Now on Bbc News click. Lara this week, the atmosphere is electric on the water, but celebrity sparks will fly as we find out which famous faces are behind the wheel. Spencer were also in New York, where marcs with the Microsoft Team monitoring misinformation. And we hearfrom the iranian women whose Social Media Feeds have been used by the authorities to put them in prison. I was accused of propaganda against the Islamic Republic and sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Welcome to Lake Como. Its a beautiful part of italy, and the town of como itself was the home of the 18th Century Physicist Alessandro volta, who is credited as being the inventor of. The battery. Correct the clue was in the name. But i wonder if Signore Volta could ever have imagined his invention powering what Alasdair Keane has found on the same italian waters. Theres a new Race Craft in town thats fast and designed to perfection. But this isnt racing on the road or in the air. Although actually they lo
And Table Football is finally Coming Home this Weekend ive been to the birthplace of subbuteo in kent, as it stages the World Cup. And good morning. Today we will see some Sunny Spells developing across many parts of the uk, but like yesterday there will be the risk of some heavy and thundery showers. Where you catch them they will really be intense. Bring you all the details very shortly. Its saturday 21 september. A former manager of fulhams womens Football Team has told the bbc that extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from Mohamed Al fayed when he owned The Club. Mr Al Fayed, who died last year, was also the owner of harrods until 2010, and has been accused of rape and Sexual Assault by dozens of Women Who worked for the Department Store. Harrods says its utterly appalled by the allegations and has condemned his actions. Our reporter simonjones has More. How widespread was Mohamed Al fayeds alleged offending . Dozens of women have come forward to say that t
It is seven in singapore and midnight in london and a huge cyber attack is continuing to spread Around The World. It is freezing Computer Systems and demanding that a ransom is paid. It began in ukraine and has a ready hit Global Companies including wpp, the british advertising agency, and merck, the american pharmaceutical company. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. 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 ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well. But during the day, it became clear that the problem was not contained in ukraine but was spreading. Reports came in of companies affected from russia across europe to the uk and also the us. Those affected included oil producers, shipping and pharmaceutica
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. 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 ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well
Welcome to bbc news. A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. The virus freezes computers and demands that a ransom is paid. A danish shipping firm, a russian oil giant, an American Pharmaceutical Company and a british Advertising Agency are among the companies that have been hit. The cyber attack seems to be similar to the one that struck the nhs last month. Our security correspondent, gordon corera, has been monitoring. A cyber attack is sweeping across the globe taking systems off line. Another reminder of the risks we face. The first signs came in ukraine. Systems went down this morning. Some people tried to take money out of bank machines, found they couldnt. 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 ukraine, in government and in the co operative sectors as well