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Today, we’re looking at a cyber attack on Marks and Spencer, which started three weeks ago.
The retailer said today that some personal customer information has been taken.
To understand what has been going on, James speaks to Joe Tidy, BBC’s cyber correspondent, and to Ciaran Martin, the founding Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre.
Also, Donald Trump gave a speech in Riyadh where he announced the US-Saudi bond is ‘more powerful than ever’. They’ve signed a $142 billion arms deal. Sarah Smith, North America editor and Americast is there to talk the trip through.
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