the un's top court says israel's occupation of palestinian territories violates international law, in a landmark opinion. a russian court sentences american journalist evan gersh—kovich to 16 years in prison, in a spying case the white house calls a �*sham'. and more democrats call on us presidentjoe biden to end his re—election campaign. hello, i'm sophie long. businesses are slowly beginning to recover from the chaos caused by an it outage that disrupted the lives of millions of people around the world. essential industries including airlines, banks, and health care are slowly coming back online. but now the focus is on the cybersecurity firm, crowdstrike, which confirmed that a bug in its

software caused issues on microsoft devices. the company's ceo apologised for the outage, saying it was not the result of a security incident or cyber attack. although crowdstrike has resolved the issue, the company warns it could take �*some time�* before systems are back up and running. our technology editor, zoe kleinman takes a look at what exactly happened, and how it affected patients, passengers and businesses. 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, l to travellers, to anyone affected by this, - including our companies. so, um, we knowi 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. and as zoe mentions in her report there — thousands of commercial flights have been cancelled worldwide. here's a look at the airport in the spanish capital madrid, where passengers waited for their flights. airports in the italian capital of rome were also severely affected. some of the first countries to report problems were in asia. changi aiport in singapore — one of the world's busiest airports — said it was manually checking in the passengers of some airlines. in australia — travellers were also kept waiting at sydney airport's domestic terminal. our correspondent in tokyo, shaimaa khalil, has been looking at the issues across the asia—pacific region. well, the effect of the outage is varied in the asia—pacific region. if you speak to our colleagues in south korea, for example, they've barely felt it. here injapan, it's been a mixed bag.

we've been hearing this blue screen of death many times throughout the day. thankfully we haven't seen many of those here injapan, especially were i am here in shibuya, the heart of the capital tokyo, famous for its screens and its neon lights. these have been going strong. in narita airport, for example, one of the country's biggest airports, the budget airline jetstarjapan has been affected and had to ground at least 20 of its flights. and again we've been seeing these pictures of people manually being checked in, these whiteboards with handwritten notes of cancellations. all in all, i would sayjapan had gotten off lightly. compare that to australia, this outage has affected them deeply and on so many levels. universities, government agencies, blood donation centres. for example, our colleagues at the abc news australia said they haven't been able to function normally at the beginning of the day. in brisbane airport, for example, jetstar has said that it grounded all domestic flights for the day. it's very late at night here in asia pacific.

the region is going to wake up to see if this problem has been resolved or if they will have to deal with a knock—on effect of that outage. and here in the us, more than 1,800 transportation services were cancelled on friday. the nation's top avaition agency says it continues to work closely with airlines to resume normal operations. our correspondent ione wells is at washington national airport with the latest. the main way that this tech outage has impacted the us so far has been travel, in particular airlines that have experienced significant problems. we know there has been thousands of flights that have been canceled, thousands more that have been delayed as well, and the main airline that has been impacted has been delta, the world's second biggest carrier by passenger numbers, and their big hub in atlanta has been particularly badly impacted. we have seen some pictures from the airport where they've been huge queues and crowds

of people waiting to hear the latest on their flight, some people reporting on social media as well that they have had a number of delays and cancellations already in atlanta. generally here in reagan airport for example in dc, people are saying that they had flights rescheduled for later today or tomorrow, so some airlines are starting to pick up services again but still with significant disruption. elsewhere in the us, there are other services that have been impacted, too. things like ups, affecting deliveries. there are reports that 911 has been disrupted in certain areas as well. also things like grocery payments and some electronic payments being disrupted by the outages that have been happening. generally speaking, it seems like things are starting to get up and running again compared to where there were this morning, but i expect this disruption is expected to continue over the weekend because it's notjust the impact of delays and cancellations today, but the knock—on impact they will have over the next few days and the weekend.

