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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: nearly all of the nhs trusts affected by a massive cyber attack have restored their systems, according to the home secretary. this has been an international attack, it's impacted a hundred countries. it has affected our nhs but also some elements of industry. what we've got is a bunch of 215t—century highway robbers who have hacked into our nhs and are basically offering protection money to get the information back. europol says that the skill of the attack is unprecedented as organisations in around 100 countries are affected. jeremy corbyn has insisted he and his deputy tom watson are working flat out for a labour victory at the
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general election. hundreds of thousands of people join the pope as he canonised as two shepherd children. the final of the eurovision song contest is being held in the ukrainian capital, kiev, tonight. will britain face a brexit backlash? and in the women's fa cup final, a record crowd is expected for the game between birmingham city and manchester city. the stars of the latest alien film will be discussed in the film review. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news.
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the government's emergency committee cobra have been meeting in response to the global cyber attack which has disabled nhs computers in england and scotland. the home secretary amber rudd said 97% of nhs trusts in england are working as normal. we have talked about how we can make sure that the nhs remains robust, that patients are put first, and i would like to commend the work that nhs staff had done to ensure that hospitals and patients surgeries will continue to run smoothly. 97% of nhs trusts and hospitals,
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doctors, are working as normal. the response has in fact been very good and that is due to do good work of the staff and resilience which was already put in place. this has been an international attack, it has impacted 100 countries, it has affected our nhs but also some elements of industry. we believe we have the right preparedness in place and also the right plans going forward over the next few days to make sure that we limit its impact on forward. that was in response to that cyber attack, that is the latest that we know from them. the home secretary just latest that we know from them. the home secretaryjust reiterating that 43 have restored their systems, though they cannot rule out some disruption next week which could affect routine appointments. hopefully getting more on this shortly. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said he had nothing but contempt
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for those behind the cyber attack. what we've now got is a bunch of 21st—century highway robbers that have hacked into our nhs and are basically offering protection money to get the information back in order to treat cancer patients or anybody else. it's unbelievably disgusting and i've got nothing but contempt for the people who have done it. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is in wigan. it seems as if we are returning to abnormality there. he wrecked wigan may have said to me that they are doing really well and in the last few minutes we went inside the control room which they have set up specially to deal with this, which is full of the entire it department to have come in on their weekend and are working round the clock, tackling the situation at
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this hospital, where five different systems were all affected. when this first hit yesterday they were very quick to switch off all the systems. they know that around 30 pcs and laptops were infected, they do not know beyond that how many more might have been hits because they turned everything off quickly. what it has meant is that some departments are having to work manually, pathology and other departments like that are having to take manual notes, pen and paper. if you go to have a blood test, the results are back, they would not be put into the computer, you will have to phone up for the results and everybody is working around the situation. there are other systems which have not been affected, i am told that the patient notes are ok, they can get to those, and they are managing to function with the workaround on the contingency plans. this place is up and running. they have asked people
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that if they want to come to amd, they should still feel that they should come here, but only if it is necessary “— should come here, but only if it is necessary —— a&e. there are ambulances pulling up under our patients coming here to be treated. the hospital says that they have it under control but there is also a little bit of anxiety. about just how quickly they will be fully up and running because for some systems they need to wait for external companies to come in and check, for example some of the scanning equipment. until it is fully into next week and the place is as busy as it would be, they need to switch things on slowly and methodically, they will only switch the things on back tonne year when they are sure that everything is safe. they are managing to work around it. earlier i spoke to an analyst who
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warned that malware often destroys back—up data on infected computer systems. it is not a case of if they will get into your network, it is when. most places are putting monitoring in places are putting monitoring in place which rapidly identifies infected systems so they can recover more quickly. so you can monitor but how can you prevent it happening in the first place? in this case, it is making sure that systems are patched, certain protocols and things that the malware is leveraging our turned off and not utilised. which industries? how did these hackers find their victims? utilised. which industries? how did these hackers find their victims7m these hackers find their victims7m the case of commodity ransom ware, which this is, they scan the whole
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internet looking for vulnerable systems. they have robots which famed one double systems then download the software and starch to propagate from there and then some of those systems become zombies themselves. as the attack gets bigger, those become part of the system that are doing it, so the system that are doing it, so the syste m gets system that are doing it, so the system gets bigger, the attack gets bigger and that is why this has grown so rapidly. been a lot been made about the back—up system. could this worm have entered a back—up system 7 this worm have entered a back—up system? in industry speak it is called spoilation of the back—up. the first thing that this malware will do is delete the back—ups. in more sophisticated versions they will go hunting for the back—ups, because they are wanting to hold the data to ransom, he do it wanted to be available, so they want spoilation. when you are hearing
