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this is bbc news, the headlines at seven: seven nhs trusts are still having problems following the cyber—attack. the slow down of the infection rate over friday night after a temporary fix around it has now been overcome by a second variation of it that the criminals have released so the numbers are going up. nurses vote overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest" over pay. emmanuel macron says france is on the verge of a great renaissance as he becomes the country's youngest president. chancellor merkel‘s christian democrats unseat rival social democrats in germany's most populous state, a world war ii veteran breaks the record for the world's oldest skydiver at 101 years old. there's disappointment for hull city as they're relegated from the premier league with one game to go after a heavy defeat at crystal palace.
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butjoy for forest green rovers who are promoted to the english football league for the first time after beating tranmere rovers. they were founded over 125 years ago. they were founded over 125 years ago. and the stars hit the red carpet for tonight's bafta television awards. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the european union's law enforcement agency says the hackers who targeted organisations including the nhs on friday have put out a new version of their cyber attack. rob wainwright, the head of europol, said there were now 200,000 victims of the cyber attack around the world and more could be affected as computers are turned on tomorrow morning. seven nhs trusts in england are still affected, with patients
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being warned about further disruption in coming days. here's our health editor hugh pym. it was the biggest ever attack on health service it systems. today, staff at those hospitals caught up in the disruption were doing their best to get up and running. they used paper where they had to. but the nhs was one victim of a global cyber assault and europe's police agency says the scale of the problem is unprecedented and it could get worse. this bug will be sitting in systems over the weekend in systems not being used and when people arrive for work on monday morning and turn on their computer, we will see the numbers going up again. but questions are being asked about whether nhs it security was adequate. some trusts are still using an outdated operating system, windows xp. ministers said there had been investment. we are spending around £50 million on the nhs cyber systems to improve security.
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we have encouraged the nhs trust to reduce their exposure to the weakest since them, windows xp. system, windows xp. less than 5% of the trusts use that system any more. york hospital's computers were affected but they were not using the old system and they were using security patches to protect against viruses. we are applying patches weekly provided by our providers. we are working with the biggest brains in the industry, we are in a large system and we take our responsibilities seriously. labour has written to the health secretary calling for a detailed explanation and today the party went on the attack. the government's handling of this
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crisis has been chaotic. we have warned the government's attitude to cyber security in the nhs was complacent. they have cut the infrastructure budget so the nhs could not put the money it needed into securing its it systems. i am afraid the chickens are coming home to roost. labour says if elected, it will invest billions of pounds in the nhs to upgrade it systems and modernise hospitals and other buildings. england's largest nhs trust which includes the royal london hospital was one of those hardest hit. the it systems are still not running normally. managers say a certain number of appointments and routine operations will go ahead tomorrow. but some ambulances are still being diverted. for this hospital and a few others, this unprecedented disruption is not over yet. hugh pym, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz has spent the day at york hospital, one of those targeted in friday's cyber attack. she told us about their efforts to restore services. a third of the computers at this
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trust were affected, about 1000 machines, and east of them has to be looked at individually and it is time consuming. the chief executive is here also you are working alongside it and it has been a big job for you. it is, we are a big organisation and we run two hospitals out of two size and we run community services out of the whole of yorkshire. we have 6000 pcs and 2000 are infected by the virus and to get them back is a huge job. there is a risk of re—infiltration, so we are there is a risk of re—infiltration, so we are having to manually re—screen each pc along the way and it isa re—screen each pc along the way and it is a labour—intensive job. we have got an army of volunteers helping us with that task. you had to cancel some procedures yesterday,
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about 30 operators, will you postpone things tomorrow? we cancelled a small number of procedures on saturday as a precaution, we cancelled breasts screening services that are computer dependent as a precaution. some outpatient services may be affected oi'i outpatient services may be affected on monday morning, but we hope all oui’ on monday morning, but we hope all our services will run as normal, but we are asking the public to keep in touch and we will communicate through them through the website and facebook and media channels. michael fallon said the nhs trusts were warned about this sort of attack. is that something you hear? did you agree with that. it is an easy sound bite. any organisation such as ours employees a huge information technology platform and we take those things seriously and we work with microsoft and all the large companies internationally, the biggest brains of the injury ——
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industry, to make sure our services are as safe as possible and we take oui’ are as safe as possible and we take our responsibilities seriously.“ there enough in york office to update? there is huge pressure in resource terms and we need to save £25 million this year to stand still, but some decisions have to be made and we have to manage the consequence of those. it is patient safety and we do not compromise. thank you very much. the work is still going on behind the scenes. it are here working around the clock to get things back up and running and if you are a patient at this hospital or in this area, the advice is to stay in touch and keep a lookout online and you can phone up to find out whether your outpatient‘s appointment tomorrow is still going ahead. we have had an updated statement from nhs england
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about how they are coping over the weekend and it has come from the nhs incident director. we have heard from her a few times in the last 72 hours. she says the nhs continued to treat patients over the weekend and we have been working with 47 organisations providing with emergency care. most have found ways of working around this, but seven including saint barts hospital in london have been asking for extra support. you should still attend hospital and your gp surgery if you have an appointment this week unless you are told not to. but they do ask eve ryo ne you are told not to. but they do ask everyone is patient with staff as they try to cope. we will find out how this story is covered in tomorrow for ‘s front pages. at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent and the broadcaster and author, natalie haynes.
