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this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 2:00. this weekend's cyber attack — the largest of its kind says the head of the eu's law enforcement agency, europol; and the start of the working week could expose more victims. the latest numbers that we're seeing, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries the new french president is sworn—in at the elysee palace. emmanuel macron promises to restore the confidence of the french people and said the country was on the brink of a great renaissance nurses vote in favour of a sum of protest over pay. labour says it's proposed ‘robin hood' tax on financial transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. portugal's first ever winner of eurovision says his is a victory for music that means something.
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and hardtalk takes us back 20 years — when donald trump was just another new york property tycoon. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 200,000 people in 150 countries — the scale of the cyber attack which hit the nhs on friday makes the largest of its kind, the head of the eu's police agency has told the bbc. europol‘s director rob wainwright says computer disruption for ransom is an ‘escalating threat‘. five nhs trusts remain affected by the cyber attack. there are fears that monday, for many the start of the working week, could reveal there are more victims. here‘s our technology correspondent, theo leggett. 0perations cancelled appointments
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delayed. friday‘s cyber attack affected nhs organisations throughout england and scotland. systems at some hospitals like the royal london are still down. other patients have told me their operations have had to be cancelled, but i must say, i don‘t blame the staff in any way. it‘s not theirfault and i don‘t blame the it people. they are just fighting a battle that just goes on and on. the crisis may not be over. the head of europe‘s policing agency, europol, says there could be a new wave of infections when people return to work tomorrow morning, and he says the size of the attack is deeply disturbing. we‘ve never seen anything like this, unprecedented in its scale. we are seeing over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries, so clearly a global phenomena. the government insists it takes cyber security seriously, and that includes providing the health service with the money it needs. we‘re spending around £50 million on the nhs cyber systems
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to improve their security. we have encouraged the nhs trusts to reduce their exposure to the weakest system, the windows xp, only less than 5% of the trusts use that system any more, and there is money available to strengthen these systems. labour claims the attack has demonstrated the consequence of chronic underfunding. we‘ve seen huge investment cuts in the infrastructure of the nhs. in the last year, 1 billion taken out of infrastructure in order to plug wider gaps in the nhs. so what i‘m saying today is a labour government will put 10 billion into the infrastructure needs of the nhs, and a big priority of that will go to investing in cyber security and upgrading it. most nhs trusts have now restored their critical systems but experts say this attack is unlikely to be the last and insist politicians will need to help the nhs build proper defences against new viruses, rather than just treating the symptoms of the latest infection.
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theo leggett, bbc news. the royal london in east london was affected. we‘ll speak to judith moritz, who is outside the hospital inafew moritz, who is outside the hospital in a few minutes. first simonjones at the royal london. do we have an indication from the trust have extensive the problem has been for them? well this hospital is part of them? well this hospital is part of the biggest nhs trust in the country and it is still facing big problems in the wake of that cyber attack. it's in the wake of that cyber attack. it‘s clear if you go into the emergency department behind me there are notices up in several different languages, saying the it systems are still down here and patients need to prepare for long delays. the trust couldn‘t tell me today, give me any indication at all of how long this is going to continue, and how quickly they‘ll be able to get the
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systems up and running. they are preparing for problems into tomorrow and the following week. that is because they are telling a number of patients their operations are going to have to be cancelled along with outpatient appointments. some will ta ke outpatient appointments. some will take place and the advice is if you‘re expecting treatment the hospital should contact you if your appointment has been cancelled. they warn it may be difficult to get hold of everyone so they are asking if people turn up expecting to get an appointment tomorrow they may end up being disappointed. advice for any new patient is, don‘t come here u nless new patient is, don‘t come here unless it‘s an absolute emergency. some ambulances are already being diverted away from this hospital and the advice is perhaps to go to other hospitals that aren‘t affected, or go to your local gp. 0r hospitals that aren‘t affected, or go to your local gp. or to go and see your pharmacist. the big problem for patients is knowing how long it‘s going to last and what the knock—on will be if appointments are cancelled. i‘ve been speaking to some of the patients at the
