tv Breakfast BBC News February 11, 2017 7:00am-7:59am GMT
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hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and steph mcgovern. the latest weapon in the war against hackers, the government funds lessons in cyber security for teenagers. it's hoped they'll become the experts of the future good morning, it's saturday, 11th february. also ahead, president trump says he may issue a new order authorising a travel ban after his old one was blocked by the courts. parks under threat — a new report says funding has reached a tipping point and new ways of paying for them need to be found. the latest on the battle to save hundreds of whales stranded on a new zealand beach. and in sport, it's one of the biggest tests yet for england's winning run. it's a first trip to cardiff, for their coach eddiejones, and wales are banking on home advantage to take them top of the 6
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nations. and i am in trafalgar square where hundreds of cyclists are staging a protest following the deaths of three cyclists on london's roads in just one week. and matt has the weather. a cold feeling day for all of us today, limited slow to begin. a coating in some places, but for many, that snow will turn back to rain. good morning. first, our main story. schoolchildren are to be offered lessons in cyber—security to encourage more younger people to pursue a career in defending britain from online attacks. it's hoped that thousands of teenagers in england will spend up to four hours a week on the subject, over the next five years. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. daniel kelly is a convicted teenage hacker facing a jail sentence. in 2015, he took part in a massive digital break—in of talktalk. what if his potential had been harnessed at an earlier age? he may have ended upjoining
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a new breed of apprentices learning the cyber security trade, like these at bt‘s headquarters. with that in mind, the government is putting up £20 million for nearly we will always keep it under review, in case this needs to get bigger. but getting it going at that scale shows serious ambition to make sure that we can have the pipeline of talent we are going to need in the years ahead. police are stepping up the fight, but this is not a threat that can be defeated on the ground by raiding the hackers. the cyber—crime battlefield will be online, and britain's gchq will be it's command centre. 58,000 people are employed in the anti—hacking industry.
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more will be needed, and the government knows it has to start finding them when they're young. and in a few minutes we'll be joined by brian lord, who spent over 20 years as a deputy director of cyber operations at gchq. donald trump has said he may rewrite the presidential order imposing restrictions on travel to the us to overcome the legal obstacles that have frustrated his efforts so far. his first order, stopping travel from seven mainly—muslim countries, has been blocked by the courts. 0ur washington correspondent david willis has more. after a federal appeals court backed a stay of his executive order, donald trump vowed he would see his opponents in court. speaking en route to his weekend retreat in florida, the president revealed he was weighing other alternatives. we will win the battle, but we also have a lot of other options, including filing
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a brand—new order. is that your plan? i like to keep you, i'd like to surprise you. we need speed for reasons of security. it could well be that we do. unveiled at the end of a frantic first week in office, the original order suspended america's refugee programme and banned travellers from seven majority muslim nations from entering the us. it caused chaos at airports and sparked protest across the country. just how the white house might rewrite the order is not clear. lawyers would almost certainly have to address the claim that in its existing form, the order is unconstitutional in that it blocks entry to the united states on the grounds of religion. mr trump has continued to insist that tough immigration measures are crucial for the country's security. the funding of parks has reached a tipping point and new ways of paying for them may have to be found. that's according to
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the commons communities and local government committee which says parks are suffering because of cuts in council funding. about them as big contributors to public health and environmental policy and community cohesion. and maybe they can be re—prioritised. there is fundamentally a problem about the number of cuts that local authorities have been experiencing and the distribution across the country, and the difficult decisions that most local authorities are having to make. labour has issued formal warnings to members of its front—bench team who disobeyed jeremy corbyn‘s order to vote for brexit. but they're not being sacked. among those who ignored mr corbyn were 11 shadow junior ministers and three of the labour whips. a 16—year—old boy has died after he was stabbed in a busy street in leeds.
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the wounded teenager was taken from the harehills area to hospital for treatment, but died a short time later. a 15—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. the decision to end a scheme to let unaccompanied refugee children into the uk is shameful according to the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon. she's urged the prime minister to change her mind, saying there is a moral duty to help those in need. the scheme‘s due to end in march with 350 children being admitted far fewer than some campaigners had hoped for. some distressing pictures from new zealand where volunteers are trying to save around 100 whales that have become trapped on a beach. hundreds more have already died in one of the biggest ever mass strandings in the country's history. it's hoped the pilot whales may be able to swim to safety during the next high tide. some of the imagines in this report are distressing.
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simon clemison reports. as they wait for high tide, volunteers do everything they can to cool the whales, pouring water and covering them with cloth to help regulate body temperature — temporary measures until the whales can be released into the ocean. some hope that singing will prove soothing. and then, the sound of success, but it is early days. we had a little bit of time where the whales were on the dry sand. we are assisting them some believe they may be sick or
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injured, or have simply lost their way. one theory is that when a whale is distressed, it sends out a signal that attracts the others. once they are on the beach, it is hard to get them both into the ocean. we have lost sight of 100 that were released overnight, but the sad part is that 240 wales have re— stranded themselves just south of that. we will be fighting to keep them happy, but it is pretty grim out here. but some swam straight back to the beach and most were stranded again. with dangerous conditions on the water, the operation has been stood down for now. time to take a look at different pages. emily blunt, ahead of the baftas happening tomorrow.
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tim cook, one of the bosses of apple, calling on governments efiflsé 52.7, sa|d 52.7, said she £74"! said she needed m . gal“! said she needed a drink gs“; said she needed a drink before calling on the red carpet, is that the worst thing? there is also anger over brussels preparing to hit the uk with a £49 billion fine for leaving the eu. that is in the express this morning. the daily mail, we will be talking about this later this morning as well. it is the end of the iraqi historic allegations team, that has been called off.
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