with the election coming up, if dc. with the election coming up, if a potential— dc. with the election coming up, if a potential nominee decided for whatever— a potential nominee decided for whatever reason, then they would obviously — whatever reason, then they would obviously back the vice president. i obviously back the vice president. [ want obviously back the vice president. want to obviously back the vice president. i want to play a quick clip, one of the republicans play over and again from an interview she did on the border. she has been tagged as the border. she has been tagged as the border taar. watch this. hence border. she has been tagged as the border taar. watch this.— border taar. watch this. have you an lans border taar. watch this. have you any plans to _ border taar. watch this. have you any plans to visit _ border taar. watch this. have you any plans to visit the _ border taar. watch this. have you any plans to visit the border? - border taar. watch this. have you any plans to visit the border? we | any plans to visit the border? we have been to the border. we are going to the border. we've been to the border. so, this whole thing about the border — we've been to the border, we've been to the border. you haven't been to the border. and i haven't been to europe. i mean, i don't understand the point that you're making. in one point she is the change ticket, the younger generation, but

on the other, she is staying with the same record as far as see it on issues like the border and when you look at the polling, she is not polling any better thanjoe biden and that is what concerns democrats. for practical and political reasons, ifjoe biden does not remain on the ticket, then you have to go to cameron harris, neither of these scenarios is a slam dunk, joe biden continuing is no guarantee the democrats win and kamala harris stepping on is no guarantee. we are all within the margins here. three to five points you can usually make up to five points you can usually make up even in a divided country like this. but kamala harris, for the practical reasons, number one, how many of her days are left to run for president? she is the only one who could inherit all of the fundraising that has been done, the organisation and the resources, all of that, because you cannot transfer that to anybody else so if somebody else

runs for president you are starting from scratch, nothing, zip. and that is an impossible task. politically, black voters and women support cameron harris. and that is the base of the democratic party. they supportjoe biden but if he is not on the ticket, you better switch them to cameron harris because that is the base of the party and you cannot win without them so that is where everyone is. there is a risk on both sides of this equation and it is not a guarantee, but it is clear that for the leadership of the house, the senate, opinion leaders and elected officials, the pressure is on and that is a difference between whatjoe biden is facing right now, when he started off terribly in the previous race, losing a new hampshire, and i would say i was on that clinton campaign, bill clinton was the governor from arkansas, he was not the sitting president. and that is a big

difference. you have to look at this for what it is, none of this is appealing, it is really tough. kamala harris did not do a good job in the 2020 election either, her best day was her announcement and the —— she then got out, she has gotten better in the last year, even in the senate she had some great moments. just like ofjoe biden made another mistake, on another day it would be devastating, if she does this she needs to have a great day every day too. this she needs to have a great day every day toe-— every day too. really good to see all of yom — every day too. really good to see all of you. thank _ every day too. really good to see all of you. thank you _ every day too. really good to see all of you. thank you very - every day too. really good to see all of you. thank you very much. | every day too. really good to see - all of you. thank you very much. and thanks to stephen bush. and kirsty mulholland. that is it for this week, victoria is back on monday. from all of us, have a very good weekend. good night.

hello you're watching bbc news, i'm lauren taylor after a day of worldwide it chaos caused by a global outage, the boss of the cybersecurity firm responsible has said it could be some time before all systems are back up and running. thousands of flights have been cancelled, banking and health care has been affected — including the nhs — and some tv channels have been taken off air. millions of people have been affected. the problems were first reported in australia , before spreading across the world including here, where there were delays — and big queues — at airports the american

the american cyber—security firm crowdstrike apologised, admitting a defect in a software update it had issued — which crashed windows devices. the company is deploying a fix — but not before it caused widespread mayhem. our first report is from our technology editor, zoe kleinman. music. the world woke up this morning to global chaos. massive tech outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices. thousands of flights grounded globally, long queues, frustrated passengers. there was nothing on the boards. there was nothing. there was no ground staff. in the uk, doctors' surgeries forced to let down patients. we're going to have - to cancel your appointment. businesses unable to serve customers. i tried to receive a credit card payment and itjust would not accept it — credit card and debit card. and tv programmes abruptly taken off air. the cause? at crowdstrike, we monitor trillions of cyber events. a single update from this us antivirus company. you may have never heard of the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike before, but it has nearly 2a,000 customers around the world, many of them huge organisations like airlines and banks.

