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israel strikes houthis in yemen 3 day after a drone hits tel aviv. microsoft says it estimates that 8.5 million computers around the world were disabled by the global it outage. residents on the spanish island of majorca are set to protest against tourism later today. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in the us, where former president donald trump has given his first campaign speech since surviving an assasination attempt a week ago. he spoke for more than 100 minutes to a crowd in grand rapids, michigan in an address that included attacks on his democratic party rivals. he spoke about the attempt on his life as something he survived "by the grace of god". thousands of supporters gathered to hear
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the former president's speech, with a queue stretching for miles outside the arena. it took place at an indoor venue, after a lapse of security at last week's outdoor rally allowed a gunman to open fire from less than 150 metres. mr trump told the crowd that he is sure he'll win the presidential election in november. he was introduced to thousands of cheering supporters by his new running mate, the ohio senatorjd vance. let's listen to some of what mr trump had to say. just a little while ago in milwaukee in thursday, it was my tremendous honour to have officially accept the republican nomination for president of the united states. and i used to meant that 100% but i mean it even more now, because this country has gone wrong. we are a failing nation.
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this will be the most important election in the history of the country. this will be the most important election. what they do with misinformation and disinformation and they keep saying he's a threat to democracy. i'm saying what the hell did i differ democracy? last week, eight took a bullet for democracy! cheering and applause 0ur correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, was watching mr trump's speech from inside the arena in michigan. nearly two hours on his feet, he was back on the election shall, attacking migrants, joe biden, the media, and attacking joe biden for the way he walks and talks and his iq. the crowd responded with huge cheers practically every sentence. thousands were left outside. if you expected unity to come after the assassination attempt, then you will be
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waiting a long time. because donald trump is singing the old songs and his supporters love it. this will be a moment that democrats will worry about. they remain divided. they remain unsure aboutjoe biden as their candidate and while they are that, they cannot take donald trump and the juggernaut of his campaign. 0fficials investigating the attempted assassination of donald trump say they believe the gunman flew a drone over the rally site to scope it out ahead of the shooting. correspondent david willis has more details. 0ur report suggests that before 20—year—old thomas crooks was able to open fire on the rally that donald trump was addressing, he may have indeed surveyed the area from the sky. reports suggest that officials found in his car, as well as a bullet—proof vest, two
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explosive devices and three fully loaded magazines, a drone, which they believe could have been used to help him select this spot from which he subsequently opened fire. if true, this represents an extraordinary security lapse on the part of the us secret service, which apparently became suspicious of thomas crooks, about an hour before the assassination attempt took place, only to lose him in the crowd. unconfirmed reports here also suggest that thomas crooks visited the site of the attempted assassination at least once before that rally took place. a search of thomas crooks�*s cellphone data has so far failed to identify any particular motive for the attack but there have been calls for the director of the secret service, kimberly cheatle, to resign and she along with the fbi director,
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christopher re, is due to give evidence on the matter to congress this coming week. president biden says he's looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week after isolating with covid. pressure is growing on the us president to quit his run for re—election. a democratic congressman, who described mr biden as a friend, said he didn't seem to recognise him at a d—day event last month. let's speak to robin swanson, a democratic strategist and a member of the california democratic party. thank you forjoining us and bbc news. looking at the latest big rally event, campaign event, by the former president donald trump, alongside his running mate, jd vance, what you make of them as a pairing for the republicans against the democrats? i for the republicans against the democrats?— democrats? i think it's the opposite of what _ democrats? i think it's the opposite of what donald i democrats? i think it's the - opposite of what donald trump
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said he would do. he said he would be unifying and his speech today was what we know of donald trump. he is a depressive leader who wants mass deportation, isolation, vilify as immigrants, want to take away rights from women — — divisive. we saw of the true donald trump and his democrats really have to talk about that record. no doubt the assassination attempt was a horrible event for all americans, no matter party affiliation, but now it is time to talk about the difference in his vision for america. which is terrifying! it is terrifying for immigrants, for women, for working families, we have to draw that contrast now. yes, donald trump _ draw that contrast now. yes, donald trump says _ draw that contrast now. yes, donald trump says that - draw that contrast now. yes, donald trump says that he . draw that contrast now. yes, donald trump says that he is speaking on behalf of american people when he talks about issues like immigration. but looking at the democratic party, the last few weeks of
