The White House debuted on TikTok on 20 August with a pro-Trump video, entering the platform even as its future in the U.S. remains uncertain under a looming 17 September deadline.
The official White House TikTok account released its first video on 20 August, a 27-second montage showing President Donald Trump walking and interacting with supporters, set to audio from his 2016 Republican National Convention speech.
The account quickly attracted attention, gaining more than 66,000 followers within hours. By contrast, Trump’s campaign TikTok account, used during the 2024 election, has more than 15 million followers.
TikTok, owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, has faced repeated U.S. attempts to force a sale of its domestic operations. In his first term, Trump issued an executive order to ban the app unless a U.S. buyer was found. Legal challenges stalled implementation.
Since returning to office, Trump has signed three extensions, the most recent on 19 June, giving TikTok until 17 September, 2025 to resolve ownership concerns.
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Kylian Mbappé has become the first player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot on more than one occasion. The French forward won the award presented to the top goalscorer of the tournament for the second time, despite France being knocked out in the semi-finals.
Overnight U.S. strikes caused blackouts in southwestern Iran and hit the northwestern city of Tabriz for the first time. Separately, a U.S. soldier died in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian drone.
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Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has chaired his first Cabinet meeting, pledging to make the cost of living his government's central priority while signalling a broader effort to restore confidence in Britain's government and strengthen its international standing.
Iran is increasingly relying on its northern ports for imports, with officials saying more than 30% of goods now enter the country via Russia and the Caspian Sea rather than through the Indian Ocean.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier have discussed regional developments, transport connectivity, energy cooperation and the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process during talks in Berlin.
Russian strikes hit multiple locations across Ukraine, setting a large hardware store ablaze in the northeastern city of Sumy and damaging a residential building in the country's east, as fighting between the two sides continued to intensify.
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