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this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: nearly all the nhs trusts affected by a massive cyber attack have restored their systems, according to the home secretary. a0 trusts have been affected, and of those 43 are now currently providing services within their normal business continuity plans. jeremy corbyn denies that some senior labourfigures are already accepting defeat in the general election. the pope canonises two shepherd children who reported seeing the virgin mary 100 years ago at the fatima shrine in portugal. also in the next hour: the ukrainian capital, kiev, gears up to host the final of the eurovision song contest. will britain face a brexit backlash? and how might the decision to leave the european union affect which political party people
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will support in the general election? nick robinson chats to voters in halifax, over a takeaway. good evening and welcome to bbc news. five nhs trusts are still experiencing serious problems, after yesterday's international cyber attack. 43 of the trusts affected in england and scotland, are now returning to normal.the attack on friday caused ambulances to be diverted, and numerous cancellations or delays in treatment. a&e departments were not affected. the government's emergency committee cobra has been meeting today, chaired by the home secretary amber rudd. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the news shocked staff and patient alike. the cyber attack shut down key systems. ron grimshaw won't
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forget it in a hurry. he was in the middle of having an mmi scan but it was abruptly halted and he will have to go back. i was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is the first time this has happened. i was thinking, why me? there we are. health secretaryjeremy hunt was at a meeting of the emergency committee along with the home secretary, who denied there were weaknesses in nhs systems. i don't believe it is to do with being prepared. there is always more we can all do to make sure we are secure against viruses but i think there had already been good preparation in place by the nhs to make sure that they were ready for this sort of attack. in england, hospital and ambulance services have been affected at 48 trusts along with gp practices. in scotland 11 out of 1a health boards have felt the impact including health boards and gp surgeries.
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the ambulance service was also affected. the nhs is very much in the recovery phase. there is a great deal of work on going to get systems back to normal and every effort is being made to ensure any impact on patient care is kept to a minimum. amd is working normally. they say while they contained the virus it could take a while before they restorer nonurgent services. 2000 have been taken out of commission. each one will need reimaging. that takes time. it will take a few days but we will be working round—the—clock to do that as fast as we can. staff have been working flat out to get systems up and running normally. i'm concerned because we don't know what we will find on monday morning. i think we've got sufficient
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understanding of the nature of the problem that we can be very confident we can solve whatever comes up on monday morning. all but five of the english trusts have restored their networks. there could be more cancellations of routine surgery and appointment next week. dr anne rainsberry, who's the incident directorfor nhs england, said the majority of hospitals are now getting getting back to normal. the nhs is coping very well with an unprecedented event. all a&e departments are open, but what i can say is 48 trusts have been infected, and of those 403i know currently providing normal services within their business continuity plans.
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there are five trusts that have asked for help and we are pervading that help. can you tell is about those trusts? one is barts trust, which is here in london. one of the sake, the royal london, is a trauma centre. the problem is the it relating to how they do tests for major trauma patients has been affected. we are supporting them by diverging some patients to other trauma centres in london. when will these trusts get back to normal? we are planning that they will come back as soon as possible. use the nhs normally, if you need to contact the nhs, do so. if there is a change in procedure, the nhs will make sure that you go to the right place. what procedures were in place to prevent an incident? all nhs organisations, nhs trusts hospitals, need to have in place business continuity plans which anticipate just the sort of event.
