alitalia we re interest in air berlin. alitalia were founded in 1946. made a profit in one year since then, that was in 1998. why has alitalia been embroiled in crisis for decades and co nsta ntly embroiled in crisis for decades and constantly propped up by the italian government for a long time and then etihad in recent years? is italy. it is italy. it is unfortunate that perhaps alitalia was to local to be a local player. lufthansa was to german in many eyes, but it could become a global carrier. it is certainly an issue of how alitalia was managed, how it had its position mainly in the italian market, looking elsewhere. lufthansa now has a good goal with the austrian is in the swiss having a centre position in europe. —— austrians and swiss. we will keep an eye on that story as it develops. and now for some other news. shares of kobe steel are now at a five year low having slid more than 3% this morning after it was revealed the cheating crisis engulfing japan's third—biggest steelmaker is more prolific. rico hizon is in our asia business hub in sing

if lufthansa goodbye alitalia, this could be less stressful com pa red alitalia, this could be less stressful air berlin. ryanair is the largest carrier with 30% of the market. ryanair is the largest carrier with 3096 of the market. we will keep an eye on it. thank you for coming in. we will chat to you about this in the future. particularly with the repercussions for ryanairand a particularly with the repercussions for ryanair and a shortage of pilots and airdoes not for ryanair and a shortage of pilots and air does not seem to be any easy a nswe rs. and air does not seem to be any easy answers. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. here in the uk the head of regulator — the financial conduct authority — is warning of a "pronounced" build up of debt among young people. andrew bailey told the bbc that young people were increasingly having to borrow to meet the basic costs of living. the regulator also said he "did not like" some high—cost lending schemes and that credit should be "affordable". shares of japan's third—biggest steel—maker, kobe steel, are now at a five

not alitalia. ok, maybe monarch.who will save italy's nationalflag carrier? the airline currently flies to over 80 destinations around the world and its fate is being closely watched with bids for the airline coming to an end today. in february this year, alitalia had debts of around $3.3 billion, three months later it went into special administration after employees rejected a rescue plan that included a wage cut in return for a cash injection from shareholders. alitalia's main shareholder is uae‘s etihad, which owns 49% of the airline. but etihad was also the key shareholder in air berlin, which filed for insolvency in august after etihad withdrew its financial support. so, who might be interested in snapping up alitalia? well, ryanair had planned a bid for the airline, but that came to an abrupt end after ryanair was forced to grapple with its biggest crisis in years with thousands of cancelled bookings. but maybe lufthansa could come to its rescue? germany's flagship carrier said last week it would be interested

it now alitalia germany's the phones it wants them both and once again it's only eyeing off the best pieces of the carrier. growing pains in spite of the government low. as its growth outlook and blames the cattle in the process. and countries around the globe warn why funny uses of achatz act on the discovery of a security flaw. i made his will and that's the business turbulence in europe's airline industry germany's number two air berlin and italy's flagship carrier alitalia a financial flops the only reason they're still flying is biassed bridging loans from their governments that is until they're sold off the vultures circling. years of being in the red that's what alitalia and lean have in common both are now up for grabs and look tense and easyjet and waiting in the wings they want the juiciest takings from the planes themselves to the sought after routes and the prize landing slots there is growth expansion as a means of survival in an industry where competition can be cutthroat there are two hundred thirty seven airlines in western europe their margins are tiny according to t

spree not content with snapping up at the linnet now germany's biggest ally and wants a slice of alitalia also coming up. is shaking things up changing its structure to compete against silicon valley stock and. is the recent political uncertainty in catalonia worrying tourists will take a quick trip to boston lonna to find out. i'm done in winter and this is your business news update there's hardly been time for the dust to settle since last tons of bought a large chunk of bankrupt fly at berlin now germany's largest ally and is on yet another purchase this time alitalia italy's beleaguered flag carrier italian media are reporting the offer could be as high as half a billion euros. there is a new order in the skies above europe. italian airline out italia which filed for bankruptcy last may recently received another line of credit from the italian government to help it maintain operations until a new buyer is found. live tons is offering half a billion euros for parts of the airline according to reports by italian media the german air giant is reportedly only interested in out italia is a

