should he stay or should he go? joe biden insists he won't quit the race for the white house despite growing pressure from democrats. the bangladesh government imposes a nationwide curfew following the deaths of more than 100 people in violent protests. and members of the refugee olympic team arrive in paris just days before the games are due to start. hello, welcome to the programme. there are warnings that cyber criminals looking to exploit friday's global it outage could cause further disruption. australia has issued alerts that hackers are sending out fake software fixes. in total, more than 8,000 flights have been cancelled since friday, with the potential for more delays on saturday. here in the uk, airports,

which saw severe disruption, say that systems are working again but advised people to check before traveling. a flawed update, rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike, knocked many machines offline, hampering retail systems and healthcare, with problems for gps and pharmacies. here's our technology editor, zoe kleinman. yesterday, the global it outage caused worldwide chaos. today, we're still dealing with the aftermath. thousands of flights were grounded and while airports are getting back to normal, there are still many travellers who are stuck. my flight got cancelled while i coming out of my aeroplane and i've been stranded for around... 0ver 2a hours by now, i think. i have been on my feet for four days by now, i think. no—one can really help me right now. now the children are napping on the floor.

we had no help. we found another flight, but it's not on the same company and it's only tomorrow morning, so we have to find a room for tonight. queues quickly built up at dover this morning, with people trying to find other ways to get abroad. the port's advice is not to arrive without a ticket. gps were forced to cancel appointments and some patients struggled to get hold of vital medicines. pharmacists had difficulties issuing prescriptions — including for themselves. in terms of pharmacy workload, it has impacted on how we interact with patients because, obviously, those electronic prescriptions and that sort of more seamless service hasn't been available. then, personally, i have also been unable to access my electronic prescription, so i really feel for the patients because i am one of them. however, workarounds are possible for those with urgent medicine needs.

they were able to take my nhs number and look me up in their system to see that i have been prescribed this before. so the pharmacist will be able to dispense it today. when i saw that it systems were down i thought, well, i'm glad i'm not flying anywhere today, but it didn't occur to me that something like getting my prescription would be impossible. will anyone be liable for the cost of all this turmoil? the us cybersecurity firm crowdstrike has apologised for its disastrous update but it was only microsoft—powered computers which crashed. there's also the companies themselves, who don't seem to have had back—up systems. it shows just how dependent we are on a small number of big tech companies to run our digital lives, and how vulnerable this leaves us when something goes wrong. zoe kleinman, bbc news. the bbc�*s simonjones is at heathrow airport. a short time ago, we were down at terminal 2, and it was very, very busy. to be fair, this was always going to be a very busy day at heathrow, because it's the start of the school

holidays for many families. but what you now have to add into the mix, you have hundreds of people turning up at the terminal, desperately trying to find flights today, because their flights yesterday were cancelled. so add that in, that creates more people in the terminal. i've been speaking to the main airports around the uk, and the good news is they all say there are no longer any it issues, those have been resolved. the bad news, because there were so many cancellations yesterday, you have a lot of planes, a lot of cabin crew and pilots, in the wrong place. that means there are going to be further cancellations and delays throughout the course of today, and into tomorrow too. it is an improving picture, because globally, almost 7,000 flights were grounded yesterday. today, so far, that figure stands atjust over 1,500, but it still leaves a lot of people wondering how they are going to get

away on holiday or get back home if they've been in the uk, so still a worrying time for some people. passengers i have spoken to in heathrow, really, they're saying they don't blame the airlines or the airport, this does seem to be out of their control, but they do complain about a lack of information. there are a lot of staff from heathrow in the terminals, extra staff have been brought in to try to help those people still trying to get to where they need to go. but one thing passengers have been saying to me is they don't want to spend another night sleeping on the terminalfloor. patrick burgess is an information security specialist with the british computer society. he explained how long it will take for organisations to recover. over the evening, what happened

