i would have expected the same from easyjet.ask you about a different subject within aviation. that is virgin atlantic and the future there. are latest reporting suggests that this company is closing in on a 400 million pound rescue plan. it is interesting to me that this is hedge funds perhaps stepping in here. before hedge funds, it was maybe activist investors. thats a volatile sector does not necessarily make you a lot of money, aviation, why is it so attractive to these investors? ordinarily, the airline sector should be a good generator of cash flow. that does not apply right now. virgin is very exposed to the north atlantic market. its major market is off limits at the moment with the u.s. borders being closed and the eu looking at banning u.s. citizens into europe. longer-term, hopefully, that market recovery will come. it can be a lucrative market as well if it is operated in the right way, such as british airways. bigin, of course, has a spot portfolio at london heathrow airport. i believe they are pretty well securiti

what cani easyjet and holiday lettings. what can i do to get my money refunded?t with easyj et already changed of light with easyjet once without charge, but the accommodation provider is stating that i cannot get a refund. well, the message for the viewer really is that you are much more protected booking a package with an atoll certificate but in this case, it is likely that you will be offered a change of flights again, although there may be a cost and depending on where the accommodation came from, the consumer would have to follow the consumer would have to follow the cancellation conditions. but if there is no cancellation conditions hundred percent to be paid, then the consumer, the viewer will lose their money on the accommodation. so, i would suggest to do whatever you can with easyjet and lobby the accommodation provider. but much less safe than if you had booked a package. and kevin, the employment law questions again. this is from peter. can my wife's employer force her to take time off from work when ourflight from her to take time off from work when

, they are offering but easyj et has and easyjet, they are offering but easyjet has cancelled a lot oft comes to refunds and insurance, because the official government advice is against all but essential travel to spain refunds and re—bookings should be available, but when it comes to insurance if you travel against that government advice that your holiday insurance may not be valid. clearly there is a lot of uncertainty and a lot of questions to be answered. for many people this is not quite the relaxing spanish holiday they were hoping for. keith doyle at gatwick. so what is the rate of infection in spain in comparison to the rest of europe? the latest figures from the european centre for disease prevention and control show that in spain there are 35.1 cases per 100,000 people. that compares to 14.7 cases per 100,000 people in the uk, which is similar to france at 14.6, and italy, which suffered heavily in the pandemic early, have their cases down at 5.1 cases per 100,000, and germany are doing well also, at 8. luxembourg is the worst country on the list, with 219.4 cases per 100,000

i got an update on my phone from easyjet last night andl update on my phone from easyjet last night and i thought flight had been cancelled so we just didn't know, we still don't know now. i think the flight still don't know now. i think the flight has to go ahead. this is very difficult news for businesses in the travel and tourism industry to hear because they have had a terrible few months with travel restrictions in place and they were just hoping now that there might bea they were just hoping now that there might be a summer holiday boom to start a very slow recovery. easyjet and british airways, fake airlines flying out to spain, have both said they are disappointed by the change. neither of those cancelling flights yet, they are carrying on operating, although easyjet has said people who wish not to travel now can get in touch and look to change their flights or a voucher instead. tui has, in the last half hour, i'm told, announced that it is going to be cancelling holidays from the uk to mainland spain up to and including the 9th of august and it has already cancelled some flight

they are continuing to operate flights as our easyjet, continuing to operate flights as our easy jet,perate flights as our easyjet, who questioned why the government's travel ban applies to the whole of spain and set of certain regions where there's been a flare—up in coronavirus infections. easyjet say customers who do not wish to travel can get a voucher for the booking. not wish to travel can get a voucherfor the booking. the uk's ga store 0pera have cancelled place to spain, although those people that already in spain will still be to ta ke already in spain will still be to take the same flights back, and the london space world travel and tourism council, their chief executive is called is disastrous for the travel and tourism industry, both in spain and the uk. dave said the health and safety of travellers is paramount, so they're acknowledging the government has to introduce this fan, but it does say that quarantines do nothing to help restore consumer confidence at a time when we need to encourage people to return to travelling, in line with our safe travel protocols, we charge

