these are challenges it poses to gchq. these a re parts challenges it poses to gchq.eakable codes. overhear our everyday items, so—called internet of things, and all. you have got a kettle, a door bell, you have got a doll called kayla, an interactive doll. the point being anything like this which is connected to the internet could be hacked. and finally over there you have got a laptop that was infected by the so—called wannacry virus. now, a few years ago, that virus infected parts of the nhs and took it down in a major cyber—attack that gchq had to deal with. it is a century of keeping the country safe, and this exhibition, it is a unique collaboration with the science museum and it is a chance for us to bring the public into a bit more of that story, to understand a bit more about the way in which we produce intelligence, the fantastic ingenuity of this organisation. the last exhibit is called secret dust — ground—down particles of gchq computers. turning them to dust is the only way to make previously classified data unreadable. there are, it seems, still some se

memo from the nsa sent to gchq.y excitinga story. the difficulty was it was just words typed on a piece of paper. we had no idea where it had come from, and that is really where the story started fored and myself. your topou go to editors and you say, i this piece of paper. catherine had ripped off the top, is that right? >> the top of it ripped off of the memo. header information you would have was not there. when i met yvonne ridley, the former journalist who hated me the document -- handed me the document, it was immensely infuriating. i said, what is this? what are you doing here? this is of no use to me at all. she turned the piece of paper over and on the back someone had written the header information. amy: so it was chicken scratch on the back step that was katharine -- >> it wasn't me, actually. talk about this. your argument to the editors come you think this is real, but you do have to track it down. explain what the header said, who you had to verify this with. >> the header information included the name

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happy birthday to gchq. to the end of thursday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me on friday evening at 11 o'clock bbc parliament tv‘s geekiest channel, no less for a look at the week in parliament. bye for now. hello. friday won't be quite as warm or quite as humid, there'll be a mix of sunny spells and just a few showers around, mainly across eastern england and eastern scotland, too. but many of us will avoid the showers. so we've got an area of low pressure which is pushing off towards the east. higher pressure waiting out in the west and that will dominate more as we head on through the weekend. so friday morning, then, a reasonably dry start to the day, dry in most places. more cloud for northern ireland and the north—west of scotland will bring a few spots of drizzly ran, a bit mistiness — particularly around the coasts, too. the bulk of england, wales, and southern scotland should be dry with some sunshine. in the sunnier spells, top temperatures will reach around 25 degre

gchq.attacked him and there are likely to be witnesses. a teenager from wapping is about to undergo major surgery after years of bullying because of the way he looks. joshua oyebola is one of only two people in the world with a rare type of facial disfigurement. he will now have operations to realign his face and is hoping to change perceptions. i think it‘s the way people look at me and judge me straight away. like, it‘s kind of like, instant. let‘s just say i‘m walking down the road, like, i see people looking at me and i canjust see in theirface the way they‘re, like, judging me. but it kind of like... i don‘t want it to be like that. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there‘s a good service on most tube lines this morning. but there are severe delays on the northern line between morden and camden town due to a signal failure at kennington. the gatwick express is suspended between victoria and gatwick airport and there is disruption to southern services between victoria and c

there are, it seems, still some secrets gchq wants to keep. boris johnson and jeremy hunt have have been going head to head in a television debate. mexico's finance minister has unexpectedly quit — published his resignation letter on twitter. he blames inadequate staff and unwanted political influence. carlos oorzooa was seen as one of the key figures in mexico's new government. mundo. 33 countries from europe and the americas have made more than 200 arrests in a massive anti—doping operation. this is a lab in southern italy where doping substances including anabolic steroids were found. millions of dollars worth of drugs were siezed in the operation. world service english. bbc arabic‘s survey of people across the middle east and north africa has looked at attitudes to sex — and found that people feel less free to express themselves than they did five years ago. that's having an impact on sex education. let's return to our top story and the debate between borisjohnson and jeremy hunt in the contest to be the uk's next prime minister. vicky you

a position in which the foreign secretary, as minister with day—to—day responsibility for mi6 and gchqmight not be shown the intelligence material that was produced. 0ne shown the intelligence material that was produced. one source said that excluding the foreign secretary would have been unprecedented. in the end, a compromise is believed to have been agreed. both the foreign 0ffice have been agreed. both the foreign office and number ten said they did not comment on intelligence matters. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: how a $6 million row over this bust of king tutankhamun has come to a head. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecr

the museum say the exhibition will give an insight into gchq as never before.derstorm close to east anglia and we will see showers in minority places through this afternoon, specially across central and southern parts of scotland, down the spine of northern england. many spot staying dry. 15 degrees in aberdeen, 24 in cardiff and london. we not rule out a shower and wimbledon. then they should be dry with temperatures heading to head down a little bit. for the rest of us, some of the showers will continue across central and eastern areas and fade away. large areas of cloud overnight and some clear spells. the best of those toys the south. temperatures —— through the weekend it is a story of high pressure taking control. during tomorrow, one or two showers are likely, some across northern scotla nd are likely, some across northern scotland and through the afternoon sun breaking out across parts of southern and eastern scotland, down across the pennines, drifting into the midlands. some could be on the heavy side, no spots avoiding them and staying dry. it will f

