The firm says its 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 theyve 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, Childrens 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 its Taking Mitigation actions. Our reporter nickjohnson has been following the outages and sent this report. Transport, bank
Friday evening around you know i know the news has been really incredibly heavy lately. It has been unrelenting on so many fronts for quite some time now. Can i tell you, though, what story shocked me and made me happy . Just sort of need this today. I will caveat this saying it is still terrible we need this thing. It is as weighty and terrible lately, still, look at this amid everything at some very important level, this is good. Specifically this is a good girl named cobra because why not . A dog looking for covid19, is it even possible . Evidentially the it is, now you can find them at Miami Airport four dogs detecting covid19. This is cobra, one of The Dogs trained to detect the virus. Watch how she sits after she smells the inside of a mask that has the activated virus in it. Then watch how she keeps walking when she smells the mask of someone who is not infected. The dogs are 97 accurate. Its the same as a pcr test. Its a great thing. Reporter Miami International Airport is the
White house, headed for the northeast to get a firsthand look at the damage left by hurricane ida. Elsie huge parts of New Jersey and New York remain decimated by deadly flooding. Ida killing at least 45 people in those two states. Some swept away by cars, others drowning in their own homes. New Disaster Declarations mean parts of both states are eligible for federal aid, but even that is fraught with complaints from counties left off the list of those eligible for aid. And down in louisiana which Got Hit by ida first, more than 400,000 homes are still in the dark, nine days after the storm rolled through, and high temperatures continue to raise the misery and risk. All three regions are at risk of more severe weather in the coming days. We have all of the angles covered. Shannon petty piece at the White House, Allison Barber in New Jersey, and some brock in louisiana outside New Orleans. Thank you all for joining this morning. Sam, nine days have passed, still hundreds of thousands of
Welcome, everyone. I am Sandra Smith and this is america reports. John i am John Roberts in washington. Talking about ending the mission in afghanistan as the u. S. Now depends on the goodwill of the taliban to rescue americans and allies still stuck in the country. We now know that dozens of u. S. Journalists and their families are among the stranded. This comes as new photos of taliban holding mock funerals. Sandra Nikki Haley joins us ahead of the Pentagon News Conference at happening in just a moment. First, a u. N. Ambassador, your reaction to those photos, as outrage is pouring in . But also big questions as to whether or not those journalists left behind can count on this president and take him at his word that he will get them out of that country and out of Harms Way . Thank you, sandra. First, i can tell you that those photos are every reason blinken, sullivan, and biden should not be trusting the taliban. I think what we are seeing with the journalists and americans there, bi
Search and rescue effort. That is our priority, that is where we are focused and protecting Ourfirst Responders who are on the scene. The former Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced this evening for the murder of George Floyd. Prosecutors want at least 30 years. And coming up on the Film Review Dominic Toretto and the team are back to their old tricks in the ninth instalment of the fast and the furious franchise. Find out what Mark Kermode thinks of f9 and the rest of the weeks top releases. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has apologised and admitted he breached social distancing guidlines after the Sun Newspaper published a photograph of him in an embrace with one his closest aides. The photo is said to have been taken in may, in Mr Hancocks whitehall office. The Prime Ministers official spokesman has said the Prime Minister has accepted the Health Secretarys apology and considers the matter closed. In a statement, the Health Secr