[03:32.14]American spy agencies have said their work is likely to be damaged by the latest media revelations based on documents from the former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
[03:42.88]With more details, here’s Katy Watson in Washington.
[03:45.78]The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it shouldn’t come as a surprise that intelligence agencies look for ways to counteract activities by their enemies; otherwise, they wouldn’t be doing their job.
[03:57.21]The comments come a day after UK newspaper, the Guardian,
[04:00.63] and the New York Times reported that American and British intelligence agencies had developed ways of cracking the technology for secure sites such as internet banking.
[04:10.11]US intelligence said the leaks, while adding to the public debate, could also damage intelligence efforts.
[04:15.54]The authorities in Zimbabwe have arrested five people suspected of killing more than 40 elephants with cyanide poison.
[04:22.55]The animals were killed in Hwange National Park and had their tusks removed.
[04:26.79]A spokeswoman for the Zimbabwean parks authority said it was the largest number of elephants poached in a single incident.
[04:33.28]Researchers in the United States are starting human clinical trials of a vaccine implant which targets skin cancer.
[04:40.75]The implant, the size of a fingernail, is placed under the skin and re-programmes a patient’s immune system to destroy cancerous melanoma cells.