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people saying, the data is on back—up, what are you thinking in your head? i am smiling and trying to keep a grip because it is frustrating and sometimes you see this and a lot of people talking about it and the fact that the nhs has not lost patient data. it is not just about the data, it is about availability. if the nhs cannot a nswer availability. if the nhs cannot answer emergency phone calls, we are not worried about the patient data at that point, we are worried about critical national infrastructure. i worry when people say, do not worry, you have back—ups, this will go on for weeks and months after this. with me is our technology correspondent chris foxx. he had been very busy. as we have just been hearing there, the effects will continue for weeks, not months. we seem to be over the worst of it. certainly good news that the nhs is
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getting things back up and running, hopefully they have patched the security flaw, because we now know that this was spreading partly to a known vulnerability in windows systems which had been patched by microsoft, but not every company had installed that patch. updates are a lwa ys installed that patch. updates are always good to do. crucially they haveissued always good to do. crucially they have issued a patch for a windows xp, to close this particular hole as well. it. it from spreading further. this could continue to spread. so it looks as though it is good news for the nhs here in britain, but has been all over 100 countries were affected. just run through some of
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those countries and the industries that this worm targeted. we have heard from thousands of companies, one antivirus tepco, avast, said that they had had 71,000 detections —— one antivirus company. you can see how far it has got. it is an indiscriminate worm, it is looking for computers that are running this vulnerable version of windows that it can get into, it will try every door that it can as it crawls across the internet. there is a search engine which makes you —— lets you look for computers running this specific vulnerability. we have seen
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it with finding webcams. this same search engine can look at people running that open version of windows and find people who could be affected by this next, so it is quite easy to target this and with a worm that spreads and spreads, it is indiscriminate, it has ended up in the car industry, nissan have had problems, the nhs as well, and telecoms firms like telefonica. you have just mentioned webcams. is it just windows that is particularly vulnerable or can it be any software ? vulnerable or can it be any software? any software can have viruses. it did not use to be worthwhile to make viruses for
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telefonica, but know that they have becoming more popular it is more worthwhile. that is the same reason why if businesses are running on windows it makes sense to target your efforts there to get ransom money. jeremy corbyn has insisted he and his deputy, tom watson, are are working flat out for a labour victory at the general election. mr corbyn's comments come after tom watson told the guardian that there could be a margaret thatcher—style landslide for the conservatives if labour maintained its current lead in opinion polls. mr watson said it would be very, very difficult for labour to turn the poll numbers around, and the party had a mountain to climb. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo has been following the story. there are a couple of different interpretations of this, one is that
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it is stating the obvious, labour are very far behind in the opinion polls, up to 20 points. there is another interpretation that this is another interpretation that this is an unhelpful addition to the diagnosis of labour's travails at this point in the campaign. tom watson warning that if labour does not narrow the poll difference then the conservatives could be on course for the majority of 100 or more mps, meaning that theresa may would be able to do what she likes. we have heard within the last half an hour or so from jeremy corbyn, who is out campaigning in great yarmouth, and he was asked whether he was worried about a conservative landslide. i'm out rendall country, the party 's editor in double country, putting out a message, we either party for the many, not the few. we will invest in our nhs, education system, we will invest in our pensioners and
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make sure there is an expanding economy for all. it will not be 6 million people earning less than living wage. there will not be tens of thousands of people sleeping on the streets. that is the difference that a labour government will make. i have been talking to my debt to leader this morning, we're talking about the cyber attack and our policies for sports, arts and culture, which is within his brief, and we are both working absolutely flat out to get labour mps elected on the 8th ofjune. jeremy corbyn has always insisted that he has been in it to win it. there have been comments from gordon brown, who has been giving a speech to labour members in scotland, and he has been saying that to reason wa nts a he has been saying that to reason wants a blank cheque. it is up to labour voters to select your local candidates to be champions for things like the nhs, socialjustice. no mention of a future labour
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government. the suggestion being that the labour party will be in opposition, let's make it a strong one. hence there from other senior labourfigures one. hence there from other senior labour figures today, a slightly different message. the prime minister has been on the campaign trailas the prime minister has been on the campaign trail as well, this time in northern ireland. visiting an agrictultrual show in county antrim, she discussed the impact of brexit and also urged local politicians to come together and restore power—sharing at stormont. 0ur correspondent nick higham is there. this is the balmoral show, the biggest agricultural and food show northern ireland. the prime minister paid a visit, stopping off at the women's institute stands, watching some of thejudging of women's institute stands, watching some of the judging of beef cattle. it was pretty much flying visit, she was only here for an hour and a half, and that is because northern ireland, from the point of view of a
