i think british airways need to take ca re think british airways need to take care here.stituency but across the country and i wrote an open and personal letter to those employees on the 15th of may. i think ba need to take care because parliament is very exercised about this. we have an urgent question, which is coming to the house of commons later this morning, and i feel that there is cross—party morning, and i feel that there is cross— party support, across morning, and i feel that there is cross—party support, across the whole house of commons, that will take ba to task. and i think that is very sad... i am sorry, to take them to task? that doesn't change what they are planning to do. the point being that british airways now, i believe, is abusing the trust not only of its employees, but of the nation. the united kingdom parliament speaks on behalf of the nation and we shall do as much as we can to make sure that that voice is well heard. there are no two ways about it. i think i described, if i re call about it. i think i described, if i recall correctly, ba as a co

the chief executive officer of qatar airways akbar a locker talks to al jazeera. up for a buck or chief a. officer of qatar airways group thank you for talking to al-jazeera what are the measures that her ways is taking to ensure the safety of passengers flying in the future in light of the pandemic. every measures that this required by the w.h.o. and the ministry of public health in my country has been complied with as a matter of fact we have even gone over and above what is required we have social distancing we have people with masks gloves senate ties there's actually even at the airport started we head when dependent make just started in china we started to use temperature readers for everybody we have and to do so a robot that does you will be senate a station in the entire building of the international airport something that no other port had introduced what is important to note is that passenger safety and the safety of our employees and of course my country in general is all is paramount in our mind what will the future of air travel look like for passeng

qatar airways one of the world's big. carriers is no exception the doha based airline was already dealing with restrictions imposed by 4 arab nations as part of their blockade of qatar. without access to the airspace of its neighbors it had to find new routes and new destinations. and now as it navigates the turbulent skies in the wake of the pandemic how will the airlines recover from both the health and political crises. and what's in store for the future of global air travel after the pandemic. the chief executive officer of qatar airways barker talks to al jazeera. akbar al baker chief executive officer of qatar airways group thank you for talking to al jazeera what are the measures that her ways is taking to ensure the safety of passengers flying in the future in light of the pandemic. every measures that this required by the w.h.o. and the ministry of public health in my country has been complied with as a matter of fact we have even gone over and above what is required we have social the sun saying we have people w

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british airways is a company in crisis.ope with the huge financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic and embroiled in a bitter row with its unions. now, mps have weighed in. the airline is planning a major cost—cutting drive which could lead to as many as 12,000 redundancies, out of a total of 42,000 employees. some remaining staff could also see big cuts to their pay. i don't live an expensive champagne lifestyle, i live within my means. and what could happen means that i'm going to get a 50% or 60% pay cut, so i could lose my home. that's the long and short of it. after hearing from british airways employees and questioning the chief executive of its parent company, mps have described the airline's behaviour as a "national disgrace." they claim the company's been taking advantage of the pandemic to push through job cuts and undermine the pay and conditions of staff who remain. ba rejects the claims. it says it needs to find ways to survive during the deepest crisis ever faced by the airline industry, and says mps should

middle eastern airlines emirates as he had cattle airways recently announced job losses and pay cuts of up to 50 percent. let's introduce the panel in kenya's capital nairobi rafael coochie special envoy to africa on arab political affairs at the international air transport association in san antonio texas travel and aviation rights have been a wilson and in the spanish capital madrid they go on maida a international aviation law expert as well as an accident investigator welcome to you all let's begin in the spanish capital madrid would you go only don't do you think that easy jet ryanair and british airways have a case that needs to be heard can they take the british government to task over this hello thank you thank you very much yeah i mean when he starts all we can hear is that it's absolutely understandable what they're doing because this type of measure the government of laws are implementing their british are disproportionate the effect that these measures are going out on the industry and yeah landslides it's not so it's absolutely normal that they're trying to challenge the

