his ears governments took immediate action the ministry of transport has decided to suspend emirates airlines flights to and from tunisia to the latter finds a suitable solution to operate its flights in accordance with international regulations and conventions emirates didn't respond to our request for an interview to do confirm via twitter they were instructed to stop services to tune a spy to newseum authorities a fictive to seen between the fifth children as young as two years old were being barred from flying i mean not many people would consider the threats and officials were even informing families that even if you were a one month old female baby you wouldn't be allowed to fly and you wouldn't be allowed to enter the territory emirates is the only airline that flies you a direct meaning it severed the transport link between the countries it's unclear if the diplomatic link will also be cut. to his ear has been trying to repair relations with the u.a.e. after its twenty eleven revolution its biggest political party has strong ties to casa currently under blockades by the u.a.e. and thr

territory emirates is the only airline that flies you a direct meaning it severed the transport link between the countries it's unclear if the diplomatic link will also be cut. to his ear has been trying to repair relations with the u.a.e. after its twenty eleven revolution its biggest political party has strong ties to casa currently under blockades by the u.a.e. and three other arab countries emirates will remain suspended until tunisia feels it can operate within international regulations the sudden and vague ban that museum woman face now turned on the line or joining us from london is peter morris peter is a chief economist at global flight good to have you with us now from emirates air flights to tunis to cut the railways flights to some arab destinations it seems like you went a little ban happy in the middle east in two thousand and seven how did that impact the region as a travel hob. well i think you've probably got to take the camera back to some extent and look at what's happened in the industry overall and then within it what's happened within the middle east and i think

easier to maintain and easier to operate now emirates network is basically built on these large hobs that that that it services but the network of other airlines most other headlines looks much different so you'd say it still fits emirates portfolio basically all the way it does business it does it does but as you mentioned emirates is the biggest customer they have been about two hundred forty plus three delivered more than one hundred of those two to emirates and being the biggest customer obviously gives emirates a lot of power ability to apply pressure here and this is also a big plus for airbus it says shooting up to record highs today that's right as we heard the program being able to be continued at least ten years and that gives error bars a timeframe hoping for a market which hasn't caught on the chinese market opening that. is an operation for only you know minimum margins in china by then we'll make it to china as a whole but thank you. apple's been slashing or stashing cash i should say abroad for years now to avoid higher corporate tax rates at home u.s. president donald trump's cuts of change that now the tech giants are bringing

welcome to your business and we're starting with some good news for air bus that's just in emirates airlines has announced it would buy twenty a three eighty super jumbos with an option of sixteen more the deal is worth sixteen billion dollars and comes as a big relief for the european aircraft maker earlier this week abas c.e.o. old john lee he had admitted the a three eighty program would have to be discontinued if a deal with dubai based emirates didn't happen soon the a three eighty the largest passenger plane in the world has proven to be too big for many carriers toting airbus proudest project into a nightmare for the company. but tech giant apple says it will pay thirty eight billion dollars in u.s. taxes and create thousands of new jobs in the u.s. under a new five year investment plan the tax bill stems from the more than two hundred fifty billion dollars in overseas cash held by the take giant well that is more than portugal's amul g.d.p. by the way and it's things that apple refused to bring back to the u.s. under the previous higher corporate tax rate the company says its thirty

workers building the world's largest airline are going to be kept busy for years to come thanks to a vital order from emirates the dubai based airline has ordered twenty eight with the option to buy sixteen more the sixteen billion dollars deal is vital for air bus the aerospace giant landed its first a three eighty order in three years after warning it may have to shut production lines emirates is already the super jumbos biggest customer with a fleet of one hundred one so far. now to the call on everyone in every country to confront the challenge from what are called populist demagogues human rights watch says the racially divisive policies of the u.s. president donald trump are just one cause of concern the group's annual report praised organizers of popular movements and legal challenges to attacks on human rights including in the u.s. hungary and poland human rights watch warns of a retreat from the championing of human rights by the u.s. as well as the u.k. the group says british leaders are preoccupied with. a big parties are influencing some other european countries such as austria the report says tha

