Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well
To advise on immediate measures to improve building safety. The Bank Of England issues a financial warning, as Consumer Borrowing rises at its fastest rate in more than a decade. Google is fined more than £2 billion by the European Commission for illegally favouring its own shopping services. And 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. Hello, good evening. Welcome to Bbc News At Five. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said her government is delaying plans for a second Independence Referendum. Speaking in holyrood, she said she Still Believes the country needs to be given a choice about its future, but not until after the Brexit Process. She said that since the general election, in which the snp lost 21 seats, she had listened to voters, and understood their concerns about another poll. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. Nicola sturgeon call this a reset, but what in effect i think it means is whilst a
Is terminally ill his parents lose their final legal battle to give him experimental maxing out our credit cards a warning from the Bank Of England about forgetting the lessons of the past. Google faces a record fine from the eu competition watchdog, over £2 billion, for being unfair to other companies. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, englands women post a record breaking total of 377 in their world cup match against pakistan. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has had to backtrack on her plans to push for a second Independence Referendum as early as next year. Todays decision follows the general election in which her snp lost 21 seats. Ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said ms sturgeon was as she put it Leaking Credibility and confidence. Heres our scotland editor sarah smith. Nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. But she cannot now march ahead with her plans for an Independence Refere
Chris gard and connie yates wanted 10 month old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, to undergo a Therapy Trial in america. The governor of the Bank Of England has issued a warning about the amount of money banks are lending to us. It comes as Consumer Borrowing reaches its highest level since 2005. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well be speaking to a Cyber Security expert about the latest major cyber attack targeting ukraines National Bank and its largest airport. Its been fifty years since the first atm opened in the uk well be looking at how far the technology has come since then. And at seven welljoin katty kay and Christian Fraser in 100 days plus, for more on what the us says is the compelling evidence that president assad is preparing a chemical attack. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Damian Johnson with our ma
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. Even the radiation Monitoring System at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. The scale was enormous. We had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well