12/05/2017 World News Today

and world news today. Here are the top stories. Cyber attacks have been

reported in organisations around the world including the NHS. Donald

Trump tweets a warning to the sacked boss of the FBI not to leak their

conversations. His spokesman will not say any more. I don't think

that's a threat. He is simply stating a fact that he is moving on.

Supreme court judges in Italy have upheld a 16 year jail sentence on a

shipwrecked captain. And Chelsea could be minutes away from winning

the English Premier League title. Hello. Cyber attacks have been

reported on organisations around the world. Including in Britain and

Spain the United States and China. It is not clear if they are

connected. Meanwhile the National Health Service said the attack meant

some hospitals were forced to divert emergencies. Ransomware appears to

have been used in the attack, with hackers demanding payment to restore

users' access. Hugh Pym reports. A major incident has been declared

by NHS leaders in England, and hospitals like this one

in Colchester have been experiencing serious computer problems

after a cyber attack. This is what some patients

told us: The gentleman just

inside the door said that and they are not sure

whether the doctors can If it is x-rays, or breakages,

or what have you, hospital trust covering North

Lincolnshire and Goole, IT systems were closed for three days

as the result of a cyber attack Hundreds of operations and patient

appointments were postponed, people were told to A

only if it was really necessary, there were warnings that NHS IT was

vulnerable. And today staff logging in at other

hospitals found this on their screens, with a message

saying, your files are encrypted, if you want to recover them,

you need to pay up. Ransomware, a hidden

programme used by criminal The NHS is vulnerable,

because typically it has not invested enough in computer

security, using old computers and systems and if they don't keep them

properly patched they will keep In a statement, NHS Digital,

responsible for IT, has said: One doctor at this hospital

in Mansfield told us how it was I had a lady today, who had severe

back pain, could potentially And we had to divert her

to another hospital, Queens It is getting a bit

difficult for us. It takes an awful lot of time

for us to process the Some hospitals warned

local people they were experiencing significant IT

and telephone problems. Some GP practices have also reported

significant problems. The man speaking in a report is in

Oxford and he joins us now, here's a cyber Security analyst. You are

saying the NHS is vulnerable, why was invulnerable? Any organisation

which does not keep up-to-date with its security patches, is not

upgrading the operating system, can have those problems exploited by

hackers and malware attacks. And sadly the British health service has

really lagged behind in some of these areas. Why are they not

updating? I suspect one reason may be money. It costs money to upgrade

your operating system, because often you have to upgrade the computers as

well to handle the new operating system. Also you might have to

reboot computers and bring them die down for awhile as people don't like

systems going down. But any time Microsoft comes out and says there

is a critical problem with our software which cybercriminals can

exploit, you have to listen and you should apply those patches. Talking

of patches, Microsoft sent out this patch in March when it first became

evident that the ransomware was out there. The NHS did not apply it. The

more you look into less the more simple in its bases it seems. It

does not appear to have been some great hacking organisation that have

done this. It seems to have been a lucky hit full -- by whoever was

behind it. The people behind attacks like this simply want to hit is made

people as possible. They were not specifically targeting any of the

organisations that were hit. They simply set the virus loose. They are

keen for as many computers as possible to be hit because they will

make more money in return. And frankly the NHS was something of a

sitting duck. But so were other organisations. But what I think is

most disturbing about this is that this vulnerability which the worm

was exploiting was first discovered by American intelligence services,

the NSA, and they knew about this problem and they did not tell

Microsoft about it for months or maybe years because they were using

it to spy for their own purposes. And the NSE -- and as a god tax and.

We would have had a patch months earlier from the Microsoft if the

NSA had protected everyone by sharing the information with

Microsoft as soon as they knew it. Thank you very much. President Trump

has warned the former FBI director not to leak to the press against

him, turning up the political temperature even higher in

Washington. Among a deluge of tweets Mr Trump said... This follows a

television interview in which Mr Trump said he had alone had taken

the decision to fire the FBI chief, contradicting previous claims about

the sequence of events. The President's letter to him on Tuesday

said he was being terminated on the recommendation of the Attorney

General and his deputy. She recently the White House spokesman Sean

Spicer was quizzed about the taping? Did the President record his

conversations? You are referring to the tweet, I've talked to the

president, he has nothing further to add. Why did he say that? Why did he

tweeted? What should we interpret from it? As I said, he has nothing

further to add. Are there recording devices on? There is nothing further

to add. Is it appropriate to threaten someone like this not to

speak? That is not a threat. He is simply stating a fact. The tweet

speaks for itself. I am moving on. Let's go to our correspondence in

Washington. What we make of all this? Are there tapes? Could there

be tapes? There could be. Sean Spicer was very evasive when it came

to answering that question. He would not outright say there were no

secret tapes in the White House. It seems like we are talking about the

Nixon White House, but this is the Trump presidency. So going forward

there is a history, there have been reports of Donald Trump taping

members of his own business in his offices when he was a real estate

mogul. But that is speculation as to whether that could happen in the

White House. We will have to wait and see if Donald Trump has asked

himself if there is an existence of a taping system. Do you think there

is some form of rolling back now by the White House, because Sean Spicer

said it is not a threat, there is nothing threatening in the tweet, it

is just stating a fact. Are they trying to row back? I think they are

trying to. Every time they seem to construct a series of arguments or

defences about this firing and they talk about it being a process and

there was a memo, signed off by the Attorney General, Donald Trump goes

out in talks to the media and undercuts what ever came before him.

