Hundreds of teenagers have told the BBC about their fears for the future and that they want more guidance from school on how to get a job.

A survey for the BBC asked 2,000 young people, all aged 13 to 18, about the world of work – and what help they need to secure employment once they leave full-time education.

Some called for more work experience at school and opportunities to improve their communication skills.

They also highlighted concerns about stress management, personal finances and how to apply for jobs.

In England, the government has an ambition to guarantee two weeks of work experience for every young person. However, this opportunity is not available to all teenagers, with more than half of those surveyed telling us they had not done any.

As part of the Teen Summit project by Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize, we followed four students from Newcastle – Param, McKenzie, Jasmine and Javaris – as they tried out roles for the first time as part of their work experience placements.

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Hundreds of protesters have been detained in Delhi during the latest demonstration by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calling …

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Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Delhi to India’s Supreme Court to demand the election chief resign over alleged electoral roll fraud.

Monday’s “March for Democracy” was the latest in a series of demonstrations, with thousands of security forces deployed and roads barricaded in the capital. Thousands of protesters were detained over the weekend.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi submitted a petition to the court challenging the process, in which tens of millions of names have been struck off the voter rolls.

Opposition parties allege the revision benefits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission and the BJP reject the charge.

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Websites have been taken down worldwide after critical weaknesses were revealed in a programming language which powers much of the internet. Governments and agencies are urging websites to address the problem immediately.

The vulnerabilities were found within the PHP programming language. The flaws were discovered by AI, with cyber-security experts saying were the most severe vulnerabilities ever discovered by the technology, which is reshaping the cyber-security landscape.

The US National Security Agency issued a warning for organisations to take their systems offline if they are unable to immediately apply a fix, which has now been issued. The governments of France and Finland were among those ordering shut down of some web services, along with many private organisations around the world. Japan’s prime minister urged people to check if their publicly-accessible websites ran on PHP.

The vulnerabilities were discovered by cyber-security researchers at the firms Calif and Wiz and were part of a program started by the internet firm OpenAI, called Patch the Planet. They discovered the issue after being given access to the AI company’s advanced AI tools, in order to find and fix flaws in web development language.

OpenAi said the discovery was “one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory”. The flaws had gone undetected for more than a decade. It’s estimated that around 70% of the internet could be vulnerable to the threat.

It had been intended to release details of the issue later this month along with a fix, or software patch, for the problem. However details of the flaw were leaked on social media, forcing PHP Foundation, the organisation that supports use of the programming language, to rush out an announcement of the vulnerability and its huge scale.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by cyber security correspondent Joe Tidy.

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The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has …

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