WEBVTT 1 00:00:14.250 --> 00:00:19.080 Good morning. It's twenty-five past six in the morning on Friday the 23rd of October. 2 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:22.020 This is Not Perfect News. I'm James. 3 00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:22.980 And I'm Julie. 4 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:25.260 Here are today's main stories. 5 00:00:25.380 --> 00:00:30.760 Kyiv has been struck by missiles following an agreement to resume peace talks. 6 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:36.650 A new investigation finds systematic targeting of hospitals in el-Fasher by militia fighters. 7 00:00:36.770 --> 00:00:41.570 The national grid operator has assured the public regarding winter energy supplies. 8 00:00:41.690 --> 00:00:51.500 Coming up, artificial intelligence, technology, and today's feature: Websites taken down worldwide as critical PHP security update issued. 9 00:00:51.620 --> 00:00:56.780 This programme is researched and voiced using AI, and every source is on our website. 10 00:00:56.900 --> 00:00:58.480 Here's Julie with the world news. 11 00:00:59.180 --> 00:01:05.850 Thanks, James. Kyiv has been struck by new missile attacks just hours after Russia agreed in principle to resume peace talks. 12 00:01:05.970 --> 00:01:12.940 US Representative Ilhan Omar is moving out of her Washington home following a federal raid as part of an immigration inquiry. 13 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:20.350 A BBC investigation has revealed that Rapid Support Forces systematically targeted and attacked hospitals in el-Fasher. 14 00:01:20.470 --> 00:01:22.590 Here's James with the UK news. 15 00:01:23.290 --> 00:01:30.370 Thanks, Julie. A twenty-seven-year-old woman has been charged after a police officer was shot in the foot in Nottingham city centre. 16 00:01:30.490 --> 00:01:35.930 The injured officer remains in a stable condition in hospital, and two other people have been arrested. 17 00:01:36.050 --> 00:01:43.120 The national energy system operator states that Britain has sufficient electricity and gas supplies to meet peak winter demand. 18 00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:50.380 Officials say the network remains resilient despite ongoing global market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. 19 00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:57.050 Tommy Robinson is on trial charged with harassing two journalists through social media posts and messages. 20 00:01:57.170 --> 00:02:01.840 He told the court he hired private detectives to track down and photograph the reporters. 21 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:04.920 Here's Julie with the technology and AI news. 22 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:12.780 Thanks, James. OpenAI plans to make its frontier models and Codex coding agent available through Google Cloud. 23 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:18.020 Customers will be able to purchase the software via the Google Cloud Marketplace in the coming weeks. 24 00:02:18.140 --> 00:02:24.720 Uber and OpenAI have expanded their partnership to roll out chatgpt work to thirty thousand employees. 25 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:30.090 The move follows a successful pilot scheme earlier in the year involving one thousand staff. 26 00:02:30.210 --> 00:02:32.140 Here's James with today's feature. 27 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:40.600 Thanks, Julie. Websites have been taken down across the world following the release of a critical security update for the PHP programming language. 28 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:45.550 The update was issued to address two severe vulnerabilities affecting the widely used language. 29 00:02:45.670 --> 00:02:54.250 In response, numerous organisations in Europe and internationally took their digital platforms offline on Wednesday to implement defensive measures. 30 00:02:54.370 --> 00:03:02.370 Several government departments, schools, and hospital websites were among those temporarily switched off as teams rushed to protect their systems. 31 00:03:02.490 --> 00:03:10.590 The maintainers of PHP state that the security issue could allow attackers to execute commands on any web server running the software. 32 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:18.640 Because PHP underpins a vast percentage of the world's web infrastructure, flaws of this magnitude pose an immediate risk to public services. 33 00:03:18.760 --> 00:03:26.250 Data security and operational continuity are at stake for governments and enterprises alike when foundational tools are threatened. 34 00:03:26.370 --> 00:03:33.680 Optimists point out that prompt patching and preventative site shutdowns likely prevented widespread malicious exploitation. 35 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:41.950 Supporters also argue that the swift identification and patching by the development team demonstrate that security response mechanisms function effectively. 36 00:03:42.070 --> 00:03:50.810 Sceptics take a different view, suggesting the sheer scale of disruption highlights deep structural vulnerabilities in global web infrastructure. 37 00:03:50.930 --> 00:03:59.750 Critics note that critical software dependencies are often overlooked until major crises occur, pointing to chronic underfunding in open source maintenance. 38 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:06.490 The debate centres on whether preventative downtime caused more immediate disruption than actual exploitation of the vulnerabilities. 39 00:04:06.610 --> 00:04:15.480 While taking sites offline caused considerable administrative headache, experts suggest it was a prudent step to mitigate a potentially catastrophic issue. 40 00:04:15.600 --> 00:04:23.600 The exact total number of affected websites and servers globally remains unconfirmed as administrators continue their assessments. 41 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:30.550 The full extent of active exploitation attempts in the wild is also still being evaluated by cybersecurity agencies. 42 00:04:30.670 --> 00:04:38.710 Organisations will now need to balance the need for rapid patching against the public disruption caused by taking critical services offline. 43 00:04:38.830 --> 00:04:46.940 Preventative downtime may be frustrating for users, but it remains the digital equivalent of turning off the main water valve to fix a leak. 44 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:55.060 Questions are now being raised over whether reliance on foundational open source software presents an unmanageable systemic risk. 45 00:04:55.180 --> 00:05:03.380 Governments and corporate enterprises rely heavily on shared code maintained by small teams of often unpaid developers. 46 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:10.180 Cybersecurity authorities continue to monitor networks for signs of residual risk as patching efforts progress. 47 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:16.240 It is quite something when turning the internet off and on again becomes an emergency protocol for governments. 48 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:21.070 At least it proves people actually notice when government websites stop working for an afternoon. 49 00:05:21.190 --> 00:05:25.430 Let us hope the updates hold before everyone tries to log back on tomorrow morning. 50 00:05:26.130 --> 00:05:29.900 Thanks, James. Before we go, a reminder of today's main stories. 51 00:05:30.020 --> 00:05:34.930 Kyiv has been struck by missiles just following an agreement to resume peace talks. 52 00:05:35.050 --> 00:05:39.380 Ilhan Omar plans to move out of her Washington home following a federal raid. 53 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:44.660 You'll find all our sources, the transcript and chapters at news.notperfect.biz. 54 00:05:44.780 --> 00:05:49.210 This programme is made with AI, so please check the linked sources for anything important. 55 00:05:49.330 --> 00:05:51.440 That's all from us this morning. I'm Julie. 56 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.960 And I'm James. Thanks for listening, and goodbye.