lufthansa is said to be interested only in certain alitalia routes.tether buyer are lining up to bid for other parts of the airline. the good news for alitalia is the extra credit it received from the time government. brent: one of the companies making traditional carmakers nervous is tesla but things are not running smooth for them either. tesla fired over 700 office staff after receiving bad performance reviews. it is firing more staff than it is making cars. many customers are still waiting on their model three. the silicon valley car company expects to complete 100,000 at the end of the year. despite massive layoffs, tesla is looking to hire hundreds of employees. jenz is on wall street. is this a sign teslas struggling or is this a ordinary shakeup of personnel? correspondent: tesla is saying they're doing the interviews of the performance of their workers on a frequent level and it was not satisfied with the findings. on the other side, there is a lot of speculation going on, if tesla can meet the high production target and wall street is gettin

its eyes on the skies easyjet is expressing interest for assets from the caucus is a evelyn and alitalia which have both and to insolvency proceedings so easy jet the next big thing in european aviation only bats in frankfurt especially willie how are these easyjet ambitions going down in the home base in frankfurt the home base of left unsaid. in different ways with the left tons of people of course are looking with perhaps some trepidation of easyjet stretching out its reach for slots that will give the fans a competition and tons of might not be able to up its prices as much as it wants after air berlin falling by the wayside alitalia in trouble and easy jet a very potent airline a profitable one and it could provide the kind of competition that the other side of the picture the clients the customers the airline passengers would like to see to have prices keeping on being quite low the numbers still you said meeting the forecast of easy jet yes but the number actually was lower than in the previous business years one of the main factors the lower pound a lot of revenues coming in in t

germany's lufthansa and british budget airline easyjet are two of seven companies that have bid for alitalia ailing flag carrier is likely to drag out until late next year. alitalia, which has made a profit only a few times in its 70—year history, was put under special administration earlier this year after staff rejected a plan to cutjobs and salaries. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some news from north korea, warning a nuclear war could break out any moment, has caused a pullback in asian trade. and we have seen a pause in the rally in asia today because of geopolitical concerns. that's the business stories. you are up that's the business stories. you are up to date. stay with us. the news review is with us in a few minutes. the bbc‘s confirmed it's dropping the primetime crimewatch appeal programme after 33 years. in a statement, the corporation said its daytime crimewatch roadshow was the "best fit for the brand going forward." in the more than three decades the show was on the air, it help bring numerous criminals tojustice. keith doyle has more. this is about real—life c

have a restructured alitalia and parts of the assets in order to. have a bigger share of the italian holiday market which is quite attractive and currently dominated by ryan and easyjet and if there in frankfurt on a sector that really consolidating quickly thank you very much. the e.u. has put the controversial gleiser sate debate on the back burner member states can't agree on renewing a european license for the home side widely used in crops over a million europeans have signed a petition against it worried the chemical causes cancer but there are studies that insist it's totally safe. it's the most commonly used have assigned in the world. in europe farmer sprague life aside on around half of all fields used to raise commercial crops many critics demand a ban on bly for site. activists began applying pressure in brussels at the beginning of the wake. the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's urgent need for act

largest budget airline ryanair has already withdrawn its bid for the airline office for parts of alitalia may not find favor in rome which wants to sell the whole airline. and joining us now from frankfurt is yvonne back he's the head of the not police commission that's an independent group which advise is the german government on competition questions thank you very much for being with us today know lifton's that has put in for parts of other tell us some say it's already been allowed to simply pick the best bits or do you agree with that assessment in the times has taken part of it over the in the twin cities that it's the largest company in germany buying second largest so there are a lot of competition issues arising saw when you mention some best parts they have to take as it only takes those parts when the competition issues come up or what advice did your panel give to the german government regarding the case and do you feel that they took your advice on board that it was a fair that it's acting in a fair manner yes that section issues the sort of say it's a procedural vote ok so t

found just now recently is to add abolition assets here and that could also be some addition from alitalia coming after a restructuring that could actually be positive but of course it's all the price matters what they're planning on paying for it but that it is indeed whether it's profitable in the end and that of us in frankfurt thank you so much for this year. european lawmakers have called on to brussels to investigate them all to us and the money laundering system now this comes in response to the murder of a maltese journalist who reported widely on financial and political corruption the event has pulled the maltese government under scrutiny and in particular its handling of illegal business activities on the island the adelie tiny island group lies in the mediterranean the tax system is also it delayed for some and attracts many international corporations here officially at least they pay thirty five percent corporate tax but through a series of complex refunds most companies only pay around five percent welters economy grew six point seven percent last year more than three times fa

