ISIS more difficult than IRA were - Alistair Campbell - News bulletin

Nov 18, 2015, 05:51 AM

NEWS IN A MINUTE It is midday and here are the headlines from our newsroom · Tony Blair’s former advisor Alistair Campbell has exclusively Staffordshire University that negotiating with ISIS is far more difficult than the IRA, as their ultimate ambitions are less clear. Following the Paris attacks, he says the difficulty is ISIS wants to destroy us, not talk to us. · The chancellor George Osborne is warning that Islamist extremists are seeking to launch cyber attacks on British infrastructure, with funding for cyber security being doubled to 2 billion pounds by 2020. · Russia says a bomb definitely brought down a Russian passenger plane near Sharm el-Sheikh. Egyptian authorities have detained two airport employees. · In local news a recruitment event is being held for carers in Staffordshire. An extra 200,000 are reported to be needed nationally by 2020. · Electronic ticket barriers have been introduced at Stoke-on-Trent station to help stop fare dodgers. · Stoke City striker Jonathan Walters scored twice against Bosnia last night to help Republic of Ireland qualify for the European Championships. · The weather dry with rainy spells.