more democrats call on us presidentjoe biden to end his re—election campaign. the un's top court says israel's occupation of palestinian territories violates international law, in a landmark opinion. and a russian court sentences american journalist evan gershkovich to 16 years in prison in a spying case the white house calls a sham. 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. 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. well, i tried to receive a credit card payment and it

just 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, to travellers, to anyone affected by this, i including our companies. so we know what the issue is. 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

is 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 is 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 has 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, in 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 that 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'll have to deal with the 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 aviation 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 have been thousands of flights that have been cancelled, 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've seen some pictures from the airport where there

have 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've had a number of delays and cancellations already in atla nta. more generally, here in reagan airport for example in dc, people are saying that they had flights rescheduled for later today or tomorrow. so most 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 does seem like things are starting to get up and running again compared to where they were this morning, but certainly 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 number of democratic senators urging president biden to drop out of the 2024 race doubled on friday from two to four. new mexico senator martin heinrich, on the left, released a statement this morning, and in the past couple hours ohio senator sherrod brown became the latest to do so. he said, "i agree with the many ohioans 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. meanwhile, republicans wrapped up their national convention in milwaukee with a 92—minute speech by donald trump. it has been less than a week since the former president was nearly killed in an assassination attempt — something trump described with detail in his speech. for more, here is 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 has totally ta ken over the party. republicans have got good reasons to be celebrating. donald trump escaped death to become their candidate, and he is leading in the polls. so, whilejoe biden may have to pull out of this race, trump can say he is 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 is 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 is 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. 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 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 determine 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 is conducting the war in gaza. meanwhile, in israel, a drone attack killed one man and injured at least 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 has 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 and vowed further raids.

0ur 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 mid—air 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'll 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 spokesman 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. a russian court has sentenced

us reporter evan gershkovich to 16 years in a high—security penal colony on charges of espionage. it is 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. 0ur 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 asa 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 a 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 had 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 other jailed 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. a short while ago i spoke to the director of campaigns for reporters without borders, rebecca vincent. she told me what we can take from the speed of mr gershkovich�*s trial. first of all, your reaction to the sentencing?— first of all, your reaction to the sentencing? well, today's sentencing — the sentencing? well, today's sentencing is _ the sentencing? well, today's sentencing is completely - sentencing is completely outrageous, perhaps not a surprise after the past 16 months of detention that evan has already endured. but to be accused in this way, to be subjected to a sham trial that took place at lightning speed, behind closed doors, without a shred of evidence presented to the world, and now to face 16 years in prison for doing his job as a journalist, is frankly outrageous. that's the best

word to describe it.- word to describe it. you mentioned _ word to describe it. you mentioned the - word to describe it. you j mentioned the lightning word to describe it. you mentioned the lightning speed. it was very fast indeed. is there anything that we can take from the speed of that trail? well, we think that this is an example, of course, of russia engaging in these practices of state hostagetaking, which has impacted otherjournalists and impacted other journalists and civilians impacted otherjournalists and civilians beyond journalism as well. perhaps it's part of their political manoeuvring to try to force the us position, but the impact on this journalist and journalism is devastating. when any journalist is targeted in this way, it's notjust a matter of that person, of course, but about freedom of the press, freedom of information. and this is taking place against the backdrop in russia of a very serious press freedom situation. evan is one of 46 journalist currently detained there, and in fact there is another american journalist held as well, so we would call on their own government, the us, to do everything in their power to bring both of them home. in the world needs to take note of this broader

situation and stand up for journalists in russia beyond just these americans who have been targeted as well.- just these americans who have been targeted as well. yes, you touch on it _ been targeted as well. yes, you touch on it a — been targeted as well. yes, you touch on it a little _ been targeted as well. yes, you touch on it a little bit _ been targeted as well. yes, you touch on it a little bit there, - touch on it a little bit there, but what do you think this sentence — deeply disturbing, of course, for evan, is family and loved ones, but what do you think other journalists operating in russia can take from this?— operating in russia can take from this? ~ j ., from this? well, they've made an example — from this? well, they've made an example of _ from this? well, they've made an example of evan _ from this? well, they've made an example of evan and - from this? well, they've made an example of evan and not i from this? well, they've made. an example of evan and notjust in russia, this is something that will have shockwaves internationally. we have a number of russian journalist. in fact, hundreds have fled the country and are working in exile now. this will affect them as well. it affects every international media outlet that attempts to cover russia, that may want to send in people again someday. journalists are not spires. journalists are not targets, and journalist should not be political pawns. it is extremely dangerous to conflate journalism with espionage, as we've seen in this case. and this is not an isolated example, either. we've seen a growing trend in a number of countries with poor press freedom records that are really increasingly using national security charges to target

