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welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: north korea launches what's thought to be another ballistic missile. south's korea condemns it as a "reckless provocation". after the cyber attack — comes the investigation. europol says friday's hack was on an unprecedented scale. france prepares for its new president: emmanuel macron‘s inauguration approaches — but what happens next? remembering the sacrifice — the royals pay tribute to families who've lost a parent serving in the armed forces. and: pop shares the stage with politics — portugal wins the 2017 eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme.
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the new president of south korea, moon jae—in, has condemned the latest missile test by north korea as a reckless provocation. the us military confirmed that a missile was launched near the north western city of kusong and landed in the sea ofjapan. the country's prime minister, shinzo abe, was quick to voice his condemnation. translation: once again north korea has launched a ballistic missile despite strong warnings from the international community. this is unacceptable. we strongly protest. these repeated north korean missile launches are a great threat to our nation and are a clear breach of the united nations security council resolution. our correspondent steve evans, who's in the south korean capital, gave me more details about the launch. we know it was not the dud the previous one was. it travelled a goodly distance — about 400 miles, 700 kilometres.
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the previous one went virtually no distance. north korea is launching and testing missiles pretty well at the rate of one every two weeks throughout this year and about half of them fail. this one clearly did not. but it does seem that whatever threats or inducements come from seoul and washington, in particular, the missile programme proceeds unabated and that will clearly raise questions, particularly in seoul, where there is a new president not been in powerfor a week yet. but he came in promising or threatening, depending on your point of view, a more conciliatory line towards pyongyang. so we wait to see what president moon makes of all this and how tough his statement is and how much his action may be tougher than his pre—election
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promises indicated. all this happened not long after a north korean diplomat and donald trump appeared to say they were open for diplomatic talks? yeah, i mean, iwould not make too much of that. if you ask anybody pretty well, are you prepared to talk about something? they will say, yeah, sure we will talk if the conditions are right. so the key phrase is "if the conditions are right". president trump said he would talk, he'd be honoured to talk to pyongyang, if the conditions were right. the north korean diplomat, a nuclear negotiator, she said north korea would be prepared to talk if the conditions are right. the conditions to be right would have to be something like for the us that the north korea nuclear arsenal was on the table to be negotiated away or certainly limited in some way
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and there is absolutely no suggestion, in public anyway, that that may be so. there are what i call "track 2" talks going on at the moment, between pyongyang and former government officials of the us. the administration says nothing to do with us, unofficial, we're not talking to them but you do wonder whether feelers are being put out. and you can find more details about north korea's latest missile launch on the bbc website. there's information about previous tests, plus all the latest international reaction. just go to bbc.com/news. let's round—up some of the other main stories, in greece, at least four people have been killed after a train derailed near thessaloniki. at least five other people were injured. the cause is still unknown and rescuers are at the site. the train, said to be carrying around a hundred people,
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was travelling from athens. officials in turkey say twenty people have been killed in a bus crash near the southern resort of marmaris. eleven others were injured. a provincial governor said the vehicle went through a crash barrier and plunged down the hillside. the state news agency, is reporting that the bus was carrying turkish tourists, mainly women and children who were on a trip for mothers day. the islamist militant group boko haram has released a video of four young women who it says chose to stay with them after they were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. 82 other women and girls who were taken captive — were released a week ago. security experts around the world are trying to get to grips with the cyber attack which hit computer systems in about 100 countries. euro—pol — the agency for law enforcement in the eu — called it unprecedented and warned that a complex investigation was required find the culprits. daniel sandford has the latest. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service
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was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. this evening, the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time, but we are deploying all covert and overt means available to us, and we have a 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 global cyber attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us government spy agencies. it is called wannacrypt, and simply encrypts all the files on the infected computer and demands a ransom. by last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 7a countries. at that point, a cyber security
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expert managed almost by chance to stop it spreading. but all the data on the affected computers is still unusable until a ransom is paid. any modern computer that had its software regularly updated was safe, but some nhs trusts use old operating systems that were particularly vulnerable — others may have simply failed to take a security update in march. today, the national cyber security centre had this simple advice. the first is to make sure your security software patches are up to date. the second is to employ proper good anti—virus software. and the third — and most important for ransomware protection — is to back up your data, because you cannot be held to ransom if you have a back—up. it has been a reminder of how vulnerable vital organisations are to attack by organised criminals seeking to raise money or by hostile states and terrorist groups trying to cause maximum disruption.