a position in which the foreign secretary, as minister with day—to—day responsibility for m16 and gchqs for which he might not be shown the intelligence material that was produced. one source said that excluding the foreign secretary would have been unprecedented. in the end, a compromise is believed to have been agreed. both the foreign office and number ten said they did not comment on intelligence matters. back to that in a moment. researchers have warned that the number of cars on the road will have to be reduced, even when all vehicles are powered by clean electricity. the report, from the centre for research into energy demand solutions, says that electrifying all cars will do nothing to address trafficjams, urban sprawl and obesity. it calls on the government to devise a strategy that will eliminate the need to own a car. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has more. cars create local air pollution. they are overheating the planet. the clean electric car will solve our problems, the government thinks. but wait a minute. in many city streets, car charging is a tangled obstacle

a position in which the foreign secretary, as minister with day—to—day responsibility for mi6 and gchqurce said that excluding the foreign secretary would have been unprecedented. in the end, a compromise is believed to have been agreed. both the foreign office and number ten said they did not comment on intelligence matters. five former heads of scotland yard have warned there is a feeling that britain has "descended into lawlessness" and the public has lost confidence in the police. it's being blamed on the amount of knife and drug crime. in a letter to the times newspaper, the former police chiefs say that resources are at dangerously low levels. the home office says, police funding has increased by more than £1 billion this year and there are plans to recruit more than 3,500 extra officers and staff. our home affairs correspondent ben ando sent this update from new scotland yard. well, this letter was signed by eight very senior police officers, among them five of the most experienced in the country. they are five former commissioners of the metropolitan police, covering a period f

my my mother left university in the 19505 and went to work at gchq and i remember her telling me as ar had beenin in her eyes of the code breaker had been in the pantheon of gods of people to who we really owe the continued liberty of the united kingdom during the second world war andi kingdom during the second world war and i think he would want to be remembered for his work in artificial intelligence and code breaking rather than his homosexuality. you often ask me what i've done in my a5 years an incredible that he died days before his a7th birthday. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — president trump's repeated threats to round up illegal immigrants appear not to have come to fruition over the weekend — we speak to former acting ice directorjohn sandweg. for many parts of the uk it turned into a beautiful day with blue skies overhead and this is how to look for one of our weather watchers on the post about potential. don't get too used to the weather you had to start the week because there are changes on the way.

who knows, we may need to involve gchq as well.onsible. it has been said many times, you just said, jeremy hunt said yesterday in a tweet donald trump, it is thejob of said yesterday in a tweet donald trump, it is the job of ambassadors to give an honest assessment of a situation and jeremy hunt said american ambassadors do it, all ambassadors do it. looking at this and the potential of what happens when something is sensitive as lea ks, when something is sensitive as leaks, it will stick other ambassadors and diplomats, presumably, in what is their key job, which is to be honest and open. that is the key issue. will ambassadors know be much more reticent about committing to paper or e—mail candid thoughts about the country and leaders of those countries in which they are based? because governments absolutely depend on that sort of impartial advice. it may well come up at pmqs. let's just see how it goes. advice. it may well come up at pmqs. let'sjust see how it goes. question numberone, mrspeaker. let'sjust see how it goes. questi

i want to pay tribute to the team at gchq in particular for running both the membership ballot and thesementary colleagues for their support through the process, in particular, the members of the 1922 committee, brilliantly led by charles walker and dame cheryl gillan, who has been the returning officers through this process and have given us such an efficient, professional and effective start and run through this process. and to all of the members of the conservative party, thank you. those members, our friends, family and colleagues, have undertaken a solemn duty in choosing our next leader, who will be this country's next by minister. they have engaged constructively, thoughtfully and positively in the process “— thoughtfully and positively in the process —— i go next prime minister. a chance to choose the next lead is a privilege and i believe our party has risen to the task. finally, i wa nt to ta ke has risen to the task. finally, i want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our current prime minister, theresa may. her leadership of our party and our country over the last th

a position in which the foreign secretary, as minister with day—to—day responsibility for m16 and gchq shown the intelligence material that was produced. one source said that excluding the foreign secretary would have been unprecedented. in the end, a compromise is believed to have been agreed. both the foreign office and number ten said they did not comment on intelligence matters. president trump has hailed the men and women of the us military during a speech at a controversial independence day event. thousands braved heavy rain to watch the 11th of july extravaganza. north america correspondent chris buckler sent this report from washington. with jet fighters overhead and tanks on the ground, president donald trump stamped a military mark on america's independence day. that wasn't without criticism. some felt he had hijacked the national holiday, putting himself at the centre of expensive events in washington. aware of the controversy, the white house promised in mr trump's beach he would stick to patriotism rather than politics. this was an event to celebrate service, not a campaig