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for urgent action early, and we've been doing a lot over the past few years to strengthen our cyber defences. we have published the national cyber strategy, and we have a new and effective cyber sanctions regime, which we recently used for the first time against a group of russian cyber criminals as part of a joint campaign with the united states. and we are working closely with international partners to tackle the proliferation of sophisticated commercial cyber tools. at the same time, the government itself continues to face a range of attacks, including ransomware and espionage, an...

afternoon for most of us. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 21.2 in the highlands of scotland. where were the so toasty? that was down to the mountains themselves. most of us had brisk winds, but winds were blocked by the mountains to the sun's energy was concentrated, allowing temperatures to search. most of us, the wind meant that temperatures were not quite so high. more of the same over the next few days with this area of high pressure going nowhere very far for the next few days. although most of us will keep the sunshine this afternoon,...

hello and welcome to the programme. an attempt to make british space history by launching a satellite from uk soil has ended in failure. a jumbo jet carrying a rocket took off from newquay airport, in cornwall, with hundreds of people watching. but when the un—manned rocket was released at 35,000 feet — or 11,000 metres — it didn't make it into orbit. 0ur science correspondent, rebecca morelle reports. the mission started so well. at it was time for the jet to take off at spaceport cornwall. it is left for the plane but this is left for the plane but this is just the beginning....

where we are seeing some sunshine and showers, through the rest of today. and fewer showers are more sunshine probably across more eastern parts of england. if you light showers further west across england and. the bulk of the showers heavy with wintry nurse over the hills. coming into scotland and northern ireland. gusty winds with those making it feel a little chilly and temperatures today around seven to 10 degrees. more showers to come this evening, mainly across north wales, northern england, northwards. through the night, though showers fade away. but only at the expense of tha...

total blackout right now, after the power grid failed a few hours ago. that means torrential rain, catastrophic flooding, mud slides and days of power outages are expected in the day ahead. cnn's chad myers is tracking fiona in the weather center right now, but first, let's go to leyla santiago in san juan, puerto rico. leyla, i know you have a lot of experience covering storms in puerto rico. how are things looking right now and do we have any sense as to when the power might come back on? >> reporter: well w, we're bein told it could be days before power is fully restored. i want t...