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conservative election campaign, is a sideshow. they are only fielding seven candidates. they have a minuscule record year. this is northern ireland's farming and agricultural community, one of the biggest issues is what brexit might do to farming and agriculture. i am joined by the president of the ulster farmers' union, he finds arable and sheep about 20 miles south of here. brexit could be tremendously disruptive to trade. 0ne tremendously disruptive to trade. one of the biggest issues here is the border. it is good that the european commission negotiator has recognised that it is in his top three priorities. but when you realise that most of our milk headsets, 40% of our lambs head
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south, there are serious logistical issues. what you say to the northern ireland secretary that the government should do about it?|j think that the secretary of state is fully aware of the problems that exist. all long we have heard that they will have to be some sort of imaginative solutions to all of this. time will tell exactly what that means, but anything that is going to head towards a hard border really will present huge challenges to the food industry in northern ireland. we hear about other models, the border between sweden and norway is one. imaginative solutions, has anybody picked your finger on what that might be? i do not think that they have, we have not had any suggestions of what that might look like. the main thing is that there isa like. the main thing is that there is a recognition both within the uk
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government and, when we speak to our counterparts in southern ireland, we do realise that this is one of the key areas and they will have to be some serious thinking done about this. that is high on the european commission's agenda in the negotiations over brexit. it looks like it will have to be high on the british government's agenda as well after the general election. how do you maintain cross—border trade tree northern ireland and the republic of one of them is in the european union and the other is no longer? the headlines: the home secretary amber rudd says 97% of nhs trusts in england are working as normal despite yesterday's massive cyber attack. the european union's law—enforcement agency, europol, says that the skill of the attack as unprecedented as thousands of companies in hundreds
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of countries are affected by the ransom ware. jeremy corbyn has denied that members of his party are already admitting defeat in thejune general election. us president donald trump says he wants to move quickly to nominate a new fbi director to replace james comey, who was sacked from the position earlier this week. the president has faced a backlash for firing the president has faced a backlash forfiring james the president has faced a backlash for firing james komi. donald the president has faced a backlash forfiring james komi. donald trump told reporters that he made to name a successor before the end of next week. these are people who are very well—known, highest level, we could
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make quick decision. drayton manor theme park has reopened today, four days after an 11—year—girl died after falling from a ride. evha jannath from leicester fell from a boat on the splash canyon ride. the park's owners say the ride will remain shut, along with ones that overlook it, as a mark of respect to her family. two illiterate shepherd children have been declared saints by the pope at a mass in portugal. hundreds of thousands of people attended the service in fatima, where francisco and jacinta marto were canonised. the pair are believed to have seen an apparition of the virgin mary there a hundred years ago. allison roberts has more. it was 100 years ago today that three children tending sheep near the village of fatima said that the virgin mary had appeared to them. two of the children, jacinta and francisco marto, died young.
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they are canonised by pope francis today because of the case of a boy in brazil who inexplicably recovered from severe injuries after his family prayed to the fatima visionaries. the third little shepherd of 1917, their cousin lucia dos santos, later wrote down three so—called secrets that mary had told them. over the decades, fatima has become one of the world's most important catholic shrines. we must be here to make stronger our faith and to show other people that if you want, you can do everything. this is an excellent opportunity to see him drive by and to celebrate mass with him. 0n the eve of his trip, the pope described himself as a pilgrim of hope and peace. at the shrine, he prayed with the faithful before the traditional candlelight procession. francis is the fourth pope to visit fatima but the centenary
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and the canonisation of the two little shepherds give this year's ceremony is a special significance for catholics in portugal and around the world. for patients who need palliative care in the final days of their lives, the option to be cared for, and die, at home, isn't something that's always available. a new survey suggests that one of the main barriers is a shortage of specialists who can also offer the right training to family members. graham satchell reports. my husband, roger, i'd been married to for 47 years and he was raf aircrew. a brave man. 13 years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer. when his condition was terminal, the only thing he wanted to do was to die in his own house, with his own things and me looking after him.
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ok, so we'll practise with some water. we'lljust draw up a mil of water. zilla took part in a trial project. with the help of a district nurse, she was trained to give controlled doses of pain relief to her husband at home. how easy did you find this process? yes, it was easy for me, with your adequate instruction. zilla didn't have to actually inject the pain—relief into her husband's arm — a thin tube or cannula was already in place and the dosage was controlled. it allowed her to relieve her husband's pain in the dying days, without relying on a nurse who could be several hours away. this was such a godsend to me, to be able to do that. it took away all of the helpless feeling you have to see someone you have loved for so long in pain, and it was wonderful. it is so important for people to have the death they want, where they want it to be.
