To the bbc news at ten. As Anti Government protestors in iran have gathered for fourth day of demonstrations, the countrys president , hassan rouhani, has said iranians have the right to protest, but not resort to violence and vandalism. His comments are the first by a senior figure in the country since widespread protests began on thursday. Today, police in tehran used water cannon against protesters and some social media was banned. Kasra naji of the bbc Persian Service has this report. The centre of tehran during the fourth day of Anti Government protests. These protesters are shouting death to the dictator, a reference to irans supreme leader. The protests a re reference to irans supreme leader. The protests are the most serious challenge to the iranian clerical regime for many years. As the night fell, there were reports of demonstrations from at least a dozen 01 so demonstrations from at least a dozen or so cities up and down the country. President rouhani has finally made a comm
Secretary of state would debbie Prime Minister. He does have the big and central role as the Prime Ministers right hand man. Some other notable reshuffle names would be two men who did not move, jeremy hunt, he stays in health, but it is a bigger departmental name, and greg clark who will stay at the business department, despite there being a loss of chatter about being kicked out. The Prime Minister tried but could not reshuffle or swap those to a round. Nor could she get the education secretary, justin green, where she wanted. She has gone from cabinets Justine Greening. Where she wanted. She has gone from cabinets Justine Greening. The dwp, as it is called, goes to the one time tv presenter who has worked asa one time tv presenter who has worked as a junior minister in that department. Our Political Editor nick watt is with me. It seems like a lot of people are resisting the plans theresa may had for them, and unusual number of those affected by that . It has happened in the past th
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. With so many gadgets on offer at the ces show that say they will solve all sorts of problems, we are asking what would you Like Technology to do for you . Do get in touch, just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Theres optimism at the start of the first talks between north and south korea in more than two years. The discussions are limited in scope, but north korea has agreed to send a delegation of high ranking officials, athletes, and a cheering squad, to the Winter Olympics next month. Tensions on the korean peninsular are at their highest in decades, following a series of nuclear and missile tests by pyongyang, and not forgetting the war of words between donald trump and kim jong un. Live now to the seoul in south korea and our correspondent sophie long. Some progress today. Tell us more about these talks. Yes, the meeting has been going on forfour hours about these talk
Potentially left millions possibly billions of machines vulnerable. Called meltdown and spectre, they could allow hackers to steal sensitive data, including passwords and banking information. The uk Security Services say the chip vulnerabilities have not been exploited. And structurally there is nothing wrong with the hardware. Its like having doors and windows in a house that need to be there but that burglars are able to exploit. Adding to intels image challenges, the compa nys chief executive Brian Krzanich sold about 24 million in intel shares in late november, after the Company Learned of the chip security problems, reducing his holdings by about 50 . Intel released a statement insisting there was no impropriety, saying the sale was unrelated, rather a pre arranged stock sale plan and that he continues to hold shares in line with corporate guidelines. At the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas, intels ceo said there was no evidence that Customer Data had been put at risk. The b
And now a former anticorruption investigator who was dismissed from his post after speaking out says hes received death threats. Our reporter has had the opportunity to meet with him. Reporter Jonathan Ferris is on his way to speak before a delegation of members of the european parliament. He wants to express his concern about whats happening in malta. Jonathan in malta nowadays, how it came to be is that there are two types of laws. Like, laws for gods, and laws for the common mortals. Reporter until her murder, journalist Daphne Caruana galizia exposed organized crime and corruption in her popular blog. She accused konrad mizzi, a minister, and keith schembri, the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, of establishing offshore shell companies. She used information leaked in the panama papers. Suspicious payments were made to both politicians allegedly, bribes. Caruana galizia also claimed that michelle muscat, wife of maltese Prime Minister joseph muscat, created an offshore Company C