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sheen that they could take to bletchley park. and in fact, he did. he organized a mission that involved about 6000 canadian soldiers. it was a terrible, terrible defeat. in the end. but a lot of people think that it actually a decoy so that someone could be sent round to try and catch get the enigma machine, encryption machine and. he just he left it behind description of the type of person he wanted to doing this and description is of james it actually is james bond can see it at bletchley park and george boole is actually thought to be the model for. dr. moriarty sherlock holmes is arch nemesis, kind of mathematician, mathematical genius. so all these things that actually do the history. computing is extraordinary and rich and you can take it even back further than if you want to. and this surprised me and actually one of the things that that is notable about that is that during the war, both on the side and the american side, they building computers and they had to work quickly. they needed it done with the tools they had. no one actually said, is

it happened in the bletchley area of milton keynes on christmas day.d in the same incident, and a dog was also killed. news correspondent zoe o'brien is at the scene and gave us this update on the investigation. it's a quiet and cold morning here on santa cruz avenue in bletchley, but we've already seen more police arrive in the last half an hour. they are, of course, now 36 hours into a double murder investigation. well, we know that they were called at 6:30pm just after 630 on christmas day to reports of a stabbing. sadly, at the scene, a 38—year—old woman and a 24—year—old woman were pronounced dead. and as you say, two males also injured. the teenage boy and a man in his late 20s. now they have been described as being in a stable condition. now police here working around the clock, but yesterday keen to reassure the public that this although it's hugely concerning, dci stuart browning said that actually he believes that they were known to one another and they're not looking for anybody other than the 49—year—old man at this time. now the community

minutes, a man has been charged with two counts of murder following the deaths of two people in bletchleyazwell brown, a9, has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder. mexico's government has announced an emergency strategy to protect migrants in the united states, ahead of the inauguration of the president—elect, donald trump, next month. mr trump has threatened to deport millions of illegal migrants. among the measures announced by the foreign minister, juan ramon de la fuente, is a mobile phone panic button which can be activated by anyone facing imminent arrest. translation: in case you find yourself in a situation - where detention is imminent, you push the alert button. that sends a signal to the nearest consulate and to the relatives whose contact details you saved on the app. mr de la fuente said the mobile phone app would connect to a 24—hours—a—day call centre for mexicans abroad backed by a team of more than 300 us—based lawyers. more than four million mexicans live and work in the united states without a visa. to the us, and a rift appears to have emerged in the

thames valley police said officers were called to a block of apartments in bletchley and found the womenthe scene. more than a50 people crossed the english channel in small boats on christmas day according to new home office figures. the data takes the total number of crossings this year to more than 35,000, more than 21% higher than last year. prime minister sir keir starmer has made dismantling the smuggling gangs one of his top priorities. the number of shoppers heading out for the boxing day sales appears to be returning to pre—pandemic levels, with footfall dropping by almost 8% across the uk compared with last year. but according to analysts, it's not all bad news for high stret retailers — footfall was up on christmas eve by 18% on last year. you're live with bbc news. 2024 was the year of elections — but also a year of artificial intelligence. across the globe, from india to indonesia, from the uk to the us, ai technology made its presence felt. whether voters realised it or not. as the year comes to an end, we're taking a look back at what we learned and the challenges that may

anchor: a man has been charged with two counts of murder following the deaths of two people in bletchleymas day. a 49-year-old has been charged with two counts of attempted murder. police have confirmed that two women who died following the incident or joanne pearson and tiana grant, both from milton keene's. a man in his late 20's and a teenage boy were also taken to the hospital with serious injuries and are said to be in stable condition. mexico's government has announced an emergency strategy to protect migrants in the united states ahead of the inauguration of president-elect donald trump next month. mr. trump has threatened to deport millions of illegal migrants, among the measures announced by the foreign minister is a mobile phone panic button which can be activated by anyone facing imminent arrest. >> in case you find yourself in a situation where the tension is imminent, you push the alert button. that sends a signal to the nearest consulate and the relatives whose contact information you sent on the app. anchor: it would connect to each way for our a day call center for mexica

thames valley police said officers were called to a block of apartments in bletchley and found the womenene. another man and a teenage boy were also injured. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh, has died at the age of 92. mr singh was in office for a decade, from 200a until 201a, and was the first prime minister in india from the sikh faith. a distinguished economist and politician, manmohan singh played a pivotal role in shaping modern india. he championed economic reforms, and oversaw a period of robust growth that lifted millions out of poverty. sophie long reports. almost bankrupt at the time manmohan singh entered party politics, india's image was to change, driven by a booming it sector, and much of this is put down to the liberalisation, the loosening of infamous bureaucratic controls introduced by manmohan singh after he became finance minister in 1991. he put the country on the path to achieving some of the fastest growth rates in the world. i, manmohan singh... it also paved the way for him to become, in 200a, i

