Afternoon Briefing Friday 13th November

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0:35Hello, this is your Times Radio afternoon briefing for Friday the 13th of November with me, James Kitchen. Microsoft says it's seeing early stabilization improvements as a global outage continues to affect businesses and government services around the world. The software giant has ruled out the possibility of a cyber attack or malicious activity, but warned efforts to solve the issue weren't going as expected. The NHS is reporting problems accessing its online consultation platform used by GP practices. The Times' technology business editor is Katie Prescott. Some of their servers haven't been working and when they don't work they normally bounce their email onto other servers.

1:18But because of a software update that hasn't worked either. So everyone's emails are crowding on to a very, very small cohort of servers, which are like remote computers in data centres that process information. Meanwhile, billions of dollars have been wiped from the value of one of the world's largest companies since its CEO announced his departure. NVIDIA boss Jensen Huang stepping down after admitting having an affair with a woman who was alleged to have been a Chinese spy. Reports suggest he also had two relationships with employees. The community secretary has granted planning permission for asylum seekers to be housed in a former military base in Oxfordshire, despite objections from local residents.

1:59Around 1 ,200 migrants could be moved to the site near Piddington. Speaking to Times Radio, the chairman of the local parish council, Tim McNally, accused the government of deceit. We knew it was going to be coming. There's no surprise in that. It's just the way it was delivered. I mean, they could have had, we've tried at every level to engage the government since the 20th of July, since the Prime Minister stepped into his role and position. But, you know, they've played a game of deception. They've lied, they've deceived. And as far as I'm concerned, it's quite unpleasant to have to then receive this in this particular way.

2:31There could have been engagement. We made it as available as possible. They said they would. They said they would connect. They said it would come to Biddington. The government says it wants to fairly distribute asylum accommodation across the country. Russell Brand is facing a series of fresh allegations made by six more women, including having sex without consent and physically abusive behaviour. In a New Times and Sunday Times investigation, it's claimed Brand dragged a woman into a lavatory in 2015. Another woman accused the former comedian of behaving like a vampire. The media lawyer Mark Stevens told Times Radio Brand's recent trial has helped others to speak out.

3:08Very often people think, oh, it was me. and they feel isolated. They don't have the connections or the resources to connect up with other individuals who have suffered in a substantially similar way. And very often it takes a newspaper revelation for people to come forward and say, actually, that happened to me too. Ukraine's president has praised progress made by US peace envoys seeking to help end the war with Russia. Vladimir Zelensky met Steve Wyckoff and Jared Kushner in Dublin last night after the American pair held talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. They say the Russian leaders allowed European representatives to join the next round of negotiations, a move President Zelensky has welcomed.

3:53Not some way, not separately. They will have a voice. This is important for us because the war is in Europe. We will be the member of EU in the future and that's why it's very important. And for prosperity and for security guarantee. This is very important to have Europe. Remember, you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify, and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.

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