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this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. seven nhs trusts are still having problems following the cyber—attack. the head of europol says the attack was on an unprecedented scale and could still claim more victims. 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 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. also in the next hour...meet the world's oldest skydiver. d—day veteran verdun hayes took to the skies with ten members of his family at 101—years—old. and michael mcintyre picks up best entertainment performance
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at the bafta tv awards. and the travel show goes to colombia to explore the legacy of one of its most controversial criminals. 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 thousand 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 being warned about further disruption in coming days. here's our health editor hugh pym. it was the biggest ever attack
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on health service it systems. today, staff at those hospitals caught up in the disruption were doing their best to get up and running. 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 will be sitting in systems over the weekend in systems not been 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. we have encouraged the nhs trust to reduce their exposure to the weakest since them, windows xp. less than 5% of the trust use
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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 provided by our providers. 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 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
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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. doctor herb lin is a cyber security expert and fellow at stanford university. he joins me now on webcam from san francisco. welcome to bbc news. how is it that this cyber attack was able to create so this cyber attack was able to create so much chaos in so many parts of the world? the nature of the attack
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was that it it was what experts call a warm, it is self propagating and does not require a human intervention for it to spread. so it is not individuals clicking on a link that caused the infection to go even further? that is right. it sta rts even further? that is right. it starts with one individual doing it. some place where it all started, but once that took hold, it was able to find other unprotected systems and infect them. what do governments need to do, as well as businesses to ensure that organisations do not suffer in this way again? well, this particular worm or a piece of malware more generally, used a vulnerability that was patched by microsoft about two months ago. the fa ct
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microsoft about two months ago. the fact that a large number of installations have not chosen to installations have not chosen to install the patch, itjust is bad cyber security hygiene. it is the equivalent of not washing your hands after uup or something like that. how likely is it that we will see more? so many computers are vulnerable that might give other hackers the idea to try the same thing? the success of this worm seems to point to a successful model, we may indeed see other people not copying necessarily the same code but the same approach, finding another way to make money from this. can you completely protect your system ? from this. can you completely protect your system? no, you can never completely protect your system
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by you can do things that make it much harderfor the bad guy, make it harderfor much harderfor the bad guy, make it harder for the much harderfor the bad guy, make it harderfor the bad guy and they much harderfor the bad guy, make it harder for the bad guy and they will be able to do it less to you. now this attack happened on friday and a lot of people in many parts of the world have not been working over the weekend, what might be the effect when people turn up for work tomorrow morning and turn on their computers? i think the story that was previously broadcast had it right, people will be turning on the computer ‘s do not have a clue what is going on and they will turn on computers that are unprotected, the worm will find them and they will be infected. i think it is quite likely that there will be a spike of new infections tomorrow. on monday, rather. how much better are the authorities getting at tracking down the people responsible? well, i don't know anything about the details of this particular case. in general, the authorities are getting better at this, but the bad guys are also getting better at this and it
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isa also getting better at this and it is a cat and mouse kind of game, where if the bad guys make a mistake, then the authorities are going to be ready to pounce on them and if the bikers do not make a mistake, it will be impossible to find them. thank you very much for joining us. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow'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. 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. it has been a day of intense emotion
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here in the conference debate this morning. some of the speakers and also people in the audience were in tea rs also people in the audience were in tears as they talked about the effect 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 counsel, michael brown. michael, what exactly is it that you wa nt michael, what exactly is it that you want to do? is this summer of discontent? the feeling in the hall this morning and emotion that you mentioned cannot be ignored. we carried out that paper and told us that members are feeling really undervalued at this moment in time and want to show which of government we have in the future that this cannot be ignored. patients are going to 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