and we have breaking news right at the beginning of this emirates airlines has agreed to buy another thirty six a three eighty s. airbus a three eighty s. for sixteen billion dollars that is the super jumbo airliner that threatened to take out of production unless it sold planes soon and that emirates is his biggest customer for the airplane. apple as you can see behind me. and we just jump to that because that's a good story to take john to apple says it will pay for thirty eight billion dollars in u.s. taxes and create thousands of new jobs in the united states but under a new five year investment plan the tax bill stems from the more than two hundred fifty billion dollars in overseas cash held by the take giant that by the way is more than portugal's annual g.d.p. and of course it's earnings that apple refused to bring back to the u.s. under the previews higher corporate tax rate the company says its thirty billion dollars capital investment plan will create twenty thousand new jobs and with that it's over to our man of the fact that stock exchange done good to see you so apple wan

the emirates airline will buy up to 36, costing $16 billion. as said it will provide £50 million to support its small business customers who are struggling following the failure of carillion. small businesses customers that were in the firm's supply chain can apply to have fees on overdrafts waived orfor loan repayment holidays. meanwhile, nationwide building society has said it will take in—house around 250 jobs previously performed by carillion, mainly cleaners and maintenance workers. financing projects like schools and hospitals privately costs taxpayers billions of pounds more than public sector alternatives, that's according to parliament's spending watchdog. the national audit office report suggests a group of schools cost 40% more to build and a hospital 70% more to construct than if they were financed by government borrowing. the treasury said pfi contracts ensured risk was borne by the private sector. the average uk family spent £554 pounds a week in the year to march 2017 — that's about £20 a week more than in the previous year. figur

nickel and there's some good news finally for us exactly and it comes somewhat as a surprise rita emirates airlines has announced it would buy twenty eight three eighty super jumbos with an option of sixteen more and that deal is with sixteen billion dollars it comes as a big relief for the european aircraft maker because eliot this week apple c.e.o. john levy had admitted the a three eighty program would have to be discontinued if a deal with dubai based didn't happen soon on the a three eighty the largest passenger plane in the world has proven to be too big for many carriers turning apis proud this project into something of a nightmare for the company. but looks like that nightmare is over at least for the time being let's find out what's in store for the future of the a three eighty coast of course my colleague and our very own aviation guru is here with me in the studio is the f.a.a. to protect saved well that's the way john lee put it at least for the next ten years and some years more up until the twenty's thirty's the project will be continued as he said without the emirates deal you mentio

world's largest airline are going to be kept busy for years to come thanks to a vital order from emirates. airline has ordered twenty eighth with the option to buy sixteen more first a three eighty order in three years for the european aerospace giant it had warned it may have to shut production lines. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera this stream is coming up next stay with us. here in power america's controversy president tenting use to polarize opinion. in a week of special reports al-jazeera examines his impact at home and around the globe. donald trump's first year on. either me ok you're in the stream we're live on al-jazeera and you tube fake news if you get tweets watch t.v. or even just talk politics with your friends is a phrase that you can't escape but what does it really mean to date the stream explain. although it's first uses can be traced back more than a hundred years the current popularity of the phrase fake news is down to one man u.s. president donald trump who first started using it as a weapon against his critics walk and painting and since his election he has used

airbus have today announced a multi—billion pound deal to provide emirates airlines with 36 passengerlt in both the uk and france, providing a boost to both our economies. and just down the road from here in farnborough, uk and french engineers are working side by side on the cutting edge high altitude surveillance drone. this collaboration and innovation ru ns this collaboration and innovation runs throughout our relationship and today we have agreed to strengthen big global competitiveness of our world —class big global competitiveness of our world—class researchers and innovators, deepening co—operation between our research. but this is about more than a balance sheet. president macron and i believe that eve ryo ne president macron and i believe that everyone in society deserves the same opportunities regardless of where they come from and we will use our relationship to make this happen, supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their employability and language skills. we will create a new fund for exchanges between our schools and revitalise the entente cordia