was crowdstrike, a well—known and well used within enterprise organisations, security software, they rolled out an update, they do that quite a lot, cyber security software gets updated on a very regular basis for good reason. that conflicted with the operating system of microsoft and caused the classic blue screen of death. basically stopped all the machines working. when people came in, the monitoring systems lit up to say it had alljust stopped. people couldn't get onto their machines any more. so the next step is how do we diagnose and make sure this doesn't happen again? is that in the public realm yet, about how things like this can be avoided or not? yeah, i think we still have some way to go on recovery. we are seeing an easing of that, because the core systems, which the public will be impacted by most, the servers

and the infrastructure of public systems, they are being fixed as fast as possible, and they are the ones that the it teams in individual companies can get their hands on quickly and get in front, it's easier to get to those. we have already heard a number of people saying that we will see knock—on effects in the coming weeks. where we've had to use paper and back—up systems. more importantly, where we are then looking at people's laptops and workstations, people working from home, if they are involved in customer services, sales. the it teams need to get in front of those laptops and pcs and fix them. that is very much where people are focused right now. there will absolutely be a debrief and a look deep into what happened. i am sure crowdstrike will be looking at that themselves internally. and externally, people are going to want to see a lot of openness from crowdstrike as to what happened and what they are going to do to rebuild trust within the market. do you view this as just a fact of life now? when you have a relatively small number of very large tech companies, and all of our day—to—day lives are dependent on tech,

that we just have to put up with incidents like this? i think we need to look very closely at this. i think it does show that we have a lot of eggs in baskets. we have companies supporting companies supporting companies, it's layers deep now, and sometimes something in the lower level, like this, not the top level piece, can cause significant impact globally and across a vast range of different sectors and areas. tech issues are going to happen, but that doesn't mean we should sit back and relax and say, yeah, these things will happen. there are definitely things to be looked at, both quality control within companies like crowdstrike, how the updates are rolled out, and then for the companies themselves, people like the organisations using those products, they need to look at how they need to look at how they apply them, and balance the risk of applying the patches as fast as possible to the computers, which

from a cybersecurity perspective is good idea, and testing those patches before they get applied as well. it's a risk factor, a balancing act that needs to be thought about, quite clearly. to other news now, and joe biden says he's "looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week" after his isolation with covid. pressure continues to build on the us president to drop out of the race for re—election. a democratic congressman, who described mr biden as a friend, said biden didn't seem to recognise him at an event last month. 0ur correspondent ione wells is in washington for us. i asked her to talk about the growing pressure from democrats on president biden�*s position. that pressure from democrats has been growing and growing over the last couple of weeks. momentarily, attention was sort of taken offjoe biden with the republican convention in milwaukee, the attempted assassination attempt on donald trump which somewhat paused campaigning during that period. but now the campaigning is up and running again,

that pressure from the democrats has continued to grow. another dozen democratic lawmakers this week came out to say publicly that they think he should step aside. certainly privately as well, all these kind of briefings going on behind the scenes, with many newspapers in the us running reports aboutjoe biden�*s inner circle, his family, former president 0bama, the speaker nancy pelosi, the former speaker nancy pelosi, briefing that all these people have privately raised concerns about his fitness for office. some of the reports have been dismissed or denied, but the way this is playing out in a very private yet public manner is certainly adding more and more pressure tojoe biden. the concern among democrats is not just about his general fitness for office, it is really about whether or not he can defeat donald trump, because that is certainly the main concern from democrats — notjust whether he can win the presidential race, but also whether democrats would potentially under his leadership lose both the house and the senate, giving huge amounts of power

and control to the republican party. that's the major concern on the minds of a lot of democrats and they are worried about what the polls are telling them publicly, but also what internal polling might say to them privately. that seems to be what is being briefed out in a lot of the press and papers here. ione, talk us through what we are hearing from the white house. joe biden isolating because of covid. and the plans for next week. that's right. he has hit back at these reports and this speculation, saying he is very much looking forward to resuming campaigning next week. as you mentioned, he has been isolating at his holiday home in delaware, because he'd contracted covid and his team said he was experiencing mild symptoms but that he was generally 0k. but certainly he has hit back, saying he is excited to get on with campaigning. his campaign spokespeople have also said he is not dropping out of the race, they have been very defiant about that. what is interesting is how his position has slightly shifted

