It was George W Bush who first used the phrase "war on terror", after the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001. It was also used by Tony Blair.
In 2005, launching an anti-terror plan a month after the 7/7 London bombings, the then prime minister said: "Let no one be in any doubt that the rules of the game are changing."
Now, in a dramatic late-night statement inside 10 Downing Street after the Manchester bomb attack, Theresa May has both declared war on terror and changed the rules of the game.
:: LIVE: The latest updates on the Manchester attack from the Sky News team
:: Manchester attacker named by authorities
Putting armed troops on the streets and deploying them at major events like this Saturday's FA Cup Final is a declaration of war against terrorists who want to kill and maim sports fans or concert goers.
And raising the threat level from "severe" to "critical" - meaning the threat of another terrorist attack is seen as imminent - means the Prime Minister has spectacularly changed the rules.
Only 24 hours earlier, after an embarrassing General Election U-turn on social care, the Prime Minister was being denounced as "weak and unstable" by opponents who were ridiculing her "strong and stable" boast.
Yet after a frenetic day which saw her chair two Cobra meetings, meet police chiefs and visit injured children in hospital in Manchester, the Prime Minister could not have acted more decisively or swiftly.
:: Desperate search for Manchester attack missing
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Manchester attack: Up to 3,800 troops will be deployed on streets
Up to 3,800 soldiers will be deployed on the streets in the wake of the Manchester terror attack, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.
The heightened security response after Britain's worst terror attack since the 7/7 bombings in 2005 comes as investigators race to determine whether attacker Salman Abedi acted alone or was part of a wider group.
Ms Rudd earlier told Sky News the 22-year-old suicide bomber, who was born in Manchester and was of Libyan descent, was known "up to a point" to the intelligence services.
:: LIVE: The latest updates on the Manchester attack from the Sky News team
The heightened security response after Britain's worst terror attack since the 7/7 bombings in 2005 comes as investigators race to determine whether attacker Salman Abedi acted alone or was part of a wider group.
Ms Rudd earlier told Sky News the 22-year-old suicide bomber, who was born in Manchester and was of Libyan descent, was known "up to a point" to the intelligence services.
:: LIVE: The latest updates on the Manchester attack from the Sky News team
Four found dead in tent at highest camp on Mount Everest
Four bodies have been found inside a tent at the highest camp on Mount Everest.
Officials said the four bodies were found by a team who were there to recover the body of Slovak mountaineer Vladimir Strba, who died over the weekend.
The identities of the other dead climbers in the tent are still unknown.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said conditions on the mountain were windy on Tuesday.
He said Mr Strba's body has been brought down to Camp Two at 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) and is expected to be brought down to base camp later on Wednesday.
Six climbers have already died attempting to reach the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit of the world's highest mountain during this climbing season
The climbing season ends this month.
Officials say a typical death toll for that time would be around six.
The Nepalese Tourism Department issued a record 371 permits this year to people hoping to scale the mountain.
The high number this year is likely because many people were unable to climb in 2014 and 2015, when avalanches disrupted the climbing seasons.
Officials said the four bodies were found by a team who were there to recover the body of Slovak mountaineer Vladimir Strba, who died over the weekend.
The identities of the other dead climbers in the tent are still unknown.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said conditions on the mountain were windy on Tuesday.
He said Mr Strba's body has been brought down to Camp Two at 6,400 metres (21,000 feet) and is expected to be brought down to base camp later on Wednesday.
Six climbers have already died attempting to reach the 8,850m (29,035ft) summit of the world's highest mountain during this climbing season
The climbing season ends this month.
Officials say a typical death toll for that time would be around six.
The Nepalese Tourism Department issued a record 371 permits this year to people hoping to scale the mountain.
The high number this year is likely because many people were unable to climb in 2014 and 2015, when avalanches disrupted the climbing seasons.
Manchester: A city that won't be cowed by terror
Defiant - that is the word that summarises the mood in Manchester.
This is a city that won't be cowed by terror.
Almost 24 hours after a man blew himself up in a packed arena, hundreds of people gathered for a concert just a few minutes down the road.
:: LIVE: The latest updates on the Manchester attack from the Sky News team
:: Manchester attacker named by authorities
Everyone I spoke to had the same message, "We will not let terrorists change our lives."
Gig-goers going to see Simple Minds weren't heading out because they didn't care about the 22 who lost their lives, they hadn't forgotten the families still waiting for news - instead they wanted to show those who attacked their city that they had not won.
Some told me they were nervous, had thought about not coming, but pride and defiance brought them out.
:: Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos named as Manchester bomb victim
:: #RoomforManchester - People open their homes
Maureen Tweedale cried as she told me Manchester would stand strong together.
"This is what this country stands for. And Manchester - we love this city. We come out all the time in it and we're not going to stop for anybody.
"Picking on kids. No. It's bang out of order, they were just out to have a good time… We're not going to give in. We're not going to let them win.