the un's top court, the international court ofjustice , says israel's continued presence in the occupied palestinian territories is illegal and should come to an end �*as rapidly as possible�*. in a non—binding opinion, the court also said israel must pay reparations to palestinians who have lost land and property due to its occupation. the land and its ownership have been under dispute since 1967 after the six—day war, when israel almost tripled the size of the territory under its control. before the hearings, israel said it did not recognise the legitimacy of proceedings at the world court. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, called the opinion a �*decision of lies. bbc�*s barbara plett usher has more from jerusalem. this is not a judgment ora 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 theirown 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. meanwhile in israel, a drone attack killed one man and injured eight others in central tel aviv. a block of flats was hit by what israeli military officials are calling an iranian—made unmanned aerial

vehicle which had been modified to fly long distances. the israeli military said it detected the drone, but had not tried to shoot it down because of �*human error.�* the houthi movement in yemen said it carried out the attack attack, and vowed further raids. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has more. through the night sky, through israel�*s defences, an iranian made drone, fired from yemen, exploding over tel aviv. a reminderfor this laid—back secular heartland that its country is at war. shrapnel from the midair explosion, metres from the us embassy, flew through these residential streets, killing one man in his home and injuring others. all of a sudden, here, i see, like, this weird, small aeroplane sort of thing. so i asked them, like, "guys, what is that?" like, i literally was like, "oh, what is that?" and then they all turned around, and boom. like, explosion.

in the flat next door, shattered windows and shattered nerves. we were really, really scared. i mean, it was such a blast, such a huge noise. i'm thinking that maybe it should have sort of been stopped when it was on its way. i hope next time, if there is a next time, they will do better. residents in these buildings are still reeling from the explosion that shook them awake, here in israel�*s laid—back secular heart. and the question many of them are asking now is, with israel already at war, its military already on high alert, how could this happen? israel�*s army spokesperson blamed human error and promised appropriate responses. this explosion hit a soft target, barely touched by israel�*s conflicts. an attack with limited impact on the ground that will still leave its mark. lucy williamson,

bbc news, tel aviv. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. several people have been arrested following violent disorder in leeds on thursday night — after social workers went to deal with a child protection issue in the harehills area of the city. a double decker bus was set on fire and police were attacked by a large group of people throwing bricks and missiles, forcing them to withdraw. no—one was injured. a manhunt is under way after a prisoner absconded from wormwood scrubs prison in london. 63—year—old graham gomm was taken to hammersmith hospital on thursday by prison staff after becoming unwell. police say he was on remand for burglary and is not a threat to the public. officers are carrying out searches and reviewing cctv the uk sweltered through the hottest day of the year on friday with temperatures across the country between 25 and 31 degrees celsius. yellow heat health alerts have been issued across the midlands,

eastern and southern england into saturday. they warn the heat could impact vulnerable people, such as the elderly or those with existing health conditions. temperatures are expected to fall again over the weekend. you�*re live with bbc news. a russian court has sentenced us reporter evan gershkovich to 16 years in a high—security penal colony on charges of espionage. it�*s the first conviction of a us journalist for espionage in russia since the end of the cold war. russian investigators claim the wall streetjournal reporter was working for us intelligence when he was arrested in march 2023 — accusations that his employer, his family, and the white house all deny. president biden criticised mr gershkovich�*s sentencing in a statement, writing "he was targeted by the russian government because he is a journalist and an american. we are pushing hard for evan�*s release and

will continue to do so". us national security adviser jake sullivan said on friday that getting mr gershkovich home is a top priority for the biden administration. our russia editor steve rosenberg was one of the journalists at the verdict in moscow, and sent this report. 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 americanjournalist 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 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 russianjails 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. us presidentjoe biden came under increased pressure on friday to end his re—election campaign. the number of democratic senators urging the him to drop out, doubled , from two to four. new mexico senator martin heinrich, on the left, released a statement this morning. and injust the past hour, 0hio senator sherrod

brown became the latest to do si. he said in part: "i agree with the many 0hioans who have reached out to me." "i think the president should end his campaign." also on friday, at least ten more democrats in the us house of representatives called for mr biden to step aside. they are among more than 30 house democrats who say publicly that they want biden replaced. reuters�* white house correspondentjeff mason gave us his latest insight. my my reporting and reporting from other colleagues yesterday and in the last few days has been that she is and was soul—searching about whether or not to stay in the race and was taking the calls to exit seriously. taking seriously does not mean biden will step away or step aside. he clearly has not made that decision to stop i�*ve had sources tell me that she needs to show that he is not wavering because if you did start to waiver publicly about whether or not he is staying in the race than the