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it has a lasting effect on the family they leave behind and i think that if that family can see they died peacefully and pain—free, at home, where they wanted to be, then that's the overriding factor. and we just secure that... according to the national council for palliative care, most people would prefer to die at home, but a survey of 370 health care professionals suggests, for many, it's not happening. more than one third of nurses and gps who support dying people at home say staffing levels are not sufficient to meet pain—management needs. 20% said their caseload was not manageable and nearly one third said the availability of end—of—life care training in theirarea was inadequate. our study shows that we are really failing people who want to spend their final days and weeks at home. we know that pain is people's greatest fear, and if it is not controlled that will lead to emergency admissions to hospital and bad memories for the families who live on.
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the department of health in england says everyone should be involved as much as they want in plans around their death. having family members administer pain relief won't be for everyone, but it is becoming one option in the final days of life. it certainly gave me such a feeling that i'd been here to the end with roger and made his last days completely pain—free. and he died with me and both his sons here, holding his hand, just as he would have wanted. more than three million customers in the south—east of england have been told to save water because of a lack of rainfall. the company which supplies parts of the home counties, north london, and kent, say many rivers in the region are low on water. using the shower rather than the bath and stopping the use of garden sprinklers are among ideas being suggested. the eurovision song contest final
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is being held in ukraine this evening, with italy's entry, an act involving a man dressed as a gorilla, the strong favourite to win. luciejones will be representing the uk, performing her ballad never give up on you. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg is in kiev and has been to meet some of the contestants. he sings. it's eurovision 2017, and it's all rather confusing. take azerbaijan's entry. a horse head on a ladder. why? the audience is not understanding it. i am leaving the whole meaning to them. oh, well, that's clear, then. and what's going on with one of the favourites, italy, this year? why the monkey?
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why the ape? "the monkey," francesco gabbani tells me, "is a symbol that at the end of the day we are all naked apes." among the frontrunners are bulgaria and portugal. but what about the united kingdom? you know, there was a time when the uk was always a contender in eurovision. we always seemed to be in with a shot at the top spot. more recently we have been propping up the table. but could this be the year that britain is back? at rehearsals, luciejones has been wowing everyone with her power ballad, never give up on you. i am hoping that i will go home with the respect of the nation who watch the show at home. if the uk wants success in eurovision, this could be our golden opportunity.
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the campbell for the storm behind you. absolutely, the press centre is going to explode. this is what the european union should be like. we have fa ns european union should be like. we have fans and journalists and bloggers from dozens of country dumber countries who have been laughing and joking together. let's go and chat to some of them —— dozens go and chat to some of them —— d oze ns of go and chat to some of them —— dozens of countries. hello from italy. he sings. he sings. you only have to go up to someone
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here and they start singing. that is lovely, thank you very much indeed. do you think that italy can win tonight? we have a good entry. why do you like eurovision? we have many different cultures and it is friendship. this year we are really celebrating diversity. let's go and speak to somebody else. italy is one of the favourites tonight, but also portugal. hello, portugal. they are quiet, modest lot here! do you think
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you're going to one? yes. absolutely. what does eurovision mean to people in portugal? absolutely. what does eurovision mean to people in portugal7m absolutely. what does eurovision mean to people in portugal? it is very portugal. salvador conquered bochco, the whole world. some people in our country like to make jokes about eurovision. two people in portugal take it more seriously? now we have the portuguese national team, we have benfica and several brands supporting salvador and sending messages so you can imagine what is happening in portugal.m sending messages so you can imagine what is happening in portugal. it is raping. we wish you good luck, not much because of course we want to win! but still. all the best. sorry!