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really been filled with speculation as to whether the president will step aside ahead of november's elections. it seems like momentum is building this weekend. what is your sense of what will happen next? i would say it is exactly that. speculation. right now, we have to get behind our candidate, joe biden. 0nlyjoe biden knows ifjoe biden will step down. but there have been democratic party members raising questions whether he is the right candidate to take on donald trump so it is notjust speculation. trump so it is not 'ust speculation.�* trump so it is not 'ust s - eculation. speculation. even if it were, vice-president _ speculation. even if it were, vice-president kamala - speculation. even if it were, i vice-president kamala harris, vice—president kamala harris, she still running on the biden—harris record and administration, on the 15 millionjobs created, running million jobs created, running on millionjobs created, running on protecting women's rights to choose, running on protecting working families, so that doesn't change and as democrats, unity is incredibly
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important and talking about donald trump's terrifying record is incredibly important. but what you think about the way this is all been handled by the democratic party because he was still standing by president biden but the fact you have had all of this speculation, so much of this written about on social media and newspapers, what kind of damage has it done to your party? £31!" what kind of damage has it done to your party?— to your party? our convention is in less — to your party? our convention is in less than _ to your party? our convention is in less than a _ to your party? our convention is in less than a month - to your party? our convention is in less than a month and i to your party? our convention is in less than a month and in | is in less than a month and in less than a month we will be strongly behind our candidate for president of the united states. we have to be. i know many people looked at polling and remembering 2016 at this point, hillary clinton was crushing donald trump in the polling so i don't think we can look to the polls alone. we have to look to our message, we have to look to our message, we have to look to our message, we have to look to getting out there and making the phone calls, going door—to—door, and winning those important states
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like wisconsin and michigan and ohio and arizona. there is a lot of work to do as democrats and we have to put our nose to the grindstone.— the grindstone. robin, thank ou ve the grindstone. robin, thank you very much. _ the grindstone. robin, thank you very much, member- the grindstone. robin, thank you very much, member of. the grindstone. robin, thank l you very much, member of the californian democratic party. thank you. israel has carried out a series of air strikes on parts of yemen, controlled by the houthi rebels. israeli fighter jets struck the port of hodeidah. houthi state media says three people were killed and dozens injured when israel struck oil storage facilities and a power plant. it's the first time israel has responded directly to what it says have been hundreds of yemeni drones and missiles aimed at its territory.
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translation: from the beginning ofthe translation: from the beginning of the warren _ translation: from the beginning of the warren medically _ translation: from the beginning of the warren medically that - translation: from the beginning of the warren medically that we i of the warren medically that we would harm anyone who harms us and so we have convened cabinet and so we have convened cabinet and i asked them to support the decision to attack the houthi military targets in yemen. the port we attacked was not an innocent port, it was used for military purposes and an entry port for deadly weapons supported to the houthi, by iran. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the operation shows israel would reach its enemies, no matter where they are. 0ur correspondent, paul adams, sent this update from jerusalem. this is the first time the israelis have retaliated against the houthis in yemen, following months and months of houthi attacks directed towards israel. the israelis say as many as 220 separate drones and ballistic missiles have been fired towards israel in the last nine months. none of those really did very much damage and none
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of them killed anyone. that, of course, all changed in the early hours of friday morning, when a drone somehow made its way through israel's air defences, landed right in the middle of tel aviv, close to the american embassy, and killed one civilian. it was absolutely clear following that incident that israel would retaliate, and they have done so quickly. as for the choice of target, well, hitting the port city of houdaydah, a port which israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, this evening said is not an innocent port — it's the place where israelis believe the houthis bring in weapons smuggled from iran — but also hitting these oil storage tanks and setting off this vast inferno, with huge flames leaping up into the sky and a vast black cloud drifting over the city, i think was designed to send a very symbolic, emphatic message around the region. in fact, israel's defence minister, yoav gallant, essentially said that — a message to israel's opponents around the region that israel will not hesitate to launch
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attacks, even as far away as distant yemen, if israeli lives are at stake. we have had repeated moments over the past nine or ten months at which the war in gaza has threatened to spill over into some wider conflict. the main one, of course, among those various other fronts is lebanon, where israel and the hezbollah militia, also supported by iran, continue to wage sometimes very ferocious fighting, and yemen has been part of this wider regional dimension too. do the latest tit—for—tat exchanges between israel and yemen amount to a new escalation? well, we'll see. probably not, but it's worth remembering that the americans and british have been mounting similar air strikes against the houthis for months now and none of that has so far deterred them.