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the reality is there are thousands of vulnerabilities. for example, if we were to look at a company of 50,000 computers, we might find hundreds of thousands of open vulnerabilities on those machines. it is also reminder that computers are not a one—off investment. they need to be kept up—to—date. the funeral has taken place for the romanian tourist who was knocked into the river thames during a terror attack in london two months ago. andrea kristaya was pulled from the water with serious injuries and later died in hospital. nick thorpe reports from the funeral in constanta. andreea cristea's friends and families gathered to remember this should have been her wedding. instead, it was herfuneral. andreea cristea's friends
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and families gathered to remember a life cut short. she and her boyfriend were walking along a bridge in march when a car left the road and hit one pedestrian after another. andreea was knocked into the thames — she died two weeks later. my sister was the most amazing person i can imagine in this world and she was the happiest and she will always be with us and she is not gone. she is not, physically, she will always be with us and with her friends. this was a traditional sung 0rthodox ceremony attended by young and old in the town where andreea and herfiance grew up. british diplomats and police officers were also present. mourners lit candles
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and priests burnt incense. across the street, a day of sadness for all in romania. one reason why this death has touched romanians so deeply is because almost everybody in this country has a personal connection to the united kingdom. up to half a million people work there and many more go there for holidays. it could have been almost anybody strolling that day across westminster bridge. from the church, the funeral cortege moved to the cemetery in an old turkish neighbourhood of the city. i'm here to be together with andreea's family and friends at this time of grief and to celebrate her life and to underline that the uk and romania stand together in the fight against terrorism. nearly two months after the london attacks, the final victim has been to rest at last.
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emmanuel macron will be sworn in as the new president of france later. it follows his election victory last weekend, securing 65% of the vote against marine le pen. mr macron, who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. hugh schofield reports from paris. a classic parisien newspaper kiosk and pictures of monsieur le kid — emmanuel macron, the man who later today will become france's next president. it is going to be at day of ceremony and tradition here at the elysee palace. we cannot get any closer than where we are now because of security. but we know that at ten o'clock in the morning, in front of the elysee, the motorcade of emmanuel macron will drive up and he'll be greeted in front by the outgoing president, francois hollande, and then they will go in together for a tete—a—tete for half an hour.
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and that's where security matters, including, of course, the handing over of the famous nuclear codes will happen. and then francois hollande will leave and at that point emmanuel macron is the new president. there will be pageantry, with the induction of the new prsident, as all presidents are, as grand master of the order of legion of honour. there will be as speech and there'll be a procession down the champs—elysees, over there. that is where the work then begins. what everyone is going to be looking out for first of all is the nomination of mr macron‘s prime minister — who's it going to be? a man, or a woman, someone from the roght, someone from the left? no—one knows. that person's firstjob will be to lead the new government into the parliamentary elections which happen in june, because that is where macron needs to get a majority to have a freehand for his program of reform. and the other thing, of course, monday, the first trip abroad to germany, to see angela merkel where, of course, the future of the european union and brexit will be top of the agenda. stay with us on bbc news.
