this is worklife from bbc news, with sally bundock and david eades. 17 airline bankruptcies in 2019, strikes and high fuel costs. but easyjet flies high. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday 8th october. the budget airline is benefiting from pilot strikes at rivals british airways and ryanair. but with fuel prices high and the global economy slowing, is the industry in for a hard landing?

also in the programme, how far can we trust videos we see online? the past year has seen a surge in so—called deepfake videos, with south korean k—pop stars among those targeted. and seaweed farming in zanzibar — looks idyllic, doesn't it? but even there, the impact of rising sea temperatures is being felt. we'll have a special report. also in worklife. .. with the number of vegans in the uk quadrupling since 2014, we'll get the inside track on one veggie brand taking a big bite out of the market - quorn. its boss joins us live. and as a report suggests work—related sleep problems are creating a nation of unproductive "insombies", we want to know, do you suffer from sleep problems? what are your tips? get in touch using the hashtag #bbcworklife.

sleep?! what is that?! i will reveal my sleep routine on twitter, it is quite bizarre. hello and a warm welcome to our new business show, worklife. we start with the airline industry where the strongest are thriving at the expense of their rivals. airlines have been facing strong headwinds from increased competition, rising fuel prices and strikes. easyjet, though, seems to have been able to navigate a path through all this and has just announced a profit for the year of $516 million. while they are thiving others aren't surviving — 17 airlines have gone bust this year with bankruptcies increasing at the fastest—ever rate. among the most high—profile to collapse, british travel group thomas cook and india'sjet airways. many airlines have also been hit by the grounding of the entire boeing 737 max fleet,

following two fatal crashes. that's driven up waiting times and prices for aircraft. and a recent survey suggests one in five travellers is flying less, perhaps fuelled by "flight shaming" as people give up jet setting for the sake of the planet. with us now is travel expert jill starley—grainger. thank you very much forjoining us. this is extraordinary, here is one airline that is making profits, whereas the rest of the aviation world is on a massive debt. they doing something to make them stand out? from a passenger perspective, andi out? from a passenger perspective, and i have seen this in surveys, although easyjet is a low—cost

airline, it is a better customer service experience. when you get on the plane you feel like the staff are happier to have you, going through check—in, of course, like everybody, they try to sell you the extras, but it does not seem to be quite so insidious and pushy, perhaps, as on other airlines. from people i speak with and with personal experience, i find them a better airline, so i am glad they are doing well because i want them to be around. in the time period easyj et has to be around. in the time period easyjet has just reported, british airways had strike action, ryanair had strike action, other airlines we re had strike action, other airlines were going bust, thomas cook looked like it was on the ropes, it collapsed. easyjet will benefit from that. they will not benefit from the thomas cook collapse yet, it is too recent on those profits will be reported later, but every year there are problems in the airline industry so are problems in the airline industry so the stronger airlines will do well in the figures. easyjet's

shares are down around 5% this morning because they are saying they are making less money per passenger, their margins are squeezed, partly because we are changing our minds and what we are doing in terms of travel? globally, the predictions for the increase in flights... in the last few years, people have flown more and more and more and recently they have predicted that will come down and in the last year it has condemned significantly. there is talk about flight shaming, maybe it is gaining currency, but they had still increased passenger numbers, easyjet. up to march, 5 million extra, so its flight shaming real? i don't know how many people are not flying because of flight shaming, but people are not flying as much. from the uk alone in the last year, we are down about 4% on the year before and globally it is shrinking, so there are anomalies,

some destinations are continuing to increase but easyjet is a standout among people suffering, all the other airlines are suffering. thank you very much indeed, jill. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. even a "relatively benign" no—deal brexit would push uk debt to its highest since the 1960s — that according to the uk's independent think tank on public finances, the institute for fiscal studies. it predicts borrowing would likely climb to $123 billion and total debt would soar to 90% of national income. samsung says it expects operating profits to drop more than 50% to $6.4 billion, from july to september because of a continued slump in the global chip market. it's the fourth quarter in a row of falling profits for the world's largest maker of smartphones and memory chips. there are questions about the future of the high street food chain pizza express as it struggles to digest a $1.3 billion debt pile. the 470—store eatery is reported

to have hired financial advisers after debt payments gobbled up the chain's profits two years running. new research shows an alarming surge in the creation of so—called deepfake videos, with the number online almost doubling in the last nine months. it is becoming a lucrative business with everyone from politicians to south korean k—pop artists falling victim. sharanjit leyljoins us now from singapore. a big problem getting bigger? it is becoming a truly global phenomenon, as you said. lots of the concerns around deepfa kes as you said. lots of the concerns around deepfakes has centred on its use for influencing people for political purposes, but pornography accou nts political purposes, but pornography accounts for the majority of the clips. all of this was done through