"We are frightened, of course we are, but do you know what? We're carrying on because that's what Northern people do."
:: Manchester music legends rally behind bombing victim
:: Singer Ariana Grande 'broken' by bombing of young fans
This is a city that won't be cowed by terror.
Almost 24 hours after a man blew himself up in a packed arena, hundreds of people gathered for a concert just a few minutes down the road.
:: LIVE: The latest updates on the Manchester attack from the Sky News team
:: Manchester attacker named by authorities
Everyone I spoke to had the same message, "We will not let terrorists change our lives."
Gig-goers going to see Simple Minds weren't heading out because they didn't care about the 22 who lost their lives, they hadn't forgotten the families still waiting for news - instead they wanted to show those who attacked their city that they had not won.
Some told me they were nervous, had thought about not coming, but pride and defiance brought them out.
:: Eight-year-old Saffie Roussos named as Manchester bomb victim
:: #RoomforManchester - People open their homes
Maureen Tweedale cried as she told me Manchester would stand strong together.
"This is what this country stands for. And Manchester - we love this city. We come out all the time in it and we're not going to stop for anybody.
"Picking on kids. No. It's bang out of order, they were just out to have a good time… We're not going to give in. We're not going to let them win.
"We are frightened, of course we are, but do you know what? We're carrying on because that's what Northern people do."
:: Manchester music legends rally behind bombing victim
:: Singer Ariana Grande 'broken' by bombing of young fans
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
'Nobody does it better': Daniel Craig pays tribute to Sir Roger Moore
Daniel Craig - the current James Bond - has paid tribute to the longest-serving 007, Sir Roger Moore, who died on Tuesday aged 89.
In a reference to the theme of Sir Roger's The Spy Who Loved Me, Craig posted a photo of the pair in tuxedos with the caption "Nobody Does It Better - Daniel".
Sir Roger - who played the role of James Bond seven times - had previously said that while he thought Sir Sean Connery had been the greatest Bond, fans were "lucky" to have Craig as the current star of the franchise.
:: Bond actor Sir Roger Moore dies at 89
Pierce Brosnan - who like Craig starred as Bond four times - also paid tribute to his predecessor describing Sir Roger as "magnificent".
In a post on Instagram, Brosnan wrote: "Dear Sir Roger Moore, It is indeed with a heavy heart that I hear the news of your passing this morning.
"You were a big part of my life, from The Saint to James Bond... you were a magnificent James Bond and one that lead the way for me, the world will miss you and your unique sense of humour for years to come."
:: Tributes to 'debonair citizen of the world'
Former Bond girl, Jane Seymour, who starred with Sir Roger in 1973's Live And Let Die, remembered him as being "funny, kind and thoughtful to everyone around him".
Fondly describing him as "my Bond", she said "Roger taught me what a movie star really was and should be".
Among Sir Roger's Bond films were Moonraker, A View To A Kill and The Man With The Golden Gun.
In a reference to the theme of Sir Roger's The Spy Who Loved Me, Craig posted a photo of the pair in tuxedos with the caption "Nobody Does It Better - Daniel".
Sir Roger - who played the role of James Bond seven times - had previously said that while he thought Sir Sean Connery had been the greatest Bond, fans were "lucky" to have Craig as the current star of the franchise.
:: Bond actor Sir Roger Moore dies at 89
Pierce Brosnan - who like Craig starred as Bond four times - also paid tribute to his predecessor describing Sir Roger as "magnificent".
In a post on Instagram, Brosnan wrote: "Dear Sir Roger Moore, It is indeed with a heavy heart that I hear the news of your passing this morning.
"You were a big part of my life, from The Saint to James Bond... you were a magnificent James Bond and one that lead the way for me, the world will miss you and your unique sense of humour for years to come."
:: Tributes to 'debonair citizen of the world'
Former Bond girl, Jane Seymour, who starred with Sir Roger in 1973's Live And Let Die, remembered him as being "funny, kind and thoughtful to everyone around him".
Fondly describing him as "my Bond", she said "Roger taught me what a movie star really was and should be".
Among Sir Roger's Bond films were Moonraker, A View To A Kill and The Man With The Golden Gun.
Hackers foil Samsung S8's iris recognition technology using only a photo of an eye
The Samsung S8's iris recognition security feature has been shown to be easily bypassed with "basic tools" by German hackers.
Launched as the technology giant's comeback phone after the disastrous roll-out of the fire-prone Note 7 handset, the S8 was only unveiled back in March and has been available for purchase for less than a month.
Among the phone's new features was its iris recognition technology, which would allow users to unlock their phones merely by pointing the camera at their unique iris patterns.
Unfortunately, the security feature can be easily circumvented, as shown by a team from German hacking collective the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
Founded in 1981, it is Europe's largest association of hackers and is seen as a group of curious technologists rather than cybercriminals.
It describes itself as having spent its existence "providing information about technical and societal issues, such as surveillance, privacy, freedom of information, hacktivism, data security and many other interesting things around technology".