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they are tested on an annual basis. hospitals were putting those plans into effect today. the national crime agent c says it is employing all over it and covert means to establish who was behind this attack. daniel sandford reports. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia west of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia and japan. the dish agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the culprit at this time but we are deploying all means available to us and we have a
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number of lines of enquiry. it is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. at the heart of this attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us government spy agencies. it encrypts all the files on infected computers and demand a ransom. by last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 7a countries. at that point, a cyber security expert managed almost by chance to stop it spreading. all the data is still unusable until a ransom is paid. any modern computer that had its softwa re modern computer that had its software regularly updated was safe but some nhs trusts use old operating systems that were particularly vulnerable and others may simply have failed to take a security update in march. today, the
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national security centre had this advice. the first is to make sure your security software catches up up to date. the second is to employ crop of good anti—virus software and the third and most important for ransom ware protection is to back up your data because you cannot be held to ransom if you have a back—up. your data because you cannot be held to ransom if you have a back—upm has been a reminder of how vulnerable organisations are to attack by organised women of seeking to raise money or by hostile states and terrorist groups try to cause maximum disruption. there are thousands of vulnerabilities. for example, if we were to look at a company of 50,000 computers, we mightfind company of 50,000 computers, we might find hundreds of thousands of open bowl abilities on those machines. it is also reminder that computing are not a one—off
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investment. they need to be kept up—to—date. graham cluely is an independent cyber security analyst. hejoins me now via the internet. since we spoke 2a hours ago, it appears that more countries have declared they have been affect it. how surprised should we be about how far it has bred? we shouldn't be surprised at all. malware doesn't ta ke surprised at all. malware doesn't take notice of orders. it is a global problem. malware like this does not care where you up based in the world, it will look for vulnerable computers and try and infect them. how vulnerable was the nhs? i think we have seen the evidence for ourselves. immensely vulnerable. the nhs is running old computers with old software, it wasn't properly kept up to date. there is a lot of old hardware in the nhs and the sick too gritty profession has been warning for yea rs profession has been warning for years that something like this would happen. i'm afraid the ball has been
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dropped. i realise it costs a lot of money, it is not something the nhs has enough of, in order to keep the systems up—to—date but something must be done. how well have the nhs responded? the must be done. how well have the nhs responded ? the it must be done. how well have the nhs responded? the it specialists have been working around the clock —— clock. i'm sure those guys worked ha rd to clock. i'm sure those guys worked hard to get the system back up and running but the proof will be in the pudding. are they going to keep their systems up and will there be future attacks which will exploit nhs systems as well? you can get rid of the infection, you can extract that, at the security holes are still there. how likely is it that the organisations around the world will have paid the ransom and will we find out whether they have? so far, it doesn't appear that that many organisations have paid the ransom. it would be nice to think that organisations are making back—up of their sensitive data is
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that they can recover if they need to. we had the idea of criminals making money out of this but some businesses will take the pragmatic decision that we don't have any cups, we have to recover, and we have to get back into business, so we will pay up. of course, that encourages future attacks. so, then, what is the best plan of action, if you want to prevent it happening ain? you want to prevent it happening again? and of course there is no guarantee that you can be 100% full proof, is that? there are no guarantees but you can reduce the risk dramatically. you need to keep up—to—date with your security patches. microsoft released a free patches. microsoft released a free patch recently. they encouraged people and so everyone should have sat up and listened and applied it then. you need up—to—date good anti—virus software and on top of that you need back—up. so, should this after happen, you can recover
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from the back—up and not have to pay the ransom. have you any idea of the cost of the nhs to put its house in order completely? i don't, and i imagine it will be an immense cost. some of the computers which are out of bed inside the nhs are attached to machinery like mri scanners and x—ray machinery and it may simply be that those devices don't have the right software to run them so it may not just be right software to run them so it may notjust be the computers that need to be placed but also sometimes the medical health equipment as well so there are a lot of costs and there will be what of research and many to be careful with the roll of this. but microsoft has been warning that windows xp, one of the operating system used inside the nhs, they have been using —— warning for ten yea rs have been using —— warning for ten years that it is out of date and needs to be got rid of. they are not regularly producing security patches for windows anymore. the government cannot claim they were warned about
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this, there has been plenty of warning. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages this evening in the papers at 10.30pm. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european. if the european —— eurovision song contest finishes on time, we will do another papers. jeremy corbyn has denied senior labour figures are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson, that the conservatives could be heading for a landslide victory. mr corbyn said both he and mr watson were ‘working flat out‘ to get labour elected onjune the 8th. meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank cheque," to run the country. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. the conservatives are waging a war on the brewer. that is the claim from this former prime ministers. you might expect it to say
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that the next labour government. it but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her britain will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position in the polls but warned of the dangers of a big conservative victory. he said if she still commands the lead in the balls she had at the start she will have on margaret thatcher style majority. as labour mps battle to get back to westminster we are seeing a tale of two campaigns. the official one emphasising what they would do in government and the unofficial one where some candidates tell me they are going beyond what gordon brown and tom watson are saying. they are telling voters they simply are campaigning to become a strong opposition.
