i'm lewis vaughn jones.channel after their dinghy capsized near the french port of calais. ajury in the us finds all three defendants guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery, a black man outjogging in the state of georgia. president biden has welcomed the verdict. apple has sent alert messages to activists in several countries, warning their iphones may have been targeted by state—sponsored attackers. at least six thai activists and a dozen employees at an el salvadoran newspaper said they received the warning. on tuesday apple filed a lawsuit against israeli spyware maker nso group, accusing it of using its pegasus spyware to attack apple users. pegasus can activate a phone's cameras and microphones, and grant access to messages, photos and emails. adam shapiro is the head of communications at front line defenders, an organisation which has uncovered previous pegasus attacks. hejoins me from detroit. thank you for coming on the programme. how worrying is this development? it is programme. how worrying is this dev

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @l vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughn jones. i'm lewis vaugthones.nto the start of the weekend. we could see some severe gales develop quite widely, particularly through friday into saturday. and to go with it, a realfeel of winter in the air — much, much colder with more of you seeing a little bit of sleet or even snow. that colder air pushing southwards overnight into the start of thursday, and that really makes for the chill for the first of the commutes of the day, temperatures widely at or just above freezing. so, frost in places, maybe just frost—free in the south—east corner where the overnight cloud and patchy drizzle just about to clear, and in the far north of scotland overnight, heavy showers continuing with sleet and snow, even down to sea level. they'll continue throughout the day, a few showers down across eastern coastal counties of england, one or two to the west of wales, cornwall and across northern ireland. but for most of you, thursday is one of those crisp, clear days, good visibility, but a chilly feel in the breeze, temperature