seven in the morning in singapore, big night in london and two major internet security companies, american company semantic and russian based company say they are looking at codes that make a net north korea to the attacks. they have similarities to programmes used in pyongyang. so far there has been no response from north korea and experts cautioned there is no hard evidence. cyber attacks have struck around the world. the most far reaching of cyber crimes ever committed. as government organisations and businesses will light clean up after being caught out, the attention turns to the people responsible. the military regime in pyongyang is assessed to have over a thousand computer experts working on cyber activities of act by thousands of support staff. a california based expert are looking in the clues that may connect the attacks with progress previously attributed to north korea, including code in an earlier version of ransomware. john kelly told media that a cyber attac
a dozen years ago, europeans looked to turkey and thought they saw a country becoming more like them, embracing western values and on a long term track to eu membership. but today, well, europe sees authoritarianism, conservatism, and repression embodied in the all powerful figure of president erdogan. my guest is elif shafak, the turkish novelist and writer who lives much of her life in london. does the west get anywhere close to understanding turkey s complex culture and politics? elif shafak, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. when you write of turkey today, i wonder what emotions draw you? would it be anger or sadness or incomprehension? i think there is a lot of sadness. i feel sad. i feel worried. so much is changing in turkey and so fast. i think speed is important with many things that are happening, with a bewildering speed which almost prevents time to stop and analyse because something else happens next week and so it goes on and on. i am very sad when i look at the d
has published a report that claims donald trump revealed highly classified intelligence to be russian foreign minister and ambassador at a meeting in the white house last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges that mr trump gave information about the islamic state group that was supplied to the us by an ally that had not authorised its disclosure to the russians. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has issued a statement that the president s talks with sergei lavrov involved the nature of specific threats, but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. within the past hour one of the washington post reporter that broke this story, greg jaffee, gave me more details. trump had a meeting with the foreign minister and ambassador. he described the threat posed by la pto ps described the threat posed by laptops on their planes with regards to the islamic state. and disclosed key details. from an intelligence partner. they were classif
has died aged 79. he killed five children and teenagers in the 19605. we cross to singapore for the latest business news. singapore airlines‘ earnings are due out later today. it is still a great way to fly. a windy proposition in the philippines, but will the ousting of the environment secretary change its target for renewables? good morning asia and hello world. it is a tuesday. glad you could join us by asia business report. i‘m rico hizon. it is southeast asia‘s biggest airline group. but singapore airlines is dating increasing competition. some a nalysts dating increasing competition. some analysts suggest the carrier might soon go into debt for the first time in more than a decade. so will profits take off or hit turbulence this time round? here is a forecast. i think they will come out with a decent profit when the numbers come out. they have strong cash flow. they have very deep pockets, and very strategic view of what they wa nt to very strategic view of what t