live time to on a well another shopping spree that's where they're hungry for mall brian pulling alitalia back from the brink perhaps that's hardly been time for the dust to settle since lufthansa bought a large chunk of the bankrupt flying lin now germany's largest airline is eyeing yet another purchase this time it's alitalia italy's beleaguered flag carrier. there is a new order in the skies above europe italian airline out italia which filed for bankruptcy last may recently received another line of credit from the italian government to help maintain operations until a new buyer is found. live tons is offering half a billion euros for parts of the airline according to reports by italian media the german air giant is reportedly only interested in audi talia's aviation business and not its ground operations that means half of the employees of italy's largest airline could lose their jobs that's around six thousand people and that's similar to the current situation faced by the employees of an reported to be lining up for pieces of al italia europe's largest budget airline ryanair has alr

british airline monaco has gone bankrupt following alitalia and len is the third major european airline to collapse this year. the message came early on monday a shock to many holiday makers over one hundred thousand tourists a stranded many in the mediterranean. the government is vowing to bring them home in what it calls the country's biggest ever peacetime repatriation we expect the vast vast majority of one hundred ten thousand monarch passengers who are currently on holiday with monarch to come back to carry within the next two weeks that that's exactly what is expected britain's fifth biggest airline had struggled with losses but hope to turn things around with orders for boeing's latest seven three seven planes and a cost cutting program. bankruptcy remiss world last year but there monaco is able to draw a new line of credit now that it's gone so is the airline. with a decision really was a result of continued losses losses been sustained for quite some time forecast to continue mainly as a result of depressed prices in the market overcapacity in the short haul market as many pri

years of being in the red that's what alitalia and lean have in common both are now up for grabs and love tense and easy jet and waiting in the wings they want the juiciest takings from the planes themselves to the sought after routes and the prize landing slots there is growth expansion as a means of survival in an industry where competition can be cutthroat there are two hundred thirty seven airlines in western europe their margins are tiny according to the federal air traffic association each one hundred euros in turn over yields just for your o's ninety profit not enough especially when fuel prices are rising and passenger numbers for lng but competition authorities could well be against having fewer larger operators. we all want strong and lines we want innovative and lines economically viable airlines good and lines but not at the cost of competition and if we in germany have to pay monopoly prices to create a strong airline then it's simply not a good business model. passengers won't be the only ones losing out in the consolidation process thousands of lean and alitalia employ

years of being in the red that's what alitalia and lynn have in common and now up for grabs and love to answer an easy. to waiting in the wings they want the juiciest takings from the planes themselves to the salt off the routes and the price landing slots. that aim is growth expansion as a means of survival in an industry where competition can be cutthroat but competition authorities could be well against having fewer larger operators their stock islands we all want strong airlines we all want innovative adeline's economically viable airlines good lines but not at the cost of competition with us of course if we in germany have to pay monopoly prices to create a strong ally then it's simply not a good business model. passengers won't be the only ones losing out in the consolidation process thousands of. employees will lose their jobs that much is already clear. however can expect a far softer landing he took over the airline's top position in february his salary of four and a half million euros is secured by fixed bank guarantee until his contract ends in two thousand and twenty one

government is offering an additional three hundred fifty five million dollars in credit to help keep alitalia afloat in may this year italy's largest airline received more than seven hundred million credit from the government after it declared bankruptcy the latest loan is intended to keep the airline afloat until a new buyer can be found germany's lufthansa is said to be among the interested parties and bankrupt german airline air berlin is operating its last flights this month and we now know that it will be taken over to a large extent precisely by lift tens of as the future of air berlin planes and landing rights is clear employees face an uncertain future. eberling pilot on a voice is on his way to the security area of berlin stiegel airport he has flown for the airline for eleven years as an employee representative he supports his colleagues and knows many of them are worried he is concerned himself but friends and relatives have little sympathy they think lufthansa will take on most of the employees. as it might as well be him because that's always the problem you hear oh well you stil

found just now recently is to add abilene assets here and there could also be some addition from alitalia coming after a restructuring that could actually be positive but of course it's all the price matters what they're planning on paying for it but that it is indeed whether it's profitable in the end and that of us in frankfurt thank you so much for this year. now the earning season of course is in full swing so apart from love times are another industry heavyweight presented its quarterly report today french carmaker p s a that's pushed or six when going by the numbers the company apparently had a pretty good third quarter revenue climbed to fifteen billion euros that's up more than thirty percent business grew also thanks to the takeover often battled rival opel p.s.a. acquired to the long time general motors subsidiary in august for two point two billion euros making the french company europe's second largest carmaker. e.u. member states have failed to to come to an agreement on the contentious issue of life or sate the european license for this herbicide runs out in december but its

