for urgent action early, and we ve been doing a lot over the past few years to strengthen our cyber defences. we have published the national cyber strategy, and we have a new and effective cyber sanctions regime, which we recently used for the first time against a group of russian cyber criminals as part of a joint campaign with the united states. and we are working closely with international partners to tackle the proliferation of sophisticated commercial cyber tools. at the same time, the government itself continues to face a range of attacks, including ransomware and espionage, and so we are constantly looking to strengthen our cyber defences. oliver dowden. let s speak to matt tait, director of capability for dragos a cyber security firm in the us. he formerly worked for gchq and also taught cybersecurity at the university of texas. did i get that right? yes, absolutely. did i get that right? yes, absolutely. thanks - did i get that right? yes, absolutely. thanks for
two further explosions are heard as authorities continue to search the rubble in the city of zaporizhzhia more than 2a hours after a series of russian missiles hit civilian homes. and miracle baby find out how robbie s life was transformed while she was still in the womb. the uk s independent economic forecaster the office for budget responsibility has submitted its initialjudgment on the prospects for the economy to the chancellor this morning. we won t know what is in the draft report until budget day, which is currently planned for late november, but there s lots of speculation about how this will affect the cost of living. let s remind ourselves how we got here. two weeks ago kwasi kwarteng unveiled his mini budget claiming the biggest tax cuts in a generation. the obr wasn t allowed to assess the economic impact of those tax cuts which spooked global markets leading to a drop in the pounds value. it has affected the mortgage market with interest rates on a typical five
We spoke tojoe burton, professor of international security, Lancaster University and he gave us his assessment on what exactly people should be aware of. I think there are two main trends at the moment. The first is we are in a worsening geopolitical environment. Our relationship nationally and internationally with russia and china is not great. And in the last five or ten years, theres been clear evidence of both of these countries trying to subvert democratic processes in the uk, in europe, in the us and indeed elsewhere, and theyre becoming increasingly brazen in doing so. The second element, i think, is the technological tools they now have at their disposal to interfere in our democracies, whether thats the political use of ransomware, whether its synthetic media. Youve just showed the clip of the robo call of a call mimicking joe bidens voice in seemingly a very authentic way, whether thats more traditional hack and leak operations or indeed disinformation disseminating through s
Security officials in the us state of florida say five people have been have been killed in a shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The local sheriff said eight people were also wounded. The gunman is understood to be in Police Custody and is believed to have acted alone. This scene is considered fluid and active. One of the more critical pieces of information is we have the shooter in custody. He is unharmed, nose or enforcement fired any shots. The subject is being interviewed by a team of fbi agents and Sheriffs Office homicide detectives. That was the local sheriff. Lets get the latest from Barbara Plett usher in washington. Some interesting details have come out, including details on how the shooter may have got hold of a gun. Yes, the sheriff you just heard they didnt reveal how the shooter got the gun over where he came from, but the County Commissioner has said that the shooter was a passenger on a flight that came from canada and that he had checked his gun, he cl