speaking to the bbc�*s ben thompson the boss of global cyber—security firm the ncc group called the incidentincident, one of the things we've learned is just how complex our supply chains are. and i think many businesses don't really understand that. so crowdstrike, as i say, fantastic product, but it's probably not a strategic solution within an organisation. it's not a core finance system. it's not a core hr system. so for that to be able to cause these sorts of implications is quite serious. so i think what the lessons are for businesses, for supply chains is actually you've got to understand how technology fits within your operations. i think you have to be prepared. think through scenarios so that you have the prepared plans in place. and we have to test. and i think it really does talk to a whole objective, which is about digital resilience in an interconnected world. that's fairly early days. we're seeing regulations start to come through, but it is fairly early days for a lot of organisations. so there's a lot to do around this. and we hear that word resilience a lot. what does it re

ben thompson there, speaking with jack zhang of airwallex. well, that's it for this week.you can keep up with the latest on our global economy on the bbc website or the smartphone app. you can also follow me on x. thank you for watching. i'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello. sunday promises to be a sunny day across many parts of the uk and turning really quite hot across the south of the country. the outlook into monday points to even hotter weather and the possibility of some big showers and thunderstorms in the north—west of the uk. so here's the morning, then, on sunday. admittedly, it will be a little cloudy to start with in the south, perhaps some mist and murk and coastal fog, particularly in the south—west. a bit of drizzle too, but the rest of the uk, it's sunshine all round, right from the word go. now, we may have to wait a little bit across the south before that sun breaks through, but i think come the afternoon, it really will be that strong sunshine beating down on us nationwide. so how hot is it going to get on sunday? well, typically in the mid to high 20s acr

my colleague ben thompson spoke to the boss of one of them, airwallex.d to have you on the programme talk to me first of all about what you do. what is airwallex? we're providing banking and payment services like bank accounts globally, moving money around the world, and also the entire sort of software suite to help you run your business. you're not alone in offering services like that. it's a really competitive market. everyone wants a slice of that pie. why are you any different? we built our business as an infrastructure first business, so we built alternative infrastructure to the swift system, which is built in the 1970s. so we're able to lower the cost by more than 90% compared to the traditional swift or correspondent banking system when you transfer money globally. and jack, a few weeks ago, much of the world's travel infrastructure, other systems, they went down in that microsoft crowdstrike outage. what impact did it have on a company like yours? so first of all, most of our laptops are not running on, um, uh, windows systems. so we use mac in

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and luxmy gopal. our headlines today.e in england and wales good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and luxmy gopal. our headlines today. more than 200 firefighters are battling a large fire at a block of flats in dagenham. an amnesty begins for people in england and wales who own so—called zombie knives and machetes, ahead of the weapons being banned next month. the us says it's working to prevent the conflict between israel and hezbollah spiralling into war, after an escalation of hostilities. we see inside the mpox treatment centres in the democratic republic of congo, where 70% of patients are children.

and you can find out more about the lessons learnt from the global it outage with ben thompson on thislady gaga and celine dion for the opening ceremony, and sponsorship from the worlds biggest luxury brand lvmh, paris 2024 is already being hailed as the most fashionable of olympics. one new look that you may have noticed athletes modelling is this summer's coolest trend, wearable neck air conditioners and fans. but do they work? here's what 0lympian slaven dizdarevic — a former decathlete from slovakia, and now a coach said after trying one on. aid5 calling around my neck. --it aid5 calling around my neck. ——it is. there is a bit of air, you can feel a bit of calling around my neck, it can be called because it's on the skin of your face which is made for cooling. i think the blood can fall. ithink it cooling. i think the blood can fall. i think it works well. but as a chinese company making products for a western market do they come up against negative perceptions? live now to a5hley hu, director of communications, torre5. thank you very much forjoining u5, thank you very much forjoin