and it's not stopping there if towns are also wants to acquire parts of italy's largest carrier alitalia but antitrust authorities could spoil the party they will be reviewing whether look tons or is gaining a monopoly position on too many routes. the hopes of thousands of berlin workers have been dashed many while hoping to keep their jobs despite parts of the carrier being sold off the government three german states and of tons a failed to agree on setting up a transfer company to keep them employed now with a twelve hundred ground crew in berlin will be able to stay on authorities in the german capital say they'll set aside up to ten million euros to help out local stuff be a use put a decision on glyphosate on the back burner again member states can't agree on renewing a european license for the popular herbicide of a million people here have signed a petition against it wired the chemical causes cancer but studies prove otherwise . it's the most commonly used herbicide in the world in europe farmer sprague life is saved on around half of all fields used to raise commercial crops but

it's italian arrival alitalia also filed for bankruptcy this name. and british ally mona filed for insolvency early this october. the uk's biggest ever and lying cops. european airlines have been struggling to fight off competition from low cost operators. and then then might not be out of danger yet. ryan ever said to challenge the deal with live tons of. that planning to contests a bit before the european competition authorities. moving on some the day's other business headlines no. shares of the credit agencies equifax have dropped is it investigates another possible cyber attack. firm disabled one of its customer help pages on its website after it was found to be under the control of hackers trying to disperse now where. faxes faced massive criticism since disclosed over a hundred forty five million americans had sensitive data compromised. concluding credit card details and social security numbers. hsbc is named a long time executive to take the helm once current ceo stuart gulliver vacate his positio. john flinched the current head of retail ba

dft points out that alitalia have also run into extreme trouble. —— the ft.ed the pound, we are still down 10% against the dollar which has done nothing for confidence. confidence is reflected very much in leisure industries like travel. and fuel costs and everything else that can be affected if the pound is weaker. the price of oil, exactly. it is not a far stretch but there we re it is not a far stretch but there were clearly internal problems monarch was facing, they had exposure to destinations like egypt, turkey and tunisia, and then the price war in the mediterranean, tourists who were pivoting away from places like egypt and tunisia and turkey, going to be mediterranean, to spain, portugal instead, and of course, monarch is a relative minnow compared to people like easyjet and ryanair. i was surprised it was the country's fifth largest airline. the first aeroplane i went on on a package holiday. where did you go? the costa del sol. the package holiday has been going away, people are buying flights and sorting out there on holiday. that has hit them as

flying in now john these largest airline has said to be eyeing yet another purchase this time it's alitalia it's a lease beleaguered flag carrier the deadline for submitting bids is set to expire this evening and lufthansa is reportedly among the interested parties. there's a new order in the skies above europe italian airline out italia which filed for bankruptcy last may recently received another line of credit from the italian government to help it maintain operations until a new buyer is found. live tons is offering half a billion euros for parts of the airline according to reports by italian media the german air giant is reportedly only interested in audi talia's aviation business and not its ground operations that means half of the employees of italy's largest airline could lose their jobs that's around six thousand people and that's similar to the current situation faced by the employees of insolvent airline air berlin tons is said to only be interested in alitalia as long haul routes and not the short and medium ones whether anyone else is interested in those still remains to be see

alitalia also having problems. airlines aren't having a good time. they are not.ths, that's a record. what they call the load factor, though the numbers of bums on seats was over 95% so pretty good. easyjet is suffering from the same problems as other airlines, too much capacity which means airfares are too low. on the other side of the ledger costs are too high and a major factor is the level of the pound because their revenue is in pounds but many of their costs is in dollars. the costs are going up. i think things are getting easier for the airlines. we've had monica go, alitalia, air berlin, so capacity is going to start shrinking —— monarch. the markets coming down to the beginning of a gentle weekend. thank you very much. the funeral of liz dawn, coronation street's vera duckworth for 34 years, is being held at salford cathedral. liz dawn died last week at the age of 77. simonjones has been speaking to her fellow corrie stars, including the actors michael le vell and sally dynevor, who play kevin and sally in the soap. the service has just ended. we are told

