up" whatever happens. senatorjoe manchin becomes the latest prominent democrat to call on president biden to withdraw from the race for the white house. israel's military says its air defence system has intercepted a missile fired from yemen — before it could enter israeli airspace over the southern region of eilat. the attack comes after israeli fighterjets carried out air strikes on saturday on the houthi controlled port of hodeidah in yemen. let's bring you more now on the prominent senator joe manchin becoming the latest democrat to call forjoe biden to drop out of the presidential race. democrat to call forjoe biden to manchin said he wanted the president to focus only on his remaining time in office saying he would leave the oval office with an unmatched legacy. president biden�*s campaign team insist he will still run for relection —

he is due back on the campaign trail next week after being forced to isolate with covid. here'sjoe manchin speaking with abc news. he will go down with a legacy, unlike many people, as one of the finest and truly a patriot american. so, with that, i come with a heavy heart to think the time has come for him to pass the torch to a new generation. let the process... crosstalk. a healthy competition is what it's all about. let's speak to the democratic strategist, ameshia cross. thank you very much forjoining us, bearing with us while we got to you, it's good to have you here on bbc news this evening. tell us, why are you still convinced that president biden should continue in the race for the white house?— for the white house? well, first thins for the white house? well, first things first. _ for the white house? well, first things first, president _ for the white house? well, first things first, president biden - for the white house? well, firsti things first, president biden has over 1a million votes that got him through the primary to begin with. you can't negate the votes of the democratic coalition that brought

joe biden to the dance. those people came out across the country in droves to support the biden harris campaign, and the biden harris legacy going into this election cycle. trying to negate black voters, brown voters, the coalition that makes up the democratic party including senior voters as well have already cast those ballots, you'd be subverting the entire democratic process. i also do not believe that mega— donors are the people who should be deciding american elections and who is going to be our next president, that's not how we were, our voters make that decision. he has a legacy to run on, he himself has not said that he is stepping aside as a matter of fact, he said the exact opposite, he's in it to win it, he'll be back on the campaign trail in the next few days. democrats, senior people inside the parties, they say they don't think that's the right course of action. those errors that he's made

referring to president zelenskyy as putin, referring to kamala harris as vice president trump, people are concerned about his capacity to cope. what would it take for you to think that he really needed to step back? so i'm going to take a step back? so i'm going to take a step back here for a moment. i do find it interesting that these floods are consistently brought up. this is a prisoner who gave over an hour of basically a history lesson not only need but our international relations broadly was phd level in the conference. he was in las vegasjust last week for an naacp conference. i do think there is something to be said here of the over amplification so to speak of a few flubs when you also have on the other side and donald] trump, someone who is talking about hannibal lector as if he's a real person, talking about sharks as if they're going to jump up sharks as if they're going to jump up on stage and attack him. someone

who is saying that immigrants are not human, he literally said that the rnc conference as well as project 2025 that would build to dissolve our allegiances about abroad. former president trump doesn't believe in nato or the nato alliance and didn't even know what nato was when he became president. these are things that are extremely important and vital to converse about him i do not believe a couple of flubs were about him i do not believe a couple of flu bs were we about him i do not believe a couple of flubs were we did see that president recouped, and we have seen them on the campaign trail, the voters of the folks who matter and the voters are telling him to stay in the race. they are saying while we were canvassing and talking to them every day. fix, we were canvassing and talking to them every day-— we were canvassing and talking to them every day. a ma'or cross, thank ou for them every day. a ma'or cross, thank you for your _ them every day. a ma'or cross, thank you for your time. — let's revisit events in the middle east this week. as you have been hearing, the houthi movement in yemen says it has targeted the israeli resort of eilat with multiple ballistic missiles.

on saturday israel struck the yemeni port of hodeidah, which the houthis say killed six people and wounded dozens. on the same day — the lebanese armed group hezbollah says it carried out a rocket attack on northern israel. also in the last 2a hours a thousand members of the israel's ultra—orthodox community have been sent conscription notices. previously they had been exempt from military service. let's speak to casey babb, who is a senior fellow at the macdonald—laurier institute in ottawa, and a former adviser to two canadian defence ministers. welcome to bbc news, it's very good of you tojoin welcome to bbc news, it's very good of you to join us tonight. tell us, what sort of week will be israeli government be thinking it has had when we are seeing so much conflict on so many fronts, gaza, lebanon, and yemen? i on so many fronts, gaza, lebanon, and yemen?— and yemen? i mean, martin, this famous jewish — and yemen? i mean, martin, this famous jewish proverb, _ and yemen? i mean, martin, this famous jewish proverb, that - and yemen? i mean, martin, this famous jewish proverb, that the i famousjewish proverb, that the mouse isn't a thief, it is the whole thatis, mouse isn't a thief, it is the whole that is, in other words that it is sometimes our own inaction that