does easyjet have to give me a refund, and if not, do i have any rights?"e moment because the flights are actually operating, although that situation could change. two weeks in travel terms is a long time away. i would approach easyjet and ask them if you could move yourflight rather than just potentially lose your money at this stage, if you are thinking that you're not wanting to travel, that would be my best advice. thank you. now, jane, this one from andrew shaw. "due to the nature of my frontline key workerjob, i have had five covid—19 tests. these involve strict procedures at a test centre. i drive to it, swabs are taken. on each occasion, i have had an e—mail within 2a hours that clearly and reassuringly states that when i had the test i did not have the virus. my question is, if these tests are accurate, why can't i arrive home, self—isolate for as long as it takes to get a test, and then return to a non—isolated life if the test comes back negative? yours, frustratingly, andrew". that, also, jane, i would say is a question that we have had from so

easyjet and british airways, big airlines flying out to spain, have both said they are disappointed bye are cancelling flights yet, they are carrying on operating, although easyjet has said people who wish not to travel now can get touch and look to change their flights or get a voucher instead. tui has, in the last half—hour, i'm told, announced that it is going to be cancelling holidays from the uk to mainland spain up to and including the 9th of august and it had already cancelled some flights to mainland spain and islands as well today. it's also brought a reaction from airlines uk which represents uk—based airlines. they say we need to have a regional air corridor system rather than the whole country so it's just sections of the country where spikes might be happening that you then kind of remove from the exemptions list and they have also said now is the time to think about having testing at uk airports which would mean people could then avoid the need to quarantine. a lot of holiday—makers will be wondering what happens to things like travel insurance now. because the foreign of

i booked flights and accommodation separately with easyjet and holiday lettings.commodation provider is stating i cannot get a refund. " well, the message for the viewer really is that you are much more protected booking a package with a certificate from an agent or tour operator, but in this case it is likely easyjet will offer a change of lights again, albeit there may be a cost and depending on where the accommodation came from that the consumer would have to follow the cancellation conditions, but if there is no cancellation conditions are 100% to be paid then the consumer, the viewer, will lose their money on the accommodation. sol viewer, will lose their money on the accommodation. so i would suggest do whatever you can with easyjet and lobby the accommodation provider, but much less safe than if you are booking a package. lightning and employment law questions again, kevin. this is from peter. —— employment law questions again, kevin. this is from peter. -- and to the employment law questions again. "can my employer —— partner's employer force her to take t

earlier in the year easyjet, ryanair, twist in this saga.kly as possible. in this covid-19 pandemic we have been grounded for almost four months. it is without doubt the worst, deepest downturn the tourism and airline industry has ever faced and airline industry has ever faced and that's why it is vital that we get people moving again during july and august and get the tourism industry of britain welcoming visitors from europe. people coming to the uk today on ryanair flights from countries with much lower covid rates than the uk and it is vital if we are going to get the uk hotel, restaurants and tourism sector up and running. despite calls from michael o'leary, despite calls from the unions, there is a harsh reality here. 90% of flights have been grounded over the past few months. airbus predict a full recovery will ta ke airbus predict a full recovery will take up to five years. the government have said they are supporting up to 10 millionjobs through the furlough scheme that has already cost £25 billion. and as alok sharma, the business

but easyjet on the other hand, their flight but easyjet on the other hand, their flight to malaga did airways also are continuing to run their flights for the time being. amongst the travel operators and the airlines, obviously a lot of disappointment at this decision. some of them i saying, well, why are you closing down the entire country when there is a lot of regional differences, as we were hearing, within spain? the governments of the ca nary islands and within spain? the governments of the canary islands and the balearic islands are trying to get exemption from this decision that british holiday—makers should go into quarantine. also worth mentioning that this is a uk wide decision. sometimes the devolved governments going different directions, but this decision applies in scotland, wales, northern ireland and england. so eve ryo ne northern ireland and england. so everyone returning to the uk from spain will have to go into this very stringent quarantine for two weeks. they are not supposed to take public transport if at all possible to get to their destination, and once they

