europol says it has seen how ra nsomwa re europol says it has seen how ransomware has europol says it nsomwa re has become europol says it has seen how ransomware has become a major criminal problem in the last two yea rs criminal problem in the last two years but they have never seen anything on this scale. ransomware combined with the worm application which means infected computers passed on to others on its network. the attack was indiscriminate in nature, designed to affect as many people and as many companies as possible on a global basis. the health care sector is vulnerable because health trusts post a lot of sensitive information very often on old it systems. the criminals know of course that if they can exploit the vulnerability there, the obligations would be serious. there we re obligations would be serious. there were 200,000 computers infected across 150 countries before a 22—year—old briton hailed as a hero stopped its ability to spread. finding a simple kill switch in its cold, something he warned was just a temporary fix. there isa is a lot of money in this, there is i

here you sit as the director of europol, as a brit.ous. you said to me when we spoke more than a year ago, fighting crime and terrorism in the uk will be more costly and much less effective if the country leaves the eu. are you still feeling that today? i still feel the uncertainty about what will happen, stephen. because what i certainly see in the ransomware events of the last few days, terrorist incidents we have seen, make the point even more strongly than what i was making a year ago. fighting crime and terrorism has become an international game. we need the closest possible collaboration in europe. the extent to which britain will continue to have access to tools has become rather dependent on, and depends upon the outcome of the negotiations. that sounds somewhat like theresa may when she presented that article 50 letter to her colleagues in europe and the commission, saying this, "in security terms, a failure to reach an agreement would mean our co—operation in the fight against crime and terror would be weakened." many in euro

what can you do at europol?cross the world to investigate cybercriminals behind this. and in the last year we ran an excellent prevention campaign with over 70 partners from the police world. in a0 cases, we have had thousands of people being able to download the decryption and solve the problem. then when we get to the bottom of it, we will add this to the campaign. this is about going after the bad guys in a difficult environment and sending out the message to the industry is concerned. take this as an important top—level strategic responsibility. going after the bad guys, as you say, this is the crime of the future? it is a very difficult kind of crime to fight? it is the crime of the here and now and notjust the future. we have seen how the internet has propagated a different kind of criminaland terrorist activity. dealing with institutions like the national crime agency, we are running a task force style arrangement at europol to make it a global response. it is a tough fight. we are making some headway. of

what more can be done by you guys at europol example?lping police agencies around the world to investigate the cyber criminals. last year we ran an excellent prevention campaign with over 70 partners from the private sector and the police world giving free decryption to this. thousands of people have gone to our website and downloaded it to sort the problem out. when we get to the bottom of this one we will add it to that campaign. prevention is about raising awareness and going after the bad guys in a very difficult environment like the internet and sending out the message to the industry is concerned, take this as an important, top—level, strategic responsibility. going after the bad guys, responsibility. going after the bad guys, you say it is the crime of the future. it is a very difficult kind of crime to fight. it is the crime of crime to fight. it is the crime of the era now, notjust the of crime to fight. it is the crime of the era now, not just the future. we have seen how the internet has propagated a different kind of criminal

the director of europol has said the number of computers infected by friday's malware attack is continuing to rise. the conservatives are promising a "new generation" of social housing will be built if they win the general election. labour says it would raise billions of pounds for public services with a new tax on financial transactions — known as a "robin hood" tax. portugal have won the eurovision song contest for the first time in the competition's history. and click investigates how a university lab is working on fillings that heal your teeth. could this mean fewer trips to the dentists in the future? that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. hello, and welcome to the elysee palace. we arejust hello, and welcome to the elysee palace. we are just outside, rain has been pouring throughout this inauguration ceremony on and off, but the skies were blue for that outside parts, a 21 gun salute. emmanuel macron is france's youngest ever president at the age of 39. emmanuelle macron was greeted by onlookers in light rain as his motorcade approached the elysee palace. at 39 he is france's youn

