and hold on to your helmets kieran reilly and his bmx have the paris olympics in their sights. and coming up on bbc news, shane lowry s the player to catch at the open. he s in the clubhouse after this birdie helped keep him at the top of the leaderboard. good evening on a day of worldwide it chaos after a global outage hit systems in multiple countries, affecting millions of people. thousands of flights have been cancelled, banking and health care has been affected including the nhs and some tv channels have been taken off air. the problems were first reported at shops and banks in australia. in the united states, several airlines grounded flights, as the impact of the technical failure made itself felt. soon there were delays and big queues at airports in the uk and elsewhere across the world here are just some of the places affected. the american cyber security firm crowdstrike has admitted a defect in a software update it issued which crashed windows devic
means for the region. welcome to the programme. it s been a day of worldwide it chaos, after a global outage hit systems in multiple countries, affecting millions of people. more than 4,000 flights have been cancelled globally, banking, and healthcare has been affected, and some tv channels have been taken off air. a cybersecurity company, crowdstrike, said it s found a defect in a software update for users of microsoft windows, and that a fix had been put in place. microsoft said their apps and services have now recovered. but the computer difficulties caused some of the biggest us and european airlines to ground their planes, causing chaos at airports around the world. this is the airport in berlin, in germany, where queues have been forming all day. at the airport in the spanish capital, madrid, you can also see the passengers waiting for their flights. airports in the italian capital rome have also been severely affected. applause and this is the moment at gatwick airport
iam in i am in emer mccarthy, live at the royal albert hall in london as the first night of the bbc proms get under way. the head of a cybersecurity firm which has caused a day of worldwide computer disruption by issuing a faulty software update has apologised. the chief executive of crowdstrike said the bug affected microsoft windows, and a fix had now been issued. microsoft, which operates windows, says it has now taken action and all their impacted apps and services have now recovered. however, the effects have already been far reaching some card payments have stopped working, pharmacies struggled to process prescriptions, and flights have been grounded. as our transport correspondent katy austin reports. what a start to the summer holidays. this was gatwick airport. passengers who should have been on planes forced to wait out delays. so people are tired. they ve been handing out water. the boards don t really say anything, so it tells you where to go, but there s no dep
traffic light system. and liftoff! china launches a spacecraft carrying the first astronauts to its new space station. the mission is seen as a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. 1,000 hazel dormice are released into woodland sites in the uk as part of efforts to save the tiny mammals under threat. new data suggests that the covid epidemic in england is growing mainly driven by younger age groups who are not yet vaccinated. the analysis from imperial college london s react 1 study, looked at the period from 20th may to 7thjune and found that of the over 108,000 people tested, 135 were positive which is a rise from 0.1% to 0.15%. most of the cases were found among five to 12 year olds to 12 year olds and 18 to 24 year olds. the r number which is the number of people the average infected person would infect was an estimated 1.44. the analysis also suggest a strengthening link between cases and hospital admissions, which is also reflected i
anyone, you know. could you trade a hairpin all the way to a new house? we will speak with a woman from california, who s trying. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the french are speaking to the egyptians. thejordanians are speaking to the americans. the turkish president is blaming the white house. and joe biden is calling bibi netanyahu himself. so the diplomats are scurrying. the phone calls are going back and forth. but so far there s not much to show for it all. again, today, there were dozens of air strikes on the gaza strip. and, again, in response palestinian militants fired barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the us has called for an immediate end to the violence between israel and the palestinians in gaza. but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the attacks will continue with full force and will take time. our middle east editorjeremy bowen sent this report. explosions sound. in a week of renewed conflict, the e