welcome to bbc news. it s the it failure that has ground industries, retail services and even health care to a halt. aviation, banking and communications sectors have also been thrown into chaos. the cyber security firm crowdstrike has confirmed that an update to its software running on windows devices caused the problem. it says it s now deployed a fix. microsoft, which operates windows, says they have now completed their mitigation actions and all their impacted apps and services have now recovered. however, the effects have already been far reaching. flights have been grounded, some card payments have stopped working and pharmacies struggled to process prescriptions. we ll be speaking to our correspondents across the uk and around the world to bring you the very latest. first, nickjohnson has this report. transport, banks, supermarkets and doctor s surgeries all cogs in the wheel of our daily lives, all impacted by a major global it outage. around the world, flights have
reports from northern afghanistan say there s heavy heavy fighting fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. new changes to the uk s covid travel restrictions come into force. double vaccinated people travelling from france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. thousands flee their homes in greece as forest fires burn out of control the country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. the argentine football star, lionel messi, is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after 20 years at the club. the closing ceremony of the tokyo olympics is under way after a final day of competition. team gb have matched their medal total from london 2012 with 22 golds, and 65 medals in total. jason kenny won gold in the men s kieren cycling event in the velodrome. that makes him britain s most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic gold medals under his belt, a total of nine olympic med
but not everyone is celebrating. all: six, five, four, three. the moment they ve been waiting for for over a year. cheering. we speak to people who are immunosuppressed about how they view what some are calling freedom day. and, the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier this year. the final stage of unlocking in england, with social distancing rules dropped. 1,000 people packed into this club in central london. no testing, contact tracing details orjabs required, with many more lining up outside. they ve waited 16 months. what s a little longer? there s so many people there, and we re just so, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. so pumped to get in there. it s been a year and a half, and now 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions we re alljust ready to dance. on social contact have been i ve had my vaccines. lifted in england. i want to have a good time, hun! there are now no limits on how many so excited. so
wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m going to get out of their. alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. amber belken was a force to reckon with. a pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. then she was found murdered. was amber the victim of a robbery