have died and a man and a teenage boy suffered serious injuries following reports of a stabbing in bletchleychristmas day. thames valley police say a 49—year—old man from milton keynes was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in police custody. opposition politicians in south korea have filed a motion to impeach the acting president — han duck soo, as the country's political crisis continues. this comes less than two weeks since he took over from the former president yoon suk yeol who was impeached for trying to impose martial law. if mr han is impeached in the upcoming parliamentary vote, the next in line to become head of state is the finance minister. our reporter rachel lee from bbc korean is in seoul. she gave us more insight into how surprising this situation is. well, honestly, it is surprising but it is also not entirely unexpected. this whole situation has been building up for weeks and han duck—soo�*s refusal to apoint three judges picked to appoint the three and han duck—soo�*s refusal to appoint the three judges picked up by the opposition was a big re

have died and a man and a teenage boy suffered serious injuries following reports of a stabbing in bletchley 49—year—old man from milton keynes was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in police custody. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. health officials in gaza say five journalists have been killed by an israeli strike in central gaza. the strike hit a clearly marked broadcast van outside al—awda hospital in the nuseirat refugee camp. one of the journalists had been expecting the birth of his child. the israeli military called those killed members of what it said was a "terrorist cell". the funerals of the five palestinian journalists were held earlier today where mourners gathered in prayer. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza. let's speak shaimaa khalil injerusalem. that is one of the issues, we do not have access ourselves and we have two different narratives. take as their what both sides are saying.- both sides are saying. you're different narratives - both sides are saying. you're different narratives about. bot

thames valley police said officers were called to a block of apartments in bletchley and found the womenple crossed the english channel in small boats on christmas day, according to new home office figures. the data takes the total number of crossings this year to more than 35,000 — more than 21 percent higher than last year. prime minister sir keir starmer has made dismantling smuggling gangs one of his top priorities. the number of shoppers heading out for the boxing day sales appears to be returning to pre—pandemic levels, with footfall dropping by almost 8% across the uk compared with last year. but according to analysts numbers were up on christmas eve by 18% on last year. you're live with bbc news. south korea's constitutional court is set to hold the first hearing over the impeachment of president yoon suk—yeol in coming hours, with his legal representatives attending. president yoon was impeached in parliament following his botched attempt to impose martial law. he maintains he did nothing wrong, and until thursday had defied requests by the court tosubmit documents, and avoided

thames valley police said officers were called to a block of apartments in bletchley and found the womennother man and a teenage boy were also injured. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. welcome back, time to catch up with all the sport with gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. a busy boxing day of premier league action to bring you. manchester city's stuttering form continues — the premier league champions failed to beat everton at the etihad. they drew i—i. city got off to an ideal start, with bernardo silva's effort deflecting in, to give them lead in the first half. iliman ndiaye scored everton�*s equaliser, with a sweet finish before half time. a huge moment when erling haaland had his penalty saved byjordan pickford, but it's nowjust one win in the last 13 for pep guardiola's side and they've only taken five points in the league since the start of november. the penalty was really good,. but we are not happy with the performance, well done, the guys again, and of course, we're going to score the goals we're going to score the goals we need, but no, i'm not... t

thames valley police said officers were called to a block of apartments in bletchley and found the womenscene. another man and a teenage boy were also injured. in breaking news, at least three people have died in a bus crash in norway — that's according to state media. the accident happened at around 1.30 local time in the hadsel district on the country's north—western coast. the bus came off the road and ended up partially in a body of water, according to public broadcaster nrk. dozens of people are thought to have been on the bus at the time of the crash. more than 450 people crossed the english channel in small boats on christmas day, according to home office figures updated on thursday. new data shows that 451 migrants arrived on 11 boats on the 25th december. the figures take the total number of crossings in 2024 to 35,491, more than 21% higher than last year. uk's prime minister sir keir starmer has made "smashing the gangs" who are responsible for small boat crossings one of his top priorities since coming to power. commemorations have been taking place in countries around the ind

the incident happened in the nearby town of bletchley.more crowded and, for some, ever more dangerous. thousands of cyclists are killed or injured every year, and the most vulnerable people can be children. in mexico city, a group of parents have decided to do something about it — as tim allman explains. the pushbike song. they call this a white bus. a little convoy of children and parents pedalling their way through the streets of the city. they are operating under the age old and does there is safety in numbers. translation: i noticed many families are arriving at my daughter's school by bike. many more families than usual. i thought we should organise ourselves to come altogether by bike and set “p come altogether by bike and set up a bike bus. you come altogether by bike and set up a bike hue— up a bike bus. you look so re . up a bike bus. you look so pretty- as _ up a bike bus. you look so pretty- as you _ up a bike bus. you look so pretty. as you were - up a bike bus. you look so pretty. as you were riding | pretty. as you were ridi