In 2008, the group acquired and published the fingerprints of the German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble in order to protest the inclusion of fingerprint data in biometric passports.
Its scepticism towards biometric technologies continues in the video the group has uploaded demonstrating how to foil the iris recognition feature only using basic tools.
This is not the time first time hackers from the CCC's biometrics taskforce have foiled a new phone's sensors, having shown Apple's Touch ID fingerprint recognition could be beaten back in 2015.
They tricked the S8's iris recognition system by using the night mode setting on a standard digital camera, as the sensor works with infrared light. The hackers took a picture of their "victim" from a few metres away.
The infrared image was then printed using a laser printer and a contact lens placed on the printed photograph of the infrared image.
When held up to the phone, it was recognised as the eye of the person for whom the handset was registered to and unlocked itself.
Speaking to the Guardian, the CCC's spokesperson Dirk Engling said "The security risk to the user from iris recognition is even bigger than with fingerprints, as we expose our irises a lot.
"If you value the data on your phone - and possibly want to even use it for payment - using the traditional pin-protection is a safer approach than using body features for authentication."
At the time of publication, Samsung had not responded to requests for comment from Sky News.
Launched as the technology giant's comeback phone after the disastrous roll-out of the fire-prone Note 7 handset, the S8 was only unveiled back in March and has been available for purchase for less than a month.
Among the phone's new features was its iris recognition technology, which would allow users to unlock their phones merely by pointing the camera at their unique iris patterns.
Unfortunately, the security feature can be easily circumvented, as shown by a team from German hacking collective the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
Founded in 1981, it is Europe's largest association of hackers and is seen as a group of curious technologists rather than cybercriminals.
It describes itself as having spent its existence "providing information about technical and societal issues, such as surveillance, privacy, freedom of information, hacktivism, data security and many other interesting things around technology".
In 2008, the group acquired and published the fingerprints of the German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble in order to protest the inclusion of fingerprint data in biometric passports.
Its scepticism towards biometric technologies continues in the video the group has uploaded demonstrating how to foil the iris recognition feature only using basic tools.
This is not the time first time hackers from the CCC's biometrics taskforce have foiled a new phone's sensors, having shown Apple's Touch ID fingerprint recognition could be beaten back in 2015.
They tricked the S8's iris recognition system by using the night mode setting on a standard digital camera, as the sensor works with infrared light. The hackers took a picture of their "victim" from a few metres away.
The infrared image was then printed using a laser printer and a contact lens placed on the printed photograph of the infrared image.
When held up to the phone, it was recognised as the eye of the person for whom the handset was registered to and unlocked itself.
Speaking to the Guardian, the CCC's spokesperson Dirk Engling said "The security risk to the user from iris recognition is even bigger than with fingerprints, as we expose our irises a lot.
"If you value the data on your phone - and possibly want to even use it for payment - using the traditional pin-protection is a safer approach than using body features for authentication."
At the time of publication, Samsung had not responded to requests for comment from Sky News.
Terror threat level raised from 'severe' to 'critical' after Manchester Arena attack
The UK terror threat level has been raised from severe to critical - the highest possible - after the Manchester Arena bombing.
The move indicates that another attack could be "imminent", as well as "highly likely".
After chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee, Theresa May announced the change, saying military personnel will help armed police officers guard key sites.
Under Operation Temperer, members of the armed forces could be deployed to public events such as concerts and sports events.
Twenty-two people were killed and 59 others were injured when a bomber blew himself up in the arena foyer as thousands of concertgoers were leaving after a gig by US pop star Ariana Grande.
The suspect has been named by police as Salman Abedi, and investigations revealed he may not have acted alone.
Islamic State said it carried out the attack which involved a homemade device packed with nuts and bolts.
The Prime Minister said: "It is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack."
Mrs May said the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre - the independent body which sets the threat level - had recommended it be raised after Monday evening's bombing.
She said: "It is now concluded on the basis of today's investigations that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical.
"This means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely but that a further attack may be imminent."
The move indicates that another attack could be "imminent", as well as "highly likely".
After chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee, Theresa May announced the change, saying military personnel will help armed police officers guard key sites.
Under Operation Temperer, members of the armed forces could be deployed to public events such as concerts and sports events.
Twenty-two people were killed and 59 others were injured when a bomber blew himself up in the arena foyer as thousands of concertgoers were leaving after a gig by US pop star Ariana Grande.
The suspect has been named by police as Salman Abedi, and investigations revealed he may not have acted alone.
Islamic State said it carried out the attack which involved a homemade device packed with nuts and bolts.
The Prime Minister said: "It is a possibility we cannot ignore that there is a wider group of individuals linked to this attack."
Mrs May said the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre - the independent body which sets the threat level - had recommended it be raised after Monday evening's bombing.
She said: "It is now concluded on the basis of today's investigations that the threat level should be increased for the time being from severe to critical.
"This means that their assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely but that a further attack may be imminent."
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