we stop a lot of bad things from happening. we're deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers, i |to travellers, to anyone affected | by this, including our companies. so, um, we know what the issue is. uh, we're resolving and have resolved the issue now — - it's recovering systems that are out there. _ so what went wrong? first of all, to be clear, this was not a hack or cyber attack. you don't need to change your passwords. a faulty update meant millions of microsoft users saw this screen pop up. if you know it, it'll make you shiver — the blue screen of death. it pops up when there's a critical error affecting the operation of your pc, in this case accompanied by an unending loop of trying and failing to restart and launch properly. it only affected machines running microsoft, but there are a lot of them. and what's the fix? well, it's not straightforward. every single machine affected needs a manual reboot in safe mode, which is not as simple as turning it off and on again.

microsoft says some people have had to do it 15 times, so it could take a while. spare a thought for it departments. there will be someone in crowdstrike who will be in a lot of trouble right now for not getting this right, and there will be a lot of people working this weekend in businesses all over the world to try and fix this problem and to patch it up. but at the same time, you know, this is the price we pay for being so reliant on digital infrastructure. from travel chaos to grocery shop payment problems, there'll now be tough questions about the damage done by one faulty update. how did it slip through microsoft's safety nets? the cybersecurity world still advises that it's a good idea to keep on top of software updates, although perhaps today is not the day to bang that particular drum. zoe kleinman, bbc news. our north america correspondent emma vardy has more from outside crowdstrike's headquarters

in austin, texas. therefore today, crowdstrike had built a strong reputation in a small part of time, providing security it solutions, operating in more than 100 countries worldwide, relied upon by so many different types of businesses, and as well as it security, what crowdstrike also does is investigate hikes and to investigate the work on hackers behind major cyber attacks. the chief executive officer of the country —— company has said he's deeply sorry, he has been speaking on a american business news network today, but for why the problems happened with what was supposed to be a pretty routine update, the answers are not clear but experts have circulated it may be a lack of

testing that led to weaknesses slipping through. from now on, crowdstrike will clearly fit some credibility problems, their stock price has already fallen, and there are growing questions about why so many different businesses and public services are reliance upon one company behind its all, and are growing questions to about what repercussions software firms that they should face when flaws cause major disruption. the outage caused huge delays for travellers across the world with more than 5,000 flights cancelled globally. here in the uk, there were huge queues and delays at airports and some train stations across the country — all on what was supposed to be one of the busiest travel days since before the pandemic. our transport correspondent has been taking a closer look at the disruption. what a start to the summer holidays. at gatwick airport, passengers who should have been on planes forced to wait out delays. so people are tired. they've been handing out water.

the boards don't really say anything, so it tells you where to go, but there's no departure... there's no departure board, like, times of flights. many airlines have been unable to use their systems as normal. we've had to revert back to pen and paper basically and manually check each of our customers in. of course that takes longer for our customers. so we've seen a good operation, but it's a slower operation, and we expect that operation to continue today. from chaos at amsterdam, to planes stuck on the ground at newark in the us — cancellations and delays spread around the world. edinburgh stopped accepting incoming flights. as queues built up, passengers tried to figure out their options. a little bit stressful. hopefully it will be ok now, but the staff at the airport have been great. here at heathrow airport terminal three, for a time this morning, passengers were turning up to be told they couldn't drop off their bags and theyjust had to go away and wait for more information. on britain's railway, most services have been running, but there have been short—notice changes and cancellations and problems with passenger

information systems. people whose flights have been cancelled should be offered rebooking or a refund, but probably not compensation as it will count as "extraordinary circumstances". back at gatwick, that was the reaction to a system reboot after a nearly seven—hour wait to check in for a north atlantic flight. as the afternoon went on, aviation began to recover, but the knock—on impact of disruption of what was set to be the busiest day for uk flights since before the pandemic will take time to sort out. katy austin, bbc news. another victim of today's outage was the nhs — with widespread disruption to appointment booking and other services. thousands of gp practices were affected but emergency services operated as normal — as our health editor, hugh pym now reports. life is usually hectic at gp practices, but a lot more so today. most in england had no access to electronic patient records, frustrating

for doctors and patients. this has significant impact because actually the bulk of our workload, we need access to people's blood results and people's notes. and so there's a lot that we can't do. all we can really do is minor injuries and minor illness. at some health centres, only the sickest patients were being seen, with other appointments cancelled. yeah, tried to get an appointment today at a doctor's for half past 8am, i was told unfortunately due to the systems being down, there was no appointments available and to go to see a chemist. i can't get my sick note updated, . and unfortunately i was about to be sanctioned by the social security 0ffice~ _ only written prescriptions are available, with pharmacists warning patients the electronic system has failed. anybody who's coming in for their prescriptions, we have to tell them to go away, go back to the surgery and then get the old—fashioned fpios, which is the old green prescriptions, and then get that signed off by the doctor.