we are in the face of an escalating threat, say europol.o grow when people go back to work tomorrow and turn on their computers. a report on the latest developments from our correspondence, richard galpin. this unprecedented global cyber attack hit the nhs hardest, leading to cancellations and delays at hospitals and gp surgeries across england and scotland. but ministers attending a meeting of the crisis response team cobra yesterday concluded that the situation was back under control and the nhs was working as normal again, for the most part. and nhs officials insisted that the disruption was not because they were using old microsoft computer operating systems vulnerable to attack. the nhs has some of the most up—to—date technology in the world. if you look back to december 2015, about one in five devices were using xp but now it is less than one in 20. although the worse may be over for now, several hospitals like this one here in york are warning that the disruption will continue beyond the weekend. in the wake of such a virulent cyber

europol says the scale of the attack is unprecedented.'s deputy leader, tom watson, has warned of the conservatives winning a "margaret thatcher—style landslide", if they maintain their current lead in the opinion polls. the captain of the shipwrecked cruise liner, the costa concordia, has begun his 16—year jail term after italy's highest court upheld the sentence. thirty—two people died when the vessel hit the rocks off an italian island five years ago. captain francesco sketeeno was also convicted of abandoning his ship, before the passengers and crew. the pope has declared two shepherd children to be saints at a mass in portugal attended by hundreds of thousands of people. francisco and jacinta marto were canonised at the sanctuary at fatima, built on the spot where they said the virgin mary appeared to them a hundred years ago. the brother and sister died in the spanish flu epidemic after the first world war. let's cross now and we can see pope francis at that mass in fatima in portugal, it has been going on all morning. an important

cyber attacks are at an unprecedented level, according to europol.is thought organisations in as many as 100 countries have been hit. 45 nhs organisations have been affected in the uk, including 11 of scotland's14 health boards. the nhs is now very much in the recovery phase there is a great deal of work ongoing to get systems back to normal. every effort is being made to make sure any impact on patient care is kept to an absolute minimum. it is windows operating systems that are hit. they attack locks users' computers before demanding money. it is believed the nhs is particularly vulnerable because of its ageing it systems. they have been asked to move from windows xp, the secretary of state for health has been clear in that direction. people do not always move as quickly as you would like in these situations but there will be lessons to be experts say it is vital technology is up—to—date. this is a little bit like making sure that you lock the doors and the windows before you go to bed. it will not necessarily stop the burglars getting in, but it w

weekend's cyber attack — the largest of its kind says the head of the eu's law enforcement agency, europoland the start of the working week could expose more victims. the latest numbers that we're seeing, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries the new french president is sworn—in at the elysee palace. emmanuel macron promises to restore the confidence of the french people and said the country was on the brink of a great renaissance nurses vote in favour of a sum of protest over pay. labour says it's proposed ‘robin hood' tax on financial transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. portugal's first ever winner of eurovision says his is a victory for music that means something. and hardtalk takes us back 20 years — when donald trump was just another new york property tycoon. that's in half an hour — here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 200,000 people in 150 countries — the scale of the cyber attack which hit the nhs on friday makes the largest of its kind, the head of the eu's police agency has told the bbc. europol‘s director rob wainwright says

that's the assessment of europe's police agency europol.an 2a hours after the hack the authorities say they are just now getting to grips with the problem. here in the uk for instance, the government says most hospitals are back running as normal after systems at the national health service were hit. daniel sandford has the latest. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. this evening, the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time, but we are deploying all covert and overt means available to us, and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. at the heart of this global cyber attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code origin

weekend's cyber attack, the largest of its kind says the head of the eu's law enforcement agency europol, and the start of the working week could expose 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 that the criminals have released so the numbers are going up. the new french president is sworn in at the elysee palace. emmanuel macron promises to restore the confidence of the french people and said the country was on the brink of a great renaissance. he becomes the country's youngest leader since napoleon. nurses vote overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest" over pay. labour says it's proposed robin hood tax on financial transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. jumping into the history books, a 101—year—old d—day veteran becomes the world's oldest skydiver. lewis hamilton wins the spanish grand prix, with sebastian vettel coming second. and the red carpet is ready, the stars are on their way, it can only be the tv baftas. i will be here live for the next

