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england's cricketers have made a great start to their world cup match against bangladesh in cardiff. eoin morgan's side was put into bat and jason roy has been in outstanding form again — he's just completed his centrury and accidentally knocked over one of the umpires in celebration. joe root‘s on 17. johnny bairstow is the man out, caught just after making his half—century. england now 173 for 1, after 27 overs and looking on course to bounce back from that surprise defeat to pakistan. there's commentary on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. the hosts france got the women's world cup off to a spectacular start last night, with a 4—0 victory over south korea — we have three more games today. and a meeting between england and scotland to look forward to tomorrow. the england manager hasn't been holding back when it comes to advising his players. it's a game where you can get caught up it's a game where you can get caught up in the emotion, notjust playing your nearest rivals, but the emotion ofa
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your nearest rivals, but the emotion of a first game of a major tournament. the first game of any major tournament is always the most difficult. there will be trepidation, nervousness, tension in this first game, there always is with every team. i want my players to enjoy themselves, we have worked really ha rd to enjoy themselves, we have worked really hard for 16 months. everything i say to them, the last thing i said to them before the pitch, it is just a thing i said to them before the pitch, it isjust a game of football. if they let the occasion get the better of them, if they start reading the newspapers and believing some of the hype around them, we will end up with a banana on ourface, we will, and we don't wa nt on ourface, we will, and we don't want that. neville will be putting the squad through their paces later on in nice. scotland have already been training today, ahead of what will be, their first ever world cup game. and no doubt the players have been offering congratulations, to their manager shelley kerr, who's been made an m.b.e in the queen's honours list, for her services to football. eden hazard, has posted a letter to chelsea fans, on social media, saying leaving them, for real madrid, was the toughest decision of his career. he adds it has always
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been his dream to play for the spanish giants, since he was a boy, after chelsea confirmed they're agreed a deal, to sell him to the real, who haven't revealed the exact fee, but it could exceed £150 million. at the french open, dominic thiem now leads novak djokovic by two sets to one in their semifinal — there's text commentary on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport — now it's time for click. this week, a city brought to a stop by ransomware. going greener in india. electric whirring. and does the future of motorsport sound like this? electric whirring. formula e.
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the highest class of competition for electrically—powered racing cars. it is still very young, with its inaugural season taking place in 2014. but it's quickly becoming incredibly popular. this is the car the teams race in, it is the generation 2 car, completely battery—powered but still capable of achieving speeds of up to 174 mph. 0—60 in 2.8 seconds. we know how popular formula 1 is, but formula e is looking to overtake it in the world of motorsport. big names like bmw, nissen and mahindra are involved, with places taking place all over the world from mexico, to france, to china, to germany. we are here at the xl centre which will be home to next year's london race. what is interesting is that this
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will be the first track in the world that runs both outside... and inside a building. and with drivers like felipe massa making the switch to formula e, there is a growing interest in the sport. the car is difficult to compare, the car in formula e to the car in formula 1, the mentality is completely different from one championship to the other one. but the idea i really enjoy, and i am really happy to be part of this championship. we will have more on formula e later in the show. but first i want to tell you about someone that has been happening in baltimore in the us. because just over a month ago, on 7 may, this city of 3 million people was struck by a massive ransomware attack. almost instantly, get this, the entire city's municipal functions were shut down, and they have been ever since. even now, a month on, no—one seems to know what to do about it. dave lee has been finding out what happens when hackers take down
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an entire city. baltimore is a vibrant city of the us east coast. around 10 million people live here. but right now it is in the grip of a massive cyber attack. this malicious attack, this virus, forced city officials here to shut down some crucial services. today is the 10th day of a crippling cybersecurity attack on baltimore city. city leaders say the fbi has opened a criminal investigation. technicians are working to resolve the issue, but until then many files in the city's computer systems are unusable. the city's interim mayor, who is less than a month in the job, faces a crisis. our team is working very hard. i can't give you a timeframe, because you know, when the virus hit, we had to find out where it is throughout the whole system. the hackers are demanding $100,000