about what it would take for him to step aside. when these reports first started emerging, he said only the lord almighty, only god would make him step aside. recently, he slightly softened on that, in a recent interview he said that if a doctor told him he had a medical condition that meant he should step aside, then he would consider doing so. so i think certainly he's seemed publicly to be a little more open, even if his statements are very much still that he is staying. at least five more people have been killed in bangladesh, as troops enforce a nationwide curfew, following days of unrest. security forces used live rounds, rubber bullets and teargas as protesters defied the curfew and blocked roads. students have been demanding that ministers scrap a quota system that reserves many public sectorjobs for the relatives of veterans of the country's war of independence. on sunday, the supreme court will consider a government attempt to overturn the court verdict which reintroduced the quotas.

maya tudor, from the university of oxford. the impetus for these protests was a recent bangladesh high court decision to reinstate, as you said, civil service employment quotas for relatives of the country's freedom fighters. to understand why these quotas are so contentious, one has to understand that the independence struggle for bangladesh is relatively recent. it was only in 1971, in a very bloody battle that some scholars call a genocide, that the country gained independence. in the context of that time, quotas, which reserved 30% of civil service seats for those veterans, were widely accepted as legitimate. today, however, that context feels very different. first, thosejobs are incredibly stable and lucrative and prestigious.

there are just a few hundred of them, and almost half a million bangladeshis compete for those jobs. and in addition, the current government, the incumbent government, prime minister sheikh hasina is the daughter of the country's founding father. that means many of her party's members benefit from these quotas. in the context today, according to some of the students i have spoken with, that effectively entrenches the incumbents in positions of power. now it's time for a look at today's sport. the leaders have teed off their third round in rather damp conditions at the open. it's moving day at royal troon, let's take you straight to the west coast of scotland where ben croucher is, and it looks like the conditions are affecting the golfers.

absolutely. if the first two rounds were all about the wind, today if the umbrella wasn't a big giveaway it's all about the rain. in these conditions, if you miss the tight fairways and the narrow greens, you will pay a price. plenty of low scores earlier today, butjust before the leaders teed off, the heavens opened. not a breath of wind, so this rain looks set to stay for a few hours at least. let's bring you up to speed with the leaderboard. shane lowry teed off about half an hour ago on seven under par, he made a solid par at the first hole even though he found the first hole even though he found the bunker off the tee. justin rose and dan brown made bogey. the south african lawrence six under par today, having started three over. scottie scheffler the world number one with a birdie on the third hole after a beautiful approach. russell

henley five under for his round today. so there are still birdies to be had, but when shane lowry won his only major title, the open in 2019, he did so in a final round in conditions similar to this. i can assure you in these conditions, you would much rather be the hunted rather than the hunter.— would much rather be the hunted rather than the hunter. well, it was sunny at trent bridge, but the covers have come on because of some light rain, pausing play in the second innings of the second test. england are batting, but they lost an early wicket. the west indies finished the first innings this morning leading england by a1. all out for 457. england are 116—1, zak crawley the opener run out for just three. england lead by 76. rafael nadal is into the final of the swedish 0pen after a three—set victory over

croatia's duje ajdukovic. the spaniard is using the clay court tournament to build his fitness ahead of the olympic games and beat the croatian in three sets. it's his first atp final in over two years. he will face the seventh seed in tomorrow's final nuno borges. not long until the start of the olympics in paris and two—time 0lympic rowing champion helen glover is looking for a third. she's supported by husband and tv nature presenter steve backshall, who is passionate about using sport to promote environmental change. glover admits herfamily are a big inspiration to her as she prepares to compete. 0ur reporter sarah dawkins caught up with the pair. i took a year out after tokyo, i was umming and ahhing. when i pictured their three little faces on the finish line, that did it for me.