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in some local leaflets there is no mention ofjeremy corbyn. the emphasis is on reining in may. jeremy corbyn wanted to focus on the election issues. he said he was working flat out for victory and he did not recognise talk of defeat. not at all. i'm out round the whole country putting out a message. we are a party to the many, not the few. we will invest in the nhs, the education system, we will protect our pensions and pensioners and we will ensure there is an expanding economy that works for all. jeremy corbyn doesn't think he needs to shore up his support but he and his deputy reader both agree the party faces a huge challenge to turn the political tide before june eight. the liberal democrats say their election manifesto will include proposals to build 300,000 new homes a year, for sale and rent, by 2022.
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the party's leader tim farron, also says developers who stockpile land without building on it, would be penalised. and theresa may's been campaigning in northern ireland today.she called on politicians there to work together to return to power sharing. controversy over a botched renewable energy scheme, led to the collapse of the stormont executive in january. 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 forfiring mr comey, who had been investigating allegations of russian meddling in the us election. mr trump told reporters he could name the new fbi director by the end of next week, before he leaves for his first foreign trip. do you think you might make a decision on an announcement? there
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are outstanding people that are very well known. we could make a fast decision. before next week? even then as possible. the funeral has taken place of the romanian woman thrown into the river thames during the westminster bridge terror attack in march. andrea cristae became the fifth victim, after extremist khalid masood drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing and killing a police officer. the 31—year—old was pulled from the river, but died two weeks later. masood was shot dead by police. more than 800 children and teenagers, who've lost a parent serving in the armed forces, have attended a garden party at buckingham palace. they were welcomed by the duke and duchess of cambridge, and prince harry. among them, was the widow and son of the fusilier lee rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in 2013. it's a very large garden accustomed to formal events like garden parties but it's the perfect place for a children's party
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which is exactly what was happening at buckingham palace this afternoon. 100 children have been invited to the palace by the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry for a very special reason. each of these children have lost the parent serving in the armed forces. one of them was jack rigby, the six—year—old son of fusilier lee rigby, murdered by extremists in london four years ago. it is a chance to know that you're in a safe environment, you can ask advice of the other parents, they've been through similar things and at different points gone through the same things you have, the questions, the explanations... it is a fantastic opportunity.
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they met prince harry who was demonstrating plate spinning. the royalsjoined in, posing for pictures and entertaining the crowd, all of it with a serious message. we, as a family and the nation, will never forget about the sacrifices everyone of you made. this event brings together three of the issues they take an interest in, young people, the armed forces, and bereavement. for a few hours, those wider carers could be put to one side. this is bbc news. the headlines. nhs england says most of the health service at trusts affected by the cyber attack are working normally again. the labour leader jeremy
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corbyn denies senior members of his party are admitting defeat already in the general election. president trump says he could announce a replacement for the sacked fbi directorjames komi replacement for the sacked fbi director james komi i replacement for the sacked fbi directorjames komi i next week. —— mr comey. sports now. let's get a full roundup. good evening — we're starting at the scene of an historic win for saracens this evening. they've become only the fourth team ever to win back to back champions cup titles. they won a tight match 28—17 — once again, it is heartbreak in the final for clermont auvergne. edinburgh, a city of performing arts and the stage for a team that has made performing its art. saracens european champions last year, back to defend the title. wherever saracens go, their fans to defend the title. wherever saracens go, theirfans go. 17 games unbeaten in this competition, one match for the record, one match from greatness. that status is and on
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occasions like this when the best drown out the surround sound. down the runway, prepare for take off. saracens was &. george cruise's finish was forceful. deja vu for those in blue. clermont have lost finals but they had hope of a break. saracens edged further ahead but clermont were onto something. rules we re clermont were onto something. rules were echoing to the middle of france. 70 two minutes, one point in it, just when saracens thrive. the man who created the first try scored the decisive one. 0wen farrell's master of geometry improved the arithmetic. saracens lifted to yet another level. at the top of the
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table, still the champions league places to fight for. manchester city moved back up to third with a rather u nfortu nate moved back up to third with a rather unfortunate 2—i moved back up to third with a rather unfortunate 2—1 win to leicester. meanwhile, arsenal are one point away from fourth spot after their one 4—1 away at stoke city. 0livier giroud scored twice. 0r one 4—1 away at stoke city. 0livier giroud scored twice. or the pressure will be on fourth placed liverpool who travel to west ham tomorrow. elsewhere, bournemouth beat burnley. middlesbrough lost for the eighth time. and there was a message —— massive results of swansea city who moved four points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at sunderland. rangers have beat hearts
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2-1. elsewhere this afternoon, dundee helped their survival chances with a point against ross county — 1—1 the score. motherwell are out of the relegation play—off spot after they won away at hamilton academical. kilmarnock secured their future in the top flight by beating inverness 2—i. and a 1—0 win for stjohnstone over partick confirmed european football for them next season. manchester city kept up their dominance of the women's game winning the fa cup final at wembley in front of a record crowd. they beat birmingham city 4—1. they went unbeaten in winning the league last season, as well as —— as well as winning the continental cup. this was the one trophy they had not won before today. lewis hamilton has taken pole position in the spanish grand prix after edging out sebastian vettel by the smallest of margins. hamilton couldn't improve on his first lap in his final attempt, but it proved enough, beating ferrari's vettel byjust 0.051 seconds, after the german locked up in the final chicane. hamilton's mercedes team—mate
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valtteri bottas took third, ahead of ferrari's kimi raikkonen. that's all sport for now. england ‘s ian poulter is two shots off the lead in the third round of the players championship. 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. they are canonised by pope francis today because of the case of a boy
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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 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.