dam would break in terms of cause for him to step aside. so it is possible the camping chair comments were made in part to buy him some more time to reflect and make that decision, but it is also certainly possible that that means he has decided or is sticking to the decision he initially made which is to stay initially made which is to stay in the race.— in the race. what will cause a dam to break, _ in the race. what will cause a dam to break, as _ in the race. what will cause a dam to break, as you - in the race. what will cause a l dam to break, as you pointed, what would be the trigger, do you think? i what would be the trigger, do you think?— you think? i think if he remains _ you think? i think if he remains in _ you think? i think if he remains in the - you think? i think if he remains in the race - you think? i think if he remains in the race as| you think? i think if he - remains in the race as has been suggested, then that would probably lead to additional calls from lawmakers. the lawmakers are looking at their political prospects, they are looking at what we call the down ballot races, further down the ballot of the presidency are people running for congress or governor or the senate, and those polls show right now that democrats would not do well with biden at the top of the ticket, so i think to answer

your question, as far as adamic break in, i think you would see more and more calls from people within a party for him to step aside, and that comes at a time when party unity would be a lot more attractive for a presidential candidate likejoe presidential candidate like joe biden or one presidential candidate likejoe biden or one of his potential successors then this disunity and chaos they have right now. how important a factor is money in all of this. donation has been drying up, that hasn�*t changed, has it? it�*s been drying up, that hasn't changed, has it?— changed, has it? it's an important _ changed, has it? it's an important factor, - changed, has it? it's an important factor, bidenj changed, has it? it's an - important factor, biden has pushed back about the fact that donors might push them out of the race, but donors are apoplectic right now about his candidacy, and that is true and backed up by my reporting and reporting that others have done, that money matters in the us for campaigns. you need to have a lot of it to have a successful campaign and be able to purchase the advertising and get your message out in a way that candidates do. so, that i think will be another part of

that damn that we are talking about perhaps breaking next week, is ourfurther about perhaps breaking next week, is our further revolts of donors. unless, and i don�*t see evidence of this right now, unless at some point people just decide to coalesce again around biden, but he has not successfully convinced people to do that yet, which is why we have had three weeks of this back—and—forth. we have had three weeks of this back-and-forth._ have had three weeks of this back-and-forth. we hear a lot about the _ back-and-forth. we hear a lot about the importance - back-and-forth. we hear a lot about the importance of - back-and-forth. we hear a lot about the importance of his i about the importance of his wife, doctorjill biden, and a sister, talk us through how important it ruled his family would play at this time what he is conducting this soul—searching question mark? his family is very important to them, his sister won his first campaigns when he was running for senate, and his wife has been by his side for decades, so of course is family is important on a personal and political level. i wish i could give you insight into what they are seen are telling them, i don�*t know, but for sure she will be seeking their counsel, and is seeking their counsel as

the molds over what to do. this speculation _ the molds over what to do. this speculation has _ the molds over what to do. this speculation has been going on for a number of weeks now, really difficult path for many democrats to trade, not least kamala harris, talk to us about the path she has to follow at the path she has to follow at the moment.— the path she has to follow at the moment. the path that she has to follow _ the moment. the path that she has to follow right _ the moment. the path that she has to follow right now, - has to follow right now, or seems to follow, is to be supported of the guy at the top of the ticket, joe biden, she has been nothing but supportive of him, defending him, on fundraisers and after his debate against former president donald trump, but meanwhile there is a lot of talk about her potentially taking over, not as president, there aren�*t massive because for him to step down as president, but there are for him to step aside as the candidate, and she would be the candidate, and she would be the front runner if you did that, to take over that top ticket position, and that is a lot of pressure, and how do you balance potentially preparing for that with serving in the

number two wrote that she has right now, and that she has to continue to serve until or if you make that decision. that is a tight rope she is walking, and democrats so far i praised herfor and democrats so far i praised her for how she is doing and democrats so far i praised herfor how she is doing it. jeff mason there. republicans wrapped up their national convention in milwaukee with a 92—minute speech by donald trump. for more, here�*s our north america editor sarah smith. and a warning that this report begins with flashing images. with his name in lights, there is only one star in this party. in fact, the entire election is all about him. we were told he had changed, softened since the shooting, to sound like this. the discord and division in our society must be healed. i am running to be president for all of america, not half of america. there was a tribute to corey comperatore — the firefighter killed in the shooting. his funeral is taking place today. i�*m not supposed to be here tonight. he described his response

to the attempted assassination. i raised my right arm and started shouting, "fight, fight, fight". crowd: fight! and then the real donald trump started to fight his way out. drill, baby, drill, and close our borders. claiming falsely that he�*d won the 2020 election, as well as this. has anyone seen silence of the lambs? you see? he�*s back. the late, great hannibal lecter. that�*s what we�*re more used to. he�*d love to have you for dinner. he just can�*t help himself. and it�*s what the die—hard fans adore. the speech, as written, was designed to appeal to undecided voters watching on tv. they got vintage trump instead, but he is ahead in the polls so he can probably afford to be himself. god bless you, wisconsin. there was a very rare sighting of his wife, melania, which seemed to catch even him by surprise.

