13/05/2017 BBC World News

This is BBC World News Today. I'm Alpa Patel.

After the attack - the investigation.

Europol says Friday's ransomware hack was unprecented in its scale -

and officials round the world say they will hunt down

people at this time but we have a people at this time but we have a

number of lines of enquiry. We'll have the latest on the attack,

plus details on how you can work out if your computer is at risk,

and what you can do Donald Trump says

he could announce his replacement for the man he sacked as Director

of the FBI within a week - with 11 names said to

be on the shortlist. The grand final of the Eurovision

Song test. Stand by for outrageous contest, a live up date from the

Eurovision Song contest. We'll find out which world

leader gave his son a look at what his father does

for a living. Hello and welcome

to World News Today. The global cyber attack

affecting organsiations in almost 100 countries

is on an unprecedented scale. That's the assessment of Europe's

police agency - EuroPol. More than 24 hours after the hack

attack, the authorities say they are getting to grips

with the problem. In the UK for instance,

the government says most hospitals Other high-profile victims include

the US courier company FedEx. Megafon was also affected -

that's the second largest mobile And Spanish Telecoms giant

Telefonica also hacked. The cyber attack which wreaked such

chaos in Britain's health service was a global assault,

affecting Russia worst of all but also countries

as far apart as the US, The two British agencies tackling it

said a complex international investigation would be needed

to catch the culprits. We haven't identified the culprit

at this time but we are deploying all covert and overt means available

to us and we have a number It is important that we pursue those

quickly so we can reassure the public we are taking

this very seriously. At the heart of this attack

was a software worm which spreads itself from computer to computer

using code originally designed by US It encrypts all the files

on infected computers By last night at least,

75,000 computers had been infected At that point, a cyber security

expert managed almost by chance All the data is still unusable

until a ransom is paid. Any modern computer that

had its software regularly updated was safe but some NHS trusts use

old operating systems that were particularly vulnerable

and others may simply have failed to take a security update

released in March. Today, the National Security

Centre had this advice. The first is to make

sure your security software The second is to employ proper good

anti-virus software and the third and most important for ransomware

protection is to back up your data because you cannot be held to ransom

if you have a back-up. It has been a reminder of how

vulnerable organisations are to attack by organised criminals

seeking to raise money or by hostile states and terrorist groups trying

to cause maximum disruption. There are thousands

of vulnerabilities. For example, if we were to look

at a company of 50,000 computers, we might find hundreds of thousands

of vulnerabilities It is also reminder that computers

are not a one-off investment. Well, here in the UK,

hospitals and doctor's surgeries were disrupted as a result

of the hack. Well, as we heard briefly

in Daniel's report, the global cyber attack was halted,

almost by accident, after a 22-year-old in the UK

checked the code and found a reference to an

unregistered website name. The researcher who goes

by the pseudonym MalwareTech then paid ten dollars to register

the domain which caused much of the malicious

programming to stop. He then reached out to the cyber

security expert Darien Huss to confirm that he had indeed found

a way to stop it. Mr Huss joined us earlier

to tell us what happened. My colleague first pointed me to

this malicious cyber attack and I started researching the incident and

immediately discovered there was the domain hard-coded in the militias

sample and the code is so simplistic that I realised that there is a kill

switch functionality in the malware and so I proceeded to tweet about it

and started conversing with other security researchers and that is

when malware tech reached out to me to confirm that by sequencing that

domain that was hard-coded in the malware, they were stopping

infections. He has been called an accidental hero, hasn't he? He

stopped the spread that those computers that were already

infected, it was too late for them? Yes, that is correct. Unfortunately,

many of the computers that were already infected by sequencing the

domain that actually doesn't help those computers and many of those

computers had all of their files encrypted so really the only way to

recover from an attack like that is to either pay the ransom or to

restore from a back-up that was previously made of those computers.

Well, here in the UK, hospitals and doctor's surgeries

were disrupted as a result of the hack.

The BBC's health editor, Hugh Pym looks into how the cyber attack -

affected Britain's huge state-run health sector.

The news shocked staff and patients alike.

The cyber attack shut down key systems.

Ron Grimshaw won't forget it in a hurry.

He was in the middle of having an MRI scan but it was abruptly

I was stunned, obviously stunned, and the nurse said this is the first

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was at a meeting of the emergency

Cobra committee along with the Home Secretary,

who denied there were weaknesses in NHS systems.

I don't believe it is to do with being prepared.

There is always more we can all do to make sure we are secure

against viruses but I think there had already been good

preparations in place by the NHS to make sure that they were ready

In England, hospital and ambulance services have been affected at 48

In Scotland, 11 out of 14 health boards have felt the impact,

including health boards and GP surgeries.

The Scottish Ambulance Service was also affected.

2,000 PCs have been taken out of commission.

It will take a few days but we will be working

round-the-clock to do that as fast as we can.