we've heard british airways, ryanair, easyjet, jobs.they jobs. we've heard british airways, ryanair, easyjet, they are also reducing headcount. and the transport secretary today has said the understand the pain being felt by the aviation sector and that there is bespoke financial support for large companies available from the treasury. but unions have said these job losses are devastating and have also warned that the scale of thejob have also warned that the scale of the job losses mean that the viability of some of our regional airports may now be under threat. sarah corker, thank you. it is a critical day for the uk's commercial landlords as they attempt to collect rent from their struggling tenants, including retailers, restaurants and pubs. uk landlords should be collecting billions in shop rents today, but with businesses struggling as a result of lockdown, many are unlikely to be able to pay their bills. our business correspondent emma simpsonjoins me now. so how much are they likely to get? i think this is a real watershed momen

in the words of the many british airways employees in my leicester east constituency, who are fearingl, opportunistic and greedy. the minister said she'd expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership. the head of the nhs test and trace programme in england, dido harding, has rejected a request from mps for information about its performance. test and trace was launched on friday and aims to alert people who've been in contact with someone who's had a positive test for coronavirus. they're then required to stay at home for 14 days. the chair of the health and social care committee, wanted to know how the system was working. since you've launched, what is the proportion of new covid cases that have been contacted by a clinician within 24 hours? dido harding explained the information needed to be accurate and validated but she didn't have that data now. it's an operational service that is touching hundreds of thousands of people. it is very new. it's important that we make sure that we share accurate data. i'm very happy to give a flavour of what we are learn

airways and british airways and virgin atlantic. the issue there has been that it takes a phenomenal amount of money to bail out companies of that size and of course, at the moment, there's no sign of those traveller 's extremes being listed in the uk —— travel restrictions. we just impose measures which will be in place up to a month or more, given that's what the government said it's reviewing it. there's no end in sight for the difficulties the airline industry. ithink sight for the difficulties the airline industry. i think everyone is expecting the uk will see some sort of economic statement or budget in response to the coronavirus crisis before parliament breaks up at the end ofjuly. it will be interesting to see whether there is any kind of package within that for the british airline companies that have been affected by the crisis in the same way that the german government has offered to lufthansa. cannot understate just how much it's been impacted. turning to the financial times. wall street's suffering their worst one—day f

sean, of course, there is also british airways.itions of the staff that would remain after those as well. many staff have got in touch with us in recent days. concerned, frustrated, upset at how they see british airways is treating them. when this happened it was devastating, like a bereavement because it was the longest relationship in my life, apart from my parents. it has been ripped up and thrown away like we're worthless. fiona worked as cabin crew for british airways for more than 30 years. just like over 20,000 of the airline's staff she's furloughed and off work, with her pay covered by the government. she is also one of many who have got in touch with us on breakfast incredibly worried for their jobs and livelihoods. we have changed her name and voice to protect her identity. i can't even think about how this is going to effect my life. if they say, would you like to work on this contract, i have to have a conversation with my 16—year—old son, saying we would be able to pay the mortgage and utilities and that's it. to prep

they british airways, easyjet and rya nair. they have british airways, easyjet and ryanair.these measures are unjustified. 0ne of the arguments, they say, is actually, quarantine is more stringent than the guidelines apply to people who actually have covid—19. but this legal challenge is at its very earliest stage at the moment. there's no way it's going to stop the quarantine coming into force injust stop the quarantine coming into force in just under two stop the quarantine coming into force injust under two hours now, at midnight. and also, there has been further criticism today from the company which operates the channel tunnel. its boss has written to the prime minister, in fact, saying there was only limited consultation on this process, and the situation that has resulted is going to put a vital supply link, well, it is going to make it inefficient, he says, put that supply link at risk. now, the government has stuck to its guns and said the quarantine is the right thing to do. it is backed by the science and necessary to prevent a second wave, but the quarantine is d

you look at british airways, business class travel. indicates the numberof videoconferencing, it indicates the number of people using these business class seats is going to fall dramatically in the years ahead. a disproportionately negative impact on its profitability so it has to be able to cut its cloth according to what's in the marketplace and that means it needs to reduce workforce and increase flexibility in the way it operates as well. when we mentioned a few of these things before seven, we had a lot of people getting in touch with us. one anonymous ba staff member saying, i'm a single parent, i'm considering how i'm going to get through this, another saying this is causing me an incredible amount of stress and anxiety. i lost my father during this crisis, i've been unable to grieve the him as i should because of the threat of losing my job. it's hanging over my head so some tough time for a lot of workers out there that it's that not knowing where the company and british airways might not go next. sean, thank you. simon jeffre