opens us up to vulnerabilities and i think israeli leaders need to start thinking that way and probably are going to think that way this coming week. they are in a very precarious situation, they've had civilians killed in tel aviv, in the north, because of a strike by hezbollah, really the strategy in israel right now is elusive, so they need to start making tough decisions here going forward. hose start making tough decisions here going forward-— start making tough decisions here auoin forward. ., . ., ., . going forward. how much of a concern will it be that — going forward. how much of a concern will it be that there _ going forward. how much of a concern will it be that there have _ going forward. how much of a concern will it be that there have been - will it be that there have been protests against the orthodox community receiving these conscription notices? that's going to raise tensions internally, is it? absolutely it is. israel is in many ways an extremely united nation. a very cohesive people in israel, jewish or non—jewish, and they come together in times of crisis. that said, there are these social

fissures and the ultra—orthodox community has for many decades, to immune to conscription and that is changing now for obvious reasons. and that is really going to create increased tensions in the country at a time when that's the last thing israel needs, no more tension. irate israel needs, no more tension. we heard news that hamas leader had been killed in an air strike this week. how significant is that given that it week. how significant is that given thatitis week. how significant is that given that it is quite clear there will be others who are only too happy to step up as a leader in the group? ya, i mean this is an excellent question. the removal of this leader is very significant. he's been targeted many times in the past and has avoided being killed or captured. this time around, they got him. and you know, you raise this

point that others are eager and willing to step up and that's true. and you know, that's not exactly a clear—cut situation where removal of leadership works. but it also does send a signal to organisations, it sends a signal to leadership that they are also in the cross hairs and that would make anybody feel vulnerable and it would really throw off organising and mobilising militants and operations. so it is very significant.— militants and operations. so it is very significant. given that israel is involved _ very significant. given that israel is involved on _ very significant. given that israel is involved on conflicts _ very significant. given that israel is involved on conflicts on - very significant. given that israel i is involved on conflicts on multiple fronts as we've said, how likely is it that can be de—escalation on any of those fronts, never mind all of them, with or without the input of them, with or without the input of the international community? yeah, i mean they are _ the international community? yeah, i mean they are in _ the international community? yeah, i mean they are in a _ the international community? yeah, i mean they are in a very, _ the international community? yeah, i mean they are in a very, very - mean they are in a very, very challenging situation now, martin.

as i've mentioned and as you're aware, civilians were killed in the north, a civilian was killed in tel aviv 100 yards from the north, a civilian was killed in tel aviv100 yards from the us embassy. they have significant issues to deal with in the west bank. they have hamas in gaza, they are fighting a multi—front war. really, they are fighting a war that's unprecedented. so at the same time they're trying to secure their hostages and they are trying to de—escalate the situation, but many actors on israel's border, along its border and even thousands of kilometres away, don't want to see things de—escalate. quite the contrary, they want to see instability, they want to see the war prolong, and they want to see more suffering. i mean, that's been part of the playbook for many of these jihadist groups for many years. they need to deter these threat actors but also simultaneously come up with a way to

de—escalate. simultaneously come up with a way to de-escalate-— de-escalate. very briefly, we also saw that there _ de-escalate. very briefly, we also saw that there was _ de-escalate. very briefly, we also saw that there was a _ de-escalate. very briefly, we also saw that there was a ruling - de-escalate. very briefly, we also saw that there was a ruling that i saw that there was a ruling that israel's building settlements in certain parts of palestinian occupied territories is unlawful and surely then, some of these matters that beset their israeli government are within their hands. they have the power, the remit to change things. the power, the remit to change thins. ., ., . ., things. yet, to a certain extent, this aoes things. yet, to a certain extent, this goes back _ things. yet, to a certain extent, this goes back to _ things. yet, to a certain extent, this goes back to the _ things. yet, to a certain extent, this goes back to the property i things. yet, to a certain extent, - this goes back to the property about the mouse in the hole. —— the proverb. israel has pursued and applied policies that are detrimental to the safety and security of the country, that's just a fact. now, right now, is now the time for them to addressing all these other peripheral issues? i'm not sure. but to your point, they don't help, and israel right now needs all the help they can get because it's in a war like no other and their hostages need to be secured and troops truly want to go

