State-level hacking: who’s got your back?
Governments are unleashing viruses often designed to take complete control of a computer, giving police and intelligence agencies access to its webcam and microphone.
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Governments are unleashing viruses often designed to take complete control of a computer, giving police and intelligence agencies access to its webcam and microphone.
Unlike the US, the Iranians are not releasing fact sheets about the scale of nuclear reduction because they would rather be a little vague on the compromises they’ve made.
The “key parameters” to a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme are agreed, including restrictions on enrichment in exchange for sanctions being lifted.
Geneva, under UN auspices, was the Iranians choice to hold talks, but what about the date? With a deadline of midnight 31 March a new danger arose: the April Fool’s Agreement.
For the Saudis, Iran – not Islamic State – is the greatest danger in the Middle East. So nuclear détente between Iran and the US will not be cost-free.
The mood music coming out of Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne may be positive, but there are more variations to be played through before a harmonious finale can be achieved.
Diplomats are trying to decrease tension in Lausanne and put a brake on Iran’s nuclear programme. The fear is what could happen if the talks fail.
Israel is much more frightened by Iran than by the Islamic State group – which explains why he will today warn the US against any nuclear deal with Tehran.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a joint session of the US congress that Iran “will always be an enemy of America”, as he derides a proposed nuclear deal with the regime.
Will a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme lead to rapprochement between the US and the Islamic state after 35 years of enmity?
Iran’s chief negotiator tells Jon Snow that it is actively engaging Islamic State, which “threatens UK and Iran equally”, but that US sanctions on its nuclear programme go against the spirit of talks.
Iran’s Chief Negotiator Abbas Araghchi tells me that there is a genuine negotiating bond of respect with the United States, but the negotiations are hard.
Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran, William Hague announces, as western powers seek to co-operate with Tehran to tackle the advance of Isis in Iraq.
They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.
William Hague delivers a statement to the House of Commons following the historic nuclear deal agreed with Iran over the weekend.