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US declares state of emergency over fuel cyber-attack

A ransomware attack has shutdown one of US's most important fuel pipelines since Friday

The US government is working to get one of the most important fuel pipelines in the country going again. The Colonial Pipeline was shut down after a cyber attack, with criminals seeking a ransom to allow the network to be switched back on. Ellen Ward of Transveral Consulting tells us the impact the shutdown is already having. One in three adults in the United States has been fully vaccinated against Covid 19, but millions are still hesitant about getting the jab. Fazal Khan, associate professor of law at the University of Georgia, says there are regional variations in vaccine hesitancy. Professor Dorit Reiss, a lawyer at the University of California explains that some employees could get fired for refusing a vaccine. The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has arrived in Europe hoping to get support for a new deal to repay the country's huge debts. Jimena Blanco, head of Latin America research for Verisk Maplecroft in Buenos Aires, explains how much the country owes to the IMF and various countries. And car company Ford is recalling 661,000 of its Explorer SUV after a fault was discovered with the pins that keep the roof rails in place, as we hear from Paul Eisenstein of The Detroit Bureau.

(Picture: fuel tanks of the Colonial Pipeline. Credit: Colonial Pipeline.)

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