europol says friday's hack was on an unprecedented scale. the hunt is now on for those responsible.rance prepares for its new president: emmanuel macron‘s inauguration approaches — but what happens next? and: pop shares the stage with politics — portugal wins the 2017 eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme. the new president of south korea, moon jae—in, has condemned the latest missile test by north korea as a reckless provocation. the us military confirmed that a missile was launched near the north western city of kusong and landed in the sea ofjapan. mrtrump mr trump called for stronger sanctions and mr abe, the japanese prime minister, was quick to voice his condemnation. translation: once again north korea has launched a ballistic missile despite strong warnings from the international community. this is unacceptable. we strongly protest. these repeated north korean missile launches are a great threat to our nation and are a clear breach of the united nations security council resolution. our correspondent steve evans, who's in the south korean capital, gave me more det

europol says friday's hack was on an "unprecedented scale".he hunt is now on for those responsible. hello and welcome to bbc news. north korea has launched another ballistic missile. the south korean military said an unidentified projectile had been launched from the country's north west. the japanese government said it came down in the sea ofjapan. the prime minister was quick to voice his condemnation. translation: once again north korea has launched a ballistic missile despite strong warnings from the international community. this is unacceptable. they are great threat to our nation and a clear breach of the united nations security council resolution. for the latest let's take you to our correspondent steve evans who's in seoul. we know it was not the dud the previous one was. it travelled 400 miles, 700 kilometres. the previous one went virtually no distance. not —— north korea is launching missiles at the rate of one every two weeks and about half fail. this one clearly did not. it seems that whatever threats or inducement come from seoul

the head of the eu's law enforcement agency, europol, says the people behind this weekend's cyber attack have released a new version of the malicious software, leading to 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 that the criminals have released so the numbers are going up. emmanuel macron says france is on the verge of a great renaissance as he becomes the country's youngest leader since napoleon. nurses vote overwhelmingly in favour of a "summer of protest" over pay. labour says it would raise billions of pounds for public services with its robin hood tax on financial transactions. the conservatives claim it would put jobs at risk. the conservatives claim it would putjobs at risk. a world war ii veteran breaks the record for the world's oldest skydiver at 101 years old. lewis hamilton wins the spanish grand prix with sebastian vettel coming second. and the stars are arriving on a wet and windy red carpet for this year's television baftas. netflix's the crown leads the weight with

europol warns that more people could find them of affected monday morning.mer 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 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 ste

. >> reporter: with the head of the joint european law enforcement agency, europol, telling abc newsst may be yet to come with the ransomware tomorrow morning. >> it might be sitting on many computers in companies over the weekend and when they're switched on again monday morning we might see the infection rates going back up. >> reporter: the attack spread at a speed never seen before. across six continents with an ominous message suddenly showing up on the targeted computers. it was only contained when this computer security programmer in indiana, darien huss, discovered there might be a kill switch. >> it would not take for ransom all the files on that computer and it also would not attempt to spread itself. >> reporter: huss' information was then used by a 22-year-old programmer in great britain, who talked by phone with abc news, fearful to show his face. >> i was panicking, looking through the code, and i realized that actually no, we had stopped in the u.s. was the giant fedex shipping service. elsewhere around the world, factories, hospitals, railroads, even police department

the european union's law enforcement agency, europol, has warned of an escalating threat from the cyberstruck nhs computer systems on friday. the conservatives have said they'll help local authorities to build thousands of council homes for rent if they win the general election. labour says it would raise billions of pounds for public services with a new tax on financial transactions known as a "robin hood" tax. now on bbc news it's the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show: we're in colombia, exploring the legacy of one of the country's most controversial criminals. we're here at pablo‘s prison slash five star resort! ooops! did ijust make that man crash? i hit the road in tokyo, taking tourists for a ride. they look a bit shell—shocked! and global gadgets gives you the lowdown on how to take a selfie from up in the sky! hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo in japan, with me carmen roberts. a little later on in the show, i'll be trying my hand at pulling one of the iconic rickshaws that weaves its way through the streets here. but first..