research from a cybersecurity company called deep trace, his researchers found far more deepfake videos online. 96% of them were pornographic in nature, often with a generated face of an actor replacing the original actor. american and british actors were often the targets, but south korean k—pop singers are now being inserted into the videos, it has very damaging implications for revenge pawn and cyber bullying. the four leading deepfake themed cyber bullying. the four leading deepfa ke themed pornography cyber bullying. the four leading deepfake themed pornography websites had attracted well over 130 million views for their videos since february last year, which attracts advertising and the technology around it is getting better and continuing to grow, it has even spawned apps which is making it

become a lucrative industry. spawned apps which is making it become a lucrative industrym spawned apps which is making it become a lucrative industry. it is a real worry. thank you, sharanjit leyl real worry. thank you, sharanjit leyl. ella technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has written about that, look at the website if you would like more information. let's look at the markets. the vice premier of china and the head of china's central bank are going to washington for meetings on thursday and friday, talking about trade. in asia there is optimism right now that those talks may go well. that could change, sentiment changes all the time. for now, investors are riding the wave of optimism about those talks. let's look at the european markets following on from asia's day. pretty mixed and flat, i have mentioned one of the movies in london is easyjet, easyjet shares down almost 5% when i last looked in

reaction to the news we already discussed. back to you, david. now to the us, where lgbt workers are set to head to the supreme court for blockbuster discrimination cases. samira hussain is following the story from new york. the supreme court is back in session, and it will hear a case on tuesday that could change the employment landscape for the lgbtq community in america. now, in more than a dozen us states there are no explicit laws that protect workers against discrimination because of sexual orientation. that means of someone were to fire an employee because he or she were gay, well, then, there are no rules that are preventing that. but there is a federal law that says that a person cannot be discriminated against because of sex. so what advocates will argue is that particular federal law should apply to sexual orientation as well as sexual biology. now, this case could have broader implications beyond just employment. it could mean changes to housing

laws and rules governing education. samira hussain in new york. that will run and run. are you still with us? i am staying awake, despite my lack of sleep. sally is the bbc's greatest early bird. i will put that in my cv, that is a new one! we'rejoined by madelyn postman, managing director of leidar — an international communication consultancy. we will reflect on some of the media coverage of some of the business, work and life stories, and we will start with the thomas cook story which has still not gone away. even if you are a holiday—maker, one or two are stranded, one woman in tunisia has not got home. this is a reference to the workers and the management? exactly. the head of

actor recently announced that he feels thomas cook is not a failure of travel. we have quite a few positive stories coming out of the colla pse positive stories coming out of the collapse of thomas cook and we can see the importance of company culture in this 178—year—old company that people still feel very loyal to. that really stood out, when the colla pse to. that really stood out, when the collapse happened we had reporters at various places and in palma airport where our reporter was talking to thomas cook staff who are facing redundancy, they were helping eve ryo ne facing redundancy, they were helping everyone get home, there was a culture that they are there to do a job regardless. thomas cook staff held to ransom over exeter play—offs says the telegraph. your thoughts on how it is being handled? -- exit play—offs. it is unbelievable how the staff have really come to the bat and they are meeting in cafe is

in balance with customers, the staff do not have a job any more still wa nt to do not have a job any more still want to keep customers but they do not have a chap, they still help the customers. —— meeting in cafes and bars. they have posted on facebook, come to this meeting place, i will help you get your refund with the civil aviation authority. there were more than 40,000 claims for refunds yesterday and the staff are still helping even though they do not have a job. a very sad story nonetheless, evenif a job. a very sad story nonetheless, even if it is not a travel story. let's focus on another story coming out of the times, extinction rebellion on the streets of london today, as they were yesterday and many other cities around the world, demanding action. they are demanding it mostly from government, they want regulation, but the story has to be what all of us, businesses in particular, can do to help? we all know what we can do as individuals but sometimes we feel we can't do

enough and companies can really contribute to sustainability, so the united nations introduce the sustainable development goals in 2015, 17 different goals meant to be realised by 2030. number 13 as climate action, for example, companies have an opportunity to themselves with that. we were discussing that yesterday in relation to unilever. madelyn, thank you for talking to us. still to come... climate change is making waves, even for seaweed farmers in zanzibar. we'll have a special report. you're with worklife from bbc news. are you getting enough sleep? that is the big question. no. i think everyone watching said the