home. ., , ,., secured and troops truly want to go home. ., , .,, , secured and troops truly want to go home. ., , ., ., home. professor casey babb from from the institute home. professor casey babb from from the institute in — home. professor casey babb from from the institute in ottawa, _ home. professor casey babb from from the institute in ottawa, good _ home. professor casey babb from from the institute in ottawa, good to - the institute in ottawa, good to get your insight. let's get more now on how a software bug from crowdstrike affected microsoft windows systems around the world. with thousands of flights cancelled, and banking, healthcare,and businesses all affected, we look at what happened in this special programme "the worldwide computer crash". so, people are tired. they've been handing out water. the boards don't really say anything. thousands of flights cancelled. due to the outage, my credit card system isn't working. payment systems down. around the globe, remember, this could cost billions. i mean, even trillions if it keeps going on like this. if we look at the scale of the impact, it's gigantic. i was told that the system is down all over the country as well. - appointments cancelled. computer systems in turmoil. many people saying this

is potentially the biggest it outage that we have seen, probably in the last 25, 30 years. of course, the first thing you think is, is this the big cyberattack that everybody has been so worried about? a massive it outage affecting hundreds of millions all around the world. breaking news — a massive global technical outage. massive tech outages are impacting airlines, businesses, offices, companies. the scale of this problem is that it is huge. - i woke up this morning and i was reading the news first thing, which i always do, and i was reading that there had been this outage in australia and i thought, well, that sounds like a bit of a problem, doesn't it? airlines, supermarkets, tv, news channels, banks around the world are affected by this massive it outage, thought to be linked to microsoft's business computer system. the uk wakes up to confusion and chaos as reports

of a global it failure break. the first news we had was that there was a microsoft problem. we knew that there had been an issue in the cloud somewhere and then that had caused issues. i've covered tech news for the best part of 20 years now, and this is the most catastrophic result, i think, of of an outage or a hack that i have seen in terms of how widespread it is and how many companies and businesses and customers have been affected. passengers at airports across the world face long waits and cancellations. we've been static for about three hours and we haven't checked into our flight, which was supposed to take off an hour ago. i'm just in a limbo as to how long i've got to wait here for. yeah, the queues are pretty long. it's it problems worldwide we've heard in the news. i and yeah, apart from that, | we're not really sure what's going on, to be honest.

as the minutes go by, the extent of the disruptions begins to unfold, with businesses, banks and nhs systems experiencing major problems. electronic prescription system is down at the moment, so we're not able to receive prescriptions from surgeries and we can't sort of download and update our system at the moment. even tv stations were forced off air. a major global it outage is hitting businesses worldwide, including here at sky news. at first, it was unclear what was behind such widespread chaos. my initial concern was whether this disruption was a cyber attack we've my initial concern was whether this disruption was a cyber attack. we've seen over the past few years various supply chain cyber attacks linked to state actors. i think really early on we figured out that it wasn't a hack, it wasn't a cyber attack, and we've since had the uk government being among

the voices saying, you know, you don't need to worry about your security. well, i think my reaction was like so many other. people, was one of shock. you know, this is a global, i huge business, which, well, it's affected us all. this outage is notjust something that would happen to a few - people and a few countries and a few companies. - it's happened around the world. as more and more devices were switched on, millions of computer users were faced with a blue screen of death. so the first problem we knew about was that microsoft's cloud hosting service, if you like, the giant computers at the heart of the internet on which so many companies, services and systems are based, those had gone down in the central united states and in a way that was unexpected. there's a cyber security company called crowdstrike, which had issued an update to a service that it offers its customers already. it's called falcon, and it's basically an antivirus scanner. for some reason, this update has reacted really badly with devices running windows software. and of course there are millions of those because it's

a very popular bit of kit. let's see how the platform stops an attack in real time. _ this update, which went on to probably millions of devices around the world, notjust your laptop or your desktop that you work on or play on, but things like ticket devices, ticket machines, things like check in machines at airports and devices inside the nhs as well. and it got those machines to reboot and then they couldn't restart. this financial services company counts on crowdstrike for all their cybersecurity needs. but what if they hadn't? international cybersecurity firm crowdstrike said that the root of the problem lay in an update to its software, which was designed to protect microsoft windows devices from hacking. the company has clarified and taken responsibility for this, and said that only those devices using windows operating systems have been affected. every day there are cyber attack attempts, there are hack attempts. you know, it has a pretty robust system, and it invests a lot in keeping that system secure.