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welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today...ys in downing street. investigators are trying to find out whether cladding played a part in a huge fire at a tower block in east london. # you gotta roll with it. # you gotta take your time.# what's the story? could the wait be over for oasis fans hoping for a reunion? good morning. from september there will be 15 hours of free childcare a week for those over nine months old. i come to this university in preston to find out how parents and staff are getting ready. a true gentleman of the game. tributes are paid to the former england manager, sven—goran eriksson, who's died at the age of 76. good morning. some heavy rain in the north and west of the country. slowly pushing south and east. behind a return to sunshine and showers. i had a very fine and dry but noticeably windy again. all of the details shortly.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today. but victims�* families say it's too little too late. i wish the government would ask us and listen to us, because we're the ones living it. america's top diplomat meets the israeli prime minister later to press for a ceasefire deal in gaza — amid fears of a wider war in the region. will energy prices rise again this autumn? most analysts expect the price cap will go up later this year — we'll find out for certain this week. i'll look at whether now is the time to fix your tariff. manchester city get straight back to business, erling haaland scoring their first goal of the premier league season, on his 100th appearance for the club, as city beat chelsea.

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news.amala harris are back on the campaign trail. we will talk some more about the campaign trail stops for those two politicians. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. wright, ben, let's update you on the olympics. belgium's nafi thiam has become the first woman to win the heptathlon three consecutive times as she narrowly took gold ahead of great britain's katerina johnson—thomspon. thiam won at rio and then in tokyo, and for these games, had to finish the 800 metres less than 8.5 seconds behind johnson—thompson to take gold. well, thiam did better than that, running a personal best, just five seconds behind the brit. noor vidts, also from belgium, took bronze. despite being the favourites, the usa were disqualified in the final of the 4x100—metres relay after a terrible baton pass. canada won gold, while south africa and britain took silver and bronze respectively. no such problem for the usa women, though. they got the baton round safely and were

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today...former president barack 0bama tells democrats that america is ready for a new chapter with kamala harris as president. america's waiting for a better story. we are ready for a president kamala harris. good morning. british holiday—makers will need to spend £6 to enter eu countries as soon as next summer under plans by the european union. 0llie pope on captaining his country for the first time. but how will a new look england fair without ben stokes? we have some wet and windy

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. ts latest energy price cap on friday. ben is taking a look this morning at what that might mean for customers. ben, energy prices have been falling but high bills are still a worry for many households. the big thing is, whenever we talk about a possible rise in energy bills, people will wonder if it is time to fix the tariff. we bills, people will wonder if it is time to fix the tariff.— bills, people will wonder if it is time to fix the tariff. we will come of that. good morning, the energy price cap is set by the energy regulator ofgem every three months covering around 28 million households in england wales and scotland. under the current price cap, this is what a typical household would pay per year. and it's a reduction of 7% from the previous three months. remember, the price cap sets the maximum price that can be charged for each unit of gas and electricity on a standard tariff for a dual—fuel household paying by direct debit. these are the current maximum unit prices, but what

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent.keynote speaker of the democratic national convention in chicago. the convention runs until thursday, when vice president kamala harris will officially accept the democratic party's nomination as its presidential candidate for november's election. during a lengthy farewell speech, president biden defended his legacy and hailed ms harris. let me ask you. are you ready to vote for freedom? vote forfreedom? cheering. vote for freedom? cheering.- vote for freedom? cheering. �* ., , vote for freedom? cheering. ., , ., ., ., cheering. are you ready to vote for democracy and _ cheering. are you ready to vote for democracy and from _ cheering. are you ready to vote for democracy and from america? i democracy and from america? let me ask you, are you ready to elect kamala harris in st paul's? cheering. we're joined now by us political strategist, calvin dark. morning to you. thank you so much for staying up to talk to us. we are getting lines from lisa beattie and all the time. the convention i

this is breakfast with ben thompson and luxmy gopal.one mistake away from being taken away from me. christian is looking back at his life before prison. definitely don't want to go back to prison. well, it would be five years ago. and that's when i got put on tag as the last ditch hope to keep me out of prison. um...and my last chance. and, well, we all know how that ended, didn't it? i ended up doing four years at her majesty's pleasure for aggravated burglary. six months into christian's jail term, his mum died. my mum never told me. she wouldn't. .. she didn't tell me when she was ill. and it was like i was the last one to know. i was in a very uncompassionate situation. but on the other end of it, i came out of it. and if i can get through my mum dying, i pretty much get through anything. well, priority number one is don't breach my tag. don't go back to prison. stick to what i've agreed to. keep my freedom. director of britain's most tagged, izzy fonseca, and mike nellis, emeritus professor of criminal and communityjustice at the u