emirates airlines has announced it will buy twenty a three eighty super jumbos from a bus with an option to purchase sixteen more the deal is worth sixteen billion dollars and comes as a big relief for the european aircraft maker earlier this week. the a three eighty program would have to be discontinued if a deal with dubai based emirates didn't happen soon largest passenger plane in the world has proved to be too big for many carriers turning his proudest project into a nightmare for the company. apple's been stashing cash abroad for years to avoid higher corporate tax rates at home but us president donald trump's cuts have changed that now the tech giants bringing back that money to invest in the united states and save big time on taxes it could be one of the biggest money transfers in the world take giant apple is moving two hundred fifty two billion dollars from abroad to the u.s. the company is set to face a tax bill of a whopping thirty eight billion dollars sounds like a lot but apple is actually saving money on the transaction a year ago it would have had to pay more than double

emirates airline says it struck a sixteen billion dollars deal with air asked to buy thirty six superjumbos recently warned it may be forced to abandon production over three planes unless it received more orders liveries are scheduled to start in twenty twenty. and finally my number of the week is one point one degrees celsius scientists at the u.n. say two thousand and seventeen was one of the warmest years to be recorded since the nineteenth century environmental research is part of a worrying trend greenhouse gases driving up global temperatures and changing our environment while we are now edging towards the one point five degrees celsius ceiling that was satyrs the top limit for global warming under that two thousand and fifteen paris climates agreement. and that's our show for this week but remember you can get in touch with us via twitter use the hash tag j c t c when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost of al-jazeera dot net is our address there's more for you on line of al-jazeera dot com slash c t c that'll take you straight to our page which has individual reports

arab emirates and flights to resume between the two countries want to see a band dubai base emirates airlines from landing after its female systems were prevented from boarding the planes he said intelligence suggests and when which is impossible may have plans to enter and stage attacks the two nations say they now exchange security information to ease any concerns the gulf has a rich maritime heritage dating back thousands of years but the construction of the traditional doll boat is under threat because of cheaper laughton vessels that boat builders near maadi port of sir who are trying to keep the ancient art alive. history books say dallas has been sailing the warm waters of the gulf for more than two thousand years. but exactly who invented this ancient type of vessel is lost in time maritime scholars believe they could have originated in china around six hundred b.c. . the sails have been replaced by an ancient but they are still used for trade fishing and tourism along the coasts of the united arab emirates saudi arabia qatar yemen no. taliep kafeel nasri has been sailing tourists alo

more orders sales director says it needs another long term deal with the plane's main customer emirates airlines in order to keep production financially viable the double decker a three eighty aircraft was launched a decade ago but a struggle to generate demand with just two hundred twenty built so far in ten years still to come on the program. a double suicide bombing kills thirty eight people in baghdad is just the latest in a series of attacks over the last forty eight hours. and south korea makes public transport free during peak travel times to tackle appellation in seoul. welcome to international weather forecasts we have really cold air pushing down across a good part of europe over the next few days see quite a bit snow up across the baltic states eastern and down through poland and further towards the south more snow on the outs again cold air across eastern areas and there's a move the forecast on twenty four hours many areas seen snow some snow showers at the very least some heavy rain across parts of the balkans and chilly conditions across the u.k. into france we start beer in penin

dubai based emirates airlines from landing after its female systems were prevented from boarding its planes. said intelligence suggested women with passports may have plans to stage attacks for two nations so they've now exchange security information to ease any concerns. vinyl of the gulf cup will be held on friday with their mom facing the united arab emirates it's a tournament that's demonstrated the region's complex politics mixed with its love of football someone who should pause from kuwait. there's no doubt about mines passion for football or its fans love of the national team thousands of omani supporters have flown to kuwait to watch their side play in the final of the gulf cup as you. know yeah after a surprise semifinal win against the two thousand and nine champions have just three days to refocus for the title decider against united arab emirates the tournament may lack a global punch but it's a huge regional importance if you're in the final you want to be in the final. especially because it's the gold cup of tea but it's old needs to come from middle east. and they are

