olivia le poidevin, bbc news. you are watching bbc news.e a surge in covid—i9, as he comes close to admitting he's leaving the white house next year. at least 42 people have died and 20 others are missing after typhoon vamco made landfall in the philippines. hackers working for the russian and north korean governments have targeted more than half a dozen organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine, according to microsoft. it said it had detected attempts to break into the computer systems of seven pharmaceutical companies across the globe. most of the break—in attempts failed, but an unspecified number succeeded. here's marcus fowler from the cybersecurity firm darktrace, explaining how difficult it is to trace who the hackers are. attribution within the cyberspace is always incredibly difficult, so without seeing exactly the data or the intelligence that microsoft are looking at, it is hard for me to say exactly. i mean, there are certain trademarks that go with certain campaigns or certain types, so they may be attributing some of that