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hello i'm tom donkin, with a warm welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: "a wake up call for the world." friday's cyber attack prompts a warning from microsoft's president. monday morning could bring more chaos. north korea says its successfully tested a new type of missile — and claims the us is now within range. emmanuel macron promises to rejuvenate france — on his first day as president. his nextjob, will be to name his prime minister. and beijing unveils ambitious plans for a massive infrastructure project — connecting asia to africa, europe and beyond. thanks forjoining us. governments and businesses around
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the world are anxiously waiting to see if they'll be affected by a second wave of cyber attacks. experts say the hackers have released a new version of the virus — which encrypts data and demands a ransom payment from users. our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. a cyber attack that spread like wildfire around the world and may not yet be over. it was launched on friday the —— by hackers whose identity is still unknown. what has been seen so far has a ready been extraordinary, say law enforcement. we have never seen anything like this on this scale. the latest numbers we are saying, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries, a global phenomenon. this is what victims have been confronted with. a warning they have been locked out of their computer and they would have to pay a ransom to get back in. in
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britain, the nhs seems to have been the biggest victim. in russia, the interior ministry was hit. in france, a car plant had to stop production and in germany, train our rivals and departure boards have been hacked leading to a return to chalk and blackboards. this man tracked the virus and what everything had in common was that the computers had not been updated to eliminate the danger. they tried to eliminate the danger. they tried to find those responsible. here, britain's cyber security centre says it has not seen a new wave of attacks struck the uk since friday 20th will turn on their computers, the fear is a glitzy problems on a significant scale because of malicious software which already spread. this is what the first computer looked like. colossus built to break german codes. since then,
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commuters have become infinitely more powerful but we have also become much more dependent on them. that means the struggle between those seeking to protect systems and those seeking to protect systems and those seeking to exploit or undermined them matters more than ever. the risks of insecure computer systems have been known about for decades but it is only in the last few days with the extraordinary global spread of this new virus that people are realising what that actually means for all of us. this cyber—attack exploits a flaw in microsoft windows, which us intelligence knew about, before it was leaked online. that raises questions about whether or not governments should disclose vulnerabilities they have discovered. microsoft, thinks that they should. on sunday, the company's president released a statement, saying that "governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake—up call." it says "they need to adhere in cyber—space, to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world." microsoft is also calling for new rules "for governments
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to report vulnerabilities to vendors, rather than stockpile, sell, or exploit them." let's talk to professor herb lin. he's an expert in cyber policy and security at stanford university in san francisco. doesn't microsoft have pointy? governments who discovered flaws and just sit on them are playing a dangerous game, aren't they? that point is totally irrelevant to the outbreak of this incident. in fact, microsoft has fixed the bug that is being exploited by this new attack two months ago. so, you say they have released this but nobody took up have released this but nobody took up this information. if the spread of information the problem here? up this information. if the spread of information the problem here7m a sense, that's right. the problem here is that microsoft had released
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a fix for this problem and there we re a fix for this problem and there were a lot of people who didn't bother updating their systems to correct the problem. so, it's not as though the government had much to do with that. the government did have a role in this in that it brought attention to it but the problem has actually been fixed a long time ago and when the government taking advantage of this was revealed, the fix in place was about a month. we had a possibility of another imminent attack? i suspect that is a good protection. the problem with this malware, this worm, it spreads without human intervention so when you turn on the computer, it's just waiting. there will be some other infected computer just waiting waiting. there will be some other infected computerjust waiting to find it and if your computer isn't updated at this point, it willjust find you and infect you. so, there
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is nothing really that we can do. nature we have the right computer hygiene, we still might be kicked with these attacks. well, no,. -- hit. if you are using windows seven 01’ hit. if you are using windows seven or windows ten, it probably wouldn't have affected you. if you had patched your system with the appropriate microsoft fix for windows xp, it wouldn't affect you. what people should be doing is finding the fix for this problem online somewhere, installing it and then turning on their computers. now, you deal with cyber policy. will it be really down to the individual? i imagine it will be pretty impossible to create new rules and legislate —— legislation in this new online world. the quest for rules in this online world continues. a lot of people were combat, including me. the individual certainly has a role to play in this