it also says, easyjet, customers but no longer wish to travel can transfer their flight travel can transferange fee or receive a voucher for the value of their booking. the biggest tour operator, they've cancelled some flights to spain. they said anyone who was in spain can still come back on the flights that they intended to, and on space world travel and tourism council, they say disaster for the tourism industry in both countries. the health of travellers is paramount, they say, but they say quarantines do nothing to help restore consumer confidence at home when we need to encourage people to return to encourage people to return to travelling in line with our safe travels protocols. we encourage governments to consider local lockdowns instead of closing an entire country's border. lots of agreement from companies about the idea of a localised lockdown versus a lockdown for people coming from all of spain. what about people who have got a holiday booked, may be sitting out in the next few hours? where does that leave them? an important bit of advice. the quarantine measures will apply to

we saw some hefty layoffs at easyjet.his is the tip of the iceberg and we will see this cascading through the industry across the globe. we saw it recently at qantas. on the other end of the planet and australia. cuttingt with easyjet, 700 pilot jobs alone. paid jobs atighest than exec it is. this is something that will -- other than executives. this is something that we will see over the next couple of months depending on when and how , if havoc returns we will probably see a third round of cuts. francine: let's stick with the travel sector. when cruise ships are allowed to sail again -- how do you make experience as enjoyable as before and as safe as before? the chief executive of carnival told bloomberg how he is repairing for a return to the seas. arnold: as you point out, our industry has not failed. we have come to a halt when it comes to carrying guests, but we have been extremely busy in repatriatingnths, crewmembers. we have under 10,000 still on our ships at sea that we are trying to get home. so it is unprecede

effects of the pandemic have made employees of low cost carriers particularly vulnerable on tuesday easyjet announced that it intended to lay off half its workforce of $1500.00 employees in berlin alone. becomes a feeling we work so many years and done everything we could for the company it's outrageous that they are getting rid of us even though they have enough capital to keep us. to because. it's unlikely that germany will play a major role in saving a jobs of employees of foreign airlines like britain's easy jet or ireland's ryanair leading politicians have already signaled that any assistance should be provided by the governments where the carriers are based. a brief look at some of the other business stories making news. european aircraft maker abas has said it could save up to 3 and a half 1000 jobs if the men in paris provide financial assistance abas is planning $15000.00 layoffs worldwide with $5000.00 each in germany and france on thursday workers protested outside the factory in saunas in france. britain's service industry is slashing thousands of jobs as the impact of the coron

holidays to mainland spain until the 9th august, while some airlines, including british airways and easyjetare continuing with their programme of flights to the country. "so what does this mean for my insurance?" travelling against foreign office advice will invalidate your policy. if you were already in spain when the government advice changed, then you should be covered until you get home. if in doubt, check with your insurers. if you're booking, or thinking of booking a european holiday, which many of us are, there's a lot of pent—up demand, if you're concerned about foreign office advice changing, which it always possible it could, book a package holiday because if you do that, if the advice and changes when you're due to be travelling, then the tour operator will let you go later on in the year when the situation improves, go to another country or have your money back. that's the best way to protect yourself. will i get paid if i have to quarantine? it will depend on individual employees. if you can work from home, then you can get paid as normal but if you can't, then you're not autom

coming days, it is unlikely you will be eligible for a refund unless they have been cancellations, and easyjettinue to run flights, although they say if they do not want to travel any more, there is a chance for rebooking a voucher. tui says it will be getting in touch with customers about refunds or rebooking, although it is questioning why the quarantine includes the canary and balearic islands when the advice is to avoid all nonessential travels and that only applies to the mainland. one big consideration is travel insurance, because if you go to mainland spain while the foreign office still advises against all but essential travel, it is unlikely your insurance will still be valid for sub it seems inevitable that seeing how quickly things can change will maybe make people reconsider whether they do want to book holidays in the coming months or in the foreseeable future. that is a big worry for the aviation, travel and tourism sectors. they have been hip so far —— hard, and they were hoping this would provide a much—needed boost and spain would have been key to that. katie austin reporting

