The FBI say expert computer hackers who attacked government and company websites have been arrested and charged. As well as American targets, the hackers are accused of attacking government agencies in Tunisia, Algeria and Zimbabwe. They allegedly belong to a network called Lulzsec. Laura Trevelyan reports from New York.
US media are reporting that a group of expert hackers who attacked governments and corporations around the globe have been arrested after the network's ringleader turned against his comrades and began working as an FBI informant. US prosecutors say the hackers have attacked the computers of Visa, the Fox Broadcasting Company, public television in the US and government agencies in Tunisia and Algeria. US authorities say over one million people have been affected by the hackers' alleged crimes.
A British cabinet minister, Vince Cable, has said the government lacks a compelling vision of how Britain will earn its living in future. In a leaked letter to the prime minister, Mr Cable says the government needs to show more support for new technologies and use its huge procurement budget to encourage growth in manufacturing, infrastructure and supply companies. Mr Cable also calls for the Royal Bank of Scotland to be broken up and used to create a new British business bank to support the government's industrial objectives.
The owners of the mine in Chile where 33 men were trapped for more than two months in 2010 will pay $5m towards the cost of their rescue. The sum was agreed in a deal between the Chilean government and the San Esteban mining company.