europol has said it is going to bea group?d it is going to be a complicated investigation. you think it is a bunch of juveniles? i am leaning towards the second. it is hard to speculate who is carrying out this attack. there is carrying out this attack. there is no evidence pointed to a specific act. it seems more a criminal group rather than a nation states. it looks like they made some mistakes as well. what can we do to protect ourselves? i have heard a lot of talk about a warm, the only thing i can imagine it is because i am not very computer literature is that it spreads? you need to patch the computerfor spreads? you need to patch the computer for the things it is using to spread. furthermore, because it is ransomware, to spread. furthermore, because it is ra nsomwa re, you to spread. furthermore, because it is ransomware, you need to back up your data elsewhere so you will never have to pay the ransom. it is a good idea to disable the smb as well. microsoft says this is a wake—up call for the world. it is built up as on

rob wainwright / executive director, europol: "the numbers are rising again."law enforcement officials around the world -- emphasizing that the threat from friday's massive, global cyber attack is not over yet.rob wainwright / executive director, europol: "we've never seen anything on this scale. and our concern is the way in which - for the first time we've seen something that combines the ransomware with a worm functionality."the concern is that as employees return to work monday and fire up their desktops......they'll fall victim to the virus that froze hundreds of thousands of computers over the weekend.rob wainwright / executive director, europol: "the infection of one computer triggers rather remotely the infection of an entire networks."the ransomware - known as wanna-cry - exploits a vulnerability in outdated versions of microsoft windows......locking down all of a computer's files.the hackers -- then demanding hundreds of dollars in ransom to relinquish control of the files.microsoft's chief legal officer said sunday that the company is working to addr

the head of europol, the eu's law—enforcement agency, has warned that the start of the week could reveals of this weekend's global cyberattack. the largest nursing union, the royal college of nursing, will stage a "summer of protest" over the government's 1% cap on pay rises. the new french president emmanuel macron has been sworn in at the elysee palace. in his inaugural address, he said the country was on the verge of a great renaissance. german chancellor angela merkel‘s christian democrats party has unseated their rival social democrats party in a key election in the state of north rhine—westphalia. the victory could be a boost for mrs merkel as she is seeking to run for a fourth term. celebrities have gathered in london for the bafta television awards. the latest winners of the people versus oj simpson, america crime story, and the victoria programme —— the victoria derbyshire programme one the news coverage category. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show. we're in colombia, exploring the legacy of one of the country's most controversial criminals. w

europe's police agency europol says friday's cyber attack was unprecedented in its scale.says the hunt for those responsible will require a complex investigation. the attack hit targets in at least 99 countries. emmanuel macron will be sworn in as france's next president in a ceremony in paris later — following his election victory last weekend. mr macron, who only formed his political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week: regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, great balls of fire! energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. when we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside for millions and is of years is released, to power cities and machines. but so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. countries have met and agreed to reduce carbon emissions and invest in clean energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of ele

the european police agency, europol, has described the scale of the attack as unprecedented. thousands of computers in up to 100 countries have been affected. this afternoon car maker nissan's sunderland plant said it too had been affected. labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has denied that senior members of his party are already admitting defeat in the general election. he was responding to a question about comments made by his deputy who said the party had a "mountain to climb". pope francis has declared two portuguese children as saints on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary 100 years ago. half a million worshippers gathered for the ceremony in the town of fatima. now on bbc news it's time for click. this week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, great balls of fire! energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. when we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally —— for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. but so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and ch

according to the european police organisation europol, friday's attack hit more than 200,000 users inowed by the actions of a british tech expert, but as europol director rob wainwright told the bbc, it was only a temporary fix: we have since seen the cyber criminals react to that. and put out a new version, a new variant of this which overcomes that temporary fix. i'm also concerned about what happens on monday morning because i think this bug will be sitting in systems over the weekend that have so far not been used and people arrive to work on monday morning and turn on their computers, i think we will see the numbers going up again. i hope that he information security experts in different companies around the world are running a pretty basic health check over the weekend to prevent that from happening. also making news, france's new president was sworn into office, with a promise that his country's power is not in decline. emmanuel macron used his first speech as head of state to promise an extraordinary renaissance for the french people. he's expected to name his new prime minist