journalists. so that's all at stake, and it is important that democracies, including the us here, stand up for evan, to make it clear thatjournalism, again, is not espionage and it is not acceptable for somebody to be targeted in this way for political purposes. journalists, as you say, are not political pawns, but there has been some talk of a potential prisoner exchange. what does reporters without borders think about that? in this instance i think the most important thing in the coming daysis important thing in the coming days is to try to get evan home safely, to try to put an end to this. also looking at the case of another journalist, this. also looking at the case of anotherjournalist, she is just as important. she has been targeted as a journalist as well, and the state department has not yet declared her as wrongfully detained, which they did very quickly with evan gershkovich, so i would say to look at these cases, to get people out safely, but in the international community, i think, does need to look at why this keeps happening in russia and of the nt. 0ther

and of the nt. other governments need to be raising this. international bodies such as the un, in a serious way, so that it becomes completely unacceptable for states like russia to continue effectively taking civilians hostage. the biden administration has said it is their top priority to get evan home as soon as possible. what do you think is going on behind the scenes? are they doing enough? could they be doing enough? could they be doing anymore? we doing enough? could they be doing anymore?— doing anymore? we are encouraged _ doing anymore? we are encouraged by - doing anymore? we are encouraged by the - doing anymore? we are | encouraged by the public statements. it's impossible for us to know what's taking place behind closed doors, but the public statements have been very consistent for evan, so we do hope that the us government is marshalling its full resources towards bringing him home. but again, i would just widen that dion's evan. if it's clear that there will only be the sort of support in isolated cases, the systemic issues will remain, so we'd like to see that sort of advocacy for other journalists in the first instance, and then to raise the broader cases of 42 journalists and media workers who find themselves behind bars in russia today.

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said on friday he will continue to discuss efforts towards peace in ukraine with former us president donald trump. the pair spoke by phone on friday, theirfirst call in five years. in a statement on truth social, mr trump vowed to end the war, saying that under his leadership, "both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence." mr trump's bid for the oval office has renewed fears that the us commitment to ukraine could falter if mr trump is elected president in november. on thursday, mr zelensky told the bbc he was willing to work with anyone who commands the white house. in the uk, mr zelensky has become the first foreign leader to address the cabinet at downing street in almost 30 years. during the meeting, 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. finally, a rare orange lobster has been saved from the dinner table at a red lobster restaurant in colorado here in the united states. take a look. an employee spotted the rare find in a shipment of crustaceans. the genetic mutation which causes the unusual colour occurs in about one in every 30 million lobsters. the lobster, which was caught off canada, has been named crush and is now being sent to a local aquarium. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. warm with plenty of sunshine on friday —

temperatures widely into the mid—to—high 20s in celsius. in fact, it was the hottest day of the year so far, with nearly 32 degrees reported 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 air 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 7:00am in the morning on saturday. temperatures for some towards the east already 18 or 19 degrees. 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 the south—west of england, and there could be one or two thundery showers, too, breaking out towards these eastern coastal areas. top temperatures of 25 or 26 degrees out towards the east. we're hanging onto 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 for eastern parts. that's going to clear away. one or two showers developing, but also some sunshine, and then, yes, more cloud out towards the west, especially through the afternoon. temperatures this time just 15—22 degrees 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 degrees north to south. by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday, a 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.

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tonight: an it outage causes chaos. arrests made after riots in leeds. and counting swans. you have probably seen the chaos unfolding around it outages affecting industries around the world. loads of flights have been cancelled. businesses have struggled to take payments. gps and pharmacists have been hit and tv channels and even been knocked off air. and tv channels have even been knocked off air. it is basically all down to one software update by a cybersecurity firm called crowdstrike. it did not quite agree with the windows operating systems, which lots of businesses use. it has been sorted though but it will take some time before services are back up and running. some other stories now. several arrests have been made after riots in leeds last night. hundreds of people took to the streets in harehills. this police car was flipped over and a double—decker bus was set on fire. local people told us it started after social workers removed children from a house in the area. no injuries have been reported.