All but five of the English trusts have restored their networks.

There could be more cancellations of routine surgery

Well, so serious was the attack that finance ministers -

meeting at the G7 summit - have called on banks around

the world to test their systems and ensure they're protected.

You can find much more on this story on our website,

including how you can check if your computer is vulnerable

and what you can do to protect yourself.

President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement

for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week.

He told reporters on board Air Force One he could name

Lucy Grey has been looking at the possible nominations.

The sacking of the director of the FBI sent shock waves through

Washington. President Trump accused James Kobe of being a showboat and

Grandstand. Trump says the decision could be made quickly. People love

every well-known, the highest level, we can make a decision. US media

reports that around 11 people in all are being considered for the role

but four people are expected to meet the Attorney General Jeff Sessions

and his deputy. They include acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, he has

worked in the FBI for over 20 years, running the Washington yield of

before coming deputy director. He defended his former boss and cast

out White House claims that Mr Comey had lost the confidence of his

staff. I hold Mr Comey in the highest regard, I have the highest

respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity and it

has been the greatest privilege and honour of my professional life to

work with him. Also reported to be in the frame is Republican Senator

John Corning, he is now the Senate Jo Riches whip. Alex Fisher,

lawyer who previously read -- let lawyer who previously read -- let

the just this department criminal division. Also, Michael Garcia, a

judge on the New York State Court of Appeal. He has worked on

high-profile terrorism investigations and was chairman of

an investigation committee on at Fifa.

One man following this story closely is Callum Borshures

Thank you for being with us. We saw some of the candidates there. Who do

you think front runners? Certainly the biggest names are John Corning

and Andrew McCabe and Mike Rogers. They all represent different types

of candidates. John Corning is loyal to Trump, and we know he prizes

loyalty. McCabe is the incumbent. He was perfectly willing to consider

the White House this past week. Mike Rogers is the pick of the union that

represents FBI retired and current agents. Agents really like him

because he used to be an FBI agent himself. They are probably the front

runners. John Corning, tell us about him and what the reaction would be

if he were to get the job? Well, I think that pig would be viewed

sceptically by Democrats and others because he is so loyal to Trump.

There is this ongoing investigation of Russian tampering in the election

last fall and whether there was any collusion with the Trump campaign.

So, putting John Corning in that role would have the appearance of

trying to shutdown or stalled Gatt investigation, it might look as if

Trump were trying to put somebody in the role who would make sure that

nothing bad happened to him. This has been such a fast and fear this

week in Washington politics, Democrats are furious, what has the

response been from Republicans and Trump supporters? Well, they have

said it is that about time and they have said Democrats are being

hypocritical by objecting and they have a point, quite frankly, because

Democrats were very critical of James Comey and the way he handled

the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation during the campaign.

But Democrats have said we didn't like the way he handled the

investigation but we don't believe that is why the Trump administration

is why they fired him, we think they fired him because he was trying to

get him off his tail. So, this sort of act and forth is doubly

complicated. Mr Comey wasn't very popular at times in either party. He

was due to testify, we now know he isn't on Tuesday, will we hear from

him any time soon? I suspect we will. We have had James Clapper who

has been called to testify a couple of times, so there is a precedent

for bringing in these folks who works in various intelligence

leadership roles to hear what they have to say. It certainly was

probably a bit too fresh for Mr Comey to come in and testify on

Thursday of this week. Andrew McCabe went in his place but I suspect we

will be hearing from Mr Comey at some point down the line. Thank you

for being with us. Still to come, all the sport, including Manchester

City's push for a Champions League place as Pep Guardiola sends out an

unchanged team for the first time as a Premier League manager.

The Pope was shot, the Pope will live. The man they called the

Butcher of legal went on trial today in the French town where he was the

Gestapo chief in the Second World War.

Winnie Mandela had been sentenced to six years in jail. The judge told

her there was no indication she felt remorse.

It is the worst earthquake to hit the country for years.

A machine has defeated Garry Kasparov.

America's first legal same-sex marriages have taken place in

Massachusetts. The police agency Europa League has

described the cyber attack on security systems around the world as

unprecedented. Donald Trump says he could announce the replacement for

the EI direct in a week. The Eurovision Song Contest

is under way in Ukraine. Italy's entry, an act involving

a man dressed as a gorilla, The BBC's Steve Rosenberg

is in Kiev for us and he's Over to you, Steve.