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cancelled appointments. they will be worried when they hear about this proposed action. let us be clear, out proposed action. let us be clear, ourargument and proposed action. let us be clear, our argument and dispute is not with patience and not with the public and in fact, we are going to strive to bring patience 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 are telling us what they have been saying today. will it really come to industrial action or is this a bit of an empty threat? it is this a bit of an empty threat? it is not. in the proposal, we said we would be responsible and give the next government of the uk the
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opportunity to end public sector pay restraint. if the new government continues to fail to listen to the hardship of nurses, we will proceed to industrial action. but your members get incremental rises on top of the pay rise because of progressing in thejob, don't of the pay rise because of progressing in the job, don't they? in 2004, up a progressive system was introduced in the nhs for nursing and other people, that pay progression starts people at the starting point of the job and over a period of five years they progress to what is the true value of that job. is their appetite among your members, this is a conference where we hear lots of fire and anger from the delegates, but back around the country, is the really the appetite, only i9% responded to a consultation about this. what we entered into a few weeks ago was listening exercise with our members after hearing stories of hardship and arguments that they were no longer happy with nhs pay. this wasjust that they were no longer happy with nhs pay. this was just a that they were no longer happy with nhs pay. this wasjust a small survey, what happened today was the next steps of taking that forward and we now need to go out and talk to all our members and all the people out there and find out what their views are. this does certainly represent a significant hardening of the union position, but how this will play out in the coming months
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in terms of protests and possibly marches outside hospitals, 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—point—five percent of the vote, ahead of the social democrats on 30—point—five percent. the vote was seen as a test for the german chancellor, who faces a general election in september. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness and he explained to me what these election results could mean for angela merkel and her christian democratic party. well i think we have to remember that in the regional elections it is primarily —— primarily regional policies like policing, hospitals, schools and transport, those are all
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controlled and run by regional governments. regional governments here are incredibly important. but this particular state does have an impact nationally and on the national elections in four months and in that sense, on angela merkel‘s chances as remaining chancellor and that is because this election, this region is an spd central stamp polls. angela merkel‘s challenger, the leader of the ce ntre—left challenger, the leader of the centre—left was banking on hanging on to the state and getting a good solid left—wing majority in this state and he said that explicitly and he said that would help him on his way to berlin, that has not happened, that was not of the party expected and that has been a real blow for mrs merkel and her rivals to their chancellery in september and that is why this is a severe, a real blow for it the spd centre—left and rivals and a clear statement of
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confidence in a way for mrs merkel, because it really strength —— strengthens her party and it means that going, as they struck the run—up to the election is now in september, it is making her look stronger than ever. polls are looking good and she is seen as a safe pair of hands and so far, there is really know when to beat her because this main rival that was facing her is now looking severely weakened by the regional election results today. damian mcguinness in berlin. emmanuel macron has been sworn in as president of france, promising in his inaugural address to bring about a cultural 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, as it had a leader this young. 39 years old and inaugurated president today of one of the world's most powerful nations.
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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 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
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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. 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.
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it is just after a quarter past eight, the headline. seven nhs trusts are still having problems following the global cyber attack. europol warns that more people could find them of affected monday morning. the largest nursing union will hold a series of protest this summer over will hold a series of protest this summer over pay. the new president of france emmanuel macron promises to restore confidence in france's future as he takes office. sport now, a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with hugh. good evening. whole city willjoin middlesbrough and sunderland in the championship next season after they we re championship next season after they were relegated from the premier