emirate airline had a flight divert from j.f.k. live after dulles. larry: we are just learning we have school cancellations tomorrow. spotsylvania in virginia and charles county in maryland are already closing the schools tomorrow. get the abc7 app. you can download it and get up to date information around the clock. nancy: we are getting a lot in the newsroom. just from how cold it is out there. bill: that is what the cancellations are tomorrow. one of those things, two, delay, maybe delay until 10:00 a.m. it won't be warmer at 10:00 a.m. this is dangerous conditions. some people are on the fence. you close for today or cold. there are hearty people saying i walked ten miles in the snow uphill. but when you are talking about wind chills ten to 20 below, school, don't send them to the bus stop. larry: we talked to the prince george's county people this morning and for the same reason. extreme cold. bill: absolutely. dangerous conditions. you can get frostbite in 20 minutes or even less depending where you are, how much exposed skin you have. it's dan

there were fears that that was the end for airbus, especially when emirates, the airline that is buying. this is good news for airbus, andi bowling. this is good news for airbus, and i must say that although we like the dream line, i use it quite often. there is a big smile on your face there. quite often. there is a big smile on yourface there. i quite often. there is a big smile on your face there. i wonder if there isa your face there. i wonder if there is a big smile on your face with the daily telegraph, it is interesting. you have theresa may, emmanuel macron, a big summit, and boris johnson gets the headline. well done, boris. it also, it is rather emotional, isn't it? let's have a bridge across the channel, you followed you will —— eurotunnel. i was a correspondent for a while, what do you think? do you know, i somehow suspect that this was a story for the moment. when you think about the cost involved, i remember the whole eurotunnel thing in all of the whole eurotunnel thing in all of the difficulties involved with that. i'm not so sure that any government would be willing to

emirates network is basically built on these large hogs. that that that is service but the network of other airlines most other airlines looks much different so you'd say it still fits emirates portfolio basically all the way it does business it does it does but as you mentioned emirates is the biggest customer they have been about two hundred forty plus three delivered more than one hundred of those two to emirates and being the biggest customer obviously gives emirates a lot of power of ability to apply pressure here and this is also a big plus for airbus it says shooting up to record highs today that's right as we heard that the program being able to be continued at least ten years and that gives error bars a timeframe hoping for a market which hasn't caught on the chinese market opening that. is an operation for only you know minimum margins in china by then we'll make it to china first of all the thank you. apple's been stashing cash of broad for years now to avoid high corporate tax rates at home but us president donald trump's change that now the tech giants bringing back that money to invest in the united states and save big time on

airlines airbus is chief salesman was that the company must strike along to a ten year deal with emirates airlines in order to keep the program financially viable pope francis is on his way to chile then peru to promote peace and unity but security plans are being reevaluated following attacks on six roman catholic churches in chile is anger in both countries at the alleged cover up of paedophile priests in america editor lucy and human has more now from a solo in southern chile. it used to be standing room only inside this cathedral in southern chile. but these days not many are singing the praises of their bishop one batter us appointed three years ago by pope francis. outside the cathedral other members of the flock demand the resignation of the bishop who is accused of covering up sex abuses by chile's most notorious pedophile priest the pope may be smiling down at these people but they're not smiling back this used to be one of the most faithful catholic cities in all of chile but now these faithful say that they are sad and angry at their pope. accuses him of betraying his promises. the vati

