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. Our Cyber Correspondentjoe Tidy gave this explaination of how the outages happened. Some of the biggest companies in the world use crowdstrike. And they are, they have a very popular piece of software called falcon, which is what we call an End Point Protection piece of software. So its like an Antivirus Software that you would download and you would have on your home computer. But theres one of those thats for big companies
Welcome to bbc news. Its 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 its 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. Well 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 doctors surgeries all cogs in the wheel of our daily lives, all impacted by a major global It Outage. Around the world, flights have been grounded,
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are tom newton dunn, whos the chief political commentator at Times Radio, and sonia sodha, the chief Leader Writer for the observer. Tomorrows Front Pages, starting with. The ft leads with reports of the prime Ministers Emergency plans to make some key workers exempt from rules to avoid social and economic disruption. And People Partying again the front of the metro focuses on the reopening of clubs in england, alongside the pms warnings to be cautious and to prepare for Vaccine Passports. The telegraph says the policy is part of a push to drive Upjab Uptake among the young. The mail suggests other crowded venues could also soon require Vaccine Passports the paper says the plans have been criticised by hospitality chiefs. The i says the measure could also include Music Gigs and sports events. So too says The Times, as it reports that mrjohnson declined to rule out extending the requirement
Voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy and for that reason i will vote against the for the people act. Furthermore, i will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster. And with that, the various signals that mentions been sending out all along about both of those issues now at a much more definitive tone lets say. One influential House Member warns mentions opposition to the voting Rights Legislation places the future of our democracy at risk. You are talking about destroying democratic principles upon which this country is based. Me and my children and grandchildren today, but let me tell you that if youre hurt this entire country going forward. Republicans in over a dozen states are actively trying to restrict Voting Rights and some senate democrats have been Lobbying Mansion in person with that in mind. We gotta make sure that the people have their voice and their own democracy unfortunately were Living In A Moment in which there is one party
Come fly with us. The vaccine roll out wouldnt have happened without brexit. The view of Sirjames Dyson speaking exclusively to breafast about leaving the eu, jobs here and abroad, and who does the vacuuming at home. A late scare for chelsea, but theyre through to the semifinals of the Champions League for the first time in seven years. Good morning from the roof of Broadcasting House in london. A chilly start across the board, but cool along the north sea coastline. The details later in the programme. Its wednesday april 14th. Our top story. The department for health insists that its target to offer a Covid Vaccine to all adults in the uk by the end ofjuly remains on track, afterJohnson Johnson suspended a planned rollout of its jab in the us, south africa and europe. It follows reports of very rare Blood Clotting in some people whove had the jab in america. The uks ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine, and the medical regulator says itll evaluate Safety Reports robustly before app