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hospital, they‘ve been telling me they are angry with those behind the cyber attack but say staff are rallying round to cope with the consequences. this hospital still very much challenging times here. judith moritz, a significant impact as well for hospitals in the trust that york is part of. absolutely. there are two main hospital is part of this trust, here at york and over at scarborough. between them they run 6000 pcs and a third of them, 2000 computers, were affected. as $0011 2000 computers, were affected. as 50011 as 2000 computers, were affected. as soon as it happened on friday afternoon they shut everything down. the process they‘ve been going through since then has been to have to individually, physically reboot and recheck and start up again each machine when safe to do so. what they‘ve done, they say, and take an
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approach whereby every ward in every department has at least one functioning computer. and work up from there. some of the departments most badly affected, pathology, radiology, the mri scanning and the breast screening department, some of them had to switch to manual working, taking pen and paper notes, providing results from a different ways than they normally would. they had to cancel 30 operations. they said they are looking ahead, trying to work out what‘s going to happen. there is a meeting going on as we speak. of all of those involved in the hospital, trying to get things up the hospital, trying to get things up and running again, they say within the next hour or so they will have more information because they are where patients will want to know what to do. at the moment they say they hope to get to normality, that outpatient should still be able to come here to be treated. they expect more information later on because that process of taking each machine and switching it all back on again
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is still underway. with monday arriving there will be staff coming on site here who weren‘t in on friday, who don‘t know what to do. they are where they have to be able to give them information. because e—mail isn‘t working and has been functioning, it‘s difficult to get the information around the site and to all the staff. those are the practicalities. they tell me they are working round the clock, the it department has been here since friday. they are confident they‘ll get things back to normal as quickly as possible. emmanuel macron, has been sworn into office as president of france. a week after his decisive election victory. mr macron has promised to shake up the political order, and revive the economy. he said france had to find answers to the great crises of our time. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield was watching. 0n the big occasions, france knows how to roll out the pomp. this morning at the elysee palace all of the display and colour of an old, proud nation was put to effect as the youngest ever president arrived
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to take the helm of state. all the great and the good of france were there, and emmanuel macron‘s family, led by his wife, brigitte, who preceded her husband on the red carpet by a few minutes. it was his former boss, francois hollande, who greeted emmanuel macron. just eight months ago, he was one of hollande‘s ministers. then the two men secluded themselves for an hour, nuclear codes and other secrets were being passed on. then the old president was gone, and the new one bounded up the stairs of the palace with the youthful energy he clearly wants to be his hallmark. inside, the results of the election were officially read out and mr macron was inducted, as all presidents are, as grand master of the legion of honour. looking on, his wife, brigitte, who looks set to play a key role now in the presidency. then came president macron‘s first words to the nation, a promise to give back
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to france its confidence and its pride. translation: i will convince our citizens that the power of france is not declining, that we are on the edge of a great renaissance, because in our hands we have all the assets which make and will make the great powers of the 21st century. from there, it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphe. it‘s been a day of ceremony and ritual and ringing rhetoric, images and impressions which show to the french the importance of this moment, sacramental handing on of power to their new, youthful leader. but, as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. nurses are promising a summer of protest — across the uk —
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and possible industrial action. members of the royal college of nursing, at their annual conference in liverpool, are calling on the next government to end years of below—inflation pay increases. but a ballot will be needed, before any strike goes ahead. the royal college of nursing congress has voted overwhelmingly for a summer of "planned protest, followed by an industrial action ballot" if the next government doesn‘t change policy. our health correspondent jane dreaper is in liverpool for us. can you give us an idea of the background to this? why nurses are so angry this year? why now? nurses are particularly angry because they‘ve now had seven years of pay freezes and pay rises. a pay freeze began in 2010 and it lasted for two yea rs. began in 2010 and it lasted for two years. in 2012 their pay rises were capped at 1%. it‘s gone on since then. many here in today were saying
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they really feel they‘ve reached their limit with this. it was a very emotional debate, very highly charged debate. 0ne emotional debate, very highly charged debate. one of the speakers here was a man who just finished a night shift in liverpool and came to speak to say he was struggling to make ends meet. now the government points out that nurses do, as well as the pay rises, get some incremental pay as they progress in theirjobs. many incremental pay as they progress in their jobs. many people incremental pay as they progress in theirjobs. many people here are just saying enough is enough. theirjobs. many people here are just saying enough is enoughlj think i saw one report suggesting it something like 14% pay cut they‘ve had in real terms because their pay hasn‘t kept pace with inflation. had in real terms because their pay hasn't kept pace with inflation. yes the union here says its members have had a 14% real terms pay cut. when you put that different bodies and some independent analysis, the health foundation for example, thinks it‘s more like 6% real terms over those years since 2010. because
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it depends on what measure of inflation you use. nobody seems to be disputing the uk nurses have had a real terms pay cut. this move is significant because if they go ahead with the ballot it will be the first time this union has balloted for industrial action. it really does reflect a hardening of their position. do you think there is any concern that what happened with the junior doctors industrial action became a very messy, bitter campaign. and it‘s questionable whether it achieve the objectives thejunior doctors had whether it achieve the objectives the junior doctors had wanted. whether it achieve the objectives thejunior doctors had wanted. they haven‘t been on strike before either. that's right, really protracted disputes. remember nurses and doctors in general enjoy huge public support. 0ne speaker here today said we have the public with us today said we have the public with us at the moment, we have to make sure we keep them onside. yes, that
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isa sure we keep them onside. yes, that is a risk that this union is all too aware of as they make this move towards a possible ballot. another thing that‘s interesting is they reported on some polling today, they held a three—week poll for members to express their views about strike and industrial action. 0nly19% of those eligible to vote in that actually did so and express a view in that poll. clearly the union has a lot of work to do to engage with its own members here at the royal couege its own members here at the royal college of nursing. as to that fundamental question of do they want to stage the uk‘s first all—out nurses strike? in the general election campaign, labour says it would raise billions of pounds for public services with a new tax on financial transactions — what‘s known as a ‘robin hood‘ tax the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said the levy would bring in £26 billion over the course of the next parliament. but the conservatives say targeting the city of london the the shadow foreign secretary emily
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thornberry said it‘s right that all transactions including what she called derivatives are taxed the same. the truth is is that at the moment, we have got a tax which applies when you buy stocks and shares. currently, some people called market—makers, with hedge funds and so on, if they buy these shares they do not pay the tax. i don‘t understand why that is, but the other thing is that we also think that we should extend this tax to different types of financial instruments. it is a betting on the stock market and will help to stabilise it. many other countries do it. hillary clinton wanted to do it if she was elected as president, nibley says that she is trying to undermine wall street. the eu is looking at that... it should be done in coordination with other countries to avoid hedge fund managers from moving to paris or dublin, wherever? you want to keep businesses here? i think the house of lords committee on this was interesting,
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looking at any changes of behaviour and they said they did not think it would be as drastic as some of the doomsayers say that it will. it is a question ofjust tidying this tax up. it does not seem to me to be right you can bet on the stock market or bet on the debts of a company and not pay tax, whereas it you want to invest, you have to pay tax. emily thornberry, shadow foreign secretary. kate andrews, the editor at the institute of economic affairs, says the so—called robin hood tax will have an impact on ordinary people. once again we‘re seeing this fallacy being highlighted that if you try to go after big corporations and tax them, there be knock—on effects. and unfortunately whether you‘re a pensioner or a saver, whether you‘re a small investor who might be hit with higher charges or if you‘re anyone borrowing money who might be hit with higher interest rates, something like a robin hood tax is going to affect ordinary people and the end of the day. even if your well—meaning attempts to get people with a lot of money,
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the bigger corporations and the banks, to be paying more into the system, always when we see these kinds of interventions it‘s ordinary people who are most badly affected. at the moment, especially with the financial sector and the city in particular being concerned about the knock—on effects of brexit it‘s very possible that they may move more of their business to other countries which would take them in with open arms. i don‘t think anyone thinks a bank is going to up and leave overnight but you could easily see financial transactions here in the uk decreasing and that means less tax revenue coming in. labour said that this policy is going to raise over £20 billion but realistically that has to assume that financial transactions will stay where they are but what they would really want to do if they were interested in getting more money into the treasury is to encourage the financial sector, encourage growth there, create more jobs and then, through thosejobs, you‘d have higher tax revenues. the conservatives say they‘lljoin forces with councils and housing