that's the guy with traffic, you know, the cryptography that was done that code breaking done at bletchley park and finally the ss predecessor to to the cia, the ss while bill donovan's organization was not welcome at first army benjamin addiction didn't like them, didn't want them around. so they didn't do much in first army. you go down to the intelligence section, most of those actually belong to first army. but if you look at prisoner of war interrogation, those teams are attached. they don't belong to first army. similarly, the which actually there was before world war two, we had a counter intelligence corps. interestingly enough, we still didn't have an army corps until after world war two. those guys were attached also. so the the issue here, the reason i mention this is first army is a consumer of intelligence. and for actually intelligence, a consumer of information so the next i want to show you is how that related the other players and these are documents these are copies of artifact documents. first army, by the way, these aren't charts i made. so if you look at who they had t

the war, bletchley park intercepting telegrams, reading other people's mail signals has to be combineduman intelligence. because even if you a digital trace on someone, you still need to have somebody in the room to say when they're on the telephone, you still need to have somebody who can sit opposite your agent and try and out whether they're lying to whether they're on the other side. so i think human intelligence in some because the digital story is so huge, is more important than it's rarer. it doesn't happen nearly as much. but but recruiting foreign agents is is has vital as it's ever been and right we have a digital footprint from the moment we pick up a mobile phone but actually that's also falsifiable. i mean, there's a there's a training at gcc hq, our equivalent of the nsa know it's a sort of government communications center. they do all the sigint, there's a training program, they're called operation mincemeat, believe it or not. and that is where they they make false digital identities. so in the same way that the body in operation mincemeat was invested with a completely

that in his own personal sort of bletchley.ots. # my mother always said that before a girl can wed. # you must be sure that he's the man for you... there are. ..countless wedding photographs in here, aren't they? and, um, it.... a lot of people who ended up working at bletchley ended up getting married to each other, didn't they? that's right, yeah. and it's still true today — you know, you work with people and, you know, you build up relationships and many of those turn into marriages. so there are a lot of gchq marriages. there are, indeed — yeah, yeah, yeah — there's a lot of couples around the organisation. um, and it was as true in the 19405 as it is today. # i stopped the search when i met you... so if you were to try and sum up the importance of this photograph album, what would you say? this is one of the most iconic items in our museum collection, and it really portrays a window in time during that critical bletchley park period. and i love it — i think it's a real snapshot of social history of an organisation at war.

it happened in the bletchley area of milton keynes on christmas day.nage boy and a man were seriously injured in the same incident, and a dog was also killed. our reporter zoie o'brien is at the scene. what more can you tell us? good morning. we are coming up to 36 hours since police were first called here to santa cruz avenue on the willow lakes development in bletchley and still a police presence. as you can see over my shoulder, the cordon around the apartments and offices remain unseen. we know they were called at around 6.30 on christmas day to reports of a stabbing. two women were pronounced dead at the scene, one was 38 years old and another was 24 one was 38 years old and another was 2a years old. two males were taken to hospital, teenage boy and the man in his late 20s. we are being told their condition is stable. thames valley police launched a double murder investigation and yesterday they were very keen to speak to the public. dci stewart brand when saying he his condolence to the family and friends of the two women but we reassure the publ

thames valley police major crime unit say the woman, aged 38, and the other 24, died at the scene in bletchley on christmas day. a teenage boy and a man in his late 20s were also seriously injured, but at this stage are understood to be in a stable condition in hospital. a dog was also injured in the incident and it was taken to vets but sadly didn't survive. police have arrested a 49 year old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and he remains in custody. reform uk's membership has overtaken the conservatives just months after nigel farage's return as leader. the party's tracker shows more than 132,000 members by midday today. that's a 300% surge since farage's comeback in june. younger supporters, cheaper fees and frustrations with the tories are all driving the growth, as farage claims reform is the future of british politics. it comes as the conservatives last reported around 120,000 members. that was in november, but have since faced criticism for a lack of direction under leader kemi badenoch. well, the reform party leader, nigel farage, has been speaking to our home and secu

the other 24, both died at the scene in bletchley on christmas day.ve also heard that a teenage boy and a man in his late 20s are also seriously injured following that incident, but are currently stable in hospital. a dog was also injured in the incident, taken to vets but sadly didn't survive. police have arrested a 49 year old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and he remains in custody. the government is facing mounting pressure to deliver on its promise to ban trail hunting, as boxing day hunts have gathered across the uk today. campaigners say the practice, which mimics banned fox hunting, is a smokescreen for illegal activity, citing hundreds of reports of wildlife and public disruption. labour has pledged tougher laws, while ministers say they're considering harsher fines and prosecution rules for reckless hunting. but the countryside alliance defends the practice, saying it's essential for rural life at this stage. no timeline has been given for when the crackdown may take effect. well, we can go back now to nigel farage. he's be