about to gain access to any critical data about your to gain access to any critical data about your society, over time that will erode about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty, you longer will erode your sovereignty, you longer have control over that data. he sees longer have control over that data. he sees his longer have control over that data. he sees his national chief of mi6, britain s s secret intelligence service, as the task of transforming it into the digital age, dragging it almost into an age, away from an era where people had felt moustaches and beards to get into a country into a way of evading biometric data and facial recognition to try to keep britain safer away from an era where people had false moustaches. thank you, frank gardner in central london. more than 100,000 homes in parts of scotland and the north of england remain without power because of damage caused by storm arwen. properties have suffered damage in aberdeenshire and wh
not everyone is happy with these new restrictions. the welsh and scottish first ministers want them to go much further. they want people to isolate for eight days and take the second pcr test on the eighth day and then only leave their homes when that comes back negative. however, so far number macro has rejected that idea, saying the ideas so far are cautionary. so far number ten. the chief of mi6, britain s secret intelligence service, is warning that britain s spies need to work with global tech companies to combat rising cyber threats. richard moore says the increasing complexity of the technology used by those who want to do harm, meant m16 s boffins couldn t compete alone. he s also been speaking about the global threat posed by china. our security correspondent frank gardnerjoins me from central london.
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mps vote to approve new rules which make masks compulsory in shops and on public transport in england unless you are exempt. and anyone arriving in the uk must take a pcr test within two days, and isolate until they receive a negative result. the head of mi6 wants more co operation with tech companies to counter rising cyber threats. five days after storm arwen, tens of thousands are still without power. and the 20th century us born singerjosephine baker, becomes the first black woman to be declared a national hero in france. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s jane. some sad news to start with. the former liverpool, arsenal and england player ray kennedy has passed away aged 70.
new plans for england later today. also this lunchtime. the head of mi6 wants more co operation with tech companies to counter rising cyber threats. five 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.