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league. they lost 4— 02 crystal palace at selhurst park. hull were four points behind crystal palace on swa nsea four points behind crystal palace on swansea and knew it was win or bust but palace just needed a draw to survive and a win for them keep them up survive and a win for them keep them up while hull head back to the championship at the first time of asking. we are sorry for our fans. of course, it is not a good moment for the club. now is the moment the clu b for the club. now is the moment the club will take the next step. it is ha rd to club will take the next step. it is hard to understand why this happened. why the club had many problems this season. of course, today, we came here to play well and we did not start in the right way. they were comfortable and they got what they wanted for the match. there is no doubt that the new
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players arriving in january made a massive effort and a massive difference as well. that lifted all the other players here and for me, it is the hardest one i have done because of the fixtures that we had to face going into the last eight or nine games and to come out of those fixtures with a win against chelsea away, liverpool away and arsenal at home, if you see what arsenal have done now since that victory, it shows you how big a task it was for us shows you how big a task it was for us and in the end, we have done with a game to go, i am glad to say. after more than a century at white hart lane, tottenham hotspur say goodbye with a 2—1 win victory over manchester united. spurs are raised the disappointment by going the whole season unbeaten at home for the first time in 52 years. adam wilde has more. after 118 years, this was tottenham fans last lingering look at the stadium. capturing some final memories of this famous old ground. while spurs do face a bright future, this was a
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day to honour at the club's past. there could have been no more perfect way to start than an early goal. it came from victor wanyama on an afternoon with already plenty to celebrate, here was just one more reason. why is the result was perhaps secondary to the occasion, the chance of victory over manchester united is always incentive enough. spurs are unlucky not to have gone further ahead before the break, dele alli one of many to go close. still on a day when the club remembers its greatest heroes, here was harry kane reminding fans that he may one day be counted amongst them. the final spurs goal at white hardening, not the final goal, that went to wayne rooney, with his future still uncertain, fittingly a farewell of sorts from him as well. spurs hang on to complete a whole league season unbeaten at the ground, that was now their past. still a club with plenty
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to look forward to. adam wilde, bbc news. at the same time, we welcome the new stadium. we need to move on. i think we will be very happy in a yea r‘s i think we will be very happy in a year's time to play at the new ground. imagine the celebrations, will you try and take anything from the ground as a memento? we will see what we can take and keep in our house. liverpool have given their hopes of qualifying for the champions league a huge boost. daniel sturridge scored his first premier league goal since january getting their first premier league goal since january getting theirfirst in premier league goal since january getting their first in a 4—0 win over west ham which takes them third in the table. victory against middlesbrough would guarantee them a place in the champions league next season. lewis hamilton has moved to within six points of the championship leader sebastien vettel
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after victory in the spanish grand prix. hamilton who started on pole position last believed to sebastien vettel at the start but after taking a tactical pit stop he regained it from the ferrari driver in the closing stages of what was a thrilling race. sebastien vettel finished second with daniel riccardo third in barcelona. warrington are through to the quarterfinals of the challenge cup after a hard fought 30 -20 challenge cup after a hard fought 30 — 20 victory over widnes. a hat—trick from kevin braniff against his former club kept warrington ahead for much of the game. before a late tries including this one coming up late tries including this one coming up from chris hill made the game safe in the closing minutes. elsewhere there were wins for wigan and leeds. that is all the sport for now, there will be more here throughout the evening on the seniors. thank you very much. a teenager has been killed and two others injured in a knife attack in london. the latest in the spate of stabbings in the capital. an 18—year—old died from stab wounds
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following reports of a mass brawl in enfield. two others who were injured are both expected to recover. now to the news from the election campaign and scholar's first minister nicola sturgeon has admitted numeracy and literacy have got worse in scottish schools. a survey showed that less than half of 13 and 14—year—old pupils were performing well in writing. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marshall that action is being taken to address the issues. we have identified a particular issue with literacy and numeracy and we're also determined to accelerate the progress in closing the attainment gap. we have a massive programme of reform underway right now to do that. the conservatives are promising new paris to help local authorities build thousands of homes for rent, if they win the general election for that. michael fallon said £1.4 million have been allocated in the autumn statement but he acknowledged there would be no new funding to pay
