It is seven in singapore and midnight in london and a huge cyber attack is continuing to spread Around The World. It is freezing Computer Systems and demanding that a ransom is paid. It began in ukraine and has a ready hit Global Companies including wpp, the british advertising agency, and merck, the american pharmaceutical company. 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. But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained in ukraine but was spreading. Reports came in of companies affected from russia across europe to the uk and also the us. Those affected included oil producers, shipping and pharmaceutica
What the president was doing was sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong un will understand, because he doesnt seem to understand diplomatic language. French police shoot and arrest a man suspected of being behind an attack on soldiers this morning near paris. The 83 year old man killed while walking his dogs in norfolk has been named as peter wrighton. His family says he was a lovely, gentle husband, dad and grandfather. And stunning scenery draws visitors from around the world to the isle of skye but its now so popular with tourists its roads and services are struggling to cope. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Five. 17 asian men, and one white woman, who groomed girls and young women for sex in newcastle have been convicted of crimes including rape, trafficking and conspiracy to incite prostitution. Newcastle crown court heard that vulnerable girls, one as young as m, were exploited by an organised, Cynical Organisation and passed between abusers
The half brother of north koreas leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. Leicester city say Player Revolt wasnt behind Claudio Ranieris sacking. Gary lineker calls the move gut wrenching. I shed a tear. I shed a tearfor claudio, i shed a tear for football and i shed a tearfor my club. And in the film review well get Jason Solomons take on patriots day, the Hollywood Blockbuster based on the Boston Marathon bombing. It was by any standards a great result for the conservatives, causing an electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips
Partner murdered by her ex boyfriend in a frenzied stabbing. Hes beenjailed for at least 23 years. Why millions of eggs in the uk now have to be classified as barn reared instead of free range from today. And found in a field in staffordshire, the iron age necklaces thought to be more than 2,000 years old go on public display. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Leicester City come to terms quickly with life after claudio ranieri. They beat liverpool 3 1 to move out of the relegation zone. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 30 british tourists during a gun attack at a beach resort in tunisia has condemned the Police Response saying it was at best shambolic, at worst cowardly. He singled out a policeman who fainted through terror and panic, and a guard who took off his shirt to hide the fact he was an officer. Families of some of the british victims that died at the 5 star hotel in sousse injune, 2015, say they are prepari
They must never be forgotten, and the families hope no one else will have to suffer the same fate again in future. Well have the latest from the Royal Courts Ofjustice and well be talking to the tunisian ambassador to the uk. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A pension Dealforformer Bhs workers sir philip green will contribute 363 Million Pounds to help meet the shortfall. Not everyone who views Child Pornography should be jailed says a leading Child Protection Police Officer. Egg producers are facing the loss of their free range status because of measures to prevent the spread of bird flu. And the iron age treasures found in a field in staffordshire go on public display. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the outcome of the inquests into the deaths of 30 british holidaymakers who were killed by a jihadist militant in tunisia in june 2015. The coronerjudge Nicholas Loraine smith ruled that the victims had been unlawfully killed and condemned the response of the Tunisian Police desc