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possibly... i think the uk has a strong entry, perhaps this could be the year that luciejones makes top ten. we will have to say, make sure you watch later tonight. steve rosenberg in kiev, well done to you. thank you. 8pm on bbc one and of course you can follow on the radio. we will update you on bbc news. before now, how is the weather looking? behind me we have the change coming in from the west with this band of clout bringing some outbreaks of rain. that weather front will force the rain eastwards overnight. arriving across eastern areas later, it shouldn't be too cold that
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further west as the skies clear up potentially chilly enough for a pinch of frost. the rain doesn't last long in the morning. the south—westerly breeze brings the mixture of showers. temperatures could hit 20 or so in the south west but some wet and windy weather on the way on monday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. most of the nhs trusts affected by yesterday's massive cyber attack have managed to repair their systems. the prime minister said the government is working with all organisations concerned to resolve
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the issue. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has denied that senior members of his party are already admitting defeat in the general election. he was responding to a question about comments made by his deputy, who said the party had a "mountain to climb". hundreds of thousands people have joined the privacy canonised two children in portugal. they were canonised on the site where they said they had seen the virgin mary over 100 years ago. time for a round—up of the sports news now with hugh. hello, good afternoon. the premier league title may have been wrapped up yesterday but the battle for survival isn't overjust yet, with a pivotal weekend at the bottom. and swansea city have taken another big step towards staying up with a 2—0 win over sunderland at the stadium of light. both goals came in the first half, from fernando llorente and kyle naughton. and swansea and their manager paul clement celebrated in front
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of those travelling away fans knowing that this is a result which could secure their future in the premier league. hull city will be relegated tomorrow if they are beaten at crystal palace. but for swansea it's a remarkable turnaround — they were four points adrift at the bottom of the table when clement took over injanuary. we did a great effort in here today and we will watch the game tomorrow and we will watch the game tomorrow and see what happens. but the season is not finished, absolutely not. there could still be twists and turns. we did a good job today. we've got a good condition going into the final week. but we have to be mindful they could get a result. we have to try and finish the job next week. manchester city are back up to third in the table after beating leicester city 2—1 at the etihad this lunchtime, however the home side can count themselves rather fortunate to take all three points. as adam wild reports. with the premier league title
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decided this now a race for the also—rans. still, for manchester city there remains a champions league place to chase and victory over last season ‘s champions, leicester, would go along long way to securing that. the goal always helps settle any nerves. it came from david silva. was that final touch from raheem sterling, and was the offside? well, the referee thought not. little argument about their second, a reckless challenge on the box gifting gabrieljesus the chance to add another. leicester now left needing something rather special and they got it, shinji 0kazaki's volley before the break bringing them right back into it. a second—half push for an equaliser eventually forced an opportunity. riyad mahrez winning a penalty. he got up to take it and appeared to score but this was neither his north le i ceste r‘s score but this was neither his north leicester's day. the referee had spotted what many hadn't, mahrez had kicked it twice. a win for city and their march towards europe is almost
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complete. adam wild, bbc news. the letter of the law states that doesn't touch the shreck double dutch doesn't count but having seen it and the chris wood wedge city press the referee possibly could have recalled. we see encroachments nowadays but it is such bad luck russ. it is really a freak thing that you don't often see. in the second half we didn't always attack, we were playing in the middle. it was not easy to play for the biggest effort of the club to be in europe next season and that is why sometimes it is not easy to babies games. well, bournemouth and burnley will have been amongst the bookies' favourites for relegation early in the season but both will be looking forward to another season of top flight football next term. it finished 2—1 in bournemouth's favour when the pair met at the vitality stadium today. junior stanilas put bournemouth ahead in the first half before sam vokes equalised with just seven minutes to go, however that lead only lasted two minutes asjosh king
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scored his 17th goal of the season to give eddie howe's side victory. really good day today, we knew the importance of today's game. a lot has been said with us being safe and poor standards drop? thankfully today afford the players... it was a bit scrappy. it said nothing when excellent and if we had won that game it would have been a real injustice. it was a close one, they had the ball which they do, they didn't really penetrate the times, only when we gave them something, really. but they are still a decent side may have earned the right to be in the premier league. we have done that as well. so i can't be overly disappointed with the season but was a flat second half. first off we we re a flat second half. first off we were 0k a flat second half. first off we were ok but second half it was rifat and i'mjust were ok but second half it was rifat and i'm just disappointed with the goals. middlesbrough are one of the side's playing for pride in the premier league... but they were beaten for the second time this week; 2—1 at home to southampton. jay rodriguez gave the saints a 1—0 half—time lead with his first goal since january. nathan redmond doubled the lead after the break, before a shane long penalty
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miss for southampton. patrick bamford pulled one back for boro but they couldn't manage to pull things level. they've only won once in ten games under steve agnew. there's one game left today, with arsenal having just kicked off against stoke at the bet365. that's currently goalless after ten minutes. they have the chance to close the gap on liverpool to just one point with a win. manchester city's victory lifts them above liverpool into third for now, liverpool go to west ham united tomorrow, while spurs host manchester united. defeat for leicester means they drop two places to 11th after bournemouth and southampton both won. swansea move four points clear of hull city meaning they will be playing for their premier league status at selhurst park tomorrow and as you can see, crystal palace themselves, still aren't out of it. and speaking of the battle for premier league status, the third remaining promotion spot from the championship is still up for grabs.