the headlines: europe's police agency, europol, says friday's cyber attack was unprecedented in scalenald trump says he could announce a new fbi director within a week. 11 people are reported to be considered. they replaced james comey, who was replaced james comey, who was replaced in —— sacked by the president on tuesday. the vatican says half a million people attended a ceremony in portugal, where pope francis canonised two children. the ceremony took place a century after they claimed to have seen the virgin mary appear near the town of fatima. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time. and as now on bbc news, it is time for

that's the assessment of europe's police agency europol.an 2a hours after the hack, the authorities say they are just now getting to grips with the problem. daniel sandford has the latest. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. this evening, the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. at the heart of this global cyber attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us government spy agencies. it is called wannacrypt, and simply encrypts all the files on the infected computer and demands a ransom. by last night at least, 75,000 computers had been infected in at least 7a countries. at that point, a cyber security expert managed almost by chance to stop it spreading. but all the data on the affected computers is still unusable until a ransom is paid. it has been a r

the head of the european union's law enforcement agency, europol, says a new version of the malicioustware that's disrupted computers around the world has been released. the new french president, emmanuel macron, has promised to rejuvenate france. in his inaugural address, he said the country was on the verge of a great renaissance. the largest nursing union, the royal college of nursing, is to hold a series of protests this summer over the government's one per cent cap on pay rises. labour says its proposed ‘robin hood' tax on financial transactions would raise billions of pounds for public services. now, this is an election like none other. an election called in the aftermath of the biggest decision this country has taken for many decades — the decision to leave the european union. the question no—one yet knows is how people's choices in that referendum — how their feelings now about the result — will affect which party they support. over the next few weeks, the bbc‘s nick robinson will be talking to voters to find some answers. this week, he visited a pub in halifax for a chat over

europol's steven wilson called the scale of the attack "unprecedented." >> what we see just now indicates in excess of 130 countries are affected and beyond 200,000 individual victims. >> reporter: the ransomware idrks by freezing the computers encrypting the files with ezckers demanding $300 in ransom too decode them or they'd be d stroyed. called wannacry, the malware program exploits a weakness in microsoft's software, first nevealed in documents stolen from the u.s. national security agency. m might have been much worse if not for two young cybersecurity researchers. one goes by the name of malware tech. he noticed every time a virus took over a computer, it pinged back to an unregistered web site. so he registered the web site ter $10. his fellow computer sleuth was watching in michigan, darien huss. >> through that registration of the domain, he activated the kill switch. >> reporter: huss said once an infected computer pinged the newly registered web site, it killed the malware, but he resisted being called a hero. >> it's kind of what i do on day-to-day basis, so for me it was jus

the head of europol says friday's cyber attack is affected 200,000 people and he expects more to be hit on monday. the conservatives say they will give councils more powers to build new rented housing if they're re—elected. labour are promising to impose new taxes on transactions in the city of london, hoping to raise £26 billion for public services. june's general election promises to be like none other. an election called in the aftermath of the biggest decision this country has taken for many decades, the decision to leave the european union. the question no—one yet knows is how people's choices in that referendum, how their feelings now about the result, will affect which party they support. over the next few weeks, the bbc‘s nick robinson will be talking to voters to find some answers. this week, he visited a pub in halifax for a chat over a takeaway. between now and june the 8th, i'm going to be travelling the country trying to see how different groups of voters are making up their minds who to support in the general election. first stop, this pub in halifax, where we're talking t

the head of europe's policing agency, europol, says there could be a new wave of infections when people return to work tomorrow morning, and he says the size of the attack is deeply disturbing. we've never seen anything like this, unprecedented in its scale. we are seeing over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries, so clearly a global phenomena. the government insists it takes cyber security seriously, and that includes providing the health service with the money it needs. we're spending around £50 million on the nhs cyber systems to improve their security. we have encouraged the nhs trusts to reduce their exposure to the weakest system, the windows xp, only less than 5% of the trusts use that system any more, and there is money available to strengthen these systems. labour claims the attack has demonstrated the consequence of chronic underfunding. we've seen huge investment cuts in the infrastructure of the nhs. in the last year, 1 billion taken out of infrastructure in order to plug wider gaps in the nhs. so what i'm saying today is a labour government will put 10 billion into the inf