tunisia allowing fries to resume between the two countries last month tunisia banned by base emirates airlines from landing after its female citizens were prevented from boarding its rise the u.a.e. said intelligence suggested women with tunisian passports may have planned enter and stage a toxin two nations say they've now exchanged security information to ease any concerns it's. now launch launch so of the eastern united states are in the grip of a historic winter storm system called a bomb cycle and this map shows the areas that will see the worst of the record breaking low temperatures the national weather service says heavy snow hurricane force winds and title flooding are expected until late friday when the storm moves towards canada now the extreme weather has called shovel chaos with thousands of flights canceled leading many travelers stranded at airports cable is under reports from new york. a large chunk of north america was already in a deep freeze now the northeast coast is being hit particularly hard from a winter blizzard massachusetts bearing the brunt of it blowing snow made o

chain and ownership spans europe have today announced a multi-billion pound deal to provide emirates airlines with thirty six a three eighty passenger aircraft parts of which will be built in both the u.k. and france providing a boost to both our economies and just down the road from here in farm u.k. and french engineers at the company are working side by side on the cutting edge high altitude surveillance drone. this collaboration on innovation runs through our relationship and today we have agreed to strengthen the global competitiveness of our world class researchers and innovators deepening cooperation between our research agencies but the u.k. france relationship is about far more than a balance sheet both president macron and i believe that everyone in society deserves the same opportunities regardless of where they come from and we will use our relationship to make this happen supporting children from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their employ ability and language skills we will create a new foundry exchanges between our schools and revitalizing the entente cordiale all program

orders their sales director says it needs another long term deal with the plane's main customer emirates airlines in order to keep production financially viable but there was that a three eighty aircraft was launched a decade ago but has struggled to generate demand with just two hundred twenty two so far built in ten years pope francis has departed for a south american tour to promote peace and unity but he is expected to be met with protests over abuse allegations against the catholic church the pontiff the first stop will be chile where at least five churches have recently been vandalized a security plan for his visit is being reevaluated because of the attacks. and we're getting details on the death of a twenty four year old palestinian man in the occupied west bank he was killed and confrontations with israeli security forces by the separation wall in gyrus east of qalqilya he was shot in the head. from a from a newsgroup now about to fall in doha sue thank you very much for that now you might find it surprising but women in sri lanka is still not allowed to buy alcohol and need special perm

emirates is the only airline with capacity to take enough a to keep the program alive.ord said it will double spending on electric vehicles. with the ceo jim hackett. >> we have to play to win and there are markets where if we are not winning and we aren't here to play than we should be exiting. 16 of ford's electric vehicles will be battery only models. the next few weeks will prove crucial in deciding whether rupert murdoch and 21st century fox will be able to buy sky. the u.k. watchdog will issue provisional findings on whether the takeover would give murdoch too much influence in the country. a final deadline is scheduled for the end of march. that's your bloomberg business flash. anna: theresa may's brexit bill returns to parliament this week and mps are moving the battle against the bill to the house of lords as the first signs of disagreement emerge about what kind of deal they should offer to the united kingdom. ross-thomas.n emma bring us up-to-date on what to expect this week in the comments. it looks as if those tory mps could rebel and make life difficult fo

told bloomberg that the jet program risks being shut down if it doesn't get an order from emirates. the airlinethe world's biggest operator of a380's. that is your bloomberg "business flash." right, what is up next? we are approaching the close. ftse is down, dax up .6%. check out the currency board. quiet on the data front in the european region today. look at sterling. the dollar byst .5%, continuing its recent descent, as is the euro, marginally lower against the dollar. i will leave you with the bond of boredom with three minutes away until the -- bond board, with three minutes away until the end of the equity session. this is bloomberg. ♪ european ams the mark barton with vonnie quinn out what is happening with stocks today. as you can see two different colors, green and red. gauge the stocks -- in losses and gains. from last thursday -- let's talk about purchasing power parity from the euro to the dollar and for the pound. the white line is sterling. 3.6. the purple line is the euro -- 5.33. the euro is no longer particularly cheap on value metrics. it remains especially long -- it also s