its eyes on the skies easyjet is expressing interest for assets from the caucus is a evelyn and alitaliawhich have both and to insolvency proceedings so easy jet the next big thing in the european aviation less bats in frankfurt as. actually really how are these easyjet ambitions going down in the home base in frankfurt the home base of lufthansa. in different ways with the left tons of people of course are looking with perhaps some trepidation of easyjet stretching out its reach for slots that will give the fans a competition and tons of might not be able to up its prices as much as it wants after air berlin falling by the wayside alitalia in trouble and easy jet a very potent airline a profitable one and it could provide the kind of competition that the other side of the picture the clients the customers the airline passengers would like to see to have prices keeping on being quite low the numbers still you said meeting the forecast of easy jet yes but the number actually was lower than in the previous business years one of the main factors the lower pound a lot of revenues coming in i

have a restructured alitalia and parts of the assets in order to. have a bigger share of the italian holiday market which is quite attractive and currently dominated by ryan and easyjet and had a very in frankfurt on a six and that's really consolidating quickly thank you very much. saudi arabia is planning a gigantic city full of drones driverless cars and robots the ambitious project was unveiled by the kingdom's crown prince behind it. as it is is planned to run entirely on alternative energy it will be located on desert land along the red sea in the egypt and jordan and might become by far the world's biggest city with an estimated cost five hundred billion u.s. dollars in the on is part of saudi arabia's plans to diversify its economy more than five million young saudis are said to enter the workforce in the next day decade need jobs. or business to come including the world's most loved add most hated pesticide pesticides bit of a pet. thank you very much for that well do all things in god sports like a plastic cycling and swimming in recent ye

largest budget airline ryanair has already withdrawn its bid for the airline office for parts of alitalia may not find favor in rome which wants to sell the whole airline. now to a move that could a u.s. president donald trump european aviation giant has acquired a majority stake in bowen bodies ailing c. series passenger jet business at no cost the move would enable the canadian playmaker to use an airbus assembly line in the united states possibly by passing tough tariffs imposed by the u.s. . if you use a wife i internet connection you could be affected by a so-called crank attack researches have discovered a major flaw in one find connections duct crack which could allow data being transmitted between the internet access point in your mobile phone or computer to be in to set it in some cases that i could could then use the vulnerability to inject malware experts say could leave the majority of connections at risk until they have patched well to protect protect your devices and data update those devices as soon as possible with those updates when they're available now germany's iconic

carrier monarch to germany's number two airline alba then all the way to italian flagship carrier alitalia they've all folded and their demise is looked on as us fortune. germany's largest airline love tanzer seems to have an insatiable appetite after buying a large chunk of bankrupt lin the carry a now wants parts of beleaguered italian rival al italia would love to answer the most interested in the aircraft in the landing slots thousands could be laid off even so full of tons of expansion is the name of the game in twenty sixteen the carrier flu some one hundred ten million passengers nearly two percent more than in twenty fifteen that growth didn't come from its full service carry a look to answer but its budget wings for the first time lift on says passenger figures were overtaken by ireland by its low cost carrier ryanair the sector remains very competitive tons and to grow and stay ahead without forking out huge amounts of money that's more than a survival strategy but antitrust authorities could spoil the party they'll be reviewing with a lift on that is gaining a monopoly position

buyers are invited to bid for italy's troubled flag carrier, alitalia, before the deadline runs out todayst party congress, worries are growing over the country's mounting debt pile.

the largest yet to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market. now spain is desperately trying to hold the drive for independence in catalonia that threatens to be rail its economy millions of catalans hope an independent country would remain in the european union sitting between france and spain but would things really go as smoothly as they believe is largely from barcelona. the wisdom of the crowd is difficult to resist particularly when the atmosphere is as relaxed and happy as it has been in barcelona. the singalong here is to a protest tune dating to the franco dictatorship when catalan traditions were systematically repressed that every teenager knows the words speaks volumes about the historical enmity toward madrid so secession beckons can catalonia go it alone why not give it a try they say democracy is pure and beautiful they think spain is a proper democracy. now it's not when they are. believing that they have th

largest budget airline ryanair has already withdrawn its bid for the airline office for parts of alitalia may not find favor in rome which wants to sell the whole airline. and joining us now from frankfurt is van back he's the head of the monopolies commission that's an independent group which advises the german government on competition questions thank you very much for being with us today now look cancer has put in for parts of other tell us some say it's already been allowed to simply pick the best bits or do you agree with that assessment. taken part of. the largest company buying second largest so there are a lot of competition issues arising so when you mention some best parts they have to take as it only takes all parts when the competition issues come up or what advice did your panel give to the german government regarding the case and do you feel that they took your advice on board that it was a fair that it's acting in a fair manner. yes that section issues the soul says the procedure worked ok so that belin went insolvent then the creator's committee took over and they decided