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paul adams reporting from jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha, a correspondent with bbc arabic. we have this first israeli strike, direct strike on houthi military targets in yemen, how are they likely to respond? they have already made a verbal statement saying they will retaliate against israel and apparently they have the capabilities. we saw a few days ago how they managed to strike tel aviv, killing a person, injuring others. they said they will retaliate and it's very interesting to see how this regional wall will develop, now it is formally a regional war, the israelis striking the houthis and yemen, 2000
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kilometres or more, apart from israel. this is a wide spread wall and now the yemeni covenant two government, led by the houthis, fighting with the strongest in the war, american army and the israeli army. he was saying — army and the israeli army. he was saying this is regional and not a full—scale war. you mentioned that the us, britain and other allies have been targeting houthis for several months now. what impact they had on the ability of the houthis to continue carrying out strikes in the red sea and other parts of the region? apparently it had some impact. we saw the frequency of the houthis attacking ships in the red sea are less, but at the same time, we are seeing the houthis are attacking israel itself within alliance with the
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so—called iraqi resistance army, in iraq. so it is not clear at the moment whether fewer attacks on ships in the red sea is from british and american attacks, or the shifted attacks towards israel, itself. as we can see, this war is getting widening and the core reason for that is the situation in gaza, and the lack of reaching a truce that can provide peace and humanitarian aid for civilians in gaza, and returning hostages back to israel. . ~' , ., microsoft says that the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8.5 million windows devices. it added that some were used
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by enterprises which run �*many critical services. travellers across the world continue to face disruption as airlines try to recover. over 9, 000 flights have been cancelled worldwide since friday. the software failure also affected retail systems and healthcare, with problems for gps and pharmacies. nhs england has warned the disruption may continue next week and that while systems had been restored, there would be a backlog of appointments. to discuss the fallout from the outage, we can speak now to cyber security expert and chief strategy officer at cyber cx, alastair macgibbon. thank you forjoining us on the programme. the last day also has been focused on the recovery operation, trying to restore systems around the world. how do you think companies are doing and crucially how you think microsoft and crowdstrike are doing in all of this? to
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microsoft and crowdstrike are doing in all of this?— doing in all of this? to put this in context, _ doing in all of this? to put this in context, this - doing in all of this? to put this in context, this is - doing in all of this? to put this in context, this is a i this in context, this is a crowdstrike issue, not a microsoft issue. what happened is crowdstrike pushed out an update to systems that only impacted microsoft systems. as to how restorations are going, good progress but it will still take time. it would appear the majority of key systems, run by organisations around the world are back up and running. but it would take time because it teams physically pretty much need to get to each of these affected systems to reboot them. and that will take time. as you mentioned, this was all triggered by a faulty software update with crowdstrike. it is also raised questions about whether we should be dependent on a few technology companies around the world. what you make of that? ., ., , ., of that? one of the values that crowdstrike _ of that? one of the values that crowdstrike falcon _ of that? one of the values that crowdstrike falcon brings, - of that? one of the values that crowdstrike falcon brings, the | crowdstrike falcon brings, the product in question, is that it has such an installed base
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because it gives them better visibility and therefore theoretically they can at least stop more cyber risks. of course went that goes wrong, a bigger problem for more companies, in more countries. but i'm not sure if there is a solution. the reality is, it is a successful company. it is installed in many organisations that run critical services, for all of our economies. in this instance, it was a technology failure rather than a malicious act but it does highlight our reliance on a whole range of software providers. it reliance on a whole range of software providers.- reliance on a whole range of software providers. it has been called a human _ software providers. it has been called a human error, - software providers. it has been called a human error, and - software providers. it has been called a human error, and the. called a human error, and the sources been described as possibly a human error. is there anything that can be done to prevent this sort of outage happening again? it is to prevent this sort of outage happening again?— happening again? it is both a human and — happening again? it is both a human and process - happening again? it is both a human and process error. - human and process error. 0bviously, human and process error. obviously, in a very unfortunate way it will give lots of learnings to many companies beyond crowdstrike