really nice to meet you... ministers are monitoring developments across the health system. there's a genuine glitch that's affected systems right across the world, and it's having a particular impact on gp practices and pharmacy. we're working with colleagues across government to get things back up and working as quickly as possible. hospitals say urgent and emergency care has not been affected, and if people have got appointments booked, they should come in as normal. but no—one's denying that there has been an impact on some routine day—to—day activities at nhs trusts. unfortunately due to the global it issues, we're going to need - to cancel your appointment. while surgeries are postponing some patients and resorting to paper records, nhs england says phone systems are working and there are measures to manage the disruption. but while services in northern ireland and england are still affected, gps can only hope the problems are resolved quickly. hugh pym, bbc news. the un's top court says israel's occupation of palestinian territories is illegal and should come to an end,

in a landmark ruling. the international court ofjustice also said israel must make reparations for damages caused by its 57 years of occupation. the advisory opinion is not legally binding but still carries significant political weight and adds to the diplomatic pressure on israel. the court issued its findings in response to a request by the un general assembly. let's take a listen. by 11 votes to four is of the opinion that the state of israel's continued presence in the occupied territory is unlawful. by 11 votes to four is of the opinion that the state of israel is under an obligation to bring an end to... sorry, to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the occupied palestinian territory as rapidly as possible. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has dismissed the court opinion as "lies". the palestinian delegation

at the hague have welcomed the opinion as historic. this is a watershed moment for palestine, forjustice and for international law. israel's occupation has been declared unlawful by the world court, which has stipulated that it must be terminated completely and as rapidly as possible. this means israel is under an obligation to end this illegal colonial enterprise unconditionally, and in our view, that means immediately and totally. our middle east correspondent barbara plett usher has more from jerusalem on the reaction to the icj findings. this is not a judgment or a ruling, it's an advisory opinion. so it's not legally binding, but it does carry moral and political weight. to have the world court determined that israel's occupation violates international law and must end as soon as possible, that it should stop building jewish settlements and evacuate

the settlers and make reparations to the palestinians for damages. not surprisingly, the israelis angrily rejected it. the prime minister called it lies. he said thejewish people are not occupiers in their own land. the foreign minister said it was warped, one—sided and wrong, and he said that it ignored israel's security needs, its need to defend itself from hamas and from other armed groups on various fronts. but this is exactly what the palestinians were looking for. palestinian leaders call this a watershed moment for palestine and forjustice. they called it an historic victory. they said the international community should respect the opinion and force israel to end the occupation. now, israel can't be forced, but this will add to the international pressure. it's already facing criticism for the way it's conducting the war in gaza. the uk government is to resume funding for the biggest united nations agency operating in gaza. britain was one of several countries to stop financial support for unrwa, after israel accused 12 of the organisation's staff of being involved in the seventh october attacks.

an internal un investigation into those specific allegations is continuing but a separate un review found israel had not provided evidence for its claims large numbers of unrwa staff were members of terror groups. the foreign secretary, david lammy, said he was reassured the un had taken steps to ensure its neutrality. unrwa is absolutely central to these efforts. no other agency can deliver aid at the scale needed. it's already feeding over half of gaza's population. it will be vital for future reconstruction and it provides critical services to palestinian refugees in the region. the home secretary yvette cooper, has described the violent disorder in leeds as �*audacious criminality. she was speaking on a visit to the city following unrest last night — after social workers went to deal with a child protection issue in the harehills area. several people have been arrested. from leeds, our uk editor ed thomas reports. police cars abandoned, smashed up.