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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. our health correspondent, jane dreaper is at the conference in liverpool. yes, it has been a day of intense emotion here. in the conference debate this morning some of the speakers and people in the audience were in tears as they talked about the effects of the years of pay freezes and capped pay rises and what they feel that has done to them and their family incomes. with me to discuss this is the man who proposed the resolution this morning, the chairman of the royal college of nursing's council, michael brown. what exactly is it you want to do? is this a summer of discontent? the feeling in the hall his morning and the emotion you mentioned during that debate
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cannot be ignored. we carried out that pay poll and it told us members are feeling really undervalued and want to show whichever government we have in the future that nursing pay can no longer be ignored. patients will be really worried when they hear about nurses protesting. we have already seen the havoc that a cyber attack can cause on hospitals and the disruption in terms of cancelled appointments, but they will be worried when they hear about this proposed action. let's be clear, our argument and dispute is not with patients and the public. we will strive to bring patients and the public along with us. we are a long way from taking industrial action. we have been listening to our members and we want the government to respond to us and to listen to what nurses have been saying today. will it come to industrial action or is this an empty threat? it is not an empty threat. we said we would be responsible and give the next government of the uk the opportunity to end public sector pay restraint.
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if when a new government is formed and it continues to fail to listen to the hardship of nurses, we will proceed to an industrial action ballot. your members get pay incremental rises on top of the pay rise because of progressing in the job, don't they? in 2004 a pay progression system was introduced in the nhs for nursing and other people. that starts people at the starting point of the job and over a period of five years they progress to the true value of thatjob. is the appetite among your members? this is a conference where we hear lots of fire and anger from the delegates, but around the country is there the appetite? 0nly19% responded to a consultation about this. what we entered into a few weeks ago was a listening exercise with our members after hearing stories of hardship and an argument that they were no longer happy with nhs pay.
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this was just a small survey. today the next steps took that forward and we need to go out and talk to all our members and all the people out there and find out what their views are. this represents a significant hardening of this union's position about how this will play out in the coming months in terms of protests and marches outside of hospitals, and we will have to wait and see. german chancellor angela merkel‘s christian democrats party have unseated their key elections rivals, the social democrats in local elections in germany's most populous state. exit polls for the north rhine—westphalia show mrs merkel‘s party with a projected share of 34.5 percent of the vote, ahead of the social democrats on 30.5 percent.
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the vote was seen as a test for the german chancellor, who faces a general election in september. let's speak to our correspondent, damien mcguinness who is in berlin. what is the appeal? is it angela merkel or her party? in the regional elections it is regional policies that motivate voters, like pleasing, hospitals, schools, transport, those are all controlled and run by regional governments. regional governments are incredibly important. but this particular state has an impact nationally and on the national elections. 0n has an impact nationally and on the national elections. on that sends in angela merkel‘s chance of staying chancellor in september. that is because this region is an spd ce ntre—left because this region is an spd centre—left stronghold. angela merkel‘s challenger, martin schultz, the leader of the centre—left, was banking on hanging this state and getting a solid left—wing majority
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in this state and he said that explicitly. he said it would help him on his way to berlin. that is not what has happened and has been a blow for angela merkel‘s rivals in september and that is why this is as severe and a real blow for the spd ce ntre—left severe and a real blow for the spd centre—left rivals of angela merkel, but also a clear statement of confidence for angela merkel. it strengthens her centre—right party and it means that as we start up the run—up to the elections it is making her look stronger than ever. her polls are looking good, she seems a safe pair of hands and so far there is no one to beat her because this main rival is now looking severely weakened by today's regional election results. thank you very much. damian mcguinness in berlin. emmanuel macron has been sworn in as president of france, promising in his inaugural address to bring about a cultural
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and economic renaissance and rejuvenate the country. the 39—year—old former investment banker swept to power after forming his own political movement. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas watched the ceremony in paris. not since france had an emperor 200 years ago, has it had a leader this young. 39 years old and inaugurated president today of one of the world's most powerful nations. emmanuel macron has seized his opportunity, propelled by a young man's self—confidence and some political good fortune. the disillusion that has fuelled populism elsewhere, has led france to back a newcomer, but one squarely in the centre ground. emmanuel macron routed the traditional parties. the outgoing president, francois hollande, leaves office as france's most unpopular leader
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of modern times. but the task in front of mr macron is huge. if this business friendly liberal is to honour his pledge to transform france. translation: all labour laws will be liberalised, companies will be supported. innovation and creativity will be at the heart of my programme. the french feel left behind by globalisation and will be better protected. to achieve that, mr macron needs a majority in parliament, but his new party has no mps and elections are in four weeks' time. emmanuel macron has promised this moment will mark a decisive break from the past for france, a moment of national renewal where all his predecessors have promised reform and failed to deliver. he will need more than useful to optimism and energy to succeed. what mr macron hopes he can make it a force at the heart of the eu, say those who know him.
