a large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing its spread across the globe. the virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. a danish shipping group, a russian oil giant, an american pharmaceutical company and a british advertising firm are among the big companies that have been hit. this might all sound familiar, because a similar attack targeted the uk s national health service last month. our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring the developments. a cyber attack is sweeping across the globe, taking systems off line. another reminder of the risks we face in our connected world. the first signs came in ukraine. systems went down this morning. some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldn t. even the radiation monitoring system at the chernobyl nuclear plant was briefly taken offline. the scale was enormous. we had the virus spread, cyber virus on the transport, bank, media, infrastructure of ukrai
has been speaking publicly for the first time, about what happened. ijust had one voice in my head saying don t go down, don t go down and alli saying don t go down, don t go down and all i know is i m swinging all over the place. and the creator of paddington bear has died at the age of 91. for 28 years, they have fought for justice for the 96 liverpool fans who died at hillsborough stadium in 1989. today the victims‘ families applauded when they finally heard that six men would face criminal charges for their roles in britain s worst sporting tragedy. among them the policeman who was match commander on the day former chief superintendent david duckenfield. he faces charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. and former west yorkshire police chief constable sir norman bettison has been charged with misconduct he said he was disappointed and would defend his innocence. judith moritz has this report. they ve had inquiries, investigations and inquests, but the hillsbor
fine for google. also, fine for google. as packets of weetabix are inhabited also, as packets of weetabix are inhabited new zealand, we want to know what you can t live without when you go on holiday. is it your pot of marmite or your tea bag? it s the tea bags for me. let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start with more problems for british airways. thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. on thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal, but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. so what s it all about? the unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff travel concessions and bonuses. ba estimates around 8% of its
general motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. but is the traditional car industry coming to an end? we ll get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. today the eu commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to general motors for the $2.5bn sale of its european operations. gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group that s the french company which owns peugeot and citroen. it s easy to see why general motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about $9.1 billion since 2009. if successful, the deal would make psa the continent s second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. opel employs 38,000 people across europe but it s feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. with me is
watson fails to join team mate johanna konta in the fourth round of the competition. and this is the scene live on centre court, andy murray has gone two sets up against italy s fabio fognini. and peter parker and his alter ego spiderman returns to cinema screens this weekend in the latest in the marvel comic series. we ll get mark kermode‘s take on this and the rest of the cinema releases in the film review at 8:45. good evening and welcome to bbc news. i think we will take you straight to hamburger now, where thousands of protesters are again on the streets of the city in germany, for the second night running. demonstrating against the g20 summit being held in the german city hamburg. police reinforcements have been called in after further violent clashes with anti capitalist protesters trying to disrupt the summit. there are some 100,000 protesters reckoned to be in the city, to coincide with the meeting of the g20 leaders. most of them are perfectly peaceful, the sum