Race to fix critical cybersecurity flaw
Race to fix critical cybersecurity flaw  
Podcast: Newshour
Published On: Thu Oct 22 2026
Description: The discovery of two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language that underpins much of the internet, has led to governments and businesses taking down their websites to prevent hacks. We hear from the security engineer in residence for the organisation behind PHP, the PHP Foundation. Also on the programme: next week Israelis will go to the polls in the first elections since the October 7th attacks, but how do the country’s Palestinian citizens feel about the vote? And we ask whether a celebrated Scottish museum was right to withdraw an ancient Egyptian mummified head from display. (Picture: "Security Vulnerability" phrase and PHP code appears in this illustration taken October 22, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)