for example, easyjet, the biggest budget airline in britain, cutting 70% of its flights injuly, augustt european budget airline, they're cutting maybe 60% of flights in july. as a result of that, of course they're trying to fill every single seat on every single flight. and aviation will not be for you if you want to absolutely minimise the risk of contact, you're going to be taking a risk. and all the airlines are doing great things to try to provide reassurance, but i think that's what it is — it cannot be any kind of guarantee. i used to clean out plans in gatwick airport here in london. and, um, you know, frankly, it's a tough old business when you've had 180 people on a plane. it's not great, particularly in the time available, for you to be able to get absolutely everything perfect. so some people might say that international air travel is the reason why coronavirus spread so quickly in the first place. so, let's say someone was travelling from 0slo to london, for example, and they ended up bringing and spreading the virus. does norwegian take responsibility for that? the social

and easyjet, but easyjet have cancelled many holidays.britain‘s decision to extend its advice against non—essential travel to all of spain dominated the spanish news bulletins. the official advice from the british government now includes the balearic and ca nary islands. anyone returning to the uk from anywhere within spain will have to self—quarantine for 14 days. thousands of britons have booked to go on or are already on spanish beaches. but the requirement to self—isolate when they return has caused anxiety and confusion. the poulson family should have been unpacking their suitcases in spain, but they cancelled their holiday as they couldn‘t take more time off work. some people might think, ‘well, we‘re going to go, damn it all. we‘ll come back and have another two weeks off work.‘ but me and the wife just couldn‘t do that to our employers. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said britain‘s decision to impose a two—week quarantine on everyone arriving from spain was unjust, and that the popular tourist islands where coronavirus

meanwhile, as the prime minister was speaking, airbus announced 1,700 job losses, easyjet, 1,300 jobn and harveys, 800 job losses. that's just yesterday. and there was nothing in the prime minister's speech for the 3.2 million people in hospitality or the 2.9 million in retail. next week's financial statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. will the prime minister start now by extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy that are still most at risk? borisjohnson said the package he'd announced was worth £600 billion of investment, but the best thing would be to get people back to work and get the virus under control. the best thing, actually, that the opposition could do is stop equivocating and doing one thing one week and one thing another week and decide that they emphatically support ending the lockdown, they emphatically support kids being back in school rather than being bossed around by the unions. mr speaker, we are the builders, they're the blockers. we're the doers, they're the ditherers. we're going to get on with it and take this country

easyjet, 1900. if the priority is to protect jobs, why didn't the chancellor bring forward sector specific details that could have done precisely that? p.m. johnson: no one should underestimate the scale of the challenge that this country faces. and that is why the chancellor has brought forward a range of measures which, by the way, he supported last week. job retention bonus, the kickstarter program for young people, and we are also doing a huge amount to support the aviation sector. one of the companies, virgin, has come out after extremely difficult and productive conversations. that is the work of this government, getting companies through it. helping people through it. hehas to work out whether will support or oppose the government's program to get people back into it. the shadow chancellor said that here in the house of commons said he supported the program and this week he says he supports -- opposes it. which is it? >> that is just rhetorical nonsense. it is perfectly proper and right to se

easyj et easyjet is consulting on closing bases, extending to southampton newcastle airport.d u ce staff the airline announced it may reduce staff up to one third because of the pandemic. unions say at least 1300 could use —— lose theirjobs. airbus plans to cut 15,000 jobs due to the pandemic, it will cut 1700 in the uk, thousands more in germany, spain and elsewhere. the area outside the white house in washington has been the scene of sometimes violent clashes recently but 9—year—old skater kaitlyn saunders saw something different. for her, the road surface known as black lives matter plaza became a place to perform. she and her mother have been telling us about her inspiration. my parents were talking to me about the black lives matter protests, and i decided i wanted to do something. hi, my name is kaitlyn, i'm nine years old, and i'm a figure skater. i was in awe watching her skate across black lives matter plaza. i wasn't sure as a parent how much she really understood about what was going on in the world. we had talked to her about some of the things, but to see her thi