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fulham are playing reading in the first play—off semifinal first leg. they kicked off at 5.30 at craven cottage. no goals yet. the second leg is at the madejski stadium on tuesday. hudderfield play sheffied wednesday in the first leg of the other semi final tomorrow. rangers have secured third place in the scottish premiership after beating hearts 2—1 at ibrox. the hosts opened the scoring in just the sixth minute thanks tojoe garner. rangers had a man advantage as well after prince buaben was sent off for this foul on josh windass when he was through on goal. goncalves squared it after the break but hearts were level forjust 92 seconds before barrie mckay scored what turned out to be the winnner for rangers. those are the scores. hamilton losing at home to motherwell. manchester city are aiming for a domestic treble in the women's
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fa cup final at wembley. they're the overwhelming favourites against birmingham city ladies. in the last few minutes manchester city have gone in front, the pfa player of the year lucy bronze scoring with this header. despite their recent successes manchester city have never won this tournament, while birmingham won the trophy back in 2012. you can watch the match on bbc two or on the bbc sport website and app. away from football, saracens are looking to make history in the rugby champions cup by winning back—to—back titles. they're playing french side clermont auvergne in the final at murrayfield and made the perfect start with chris ashton opening the scoring in the 13th minute. he now has the record for the most tries scored in the competition with 37. you can follow the action on bbc radio 5live and the bbc sport website. the french side havejust
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the french side have just pulled a score back, it is currently 12—7 in favour of saracens. castleford have cruised into the quarter finals of rugby league's challenge cup. they thrashed st helens 53—4 at thejungle (00v) the game they thrashed st helens 53—4 at the jungle. the game was delicately poised at 10—4 mid—way through the first half but from there tigers took control — starting with jake webster's try. they went on to score ten tries in all to keep up their impressive form, they're already top of the super league. and there was a hat—trick of scores for greg eden, including this touch down early in the second half. castleford rounded off a memorable day for them with greg minikin's run and score. they're nowjust two games away from wembley and looking like the team to beat, but it's worrying times for st helens, who appointed a new head coach earlier this month. mercedes' lewis hamilton looks like he's kick—starting his season in formula one this weekend, by taking pole position ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. the current championship leader, ferrari's sebastian vettel, had looked the man to beat this season but the mercedes car has shown real improvement,
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as tim hague reports... the top two in formula 1 walking onto the battlefield once again. given 13 of the last 16 spanish grand prixs have been won from pole position this was not gajdosova championship reader sebastian vettel. stop the car now. luckily for him he didn't stop the car and would come back a little later. in the meantime ‘s fernando alonso set about solving the puzzle that is lachlan the season. so much reliability yet in front of the home crowd he produced a stunning drive, seventh quickest in the end. but his best did not come close to mercedes's lewis hamilton, the britain backing first early into 03. his team—mate valtteri bottas getting second but could the ferrari stop them? those bugs for kimi raikkonen, fourth quickest. and it came down to vettel. the car might be back to it's best that he wasn't
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quite. the top two fittingly on ferran barcelona, that that'll recommence tomorrow. there's been no change in the overall lead after stage eight of the giro d'italia with britain's geraint thomas and adam yates still in second and third. spain's gorka izagirre claimed his first grand tour stage victory in peschici on the adriatic coast ahead of yates in eighth luxembourg's bobjungels retained the leader's pinkjersey. manchester city after scored again in the women's fa cup final, izzy kristiansen with their second. you can keep up—to—date with all of the stories on the website. that's all sport for now. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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mark kermode is with us as ever to take us through all this week's releases. so we have a political thriller starring jessica chastain called miss sloane. alien: covenant, the latest in the ongoing alien franchise. and jawbone, written by and starring johnny harris. and miss sloane, even looking at the poster i so wanted to like this. it's washington, it's the west wing, already you're in with the intrigue! and it'sjessica chastain and a very fine director, so all the omens look good. so the story isjessica chastain is a lobbyist who gets embroiled in a battle between the people who want controls on gun sales and those who want to sell more guns. early on she is enlisted by a group of people who say,
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we're trying to make guns seem more popular. we want to get guns to appeal to women. she literally laughs them out of the room. the next thing that happens is she is approached by the other side, who are trying to fight for the restrictions lobby. she decides that she will throw in her lot with them. they want her because of her very powerful and, it has to be said, sometimes cynical way of lobbying. here's a clip. what's the best indicator of voter intention? that's our first prong. grassroots action aimed squarely at soliciting donations. dollars. not names in a petition, not clicks in cyberspace. will they know how much we're raising? non—profits have to report on theirfinances. every congressional staffer watches fining day like a hawk. while you're out there hustling, i'll be working influential senators who can deliver their colleagues' votes. that's our second prong. 0ur third is to identify who holds sway in target states. employers, workers groups. don't just waltz into a senator's office and make your case, find out who they trust and convince that person to make your case. that is how we win.