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for the plans announced today. labour says it will raise billions of pounds for public services with the new tax on financial transactions, a so—called robin hood tax. the party says the levy would bring in £26 billion over the course of the next parliament. they say they would also create a specialist unit to clamp down on tax avoidance. the u:k.'s most prestigious to be awarded the british academy awards are 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 has been at the ceremony and he has been speaking to some of the potential award winners. the screens on the red carpet so far have been loudest for this man, benedict cumberbatch nominated for richard iii. what kind of honour is it to be nominated, but you have in iraq she won?|j of honour is it to be nominated, but you have in iraq she won? i haven't. it still does not change the fact that i feel ridiculously honoured to
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be honoured for our work. we are lucky to do ourjob and lucky to play parts like richard iii. dominic cooke asked me to do the job, i said yes, we had worked together before and he was a dear friend. yes, we had worked together before and he was a dearfriend. for this to happen as well is amazing and i am here to honour the fact i have been nominated and say thank you to ba fta been nominated and say thank you to bafta and whoever voted for it and also to think they worthy enough to be in the same room as the other three nominees whose work i have seen three nominees whose work i have seen and it is just phenomenal. three nominees whose work i have seen and it isjust phenomenal. i do not think i stand a chance of winning, but if anyone else wins, but wonderful work from all three actors. to be amongst them is a real honour. how much of a challenge was it getting your skin under one of the most complex characters from shakespeare? it comes with some challenges and advantages. there is a certain magic to that played to
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seduce the audience in the room with you when you are on stage with them. the camera offers that wonderful ability to turn and shoot straight down the barrel. acting is a very odd thing. you see more of yourself when you see an idea of who you are talking to in their living rooms. to be honest, with dominic at the helm and a fantastic editor, it is hard to bring that rich text into a format that is not over stretching the length it is on television for. some of the heavy lifting down there. i really enjoyed it. we had a great rehearsal period. extraordinary actresses like dame judi dench, sophie and keeley, it was a joy. judi dench, sophie and keeley, it was ajoy. i was judi dench, sophie and keeley, it was a joy. i was very well supported. you have been nominated twice for sherlock, is there any news for the fans who are desperate
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to know if there will be another series? now. that is the short answer. there ain't no news there. doctor strange has been a huge success. rem infinity war? i am in it but i have not done my bit. they have started filming. beyond that, i cannot really talk much about what i am actually doing. benedict cumberbatch speaking to our entertainment correspondent. a couple of winners we have just learned about. the do ‘s coverage award has gone to the victoria derbyshire programme which appears here on the news channel and they w011 here on the news channel and they won that award for coverage of the abuse within football and the people versus 0j abuse within football and the people versus oj simpson has won the international award. later tonight with another special programme featuring the highlights of the 20 bafta ceremony, that is at half past 12 here on bbc news. the british
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vetera n 12 here on bbc news. the british veteran of the second world war has become the world's oldest skydiver. virgin games here is a 101 years old completed a parachute jump from 15,000 feet. richard galpin reports. dressed in yellow jumpsuit, 15,000 feet. richard galpin reports. dressed in yellowjumpsuit, verdun hayes, aged 101 and 38 days is about to make history. he is determined to become the world's oldest skydiver and is doing it with his son, grandson and great—grandson. as the plane it gradually climbs to the correct altitude, they need to be at 15,000 feet, verdun hayes is moved into position to make what is only his second ever jump. and the former soldier who fought and was wounded in the second world war has nerves of steel. he is particularly fond of the brief
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freefall when they are descending at more than 120 mph. then it is back down to earth. well done! congratulations! herraiz! and with all four generations of the family back down safely, it is time for eve ryo ne back down safely, it is time for everyone to celebrate the new record he has just everyone to celebrate the new record he hasjust said. beautiful. iwould do it again tomorrow. it is lovely. absolutely lovely. perfect. and how was the landing? better than last time! and all this for a man who backin time! and all this for a man who back in the second world war, as a vetera n 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 is still more than alive, doing
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things that many half his age would not dream of. richard galpin, bbc news. what an achievement. most of us caught a bit of sunshine today, it was not too bad, a couple of showers, but a pretty good day. a different story for monday, the cloud is rolling of the atlantic. the weather system will spoil the weather for most of us tomorrow. the clear weather across the uk now. the evening is looking clear across most of the uk, but by the time we get to midnight, we see the cloud approach. clear skies across the extreme east, and in the early hours of monday it turns wet across south—western parts, wales, the irish
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