and yet somehow this little update, you know, fell through the cracks and slipped through every single net and managed to cause this complete chaos. the company released a statement. the chief executive did do an interview in which he did eventually apologise. we're deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers, to travellers, to anyone affected by this, including our companies. microsoft also issued a statement. because of their statement and because of the implausibility

for other reasons, it seems unlikely that this was linked to malign actors. part of the reason we can also see that is a lack of targeting. this wasn't specific, this wasn't directed. so many things have been affected by the outage, and that's because microsoft have got so many fingers in so many pies. so you can go from airlines. you're looking at banks being affected, kiosks in shopping centres. crowdstrike, as of its last earnings call, had 211,000 customers internationally. that means 211,000 organisations have been impacted. each of those organisations will have hundreds, maybe even thousands or more devices which could potentially be impacted. i started keeping a list of the brands that seem to be affected and i gave up within an hour because there were just so many. it is a huge thing affecting pretty much every sector. take a look at this!

they've left us a gift! i think we misjudged them. crowdstrike is a us firm founded in 2011. they protect companies from cybersecurity incidents and usually deal with the aftermath of hacking. but this time, it was to be their own product, which caused the problems. we stop cyber attacks, - we stop breaches, we stop a lot of bad things from happening. if we think about the intersection of those companies, which both operate crowdstrike and also operate windows operating systems on their devices, this is a very large potential. it's one of the biggest dangers is if you have just one point of failure for so many systems, then at some point this was bound to happen. what was the impact of this computing crisis? i would be surprised if there hasn't been an impact on global economies. i would also be surprised if there isn't an impact on the value of crowdstrike and also to an extent, microsoft. the amount that the global economy would have been affected by this kind of move, it's almost impossible to say because it could be billions of pounds, but it could of course,

be even more than that. the it outage has also affected the value of crowdstrike itself, with shares in the firm down 15% on the nasdaq exchange in new york. well, we've already seen, um, when trading opened in the us, a large fall in crowdstrike's market value. we can likely expect further negative repercussions for crowdstrike in the near future because of the significance. i would reflect on the fact, however, that companies, um, have previously been exposed to bad press because of cyber attacks or because of, uh, issues in their technology. it's been monumentally disruptive. and experts say fixing the problem will be time—consuming. in many cases, requiring individual machines to be rebooted. the devices affected by the crowdstrike issue are probably going to need an engineer to go to each and every

one, plug a keyboard in, do some very simple steps to get them started again. but it is probably going to be beyond the level of capability of a lot of certainly home users. functionally, what this means is that an individual needs to go to every single device, and they need to reboot and change certain aspects of the system in order for it to work. the significance of that can't really be understated in terms of business interruption and potential cost. every single device that's been affected is still going to have to be manually rebooted in safe mode. that means somebody is going to have to do it, who knows what they're doing. the human resource cost of it, technicians or other um, technologically gifted individuals going around to each device is incredibly high. the anticipated financial disruption cost that we can expect from organisations who have had to, um, disrupt their pause their activities is also significant. i think, given the potential shortage of technicians for an event of this scale,

it's quite likely it's going to take maybe a week to get everything back up and running, maybe longer. and of course, some machines will be more accessible than others within company hardware stores. so this is going to take some time, we think, to completely rectify. while for some a fixed proved simple, many were left asking how while for some a fix proved simple, many were left asking how it could be prevented from happening again. for us as individuals, it's really just about being patient, sadly. unfortunately, as everyday users, there's not an awful lot we can do. clearly, the companies involved will be taking incredible steps and going to enormous lengths and care to try and ensure this doesn't happen again, not least because it creates terrible headlines for them. it depresses their stock price as well. so they're very well incentivised to do this. it's really hard to stop this kind of thing from happening again, only because sometimes those software updates are needed. sometimes it's the security that

you need to make the whole system you're watching bbc news, some breaking news where presidentjoe biden has said he is going to stand down from the presidential race and don't seek reelection to the white housein don't seek reelection to the white house in november. he has said he will step aside as a candidate and he will focus on fulfilling his duties as president for the remainder of his term. he adds he's going to speak to the nation later about his decision, so this information has come to us via acts formerly known as twitter, the social media platform wherejoe biden has posted a letter. it reads my fellow americans come over the past three and a half years we have made progress as a nation. we have the strongest economy in the world, we have made the historic investments in rebuilding our nation. in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and expending affordable health care to