. >> moreover, the use of these gases is very serious in and of itself because it damages the airways, it damages the exact airways that our bodies need to fend off this virus. >> now, here's a quick snapshot for the state of florida. it is nearing 69,000 cases and deaths exceed 28,000. jim? >> rosa flores in florida there, let's go to cnn's natasha chen -- sorry? did rosa have a correction there, apologies, should we go back to her? rosa, sorry. i wanted to make sure you were clear about your reporting. tell us. >> yes, i wanted to clarify, i believe i said 28,000, it should be 2,800 deaths in the state of florida. thank you, jim. >> all right. notable change. thanks for correcting. let's be to cnn's natasha chen, she's in greenville, south carolina, where a state official said she's more concerned about coronavirus now than ever before. natasha, tell us about the numbers there and crucially, is that changing state political leaders' approach to the problem there or not? >> well, jim, the short answer to that is no. governor henry mcmaster was seen in the same conference -- press con

of qatar airways says it may take a few years before the airline can resume flies to all destinations are say social distancing measures have cost the industry and will result in increased ticket prices nobody can say the future what that will happen i know that the travel is today but of our d.n.a. so we will travel people will start traveling as so on as there is a works in order treatment yes it will take longer to get back to the 2019 traffic growth that we were really looking at huge growth in our what network and passenger numbers i think that it may take 2 years it may take 4 years. but we will get back and we will be back to the size we were in 21000 and you can see the full interview with qatar airways c.e.o. on talk to our just 08 hours on thursday june 4th at 1630 g.m.t. in the united states covered 19 is disproportionately killing african-americans to make matters worse testing is scarce in poor largely minority neighborhoods but one doctor's in new jersey is addressing that issue given elizondo went to meet him. trying to stop the spread of corona virus not from a hospita

the parent company of british airways says it's considering a legal challenge against the u.k. government's quarantine rules all travelers to the u.k. are required to quarantine for 14 days from monday or face a hefty fine those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next on al-jazeera it's truth is it anyway to stay with us.

weather update next here on our syrup then leaving on a jet plane or perhaps not as the boss of qatar airways tells al-jazeera to take years before the industry gets back to normal. it's a bubble and some of us describe how the coronavirus is eating into a vital crunch call. hello the same very warm in fact even hot across areas of the middle east and touches all set in the next few days we have been very calming down of course from the north but look at this that's right wednesday 46 in baghdad 47 celsius in kuwait a 45 in doha it is dry say the breeze is very likely going to shot across areas of turkey and we're still watching this system here wednesday and thursday this is a system that produces the trench rains into and the southern area of man has been working its way into yemen over the last few days it will still sit in the forecast on thursday to get heavy amounts of rain it could well lead to some localized flooding event look at these temperatures 49 celsius in kuwait on a thursday and 120 degrees fahrenheit and then further to the south into southern africa no temperatures quite li

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a number ofairlines, including the parent company of british airways, are taking legal action.nsport correspondent, tom burrridge reports. leaving the uk from an airport like manchester has of late been a different kind of experience but, from today, before your temperature is checked in departures, you will have to fill in a form online, stating where you will self isolate for two weeks when you return. the two week quarantine. it will definitely have an impact on us. my partner works. he will not be able to get extra time. i am a school teacher so i am limited to the time off i have so it would definitely have an impact. ten days abroad and two week quarantine. i do not think the masks and gloves in a flight the masks and gloves in a flight would bother us, it would be more at the other end what sort of distancing measures would be on at the otherend, measures would be on at the other end, because if they can't play with other kids in point of a holiday. travelling isa point of a holiday. travelling is a terrible idea. i think the restrictions were left far too quickly and put