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worth of bitcoin to set the city's computers free. i am just heading to one of the municipal buildings here in the city, a place i am told where people are having to go in person to pay things like parking fines, which they would normally be able to do online, but of course the website isn't working. i am expecting to encounter some rather fed up people. i think ultimately they need to pay the ransom, but that's just me. but i know you don't want to inspire other people to do the same thing, but i think they need to solve it, because they are losing a lot of money themselves. it is a big inconvenience, but you gotta get it done, so. one of the most disrupted industries has been real estate. the systems used to put through sales was knocked offline. anybody who was having a transaction, they were not able to go through with it to the settlement table, meaning that everything was delayed — home ownership,
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commissions being paid to the real estate agents, fees being paid to lenders as well as title companies. a manual workaround has been put into action, but realtors are still nervous about the long—term effects that this is going to have on the housing market. there could be an added kick in the teeth. there were early reports that hackers may have used a flaw not discovered in china or russia, but perhaps here, just 20 miles away from baltimore. the new york times reported that the hack may have used an exploit known as eternal blue, developed by america's own national security agency, the nsa. the nsa however denies its exploit was used, and even if it was its, advisers argue that baltimore should have protected itself, as a security patch for the vulnerability has been available for more than two years. so focusing on a single exploit,
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especially one that has a solution through a patch that was issued years ago, is really shortsighted. vulnerabilities will continue to be found, doing the basics is required for responsible network administration. regardless of how exactly the hackers breached baltimore's open defences, security experts say it speaks to a bigger problem. unfortunately baltimore city's it operations are not in great shape. the city is underfunded for its it department. it is a man—made disaster. and it is a disaster that is the result of negligence and of putting things off until tomorrow. so i'm on my way now to city hall, to meet with the woman tasked with leading baltimore's recovery from this attack. there is talk that they will apply for federal emergency funds, that is the same thing as if there was a big flood or some other natural disaster.
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baltimore, like many governments, faced challenges in terms of resources and systems being antiquated, that may make them vulnerable to these types of attacks. what our city has shown is that our employees are willing to work really hard to find ways to keep the operations of city government moving, and to support our citizens and our employees, and that is what we are doing. the city has said it won't pay the ransom, but more than a month on now, recovery efforts are still ongoing. the eventual cost will run into the tens of millions of dollars, and unless millions more are spent bringing the network up to scratch, it could happen again at any time. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that apple pulled the plug on itunes, leaving separate apps for music, podcasts and tv in its place.
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amazon said it would be making deliveries by drone within months. its new quieter prototype can carry 5lb packages for up to 15 miles, and can identify people, dogs and even avoid clotheslines. and the sky isn't the limit for elon musk. he is facing a growing backlash against his plans to launch 12,000 spacex satellites. the international astronomical union says that too many satellites in the night sky could end up hindering rather than helping space discoveries. spacex launched its first 60 satellites last month. lab grown patches could help your heart keep beating after a heart attack. so say scientists at imperial college, london. these thumb—sized strips grown out of human stem cells are programmed to turn into working heart muscle. they have now been deemed safe for human trials. and finally, it seems our travel
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could getting a bold new book. this concept plane has cabins in its wings, and is designed to use 20% less fuel. thanks to a cash boost from klm, a small model may be flying this 0ctober. now, formula e is notjust a competition between electric powerhouses. it is also a testbed so the teams can further develop the tech in these racers. the idea is that this tech then filters down into everyday electric road cars, in the same way that other motorsports have influenced petrol and diesel vehicles. but one of the main features of formula e is that all teams have to drive this car, they are not allowed to change anything about it. except for one thing. so what is that? kate russell went for a spin in berlin to find out.
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woohoo! this year's formula e season has been a beauty pageant for the latest in electric car tech. as second—generation racecars eat up the tarmac with more power than ever before. i was one of a handful ofjournalists who got to drive a generation two car for the first time on a track, following the berlin e—prix. with 25% more torque and 25% more power than the gen one cars, gen 2 goes 0—60 in a blistering 2.8 seconds.
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the powertrain is what converts the electricity from the battery into power to drive the wheels. and what they learn on track goes directly into the production vehicles. the teams all have the same core hardware, so eking out a winning performance is about tuning the powertrain. there is also more race strategy this season, as battery range has almost doubled — meaning no need for a pitstop, as long as you can manage your power regen over the 45 minute race. coasting, that is something we do during the race. we have to use our energy most efficiently, and then using the regen because you can slow the car down incredibly well by just using the regen, and not using mechanical brakes.
