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At Intersec Dubai, one of the world’s largest gatherings for security, safety and fire protection, the conversation around cyber security has shifted decisively from whether organisations should use artificial intelligence (AI) to how quickly they can operationalise it. For Jean Wiles, head of cyber security for the Middle East and Africa at Cigna Healthcare, the challenge facing security operations centres (SOCs) today is no longer just sophistication, but also speed and scale. Speaking at the event, Wiles argued that defenders remain structurally disadvantaged against attackers who are already using AI to compress timelines and overwhelm human-led processes. “If you…
Ghoncheh Habibiazad,Sarah Namjoo,BBC PersianandHarry SekulichWatch: Trump says US military are looking at ‘very strong options’ in IranPresident Donald Trump says the US military is considering “very strong options” in Iran, as anti-government protests which have reportedly killed hundreds enter a third week. The US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) says it has verified the deaths of nearly 500 protesters and 48 security personnel in Iran, while sources tell the BBC the death toll could be much higher. Trump has threatened to intervene, and said on Sunday that Iranian officials had called him “to negotiate” – but added “we may…
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he said on Sunday. In a video announcing the probe, Powell said the US justice department served the agency with subpoenas and threatened a criminal indictment over testimony he gave to a Senate committee about renovations to Federal Reserve buildings.He called the probe “unprecedented” and said he believed it was opened due to him drawing Donald Trump’s ire over refusing to lower interest rates despite repeated public pressure from the president. The Fed chair is the latest to come at odds with Trump and then face criminal…
We’ve all got used to Manchester United being sub-standard and being booed off the pitch as they were against Brighton. If you’re 30, it’s been like this your entire adult life. After watching their loss in the cup, you couldn’t help feeling sorry for them. Even Darren Fletcher wore a sorrowful, hollow-eyed look, looking less like a caretaker and more like an undertaker standing graveside. In his post-game interview he already looks broken by the experience. Ironically, a new person taking this job has nothing left to lose, knowing that when the inevitable sack comes, the rest of football won’t…
And so to the Volvo ES90, the big electric saloon car from the famous maker of big sensible family saloons, estates and SUVs. By gum, it’s a striking-looking thing, isn’t it? There’s lots of dynamism on show. In profile it looks not unlike a Polestar 2, or wait, is that a 4, or a 5? One of them that isn’t an SUV. Not that any of them is really an SUV, but I’m sure one – is it the 3? – is at least a tall estate. Not quite an estate, but close. Oh, look, I don’t know. What I…
Data sovereignty is a hot topic. For commercial and public sector organisations, compliance to ensure personal data is secure is a primary objective. And that means it cannot be subject to foreign laws or interference. Data sovereignty is also a matter for international relations, where states strive to ensure citizen and organisation data is secure from foreign interference. And, for states, achieving data sovereignty is also a way of protecting and developing national economies. In this article, we look at data sovereignty, and the key steps CIOs need to take to build their data sovereignty strategy. This centres on…
Ai, a female chimpanzee famous for her cognitive skills has died at 49, according to the Japanese institute where she lived. The Kyoto University’s Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior said Ai died on 9 January of old age and organ failure and that she was surrounded by staff when she died. Ai was born in western Africa and arrived at the Japanese institute in 1977. There, she became the namesake of the Ai Project, a research programme into the “chimpanzee mind”.Among the institute’s noteable findings were the fact that Ai was able to use numbers and identify…
Sonja JessupLondon home affairs correspondentGetty ImagesThe Met Police said it had taken targeted action against criminal gangsHomicide in London has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, new figures released by the Metropolitan Police show.The force said 97 homicides were recorded in 2025, the lowest figure since 2014, at a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people, lower than New York (2.8), Berlin (3.2) and Milan (1.6).It is the lowest homicide figure in London on record, once population is taken into account, the Met said.Teenage homicide, which hit record levels in 2021 when 30 young people lost their…
Ex-Manchester United star Owen Hargreaves has hit out at the Premier League giants for repeating a transfer mistake and has picked their “biggest issue”. Man Utd‘s transfer business has generally been dire over the past few years, but their business in the summer was positive as they got a lot right. The Red Devils managed to offload most of their deadwood on their terms, while they spent around £230m to sign Senne Lammens, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko. Each of these signings have made a positive impact this season, with Sesko improving in his last two matches by…
Thousands of tourists have been stranded in Finland’s Lapland as a severe cold spell has grounded flights out of one of its airports.Departures from Lapland’s Kittila airport that would have ferried winter travellers back to places like London, Bristol, Manchester, Paris and Amsterdam were all cancelled on Sunday as temperatures did not go above -35C on Sunday.The issue is expected to continue on Monday as a low of -39C is forecast by Finland’s meteorological agency. The first flight out of Kittila has already been cancelled.The extreme cold makes it hard to de-ice planes, while maintenance and refuelling equipment on the…