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today... six people remain missing as rescue teams struggle to get inside the sunken super yacht off the sicilian coast. former president barack obama tells democrats that america is ready for a new chapter with kamala harris as president. america's waiting for a better story. we are ready for a president kamala harris. good morning. british holiday—makers will need to spend £6 to enter eu countries as soon as next summer under plans by the european union. ollie pope on captaining his country for the first time. but how will a new look england fair without ben stokes? we have some wet and windy weather to come today across the northern half of the country. further south it will be blustery, but also brighter. all the details shortly. hello, good morning. it's wednesday 21st august. our main story. six people remain missing off the coast of sicily, as rescue teams struggle to get inside the luxury yacht which sank during a storm on monday. the search will resume this morning as rescuers continu

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news.for kamala harris. this is her big chance to reach beyond this arena and speak to millions of americans. so, is what she's done tonight really enough to convince them? it was a good speech, not a great speech. . it was largely biographical, and it didn't get into- the substance of many policies — i and that's really going to be a key for kamala harris going forward. a huge week in us politics — and a great panel to discuss it. i'm joined by charles kupchan, former special assistant to president obama and currently senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, maria hinojosa, anchor and ep of latino usa, a radio show devoted to latino issues, chris bruce, attorney in georgia and democratic strategist, and antonia ferrier, former staff director for senate gop comms and former senior strategist for mitch mcconnell.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today.me minister has condemned the disorder and is due to hold an emergency cobra meeting today. here in rotherham, you can see the destruction that has been left behind after this hotel thought to behind after this hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers was stormed. in southport, the town comes together to remember the girls killed and others seriously injured a week ago today. are you owed compensation on your carfinance deal? the financial regulator says it needs more time to investigate thousands of complaints but could it now mean a payout is more likely? i'll have the details. four more medals for team gb on day nine of the olympics. but it's noah lyles who takes the title as the fastest man in the world, the new 100m olympic champion, by five

good morning, welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and ben thompson. our headlines today...formation. kelly hodgkinson gets the gold! queen of the track kelly hodgkinson storms to victory in the 800 metres in paris. and it was a golden start for britain�*s sprinters in the velodrome as the trio of emma finucane, sophie capewell and katy marchant win great britain�*s first—ever olympic women�*s team sprint gold. workers�* rights get a shake—up, with the government set to end so—called anti—strike laws this week.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. our headlines today.tjoe biden receives a huge ovation ahead of a rousing farewell speech at the democratic national convention. one of those rare moments in history when the decisions we make now will determine the fate of our nation and the world. a rocket engine explodes during a test launch at the uk's new spaceport in shetland. pushing hard for a cure for mnd. we cheer on former rugby players billy twelvetrees and ed slater as they come to the end of their most recent cycle challenge. back in the premier league.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sarah campbell. our headlines today. least 30 possible gatherings planned for later today. "amazing, caring and confident". mourners pay tribute to nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar who was killed in the mass stabbing at a dance workshop in southport last week. kamala harris and her newly appointed democratic running mate tim walz kick off their campaign for the white house. former strictly production staff say they faced verbal abuse and bullying as the bbc defends what has been decribed as a "toxic" culture. in sport, it's silver for britain'sjosh kerr. pipped on the line in the final of the 1500 metres but not by his great rivaljakob ingebrigtsen, as the united states take gold. buying now and paying later can be a useful tool but how well is it regulated?

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today...c" in the uk. there are fewer than 100 spaces left in male prisons across england and wales after a spate of arrests over the bank holiday weekend. paris prepares for the paralympics. the opening ceremony for the games takes place this evening. water bills are due to rise by an average of £19 a year. but suppliers say that's not enough to tackle sewage spills and secure our future water needs. i'll look at what the regulator might do next. emma raducanu says there are lessons to learn as she loses in the first round of the us open, as dan evans battles through the longest match in the torunament�*s history to reach the second round. good morning. today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. most of the showers would be in the north and the west. when temperatures quieten down and then come back up again into the weekend. all of the details shortly. it's wednesday, the 28th of august. our main story. doctors are calling on the government to ban flavoured and disposable vap

welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. a tower block in east london. # you gotta roll with it. # you gotta take your time.# what's the story? could the wait be over for oasis fans hoping for a reunion? we'll find out at eight o'clock. good morning. some heavy rain across the north and west this morning. that is slipping south and east. behind it sunshine and blustery showers. ahead header that largely dry and warm. all the details later in the programme. it's tuesday, the 27th of august. the prime minister will promise to reverse a "decade of decline" when he delivers a speech from downing street later. he'll also say his government will "root out 1a years of rot" under the conservatives. the tories have dismissed the speech as a "performative" attempt to distract the public from promises sir keir starmer never had any intention of keeping. our political correspondent ben wright has more. sir keir starmer will say the hatred and division displayed in this summer's riots betrayed a sickness in society. but he will contrast

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news.uld also see remaining hostages released. the united states, egypt and qatar issued a joint call for talks to resume next week in either cairo or doha, but hamas has yet to respond. fears have been growing that the gaza war will escalate into a wider conflict after the killing of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh in iran. alon pinkas was an adviser to former israeli prime ministers ehud barak and shimon peres. he explained how benjamin netanyahu came to the decision to send a delegation for a fresh round of talks. he's not listening to anyone. he's only listening to his political instincts, only manipulating the, you know, a given situation, thinking of how he gets through the next day. there's no long—term strategic thinking. the thing is, where you're right in how you described it,

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news. for russia. this thousands, obviously their thousands of troopsl could get through. and so this question will be asked, but we also know that putin is veryj good at deflating attention. from his mistakes or russia'sl mistakes into something else. joining me tonight is the telegraph's, deputy comment editor annabel denham and the democratic political strategist and former executive director of the la democratic party, drexel heard. first —— the latest headlines. moscow is rushing reinforcements to its southwestern region of kursk in an attempt to repel a large—scale incursion by ukrainian troops. the kremlin, in a brief statement, did not mention kursk by name, saying only that the council had discussed combatting what it called �*terrorism'. there's been heavy fighting there since ukraine launched a surprise attack on tuesday.

hello, i'm ben thompson. you're watching the context on bbc news.lenski. it was having a painful consequences for russia. hagar painful consequences for russia. how could this painful consequences for russia. finn could this thousands painful consequences for russia. firm could this thousands of troops, could this thousands of troops, could get through? this question is will be asked but we also know that putting is very good at deflating tension. moscow fights back as the ukrainian incursion into russia enters its fourth day. it is the deepest cross—border advance by kyiv since russia launched its invasion in february 2022. also on the programme: a plane with 62 people on board crashes in brazil. video on social media appears to show the plane dropping out of the sky, followed by a large cloud of smoke. the cause of the crash isn't yet clear. and the first prison sentences are handed down to people who used social media during the recent violence across the country. lengthyjail terms were imposed for offences including inciting racial hatred and se

hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson.charges even more than that. they say the extra money is needed to tackle sewage spills and other problems. all of this has come to light as a consultation on improving the industry closes today. ben is looking into this. it feels like bills are going up regardless? yes, and that there is a tussle between the regulator and the water companies over how much bills can be allowed to go up. the regulator says an average increase ofjust £19 a year is the limited sites. the water companies want increases of closer to £30 a year. it is all part of this consultation about securing our future water needs. let me explain the details. good morning. the regulator ofwat is currently reviewing the rules it sets for water companies to make sure they provide us with safe water, value for money, and to minimise the impact of sewage and waste water on the environment. injuly, it proposed allowing water companies to increase customer bills by an average of £19 a year over the next five years. that is an

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sarah campbell. inn which was housing asylum seekers. now a local football team is trying to help restore peace among those living in the town. 0ur reporterjohn maguire has more. having a chat about how they feel, about what they might have witnessed, but also what we can do as a football club to help them feel better about the situation. in the shadow of the hotel, the focus of sunday's attacks, now boarded up and guarded by police, the community team from rotherham united football club are, in their words, going out to do what they do best — help people. there's widespread shock and disgust at what was witnessed on sunday. i'm used to seeing writing, things like that, but not that outrageous. my wife comes around and when they started throwing bricks, isays, when you see, when you see police with shields up, i said, "come on, away." no, i couldn't believe what i was saying. what i was seeing. i can't believe it now. it's upsetting. yeah, so we're, we work for the football club. we're just out here