So you have people like Sean Spicer and even Mike pence who also talk

about the firing being a process within the Department, Joel Trump

undermines that when he says no I planned on firing him from the get

go no matter what the Justice Department said. In reality it is

not until Donald Trump speaks himself that you know what his views

are. Apparently in an interview that will air this weekend cover he is

thinking of not having any press briefings by the press office any

more. And maybe just himself talking to the press every couple of weeks

which would be a major break from tradition. We will leave it there.

Thank you. And of course if you want to stay up-to-date with this

developing story you can visit the live page of

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being constantly updated with the latest reaction. There are also

links to the analysis from our correspondence in Washington and

don't forget you can also download the wonderful app. Let's take a look

at some of the other stories making the news. Candidates in a run's

presidential election exchanged barbs in their final debate on

Friday. They accused each other of corruption and economic

mismanagement. The current president is contesting the election to be

held next week along with five other candidates. Soldiers in the Ivory

Coast have opened fire in at least five military bases across the

country. It is reported there was shooting in the air in protest of

the deal made with the Government to scrap plans to give them back pay

and bonuses. It follows a televised apology by a spokesman for the

soldiers over previous protest over pay. Pope Francis has embarked on a

pilgrimage to central Portugal where up to a 1 million people are

expected to attend the canonisation of two children who had visions of

the virgin Mary one century ago. Italy's highest court has upheld the

16 year jail sentence imposed on the captain of a shipwrecked cruise

liner. 32 people died when the vessel hit rocks off an Italian

island in 2012. The captain was also convicted of abandoning ship before

his passengers and crew were clear. This was the definitive ruling by

Italy's highest court. It had to consider an earlier ruling by a

lower court which had convicted him on multiple counts of manslaughter,

on causing a maritime accident, on abandoning ship before its

passengers and true was safe,. Italy's highest court has decided

that verdict is sound. And that is that. It now means that the captain

will begin to serve his 16 year sentence under the weight Italian

law works he did not have to serve it until it was finally concluded.

That has now happened. His lawyer says his he is on his way to hand

himself in. Has there been any reaction from the families of those

who died? A lawyer spoke on the steps of the court saying that this

is finally justice at last. They're in mind this was more than five

years ago that this happened and the captain throughout that time has

suggested he was not to blame. The families disagreed. Now the court

has sided with the families saying that the captain's bad handling of

the ship, his decision not to steer it properly, his decision to abandon

ship before everyone was safe, is an issue for which he has to serve 16

in prison. Thank you very much. Do stay with us because still to come

we will have the latest on Chelsea's bid for the English Premier League

title. The Pope was shot, the Pope will

live, that is the essence of the news from Rome this afternoon,

that's terrorism has come to the Vatican. The man they call the

Butcher of Leon went on trial in the town where he was the Gestapo chief

in a Second World War. Winnie Mandela did not look like a woman

sentenced to six years in jail. The judge told her there was no

indication she felt even the slightest rewards. They have called

for help for the victims of an earthquake. The computer has

triumphed over the chess champion. It is the first time this has

happened. America's first legal same-sex marriages have been taking

place in Massachusetts. God bless America!

This is BBC World News today. The latest headlines: a cyber hacker has

hit the attack in an -- a cyber attack has hit the NHS in England.

President Trump has warned the sacked director of the FBI not to

leak stories to the press in a series of early-morning tweets.

South Africa has been hit by violent demonstrations this week. Registers

are demanding houses and jobs and have clashed with police in several

townships south of Johannesburg. They put pressure on the Government

to deliver on election promises. The Government has admitted the issues

behind the latest wave of protests are genuine and deserve a response.