same. according to new research, three in four employees in the uk suffer persistent sleep problems. experts are now calling for the government to appoint a sleep tsar to improve britain's sleep health. nick pahl is chief executive at the society of occupational medicine. iam assuming i am assuming you were not surprised to hear about this epidemic? not surprised, we know that lack of sleep means you are less productive, you might need six days to catch up, which is not good for productivity, this research from loughborough university funded by qatar dream says her feel unable to stay awake during the day, pretty shocking. what is the key problem? companies need to support workers, being good role models, doing things like stopping e—mails out of hours and shift workers having time to recover, he should have a free night worker's assessment for shift workers at night. there is the

suggestion of sleep health training for management, 24—hour sleep helplines, don't we all have a certain responsibility to get our sleep, however? it is a responsibility of workers but also companies to take responsibility, they should have a well—being policy with sleep as part of it, lots of it is about good management and making sure workers, particularly night workers, get enough sleep and to recover. many have been in touch saying it is because of the stress of work and the hours which is disrupting their time when they are meant to be sleeping? we work the longest hours in europe and there has been some shocking and unusual accidents. chernobyl, exxon valdes, some of these accidents were because workers were tired and made mistakes, it is a big issue. nick pahl, chief executive of the society of pahl, chief executive of the society

of occupational medicine, thank you. we will mention your comments later. i want to highlight that we have an updating business live page on our website at all times, with all the breaking business stories we cannot cover in the programme, this one looking at how the shares markets in japan have bounced back today and some detail as to why. you're watching worklife. a reminder of our top story: the budget airline easyjet is benefiting from pilot strikes at rivals british airways and rya nair. it's bucking the industry trend, after a wave of airline bankruptcies this year. now, if you haven't noticed, veganism, the plant—based diet which shuns meat and dairy, has been rising in popularity in recent years. well, quorn is one veggie brand that's taking advantage of this booming market. founded in 1985, the company

makes a protein—rich, meat substitute made from fungus found in soil and aims to be a billion—dollar business by 2027. their chief executive kevin brennanjoins us now. good morning, kevin. because of when you started, way back when, you really had first mover advantage. 0ne really had first mover advantage. one has been around a long time, many of us know it, but it was not popular then? it was the first project to hit the shelf in 1985 after a huge amount of research and development. it was very much a veggie brand rather than a mainstream health band. it was a ha rd mainstream health band. it was a hard sell back then? yes, the perception was it was for a specific audience, people who had completely given up on meat. the opportunities

we re given up on meat. the opportunities were there to sell the huge health benefits, but they were misunderstood by the audience. benefits, but they were misunderstood by the audiencem was seen a misunderstood by the audiencem was seen a bit faddy and funny by people in mainstream terms, i only discovered today what quorn is, it is named after the place in leicester where you put it together? no, quorn is more famous for a hunt than meat alternatives, the original founders gave the project that name. right up until ten years ago, 75% of consumers were vegetarians, your perception consumers were vegetarians, your perception was exactly right in terms of the role it has played. now we have companies like beyond meat, its shares have gone by several hundred percent, it seems that every week a new plant —based company is emerging, so you are now in a really competitive market. how are you staying within or even trying to be ahead of the likes of beyond meat?

they key thing for us is fundamentally the taste and texture of the project is the most important thing, assuming the project is a healthy protein. all of our original r&d produced a project which has the texture of meat, people find that the project is indistinguishable from chicken in a coated project. we start with something very good at replicating the taste, has very little flavour so it is easy to flavour it to have a taste of a meat dish. we invest huge amounts continually to make more projects and better projects. there is a lot of discussion and interest in synthetic foods, do you feel it is gradually becoming an accepted foodstuff? quorn, at its heart, is a

natural project. synthetic foods is another thing. but it is a huge opportunity? i think people recognise that there is a diverse number of solutions to this. i think it will be a 20, $30 billion category, that will be lots of existing proteins like quorn and soya —based proteins, but new materials will come along, some people will accept something synthetic as a solution, other people wanted to be a punch or a fungus. is it right you are involved with greggs? for those outside of the uk, it is the uk company well—known on the high street, they had a veggie sausage roll with greggs which was super successful, also kfc in the uk with —based chicken? correct. -- with plant —based chicken. you're trying to position yourself with these big