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——a lot of people work on that. they should be following good computer hygiene rules. north korea has announced that sunday's missile test involved a newly developed medium—to—long range rocket — although, the exact details of its capabilities are unclear. the device flew for thirty minutes before coming down in the sea between north korea and japan — that's within 100 kilometres of the russian coastline. there's been widespread condemnation by north korea's neighbours — and america's ambassador to the un, niki haley, had this frank assessment of kim jong—un: he is in a state of paranoia, he's incredibly concerned about anything and everything around him. i think this was a message to south korea after the election so what we are going to do is continue to tighten the screws. he feels it. he absolutely feels it. and we are going to continue, whether it is sanctions, whether it's press statements. certainly what we're going to start doing is rally the troops again and say, ok, what do we need to do next? listen, i mean, there's a lot
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of sanctions left that we can start to do, whether it is with oil, whether it's with energy, whether it's with their maritime ships, exports — we can do a lot of different things we haven't done yet. 0ur options are there but what we have to do is send a strong unified message that this is unacceptable and i think you will see the international community do that. 0ur correspondent in the south korean capital seoul, steve evans, has been monitoring the situation. it seems to be a big step forward in their technology. as president trump contemplates or suggests negotiation but also wields the big stick, it goes further towards decision time. the official statement from the north korean news agency says, it's a rocket designed to carry a nuclear warhead and the mainland us is in its sights. that's probably not true and it's the kind of rhetoric that is used with every rocket launch. but we are seeing a not so gradual step forward towards a fully efficient, functioning nuclear
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arsenal and that just raises the questions for president trump and for the president here in seoul, remember. it makes those question much more intense and more sharp. emmanuel macron was sworn in on sunday as france's youngest president — promising in his first speech to restore his country's global standing. he said france needed to find answers to the great challenges, including migration, terrorism, and climate change. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas was there watching. not since france had an emperor 200 years ago, as it had a leader this young. just 39 years old and inaugurated president today emmanuel macron — he's got here thanks to self—confidence
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and some political good fortune. the disillusion that has fuelled populism elsewhere, has led france to back a newcomer but from the liberal centre. he only formed his political movement last year. his predecessor, francois hollande, leaves office as france's most unpopular leader of modern time but the task in front of mr macron is huge, if he's to bring about the renaissance he's pledged. translation: all labour laws will be liberalised, companies will be supported. initiative and courage, 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 all that, mr macron needs a majority
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in parliament, 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 youthful optimism and energy to succeed. what he hopes is that by reinvigorating france, he can make it a force once again at the heart of the eu. translation: president macron will relaunch the eu along with madame merkel. if the british were still members, they would be part of this, but we will do this without them. it will be on the basis that countries who want to co—operate further, will. for france and europe, much rests on some very young shoulders well, president macron‘s first working day in office will see him visit the german
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chancellor in berlin. they both might enjoy talking election victories. angela merkel‘s christian democratic union party, has this weekend unseated their rival social democrats in a key state election. it comes ahead of national elections in september. sarah corker has the details. it's not often a german regional election is considered quite so important. just look. this is a bellwether state. winning here is a huge boost to angela merkel‘s retaining power. translation: boaters have made a decision today. we want a different policy for schools and individuals. internal security and fighting petty
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crime —— voters. what has been the politics of the last seven years was bad for people. the state of north rhine—westphalia, a sprawling industrial region which was a stronghold of the centre—left social democratic party for decades. early optimism at the polling booth with the spd leader soon make way for disappointment. the faces of his supporters said it all. translation: this is a difficult day for us and me personally. it's my home state where we have suffered a bitter defeat. we have lost an important state election. earlier this year, mr schultz's rival on the german political scene, since then, his party has lost three regional elections in a row. the focus now shifts to the national election.
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stay with us on bbc news, still to come: has globalisation changed the face of politics. we report from the north of england where old allegiances are fading fast. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, gary kasparov.
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it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering and applause. the this is bbc news. the latest headlines: experts have warned of a possible new wave of cyber attacks around the world when people return to work after the weekend. north korea says its successfully tested a new type of missile. it claims the us is now within range. thousands of russians have taken to the streets of moscow to protest against government plans to tear down, old soviet—era apartment blocks. they are home to around a million people.
