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
In parliament, our round up of the highlights of the day. On this programme. Renewed anger over the involvement of private providers in the nhs, as the commons reacts to the loss of 700,000 items of medical correspondence. Are these not an example of when the ideological agenda of the Party Opposite to contract out our nhs services has failed and as a result of that the patients are suffering . What happened at sbs was totally unacceptable. It was incompetent. The First Minister Of Scotland announces a re setting of the timetable for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an Independence Referendum immediately. And more new mps make their maiden speeches in the commons. Today sadly we have a society in which the middle class are told to blame the Working Class. The Working Class are told to blame the Benefit Claimants. And the Benefit Claimants are told to blame the Asylum Seekers and refugees. The rapid changes of 21st century b
To bring you the information on the issue that 33 one half british people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5for people voted on a year ago. That result, 17. 5 for leaving the European Union, and 16 million for remaining, was a majority for brexit. But after an Election Result where nobody won a majority, what has changed 7 where nobody won a majority, what has changed . I am heading to brussels to get some answers, and to speak to those on the other side of the negotiating table. And i am going the other way, to the north. Toa going the other way, to the north. To a town with a special place in my life, and which is to tell the story ofa life, and which is to tell the story of a very divided britain. Rather in South Yorkshire is the place where my mother was born. It voted firmly for brexit. Rotherham. But after a year, i want to see views have changed. It is famous for steel and coal. With factories and pits employing thousands. Mostly gone, along with thejobs. Employing thousand
The war on zika in brazil, the army goes out to raise awareness on the threat that is the virus. Another loss and further blow to the Champions League ambitions. Attempts to stop the fighting in syria even temporarily appe appearing to going nowhere as the fighting continues. The u. S. Secretary of state was talking about the turning point in Political Solutions while a russias Prime Minister warned of a new cold war. They made further progress in encircling rebel forces in aleppo. And to complicate matters further, Turkish Forces began shelling inside syria not so far from aleppo. We go to dominic kane. Lets go to dana who is on the border with syria. The idea that the turks shelling people they consider to be kurdish terrorists. This is not far from aleppo, which complicates the whole situation around there quite considerably. Undoubtedly. The turkish government sources confirming that theyre targe targeting ypg positions in the countryside of aleppo. Clearly the mention from the ypg