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
Shot dead tells us America Needs better gun control. And, nearly a0 years after the First Successful separation of conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital, some of the children its helped meet up and share their experiences like, we obviously do fight a lot. We do scream at each other a lot. We get mad at each other. But then we always have that bond that we know well be sisters forever, and well love each other forever, and well care for each other forever. On bbc london, the mayor sadiq khan calls for a ceasefire in gaza. Stay with us here in bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. Good evening from jerusalem. Large explosions have been seen in the gaza strip tonight as the Israeli Army Says its increasing the number of air strikes on the territory and expanding its ground force operations. Communications in gaza including mobile phone and internet have been cut off. In response to the intensified bombardme
Countries, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce. Welcome to the programme. Lets take you live straight away to gaza. We have these pictures of the gaza sky. It is dark they are because of the time, but also because Electricity Power on the buildings is not on. What we have been seeing in these pictures over the last couple of hours is flashes of orange as israel intensifies its air strikes. It announced a ramping up of strikes from the airand announced a ramping up of strikes from the air and its operations on the ground. Many around the world are asking is this the ground incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont incursion, the major operation . At this point, we just dont know. Incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont know. What we do know is that Communication Lines are cut in gaza right now. Lets take you to some other life feeds that we have. This is southern israel. Hamas is launching rockets from gaza into israel, too. And we can take