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and for anyone else who produces software to double check and triple check in many controlled ways before they release this type of software. again, i want to emphasise one of the benefits of this type of cyber security software is that they released patches quickly to update system so they can better protect against risks and by its nature, that process of moving fast, possibly as one of moving fast, possibly as one of the problems. but it highlights that, and where with other companies by the way, not just crowdstrike falcon product, when you released a faulty piece of software, it can have significant consequences. can have significant conseuuences. ~ . ~ consequences. what you think the key lessons _ consequences. what you think the key lessons are _ consequences. what you think the key lessons are to - consequences. what you think the key lessons are to be - the key lessons are to be learned from this are? we need to understand _ learned from this are? we need to understand all _ learned from this are? we need to understand all of _ learned from this are? we need to understand all of the - to understand all of the interdependent nature is of the technologies we are using. this will be a really important and another wake—up call for organisations to talk and think about resilience. how do they
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fail over when there technology environment collapses around them? i think communications is them? i think communications is the key. we started on this path around 2017 with the ransomware crisis which was when the russian government was attacking ukrainian software and that spread laterally throughout the world. i was in a role in the australian government at the time and their ability to communicate fast with the economy was not good, norwere fast with the economy was not good, nor were any of the economies around the world very good at this type of communication. fast forward to seven years later and we are much better at doing that but we need another tenet of the dial there, and we learn to communicate better and we have resilience and recovery plans in place. we should also think about the hard—working it teams around the world, busy visiting many computers with blue screens on them!
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let's get some of the day's other news now. at least 10 more people have died in bangladesh, following riots in the capital of dhaka. there have been days of mass protests, calling for the government to axe a rule which reservesjobs for the families of veterans of the country's independence war. dozens of people have now been killed, and authorities have imposed a nation—wide curfew. the colombian president, gustavo petro, has apologised for a major corruption scandal involving some of his most senior cabinet ministers. speaking at the opening session of congress, mr petro said he would try to recover the misappropriated money, and make sure that those implicated faced justice. prosecutors say that millions of dollars of public funds from colombia's risk assessment and prevention department have been siphoned off for paybacks to politicians who promised to support the government in congress. residents on the spanish island of majorca are set
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to protest later against the impact of record levels of tourism. spain has seen a number of demonstrations in recent weeks, with locals claiming they're being priced out of the housing market and that the environment is being damaged. from majorca, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. british tourists are throwing themselves into their summer spanish getaways, escaping the weather back home. the beaches of this area, with record numbers. tourism is powering the national economy, as the good times roll. down the road, the same sand... but a very different experience. sonia and her son cannot find anywhere to live. she says many homes have been bought up by foreign visitors, orare been bought up by foreign visitors, or are rented out to tourists at prices she cannot afford. translation: , ., ., ,
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translation: is hard to get up every morning _ translation: is hard to get up every morning and _ translation: is hard to get up every morning and start - translation: is hard to get up every morning and start looking| every morning and start looking for a flat. the prices get higher every day. i stop people in the street and ask if they have anything because the days approaching when i will have to leave the apartment. we may be homeless soon because there is absolutely nothing. figs homeless soon because there is absolutely nothing.— absolutely nothing. as spain's tourist hotspots _ absolutely nothing. as spain's tourist hotspots have - absolutely nothing. as spain's tourist hotspots have grown . absolutely nothing. as spain's l tourist hotspots have grown and grown over decades, debate has raged as to whether the millions of visitors bring more problems than they do benefits. but this summer, if you think something is changed. there is a new level of anger, with many local saying they have had enough. in barcelona, a fortnight ago, locals squirted visitors with water pistols. 0ne visitors with water pistols. one of a number of recent protests across spain. get out of our streets was the child.