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and in a move to make the sport more exciting, the fia has added an engine boost feature reminiscent of triggering power—ups in a video game. basically you have to go off the ideal line to trigger this attack mode, where you have more power, 25kw additional power, during eight minutes. and if somebody is right behind you, it means they will likely overtake you. then you will have to overtake him again using more power. so it is like playing chase while driving. the other striking change for season five is the look of the cars. and let's face it. it looks too much like the batmobile not to fall completely in love with. with the combined look and sound, it does feel a little like driving into the future.
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wow. and new to formula e this year is the market leader for electric consumer cars. we were able to use a lot of our knowledge in the production side to come racing. of course racing will help us develop future technologies, but we really wanted to demonstrate what was capable today. let's see how much of this tech the commercial cars have packing. now i could drive around the car park in a road car for this bit, but... has someone gone in the wall and the exit... this season jaguar launched the i—pace e—trophy, racing on the same city circuits, and well, it would be rude not to, really, wouldn't it? this i—pace may have been stripped
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down for racing but it is the same basic car you can drive out of a showroom. the road car is focused on comfort and driver ability to use it every day, whereas this is a pure race car. and lessons learned on race day are vital for future innovation. which is why so many carmakers want in. what we hope is that season one, we focus on development of the race car, and then season two, three, beyond, we can bring what we learn from the race, or the race track, back into the road car. the same engineers who developed the i3 and i8 powertrains have developed our motor on the formula e car, so it is really directly related. like their formula e siblings, these cars are quick and quiet. you said, there are no frills,
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you can hear the noise of the track going under the car. you are able to hear a lot more of what the tyres are doing and almost what the brakes are doing as well, so it adds an extra dimension to it. and after spending a day on the track here in berlin, i am going to look at electric road cars with a lot more respect in future. wow. that was kate russell. and that was amazing. now, being only five years old, formula e is still relatively unknown to some. and being born in an age when formula one is arguably the most well—known motorsport and with most of us buried in our mobile phones these days, it could be difficult to attract new fans. however, they are using your phone in theirfavour. 0mar mehtab takes a look at how that has been working out. youtube, twitter, ghost racing, and the formula e app. these are the four apps that formula e are using to try and reach
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a new younger audience online. so how are they doing that? let's start with youtube. we all know how massively popular it is, with over 2 billion monthly logged—in users checking out all kinds of content. that's a lot of new potential fans. and so formula e want a piece of the action. at the beginning of the season, i tagged along to watch formula e's new live show, voltage, being streamed. it's their attempt to introduce a younger audience to the relatively new sport. famous youtubers present the show and give live race commentary. a lot of young people don'tjust sit and watch one thing. they'll watch something on their phone and watch something on their tv at the same time. and that's what i think makes formula e innovative is, as a sport, they don'tjust go take that, that's what you're given. they listen to the audience and say, right, what do you want to see more of, you know, do you want to see in the driver's cabin, or do you want to see — hear — more from the guests? well, that was the idea. but the show was canned
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halfway through the season. next up — fanboost. before a race, fans can vote for the favourite driver via twitter or the formula e app. the five drivers with the most votes get a five second power boost, which could be crucial to victory in a really tight race. but not everyone is a fan of fanboost. when kate asked online what you thought of it, some of you thought it was ok, but the majority of you thought it was a popularity contest. i mean, this person's only tweets are to vote for one driver. so is it subject to abuse? should fans have this much input in a race? so let's finish up with probably my favourite out of all of them and what i feel is the most engaging, ghost racing. fansjoin in using the smart phone or tablet and race against the drivers in real—time — as the e—prix is taking place. now this is something that hasn't been done before. you can't go and race live with other drivers in any other sport.