a record number of americans. we provide critically needed care to a million veterans exposed to toxic substances, past the first gun safety law in 30 years, appointed the first african—american woman to the first african—american woman to the supreme court and passed the most significant climate legislation in the history of the world. america has never been better positioned to lead then we are today. i know none of this could have been done without you, the american people. together, we overcame a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. we protected and preserved our democracy and we've revitalised and strengthened our alliances around the world. it's been the greatest honour of my life to serve as your president and while this has been my intention to seek reelection, i believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on submitting my duties as president for the remainder of my term. ——

fulfilling my duties. for now let me stress my deepest gratitude to all of those who have worked so hard to see me reelected. i want to thank vice president kamala harris for being an extraordinary partner and all this work. and let me express my heartfelt appreciation to the american people for the faith and trust you've placed in me. i believe today what i always have — that there is nothing that america can't do when we do it together, we just have to remember we are the united states of america. " so, that is the letter that has been posted in the last ten minutes on x formerly known as twitter, social media platform. it was only 18 hours ago on that same social media account, joe biden said this is the most important election of our lifetimes and i will win it. we've seen growing amounts of

concern thatjoe biden's health isn't good, we know that he's been isolating because he was found to have cove it. but we were expecting him to return to the campaign trail tomorrow. having been told by his doctor that his health was improving and that he was fit to continue campaigning. buta and that he was fit to continue campaigning. but a growing and that he was fit to continue campaigning. buta growing number of democrats including senior democrats have expressed concern that he is not fit enough to continue in the campaign. let's speak to our correspondent david waddell who is following this live developing story. so david, we found out about it as an the way in social —— as is the way in 2024, on social media.

i've just been the way in 2024, on social media. i'vejust been reading the way in 2024, on social media. i've just been reading through the letter, you've read some of it over the air. we are dashing around in the air. we are dashing around in the newsroom together more details. presidentjoe biden said today, america has the starkest economy in the world, he's gone on to detail some of the achievements of his presidency but then goes on to say that he believes it's in the best interest of his party and the country for him to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling his duties as president for the remainder of his term which is what, six or seven months or so and allow a successor to take on the mantle of challenging the presidency as the democratic candidate. in november. the pressure was growing on him though, wasn't it? some donors were concerned about whether he was fit to stand and as we've seen several senators have also come forward to say it's now time to go. so one had

to wonder when the pressure would become so great that he needed to listen to what his party was saying. well, yes indeed. there are a couple of different issues here, born perhaps of... there've been a few missteps in terms his ability to appear like he had a handle on his brief and that then led to question marks over whether he had the capacity to continue as president or he had the capacity to continue as president for the next four years. growing doubts about that amongst people closest to him and also amongst the wider american public there were questions over whether he should continue to fight for the presidency in november. that then has spilt over into a further issue which is the polling figures. and those have suggested for some time now that his rival donald trump, the previous president, would be likely

to win and that has put further pressure on president biden. david, for the moment, _ pressure on president biden. david, for the moment, thank _ pressure on president biden. david, for the moment, thank you - pressure on president biden. david, for the moment, thank you very - pressure on president biden. david, i for the moment, thank you very much, david waddell. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, ione wells. how much pressure has he been under to listen to the party, a growing number of people saying you know, we need another candidate if we're going to win this in november. he's been under pressure from a growing number of senators and lawmakers saying he needs to step aside. the main concern was notjust about him not losing the presidential race —— losing the race, but pulling they could lose the house representative. granting huge power to the republican party. plus all the private speculation in the us media, including briefings that close allies ofjoe biden, even

the former speaker, other that close allies ofjoe biden, even the formerspeaker, otherfigures that close allies ofjoe biden, even the former speaker, otherfigures in the former speaker, otherfigures in the party feeling he should step aside. statement dropping him at the middle of the afternoon on the sunday when he is still being away from the white house. especially giving the reverent —— getting the rhetoric of the sense that while the pressure was mounting. it was a question of when not if this is not unexpected, but the manner has taken some as a surprise. he will address his party later this week to set up more of his reasoning. he has made it pretty clear that it is in the

interest of the country and