the head of mi6 wants more co—operation with tech companies to counter rising cyber threats.ive days after storm arwen, tens of thousands are still without power. so what's going on? barbados officially removes the queen as head of state, becoming the world's newest republic. and now officially one of france's great national heroes — the singerjosephine baker is honoured in paris. and coming up on the bbc news channel: jos buttler says it is great to be back with the rest of the england squad as they prepare for the ashes, but there is a possibility the schedule will be disrupted due to covid. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has called on people to support new coronavirus control measures in england, to "buy time" in the face of the omicron variant. the new rules affect international travellers, shoppers and commuters. they come as the number of cases linked to the variant continues to grow. ministers have announced a big expansion of the boosterjab programme. face coverings are now mandatory on public transport and shops in england, and people

of all the three agencies, m15, mi6 and gchq, i would say that mi6 is the last really diversify.places there, it is not as diverse as the others. m15 for example has won lots of awards lgbt pupils, there —— lgbt plus. he is very concerned about china, that is a huge preoccupation for them. he is saying that the tectonic plates have shifted in the last few years in china's favour. that they have not only become a huge economic power but they are doing advances in all sorts of technological areas where britain risks getting left behind. he said there are large—scale chinese intelligence operations going on in this country targeting the chinese diaspora. i'm sure that will be denied but he said it is very difficult now to spy on china because they have got this surveillance state where there are thousandsif surveillance state where there are thousands if not millions of cameras everywhere, map in every area using facial recognition, gait recognition, meaning spotting somebody from the way they walk, the way they move. so the old days of smuggling and intelligence officer into a coun

we _ mi6. this is richard moore, who is known as c. we did _ mi6.known as c. we did not even used to know his _ known as c. we did not even used to know his name, and he gave a speech earlier today, — know his name, and he gave a speech earliertoday, in know his name, and he gave a speech earlier today, in which he said china — earlier today, in which he said china is— earlier today, in which he said china is the single greatest priority— china is the single greatest priority for his agency. that is quite — priority for his agency. that is quite striking, because i think many people _ quite striking, because i think many people would have assumed that it was russia, russia has a lot more impact _ was russia, russia has a lot more impact in — was russia, russia has a lot more impact in terms of incidents that have _ impact in terms of incidents that have happened in the uk in the last 20 years. _ have happened in the uk in the last 20 years, so it really new direction, i think, 20 years, so it really new direction, ithink, forthe international awaren

richard moore, who runs mi6, made his first major speech, saying china is now the top priority for hisization. russia and terrorism are also major concerns. our security correspondent has more. >> mi6's mission is to work in secret, gathering intelligence from around the world. but today, its head ventured out to detail the threats he sees. china was his top priority. it is designed to take the island of taiwan posed a serious challenge to peace and the drive to master technology and control data risks giving it too much leverage over our lives. >> china is controed by an authoritarian regime, and often their interests clash with ours. what i'm saying is we need to be very robust in fighting our corner. >> today's rare interview came ahead of the chief of mi6's first major speech. going public is about trying to build support for the secret service, including trying to get businesses, especially in the tech sector, to help. something vital in the competition with china. russia remains an acute threat. its aggressive activity has seen in the salisbury poisonings on the upward trend. a t

the head of mi6 wants more co—operation with tech companies to counter rising cyber threats.ive days after storm arwen, tens of thousands are still without power. and the 20th centuary us—born singerjosephine baker, becomes the first black woman to be declared a national hero in france. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the prime minister has been giving a news conference at downing street where he has set out plans to accelerate good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the boosterjabs programme, because of concern about the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus. borisjohnson called for a national effort, with vaccination centres "popping up like christmas trees". the prime minister said the plan was for all adults to have been offered a boosterjab by the end of january. the prime minister said that, as with the firstjabs, the boosterjabs will be offered to people by age group going down in five—year bands. he said it is "vital that the older and the more clinically vulnerable get that added protection first". 10,000 paid vaccination roles are

the head of britain's secret intelligence agency, mi6, will use a rare public address to say that the open. richard moore will also call for more collaboration with the private sector as he says that mi6's own experts cannot hope to replicate the global technology industry. in the philippines, senator christopher "bong" go, the preferred successor to rodrigo duterte, has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency. president duterte's long—time aide had recently hinted he may drop out of the race and his withdrawal leaves the administration without a presidential candidate. it is not clear yet who duterte will now support. france is preparing to honour the singer and activist, josephine baker, with a place in the pantheon later today. she's the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of france's national heroes, through her work on civil rights and for the resistance during the second world war. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson has been looking back at her life. almost a century ago, paris met josephine baker. a young woman from across the atlantic became a new

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the head of britain's secret intelligence service, mi6, says china is now his service's top priority.ndent, gordon corera, has more. m16's mission is to work in secret and gather intelligence from around the world but today it's head ventured out to detail the threats he sees. china, he says, was now his top priority and its desire to take the island of taiwan posed a serious challenge to peace and its drive to master technology and control data wrist giving it too much leverage over our lives, he argued. iflhiha wrist giving it too much leverage over our lives, he argued. china is controlled — over our lives, he argued. china is controlled by _ over our lives, he argued. china is controlled by an _ over our lives, he argued. china is controlled by an authoritarian i controlled by an authoritarian regime and they do not share our values, and often their interests clash with hours, so i think what i'm saying is that we need to be very robust in fighting our corner. todayis very robust in fighting our corner. today is a rare interview came just ahead of the chief of mi6'5 first major sp

the head of britain's security agency mi6 has warns the chinese are conducting large—scale spying operations

the head of britain's security agency mi6 has warns the chinese are conducting large—scale spying operationsinst the uk and its allies. and barbados has spent its first day as a republic — with a president — and not the queen as its head of state. hello. despite all the uncertainty, it is likely the covid vaccines will give us protection from the variant omicron. in fact tonight the chief executive of biontech, told reuters the vaccine they'd developed with pfizer will give �*substantial protection�* from severe disease. but how many times since last year have scientists told us that we only emerge from this pandemic, together. it is a practical, as well a moral obligation, to vaccinate the developing world. because if we don't other variants will appear, and they can't be stopped. within five days of omicron being discovered — and i use the word discovered — in south africa, we now know it is present in 20 countries. it was present in the netherlands and in scotland well before the south africans had even told us it existed. so we need a different approach. one that allows developing nation

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