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translation: he will relaunch the eu. if the british were still members, they would be part of this, but we will do this without them. it is on the basis that countries who want to cooperate further, will. for france and europe, much rests on some very young shoulders. the headlines on bbc news: the head of the eu's law enforcement arm says the cyber attack that affected the nhs is unprecedented in scale and more victims could be revealed when people return to work on monday. nurses vote overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest" over pay. emmanuel macron becomes french president in an elaborate ceremony at the elysee palace. he promises to restore the nation's
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confidence and pride. the us military confirmed that the missile was launched near the north—western city and landed in the sea of japan. the north—western city and landed in the sea ofjapan. the new president of south korea called the launch a reckless provocation. 0ur correspondent steve evans 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
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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. another missile test indicates that the conditions aren't right yet. a teenager has been killed and two others in a knife attack in london. an 18—year—old died of stab wounds
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following reports of a mass brawl in enfield. two others injured are both expected to recover. 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 pounds 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
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and will help to stabilise it. many other countries do it. hillary clinton wanted to do it if she was elected as president, no—one 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 and not pay tax, whereas if you want to invest, you have to pay tax. the conservatives say they'lljoin forces with councils and housing associations to build thousands
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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 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.
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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 un'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 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,
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has admitted that numeracy and literacy have got worse in scottish schools. a survey last week showed fewer than half of 13 and 14—year—old pupils were performing well in writing. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that action is being taken to address it. the uk's most prestigious tv awards, the british academy awards, is taking place tonight. the event at the royal festival hall on london's south bank is being hosted for the first time by sue perkins. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba is at ceremony — he's been speaking to some of the potential award winners. with me is the lead actress in the most nominated programme, the crown. how does it feel leading the contingent tonight?|j how does it feel leading the contingent tonight? i do not know whether i am leading it, we are very much a family. so many of the cast
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are here and the producers and directors, so it will be a great night regardless of what happens. what is the secret of it being such a critical and a commercial hit and the awards as well? i do not think you can predict these things. we all loved it, but sometimes something ca ptu res loved it, but sometimes something captures the imagination of people. we all thought it was a risk, but we put our heart and soul into it and we have been lucky it has gone so well, so very lucky. you feel pressure when you are playing many parts, but playing a real live person and her majesty the queen is a whole different scale, isn't it?|j tried not to think about it or i would have gone out of my mind. we had the wrap party last night and in ten years' time we will sit down and think. it was peter morgan's screenplay that i fell in love with and it was exceptional and it is all
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him. it is a big opportunity for netflix as well. five years ago you could not even entered the baftas. it is extraordinary. it was a very english production company, so at the heart it is a very british programme and that is why it has been so well received by bafta and it isa been so well received by bafta and it is a real sign of encouragement. thank you for talking to us. goodbye. claire foy speaking to lizo mzimba. we have just goodbye. claire foy speaking to lizo mzimba. we havejust heard goodbye. claire foy speaking to lizo mzimba. we have just heard that happy mzimba. we have just heard that ha p py valley mzimba. we have just heard that happy valley has taken the first prize of the night, the best drama series. a british veteran of the second world war has become the world's oldest skydiver. verdun hayes, who's101—years old, completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet. dressed in a yellowjumpsuit, verdun hayes, aged 101 and 38 days, is about to make history.
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he is determined to become the world's oldest skydiver. he is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, mr hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second everjump. the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. congratulations! well done! hurray! with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate
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the new record that he has just set. beautiful. i would do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect! how was the landing? better than last time! and all of this for a man who, back in the second world war as a veteran of the d—day landings, had assumed he would never return home alive. but even at the age of 101, he still is more than alive, doing things that many half his age dream of. doing things that many half his age wouldn't dream of. i'm not sure 15,000 feet would be lovely for me! let's take a look at the weather. tomorrow it looks like it will be
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overcast for most of the day and there is wind on the way. here is there is wind on the way. here is the rain we had earlier and then a sunny afternoon and then this cloud and rain will be sweeping in our direction. the first part of the night looks 0k, direction. the first part of the night looks ok, then in the early hours of rain were pushed into the western areas. a dry night for london, and attenborough. but basically that cloud and rain engulfs the uk in the morning and into the afternoon. the rating will wax and wane and despite cloud and the rain, it will be relatively warm. temperatures 17—18 in some north—western areas. the patchy rain will continue throughout tomorrow evening as well.
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