West Accuses Russia of Global Cyber Plots

Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents.
The US justice department said targets included the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies and a US nuclear company.

Also in the programme: US senators are divided over the FBI's new investigation into allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh; The Japanese city of Osaka has ended a sixty-year-old “sister" relationship with San Francisco in protest at a statue symbolising Japan’s use of sex slaves in the Second World War.

(Picture: Seven suspected agents of Russia's military intelligence GRU on an FBI "Wanted" poster after being indicted for hacking. Credit: HO / FBI / AFP)