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we can see the port and we can see how some days 12,000 arriving in the city.- arriving in the city. back in majorca. _ arriving in the city. back in majorca, this _ arriving in the city. back in majorca, this local- arriving in the city. back in majorca, this local activist| arriving in the city. back in i majorca, this local activist is organising a demonstration this weekend. he wants a limit on visitor numbers and rejects the claim that tourism brings great wealth for the locals. this claim that tourism brings great wealth for the locals.— wealth for the locals. this is a fake argument _ wealth for the locals. this is a fake argument because i wealth for the locals. this is| a fake argument because we wealth for the locals. this is - a fake argument because we see more tourists than ever arriving, more money than ever, but this money, where does it go? to the people or is it going only to some economic powers? this is what we are seeing. powers? this is what we are seeini. , . , powers? this is what we are seeini. , ., , ., seeing. this family from rotherham, _ seeing. this family from rotherham, hope - seeing. this family from rotherham, hope they l seeing. this family from l rotherham, hope they are boosting the local economy. booster and make the money, people — booster and make the money, people travel around and that is what — people travel around and that is what this place is for? tourism _ is what this place is for? tourism. if is what this place is for? tourism-_ is what this place is for? tourism. ., ., , tourism. if no-one turned up, there would — tourism. if no-one turned up, there would be _ tourism. if no-one turned up, there would be no _
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tourism. if no-one turned up, there would be no shops - tourism. if no-one turned up, | there would be no shops here, restaurants, bars.— there would be no shops here, restaurants, bars. tourism has bounced back _ restaurants, bars. tourism has bounced back after _ restaurants, bars. tourism has bounced back after covid - restaurants, bars. tourism has bounced back after covid but l bounced back after covid but record levels are creating new problems. and provoking what could be an unprecedented backlash. nick beake, bbc news. the south sudan basketball team has fallen painfully short of an historic upset, going down by1 point to team usa in a thrilling match in london. south sudan, ranked 33rd in the world, were leading for much of the game, but a basket by lebronjames in the final seconds secured the win for the u5101-100. both teams are preparing to compete in the paris 0lympics next week, with matches starting on july 27. team usa will go in ot the competition as heavy favourites. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, saturday saw some more sunshine towards eastern
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england in particular. it was warm and humid still here, with some of our temperatures rising again into the high 20s in celsius, whereas further west, it was a wetter story. plenty of thick clouds, fresher—feeling conditions developing here. we're all coming into that cooler—feeling air as we head through sunday. there'll still be some sunshine around for most of us at times, but also some wet weather in the form of showers. and overnight tonight, we've been seeing some rain move northwards and eastwards, showers following on behind. most of the rain by dawn on sunday will be across the northern isles. still that hang—back of cloud towards eastern england, and still that warm, muggy—feeling air. temperatures 16—18 celsius to start off the morning. now, many of us will get off to a sunny start to the day, but cloud will thicken as we head through the late morning into the afternoon, mostly from the west. and there'll be a scattering of showers for western stretches of the uk as well, with heavier rain moving into northern ireland later on through the afternoon, eventually to south—west scotland. temperatures will be more or less the seasonal average, 16—23 degrees celsius, so quite a drop for eastern
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areas of england in particular. staying in that cooler air on monday, a whole host of weather fronts bringing some more wet and some windy weather at times too. most of the rain will tend to be out towards the north and west. a few sharp, thundery showers across scotland. down through north—west england, a scattering of showers, but also some sunny spells for northern ireland. and it's blustery in the south, with a brisk westerly wind, a few isolated showers, but also some sunshine. the sunshine will help to boost the temperature, perhaps, for south—east england. we could see 2a or 25 degrees in the best of that. and then on tuesday, high pressure starts to build in, so the sunshine will be making a return across pretty much the whole of the uk. a few showers to start off the day and a few isolated showers developing as we head through the middle part of the day as well. more of a north—westerly wind, so it's quite a cool wind direction. but temperatures will be boosted by the sunshine, so rising a little higher
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again as we head through the day on tuesday. the high pressure, too, lasting into wednesday. so if we take a look at our outlook for the capital cities as we head through the rest of the week, it's warm and it's mostly dry again on wednesday. temperatures rising a little further, but more showers on thursday and friday. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. the headlines:
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former president donald trump tells republican supporters at a michigan rally he "took a bullet for democracy" after he survived an assassination attempt a week ago. israel says it has intercepted a missile launched from yemen shortly after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes on the yemeni port city of hodeidah. microsoft says it estimates that 8.5 million computers around the world were disabled by the global it outage. equals description to travel, health services. residents on the spanish island of majorca are set to protest against tourism later today. tributes are being paid to one of snooker�*s greatest stars, ray reardon, who's died at the age of 91. now on bbc news, click.

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