Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
Eurovision song contest. And whos that in daddys chair . Well find out which world leader gave his son a look at what his father does for a living. Hello and welcome to world news today. The Global Cyber Attack affecting organsiations in almost 100 countries is on an unprecedented scale. Thats the assessment of europes Police Agency europol. More than 2a hours after the hack attack, the Authorities Say they are getting to grips with the problem. In the uk for instance, the government says most hospitals are now running as normal. Other high profile victims include the us Courier Company fedex. Megafon was also affected thats the second largest Mobile Phone Network in russia. And spanish telecoms Giant Telefonica also hacked. Daniel sandford reports. The cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in Britains Health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. The two british agencies tackling it said a complex In
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
World news. It newsday. Thank you forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has tried to reassure her members of parliament are telling them, ive got us into this mess and i am the one who will get us out of it. It has left the uk in political turmoil, not least over brexit. The State Opening Of Parliament where the queen reads out the governments agenda may be post owned. The Opposition Labour Party says the government is in chaos. The bbcs Laura Evans Berg reports. Kuenssberg. Band plays. The band plays on, in theresa mays backyard. Strangely, Business As Usual at the back gates. At the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the Prime Minister seemed relieved enough to chat to the cat. After she had fessed up her mistakes to mps. Theresa may said that she got us into this situation and shes the lady whos going to get us out of it. Humble in recognising the difficulties but forthright in tackling
We will hear from the choir that is helping the Community Heal through music. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay In Washington, Christian Fraser is in london where the pound has fallen to a seven month low against the euro and a new survey suggests Business Leaders are fast losing confidence in the state of the uk economy. Theresa may britains Prime Minister, at least for the moment has been meeting conservative Party Leaders and she had a lot of explaining to do. May apologised repeatedly for last weeks Election Result. According to one mp who was in the meeting, she said, im the person who got us into this mess. Im going to get us out of it. I will serve she told them as long as you want me. We can speak to rob watson In Westminster. I will serve you as long as you want me . That doesnt suggest she will be around for long. Probably not long enough to fight idolater election. For those who do not know that Conservative Party well, it is ruthless. If you win elections, you can do what you