this is emirates airline. a-380's worthrbus $16 billion. this tom is significant. son. had they not had a big order from emirates they may have scrapped the a-380. it seems they are staying live. tom: it is a huge thing for airbus. 16 options as well as part of that 36 units. francine: significant. again, it looks like the a-380 will survive as it hinged on some kind of deal with emirates. let's get back to another top story this morning. glpped sted full year picked up in 201. we're now joined by bloomberg's asia news desk editor. based in beijing. this seems pretty much steady as she goes but we also understand the composition will be different. >> yeah. work constant state of in progress you could say. they are always working on the data looking at the competition and trying to make it more representative of the burjonning economy here. the world's second largest as you said. i mean, it certainly has the makings of a very good news day. the headline g.d.p.. both on the quarterly level and annual. side. ating to the top showing in the composition a real sort of pi

the latest deal puts new wind near the a three eighty s wings abbott's hopes that other airlines will follow emirates lead. was better at the detroit auto show. it featured di milla c.e.o. dietz etc with actor and former governor arnold schwarzenegger unveiling the new mercedes g class s u v g twenty five s comic has vied for attention at the international show time lorenz's and then tie a theatre with a presentation. us comic has also showcased ever larger vehicles like the new ford ranger pickup brawny trucks and rugged s.u.v.s and generating fat profits spurred by low gasoline prices ford also introduced its midsize as u.v. which goes on sale this summer as you can see. the hottest segment gets even hotter with the new i just say this is our most powerful s.u.v. ever. call micah's push more trucks and s.u.v.s there are concerns that it could be too much of a good thing u.s. sales have already started weakening over production and over discounting of a new watch what's among analysts in the sector but those are words you're unlikely to hear from the stage of the detroit auto show. folks said a new

must be on cloud nine some positive news their breath for air bus the middle east the largest airline emirates is facing a throwing a lifeline for its troubled. a three hundred eighty the troubled jumbo jet of airbus and there it is buying twenty double decker jets in the option to buy sixteen more airbus had said earlier this week that if it didn't close a deal that emirates it would and production of the jet all together has more the air bus a three eighty lives to see another day emirates ordered thirty six of the super jumbos for a total of sixteen billion dollars on twitter emirates c.e.o. shake bin saeed al maktoum called the a three eighty a success story and a critical part of future success for his company and united arab emirates the latest deal shows how confidently we're approaching the future and how determined we are to forge ahead dubai wants to keep growing and become a world class destination and aviation hub. airbus has manufactured and sold more than three hundred of the giant jets over the last ten years emirates has accounted for almost half of those orders but production

emirates airlines has ordered $16 billion of a380's, giving the superjumbo a new lease on life.our engines! francine: guy johnson hosts the "bloomberg markets: european open" and has more. guy: i think i will have to compete with tom as being the chief aviation watcher. we have the chief operating officer over at emirates. he's been out back. congratulations on the deal. let's talk a little bit about the structure of the transaction, though. it's an nmou and roughly half of it is in auction. what are the chances of this getting derailed? how firm is it? >> i would say it is quite firm. this is a f15 page mou. virtually every parameter is done. we're going into the contractual stage, which is mostly contractual language. they should be done by no later than february 15. you know, emirates and airbus, neither would sign an mou unless everything was finalized. guy: ok, it sounds like it is a done deal. let's talk about what changed between now and the dubais airsh ow. thataid a few days back they had come back with a series of questions from emirates. what needed to get done to get

the biggest airline in the region is emirates. they carried more than 59 million passengers. i caught up with company's president, sir tim clark in los angeles. and i stared asking him how the firm has been coping with the problems of the past year. i used to tell the team we probably have two major events that are going to affect us. having five, six, seven or eight in six months is difficult. i think we learn from what happens. we learn about how we went about managing the issue, how went about managing the issue, how we managed to transform certain elements of the business to deal with it and the more you do that, the more capable you are when things come along. you never know what they're going to be. we moved quickly on the laptop ban. it took us quickly on the laptop ban. it took us four days to get the company's procedures and protocols so we could deal with that. we introduced technology into the company so we're stripping out layers of process and dare i say, people in that context, but you know, it goes on. this is a con

