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BBC News Now
Thursday 22 October 2026 · 12:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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Governments and organisations worldwide scrambled to protect websites after a major security flaw in the PHP programming language, which runs much of the internet; up to 30 million sites were affected, the US National Security Agency urged affected organisations to take systems offline while a fix was found, and Downing Street said limited government services might be temporarily offline. Barclays said it would cut 5,000 jobs worldwide as it increased its reliance on AI, with the bulk expected in UK retail banking and a significant share of back-office roles from places such as India, as part of a drive to save more than £1 billion.
Ukraine was hit by Russian missiles overnight, including three waves of strikes on Kyiv that killed two people and injured more than 30, with seven other deaths reported elsewhere; a bridge was damaged, disrupting traffic and metro services. Russia said it shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones, while Ukraine also attacked Russian targets. The strikes came hours after Russia said it was ready in principle to resume peace talks and despite a diplomatic push led by US special envoy Steve Witkoff; President Zelensky said the attacks showed Russia’s attitude had not changed and called for more air-defence support.
Less than a week before Israel’s general election, polls indicated neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor the change bloc could easily form a governing coalition, leaving Arab-majority parties potentially holding a critical balance of power; the report examined concerns among Palestinian citizens of Israel, including racism, gang crime and intimidation around voting. Lawyers for suspects arrested over recent settler attacks in the occupied West Bank said all but one had been released to house arrest, after police announced 10 arrests over attacks on an American photojournalist and a visiting French mayor. In South Korea, a three-metre female dusky shark nicknamed Bakangi, stranded in a canal for almost a month, was freed but returned, and authorities planned another rescue operation to drive her back to open sea.
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- 5:25
- 5:41
Ryan Austin, cyber security researcher
- 6:33
Junaid Ali, cyber security expert and fellow at the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- 12:57
President Zelensky, President
- 17:49
Mansour Abbas, Islamist
- 23:38
- 1:16
- 4:55
Charged quote UK takes 32 government services offline in global PHP cyber alert
that if you are able to plant your code on someone else's servers, you can do whatever you want. You can de-face a website, bring it down, plant malicious software, extract data. So it is pretty much a worst case scenario situation for lots of organizations out there. And that's why people are scrambling because if you can't patch right now, you're in a race against time.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 4:55-4:59
- 10:17
- 10:25
Claim Barclays to cut around 5,000 jobs by end of year in AI push
Barclays planned or was expected to cut around 5,000 jobs this year, with the reductions expected by the end of the year.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 10:25-10:31
- 10:25
Claim Barclays to cut around 5,000 jobs by end of year in AI push
Barclays planned or was expected to cut around 5,000 jobs this year, with the reductions expected by the end of the year.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 10:25-10:31
- 10:31
Claim Barclays to cut around 5,000 jobs by end of year in AI push
Barclays planned or was expected to cut around 5,000 jobs this year, with the reductions expected by the end of the year.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 10:31-10:37
- 10:57
Claim Barclays to cut around 5,000 jobs by end of year in AI push
Barclays was turning to AI to streamline operations, reduce costs and improve efficiency, with AI central to the job cuts.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 10:57-10:58
- 11:49
- 11:57
Claim Russia hits Kyiv with 21 ballistic missiles despite peace talk claims
Russian ballistic missile strikes in Kyiv injured six people and damaged homes and a petrol station.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 11:57-12:02
- 12:25
Claim Russia hits Kyiv with 21 ballistic missiles despite peace talk claims
Russian ballistic missile strikes in Kyiv injured six people and damaged homes and a petrol station.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 12:25-12:34
- 12:25
Claim Russia hits Kyiv with 21 ballistic missiles despite peace talk claims
Russian ballistic missile strikes in Kyiv injured six people and damaged homes and a petrol station.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 12:25-12:34
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- 26:29
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 26:29-26:38
- 26:29
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 26:29-26:38
- 26:29
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Amber wind warnings were issued for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and potentially the Channel Islands, with gusts up to 70mph.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 26:29-26:38
- 26:38
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
The Met Office named Storm Austin, forecast to arrive on Thursday night and last into Friday.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 26:38-26:46
- 26:38
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
Strong winds were expected to cause travel disruption, fallen trees, damage to buildings and power cuts.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 26:38-26:46
- 27:40
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 27:40-28:04
- 27:44
Claim Storm Austin to bring amber winds before Storm Bulow hits at weekend
A second area of low pressure could become Storm Bulow.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 22 October 2026, 27:44-28:04
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