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you just have to have pretty good wi—fi at home to do with us. that's the only thing you need. we equip the race cars with a gps decoder to so we know exactly where they are and then we ingest the data from the race cars and the scenery and we ingest you as the ghost racer into that live cgi feed. 0ur signal, the live cgi feed is faster than broadcast, because broadcast generally has a satellite and we're online. so there is no latency. although formula e is hoping this will be enough to attract new young fans, building a following online isn't as easy as it seems. this is brian hamby, otherwise known as the gaming terroriser, who knows a thing or two about hitting the right notes online. the best tool in youtube is your community. if you ignore them you're not going to know what they want. so when you're trying to just, you know, let's just pay to get these people to come on, and then it's going to work
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— it's not. it's not going to work. kids now are not stupid, they're not dumb. they can tell when things are being pushed down your throat. natural promotion works so much better than an obvious brand integration. he's coming in quick. while formula e's attempts to connect with the new audience haven't exactly hit home, the sheer number of potential fans online means you can bet they will keep on trying and trying. back in berlin, the e—prix is also home to the first green tech festival, founded by former f1 world champion nico rosberg. one thing that remains is my passion for innovation and innovative technologies. that's been the same in formula one. and i'm finding it now in these sustainable technologies, these green. i'm so passionate about the innovation, the pioneering that's happening there. 0n show here are some
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greener ways to travel. like this fully electric ship that can travel up to 100 nautical miles on a single charge. but some things are just, well, conceptual, to say the least. this airbus drone is supposed to lift cars out of traffic and drop drivers to their destination. they'll have a range of 30 miles. but it may take more than these to solve some of the pollution problems that are out there. fossilfuelled cars, bikes, and buses are turning some of india's teaming cities into snarled up and smoking mega—jams. in fact, according to greenpeace, 22 of the world's most polluted cities are in india. now, flogging electric tech to india is proving a tough sell. but inroads are being made. and david reed has taken to india's streets to find out how electric four, three, and two wheelers are having an impact.
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it's so nice to be back in mumbai. it's always on the move. an outfit called glyd, which is associated with the indian car manufacturer mahindra, has just launched an uber—style car service. and the entire fleet is electric. i met up with a regular customer. it's absolutely fantastic. just about anything that you want in the car is there. there are tv screens. yes, you have in car entertainment available. in flight entertainment... you have wi—fi, you have video conferencing facility available in the car. it's like your office on wheels. so why electric? the fact that our cities aren't exactly low on pollution means that every vehicle running on petrol or diesel adds to that pollution. would you ever buy an electric car? i would love to.
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the only challenge here really is infrastructure around. which means you don't have enough chargers, charging points. glyd's a good mobile showroom for mahindra's cars. they're a tough sell because of the recharging issue and price, but what about other vehicles? in bangalore, two college buddies with a passion for electric have created a high—end scooter. and boy does it scoot. wow. now that is really fast. it is the fastest scooter in the entire sector. you didn't want to just make something that would cater to people's ethical consumer choices, you wanted to do something really attractive. when you walk in as a customer to the showroom you don't go in and say, hey, what is the smallest, least powerful vehicle i can buy out here, right? because the country needs me to do that. you willjust buy something that's absolutely fun. the weight is pushed to the centre so it rides more like a motorbike. it's as fast as they dare make it.
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they've even throttled back the power. why is that? it was just too dangerous? too dangerous to handle, yeah. if you give complete power it's about seven kilowatts of power which you can squeeze out of this motor. and that could be dangerous for a regular individual. 0bviously one drawback with electric vehicles is that if you'e having to recharge them two hours a day that's two hours where you're not working and not earning any money. however, someone has come up with a great idea. i'm running low onjuice. i think you can help, yeah? forget hours of recharging, this pitstop takes one minute. we open it up, take the battery out. people now have vehicles without the batteries. and they use battery as a service. they do 50 kilometres, they pay for 50, they do 100 kilometres, they pay for 100.
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and so they don't own the batteries, they don't have to manage it. the whole thing is taken care of. 0n four, two, even three wheels, india's eclectic electric is taking shape. david reid on the road in india. that's it from us for now. don't forget, if you want us we're always there for you on instagram, youtube, facebook, and twitter. we live @bbcclick. thanks for watching. and we'll see you soon. good morning. rain across the country today, keeping farmers happy. gusty wind, 50—60 mph so far
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this morning. the strongest of the wind to the south of the rain, the heaviest of the rain moving up into the north of england and into the scottish borders by the middle of the afternoon. bright and breezy with a scattering of showers to the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. for the rest of england and wales, to the south of the rain, some scattered showers into the afternoon. with the wind, it will not feel very warm, particularly for june. top temperatures under the cloud and rain around 12—13, highest values, a maximum of 18 celsius. the low pressure will move away and sunday looks like a drier day with a little bit more sunshine and some scattered showers. again, not particularly warm, 14—18 the high.
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hello. this is bbc news with shaun ley. we'll be joined by viewers on bbc one shortly for the lunchtime news, but first: one of the front—runners in the race to become the next prime minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. in an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions and insisted it shouldn't rule him out of the contest to succeed theresa may, which begins next week. 0ur political reporter peter saull explained why mr gove may have decided to talk about his past. his message really in that interview is, judge me on my record in parliament and not what i may or may not have done before that.
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