western intelligence officials and microsoft have warned that a state sponsored chinese hacking group has been spying on critical infrastructure networks across the united states. the us national security agency and its allies say similar activities could be occurring globally. microsoft said that the group, codenamed volt typhoon , was looking at ways to disrupt critical communications between the us and asia. china s foreign ministry has dismissed the claims, accusing the us of initiating a disinformation campaign. let s talk more about this with our security correspondent gordon corera. take us through the basic planks of what we know that is being alleged? this is a joint advisory from five western nations saying that the hacking group which they say is linked to the chinese state has been carrying out this quite stealthy campaign to hack into infrastructure, things like telecoms
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prime minister boris johnson faces mounting pressure from his own mp s, over doubts about his leadership. two major us telecoms providers delay the rollout of new 5g networks near airports after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry. the white house says russia could launch an attack on ukraine at any point, calling the situation extremely dangerous. the statement comes ahead of us secretary of state anthony blinken meeting his russian counterpart sergei lavrov on friday. fears have been raised after some russian forces moved to belarus, increasing its presence around ukraine where there s already around a hundred thousand troops on the border. the us says it wants to see if a diplomatic solution to the crisis is possible russia says there are no plans to invade. here s our diplomatic editorjames landale.
welcome to bbc news i m david eades. our top stories: rising tensions on the border between ukraine and russia. the us warns that russia can attack ukraine at any point . british prime minister boris johnson faces mounting pressure as a rapidly growing number of his own mps express doubts about his leadership. he denies claims by his former advisor that he was warned a party at downing street broke lockdown rules. nobody told me that what we were doing was, as you say, against the rules, that the event in question was something that. we were going to do something that was not a work event. two major us telecoms providers delay the rollout of new 56 networks near airports after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry.