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inaudible the slowdown of the infection rate over friday night, after a temporary fix around it has now been overcome bya fix around it has now been overcome by a second variation the criminals have released. the numbers are going up. operations cancelled and appointments 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
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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 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
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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. theo leggett, bbc news. that was a test for you to see what story you thought we were talking about, i hope you post a flying colours. it was the cyber attack. i don't think we've had a cyber attack but we had technical problems with the sound desk this afternoon, consequently i was talking away and you weren't hearing me. some people regard that as a relief. we'll carry
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on as if nothing has happened. another hospital affected by the ransomware was the royal london hospital in east london. our correspondent simonjones explained how extensive the problem was for them. this hospital is part of the biggest nhs trust in the country and it is still facing big problems in the wa ke still facing big problems 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 any indication at all, how long this is going to continue and how quickly they'll be able to get the systems back up and running. they are now preparing for problems tomorrow and into the following week. that is because they are telling a number of patients their operations will have to be cancelled along with outpatient appointments. some will ta ke outpatient appointments. some will take place and the advice is if you expect treatment the hospital should
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contact expect treatment the hospital should co nta ct you expect treatment the hospital should contact you if your appointment has been cancelled. they want it may be difficult to get hold of everyone, they ask if people turn up expecting to getan they ask 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 unless it's an absolute emergency. some ambulances are already being diverted away from this hospital. the advice is to go to other hospitals that aren't effected or to go to your local gp. or see your pharmacist. the big problem for patients is knowing how long it's going to last and what the knock—on is going to be if appointments are cancelled. i've been speaking to some of the patient ata been speaking to some of the patient at a hospital today and they've been telling me they are very angry with those behind the cyber attack but they say staff are rallying round to try to cope with the consequences of it. this hospital still very much challenging times here. york district hospitals had 2,000 out of 6,000 computers affected by this virus. judith moritz gave us the latest on their efforts to tackle the cyber—attack.
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there are two main hospitals which are part of this trust, in york and in scarborough. between them they run the 6000 pcs, and one third, 2000 computers were affected. as soon as it happened on friday afternoon, they shut everything down, a process they have gone through since then, to individually and physically reboot and check and start up each machine when it's safe to do so. what they've done, they say, is to take an approach where they've tried to make sure every ward and department has at least one functioning computer. and work up from there. some of the departments that were badly affected include pathology, radiology, the mri scanning and breast screening departments, some of them having to resort to manual working, taking pen and paper notes and providing results in different ways. they've had to cancel 30 operations here yesterday. at the moment they say they are hoping to get to normality.
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outpatients should be able to come here to be treated but they expect more information later on because the process of taking each machine and turning its back on again is underway and with monday arriving there will be staff on site who worked in on friday and don't know what to do and they want to be able to give them information. because e—mail isn't working and hasn't been functioning it's difficult to get information around the site and to all of the staff. they are the practicalities and they say they are working round the clock, the it department have been here since friday and they are confident of getting things back to normal as quickly as they can. 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. our paris correspondent hugh
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schofield was watching. on 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 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,
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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 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.
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president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. our correspondent karin giannone is in paris. the end of an extraordinary long and exciting election campaign. is this going to be an exciting start to the presidency do you think? it's a very busy day already and emmanuel macron is still fulfilling obligations today. he's been carrying out various ceremonies, you saw in the report he's been very busy this afternoon. we saw him return briefly here for lunch with his family and aids. he is now visiting a military hospital, you'll also be meeting the mayor of paris and then the real work begins. he says he's under no illusions about the tasks to come so already best day of celebration and inauguration is already about focusing on he has to do to fulfil
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his plans for reforming the economy and beyond. let's discuss this some more. what did you make of what we heard from emmanuel macron in his speech? it was an optimistic tone but it sounded realistic in some degree. yes, it was very solemn and serious, he said, you know, he would be back to work as soon as this evening. he also mentioned he needed to tackle the divisions and fracture in society, in french society, that had emerged during the presidential campaign. he also hinted he wanted to address this working—class anger towards globalisation. we can send this presidential campaign has been tough on him. he wants to get to work very quickly. he talked about the world and europe needing frances maude than ever. does it really
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matter for europe and the world who is in that building behind us? france's the eurozone's second—largest economy. it is a memberof the second—largest economy. it is a member of the united nations, a pretty powerful military power. it has troops deployed in africa. and the middle east. fighting against isis. i think it's really important, it's an important nation. in the past decade it hasn't been up to the task. maybe the economy had weakened the stature of franzoni international level. many in europe and beyond wonder what emmanuel macron means for brexit. emmanuel macron means for brexit. emmanuel macron as you know is a europhile. you'll be very keen to have a united front in europe. in the brexit negotiations. i think we can expect a pretty tough negotiator. you know,
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he has an economy minister, he has hinted he would be tough on the uk oi'i hinted he would be tough on the uk on matters regarding the city of london. i think he would be really keen to attract talent and banks from the city of london. he also mentioned he wanted to revise the accord that regulates the border in calais. this is a very sensitive subject, you know. ithink he calais. this is a very sensitive subject, you know. i think he wants to revise it. the british french relationship going forward now he's in the palace? would be tough, but not so much to punish the uk but to serve france's interest. this is how it goes in negotiation. his also a pragmatic deal— maker. he it goes in negotiation. his also a pragmatic deal—maker. he was an investment banker at rothschild for four years, he's got this talent in reaching compromise. it might not be
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that bad after all. there might be some sticky moments. he will be going to berlin to meet angela merkel tomorrow, what signal does it send out? he's doing the same as previous french presidents, first trip abroad go to germany, to show the importance of the franco german relationship in europe. this time round we can assume it's really genuine, it's really authentic. he wants to reboot the franco german relationship. i think he's really keen to reform france. he wants to reform the job market. and he wants to restore france's credibility in order to reboot the eu, try to push more reforms of the eurozone. all
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the migration and so on. thank you very much. a difficult task emmanuel macron will have two win over the nearly 11 million people who didn't back him in this election. they voted for the far right marine le pen. he has to win them over. he's under no illusions. he says, i will try to bring together all the french people. he said, i will be starting work this evening. nurses are promising a summer of protest — across the uk — 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. jane dreaper is in liverpool. 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 years and then, in 2012, their pay rises were capped at 1% and it's gone on since then.
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many here in the hall were saying they really feel they've reached their limit with this. a very emotional debate, very highly charged. one of the speakers here was a man who'd just finished a night shift in liverpool and came to speak to say he was struggling to make ends meet. the government points out that nurses, as well as the pay rises, get incremental pay as they progress in theirjobs but many people here are just saying enough is enough. talking, i think i saw a report from one executive suggesting that 14% pay cut, in real terms, because their pay hasn't kept pace with inflation. yes, the union here, the uk's largest nursing union, say that its members have had a 14% real terms pay cut. when you put that to different bodies and independent analysis, the health foundation for example thinks it's more like 6% in real terms over those years, since 2010 because it depends on what measure of
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inflation you are using. but nobody seems to be disputing that the uk's nurses have had a real terms pay cut. this move today is significant because if they go ahead with a ballot it will be the first time this union has balloted for industrial action. it really reflects a hardening of their position. do you think there is any concern in the rcn that what happened with thejunior doctors, industrial action, that became very messy and bitter and it's questionable whether it achieve the objectives that the junior doctors had set out when they went down what was a very controversial path for them too because they hadn't been on strike before either. that's right, a really protracted dispute and let's remember that doctors and nurses in general enjoyed huge public support but one speaker here today said, you know, we've got the public with us
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at the moment and we need to make sure we absolutely keep them onside. yes, that is a risk that this union is aware of as they move towards a possible ballot. i think another thing that's interesting, they reported on some polling today, they had a three—week poll for members to express their opinions about strikes and industrial action and only 19% of those eligible to vote in that actually did so and expressed a view in that poll, so clearly the union has a lot of work to do to engage with its own members at the royal college of nursing as to the fundamental question of whether they want to stage the uk's first all out nurses strike. it is now 70 minutes past three, let's ta ke it is now 70 minutes past three, let's take a look at the headlines. 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
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french president in an elaborate ceremony at the elysee palace. hull city been relegated from the premier league, beat by 4—0 by crystal palace, theyjoin sunderland and middlesbrough in the championship next season. movable leading west ham 1—0 thanks to a daniel sturridge goal. spurs play manchester united later in their last game at white hart lane. lewis hamilton has moved within six points of championship leader sebastian vettel after winning the spanish grand prix. more on all those stories in the next hour. a teenager has been stabbed to death and two others injured during a large brawl in north london. police found the injured 18—year—old after they were called to enfield on saturday night over reports of a fight. he was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead an hour later.