then an attempt at a kiss of sorts. and an entire trump dynasty in waiting now that he�*s totally taken over the party. republicans have got good reasons to be celebrating. donald trump escaped death to become their candidate, and he�*s leading in the polls. so, whilejoe biden may have to pull out of this race, trump can say he�*s on course for victory. joe biden is still isolating at home after contracting covid, but he has released a statement saying he�*s looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. he says: "donald trump�*s dark vision for the future is not who we are as americans. "together, as a party and as a country, we can and will defeat him at the ballot box". his campaign is furiously denying reports that he�*s considering dropping out. joe biden is more committed than ever to beat donald trump, and we believe on this campaign we are built for the close election that we are in. it�*s just three weeks sincejoe biden�*s disastrous

performance threw his whole campaign intojeopardy, and things have only got worse since then, while donald trump just seems to go from strength to strength. there are three months till the election. sarah smith, bbc news, milwaukee, wisconsin. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, has become the first foreign leader to address the uk cabinet at downing street in almost 30 years. he called on prime minister 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 on using western weapons against russia are lifted. once we can strike further than just near the border, including russian military airfields. stay with us here on bbc news much more to come.

hello there. warm with plenty of sunshine on friday — temperatures widely in the mid—to—high—205 in celsius. in fact, it was the hottest day of the year so far, with nearly 32 celsius recorded in stjames�*s park, in london. but the heat is not set to last, because it will be turning cooler through the weekend. distinctly fresher by sunday. yes, still some bright and some sunny spells, and still plenty of humid—feeling around on saturday, but also some outbreaks of rain — courtesy of this weather front pushing eastwards — as we head into tomorrow morning. still some clear spells out towards eastern areas of england. it�*s going to feel muggy and warm — uncomfortable for sleeping. this is how we�*ll start off the day at 7am in the morning on saturday — temperatures for some towards the east already 18—19 celsius. so, on saturday, then, we�*ll start to see that rain move across northern ireland, western scotland, through wales, and into northern england, too. it could stay dry and fine for much of the day across eastern areas of scotland. some of these showers likely

to be heavy as we head through the afternoon in southwest of england, and there could be 1—2 thundery showers to breaking out towards these eastern coastal areas. top temperatures 25—26 celsius out towards the east. we�*re hanging on to that muggy—feeling air through the day on saturday. but it does feel fresher by sunday. now, we�*ve still got a legacy of cloud through the morning out for eastern parts. that�*ll clear away, 1—2 showers developing, but also some sunshine, and then, yes, more cloud once again out towards the west especially. through the afternoon, temperatures this time just 15—22 celsius — that�*s quite the drop in temperature from friday to sunday. and then, on monday, we�*ve got more weather fronts moving through, likely to bring some further showers, some outbreaks of rain — and again, some rather blustery conditions, perhaps towards southern areas of the uk. we won�*t all be seeing the showers, some areas perhaps staying dry. there will be some brighter spells, perhaps, here and there, most of the rain out towards the north and the west as we go through monday. but temperatures just

slightly below for some, the seasonal average 16—22 celsius north to south. by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, little ridge of high pressure will bring some drier conditions, and it could start to feel a little warmer again. but certainly not the sort of heat that we saw on friday. bye—bye for now.

this is bbc news. we�*ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. president zelensky of ukraine, europe�*s wartime leader. he�*s been in the uk for a meeting of the european political community, an informal club of 40—plus countries that came together after russia�*s full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. he also visited downing street and addressed a special meeting of the cabinet. and on your behalf, i had the opportunity to meet him, and here is our conversation. mr president, thank you for talking to bbc news. could you possibly have imagined when russia

mounted its full scale invasion two and a half years ago that here we would be, with war still going on? translation: to be honest, no-one predicted as far back| as in 2014 that the occupation of the crimea and the occupation of a part of our donbas would happen. later, there was a frozen conflict — minsk agreements. after that, for sure, nobody expected a full scale invasion, a full scale invasion with people killed, mass tortures, mass burials, executions and a large number of hostages, such atrocities from a neighbour who had always talked about friendly relations. then there was another stage of the war. it was very hard.

then we started to take back territories and then it was very hard again.