so is easyjet, which is offering rebooking or vouchers.perator, tui, has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain until after august 9th. the uk airlines' trade body said the government needed to change its approach. it's a big blow. spain is one of the largest markets for uk passengers going out, and as you say, it was only a few weeks ago when the first batch of travel corridors were introduced from the uk, which meant you wouldn't have to quarantine on arrival, and really, for us that was where the recovery of the sector was able to begin, because before that, the airlines across the country have been grounded for the best part of three months. employers are being urged to be sympathetic to employees who will now have to unexpectedly have to self—isolate, but they are not obliged to pay those who won't be able to work. and while you would be entitled to statutory sick pay if you had the virus or symptoms, there is no such automatic entitlement during post travel quarantine. while calls continue for a more regional approach to the uk gov

easyjet, 1,300 job losses. tm lewin and harveys, 800 job losses. that's just yesterday.ng to a job retention scheme unprecedented in its scope and cost, but conceded some very tough times lay ahead. we've supported huge sectors of the uk economy at the cost of £120 billion and i'm not going to give a figure for the number of job losses that may or may not take place but, of course, the risk is very, very serious, as he rightly says. a month from today, employers will have to start paying an increasing portion of that cost until the scheme is withdrawn at the end of october. one reason, perhaps, byjob losses are picking up pace. there's been a seismic economic shock to the local economy and these job losses are like waves crashing down on uk shores with alarming severity and frequency. the government spent tens of billions of pounds trying to delay this inevitability, but, with this flood of new announcements, it's clear they are struggling to hold back the tide. the government has already spent tens of billions on keeping dying businesses alive. the chancellor's focus wi

it's clear at easyjet that it would be good for us to sit down with the government and have more structuredhow we can handle some of that communication with our customers going forward, because building confidence within our customers is really important. travel agents, like this one in belfast, had no customers for months, so trips to other destinations now even more vitalfor them. people are hesitant, but they are still going ahead with the travel. what we're noticing at the minute is there has been a decline in new bookings, but people who have booked are certainly keen enough still to travel to croatia, italy, france, are still going ahead as planned. but the warnings in westminster echoed in scotland about the risks of a trip abroad. if you are in a position to have a holiday and want to take a holiday, the safest way of doing so is to stay here in scotland. so, you avoid the risks of foreign travel, but you are also — as an added bonus — helping the scottish tourist industry as well. to travel, or not to travel? that is the question many are facing. for those still booked to spain, th

spain and notjust certain regions to british airways and easyj et say regions to british airways and easyjetppointed but continue to operate flights. the biggest tour operator says it has cancelled flights to spain. another council has called it disastrous for the travel and tourism industry and quarantine does nothing to help restore consumer confidence to but the uk government says they had to act immediately because public health is their priority. it is a fast developing situation in spain and the advice, by the way, quarantine measures apply to those returning from mainland spain, the biliary islands in the canary islands however the foreign office advises against non—essential travel. that has ramifications for travel insurance. but that only applies to mainland spain. the travel insurance may cover you if you are coming back from the islands. check with your travel operator and employer as well whether, when you return from spain, whether you will be able to work from home and if you can't can you take holiday, can you afford to have it unpaid? a lot of questions for a lot of travelle

easyjet are already flying.t here, you will see lots of signs reminding you to keep socially distance from others, keep your mask on and when staff are involved in checking the bag drop, they are behind plastic screens. a few changes you will notice. in terms of the airport being quiet, yes, it has been really quiet. normally in g new get 2.2 million passengers departing from gatwick, this year it was only 17,000. -- from gatwick, this year it was only 17,000. —— gatwick, you get. i am joined by the chief executive of gatwick airport. a really important day for you, holidays can get going again. it is really important. tui will be starting operations again tomorrow. also for passengers, being able to come back and have confidence they can come back and quarantine when i arrived back in the you have had to do a lot of preparations, preparing it. -- in the uk. we have never closed down. at the airport we have spent a lot of time preparing for the reopening of time preparing for the reopening of the flight across h