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protesters are concerned that the location and quality of the new homes they'll be given won't be up to scratch. some see the programme as just a ploy to funnel state funds into construction companies. from moscow, chloe arnold reports. many of the people at sunday's demonstration said they had never attended a protest before. but a ruling that their homes were to be bulldozed has made them angry. and confused. the russian president, vladimir putin, has backed a bill that the city mayor wants to replace the prefabricated buildings with modern homes. but it is not yet clear whether people to be moved will be rehoused in the same area or what the size of the new flat they will receive will be. the blocks, never more than five stories high, so never more than five stories high, so they would never need a left, we re so they would never need a left, were hastily put up in the 1950s and
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19605 were hastily put up in the 1950s and 1960s to ease the housing crisis. most were not designed to last for more than 25 years. they are now crumbling and in bad repair, and moscow's mayor, sergei sobyanin, says there will be taken down in favour of modern high—rise homes. thousands of homeowners have gathered in moscow know what happens when their houses demolished. they know their buildings are to be torn down, they just don't know their buildings are to be torn down, theyjust don't know where they are going to move. translation: a huge number of legal decisions have been made by the government over this so—called renovation law. badree to force it through and bring it to fruition, even though this whole affair is com pletely even though this whole affair is completely corrupt. none of this is improving the lives of citizens at all. the reconstruction project could cost $50 billion. supporters said the demolition of these aged buildings is long overdue and many
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people are happy to be rehoused. at four some of the almost 1 people are happy to be rehoused. at four some of the almost1 million russians whose homes are to be destroyed, they want answers. chloe arnold, bbc news. for many years, china sat at the centre of the world's economy. now, president xijinping is centre of the world's economy. now, president xi jinping is team to bring it all back with a project known as one belt 0ne road. john sudworth reports. journalist from about 100 countries are here to cover the event. this is the media centre where they are all based. nobody could accuse president xi jinping of underselling his
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initiative. in his opening remarks, he called it a project of the century. and state media, of course, have dutifully gone into overdrive. chinese propaganda is not what it used to be. the point of all of this giant intercontinental infrastructure spending is, it is claimed, quite simple at heart: the promotion of trade for the benefit of all. china, though, quite clearly sees this as its moment in the verbal spotlight, and nothing is being left to chance. security, inner—city, is tight. some roads have been closed for the event, and
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that at a time when eire? —— where there are question marks over the future. this is something that will be welcomed by chinese neighbours, but there is a nervousness to that china might use the belt and road initiative to underline its geopolitical ambitions in asia. and no amount of lofty speeches and catchy tunes will allay those fears. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. the uk's general election next month comes amid signs of a new kind of politics, emerging across the world. from brexit, to donald trump, to emanuel macron in france, the old political divide of left and right seems to be disappearing. it is being replaced by new ideas.
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mark easton has been to two cities in the north of england to find out more about this new political landscape. sunderland used to be shipbuilder to the world. a new vessel slipped into the water here every nine days at one time. but the globalisation that created this proud city is now seen by many locals as a threat. they are selling us stanley river. i am passionate about sunderland, and iam now am passionate about sunderland, and i am now passionate about the north—east. the welcome tavern would once have been packed with merchants and sailors, buying beer with the profits of international trade. but now custom comes from the struggling neighbourhood just beyond its door. a few years ago, on the river, you would have seen nothing but ships. fishing boats, you could walk across the river on them, there were so many. now, you look out. gone, nothing. we've got to start thinking about ourselves more. this part of the country is being left behind. forgotten about. i'm not a european, i neverwill be. i don't want to be. i want to be a proud englishman.
