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
Israeli army has asked residents of seven different areas across the gaza strip to leave their homes and move to the city centres or take refuge in shelters in preparation for Launching Attacks against hamas targets. Witnesses told the bbc dozens of families have started leaving their homes and they were sheltering in unschools. Un were sheltering in unschools. Un schools. This all comes as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on saturday that israel is, quote, at war, and is promising revenge. This comes after a surprise and unprecedented attack by Palestinian Militants on israeli territory early saturday morning. Israels government says hamas launched more than 2,000 rockets into the country, killing more than 250 people and wounding over 1,100 others. Officials in the gaza strip say over 230 people have been killed and over 1,700 were injured in retaliatory strikes. The Un Security Council plans to meet about the violence in the region tomorrow. The Early Morning assau