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A large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. And what is it about england, germany and penalties . Englands under 21s crash out of the european championship. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News a record breaking score of 377 sets england up for a crushing victory over pakistan at leicester, in the womens world cup. Good evening. Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has scrapped plans for a second referendum on independence by the spring of 2019. She said she had reconsidered the issue after the snp lost almost a third of its seat...

Air lift passengers. problem is that may not happen anytime soon. now after spending christmas on board that ship, they will ring in the new year as well. matthew chance live in london with the latest. good morning, matthew. >> reporter: good morning, john. that's right. they'll be bringing in the new year. they've posted video messages of themselves preparing for the new years celebrations. there is a new plan, you're absolutely right. it's the only plan that's going to work according to the rescue officials. they've abandoned all the attempts to reach that stranded research vessel by sea wit...

Stage. all attempts to rescue this stranded research vessels by sea have been abandoned. the pack ice is too thick. instead, they're going to be air lifted. the passengers onboard will be air lifted to safety by helicopter. but they can only do that once the weather withins allow. this morning, new video. dozens of passengers walking arm in arm doing what they can to speed their rescue. >> we just learned they can't reach us. they're getting the team to stomp down the snow and ice so the chinese helicopter can reach us when the weather improves. >> reporter: the weather conditions are not expe...

Impossible for the rescue helicopter to actually reach the ship. so the crew has marked the spot on the ice where it can land. now all they can do simply is wait. here's more from matthew chance. >> suzanne, it's the new plan, in fact, it's the only plan say rescue workers that is going to work right now. they've abandoned all attempts at this stage to reach the stranded research vessel by sea. the pack ice is simply too thick around it for the ice breakers to break through. instead, they're going to be staging an airlift using a helicopter from the chinese ice breaker to fly over to the ship,...