american chinese tensions. also on the show kenya airways resumes international flights after a pause due to the pandemic and the troubled flyer now big itself out of a financial hole. and south korean ship builders are crossing their fingers for new orders.

american chinese tensions. also on the show kenya airways resumes international flights after a pause through the pandemic and the troubled flyer now dig itself out of a financial. old. and south korean ship builders are crossing their fingers for new orders of l. in g. tankers something that would keep their industry afloat and be a positive side for the global recovery. who are welcome to the show and stephen beard is in berlin it's good to have you with us microsoft is in talks to buy the u.s. operations of social media platform tick-tock a development that would prevent the much feared band of the app by washington of the american software giant hopes to seal a deal by the middle of september it appears that the thumbs up for now of president donald trump. office life today would be unthinkable without microsoft word and excel but so far the world's leading software producer hasn't had a social media hit among young people that however could be about to change. president donald trump is giving chinese own social media platform tick-tock 45 days to sell its u.s. business a chance for microsoft 2 8 3 2 2 4 8 9.

after the american government threatens a ban. was on the show kenya airways resumes international flights after a pause due to the pandemic in the troubled flyer they'll dig itself out of a financial hole. welcome to the show observing beers in berlin it's good to have you with us microsoft says it's in talks to buy the u.s. business of. social media platform tick-tock the american software giant which owns linked in but which is focused in recent years more business applications like cloud computing hopes to seal a deal by the middle of september fired its push or the heightened tensions between the u.s. and china. office life today would be unthinkable without microsoft word and excel but so far the world's leading software producer hasn't had a social media hit among young people that however could be about to change. president donald trump is giving chinese own social media platform tick-tock 45 days to sell its u.s. business a chance for microsoft 2 8 3 2 2 4 8 9. tick-tock is an internationally successful social video platform that allows users to uploa

strike action could be on the cards over british airways‘ plans to cut cabin crew and their pay. and combatting coronavirus latin americantyle. how venezuela's military is enforcing its lockdown. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least 18 people have died and more than 120 are in hospital after a deadly air india accident in the southern indian city of calicut. the boeing 737 passenger plane came from dubai and was repatriating passengers who had been stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. at least 190 people were on board. alanna petroff has the latest. a mangled plane split in two. it landed intact but then overshot and fell into a valley at the end of the runway, splitting apart. this airport is known as a difficult spot to land in rainy weather. it's not unusualfor land in rainy weather. it's not unusual for pilots to fail in their first unusual for pilots to fail in theirfirst approach unusual for pilots to fail in their first approach and circle around to try again. in this case, in monsoon season, the landing was fatal. both pilots died. investigators will be poring over the wreckage to understand how

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scrapped british airways brought forward the retirement of the 7 for 7 after demand tumble during the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. will further restrict wall ways access to american technology including chips it's the latest blow for the chinese a tech company whose equipment is being blacklisted by governments around the world amid fears it could be used by the chinese government for espionage oracle has entered the race to take over take talks operations in the u.s. canada australia and new zealand u.s. president donald trump has threatened to ban the app in the u.s. if china's blight downs would keep ownership microsoft and twitter are also interested in take talk. our financial correspondent willy bartz joins us now from frankfurt willie how do oracle's chances compare with that of microsoft or twitter in terms of taking over take talk. i think its chances are as good as either one of the other 2 all 3 have the power the the money the experience in making deals and making acquisitions work for them but there's the cartel question for example then there oracle would be probably in the best position because the other 2 are already engaged in communications plat

american aluminium products after president trump announced a 10% levy on canadian aluminium. the country's deputy prime minister, chrystia freeland, called the us decision "absurd". union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing british airways crew out of theirjobs. thousands of uk staff have received emails today telling them whether they're being made redundant, while most of those choosing to stay with ba will have to sign new contracts on lower pay. the airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic. 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridge, has been speaking to some of those affected. ba is locked in a bitter battle with some of its staff, who now face a bleak new reality. how this is going to affect my family personally. that's what's keeping me up at night, is to be able to provide for them. and i simply didn't want to end my career at british airways like this. this cabin crew member wanted to hide his face. he fears ba could take action against him, but he wants his story heard. myself and my wife, we both fly. it's going to affect us both. we're going to have to sell our home. even if he keeps hisjob, his overall pay will be halved. they forced me into a corner. it's been

we go with british airways or american airways, oi’ british airways or american airways, or whatever. this is kind of like the start of that. nasa says it no longer wants to own and operate vehicles in the low earth orbit. it wa nts to vehicles in the low earth orbit. it wants to contract out — much like a company might buy in its 80 —— i8 —— it or payroll, it is buying in its... from spacex or boeing, but it is possible that other companies will come in as well. and we will see, just like there are many airlines today, there will be in the future at many companies that provide space flight services too. what is the role of the uk space agency and all this, libby? what is your organisation hoping will be achieved, or potentially will be opened up by the success of this? well, we'll be looking forward to seeing a european space agents astronauts in the years to come. the french asked has already been confirmed to fly on the second fully operational flight next year —— french astronaut. in years to come, we hope temp equal fly on one these. the wider... as we see businesses here in the