the first hosepipe ban in wales for 30 years comes into effect, as drought is officially declared in parts of the country. apple has released an urgent security update for its iphones, ipads and macs after two serious vulnerabilities were found that could allow attackers to gain access to someone s device. good morning and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. four out of ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies, are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you
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powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern europe, killing at least 13 people including three children. the deaths reported in italy, austria and on the french island of corsica were mostly due to falling trees. heavy rain and strong winds also wrecked campsites. heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides in parts of new zealand s south island. more than 400 homes have been evacuated in the nelson region, where double the average amount of rain for august has fallen since tuesday with more heavy downpours expected. the floods have caused problems with the water system in the city of nelson where residents are being asked to save water to safeguard the clean supplies. a series of explosions have been reported at two russian military installations. in sevastopol, in russian occupied crimea, the governor claimed a ukrainian drone was shot down by anti aircraft defences near a key military airfield. in russia itself, the authorities said villages close to
heavy rains have caused widespread flooding and landslides in parts of new zealand s south island. more than 400 homes have been evacuated in the nelson region, where double the average amount of rain for august has fallen since tuesday with more heavy downpours expected. the floods have caused problems with the water system in the city of nelson where residents are being asked to save water to safeguard the clean supplies. apple has issued an urgent software update for many of its phones, tablets and computers because of security flaws that could allow attackers to take complete control of the devices. the vulnerability would allow intruders to impersonate the device s owner and subsequently run any software in their name. joining me now is our cyber reporter, joe tidy. tell us more about this, how it works and how we can stop it. fine works and how we can stop it. one -a er, works and how we can stop it. one paper. this works and how we can stop it. one