Onjuly 19th, a bug infested update was sent to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows Around The World 7 crashing the systems of organisations from banking, to healthca re, and airlines. According to one estimate the Disaster Cost top us firms more than 5 Billion. Microsoft has announced changes to how it interacts with third Party Security firms. Our Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman looks at the effects of the outage. Thousands of flights grounded. Doctors appointments cancelled. Tv channels falling off air. The It Outage felt Around The World injuly has been described as the worst cyber event in history. Microsoft said around 8. 5 million computers Around The World were disabled after a cyber Security Company called crowdstrike sent out a corrupted Software Update to its nearly 2a,000 customers, many of them huge companies we rely on in our everyday lives. Look atjensen. Are we going to disney . Were going to disneyland right now. Jo and her children were among the thousands a
To the us economy. Another sector expecting a boost aS Property, with Reports Majorfund managers in the uk are looking to buy the dip in us commercial property, anticipating a recovery. Ifjoining me now is Clayton Triick from Angel Oak Capital advisors. Are you surprised to hear Uk Investors are looking to jump into americas beleaguered commercial Property Market . We are not at commercial Property Market . Are not at all. We have seen recent reports and in the last 12 months it has been very good market be stepping into, us commercial properties. Its the kind dotted at the Monetary Policy has continued to be very tight and there has been a headwind for that sector. In the last 2a months that cut of 50 basiS Points could turn men into a tailwind looking forward so we are not surprised investors are looking to take advantage of that. You investors are looking to take advantage of that. Investors are looking to take advantage of that. You have got the Markets Advantage of that. You have
Return to austerity. And the new leader of Sri Lanka says he wants to restore faith in politics. Hello, welcome to Bbc News now. Fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We begin in lebanon where the Health Ministry says 182 people have been killed and more than 700 injured in the latest wave of israeli Air Strikes in the south of the country. Israel says it carried out more than 300 strikes on hezbollah targets, aimed at preventing the group from launching a large Scale Rocket Attack on israel. In response, hezbollah has said it has fired dozens of rockets across the border. Israeli troops could also mount a Ground Offensive to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians who have been evacuated from the north of israel can return to their homes. From jerusalem, here is our correspondent. The idf put out this Video Set to be showing hezbollah operatives launching Cruise Missiles from civilian house. We ask residents of villages to pay attention to the Message And Warning published by the
Lays out her plans for the uk economy. We take a look at how they stack up. Take over or turn around . Rumours mount over the future of struggling Chip Maker Intel. And still there for us. Friends after all these years. How the Hit Show is doing after 30 years since monica, ross, rachel, chandler, Joey And Phoebe met in that new York Coffee bar and made a fortune. Welcome to business today. Im mark lobel. We start here in the uk where the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has been laying out her plans for the economy ahead of the new governments first budget next month. The first ever female Uk Finance chief struck a positive tone. She is pledging a new era of stability after years of economic uncertainty. Saying his is a pro business, pro Worker Government that will deliver a New Industrial Strategy to unlock Growth And Draw in investment. Im joined by chief Uk Economist at pantheon macroeconomics, rob wood. Thanks forjoining us. What is your big takeaway from this speech ahead of next Month
Security adviserjake sullivan. Blinken told the Un Security Council on tuesday he would work with the Chinese Foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. But talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to solve disagreements other issues, including trade. Only this week, Tech Giant Nvidia said the Us Government has told it to stop shipping some of its advanced Artificial Intelligence chips to china immediately. The restrictions werent supposed to come into force for a few weeks. Its the latest move in the ongoing Technology Dispute between washington and beijing. Joining me now is anna ashton, us china director at eurasia group. Good morning to you. This meeting that sounds positive, but give us the latest on this trade war as were all coloured, especially when it comes to technology. I especially when it comes to technology technology. I mean, it is positive technology. I mean, it is positive in technology. I mean, it is positive in the technology. I