The Co-op has shut down parts of its IT systems in response to hackers attempting to gain access to them. It said the “proactive measures” it had taken to fend off the attack had had a “small impact” on its call centre and back office. Meanwhile, The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it’s looking into the...
Julian O’Neill and Chris Page BBC News NI Getty Images Gerry Adams alleges the BBC defamed him by falsely claiming he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson Gerry Adams’ reputation as a peacemaker suffered “an unjustified attack” by the BBC, which wrongly alleged he sanctioned the murder of informer Denis Donaldson in 2006, the High...
It’s now been more than a week of chaos for Marks and Spencer (M&S), one of the UK’s biggest brands, following what – it is now obvious – is a significant cyber attack. It has cost it millions of pounds in lost sales and a lower share price. M&S has not said what or who...
The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. Assad al-Nassasra was missing for three weeks until the International Committee of the Red Cross received information he was in Israeli detention. He was reportedly one of...
The Spanish grid operator has ruled out a cyber attack as the cause of a massive power cut that crippled Spain, Portugal and parts of France on Monday. Red Eléctrica’s operations director Eduardo Prieto said preliminary findings suggest “there was no kind of interference in the control systems” to imply an attack, echoing Portuguese Prime...
A man suspected of carrying out an attack involving a crossbow which left two women injured in Leeds has died, police have said. Owen Lawrence, 38, was arrested and taken to hospital with a self-inflicted injury following the incident on the popular Otley run pub crawl in Headingley on Saturday. Counter Terrorism Policing North East...
Some Marks & Spencer stores have been left with empty shelves as the retailer continues to struggle with a cyber attack affecting its operations. Over the Easter weekend, customers reported problems using contactless pay and Click & Collect, and online orders have been paused on the company’s website and app since Friday. It is not...
Raghvendra Rao BBC Hindi, Pahalgam Nikhil Inamdar BBC News, London Seraj Ali Some tourists decided to stay back in Pahalgam because flight tickets back home were expensive One week after a devastating militant attack near the mountain resort of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people, the town wears a look of quiet desolation, although...
Liv McMahon & Joe Tidy Technology reporter & cyber correspondent Reuters Marks and Spencer (M&S) customers have been telling the BBC of their frustration as disruption caused by the cyber attack which has hit the retailer continues into another trading week. The incident – which it disclosed last Monday – has caused delayed parcels, paused...
Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival, meant to be a celebration of Filipino pride, ended in a wail of sirens and screams. Eleven people died and many more were hospitalised after a man drove an SUV through the crowd. “A lot of us are still numb. A lot of us are still angry, confused, sad, devastated –...
Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Reuters At least 11 people were killed after a suspected car ramming attack in the Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday. The incident, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino culture, also left dozens of people injured. A 30-year-old male suspect has been taken...
Vancouver’s Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday. The attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino culture, also left dozens wounded. The event’s organisers said the city’s tight-knit Filipino community is “grieving” and that the attack’s...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/ Cathy Killick Police remain at the scene of the incident on Saturday A community is in “shock”, after two women were seriously injured in an attack involving a crossbow in Leeds. Counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident, which happened on Otley Road, in the Headingley area, at about 14.47...
Russian security forces say they have detained a Ukrainian spy accused of killing a senior Russian general in a car bomb attack in Moscow’s suburbs on Friday. The FSB secret service said they had apprehended “Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzi” who had “planted explosives in a Volkswagen Golf” to kill Gen Yaroslav Moskalik. Gen...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) says it has stopped taking online orders as the company struggles to recover from a cyber attack. Customers began reporting problems last weekend, and on Tuesday the retailer confirmed it was facing a “cyber incident”. It told the BBC on Wednesday customer-facing systems were back to normal, but some systems remained...