Here is our report. A sense of calm returns

following days of protests. The demonstrations were led

by communities who feel marginalised and neglected,

protesters up in arms over The week-long unrest,

dubbed service delivery protests, Poverty and stubbornly high

unemployment 23 years after the end of apartheid has angered many,

piling pressure on Labelled coloured under apartheid,

not black, not white, the community of Eldorado Park south

of Johannesburg feels unheard Some have even openly declared that

life was better under white minority rule while others say

the protests are justified. The government must act to build

houses firstly, then the community, will take the government seriously,

but if they don't start, we will not stop until our

demands have been met. But our protests in South Africa

is to start to build. streets, no cars pass, no one goes

to work. That is how we put this

government in action. This woman has been on the housing

waiting list for more than 20 years. She lives in a one-bedroom house

with family members. I feel frustrated, I feel very

disappointed in all of this. Now because of us young people

who can't get houses, we have You vote for houses

you don't get the house, you vote for jobs, you don't get

a job so it hasn't helped. I don't know what to say but I'm

struggling with my children. It's only my disability grant

for this little money. There are concerns that

criminal elements are infiltrating these protests

but the grievances remain genuine. Like many communities

in South Africa, most people just want a piece of land to build

a house on - a simple request that successive administrations

have failed to address. Corruption is often cited

as the reason why the government appears unable to deliver

on the many promises The United States and China have

announced a new trade deal. The unexpected agreement gives US

farmers, energy companies and financial services access to China's

huge market. It also reflects the warming in relations between

Washington and Beijing. Our business correspondence has more. It is a

really significant deal and broadly speaking it gives American credit

rating agencies and credit card companies, financial services

basically, access to China's all-important market, the

middle-class in particular American beef exporters will also be able to

sell their products in China after years of being banned, and China

will also accept shipments of US liquefied natural gas. In return

China gets to sell its cooked poultry products to the US. But

frankly this isn't just a deal about trade. It is also about

relationships. Typically the criticism from foreign investors who

are doing business in China, they say it is usual China late that

benefits the most. That is what Trump has said on the campaign

train, that is he has promised to make China play by the rules and

open up its might markets to American businesses. This deal looks

like he has gone some way to getting what he wants. But Beijing is not

one to give something for nothing. This weekend China is hosting a

summit, is coming out party to the world. And it wants global

recognition for this plan. Part of this trade deal includes the US

sending some of its representatives to the summit, something that

previous administrations never did before.

Now all the sport. Chelsea are playing the game in which they could

win the Premier League title. It would be their second in three

years, three more points is all they need. They have three games to do it

but they would love to do it in the first one, that is against West

Bromwich be right now. They have had just over an hour and it is still

0-0. If Chelsea do not wrap it up in this match they have another chance

on Monday night against Watford at home. They are currently goalless.

It is one of two matches being played tonight in the Premier

League. Currently Everton are leading 1-0 against Watford in the

other. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was the fastest in one of two practice

sessions. It was an embarrassing day for the hero. Formula 1 you season

kicks up with Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. The teams took to the

track for the first time on Friday with two 1.5 hour sessions. All of

the teams brought a lot of our Islamic upgrades to the race and on

the evidence site far it looked like first blood to Mercedes. Lewis

Hamilton was fastest in both of the two practice sessions closely

followed by his team-mate. This is an important race for Halton, used

to reassert himself within the team after his team-mate won his first

Grand Prix in Russia two weeks ago. So far so good Hamilton. Behind him

came the two Ferraris. A good day for others. The only person who

didn't have a good day was the double world hero Fernando Alonso.

He was last in both sessions and managed just two corners of the

first session before his engine let go. He managed a few more laps in

the second session but was still slowest of everybody. A slightly

depressing time for the crowd and their driver. Rafa Nadal described

his straight sets win is a beautiful match as he set up a meeting with

Novak Djokovic. He managed a bruising first set despite eight

break points and then broke his opponents resolve with his

relentless energy in the second set. Djokovic had a bye after his

opponent withdrew through injury. Nadal and Djokovic will meet each

other in the last four in Madrid. Barcelona defender Piquet's plans

for a world tennis events have been backed. Such a tournament would be

backed -- arrival to the Davis cap. -- the Davis Cup. His plan would see

a single tournament take place in just one location over a maximum of

ten days. Chelsea could be 24 minutes away from the cheque Premier

League title, but it is still 0-0. That is all the sport for now.

It is the final of the Eurovision Song contest on Saturday. This

year's competition has been overshadowed even more than usual by

politics. The host nation Ukraine has barred Russia's singer from

entering the country. Then there is Brexit. Will the UK's European

neighbours It's the final of the Eurovision

Song contest this Saturday in Kiev. The UK's entry is one of its

strongest in years. I'm nervous but if I wasn't I would worry about

myself. Singing in front of 200 million people, if you are not

nervous it is crazy. It is easy to forget there is a serious side to

the annual fest of cacophony and kitsch. The idea behind the

Eurovision Song contest is a noble one. To use music to break down

borders and bring different countries and cultures and

communities together. The problem this year is that politics is centre

stage. Russia's entrance was not allowed into Ukraine. The first time

Eurovision host nation has barred a singer. Ukraine said the artist had

violated its border laws by visiting Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsular

annexed by Russia. She was back there this week, stoking the

controversy. Then there is Brexit. Theresa May thinks that will spoil

our Eurovision party. In current circumstances I don't know how many

votes we will get. LAUGHTER

But even before Brexit the UK was struggling in Eurovision. That must

be politics, mustn't it? The songs were bad, the performances were bad,

that is the reason. Nobody votes for us when the songs are bad at the

singers are bad, and we had some bad ones, I tell you! So maybe, just

maybe, with a good song and a great performance, the UK can achieve

Eurovision goals. -- Eurovision gold.

And that takes place on Saturday. You have been watching BBC News

today. Stay with us, there is plenty more coming up.

Good evening. The Highlands of Scotland was the place to be for

some sunshine this afternoon. And it was quite warm