Its down again this morning. And in a global world, how important are National Standards . Well be talking with the British Standards Institution about keeping up with artificial intelligence, robots and deep machine learning. And a superstitious passenger has delayed a flight in shanghai after throwing coins at the engine for good luck today we want to know have your good luck charms ever backfired 7 let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. Now, another huge cyber attack is affecting businesses across the world. Those affected include banks, retailers, energy firms and transport networks. It means Many Companies cant access their Computer Systems and for some that means its impossible to get any work done. The virus was first detected in ukraine on tuesday but has quickly spread across the planet. According to russia based Kaspersky Labs more than 2,000 users have been attacked so far, but that number seems to be growing every hour. When users
Weather forecaster has in his collection. Just a bit of seaweed. The seaweed is indicating something a lot milder early next week. Something to look forward to for those of you who do not like the cold. Tonight the chilly easterly wind. There is snow over the high ground. A cold night with temperatures hovering just above freezing in most places. Over the hills we will have some ice around four. Tomorrow, more of the same. Cold, windy and grey. Further rain, sleet and snow. High levels could be badly affected. Not much brightness. The best in the far north West Of Scotland. A chilly three, 4 degrees. Things do start to warm up, particularly through the early part of next week. In the sunshine for some of a hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. President trump says hes considering a brand new Executive Travel Order after his initial attempt was overturned by the federal courts. A group of conservative mps have called on the government to make the uk more welcoming for commonwealth cit
On the way with more rain in the extreme weather center. And the rain continues this saturday here in washington. Hope its a little drier where you are at home. Im leland vittert. Elizabeth great to be with you, im elizabeth prann. Voters in france will have a runoff that will have a global impact. One campaign trying to deal with fallout after claims it was the victim of a massive and coordinated Hacking Attack designed to destabilize the election. The french are about in a 48 hour Blackout Period before the vote takes place. Greg palkot is in paris, france with the latest. Hi, greg. Hi, elizabeth. Taking a page out of the u. S. Election playbook, the leader here in this president ial elections here in france has been hit by a massive cyber
attack. Thousands of emails and documents seized have the computers of campaign safer of emmanuel macron, they were posted online. While moist of the material is kind of mundane, it is combined according to authorities today, with fake news items m
Early that it makes sense to explain different reality. And now here at the heart of the European Union in brussels we have 28 different realities and so i think people are really looking for any journalist they can trust for them to make sense of this. Work at the w. This news africa coming up on the program many Young Africans live in the country will find out how a town in guinea misleading the effects of migration and what makes people want to leave also coming out. When you drink in south africa uses gen with the funds so unique east of africa. And you are welcome to the Program Migration across africa is a controversial topic some seed leaving the country as the only way to get a job and get ahead and the families back home benefit to the sense from those living abroad are worth more than that continents and official Development Assistance but that is the goal and also the fleeces of the very people that are needed to create opportunities that home the educated and the ambitious
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