to Asia, bypassing North America entirely.

Ritika Gupta, BBC's North America business correspondent reports from Chancay, Peru.

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Orbiting above us are thousands of satellites - but before they can be sent to space, they’ve undergone years of testing.

BBC Click’s Alasdair Keane takes a tour of the UK’s National Satellite Test Facility to find out what it takes to send a satellite to space.

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Mufasa: The Lion King was created by a visual effects team, who used virtual reality to map out the Savannah and bring Mufasa to life.

BBC Click speaks to Audrey Ferrara, MPC’s VFX Supervisor on the Disney blockbuster that has no sets and no locations.

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Israel's prison service says that all 183 Palestinian prisoners due to be released today have now been freed.

According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, seven of them have been taken to hospital.

The prisoners were released after Hamas freed three Israeli hostages.

Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi will be reunited with their families in southern Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they would "not gloss over the shocking scenes" from Gaza today.

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A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen.

Judge Carl Nichols issued a "limited" temporary restraining order, in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the agency.

The order will remain in place for a week, until 14 February at midnight.

Trump has argued that USAID, the overseas aid agency, is not a valuable use of taxpayer money and wants to dismantle it. He plans to put nearly all of the agency's 10,000 employees on leave, except 611 workers.

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Three more Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza in return for the freeing of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy have been handed over to the Israeli military.

Family members of the hostages say the three men look to be in poor condition. Israelis gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to watch the men being freed.

Some 180 Palestinian prisoners are being released from Israeli jails under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that began on 19 January.

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Russia’s war on Ukraine is now almost three years old and has transformed life for everyone in the country.

It has killed thousands of civilians and soldiers and created more than 50,000 amputees in the Ukraine.

Now, for the first time, some of those veterans have an opportunity to play football, with a growing number of clubs specifically for amputees.

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