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
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
Below zero. Several states may face negative temperatures for days. Former First Lady Barbara Bush was released from the hospital. Doctors say shes doing well. Houston methodist had been treating her for pneumonia. She praised staff and said those are the headlines on this saturday. America tonight is up next on Al Jazeera America. You can find us online, go to aljazeera. Com. We hope you have a great weekend and a great night. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Joie chen is on assignment. Im adam may and you are watch america tonight weekend edition, more than 3 million americans suffer from hep c. We meet a family nearly destroyed by the virus and we are shown a drug targetting the poison in their bodies. When clyde opens the door to his beloved backyard toolshed, his eyes twinkle with delight. I love to work on wood. I have worked on wood since the 7th grade. Its the last bastion of my mann hood that is left. This is where many wooden wonders came to life for the retired
Bangladesh claimed 16 lives, 300 parliamentary seats are up for grabs. The Main Opposition Party is boycotting the vote, leaving half the seats upcontested. Millions of americans are bracing for the coldest weather in decades. Half the nation will see temperatures of zero or less. It comes after a snow storm that blanketed most of the country. America tonight is next. You can find us online. Go to aljazeera. Com. Have a good night. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Joie chen is on assignment. Im adam may and you are watch america tonight weekend edition, more than 3 million americans suffer from hep c. We meet a family nearly destroyed by the virus and we are shown a drug targetting the poison in their bodies. When clyde opens the door to his beloved backyard toolshed, his eyes twinkle with delight. I love to work on wood. I have worked on wood since the 7th grade. Its the last bastion of my mann hood that is left. This is where many wooden wonders came to life for the ret
Marriage. And toronto the mayor that has big news that may keep his name in the punchlines for years to come. We begin with a winter storm of 2014. This is a live picture of midtown manhattan, the wind and snow picking up. Its bad, worse in boston. This is a live picture from there. Parts of new england have two feet of snow on the ground as 1 million americans are in the path of this extreme weather. John terrett has been following the situation and brings more. A good evening to you. This is the end of the boston marathon. You know where we are. We are in the square in the downtown, as you can see, the snow is coming down steadily and its been this way since lunchtime today. I have to say we were expecting more blizzard conditions by now than we have, to be honest with you. Its freezing cold. And its important to remember that what we have is two storms coming together. One is a noreaster and they clash and the effect is a huge dump of snow, and massachusetts is the epicentre of the