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associations to build thousands of new homes for rent if they win the general election. theresa may says she wants to fix a broken market. it's she wants to fix a broken market. it‘s not clear how much money will be invested or how many properties built. labour has dismissed the policy and spin. it is my great pleasure to hand that over to you. mrs thatcher became famous for selling off council houses. but this conservative prime minister is now pledging to help local authorities build more of them. if re—elected, theresa may would give councils new powers to purchase derelict land and buildings at below market value. housing associations as well as local authorities could then use these to build more homes for rent. some homes would be sold off after ten to 15 years. tenants would have first option to buy and then proceeds used to fund more rented housing. the policy is aimed at voters who might not be traditionally conservative supporters, including some of the million people on housing waiting lists. while the conservatives say thousands of new homes would be provided, a precise figure is yet
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to be given and they have not said how much extra funding would be given. labour pledges to build 100,000 homes a year for rent and sale by the end of next parliament. the party says that conservative policy is spin, not substance, as some of the details are yet to be revealed. the snp leader, scotland‘s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has admitted that numeracy and literacy have got worse in scottish schools. a survey last week showed fewer than half of thirteen and fourteen year old pupils were performing well in writing. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that action is being taken to address it. the headlines on bbc news: the cyber attack which hit the nhs and affected 150 countries is the biggest of its kind in history, according to the head of europol. emmanuel macron becomes french president in an elaborate ceremony at the elysee palace. nurses at their union‘s conference in liverpool have voted
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overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest" over pay. more now on one of our main stories, that the new president of france, emmanuel macron has been sworn into office. speaking at the ceremony, which was held in paris, mr macron said he would give the french people the confidence to believe in themselves, and the country was on the brink of a great renaissance. translation: the world and europe today more than ever need france. they need a strong france, sure of its own destiny. they need a france which raises high the voice of liberty and solidarity. they need a france which knows how to invent the future. the world needs what the french people, men and women, have always wanted. the daring of freedom, the requirements of equality
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and a will for fraternity. and for decades now france has devoted itself in its cultural and social model and its deep beliefs it has doubts of what it is made of. that is why there will be two demands in my mandate. the first will be to give to the french people this confidence in themselves which for too long has been weakened. i can reassure you i have not for a moment thought that things would stay as they were on the 7th of may in the evening. no, it will be slow work, demanding but indispensable. it will be my role to convince the french people, men and women, that our country, which today seems to be in difficulty with the sometimes contrary
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currents of the world, that they will use all its resources to be among the first of nations. i will convince our citizens that the power of france is not declining, that we are on the edge of a great renaissance because in our hands we have all the assets which make and will make the great powers of the 21st—century. emmanuel macron travels to berlin tomorrow to meet angela merkel and is also expected to name a new prime minister. japan says north korea‘s latest test may have involved an entirely new type of missile. japan‘s defence minister said this was the first time pyongyang had fired a missile that had reached an altitude of more than 2,000km. japan says north korea‘s latest test may have involved an entirely new type of missile. the us military confirmed that a missile was launched near the north western city of kusong and landed in the sea ofjapan. the new president of south korea, moonjae—in, called the launch a reckless provocation. 0ur correspondent steve evans —
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who‘s in the south korean capital — gave us more details about the test. north korea is now conducting missile tests about once every two or three weeks. the previous two were duds but this one clearly wasn‘t. if the japanese defence ministry is getting it right and this missile reached an altitude of 2,000 kilometres, it marks a big improvement in north korea‘s technology. that would mean it‘s getting close to having an intercontinental ballistic missile — something president trump said would not happen. the condemnation has been pretty routine, the same words from seoul and tokyo. president trump and the white house have condemned the test. there‘s been talk of negotiation recently. president trump said he‘d be proud to meet kimjong—un if the conditions were right. and north korean diplomats said that talks may happen if the conditions were right.