that was the jetblue airways president and coo speaking with our own guy johnson. close to getting relief on capital requirements. that is after the eu agreed to sign off on legislation that would offset the significant losses on government bonds. for ackage is on course final agreement within days. is our us now on this european economy reporter alex. alex, what is this change all about? break it down for us. reporter: this helps banks deal with volatility in the bond markets specifically. a few weeks ago, italian bonds fell pretty sharply. normally, that means that banks take a hit to their capital ratios. temporarily, they do not have to take this hit and it lets them keep credit flowing to the real economy. how does this tie in with everything else that they are doing to help regulators. to make banks up be part of the solution and not be part of any problem? exactly, after the last financial crisis, reporters have tightened the rules significantly. now the concern is that this would keep banks from loaning to small and medium-sized companies because that is wh

the dish airways is battling on two fronts, raising the stakes -- british airways is battling on twonts, the union 4400tening to buy all pilots and rehiring them on contracts. that is the bloomberg business flash. tom? francine? francine: thank you so much, rick tika. this is -- ritika. this is what the markets are doing. and a lot of the focus is on oil. dollar declining today, european stocks are declining. brent crude rising to $43 a barrel after the historic output curves were extended by opec-plus. tom: francine, thank you so much. the -- i'm glad francine mentions article. javier blas out with a terrific essay on opec-plus and the dynamics there, the game theory we are seeing out of saudi arabia and russia. what is extraordinary th is pushback. edward morse at citigroup writing a blistering note this morning saying oil is about inventory dynamics and not the financial dynamics of the futures market of oil. really heated note by morris as the 43oil lift up to level. futures are higher this morning. it will be interesting to see how the vix adapts as we get closer to the opening.

british airways has launched a legal challenge to the policy, backed by easyj et challenge to the policya nair. challenge to the policy, backed by easyjet and ryanair. the government insists the measures are necessary to protect public health and prevent new cases of covid—i9 being brought in from abroad. but there is a potential solution that so—called air bridges. passengers on routes to and from countries with low levels of infection could be exempted from the quarantine rules. airlines want them as soon as possible. we think, as the ellen community, that there isa as the ellen community, that there is a decent number of countries, mainly across europe but further afield, where there is sufficient passenger demand —— as the airline community. we now need the government really with a degree of urgency to work with foreign governments and a set of these air bridges as quickly as possible because otherwise we will not have eight summer season here. yet if holiday—makers are to be allowed to seek out the sunshine abroad this summer, other changes will be needed as well, not least to forei

other airlines have done a better job of that british airways owner i.a.g. has much more cash and was a lot more profitable before the coronavirus crisis look at ryanair and easyjet 2 which have managed with pretty much no government support. this a $350.00 has been named after the german city of fribourg but there's no guarantee that it will ever carry passengers anywhere full of tons of. now from riding high to rock bottom in the space of just a week former dolling of the german fin tech industry wire has filed for insolvency just days after 1900000000 euro hole in its finances was made public what it says say they found evidence of elaborate fraud at the company involving multiple parties around the world. it was a historic day at the frankfurt stock exchange and not for the most positive of reasons for the 1st time a company from the elite club of german blue chip stocks the dax is filing for insolvency. wire card shares have plummeted by 98 percent within the past week following the revelation that the company had a gaping 1900000000 euro hole in its bo

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british airways is a company in crisis. the huge financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic and embroiled in a bitter row with its unions. now, mps have weighed in. the airline is planning a major cost—cutting drive which could lead to as many as 12,000 redundancies, out of a total of 42,000 employees. some remaining staff could also see big cuts to their pay. some remaining staff could also see big cuts to their paylj some remaining staff could also see big cuts to their pay. i don't live in expensive champagne lifestyle, i live within my means. and what could happen is that i'm going to get a 50% or 60% pay cut, so i could lose my home. it is the long and short of it. after hearing from british airways employees in questioning the chief executive of its parent company, mps have described the airline's behaviour is a national disgrace. they claim the company has been taking advantage of the pandemic to push through job cuts and undermined the pay and conditions of staff who remain. —— undermine. ba rejects the claims. it