easyjet, 1,300 job losses. tm lewin and harveys, 800 job losses. that's just yesterday.me minister defended the government response, pointing to a job retention scheme unprecedented in its scope and cost, but conceded some very tough times lay ahead. the government spent tens of billions of pounds trying to delay this inevitability, but, with this flood of new announcements, it's clear they are struggling to hold back the tide. the government has already spent tens of billions on keeping dying businesses alive. the chancellor's focus will now shift from trying to sustain jobs that may no longer exist to trying to create brand—new ones. simon jack, bbc news. now on bbc news, philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic, and how covid—19 has changed their lives. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—19 is affecting the lives of people around the world. i am philippa thomas, and this week we are looking at the lasting impact on medics on the frontline. the tiredness, even the trauma,

meanwhile, as the prime minister was speaking, airbus announced 1,700 job losses, easyjet, 1,300 jobsses. that's just yesterday. and there was nothing in the prime minister's speech for the 3.2 million people in hospitality or the 2.9 million in retail. next week's financial statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. will the prime minister start now by extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy that are still most are risk? borisjohnson said the package he'd announced was worth £600 billion of investment, but the best thing would be to get people back to work and get the virus under control. the best thing, actually, that the opposition could do is stop equivocating and do one thing one week and one thing another week, and decide they emphatically support ending lockdown, they emphatically support kids being back in school, rather than being bossed around by the unions. mr speaker, we are the builders, they're the blockers. we're the doers, they're the ditherers. we're going to get on with it and take this country forward. there was not a single pe

when planes don't fly, the ripples are wide — easyjet is one of the companies to have stalled building last night they opened talks on closing bases at stansted, southend, and newcastle. airbus say it could be five years before passenger numbers return to pre—covid levels and unions have accused the government of allowing industrial vandalism by failing to step in. we know there will be a bounce back. what will it look like, filo three? these are high—paid, high skill jobs. there is a future here. the government says it has supported more than 9 million workers through the job retention scheme, already costing more than £25 billion. from today, employers can begin inviting furloughed workers back part—time while the government tops up their pay. but from august, things will get tougher. a tapered return to taking on their own wage bills. how many businesses will be able to cope then? there are many more covid casualties to come. nina warhurst, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. these figures again are just devastating, norman. they are, and i thi

it's clear at easyjet that it would be good for us to sit down with the government and have more structuredersations as to how we can handle some of that communication with our customers going forward, because building confidence within our customers is really important. travel agents, like this one in belfast, had no customers for months, so trips to other destinations now even more vitalfor them. people are hesitant, but they are still going ahead with the travel. what we're noticing at the minute is there has been a decline in new bookings, but people who have booked are certainly keen enough still to travel to croatia, italy, france, are still going ahead as planned. but the warnings in westminster echoed in scotland about the risks of a trip abroad. if you are in a position to have a holiday and want to take a holiday, the safest way of doing so is to stay here in scotland. so, you avoid the risks of foreign travel, but you are also — as an added bonus — helping the scottish tourist industry as well. to travel, or not to travel? that is the question many are facing. for those still boo

easyjet is down hard and dragging the european equity market lower. euro-dollar, on nearly 1.18.xx 600 is little bit of an outperform or, tech is doing relatively well, but the gold story is front and center. alix: really front and center and

and with easyjet and british airways to pick two examples, there are allowing customers with flights the rebooking fee. he will still have to pay the fare difference. if you moved to 2021 the price may have gone out. and then you will be liable to pay that. with some other airlines you don't really have any options. ryanair is not waving that change fee for people. you will have to pay that for them and you will have to pay any fare difference. for many people it puts them ina difference. for many people it puts them in a really impossible decision. they can travel but to do so will be a huge gamble because the fco warning means that you are travel insurance is not valid. 0r fco warning means that you are travel insurance is not valid. or if they don't travel they have to rise off the cost of the money. something which is been asking the government and regulators to intervene. at the moment your best hope is to reap buck, hope for a bit of flexibility from the airline. we've been reflecting, how much things are changing all the time. and things can change. interesting question that a

