A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. And what is it about england, germany and penalties . Englands under 21s crash out of the european championship. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News a record breaking score of 377 sets england up for a crushing victory over pakistan at leicester, in the womens world cup. Good evening. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has scrapped plans for a second referendum on independence by the spring of 2019. She said she had reconsidered the issue after the snp lost almost a third of its seats at westminster in the general election. She now says any decision on another vote will be delayed until after the uk has left the European Union. Our scotland editor, sarah smith, is at holyrood. Sophie, this is unquestionably a setback for Nicola Sturgeon. She set out a very clear timetable for an Independence Referendum between autumn next year and spring 2019, before brexit. After losing 21 m
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
In parliament, our look at the day at westminster. The headlines. The Northern Ireland secretary says hes still focused on a return to Power Sharing his Labour Shadow Calls for the Prime Minister to be at the forefront of negotiations. He could tell her to get more involved, get on a Plane To Belfast, i am sure Arlene Foster would not mind. Pressure from all sides of the House Of Commons for action on energy bills. There are 17 million families being ripped off. Ofgem proposals will deal with at most 3 million, a a0 million are still being preyed on by the big six. And have we told the big fish about brexit . Fish shoals cannot be maintained unilaterally. Our own fishermen often fish up to russia and down south to portugal. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, has said he believes a deal between the parties in Northern Ireland remains achievable, but has warned that time is short. He said that long term funding decisions could not be put off much longer. Because of the sn
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