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sarah campbell. our headlines today.bute to nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar who was killed in the mass stabbing at a dance workshop in southport last week. good evening, philadelphia! kamala harris and her newly appointed democratic running mate tim walls kick off their campaign for the white house. former strictly production staff say they faced verbal abuse and bullying as the bbc defends what has been decribed as a "toxic" culture. in sport, it's silver for britain'sjosh kerr. pipped on the line in the final of the 1500 metres but not by his great rivaljakob ingibrietsen as the united states take gold. we have some heavy and persistent rain moving across northern scotland this morning. i did showery but for most of us today it will be a day of sunshine and blustery showers. all of the details shortly. it's wednesday 7th august. the prime minister has promised communities that they will be kept safe if violence escalates, as police are preparing for at least 30 possible gatherings across the uk today. sir keir starm

campbell and ben thompson. our headlines today. violent clashes in towns and cities across the uk over the weekend following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport. the prime minister has condemned the disorder and is due to hold an emergency cobra meeting today. here in rotherham, you can see the destruction that has been left behind after this hotel thought to behind after this hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers was stormed. in southport, the town comes together to remember the girls killed and others seriously injured a week ago today. are you owed compensation on your carfinance deal? the financial regulator says it needs more time to investigate thousands of complaints but could it now mean a payout is more likely? i'll have the details. four more medals for team gb on day nine of the olympics. but it's noah lyles who takes the title as the fastest man in the world, the new 100m olympic champion, by five thousandths of a second. after more medals for team gb at the weekend, we are live at jake jarman�*s j

this is breakfast with me, ben thompson.n and the us urge their nationals to leave lebanon as soon as possible. good morning. in sport, team gb misses out on a podium in the women's100 metres final, but there was a first ever 0lympic final, but there was a first ever olympic medal final, but there was a first ever 0lympic medalfor st final, but there was a first ever olympic medal for st lucia julian alfred storming home take the gold. and good morning. it is a day of mixed fortunes in terms of the weather today. things are looking quite wet and windy for northern ireland and scotland, especially in the west, but dry and bright for england and wales. i will have all your details coming up shortly. good morning. it is sunday 4 august. police have warned that more violent protests are expected across the uk in the coming days. around 90 people were arrested yesterday after a day of violence. police say 4000 extra officers are ready to respond to further disorder after groups clashed with police in liverpool, hull, stoke—on—tre

ben would love to get your perspective on this as well. you know, what does this mean for the warriors moving forward, especially after losing klay thompson in the offseason. >> yeah, you know, we've talked about it throughout offseason. definitely going to be sort of a new-look warriors team date. they've gotten a bit younger, obviously would play leaving that the end of an era. you know the splash brothers throughout the course of nba history like that might be the greatest ever. obviously the greatest shooting duo but you know, with steph curry sticking around and then some of the other young talent that they've got. the workers are in an interesting point % because they're obviously still trying to compete for championships. right now. you have an all-time great player like that or e. but at the same time. they're they're trying to not mortgage their future you know that they've been have there trade summit. they're really talented young players, guys like johnathan coming got. and so we'll see if they can sort of both at the same time, compete at the highest level. well, also, i don't want rebuilding. being prepared for the future. >

johnson—thompson has a 121 point deficit... or about 8 seconds... heading into the final event, the 800 metres, which is tonight. there will be a british runner in the men's 800 metres final — benin his semi—final and progress through to tomorrow's final as one of the two fastest non—automatic qualifiers. i couldn't be happier, i mean, i don't really know what to say. it'll come out of nowhere. my fastest time this year has been 145. i knew i could run faster but to get through it in a pb, and ifelt quite good doing it as well so... there was an unfortunate end for cindy sember in the women's 110 metre hurdle semi—finals. in the second lane towards the bottom of your picture... sember caught her back leg on one of the hurdles at the midway point... stumbling and eventually falling... failing to finish the race. i'm really, really sad. i'm just a little bit frustrated because i've been training so hard and i'm ready. i'm sad. talk us through what you are feeling in that moment. i felt like i was coming up to hurdles very quickly and ijust lost my control. so, yeah, it's frustrating. british number one katie boulter is through to the third round of the canadian open in toronto af