The firm says it s deploying a fix. Banks, supermarkets and other major organisations reported computer issues disrupting services, with some airlines have suspended flights. And airports worldwide are reporting delays for passengers with several reverting to manual systems. Where they are operating, passengers are being warned that it might take time to take off because of backlogs with air traffic control. Hospitals have also been affected many elective operations have been cancelled, as have patient consultations, with doctors reporting they ve had no access to patient records. Media organisations have also been affected. Here in the uk, sky news were off air. And here at the bbc, children s channel cbbc experienced problems broadcasting. Microsoft says it is investigating the issue which appears to be linked to the global cybersecurity firm crowdstrike, and says it s taking mitigation actions. Our reporter nickjohnson has been following the outages and sent this report. Transport
On the leaderboard. Lets go live to the course and join our reporter ben croucher, and ben conditions once again not making it easy, whose fairing best out there. It is properly blowing out here now. The wind has really whipped up. We have no shelter from that breeze on the west coast of scotland. There are gusts of 20 or 30 miles for, may be stronger lowering the players down the back nine. Who is coping best? it might be no surprise to hear that a man who has conquered the open championship before, the 2019 champion from ireland, shane lowry, another under 30 round for him. Two shots clear of the rest, 7 under par. Huge roar on the 18th and hour ago we heard, that is a tell tale sign the irishman is very well. Credit to dan brown who is five under par, he plays his last couple of holes. Just dropped a couple of holes. Just dropped a couple of holes. Just dropped a couple of shots. Justin rose not a single bogey for him so far. He has played 1. 5 rounds. That is some going. Just 12 pl
On lower incomes. Also tonight: sirens. In paris, six years after the worst ever terror attacks in the city, salah abdeslam and 19 other defendants have finally gone on trial. This week alone, more than a thousand migrants have crossed the english channel to the uk, prompting more talks between the uk and france. At the us open tennis, britain s18 year old star, emma raducanu, reaches her first ever semifinal at a grand slam tournament. I m just so, so happy to have come through, and thank you so much for all of your support today. Cheering and applause and a late goalfor and a late goal for poland and a late goalfor poland denies england victory in their world cup qualifying match. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the club versus country row between brazil and the premier league eight stars could miss matches this weekend. Good evening. By a convincing majority of 71, the house of commons has approved a new tax on workers and employers to pay for improvements in h
I will see no political ads attacking anybody here over defund the police. I would ask unanimous consent to add that every senator leer wants to defund the police, believes in god, country and apple pie. Also today, new numbers show a divide among american parents on back to school covid mandates. We ll talk to one school superintendent. First, another giant step forward for a biden white house and democratic budget plan that envisions a dramatic rewrite of the social saefety net, a $3. 5 trillion budget outline including free prek and community college. There are giant obstacles ahead in both the house and back in the senate. Just moments ago chuck schumer promising democrats will work out their differences and deliver their transformative plan to president biden s desk. Let s get to lauren fox. This is big progress for the biden agenda but there are big lefts ahead. Reporter: that s right. Now the hard work really begins. This is when the committees are going to have to write this $3