that was the reason. we are talking about sustainability, the climate issues surrounding these games, you are incredibly passionate about the environment. why did you want to take part in this cycle and should we be worried about the impact on our environment, with heat, climate change? we should absolutely be worried. one of the things sport can do really well is amplify messages. british rowing have done an extraordinaryjob in recent years, we are talking about how important water quality is, now let's do the same for climate change. sport can speak to people across boundaries, to people from different areas and different passions, it speaks to everyone. having the opportunity to get the most important existential threat to our species out there, via sport — what an opportunity. some sad news. the six—time snooker world champion ray reardon has passed away at the age of 91. the former miner and police officer turned professional in 1967.

he went on to dominate the sport in the 1970s as it became popular thanks to the advent of colour television and the bbc�*s pot black competition. after retiring from playing, he became a mentor to ronnie 0'sullivan, helping him win the world title in 200a. and that's all the sport for now. the bbc understands that an above—inflation pay rise of 5.5% will be recommended for teachers and nhs staff. the figure will represent a challenge for the new government's budget this year. 0ur political correspondent charlotte rose gave me more. this represents the schoolteachers body, and the nhs workers pay review body, and the nhs workers pay review body, representing 1.3 million nhs workers, but importantly, not

doctors and dentists. that is a separate pay review body and these discussions are different to the ongoing pay dispute in england with junior doctors. the government is due to resume those negotiations next week. this is about the annual pay review settlement. but we have had some reaction from unions this morning. the general secretary of the national education union said that a pay award is needed to stop the recruitment and retention crisis in schools. he suggested if the government were not to meet the recommendations of the pay review body in full, then that could lead to strike action. find body in full, then that could lead to strike action.— body in full, then that could lead to strike action. and what would the consequences _ to strike action. and what would the consequences of _ to strike action. and what would the consequences of these _ to strike action. and what would the consequences of these kind - to strike action. and what would the consequences of these kind of- consequences of these kind of numbers be?— consequences of these kind of numbers be? _, , . , _, numbers be? the consequences could be a problem — numbers be? the consequences could be a problem for _ numbers be? the consequences could be a problem for the _ numbers be? the consequences could be a problem for the government. - numbers be? the consequences could be a problem for the government. atl be a problem for the government. at the moment, they have budgeted for around 80% increase, of course in line with the current levels of inflation. —— around a 2% increase. so 5.5%, they would have to find an extra £1 billion to pay teachers and double that for nhs workers, and

that could have a knock—on effect what other public sector workers whose pay review bodies we have not heard from yet. because we know the chancellor rachel reeves has set some tight financial rules to stick to, saying she won't increase borrowing and she doesn't want to increase taxes, there are questions about where the money would come from. it looks like a challenge for the new government. a hardline ukrainian nationalist party has blamed russia for killing one of its most prominent members. iryna farion was shot while walking through a street in the western city of lviv. she was a former mp for the svoboda party, and had achieved notoriety for insulting the country's russian speakers. a statement by svoboda said that farion had been murdered on the orders of moscow. however, ukraine's interior ministry said it had "several versions" of who might be responsible. the authorities in china's shaanxi province say

11 people died when a highway bridge partially collapsed. more than 30 are still missing. a statement by the provincial authority said the bridge in shangluo city collapsed on friday because of a sudden downpour and flash floods. rescue teams have recovered several vehicles that fell into the river. china's president xijinping has urged what he called "all—out efforts" to find those still missing. members of the refugee olympic team have arrived in france ahead of this year's 0lympics as they prepare to go for gold at the summer games. it's the largest refugee team to date, made up of 37 atheletes, and this will be the third consecutive olympic games to field the team. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen. we have to remember, there are 15 countries in this team, and 12 sports. so there is a huge variety of athletes, and this is a chance for them to do some pre—0lympic