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it's your identity, you have got to protect your identity. and you feel that's under threat by globalisation? it most certainly is. throughout the world we have seen the trumps coming up and we have seen in france, a movement that's moving away from "keep them under". we have to look after our own. traditional politics is taking a battering. from the views of the welcome inn, here in sunderland, to brexit, to trump, the new french president, across the western world, party allegiances are breaking down. it's a longer about left or right so much as globalism versus nationalism. many people in this city feel that sunderland is losing its foothold in the world. that its destiny is decided beyond reach, in westminster, in brussels or a boardroom in yokohama. ifeel as if everything is much, much further away for us. the world is a bigger world. it is. because of the internet and because of the modern technology. we had mining communities,
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we had shipbuilding communities, there were all these big communities that would all pull together because everybody knew each other, everybody. i suppose you had the unions. the unions were a huge thing whereas the unions are fragmented. nobody is really turning to the unions. the unions don't have the power that they used to have. we have no power. we have our vote but that is where it starts and stops. like the people of wearside, voters on merseyside have backed labourfor generations. but the outlook here is different. in this part of liverpool, they don't see globalisation as a threat but an opportunity. the huge cargo ships busy loading and unloading at the port are a reminder of the days when the city was richer than london. prosperity built on immigration and international trade is central to liverpool's story. unlike labour sunderland, where most people voted to leave the eu, a majority in
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labour liverpool voted to remain. tell me about this beer. it is not a left—wing beer or right—wing beer, it's about giving the people of liverpool a voice. politics has been very categorised. it's red, it's blue, it's yellow, purple, whatever. but it has broken up. there isn't categories any more. liverpool is a defiant, resilient city and from its grassroots, a new pro—globalisation movement has started to bubble up. we're all global people in this city. we are all daughters of the city, sons of the citybut daughters of immigrants and sons of immigrants. i am immensely proud of being british. i served my country in uniform. but, yes, i do feel like this is another world as well. —— like a citizen of the world. there are different outlooks on liverpool and in sunderland, of course. but the political undercurrents are shifting as a new politics starts to emerge.
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mark easton, bbc news. now, what's a president to do whilst waiting for a summit? well, in the case of vladimir putin, it was something constructive — he had a little a little practice on the piano. the russian president played passages from soviet—era songs as he waited to see chinese president xi jinping in beijing. to be fair to mr putin, his skills on the piano weren't that bad. the piano itself was badly out of tune. hidden talents. don't forget you can get in touch with me or the team on twitter. i'm @tomdonkinbbc. but from me and the team that's it for now — see you soon. well, there's some wet weather on the way. monday's certainly not looking
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as bright as the weekend was. at the very least, you'll have thick cloud and some heavy rain at times, as well, particularly out west. and this is the satellite picture. this is the cloud that's streaming into the uk right now. rain—bearing cloud, linked to this low pressure that originated from quite far south, so this is where our air is coming from. so it'll be raining but warm across the uk. monday, early hours of the morning, the rain gets into the south part of england, wales, certainly into south—western scotland, and pushing through northern ireland. but at this stage, you can see, 6am, it is dry in eastern parts of the uk. let's have a look at the rush—hour. and the rain could be heavy across western and central parts of scotland, particularly the south—west, here. heavy rain. rain also heavy throughout the lake district, the hills of wales, and down into south—western parts of england. but from lincolnshire into east anglia, and the south—east, at this stage, still just about dry. maybe a few spits and spots
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getting into london. but you can see 12s and 13s. 11s, 12s 13s, so mild first thing. but the wind will be quite strong, particularly around these coastal areas. and then all that cloud's just going to engulf the uk. there will be some sunshine around. north—eastern parts of scotland, could be a sunnier spot, here. and maybe one or two other areas. but i think for the most of us, a cloudy, warmish sort of day, with rain coming and going throughout the course of the afternoon. how are we going compared to the rest of europe? nice weather across iberia. spain and portugal getting even warmer over the next few days. and paris also warming up, and by tuesday, in fact, in paris, about 26 celsius. it will be warming up the uk as well in the south—east. tuesday, the low pressure close by. it is pushing those weather fronts in our direction. i mentioned the warmth — warming up in france, and that warm air drifting from the south, northwards, and if the cloud breaks
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across the south—east, temperatures could get to 2a degrees. but for most of us, it will be fresher. 16 there for cardiff, and still decent enough in glasgow, at around 17 degrees celsius. on wednesday, more rain heading to central and southern england and the south—east. exactly how much rainfall and how heavy and when it will arrive, that's still a little bit open to question. but the further north and west you are, the drier the weather will be. towards the end of the week, there is a pool of cool air sitting across the uk. that basically means with the power of the sun, cool air over us, that's going to generate some showers, so there could even be some hail and thunder towards the end of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines: microsoft has described the global cyber attack which began on friday as a wake—up call for the world. security experts say more computers could be infected as employees begin the working week. they have already started to see new versions of the malware. north korea says it has successfully
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tested a new type of missile. it claims the us is now within range. the us has warned pyongyang that new missile tests are not the way to secure talks with washington. it has joined japan in calling for an emergency meeting of the un security council. emmanuel macron has promised to restore france's global standing after being sworn in as the country's youngest president. he promised to tackle great challenges, including migration, terrorism and climate change. one of his first tasks will be to name a new prime minister. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur.
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