officers attacked and in retreat. what are you doing? moments livestreamed on social media, a bus trashed and set on fire. this was harehills in leeds last night — uncontrolled violence. and today, the damage done was left on display for all to see. how upset are you are at seeing this? oh, horrible. it hurts me. it hurts me to see harehills, where i was born, like this. harehills is broken, it's snapped in two. what does that mean to you, having that in the place you call home? terrifying. it's terrifying. it's very bad. it's not good for society, - it's not good for the community, and it's not good also for the name of the nation we are living. - is that what started all this? yes. police say they were called here after social workers dealing

with a child protection issue were met with hostility. this man is from the roma community here, from romania. she's a kid. how many children? he says the family involved are also roma. how many children? five kids. and a number of children were removed from their house. we cannot identify them but we understand this was the family today. we are roma. all the government, all the uk, they think about our community, we're bad. what they did should not be. shame! police say several people have now been arrested. and last night this was local councillor mothin ali... this is our neighbourhood! ..appealing for calm. today, he's hopeful this won't happen again. it is our community. anything bad that happens here happens to us. and we've got to make sure that we work together to try and resolve that. after seeing all this, the home secretaryc came to leeds today, spoke to police officers, and had this message.

we saw scenes of criminality, but it's really important the community can feel safe on the streets, and also that perpetrators feel the full force of the law. police are now reviewing social media video and cctv. they say more arrests will follow. ed thomas, bbc news, leeds. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, has become the first foreign leader to address the cabinet at downing street in almost 30 years. during the meeting, he called on sir keir starmer to show leadership by easing restrictions on ukraine using long—range missiles on military facilities in russia. we have proven that we can stop any russian attack to expand the war, if the restrictions from using western weapons against russian territory are lifted, once we can strike further than just near the border, including russian military efforts. in russia, a court has

found the us journalist, evan gershkovich guilty of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison. the 32—year old has been in detention since march last year — but his employer, the wall street journal and the white house, say the case is a sham. from yekaterinburg, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. the trial was behind closed doors. for the verdict, we were allowed in, but where was evan gershkovich? there, almost hidden from the cameras in the far corner of the glass cage that is the dock in a russian courtroom. he looked like he'd lost weight. thejudge found him guilty of spying and sentenced the wall streetjournal reporter to 16 years in a high—security penal colony. whatjust happened in this courtroom is unprecedented in the history of modern russia — an american journalist convicted of espionage in a trial that was held behind closed doors,

a trial that us officials have dismissed as a sham. evan gershkovich's employer condemned the verdict. he isn't a spy. he's a journalist. he was on a reporting trip. he was gathering news. this is completely cooked up. it's total sham. and, you know, the whole thing is just utterly appalling. evan gershkovich was arrested at this steakhouse in yekaterinburg. he was accused of gathering secrets about a local defence factory. the wall streetjournal has accused moscow of stockpiling americans in russian jails to trade them for russians jailed abroad. are moscow and washington ready to trade? it's happened before. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star brittney griner. she'd beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout.

as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. promises from donald trump. but the biden administration is already talking to moscow about evan gershkovich and otherjailed americans. it's unclear if a deal is close. what is clear is that a us reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan." all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. let's turn to the us — at least nine democratic lawmakers have today called on president biden to withdraw his bid for re—election in november. that brings the total number of democrats in congress who have publicly called on the president to step aside to more than 30. the flurry of calls today came after mr biden's team insisted he'd return to the campaign trail next week. he's currently isolating after contracting covid—i9. in an update earlier — the president's doctor

said his symptoms have improved, and his vital signs were normal. speaking to msnbc�*s morning joe — the chair of the biden campaign said the 81—year—old was up to the job. he is tested, he has beat donald trump before. we have the path forward and our pathway to get to 270, and we know thatjoe biden has to do the work to reassure the american people that he's in it to win it — and he can do that. we know that we've slipped a bit from the debate and we know that the president has to prove to the american people exactly what he believes, that he is in this to win this, he can do this. let's cross live to los angeles and speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. the royal court of democrats coming out saying that he should step aside is getting longer and longer, isn't it mr mark this drip drip of names coming out of congress is continuing.— coming out of congress is continuing. coming out of congress is continuinu. . , . ., . continuing. there was a low after last weekend _ continuing. there was a low after last weekend and _ continuing. there was a low after last weekend and that _ continuing. there was a low after i last weekend and that assassination attempt on donald trump emma but now