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still to come: prayers in portugal as the pope adds two children to the list of catholic saints. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, gary kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion
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in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! end end this is bbc news. the latest headlines — north korea has launched an ‘unidentified projectile‘ — thought to be a ballistic missile. south's korea's new president condemns it as a "reckless provocation". the police agency europol has described the cyber attack on computer systems around the world as ‘unprecedented'. president trump says he could announce a replacement forfired fbi directorjames comey by late next week. he told reporters it was "possible" he could name someone by friday, before he leaves for his first foreign trip. so who might be on the shortlist? lucy grey has been looking
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at the possible contenders. the sacking of the director of the fbi sent shockwaves through washington. president trump accused james comey of being a showboat and grandstander. the race is now on to find his replacement, who donald trump says could be found quickly. these are outstanding people that are very well—known highest level. so we could make a fast decision. before the trip next week? even that is possible. us media reports at around 11 people in all being considered for the role. but fourr people are expected to be meeting jeff sessions and his deputy. they include the acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, who has worked for the fbi for over 20 years, running the washington field office before becoming deputy director. in testimony to the senate intelligence committee, he cast doubt on white house claims that james comey had lost the confidence of his staff. i can tell you that
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i hold james comey in the highest regard. i have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity, and it has been the greatest privilege and honour of my professional life to work with him. also reported to be in the frame the job is republican senatorjohn cornyn. he is now the senate majority whip. alice fisher, a defence lawyer who previously led thejustice department's criminal division, is also thought to be a candidate. also, michael garcia, a judge on the new york circuit appeals. he has worked on a large number of high—profile terrorism organisations. the white house has said that the job will be filled as soon as the
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president finds a candidate. more than 800 children and teenagers, who'd lost a parent while 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 solider lee rigby, who was killed in a terror attack in london in 2013. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. it's a very large garden, accustomed to formal events like garden parties. but it's the perfect place, too, for a children's party — which is exactly what was happening at buckingham palace this afternoon. freeze! don't move! 800 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. he was with his mother, rebecca. it's a chance for the parents to meet each other and to just know
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that you are in a safe environment. and, you know, you can ask advice of the other parents. they have been through similar things to you, similar experiences, and at different points gone through the same things you have, the questions, and explanations of what has happened. it is just a fantastic opportunity for both the parents and the children. 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, we as a nation, and we up and down the country will never, ever, everforget about the sacrifices every single one of you made. this event brings together three of the issues they take an interest in, young people, the armed forces, and bereavement. and for a few hours, on the grounds of buckingham palace,
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those wider carers could be put to one side. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the pope has added two children to the list of catholic saints — during a ceremony in portugal. the service was held at the spot where they are said to have seen the virgin mary — exactly 100 years ago. at the shrine. it's estimated that around a million worshippers attended the mass at the shrine. alison roberts reports from lisbon. it was 100 years ago today that three children tending sheep near the village of fatima said the virgin mary had appeared to them. two of the children, jacinta and francisco marto, died young. they were 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 santos,
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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 and to celebrate mass. 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 celebrations a special significance for catholics in portugal and around the world. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time. salvador sobral sang a ballad
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to beat 25 other countries to the prize in ukraine. in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent steve rosenberg in kiev — but first here's sarah corker on the night's memorable performances — and a warning, there are flashing images in her report. it is a tv spectacle as much as it is a music competition. the 62nd eurovision song contest had all the elaborate outfits... the energetic dancing and of course, plenty of glitter. # tonight i'm going to hold you...# welcome friends from near and far to the grand final. among the more intriguing performances, italy's entry, featuring a breakdancing gorilla, was a strong favourite. while azerbaijan upped the ante
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with a man in a horse's head on the ladder. 26 acts performed in front of a huge global audience, in the ukranian capital, kiev. but one country missing was russia, boycotting the event after ukraine barred its contestant from entering the country. some of the night's more memorable acts included yodelling from romania... a catchy crowd—pleaser from moldova... and the swedes made use of some treadmills in their number. # i will never give up...# the united kingdom's hopes rested on former x factor contestant, luciejones. #..