organisations. what will be beating in five years? festival, lots of corn! -- what will we be eating? first of all, lots of quorn. we will be eating other plant proteins, there will be new materials and i think it is split. in the developed economies, what is called clean meats will emerge in five or ten yea rs, meats will emerge in five or ten years, where it is laboratory based but producing meat, in low economic areas i think insects will come into play because it is practical, i don't think it will be huge in the uk. i had grasshopper in mexico the other week, very nice. i have had insects in zimbabwe. i wonder if that helps you sleep better, if you eat insects? diet plays a big part. iam eat insects? diet plays a big part. i am willing to try anything! in a moment we'll run through some viewer responses to our twitter

question about work—related sleep issues and what tips you might have. but first, think seaweed and you may think sushi. it's also a key ingredient in many cosmetics. seaweed is one of the main exports for zanzibar, off the east coast of africa. but seaweed farmers there are now having to adapt to deal with rising sea temperatures, as tulanana bohela reports: sensible's white sandy beaches and warm waters of an undeniable tourist attraction, and now the same waters are becoming lucrative in another way. —— za nzibar‘s. are becoming lucrative in another way. —— zanzibar‘s. cb is increasingly becoming za nzibar‘s way. —— zanzibar‘s. cb is increasingly becoming zanzibar‘s big export. see which related earnings rose from 3.7 million dollars in 2018 to 3.9 million in 2019. commercially viable seaweed was first introduced to zanzibar from the philippines in the 1980s. it

immediately took to the shallow waters in the indian oceans and is mainly used in making skin products but can also be eaten. very salty and crunchy too. we process several hundreds of kilos and are producing around 1000 soaps each day, 1000 products a day using seaweed. the rising sea temperatures are a big concern to us and rising sea temperatures are a big concern to us and we rising sea temperatures are a big concern to us and we have really had to become much more knowledgeable about how to grow the crop, because, of course, the healthier the seaweed, the better for the projects. issues like rising water temperatures are a threat to the crop, but the women here are co nsta ntly crop, but the women here are constantly adapting their farming techniques. studio: how about that? that is just a great last shot. seaweed burgers, but apparently you are not illogical and bogus. we need

to move on. it will be settled in courts. stop it! we were asking whether you get enough sleep and if not, why not. she clearly does not, she is choppy. i will start reading of the tweets. brian tomblin says, "it's not a sleep tsar we need, it's a change to our employment laws and corporate culture. too many people working multiple jobs for too little pay. too many people working ridiculous hours to meet unrealistic targets." julie wright says... how long have you been working shifts? it feels like forever. 15 to 20 years. very briefly, what will you do have to your shift is over? of eight in about an hour i will be going to bed, i am not kidding. that's it from worklife today.

good morning. it may have seemed like we have had lots of rainfall over the last few days, today and job the next few days there will be something writer, sagna spells in the focus but also some showers which could be quite heavy at times and quite windy at times. not only for today orfor and quite windy at times. not only for today or for the rest of the week. this area of low pressure situated towards the north of the uk. the isobars quite close together, that tells us it is quite windy and we have these occlusions, these fronts, which will move south and east. that is the soakers of —— focus of wasn of the showers will be. south—west england, the midlands, eastern england by

lunchtime, then east anglia and the south—east by this afternoon. still some showers coming in and quite dusty conditions, these are the wind gusts, up to about 50 mph in the west of scotland, maximum temperatures up to about 14 or 17 celsius. the bands of showers clears later but there will be further showers tonight, mainly across western parts of the uk. some clear spells and temperatures getting down to about seven to 10 celsius. it is pretty much more of the same for wednesday, low pressure is driving the weather and these occlusions are coming in from the west. that will be the focus of work some of the showers will to longer spells of throughout wednesday, many more showers across western scotland, where they could be quite heavy. answer showers moving gradually east across england and wales, fewer showers tomorrow than today but a

chillier today, temperatures about 14 or 15. into thursday, low pressure still there but another area of low pressure will develop towards the west, throwing in some weather fronts. on thursday we start off with showers with more persistent rain moving through northern ireland and spreading into scotland. it should be drier further south and east, the shower around but some sunny spells, temperatures 14 to 18 celsius. —— the odd shower around. more of the same into the weekend, low pressure in charge, remaining quite unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain, maximum temperatures around 13 to 17 celsius.

you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines... a warning the brexit talks could collapse this week. government officials say they're not disputing the prediction from a downing street source who says the uk will be uncooperative if forced to stay in the eu. it sounds angry and desperate and the language that is used, i do not believe should be the language of the uk government. turkey says it's ready to begin a military operation in syria — as president trump defends his surprise decision to pull out us troops. let them take care of it, let them take care of it. we want to bring our troops back home. the prime minister calls extinction rebellion protestors "uncooperative crusties" as he urges them to stop blocking