it has started again with a vengeance, but i think it has to be stated and stressed that as for as many people coming out and suggesting, the message it is a from the more that they do not leavejoe biden can beat donald trump, we are hearing from others, close friends of the president, the delaware senator mark was very close to the president, and he says he is with mr biden100% —— president, and he says he is with mr biden100% "100%, that president, and he says he is with mr biden100% -- 100%, that he president, and he says he is with mr biden100% —— 100%, that he told him he's in it to win it, we have that statement from mr biden himself saying he is looking forward to get back on the campaign trail next week. that assumes that she is recovered from cobit by next week. his doctor said he's doing better. it seems as if we have a mixture of those members of congress who are willing to put their names to a statement to suggest that they believe he should step down, while others, and there are many reports based on unnamed sources, there are

rumours there are reports that don't rely on categorically a named individual saying something that coming out and releasing a statement, so we have this somewhat confusing situation that we don't really know which way the land confusing situation that we don't really know which way the [and lies. it seems difficult for the president but his supporters are red riding behind them.— but his supporters are red riding behind them. ~ . ., ., , behind them. meanwhile, some donors are caettin behind them. meanwhile, some donors are getting nervous _ behind them. meanwhile, some donors are getting nervous and _ behind them. meanwhile, some donors are getting nervous and kamala - are getting nervous and kamala harris was talking to them this afternoon, wasn't she?- harris was talking to them this afternoon, wasn't she? yes, she was, and so far. — afternoon, wasn't she? yes, she was, and so far. that _ afternoon, wasn't she? yes, she was, and so far, that harris _ afternoon, wasn't she? yes, she was, and so far, that harris has _ afternoon, wasn't she? yes, she was, and so far, that harris has stood - and so far, that harris has stood right behind the president, and of course she is the person the most likely person to step in. it would logistically be easier for kamala harris to step in as their candidate for the democrats than anyone else. she would principally get all the money thatjoe biden has raised, and thatis money thatjoe biden has raised, and that is crucially important to

pursue each campaign at this very late stage, but even in her comments as recently as the last few hours, and as you say, she has had private meetings, she's still standing firmly behind the president. that is not to say that democratic officials behind—the—scenes are not really working relentlessly to try to figure out a plan should the president decided to step down. in the meantime, the contrast is significant between president biden, who is having to isolate because he has covid, and mr trump was been reveling in having the national convention and discussing his future there. tell us a bit about that. donald trump is writing hi. it was in many senses a picture—perfect convention for the republicans. it was a carefully orchestrated so the vast majority of the primetime speakers were talking about donald trump. it really was the donald

trump. it really was the donald trump convention, and talking about him in terms of perhaps appealing to a wider electorate. painting a picture of someone who is a candidate who wants to embrace all of america. indeed, one of the main messages from the former residence speech on thursday night, he wanted to be the president that would represent the entire country, and that seems to be the message that the party is pursuing or the president, who of course is known for, i certainly did democrats eat, some of his more extreme views. interesting that any statement, mr biden had referred to that speech that the former president gave, talking about the dark scenario that had been painting by donald trump, and ijust wonder if in watching donald trump's speech, joe biden has thought it is another reason why he should continue with his campaign. thank you, peter.

the bbc proms are back! the world's greatest classical music festival kicked off a few hours ago with a host of special concerts at the royal albert hall on its first night. from mozart and tchaikovsky to disco, this summer the proms is set to have something for everyone. over a period of eight weeks, the event aims to bring the best in classical music to a wide audience. our reporter emer mccarthy has been looking ahead to what we can expect in this year's proms season. friday night marks the start of the world's greatest classical music festival. for eight weeks, the royal albert hall in central london behind me will become a flurry of nearly 90 concerts featuring performers and composers from all around the world. this year also marks the final season for director david pickard. i asked him what he's most looking forward to over the next eight weeks. well, we've got an amazing programme, we've got five pieces of music, and i think between them they kind of sum up the proms because we've got two really well known pieces of music,

beethoven's fifth symphony and the handel fireworks music, and then three pieces in the middle that i think will be curiosities for our audience, and a brilliant piece by a young british composer. absolutely. and this is your final season as director for the proms. how does it feel? well, it feels strange at one level because normally this year i'm this time i'm thinking about next year. and i'm not thinking about that now. but what i'm determined to do is enjoy this last final year. i've done nine years, and it's been an amazing privilege to do this job, and i'm looking forward to 2024 just as much as i was my first season back in 2016. and even if you're not a traditional classical music fan, you're bound to find something in the programme for you. florence and the machine and sam smith arejust two pop performers that will be taking the stage here over the coming weeks. the final night of the proms will be held on september 14th.

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