training together, to meet each other in normandy for a pre—games welcome. they then move to paris to the olympic village and then they can join their host countries to train with them. there are a few rising stars to look out for, including cindy nagamba, a cameroon born boxer who moved who moved to the uk aged 11, the first refugee boxer in the olympics. we will also see the cycling sisters from afghanistan, and what makes their story so interesting, there is a ban on women playing sport in afghanistan, so they have defied the odds and made it to the olympics. let's listen to some of the other athletes competing as part of the team. we met and we are from different backgrounds. we do different sports. but yeah, it was really important. yeah, i hope we will inspire other refugees and we want to make proud this team.

i want to prepare and go and run again, to improve time, - also to win, to get number two and three and four. _ i'm so grateful about this programme they have to support the athletes. i use it for my training camps, my races that i had in sweden. remind us of the background of this team. it began in 2015 when the international olympic committee decided to designate some funding as part of the refugee emergency fund to encourage refugees to take part in the olympics. the first time we saw a refugee team was in 2016 in the rio olympics in brazil. it's managed by the olympic refugee foundation.

the idea is to get elite athletes from refugee communities. to be eligible, the athletes must be elite competitors already and they must be recognised refugees by the un refugee agency. according to the president of the international olympic committee, he said that this demonstrates the human potential of resilience and excellence. he also hopes this will help to inspire over 100 million people worldwide who have been displaced, and that, actually, you can still compete in the olympic games as a refugee. american singer bruce springsteen has officially reached billionaire status. according to forbes, the boss is apparently worth $1.1 billion, following a six—decade career that's seen him release 21 studio albums. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. many of us are feeling the humidity today. it's still quite warm

but the sunshine in some parts of the country will soon give way to rain clouds, if the rain hasn't reached you already. the weather front is currently across western parts of the uk. you can see the rain earlier on, on the radar across western parts of scotland, moving through ireland, reaching western wales and also south—western england, but to the east, we have had dry weather. it was a beautiful start to the day. quite murky with all that humidity. this is a picture from norfolk. we'll keep dry weather the further east you are pretty much for the rest of the day. let's zoom into the details. this is what it looks like in the short term. extensive cloud in the south—west of england, outbreaks of rain, some could be heavy, temperatures hovering around 19 or 20 celsius. similarfor wales and the irish sea. but for london, across east anglia, into central england and yorkshire, hazier skies, dry for many, but there will be a few isolated storms so you may see lightning.

some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland but for the western isles, fresher conditions coming in after the passage of that cool front — 15 there in stornoway. and it will be relatively fresh in the west of the uk with some clear skies, but in the east, a lot of humidity, so temperatures in london, norwich and hull will be around 17 or 18 degrees first thing on sunday. not quite so warm and humid out towards the west. that means lots of sunshine towards the west early in the day. but then this little weather front moves in and drifts in cloud and some outbreaks of rain to northern ireland. the rest of the uk should have a fine day. just the odd shower. and pleasant temperatures. high teens into the low 20s. how about early next week? weather fronts are moving in but then we have a ridge of high pressure, so that means more settled conditions. any weather fronts will be generally weak and brushing

north—western parts of the uk, so it is a bit of a mixed bag depending on where you are, but overall, it's actually not looking bad at all and those temperatures are around average for the time of year. that's it from me. bye—bye.

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there have been warnings that criminals may try to exploit problems caused on friday by a global computer glitch. the company which caused the chaos — crowdstrike — said adversaries and what it called "bad actors" — would try to take advantage by offering bogus software fixes. joe biden says he's looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail after his isolation with covid. pressure's mounting on the president — with a democratic congressman — who described mr biden as a friend — saying he didn't seem to recognise him at a recent event. at least five more people have been killed in bangladesh. the military has been deployed to enforce a country—wide curfew — in response to days of violent unrest. security forces have used live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas — as protesters defied the curfew and blocked roads. now on bbc news...americast.

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