easyjet ryan air and british airways are taking legal action against the u.k. government's new rule requiring international travelers to quarantine for 14 days the airlines are already reeling from coronavirus travel restrictions and say these strange rule will further deter travelers and threaten jobs sony has unveiled a new playstation 5 the company hopes to have new users for the end of year launch with sequels to its hit spider-man and gran turismo games along. comes ahead of microsoft's next generation x. box debut. now in a time of lost jobs and closed community gathering places it can be hard for many people to feel a sense of belonging but one community garden in the australian city of adelaide is bringing new and old ozzy's together. cookouts are a beloved australian pastime a way to bring people together. but it's not often that you see maize on the barbie . thanks to a community garden started 4 years ago in adelaide this staple of many recipes from the african continent is now available for purchase to the public. event it will be less ones not only

they were trained in a procedure that obstructs airway -- airways. they gave an entirely misleading account of foot happened. new about derek chauvin's prior misconduct in did not take action. village to entire allow for the persistent systematic merthyr -- murder of black americans by government. if you do not get that, if you think this is a few rogue cops, you do not understand the problem. black americans are killed twice as high as white americans by police officers. that is not a few rogue cops. that is an entire system. most cops are good, absolutely. i hope all of us think we are good people but good people can perpetuate that system. part of a system that has been repeatedly discriminating against minorities. the pandemic. black, latinos, die at higher rates than whites. housing, there are huge disparities between colored people and whites. we are part of that system. we helped create it. does that make us that people? that is for historians to josh -- judge we have a to fix it.ity the first thing we have to do is to understand the problem.

francine: what can you tell us about british airways?terday, there was talk about firing pilots because they couldn't fly planes because of the quarantine. siddharth: british airways continues to wait on the home office to respond to its quarantine. the u.k. government has mandated a 14 day quarantine for all incoming travelers, which airlines are saying could hamper demand going forward, especially into the lucrative summer season when most people in europe take flights. francine: thank you so much, sidd, with the very latest on the airlines. as the auto industry gets back to business, gm's chief executive is thing optimistic on the road to recovery. among the latest issues yo she has had to face, thousands of used cars flooding the market. >> general motors has worked to have a minimal amount of our sales go into rental fleets. we focus on other types of commercial business and the retail customer. it will have an impact, but not a huge impact for us because of the level we had gone to from a rental car company perspective. david: what

, bp, royal soros,j lr, cuts from british airways, bp, royal soros, j lr, it's cuts from british airways thousands when you tot up hundreds of thousands when you tot up thejob hundreds of thousands when you tot up the job losses —— rolls—royce. and royal mail are the latest to say that 2000 jobs will be going. a bbc investigation found that nearly 150 councils have forecast a combined budget shortfall of up to £3.7 billion during the pandemic. the government says councils in england are being given an unprecedented package of support. the metropolitan police say they are continuing to deal with a ‘large public disorder event‘ which began overnight in south london. 15 officers were injured, none seriously and four people were arrested on assault and public order offences. unverified images on social media appear to show police cars and other emergency vehicles being damaged by crowds in brixton. 0ur reporter sean dilley is here and we can speak to him now. what more do we know about how this disturbance began? police received a number of calls via their dispatch system late last night to

british airways owner i agee has much more cash and was a lot more profitable before the coronavirus crossers look at ryanair and easyjet too which have managed with pretty much no government support. there's a $350.00 has been named after the german city of fribourg but there's no guarantee that it will ever carry passengers anywhere full of tonnes of. take a look at some of the other news stories from around the world german financial services provider why a card has filed for insolvency earlier this week the company disclosed that almost 2000000000 euros as vanished from its books the former c.e.o. of wild card was arrested and has been released on bail while being investigated for fraud. european health care regulators recommended the drug called desi via which has been shown trials to speed the recovery time of covert 9000 patients it's the 1st such medicine to gain the agency's. indian authorities are launching a massive coronavirus of the entire population of the capital delhi that's 29000000 people and the aim is to test everyone with symptoms by july 6 delhi has become the w

