bankrupt air berlin subsidiary nikky was grounded this week when love tons of dropped its bid for the austrian airline lufthansa had planned to expand its own low cost carrier with nikki's planes but said the european commission's takeover conditions were too strict of tons of had been financing nikki its withdrawal left the carrier insolvent forcing air berlin's administrators to look for another buyer . base in austria nikky employs a thousand workers. it operates a fleet of twenty eight aircraft of which lufthansa wanted to buy twenty one. the low cost and charter airline primarily serve mediterranean routes. the nicky insolvency also immediately stranded thousands of passengers and its staff are now also threatened with the loss of their jobs just

a few days ahead of christmas. there is some faint hope though in recent months operators including thomas cook with his condo or airline had shown some interest but they withdrew early in the bidding. and nicky lauder is also on the radar form a racing driver pilot and founder of nicky. if. you're still interested nicky is important to secure jobs and i want to fly with nicky again but it's more complicated now because we're looking at insolvency again forward to seeing on friday irish budget airline ryanair also reportedly voiced interest in nicky but right now if it's a primarily under way to fly it stranded passengers back home. for the first time in the airline's thirty two year history ryanair c.e.o. michael o'leary says the company will recognize pilots' unions as negotiating partners the move came after pilots in germany island portugal and italy threatened

a wave of holiday season strikes they accuse the airline of systematically undermining labor rights. doesn't go in there yet bleakly confirming that we don't see any other way to fight for the wages of ryanair pilots now the airline is refusing to negotiate with those people wouldn't help it it's our it's come from us naaman wished to that. that means up with immediate effect passengers in germany should expect strikes due to our demands on ryanair which bikes patient list. on friday ryanair called on its pilots to drop their strike threats it says the airline's decision to recognize unions was taken to avoid disruption to customers during the christmas period. u.s. regulators have revokes no. neutrality rules that banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites even if they were willing to pay for it the ending of net neutrality has enraged millions of internet users they've

been protesting online through social media and offline as well right outside f.c.c. headquarters opponents say consumers will be forced to stump up the cost of paying for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain sites that all web firms say it'll saddle them with costs they'll have to pass on to their users the f.c.c. insists it's not a regulator's role to dictate business models to the market. it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails. but for democrat commission a minion cliburn it signaled a dereliction of duty or the public can plainly see that a soon to be toothless of c.c. is handing the keys to the internet the internet one of the most remarkable

empowering enabling inventions of our lifetime over to a handful of multi dollar corporations the companies argue they need the money is internet users demand faster connections for ever more devices they say the infrastructure needs to cope with that will cost billions and that can only be financed by charging differing rates for differing speeds but smaller firms and startups with fewer financial means say they could easily be put out of business and that it's a victory of corporate america over the average internet user. austria's main gas distribution hub was hit by a deadly explosion which killed one injured eighteen and shut down operations on choose day the baumgarten hub distributes forty billion cubic meters of natural gas every. here primarily to italy slovenia and hungary italy responded by declaring a state of emergency to allow it to tap its reserves the blast was reportedly

caused by a loose filter cap the plant has now resumed operations. the us the e.u. and japan are joining forces to combat market distorting trade practices the group signed a declaration during the world trade organization ministerial conference in point as arias particular ration doesn't openly target any specific country but it does focus on state owned enterprises and government subsidies both of which are central features of china's economic system many chinese industries are heavily subsidised they're cheap excess capacity then floods global markets threatening jobs elsewhere . volkswagen c.e.o. might hear smaller stirred up the automotive world this week when he suggested ending subsidies for diesel cars at the pump tax exemptions mean diesel fuel costs almost twenty cents a liter less in germany than regular fuel that costs the government eight billion euros a year instead miller says that money should be used to promote more environmentally

friendly technologies like electric vehicles. a new power couple in japanese emo billet toyota and panasonic say teaming up will help accelerate technological development. when people here aleck tricked mobility i think of cars with a heavy and expensive battery and if we continue what we're doing we won't be able to change that and so that's why we need to work with partners like panasonic to make production better and as an example in. development are certainly needed if toyota is to meet its immobility goals the company want to lecture vehicles to make up half of its sales by twenty thirty at present he cars like the best selling prior's hybrid comprise only around fifteen percent of its sales. panasonic also stands to benefit from the corp it's already

the main battery supplier for giant tesla the partnership with toyota put it well on the way to extending its market share. a bit of hollywood glamour came in handy to draw attention to this week's one planet summit a four thousand delegates follow up to the paris climate agreement signed two years ago besides movie stars fifty heads of state also came to the summit critics say they have been few achievements to celebrate they say it's time for real action not just good intentions but some its message was a fossil fuels our history. we will talk some more about it it doesn't matter that donald trump backed out of the paris agreement because the private sector didn't drop out the public sector didn't drop universities didn't scientists and engineers didn't drop but no one dropped out donald trump pulled down a trump out of the peers agreement so don't worry about any of that but some

concern might be warranted despite numerous pledges of financial help from wealthier countries few funds have reached the nation's most in need of help those affected by rising sea levels and ever stronger storms something protesters outside the venue working to remind delegates of the french president and unwell micron hope lies in the finance and science sectors at the summit he spoke to engineers scientists and entrepreneurs developing innovations to improve energy efficiency france has pledged to spend millions of euros to support the work of eight hundred scientists most of them from the us on condition that they work in france in the future. of roof two should you do what i want you to figure out is the most radical innovation fundamental research applied research all the projects that you are pursuing the technological research that will allow us to win the battle against climate change soon to be king of pyramid hard to get

a new set of mocking it and he wants company heads involved two firms will need to raise the bulk of the one hundred billion dollars needed annually from twenty twenty for climate protection and adapting the planet to climate change exactly how micron plans to achieve this though is not yet clear. a photo shoot for an upcoming winter collection of modest fashion the photos have to give no hints that the models are freezing cold its design omarion look derrius fifteenth collection everything us to be perfect for the latest catalogue. in this collection it was important for me to return to my label original to have different models on the set some wearing the he job some without some of the turbans a mixture of light and dark complex to make everyone feel included. in her studio near mannheim the algerian born designer is constantly creating new

combinations with her designs. i used a lot of earthy tones because i think it's very elegant and to get away from too much black. so we have rust brown as a key color. it's a mixture of dark orange and something explosive. despite fifteen collections in seven years marion le dearie hasn't been able to establish a means on label on the german fashion scene she specialized in modest fashion a conservative more restrained style that shows very little skin she's frequent be turned down for fashion shows germany is not as far as new york or london when it comes to modest fashion. i took my decision to learn fashion design back then out of passion the modest western style didn't exist then but the market's been booming in recent years and now i want to be in there with the big players the big players

get together into by this year the persian gulf state is putting on the biggest modest fashion week ever fifteen thousand visitors from around the world are expected to attend. marian live on label is one of two hundred fashion houses showing their latest collections. and has and there's a lot of interest in me just now more than we expected they're very happy about it we just thought we'd try it out and thanks to god we are overwhelmed. merriam's show doesn't start until late in the evening if she attracts enough attention here it could mean her international breakthrough that would open up the one hundred billion euro market to her and then perhaps she no longer have to struggle for recognition back home in germany.

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