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two others also suffered stab wounds. scotland yard has launched a murder investigation and said no arrests have yet been made. 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 would lead to job losses. speaking on the andrew marr show, the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, said it's right that all transactions including what are 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.
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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, 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. kate andrews, from the institute of economic affairs, says it isn'tjust companies or major investors who would feel the impact of a robin hood tax.
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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 01’ 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, 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
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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 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 not clear how much money the tories would invest or exactly how many new properties would be built. labour has dismissed the announcement as spin. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. 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
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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 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 liberal democrats have pledged to keep the uk's aid spending at the u.n.'s target of 0.7% of national income — while keeping defence spending at nato's benchmark of 2%. the leader tim farron said his party's success in turning the 0.7% figure into law during the coalition government had
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prevented conservative ministers from ditching the promise. this announcement means all three major parties are committed to both the un and nato targets, following similar commitments from both the conservatives and labour. 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. 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
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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 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
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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... 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
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delivered a few more points to the united kingdom. steve rosenberg, bbc news. isa man is a man who knows because steve rosenberg is a big eurovision fan. he's been playing every one of the winning songs over the years on his facebook page if you want to have a look at that. let's take a look at the scene at lisbon airport. this is the scene at lisbon airport. this is the airport where fans are waiting for the arrival or salvador dubai, their country's new national hero. they've been in eurovision since 1984 and haven't come within a whisker of winning this at any time. they haven't been in the top five any year. 64 they joined, they haven't been in the top five any year. 64 theyjoined, in fact. this has been a long, long wait for them to get into eurovision. you can see the crowds. he himself, sobral, not only has he got a heart transplant coming up when they found
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a donor, is taking a different line on eurovision, he basically thinks there is too much what he calls lift music and music, fast—food music. he says he hopes this will be a victory for music that means something. music is not fireworks, salvador sobral said, music is feeling. it looks like they've been feeling it in lisbon overnight, you'll get a heck of a welcome, we'll bring it to you as soon as we have it. the russian president for me pretend play piano before having talks with xijinping in beijing. he apparently played songs from soviet—era moscow. earlier he spoke about china's new silk road plan. a man of many parts clearly. 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.
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his son must be something like 70, mustn't it? quite a family achievement. there is vernon heading to earth. he said apparently it was a better landing than last time he did it. he was a skydiving virgin until he was 100. let's take a look at the weather prospects for skydivers and the rest of us. staying firmly with our feet on the ground. here is helen willetts. rain is clearing the east coast after giving many of the garden is a good watering overnight. then sunshine and showers. showers will congregate in the north and west, northern ireland, where they will be heaviest with a land blunder. much brighter for eastern scotland. just a scattering of showers elsewhere and some strong sunshine. temperature should be elevated to between 16 and 20 celsius in that strong sunshine as you can see. there will be a scattering of showers across england and wales, they'll tend to fade out quickly over the evening and into the night. a chilly evening and
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chilly start of the night particularly in eastern areas. further west is all change. strong winds and wet weather rolling off the atlantic for a miserable start to our monday morning. heavy rain across northern ireland, moving across northern ireland, moving across scotland, many parts of england and wales. particularly heavy for parts of scotland, north—west england and north wales. at least it's north—west england and north wales. at least its warm. not that much rain in the south—east, but some at least.

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