the largest yet to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport. the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three u.s. scientists of their research on the biological clock by examining fruit flies jeffrey hall michael ross bash and michael young to show how genes help control the body's daily rhythm and eyeball committee says their findings help us understand sleeping patterns and their importance for human health. let us go world heritage site is reopened in india after a major flood it was forced to close its gates to tourists because of the deluge that killed some of its rhinos reports this is a sight to many people in india's province thought i would never see because you don't get national park reopens for tourists maybe it only partially so the floods over the summer submerge sheaves waves of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one hold rhino to flee to higher grou

rivals air berlin and alitalia have themselves bankruptcy proceedings, victims of intense competitionpolice in las vegas say they still don‘t know what drove a retired accountant to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern american history. and still to come... dig out your old pound coins — because in less than two weeks they‘ll no longer be legal tender. and in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news — avon and somerset police say they are not expecting any significant developments in the ben stokes case for two to three weeks. he was arrested following a brawl outside of a bristol nightclub. huge crowds have gathered in barcelona to demonstrate against the government crackdown on sunday, when police tried to stop people voting in a referendum on independence for catalonia. a general strike is being held across the region — schools and shops have closed, and only a quarter of buses and trains were running during the rush hour in barcelona, causing gridlock. our correspondent, gavin lee, is there. this is one of the busiest streets in barcelona. look around me right 110w. in

to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration the fear is other airlines by also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport a unesco world heritage site has reopened in india after severe floods care of animals and cause major damage khan has a story this is a sight to many people in india's province thought they would never see because you don't get national park reopens for tourists albeit only partially so the floods over the summer submerged huge swathes of the park forcing the most famous resident of the one hold rhino to flee to higher ground the world heritage site faces flooding every summer but this year severe floods forced record numbers of the rhino to move in the initial flooding seven rhinos died while floods caused deaths and damage the annual cycle is necessary to regenerate the grasslands essential for animals like rhinos elephants and wall buffaloes the floods also fill up four hundred bodies of water located inside the park the fact that

the largest yet to go out of business is one of several european airlines including air berlin and alitalia to enter administration the fear is other airlines also find their wings clipped in this increasingly turbulent market al-jazeera at london's gatwick airport. and i remind you of the top stories on al-jazeera a gunman unless vegas has killed at least fifty nine people and injured more than five hundred others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history most of the victims were attending a country music concert when governments even paddick opened fire from the thirty second floor of a nearby hotel u.s. president donald trump says he will visit las vegas on wednesday and it's called the attack the laughter of pure evil officers have recovered more weapons at the gunman's home. in the last briefing i was unable to tell you what we retrieved from the house and the skeet we retrieved in the excess here and we put it in excess of eighteen additional firearms some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo along with some electronic devices that we are evaluating at this point

rivals air berlin and alitalia have themselves bankruptcy proceedings, victims of intense competitionrowds have gathered in barcelona to demonstrate against the government crackdown on sunday, when police tried to stop people voting in a referendum on independence for catalonia. a general strike is being held across the region; schools and shops have closed, and only a quarter of buses and trains were running during the rush hour in barcelona, causing gridlock. gavin lee reports from barcelona. the streets of barcelona today — working life on hold, thousands of catalans united behind the new momentum for independence, and against the violence of spanish police in sunday's banned vote. shutters down, shops shut. a region—wide strike affecting public transport, the city's museums and monuments. barcelona football club too, all closed. this is the biggest demonstration in many years. in the whole of catalonia and barcelona, we are defending our right, our legal rights and civil rights. against the attacks of the government. across the catalonia region, the sounds and signs of separatism

british airline monaco has gone bankrupt following alitalia and it's the third major european airline to collapse this year. the message came early on monday a shock to many holiday makers over one hundred thousand tourists a stranded many in the mediterranean. the government is vowing to bring them home in what it calls the country's biggest ever peacetime repatriation we expect the vast vast majority of one hundred ten thousand. passengers who are currently on holiday with monarch to to come back to the u.k. within the next two weeks not exactly what is expected. britain's fifth biggest airline had struggled with losses but hoped to turn things around with orders for boeing's latest seven three seven planes and a cost cutting program. bankruptcy remus worlds last year but that monaco was able to draw a new line of credit now that it's gone so is the airline. well the decision really was otoh for continued losses losses been sustained for quite some time forecast to continue mainly as a result of depressed prices in the market overcapacity in the short haul market as many priests hav