weeks under new coronavirus restrictions the rules have been condemned by airlines including british airways and easy jets which have launched legal proceedings against the u.k. government over what they call a disproportionate step. tropical storm chris has made landfall in the southern u.s. state of louisiana heavy rain pounded the gulf coast ahead of its arrival causing flooding and property damage across several states as the storm headed inland the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical depression on monday. some sports news now and in german soccer shall caus run without a bogus legal win stretched to 12 matches following a one all draw away to lead coached devon has been heavily praised after leading the team to european contention before the mid-season break after another disappointing result in the capital he's fighting to save his job. before kickoff both of you on shocker showed this support for the black lives matter of protests coaching staff included. once the game was underway it didn't take long for the home side to score on anthony through ball sending rashad angry one on

let's check in on some other stories now easyjet ryanair and british airways are taking legal action against the u.k. government's new rule requiring international travelers to quarantine for 14 days the airlines are already reeling from coronavirus travel restrictions and say the stringent rules will deter travelers and threaten jobs. global stock markets have fallen over fears that a resurgence of corona virus infections could do rail any economic recovery asian share sledge sharply with indexes losing ground in hong kong china and japan earlier u.s. stocks also saw their worst declines and weeks. the german government says its 130000000000 euro stimulus package should help stave off a 2nd wave of the virus and help the economy to recover in the 2nd half of the year the measures include a 300 euro per child family credit and a cut in sales tax. and protesters have set fire to lebanon central bank as the country's currency plunged to a new record low demonstrators took to the streets in several cities to voice their anger lebanon is experiencing its worst economic turmoil in decades

we've seen lots of talks about whether or not there will be any kind of government bailout to british airwaysakes a phenomenal amount of money to bail out companies of that size and of course, at the moment, there's no sign of those traveller 's extremes being listed in the uk —— travel restrictions. we just impose measures which will be in place up to a month or more, given that's what the government said it's reviewing it. there's no end in sight for the difficulties the airline industry. ithink sight for the difficulties the airline industry. i think everyone is expecting the uk will see some sort of economic statement or budget in response to the coronavirus crisis before parliament breaks up at the end ofjuly. it will be interesting to see whether there is any kind of package within that for the british airline companies that have been affected by the crisis in the same way that the german government has offered to lufthansa. cannot understate just how

britain will have to self isolate for 2 weeks under new coronavirus restrictions airlines like british airways and easy jet have launched legal proceedings against the u.k. government over what they call a disproportionate step. police in germany have arrested 11 people in connection with a nationwide child sex abuse ring the arrests were carried out in 3 separate states after investigators seized encrypted data from a server room in the city of munster at least 3 potential victims have been identified between the ages of 5 and 12 the children are said to be related to some of the suspects according to most of police recovered footage showed severe abuse in the images were sold over the internet. did abuse political correspondent in one was shot as following the story for us what more can you tell us about this case. well so many indeed 11 persons have been arrested in a coordinated police action that took place last week in several german states and the alleged instigator of these pedophile ring is a 27 year old man from munster in north rhine-westphalia he was already arrested a few weeks ag

weeks under new coronavirus restrictions the rules have been condemned by airlines including british airways and easy jet launched legal proceedings against the u.k. government over what they call a disproportionate step. tropical storm has made landfall in the southern u.s. states of louisiana heavy rain pound of the gulf coast ahead of its rivals causing flooding and property damage across several states as the storm headed inland. at least one person has been killed in southern pakistan after a 5 story residential building collapsed in karachi and around 40 people were living in the building which was being evacuated when it collapsed several people have been taken to the hospital with injuries. the way for fandy razan protests around the globe has reached brazil south america's biggest nation is also one of the country's worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic many people's anger has been compounded by the policies of president jacob also narrow he disagrees with the lock down measures imposed by regional governors and has dismissed covert 19 as a slight flu despite his country's seei