europol. labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat, if it doesn't improve ahead of the election. also in the next hour. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk be able to blame a brexit backlash this year? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. in sport, chelsea are triumphant and win the premier league title — in antonio conte‘s, first season in charge. and later on bbc news, dateline london. international correspondents based in london will cast a critical eye over the weeks big news stories. that's coming up at 11:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. some doctors have been unable to access patient records, while a number of hospitals are asking patients not to attend unless it's urgent. there's no evidence that patient data

part of the problem of being members of europol and the criminal intelligence agency across europe is ofjustice, and jurisdiction of the european court of justice, and that jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice, and that is one of the three things that britain is going to pull out of. which could be part of the final deal, of course. for me, it makes me worried as a punter, because i think, do i trust any of the parties that are currently begging for my vote to be able to come up with such a sophisticated and well structured strategy that they can pull all this off while simultaneously removing us from the eu?i simultaneously removing us from the eu? ijust simultaneously removing us from the eu? i just can't see simultaneously removing us from the eu? ijust can't see it. staying with election matters, shyama, the front of the sunday times, taking us back to the election campaign to an extent, with particular reference to the conservative campaign, which they aren't bearing to never story is based on an opinion poll.” they aren't bearing to never story is based on an opinion pol

europol said it's still too early to determine who launched the extortion attack. independent centrist emmanuel macron was inaugurated as france's new president today, one week after he trounced right-wing populist marine le pen in the run-off election. at 39, macron, who took over from socialist francois hollande, is france's youngest leader since napoleon bonaparte. in his inauguration speech, macron vowed to fight terrorism, and to work for a "more efficient, more democratic" european union. >> the world and europe need france more than ever. they need a strong france which is confident in its destiny. they need a france which speaks out loudly for freedom and solidarity. they need a france which can invent the future. >> sreenivasan: macron now must field candidates for next month's parliamentary elections. china's president xi jinping pledged another $124 billion today for his signature economic initiative, known as the "silk road" plan. at a summit of 29 leaders that included russia's vladimir putin, xi said the money would go for ports and railways and other

europol says the cyber—attack has affected 150 countries so far, but what can be done to stop the hackersl hear from the boss of a leading internet security firm. also in the programme, we'll take a look at china's plans to revive an ancient trade route. president xi pledges billions to rebuilt ports, roads and rail networks. this is the situation with markets in central europe. particularly, cyber security stocks are doing well this morning. sally. and following that cyber—attack, today we want to hear from you — have you been affected — what changes are you making as a result? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. microsoft says a huge global cyber—attack, which has hit more than 150 countries since friday, is a wake—up call. a huge number of companies were targeted in the initial attack — including spain's telefonica, fed ex in the us, and germany's railway firm deutsche bahn. europol says the attack hit 200,000 victims in more than 150 countries — and warns more people and businesses could find they are infected this morning. the national cy

. >> reporter: the head of europoll says they are working closely with the fbi to identify the culprit. and at least two cyber security firms say they're looking into technical clues that north korea may be behind the attack. >> charlie d'agata in our hon done newsroom. so thanks. what does microsoft have to say? john blackstone pincks up the story. >> reporter: security evexperts have known for months about the vulnerability. they released a newer versions of its operating system but not the older versions. >> microsoft hasn't been supporting their decade-old systems hike windows xp, and this attack took advantage of that. so microsoft issued an emergency patch this past weekend. >> reporter: the fix was too late to help those already attacked. in a blog post, microsoft's president, brad smith acknowledged the company has the first responsibility to address these issues. but went on to point a finger at the national security agency, which originally identified the software flaw, then lost it when hackers broke into nsa computers. an equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would