front of the i eighty a will regulate air space and regulate the freedom of airspace commercial airliners emirates for example avoid country airspace for quite a long time if there's a lot of evidence for that so they have long not gone through country as they said that doesn't make sense the u.s. centcom as i said earlier has not confirmed any allegations by the u.a.e. that country commercial military jets were intercepting commercial airlines so there is absolutely no evidence even not on social media and not from the battery any site so i think what this is is really just kind of trying to keep this war over narratives going by what at this point seems to be fabricated news so what the emirates have to do in order to prove their point is actually provide some sort of evidence which should be quite easy to come by considering. the environment that they're in at the moment when we see what does happen certainly for the moment to address in london thank you. now new videos have emerged showing african refugees being abused in libya illegal detention centers and extortion have become common and we

emirates. the dubai—based airline has been the main customerfor the plane, but has cut back on its orders in recentmore lightweight planes that can land anywhere rather than the bulky, double decker planes that have to use specific airports and runways. virgin trains is reversing its decision to ban sales of the daily mail on its west coast services. sir richard branson said he and sir brian souter, who's a part—owner of the company, had asked managers to reconsider, saying that tolerance for differing views were the core principles of a free society. more now of the woes for staff at the building giant carillion. the company employs 20,000 people in the uk and is involved in major projects such as hs2 and crossrail, but has debts of £900 million. carillion‘s chairman, philip green, said he understood the government would provide funding for all of its public service commitments to continue. however, the ripple effect of this collapse out to other contractors and sub—contractors will be huge. sarah mcmonagle is from the federation of master builders. who remembers ron the front line, they? yes, our

turkish airlines has reclaimed to the top spot over competitors and emirates because it carried more passengers in twenty seventeen that's according to newly released numbers sixty nine million passengers flew turkish last year that's a bump of nine percent from the of the for loop tons of fareed sixty six million while emirates counted fifty nine million it's an impressive rebound for turkish of the fia's competition from low cost airlines and a tense political situation in turkey have hurt the carrier in recent years. and twenty eighteen looks promising for yet another sector after more than a year on a downward slope sales of luxury watches also began to rebound again last year at the annual fine watching making show in geneva manufacturers say sales are on the uptick take to q. when it comes to watches there are still fans of analog design and many are prepared to reach deep into their wallets for it some of the most prestigious brands are currently featured at the geneva watchmaking show. customers come from all over the world. because you know i want to watch making is doing we

emirates says the dubai-based airline is key for its business. >> they are probably the only one who the ability in the marketplace to take a minimum of six a year for a period of eight to 10 years, and we can add some on top of that. quite honestly, if we cannot work out a deal with emirates, i think there is no choice but to shut down the program. but i am hopeful we will work out a deal with emirates and others can and airplanes on top of that area -- of that. reporter: some hope remains, but the revolution will have to wait. javier: here is another revolution that has to wait. the detroit motor show gets underway and it seems like a blast from the past. bigger is better. power is cool. e cars are boring. the spotlight is on huge pickups and suv's. germany's top brands through in star power to let their cars shine. reporter: it does not get bigger than arnold schwarzenegger, the man who turned the hover into a consumer vehicle in the 1990's. he was hawking a mercedes g class, an suv that averages 12 miles to the gallon of wrestling. utility vehicles are more popular than ever in t

