With government officials today. The Financial Times says self driving cars could be blocked by foreign governments over fears they could be used as weapons. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Says baby brain is real, researchers in australia have confirmed that the mental fogginess experienced by many women in pregnancy is a real phenomenon. And finally the sun asks what is blue monday . And why is it the most depressing day of the year . Many have said to me, that is why i feel like this. So lets begin. With me isjustin urquahert stewart, director of seven investment management. He is not blue at all, despite his injuries. Holding onto my armjust in case of. Patient were darter to tobacco giants. That is the headline. They say they see something that they have found out. What have they discovered . Astonishing, really. Look at the numbers of. This is taking data from people who have had cancer or related illnesses and they are talking about over one, quarter and 80,000 patient r
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think of the stories we are covering, and apparently it is blue monday 2018 today, the most depressing day of the year. What do you think, and how do you combat the january blues . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. A south korean delegation is holding talks on the border with north korea, aimed at overcoming logistical obstacles to ensure a team from the north can take part in next months winter olympics. North korea said last week it would send a number of competitors to the games, but some issues, including how they will travel to the competition remain unresolved. The talks are being held in panmunjom, known as the truce village, at the border. Sophie long is in seoulfor us. Tell us more about todays talks, and what we are hoping to achieve. So the talks are now and they are taking place, as you say, in panmunjom, that is the truce village which stra
Activity is still on the rise. Law enforcement agencies are having an increasingly difficultjob of tackling new types of Economic Crime. Here in the uk, the latest report by accountants bdo, out today, reveals the total value of reported corporate fraud has risen by a staggering 538 over the last 15 years, to £2. 11 billion. This seems to be part of an international trend. The most recent Economic Crime survey, by accountants pwc, says more than a third of organisations report being victimised by Economic Crime. And cyber crime has gone up the list, jumping to the second most reported Economic Crime among businesses. It ranges from identity theft, payment card theft, through to areas like cryptocurrency manipulation. So what is the cost of this . Hiscox insurance says, in 2016, cyber crime cost the Global Economy over 450 billion, and that over two billion personal records were stolen. With me is david clarke, director of the Fraud Advisory Panel, and former head of the police nationa
Today aged 46. In your head zombie good evening. Should the government be giving a company thats issued three profit warnings millions and millions of pounds worth of further contracts . The question sadly, is a rhetorical one. Shortly after dawn this morning, carillion declared itself bust. It had racked up debts of more than £900 million, and a pension deficit of nearly £600 million. And even though the first warning came injuly, the second in september and the third just two months ago, back in november, the government continued to ply them with work. Is it enthusiasm for the Public Private ideology, or incompetence that the financial ill health of such a huge company had been so badly misread . Carillion started out as the construction arm of tarmac in 1999. Since then it has built a lot. Gchq in cheltenham. High speed one and heathrow terminal five for example. But it also provides services managing 200 operating theatres and 11,800 beds for the nhs for example. 0r providing cle
Tuesday right through 6 00 a. M. On wednesday as we are tracking a period of light snow. You can see the area of low pressure out to the north out across the northern great lakes and that trailing cold front that will work its way eastward as we get into tuesday afternoon really tuesday night and throughout the day on wednesday. So well talk about what we can expect. Its cloudy for most of us on tuesday for the majority of the day but well tracking light snow fall in our far northwestern suburbs and Lehigh Valley as we get into tomorrow afternoon. The steadiest of that snowfall arrives 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow night right through 7 00 a. M. On wednesday so it will be slow going for the morning commute as we get into the middle half of our work week. Well talk more about that coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Be sure to wake up with the morning team for the updated track on this latest wintry blast. Join matt tam meteorologist dave murphy and karen rogers starting