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does she take no prisoners, i'm guessing? absolutely, that's exactly it. it's a take no prisoners performance and very strong supporting cast, including gugu mbatha—raw. i went into this feeling the same as you did — i like the subject matter, i like the milieu, i like the cast, the director. i came out thinking, it's not as good as it should be. the whole is less than the sum of its parts. there is something about it that keeps you at a distance. i was never completely engrossed, i never completely believed in these characters. one of the things about it is it has this plot that's full of twists and turns and there is a certain point after which those twists and turns start to sort of defy credibility. that said, it is done with gusto and, as i said, jessica chastain is always worth watching in anything and the subject matter is interesting and timely and it ought to be more gripping than it is. like you, i really wanted it to be great and i came out thinking,
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it's kind of ok, but i wanted it to be more than 0k. however, it makes sense, which is more than can be said for alien: covenant, which is the next instalment in the ongoing alien franchise. now, are you an alien fan? oh my goodness, no. you know enough about me and horror films to know i'm chicken. there's no way. there is no way. the first alien film was a horror film, the second was a war film, then we had alien iii, which was a mess, alien: resurrection, which was weird. and now we got onto the prequels. prometheus, which really suffered from... rather than having the dialogue that they had in alien, which was space truckers, people in space talking about overtime, talking about work conditions, griping about stuff you could believe in. in prometheus they started talking about the nature of mankind, god, the nature of existence. this is very much a prometheus sequel rather than an alien prequel. we have a group of space truckers, they're in space, they get a signal, they arrive at a new planet. it looks like it's going to be a new eden, it actually turns out
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to be some kind of living hell. what they do all the time is to talk; about poetry, about art, about life, about god, in a manner that nobody ever talks in space. we have sort of greatest hits reruns of all the famous moments from alien and aliens, but sped up in a way where they make no sense whatsoever. there is no question that ridley scott is a visual stylist, but he's only ever as good as his script. the fact is, with alien: covenant, the script is very, very weak. there's a famous story that when vincent ward was going to do alien iii, he wanted it to be the name of the rose in space. this is the da vinci code in space. and, as someone who loved alien because it was ruthless, because it was stripped down, and loved aliens because it's a war movie, this is very much like a massive amount of pontificating and holding forth and also it makes no sense whatsoever. i know people don't necessarily go to alien movies
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for it to tie up all loose ends, but there were moments in it... there was one moment in it where a character says so little that makes any sense i laughed out loud. you've made me laugh! that's the only laugh you'll ever get from me about alien, i suspect. i'm a little more hopeful about your third choice this week, jawbone. jawbone, written by and starring johnny harrison. i have to say, i know nothing about boxing, other than what i know from the movies. this is the tale of a washed—up boxer who is struggling with alcoholism and we meet him at the beginning of the film. he's on, i think, the south bank, in london, and he's drunk. he lives in a flat which used to be his mother's flat, he's in danger of being evicted. he's arrested early on for causing a disturbance. his life is in a mess. he turns up at his old gym, which is run by ray winstone and ray winstone gives him a look that tells you everything you need to know about their history. he says, ok, you can train here, but no alcohol and no talk of unlicensed games. however, he needs money and the next thing is he's having a meeting with ian mcshane. here's a clip. i think i can get you your money.
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i tell them, i've got an ex—aba champion with me who's looking for a fight. jimmy, you were one of the bravest kids i ever saw. the thing i don't with is kind of nick you're in now. so if you take this, it's on your back. whatever happens up there, you are on your own. yeah, i know. you're up for it, yeah? yeah, i'm up for it. right, i'll make the phone call. now, i thought this was really intriguing. i went in not knowing much about it, other than it was a boxing movie and i like members of the cast. i thought it really drew you into the story. you believe in the character and his dejection and his addiction and his alcoholism and his struggle to redeem himself. so i said that moment when he first goes into the gym and ray winstone
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looks at him in a way that kind of tells you everything, there are some wonderful scenes with michael smiley, who is a terrific actor, again it's not to do with what they say, it's to do with what they don't say. you know, cinematography has changed a lot since martin scorsese did not raging bulland, here, this puts you right there, in the ring, on the receiving end of the punches. as i said, i've never been to a boxing match in my life, or a boxing gym, but this had the smack of authenticity and it had heart. it felt like it was a story being told by somebody who really believed in all of this and it engages you. it makes you care. it's not fantastically original, but it is done in a way that seems very honest, very authentic, very moving. and as somebody who is not a boxing fan, i know nothing about boxing, i found it very gripping. and some great british talent in there as well. yeah, ray winstone, as far as i'm concerned, walks on water anyway, but this is a very understated role and he plays it beautifully.
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and, as i said, michael smiley who is a terrific actor, a really, really brilliant screen presence. there are couple of moments between him and johnny harris's character, it's just to do with the way they look at each other. everything is said in the eyes, and the gestures, in the way they hold their heads and necks. it was a real pleasure to see it because it's a textured film and it takes an idea that we've seen done... you know, boxing does turn up in movies a lot because it's a spectacular sport in a way. but this really had something. in the end it's not a boxing movie. in the end it's about somebody overcoming their demons and wrestling with their inner demons and overcoming addiction and dealing with alcoholism in a way which seemed honest and truthful and very engaging. best out? bless you, you have brought me a woody allen! yeah, manhattan. i love a lot of woody allen. i love the jazz, the new york, the angst, the neurosis. it's all there. and the way that manhattan looks means it's one of the woody allen films that you should see on a cinema screen.