emirates. six airlines are afoekted. kris van cleave is reporting on that today.e's outside dulles airport in washington. kris? >> reporter: growing concerns about terrorists sneaking a bomb onto an airplane is prompting an order from the tsa that is going to require airlines to provide specific information about all cargo they plan to bring into america. information like where a package is coming from, who sent it, how it was sent, where has it been since it's been mailed, where it's going, and its contents. tsa said its goal is to spot shipments out of the ordinary and it gives time for airline authorities to prepare if there's something amis. these countries were chosen because of a demonstrated intent by terrorist groups to attack aviation from them. this is all intel-driven. that intel continues to center around bombs in large electronic devices, that may be able to get past screening, something that's prompted airports worldwide. also intel from a foiled attack in australia over the summer where a military grade explosive was sent via cargo from turkey has d

more orders in particular from the airline emirates.acilities at airports. emirates is based in dubai, it bought 142 of these planes. but it has cut back on those orders in recent yea rs. has cut back on those orders in recent years. this is one aviation expert looking at what can happen next. it seems like the visit to china by the french trade mission did not have any success last week. so it is emirates or no—one. it is probably 20 years too late in terms of the size. the dreamliner is flying long range. the high—density double—decker a380 is sadly looking like a thing of the past. it was a major strategic decision taken 20 or so years ago, and going made a great call by this deciding not to go big and beautiful, and airbus went big and beautiful, and it has gone disastrously wrong for them. next to the detroit motor show. i was hearing that sales in the us are down for the first time in a number of years. what is the mood like there? well, it is a mixed mood. the sense i‘m getting is that they are hedging themselves on what kind of

does not get any more orders from the company's biggest customer for the ‘superjumbo' — dubai airline emiratesoeing. a former us army whistle—blower who was jailed for leaking classified documents, is seeking to run for the us senate. chelsea manning was sentenced to serve 35 years for spying, but had her sentence commuted by president obama and was released from prison last may. she has announced she wants to stand as the democratic party's nomination for the senate seat in the state of maryland. let's revisit one of our top stories — and leading uk construction company, carillion, has gone into liquidation. carillion is involved in major infrastructure projects including the rollout of broadband, and the building and maintenance of prisons, schools and hospitals across the uk. but the company directors over—reached — they paid themselves huge bonuses, even though carillion had huge debts of more than $2 billion and had issued three profit warnings in the past six months. joining me in the studio edwin morgan, the policy director at the institute of directors here in london. it's an organisat

out a deal with emirates and others can add airplanes on top of that some hold bring mains apparently but the revolution will have to wait. while staying with the industry turkish airlines has reclaimed to the top spot over compared to the emirates because it carried more passengers in twenty seventeen that's according to newly released numbers a sixty nine million passengers flew turkish last year that's a bump of nine percent from the year before. there were sixty six million while emirates counted fifty nine million it's an impressive rebound for turkish after fierce competition from local scare carriers and a tense political situation in turkey i've heard the allied in recent years. now and now it's back to sumi and more news about a story about important medical treatment in a paul desert monica's a country where medical treatment is limited there's only one hospital specializing in plastic school staff our next report has some distressing accounts of the outcomes for the patients could be life changing. anita is eighteen ten months ago a kerosene cooker exploded leaving her with terrible injuries only her face was left unscathed. but there's hope and a german plas

will work or is building the world's largest airline are going to be kept busy for years to come thanks to a vital order from emirates the dubai based airline has ordered twenty eight three eighty s. with the option to buy sixteen more the sixteen billion dollars deal is vital for air bus the european aerospace giant landed its first a three eighty order in three years after warning it may have to shut production lines emirates is already the super jumbos biggest customer with a fleet of one hundred so far a recovery operation has ended for a passenger plane that skidded off the runway and down a cliff face in northern turkey two cranes were used to hoist the pegasus airlines boeing seven three seven off a steep slope overlooking the black sea it had been there since saturday afterward feared off the runway upon landing one hundred sixty eight people on board escaped the incident without any serious injuries the british government has appointed a minister for loneliness to tackle the growing problem of social isolation an estimated nine million people suffer from loneliness in the u.k. the new portfolio is meant to a