A major it outage cripples industries worldwide, shutting down banking and retail systems, delaying trains and grounding about 1,400 flights globally. A faulty update by global security firm crowdstrike appears to be the cause of the problem they say a fix has been deployed. But, experts say a full resolution could take some time, because each computer affected will need to be manually rebooted. Let s get more now on those global it outages hitting industries across the world. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is at edinburgh airport. I gordon is at edinburgh airport. Have seen pictures at i have seen pictures of huge queues at the airport. Tell me about what is happening there today. At the airport. Tell me about what is happening there today. There has been significant is happening there today. There has been significant disruption is happening there today. There has been significant disruption here. Been significant disruption here. Not the only airport affected. The disru
Javid says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. I was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test this morning and it s come out positive, so i m now self isolating at home with my family until i get the results of a pcr test. Olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. And why the world s new space race is all about getting technology rather than people up into orbit around the earth. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours switzerland, luxembourg and the netherlands. 153 people are so far known to have died across europe, 133 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for, and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breache
now on bbc news, global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. africa has the youngest population on earth. the average age on the continent is 19. yet many young people don t have a decent education or properjob and are worried about theirfuture. that s global questions: is africa failing its youth? well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panelists and our questioners join us via video link. let me tell you who s in the hot seat this week, giving the answers. graca machel is a mozambican campaigner for social justice for african women and youth. she s the founder of the graca machel trust and is also chair for the mandela institute for development studies that bears the name of her late husband, nelson mandela. and angelique kidjo is an internationally renowned singer songwriterfrom benin who has received four grammy awards for her music. she fled benin in the 1980s for political reasons, and continues her activism both thr
is in a very serious situation scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has been accused of misleading a scottish parliament committee which was looking at the way harassment allegations against alex salmond were investigated. an exciting discovery by scientists in switzerland that could change how we view the universe and everything in it and coming up on bbc news, after a decent day for the bowlers, england now have an uphill task. india finishing on 375 5 in theirfirst 0di. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. one year since the first lockdown the queen has reflected on the grief and loss felt by so many during the pandemic. in this message attached to flowers she sent to the hospital where the duke of edinburgh was treated, she also praised the immeasurable service of those who have supported us over the last 12 months . prime minister borisjohnson has remembered the more than 126,000 people who have died during what he s called a very dark and difficul