and the health secretary, jeremy hunt, are chairing a meeting of the emergency response committee, cobra, this morning, to discuss the handling of the cyber attack, which hit parts of the nhs in england and scotland on friday. dozens of hospitals in england and scotland have been forced to cancel some operations and appointments today, and some gp surgeries are still experiencing problems as staff begin a new working week. lincolnshire hospital said all tests, and routine surgeries have been cancelled. meanwhile microsoft said governments around the world should treat the attacks as a ‘wake up call‘ blaming them for storing data on software vulnerabilities which could then be accessed by hackers. it s thought over 200,000 computers have been affected worldwide with russia hardest hit. in the past half hour the national crime agency has tweeted this saying if you re a victim of #ransomware do not pay! there s no guarantee that access to your files will be restored.
more details are emerging about some of the victims who died in the fire. new images of the moments after the fire broke out and tore up the side of the building. in sportsday: cristiano ronaldo, the world player of the year, could be leaving real madrid this summer. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed grenfell tower behind me in west london. the bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead or missing so far is around 70. there is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire. around 500 protestors have stormed kensington town hall. in the last half hour, the prime minister has offered a £5 million relief fund for those affected by the fire. the queen and prince william have been visiting a relief centre which has been helping victims of the fire. our first report tonight on the latest on the tower block fire, is from
we ll get reaction from conservative mps shortly. also on the programme this is the house of lords. brexiters the most important single issue which has faced the country for decades. we also have the terrible situation of losing an empire at the same time. how deep is oui’ grasp, empire at the same time. how deep is ourgrasp, if we empire at the same time. how deep is our grasp, if we are honest, of what is actually going on in the eu machinery operating below us? 800 unelected politicians get paid to sit here, but it s been rocked by another scandal after claims that some members collect their daily allowance whilst contributing absolutely nothing. that is an allowance of £300. we ll bring you the story. and this is the dramatic moment a crying girl was rescued from rubble after an air strike in syria. we ll bring you the story. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until iiam. throughout the morning we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories.
here although it is chilly outside if you are just stepping out. for many of us it will be a dry start and a sparkly one with a weather front coming in from the south west introducing some rain later on. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: facebook‘s procedures for vetting content on its pages have been strongly criticised, after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. the chair of the commons media committee, damian collins, has said it casts grave doubts on the effectiveness of facebook‘s systems. our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swa p paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison for four years. facebook told us it had improved its syst