people from big companies like john lewis, harrods, airbus, easyj et, john lewis, harrods, airbus, easyjetoss the world but not small businesses. what is your take on those small businesses and the independent traders, and how they are going to weather the storm? the fact is a lot of them haven't. a lot of them have closed down shops already over the last few months and the government has put a particular package of support in place for small businesses, bounce back loans and there is the furlough scheme but what you're asking businesses to do 110w what you're asking businesses to do now is make decisions about whether they think they will be viable in a couple of months because that is all the cash reserves they have is we do not know what you like it will look like. if you're going to be doing some sort of social distancing for the next year until there is a vaccine, a large number of numbers of businesses simply will not be viable and you cannotjust put large sectors of the economy on ice for that period of time. the challenge for both businesses and the government is working out which

airlines like british airways and easyjet also hit out at the decision, saying it adds to more uncertainty for their industry. europe's economy is set to outpace the u.s. thanks to different responses to the coronavirus crisis. surging cases in america are putting the brakes on its rebound, but in europe, many former hotspots have reopened without a similar spike in infections. the success may encourage people to spend more and businesses to invest. callsis slamming what it forced entry inputs houston consulate by u.s. personnel after officials ordered the office to shut. china says the move breaks diplomatic conventions and is bound to respond as necessary. the u.s. has lowered its flag over the american consulate in the chinese city of chengdu. it was ordered to leave in retaliation to the closure of the consulate. ray dalio said the conflict between the u.s. could expand. he tells foxnews washington and beijing could face a capital war. he warns of -- he says there could even be withheld bond payments. he says policy like that could harm the dollar. global news, 24 hours a day, on air a

alsosh airways and easyjet hit out at the decision, saying it adds to more uncertainty for british travelers and their industry. europe's economy is set to outpace the u.s. thanks to very different responses to the coronavirus crisis. surging cases in america are putting the brakes on its rebound, but in europe, many former hotspots have managed to reopen without a similar spike in infections. this relative success may encourage people to spend more and businesses to invest. is still poised for a third quarter rebound according to white house economic adviser larry kudlow speaking to cnn. he said the impact from hotspots in the sun belt is likely limited as he sees a v-shaped recovery. larry kudlow says he thinks the growth rate in the third and fourth quarters is going to be around 20%. the finance industry gender gap looks to be widening as the number of female candidates for top jobs has taken a dip, according to a survey. up 1/5 of women made applications for senior management roles. last year, the number was around a quarter. highlighting sluggish efforts to make the industry more diver

easyjet, 1300 job losses. that is just yesterday. there was nothing in the prime minister speech for the 3.2 million people in hospitality or the 2.9 million in retail. next week's financial statement could be the last chance to save millions of jobs. will the prime minister start now by extending the furlough scheme for those parts of the economy that are still most at risk? pm johnson: let me repeat a reminder. this package represents a 600 billion pound package of investments in the u.k. economy. the best single thing we can do is get our economy back to health by getting our people back to work and getting the virus defeated and other control. the best thing the opposition could do is stop equivocating and doing one thing one awake and another thing another week. they emphatically support ending -- they emphatically support kids being back in school rather than being bossed around by the union. we are the builders. they are the blockers. we are the doers. we are going to take this country forward. >> thank you very much, mr. spea

they like the british airways and easyjet already weeks or months ago were saying they thought therend for travel by air and told 2023 or 2024 at the very earliest. it is not going to be a v—shaped recovery. it will be slow and gradual and it will be country by country and bit by bit we will get back to what is always still going to be as we keep saying this new normal. it would never be the same again. talking to jessica about confidence, we look at the travel probably the groups will be at the back of the queue of the cruise companies. when it comes down to confidence, i don't know, will people shift their opinions about being at sea for weeks on end?|j think being at sea for weeks on end?” think it will be a realjob for the cruise companies to convince people. what we will see to start with a shorter cruises were perhaps less ports of call and closer to home. 0ne ports of call and closer to home. one of the companies that have already announced that from september they were do to be doing round the uk cruises. that was then thrown into doubt by the announcement that the foreign co