Thank you very much indeed. I'm in the press centre which is full of

journalists and fans and loggers. This is what the United Nations

should be like. Lots of different countries and cultures joking and

chatting, and having a good time. We've got Poland suitably dressed

for the occasion. Wonderful costumes. It is almost as if this

was the Eurovision Song contest in this room. When the musicians appear

cheers. I think we've got Spain cheers. I think we've got Spain

singing now. You look around here, with got Spanish fans waving their

flags. It really is a big party. People knock the Eurovision Song

contest a lot but the idea behind it is a very noble one, in other words,

bringing people together, bringing different countries together,

knocking down borders and using music to do it. Who is the

favourite? Well, bog area, Italy, Portugal, they are the front

runners. We should be hearing from Lucie Jones initial while. It is the

Eurovision Song contest, it is so unpredictable, I have never been

able to edit a winner in my life and I don't know who is going to winds

this year's contest. Steve Rosenberg, thank you very

much. Here was the sport. Hello, we start with football news -

Manchester City are up to third in the Premier League table

after a 2-1 win against Leicester Pep Guardiola's side are now three

points ahead of Arsenal in the race for a Champions League spot but can

count themselves fortunate after Riyad Mahrez's penalty

was disallowed after his slipped - making a 'double

contact' with the ball. In the second half, wouldn't know if

we defend the attack. It is not easy, to be in Europe next season,

sometimes it is not easy to play this kind of game.

Arsenal are now just 1 point behind fourth placed Liverpool

after their 4-1 win away at Stoke City.

It means Arsene Wenger's side have now won 6 of their last 8 league

games and were increase the pressure on Jurgen Klopp's team,

France international Olivier Giroud got 2 of their goals

as they also go level on goal difference with Liverpool.

We had a difficult week, we played Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, and we

had three winds, in a very convincing way, over the three

games. The desire to play together, the fighting spirit is there, and we

are very pleased. There was a huge win for Swansea City, they have a

real chance for survival with a 2-0 win away at Sunderland. They are now

unbeaten in their last four league games and Paul Clement' site will

stay up if Crystal Palace can beat Hull City tomorrow. A great effort

today. We will watch the game tomorrow and see what happens. The

season is not finished, absolutely not. They could still beat with an

terms, we did a good job today, we've got a good cushion going into

the final week but we have to be mindful that they could get a result

there, and we have to be ready and well-prepared to finish the job next

week. Elsewhere, Bournemouth moved

into the top half with a 2-1 win over Burnley Middlebrough lost

for the 8th time in their last 10 games, beaten 2-1

at home by Southampton Saracens have beaten the French side

Clermont. Chris Ashley scored with his 37th try in the competition.

Clermont edged to within a point but Alex Gould was sealed -- sealed win.

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position in the Spanish Grand Prix

after edging out Sebastian Vettel by the smallest of margins.

Hamilton couldn't improve on his first lap in his final

attempt but it proved enough, beating Ferrari's Vettel by just

0.051 seconds after the German locked up in the final chicane.

Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas took third ahead

The third round of the players championship is underway. It is

considered as the unofficial fifth major.

Simona Halep has defended her title and she is now up to number four in

the world. That is all the sport. Back to you.

Think drought and Africa comes to mind.

But years of low rainfall - due to climate change -

have left 3.5 million people across Central America in need

In Guatemala - one of the worst-affected countries,

hundreds of thousands are at risk of malnutrition, as

Clamshells and an abandoned boat, the last vestiges of this leak which

once supported many livelihoods and helped feed local communities. After

five years of below-average rainfall and high temperatures, the two

rivers which fed the lake no longer reach it. This is all that remains

the body of water which once covered five and a half square kilometres.

Formerly a tourist attraction, the local council used this image of the

lake on its Twitter account, idle since 2012. It makes you want to cry

to see the whole lake dry. We will have to see whether it fills up

again with the rain that falls. The outlook for rainfall remains bleak.

This is the so-called strike corridor extending from southern

macro 3/ southern Guatemala to Nicaragua. It is likely to feel the

effects of drought. Wells and springs have also dried up, along

with any hope of a corn or bean harvest. We have children dying for

a lack of food, it isn't visible, that aren't pictures highlighting

the problem but we should be in Paris to. In many communities

achieved malnutrition is being staved off by hand-outs. Campaigners

say climate change is here to stay, it may not be a case of weathering

the storm. And longer term solutions are needed.

Michelle Obama has launched a strong defence of the healthy eating

initiative she championed as First Lady. At her first public appearance

since leaving the White House, she had back at the Trump administration

which has lowered the drizzle standards. The former First Lady who

has been a standard aerofoil fighting childhood obesity asked why

anyone would want to deny children healthy food.

He's a world leader and already an internet favourite

so just who could outshine Canadian Prime Minister

Well, his adorable toddler, that's who.

Three-year-old Hadrien Trudeau has melted hearts around the world

and stolen the limelight after a day of work experience with his dad.

The prime minister finding time for a game of hide-and-seek

with his son before the duo were photographed handling

45-year-old Trudeau has proved before he has knack for grabbing

global attention on the internet and not surprisingly,

these photos shared on his Facebook page have also gone viral.

Thank you for being with us. Goodbye.

Good evening. There is some much needed