the headlines: europe's police agency, europol, says friday's cyber attack was unprecedented in scale. it says the hunt for the hackers will be a com plete the hunt for the hackers will be a complete international investigation. donald trump says he could announce a new fbi director within a week. 11 people are reported to be considered. they replaced james comey, who was replaced james comey, who was replaced in —— sacked by the president on tuesday. the vatican says half a million people attended a ceremony in portugal, where pope francis canonised two children. the ceremony took place a century after they claimed to have seen the virgin mary appear near the town of fatima. portugal has won the eurovision song contest for the first time. and as now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. rich, ruthless, and famous: my guest is a new york institution, known for the buildings he's built, and the wives he's divorced. you don't want to cross him, though, because he likes getting even. and he's made it a rule that no—one pushes him around — ever. so how did he lose all his money, and then

the european police agency, europol, has described the scale of the attack as unprecedented.computers in up to 100 countries have been affected. this afternoon, car maker nissan's sunderland plant said it too had been affected. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned of a "margaret thatcher—style landslide" for the conservatives unless his party improves its poll ratings ahead of the general election. butjeremy corbyn says both he and mr watson are "working flat out to get labour elected." pope francis has declared two portuguese children as saints on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary 10 years ago. 100 years ago. half a million worshippers gathered for the ceremony in the town of fatima. now, this is an election like none other. an election called in the aftermath of the biggest decision this country has taken for many decades — the decision to leave the european union. the question no—one yet knows is how people's choices in that referendum — and their feelings now about the result — will affect which party they support. over the next few weeks, the

the european police agency, europol, has described the scale of the attack as unprecedented.ds of computers in up to 100 countries have been affected. this afternoon car maker nissan's sunderland plant said it too had been affected. labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has denied that senior members of his party are already admitting defeat in the general election. he was responding to a question about comments made by his deputy who said the party had a "mountain to climb". now on bbc news, hardtalk. rich, ruthless, and famous: my guest is a new york institution, known for the buildings he's built, and the wives he's divorced. you don't want to cross him, though, because he likes getting even. and he's made it a rule that no—one pushes him around — ever. so how did he lose all his money, and then get it back again? donald trump, a very warm welcome to the programme. you say you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. that sounds like a very destructive business philosophy, is it? well i'm not sure i've actually used those words. but generally, you have to shake things up pret

the head of europol says the attack was on an unprecedented scale and could still claim more victims.iday 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

countries across the world were affected by the cyber attack, which the eu's serious crime agency europolbed as unprecedented. here, investigators have promised to do everything they can, to catch those responsible, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. the cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in britain's health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. this evening, the two british agencies tackling it said a complex international investigation would be needed to catch the culprits. we haven't identified the offenders at this moment in time, but we are deploying all covert and overt means available to us, and we have a number of lines of enquiry. it is important that we pursue those quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking this very seriously. at the heart of this global cyber attack was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer using code originally designed by us government spy agencies. it is called wannacrypt, and simply encrypts all the files on t

europol says the attack hit 200,000 victims in more than 150countries — and warns more people and businesses are infected this morning. the national cyber security centre urges companies to keep security software patches up to date, use anti—virus software, and to back up your data regularly. with me is ian mann, founder of the cyber security firm ecsc group — he's a former adviser to the uk's intelligence agency gchq. good to see you. good morning. tell us good to see you. good morning. tell us about good to see you. good morning. tell us about ra nsomwa re good to see you. good morning. tell us about ransomware attacks and how they work? it is putting something on your computer which is hacked, and then you get asked for money to get your data back. that is normally done on an individual basis. this is technically known as a worm. it looks for other computers once infected. it is not about targeting people are about spreading itself and it requires companies to have done a couple of things wrong. this attack has had a huge impact, it could still continue today globally. this has the hallma

europol say the scale of the attack is unprecedented as thousands of organisations in around 100 countriesty leader, tom watson, has admitted that the party has a "mountain to climb" if it's to win the june general election. it's eurovision night. will britain face a brexit backlash? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. in sport, chelsea are triumphant and win the premier league title, in antonio conte‘s first season in charge.