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it's a new 4k transfer. often when you think of woody allen you think of the jokes, the characters and all the rest of it. but this does look brilliant. the combination of the visuals, the gershwin, from the beginning he is a writer and he describes the way he feels about the city. people talk about the classic woody allen, annie hall, manhattan, i'm a huge fan of love and death. but the idea of seeing manhattan on the big screen — i haven't seen manhattan projected since it first came out, ‘79, 1980, something like that. the idea of being able to see it projected again, because it's a beautifulfilm. that's wonderful. i didn't know it was being reissued, so that's fantastic. talking of seeing things on a big screen, i'm very interested in this week's dvd because it is la la land, which i did enjoy hugely. but doesn't that really need to be seen on a big—screen, that wonderful opening shot, the dancing, the californian sunshine? well, i've seen it on a big screen and a small screen, although nowadays small screens are no longer that small, and i have to say it
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worked both times for me. in fact, oddly, when i saw it on the small screen i was in slightly more comfortable conditions, because there weren't people talking around me. i really like la la land, the opening sequence which is so beautiful. glorious! i think emma stone's performance is terrific. some people have complained and said things like, there's not a memorable tune in that film. i thought, what are you talking about?! and it made me happy! you leave with a spring in your step and a song in your heart. i loved the ending and i won't spoil it for anybody who hasn't seen it. but i thought it was spot on. really wonderful. i will say no more because that would be a spoiler. it would be. they do it really, really well. incidentally, it's a musical, oddly in the same way manhattan is kind of a musical as well. not really, but sort of. film with music in it and it is glorious. the music is driving the story. thank you very much, mark. that is the dvd viewing for the week.
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a reminder, you can find much more film news and reviews from across the bbc online of course. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going. goodbye. hello there. tomorrow should turn into a more straightforward day of sunshine and showers. today we've had a good deal of sunshine earlier on in wales and here in the south west in devon. but there is some rain moving in from the west. we've had some rain pushing into scotland, a rather grey and cool scene there in perth and kinross, where rain is desperately needed. put them on the map, you can see the extent of the cloud breaks in england and wales and that wetter weather moving away from northern ireland and up into scotland. more rain coming in from the west on this weatherfront here into northern ireland, wales and the southwest this evening. the rain will transfer its way eastwards, there could be heavy bursts of rain on that as well. it will keep the temperatures up across the eastern side of the uk,
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11 or 12, as skies clear out to the west. after the rain, temperatures could get low enough for a pinch of grass frost in rural parts of northern ireland. into tomorrow, and if you're out and about early, the temperatures will recover quickly in northern ireland in that south—westerly breeze and lots of sunshine to begin with. we've got some sunshine and one or two showers in scotland, that rain still clinging onto the north—east of the mainland. it should be clearing away for north east england, from lincolnshire, just dawdling for an hour or two across norfolk and suffolk. after that, one or two showers wandering in from the southwest but for most of england and wales, sunday will start bright and sunny. a little breezy perhaps and temperatures around 13 celsius. that rain soon clears away from east anglia, takes a little longer to clear across the north—east of scotland, heading up towards 0rkney and shetland and then sunshine and showers follow on that south—westerly breeze. one or two heavy ones for northern ireland and scotland. maybe a line of showers running from the southwest towards the home counties.
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temperatures not far off what we've had today, possibly around about the high teens, maybe 20 or so in the south—east in the sunshine. more football on the way in the premier league on sunday and generally speaking it will be dry, there will not be many showers around. if you do catch a shower, you are quite unlucky or lucky, depending on which way you look at it. a brisk south—westerly breeze picking up, especially as we head into monday. this low pressure is heading our way, coming from a long way south, picking up a lot warm air and it's going to bring thickening cloud and outbreaks of rain. the rain is going to be heavy across these western hills, accompanied by some strong to gale force winds. rain almost everywhere, perhaps not much in the southeast, 18 celsius on monday. could be as high as 25 though briefly on tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: nearly all the nhs trusts affected by a massive cyber attack have restored their systems, according to the home secretary. 97% of the nhs trusts and hospitals and doctors are working as normal. so the response has in fact been
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very good, and that's due to the good work of the staff and the resilience that was already put in place. all eyes will be on the ukranian capital kiev this evening as the final of the eurovision song contest takes place. and manchester city close in on a place in the champions league. we'll have that and the rest of the day's sporting action in sportsday.
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