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3, 2, 1 — stop voting now! then came the serious part of the evening, the voting and the tension. wow! 376 points for portugal! and that means that portugal is the winner! in the end, portugal won by a clear margin, with a simple ballad from 27—year—old salvador sobral. it is the first time the country has ever won the competition, and this was the singer's reaction. i want to say that we live in a world of disposable music, fast—food music without any content and i think this could be a victory for music, with people that make music that actually means something. music is not fireworks, music is feeling. but at the other end of the table, in last place, spain got just five points for their beach—inspired song. # do it for your love,
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do it for your lover..# winners or losers, for the contest‘s diehard fans, it was another memorable night of eurovision. sarah corker, bbc news. portugal has made 49 attempts to win the eurovision song contest and tonight for the first time it won eurovision. salvador sobral, his lilting ballad won over the nationaljuries and the public across europe, and stormed to victory in tonight's eurovision song contest. in second place was bulgaria. singing for the united kingdon this year was luciejones, i'll never give up on you. she came 15th, that's the united kingdom's best effort since 2011. we actually saw lucie a few minutes ago and she said she was happy with that. she did not want to come last and she did not come last and so she goes away pretty happy.
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but i think that this year's eurovision will be remembered less for the music and more for the mischief because during the interval act — last year's winner, jamala, was singing in the interval — a fan holding an australian flag climbed up on stage and bared his bottom to jamala, live, in front of 200 million viewers. he was later escorted off by security. steve rosenberg, bbc news, in kiev. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @tomdonkinbbc. and a reminder of our top story, north korea has been condemned over their latest missile launch. hello there.
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we could do with some rain for many of our gardens and we have got some of it. a weather front pushing its way west to east across the country. this is how we ended the day on saturday in angus. quite a bit of cloud around there. out of that cloud, we are seeing some outbreaks of rain but sunday should be a day of sunshine and a few scattered showers, too. here is the weather front that brought the rain to many of us overnight in the west, clearing to the east throughout the course of sunday morning. so a return to sunshine across many parts of the country. that rain will linger in the north—east of scotland. this is 9:00 in the morning, particularly for the northern isles, north—east of mainland scotland, too. some sunshine towards dumfries and galloway, towards northern ireland, too. a bright start to sunday here. a bit cloudier down the east coast of england, and you could catch a showerfirst thing, but actually much of northern england and wales look dry with some sunshine. you can just see a few showers starting to crop up across central parts of wales. almost anywhere could catch a shower later in the day but i think predominantly it is a dry picture through sunday morning.
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slightly cloudier skies for kent, up towards norfolk, with that lingering weather front. but the front clears fairly quickly towards the east and then across all of the country, it's just sunshine and a few scattered showers here and there. so you could catch a shower almost anywhere but they are few and far between, particularly along the south coast, it's largely sunny here. and temperatures 15—20 degrees, a pleasant day where you do dodge the showers. staying pretty wet up towards the northern isles. for some of sunday's featured premier league games, it looks largely dry but, again, there is a chance that one or two showers could sneak past at times. through the course of sunday evening, the showers ease away, so it's looking dry if you have a barbecue planned for sunday evening, for instance, and then overnight and into monday, the next batch of wet weather arrive from the west. it's going to be reasonably mild and frost—free, i think, wherever you are as we start the new working week. but for monday, this area of rain is with us for much of the day. heaviest towards the north and west where it will also be quite windy. the rain only quite light and patchy down towards the south—east where we really could do with some rainfall but the area of rain edging its way
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slowly northwards and eastwards through the day and we'll see temperatures still up there in the mid to high teens. so inbetween any spells of rain a reasonably pleasant sort of day. but low pressure stays in charge, bringing us the unsettled breezy and showery theme on monday and low pressure sticks around for much of the week ahead. into tuesday too we see this weather front bringing further outbreaks of rain at times. so tuesday into wednesday it is looking unsettled but the temperatures still remaining reasonably mild, up to around 21 degrees on tuesday. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: north korea has test fired what appears to be another ballistic missile. the south korean military said an ‘un—identified projectile‘ had been launched from the north west and flew about 700 kilometres. south‘s korea‘s new president has condemned it as a "reckless
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provocation". europe‘s police agency europol says friday‘s cyber attack was unprecedented in its scale. it says the hunt for those responsible will require a complex investigation. the attack hit targets in at least 99 countries. emmanuel macron will be sworn in as france‘s next president in a ceremony in paris later — following his election victory last weekend. mr macron, who only formed his political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. now on bbc news it‘s time for click. this week: regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and,
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