[inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone and welcome. E. This is a joint hearing of two subcommittees a committee on oversight and accountability. The subcommittee i chair the subcommittee on Cybersecurity Information Technology and government innovation at the others a subcommittee on Economic Growth and Energy Policy and regulatoryh, affairs. Its chaired by my esteemed colleague from texas. We will have Opening Statements from the chairng and Ranking Member of both subcommittees. Thats a total of four Opening Statements so ill keep mine brief. Cybersecurity has beenor a major focus of power since i became the subcommittee chair and im concerned that we are not prepared for the increased sophisticated cyberattacks that will be fueled by ai. Businesses and Government Entities in my district and across the country cafe cyberattacks and were forced to pay a huge sum of money and ransom for the federal government itself sets of data tens of millions of dollars its decades older t
On humans. In halfan in half an hour we will have more from the papers. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The new years honours list has been published and among the many honoured is the former deputy Prime Minister and ex leader of the lib dems nick clegg, whos been knighted for his services to politics. Hes joined by bee gees star barry gibb and strictly come dancing judge darcey bussell, who has been made a dame for her services to dance. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout. More than 50 yea rs twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drama has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if ising a knighthood. What would you do if i sing out of tune. A knighthood. What would you do if i sing out of tune. Recognising ringo starrs up the century long contribution to music. Tragedy. Former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be paid sir barry. War horse author and one time childoms lau
The arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. The Us State Department said it urged all countries to support the iranian people and their demands for basic rights, as well as for an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in protests on friday, including the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights. Iranian cities hit by large Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. Despite the repressive action of the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship in the last decade with a huge fall in living standards. But what started as a protest against rising prices has grown into wide anger against strict clerical rule and irans supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. There is seethi
Demonstrators at the made in the Political Prisoners should be freed into the government should stop spending millions on foreign wars. There is seething discontent with iranians spending money on wars abroad, on spreading shiaism broad, supporting hezbollah abroad. Abroad, on spreading shiaism abroad, supporting hezbollah abroad. And that has changed the character of the demonstration into a political one, undermining the whole clerical regime now. Irans relatively moderate president , hassan rouhani, has promised the benefits of Economic Growth after an International Deal to limit its nuclear activities. But those promises have failed to materialise. It is too early to say if the regime is under serious threat. These are the biggest protest in a run for almost a decade and the government will use greater force if it feels it is losing control. Officials in new york say a fire which tore through an apartment block in the bronx appears to have been started by a young boy playing with a
The Us State Department has condemned the arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. A wave of protests has spread to some of the countrys biggest cities. Demonstrators have been demanding basic rights and an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in demonstrations on friday, including in the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights cities across iran hit by large and sometimes violent Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. And despite the repressive action taken against demonstrators by the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread across the country. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship with a huge fall in Living Standards over the last decade. But what started as a protest against rising prices has gro