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another missile test indicates that the conditions aren‘t right yet. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time in the history of the competition. salvador sobral, who is awaiting a heart transplant, lifted the trophy after winning over both the internationaljuries, and the tv viewers. the uk‘s lucie jones delivered the country‘s best result in six years, as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. he could not believe it. but salvador sobral had just won eurovision. his victory is portugal‘s first in the contest after 49 attempts. as for the song, amar pelos dois, his sister wrote it and it is very un—eurovision. no gimmicks, no video screens. just a melancholic melody
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and his charisma and charm. bulgaria came second. portuguese eurovision fans have been waiting for this moment for such a long time. they had grown so used to losing that winning sparked plenty of emotion. amazing. it will be amazing. it is like a dream come true. flying the flag for the uk was luciejones. a power ballad, never give up on you, placed 15th, our best result for six years. were you aiming for a particular place? no, ijust did not want to come last, so actually i did really well. and, of course, this being eurovision there was weird... there was wonderful...
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and what on earth was this?! but perhaps it won‘t be the music we remember. it‘s the mischief. during the interval act, a man got up on stage and bared his bottom live on tv. a bum note indeed. an estimated 200 million people will have watched tonight‘s contest. the show always delivers high ratings. personally, i wish you could have delivered a few more points to the united kingdom. steve rosenberg, bbc news. egyptian archaeologists have discovered an ancient burial site holding at least 17 mummies, most of them fully intact, which could date back 2000 years. the site was uncovered eight metres below ground near the nile valley city of minya, about 150
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miles south of cairo. the mummies were elaborately preserved and therefore likely belong to officials and priests. work at the site, which is close to an ancient animal cemetery, is only at a preliminary stage, so the discovery could be much bigger. a british veteran of the second world war has become the world‘s oldest skydiver. verdun hayes, who‘s 101 years old, completed a parachute jump from fifteen thousand feet. he made the leap with three generations of his family — his son, grandson and great—grandson. congratulations to all of them! let‘s have a look at the weather prospects. darren bett is at the map. the clouds looked good there. not too many clouds around across the uk today. more sunshine and we had yesterday. still a few showers around. you can see how the cloud has bubbled up to today. if you showers coming from the south—west.
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0ne showers coming from the south—west. one or two heavy ones across scotla nd one or two heavy ones across scotland and more particularly northern ireland. to the evening there was showers will fade away, and with some sunshine. clearer skies overnight over eastern areas. to the west, change on the way. thickening cloud, strengthening wind, outbreaks of rain. this rain is pushing its way east. i think the heaviest rain will be over western hills, south—west scotland, north—west england, west wales. through the afternoon the rain eases off to allow sunshine where we have shelter from the high ground. temperatures, even with all the cloud and rain around, pretty good for the time of year around 16 or 17. this is bbc news. the headlines. the head of the european union‘s law enforcement agency, europol, has said the threat from the cyber attack that caused disruption around the world is "escalating".
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in his first speech as the new president of france, emmanuel macron, has promised to restore confidence in the country‘s future. the largest nursing union is to hold a series of protests this summer and a possible ballot for strike action later this year. labour says its new proposed tax on a number of financial transactions would bring in £26 billion to pay for public services.
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