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the eurovision song contest final 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. 17 years ago today. i thought i would be nervous by this point but act fully it was pure excitement. you are completely exhausted by the whole of the rehearsing time and press co nfe re nces , whole of the rehearsing time and press conferences, interviews, chatting to fans, receptions, parties, just everything. it is totally bonkers. but the adrenaline
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gets you through this last show. it is just gets you through this last show. it isjust something gets you through this last show. it is just something sensational. i know that she is enjoying herself. funnily enough, we were in touch earlier, and she said she isjust having a ball, she really is. and all credit to her, she has done really well. it looks like it will bea really well. it looks like it will be a great show tonight as well. i wish everybody the best of luck because it is a lovely, lovely experience. it is kind of the calm before the storm. you've had two days of full on rehearsals. yesterday's was the big one because thejury is yesterday's was the big one because the jury is around each country are voting on last night's performances. from what i understand, shejust blew it out the ballpark, so, hopefully, we will get some good votes for that. today, certainly when i did it, you have another dress rehearsal, then the even in show that goes out live, the one
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that we watch. so, you kind of try to get into that of relaxation but you know what is coming up. so, there is no relaxation at all. it is sort of the calm before the storm at the exhilaration and the excitement isjust, it isjust the exhilaration and the excitement is just, it is just ridiculous, the exhilaration and the excitement isjust, it isjust ridiculous, i can't explain it, it isjust fantastic. i mean, people always say nobody likes us, we don't have a chance. but jade you when nobody likes us, we don't have a chance. butjade you when did nobody likes us, we don't have a chance. but jade you when did well and jessica garlick did well. i genuinely think, whatever happens, she has done so proud. she is a lovely, lovely girl, and she sings so, so well. she is putting so much emotion in there and people believed what she is singing. so, yeah, i think she is going to do very well. i hope she does really well. if she doesn't, it isn't through her lack of ability because she has just done so proud. the eagle eyed among you
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will realise that wasn't steve rosenberg, it was in fact nicki french who competed in the eurovision song contest in the year 2000, showing —— sharing her thoughts on what lucy 2000, showing —— sharing her thoughts on what luchones will go through tonight. —— luciejones. now, the weather. muchly rainfall tonight and tomorrow will see a few shattered scours. this was taken imports dares. there has been more cloud across northern and western parts of the country. this is the scene in east dunbartonshire early in the day. in northern ireland, rain heading through parts of wales. the rain will be creeping eastwards through tonight. turning windy as the rain passes through for a time, too. most
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of the wet weather will happen overnight so why the early hours of sunday, the rain in eastern scotland and eastern england, from the west, i returned to their risk eyes and sunshine. nine o'clock sunday morning, railing grin across the north—east of scotland, northern ireland having a bright start of the day. much of northern england starting dry with sunshine, cloudier in the east coast, moving across central england, wales and down to the south west, mostly dry. the odd shower cropping up, it could be anywhere, predicted later in the day. the far east of england, still cloud and rain first thing but the band of rain clearing from eastern parts of the uk, lingering in the northern isles. elsewhere, sunshine and scattered showers. a
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