Matthew Broderick sets out on a promising cyber-security career in War Games (1983). Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive As the world’s military forces become increasingly vulnerable to attacks from cyberspace, a growth area is opening up in digital employment. China has set up its first military cyber-crime department just months after the United States announced the [...]

David Cameron defended his remarks at a press conference with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photograph: Pool/REUTERS David Cameron used a visit to Turkey to make his strongest intervention yet in the intractable Middle East conflict today when he likened the experience of Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza strip to that of a “prison camp”. Although he [...]

Labour say Lord Ashcroft will be celebrating ‘payback time’ now that ministers have approved the construction of an airport on St Helena. Photograph: Rex Features The government faced accusations todayof improper use of aid funds after ministers approved the construction of an airport on the tiny South Atlantic island of St Helena just weeks after [...]

Vince Cable, the business secretary, is concerned about a lack of lending but is in no rush to alter the targets for RBS and Lloyds. Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy George Osborne and Vince Cable will spell out next week the dangers of a double-dip recession caused by a drying up of bank lending to Britain’s hard-pressed [...]