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
Than 200 people could have been inside the diy store. The mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. Earlier this month, Russian Forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. Heres one of the shop workers explaining what happened. Translation i was at work in the Furniture Section when there was the first hit. Me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. There was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. We were covered in it, our faces, too. We started to dig our way up to the top. There, the Extinguishing System had started working. We grabbed a few people and an Emergency Service guy who was shopping saved us. He was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. Me, my colleague and another boy as well, a shopper, and his girlfriend made it out. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen is at the scen
Israel Must Immediately halt its Military Offensive and any other action in the Rafah Governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian Group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. Israel says this is a precise and limited operation, but Satellite Pictures of rafah show the destruction, less than two weeks after the assault. Today, israels army said it had recovered the bodies of three hostages from Northern Gaza michel nisenbaum, 0rion Hernandez and hanan yablonka. One member of the war cabinet said israel had to keep fighting to return its hostages and safeguard its citizens, and would continue to act according to international law. Foreign criticism of israels actions in gaza is growing. But Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, or bibi, as hes known, is comfortable being seen as the staunch defender of israels security under siege. I dont like bibi, to say the least. I dont think hes a war criminal. Its very easy to sit miles awa
Narges mohammadi has been arrested 13 times, convicted five times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison. The Committee Said her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Irans state News Agency Says the decision is politicising the human rights issue. Caroline hawley reports. In iran last year, spearheaded by women, an extraordinary Rebellion Set off by the death in Police Custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her veil properly. The nobel Committee Said this award was for the hundreds of thousands of iranians who have stood up against the theocratic regimes policies of discrimination and oppression against women. Narges mohammadi is irans most prominent human rights activist. Here she was several years ago, criticising the regime for forcing women to wear the hijab while allowing corruption to run rampant. Shes currently serving a ten year sentence. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Altogether, the regime has arrested
Hed been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the Scottish Green Party and faced two separate votes of no confidence. There are renewed hopes tonight of a breakthrough in the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. At least 45 people have been killed in kenya after a dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall according to local officials there. Video footage from near the Rift Valley Town of mai mahiu shows a vast area covered in mud, flattened houses and uprooted trees. A trial has got under way in the city of stuttgart over an alleged far right coup plot to overthrow the german government. Nine men appeared in court, accused of Planning A Coup with the aim of installing an aristocrat as head of state. It is the first of three trials