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BBC OS: 2023/04/19 16:06 GMT: Tik Tok challenge

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Tik Tok challenge

2023/04/19 16:06 GMT

2023/04/19 16:06 GMT: Tik Tok challenge

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Tik Tok challenge

We talk about a viral Tik Tok stunt following the death of a 13-year old boy

We talk about a viral Tik Tok stunt following the death of a 13-year old boy.

Jacob Stevens in Ohio has died after taking part in the "Benadryl Challenge," a viral challenge on TikTok . He died after overdosing on the over-the-counter antihistamine in an attempt to induce hallucinations. Our reporter explains.

We hear about the reaction to the settlement between Fox News and the voting machine company Dominion in the US. 

A close government ally of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has attracted claims of racism for saying Italians are at risk of "ethnic replacement". Our reporter has been following the story. 

The paramilitary group fighting Sudan's regular army says it's agreed to a 24-hour truce but there's been no word from the army. Reports say dozens of hospitals have been bombed. We speak to two medical workers in the capital Khartoum.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo: The TikTok logo is seen in this photo illustration on 31 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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