management till august the sixth to come up with an offer next friday the tenth of august pilots in belgium sweden and ireland planned to walk out as well. they accuse ryanair of paying much less than other budget airlines charges the carrier denies. it's been five years since lehman c.e.o. joe kayser carried out his last restructuring plan i'm now he's passive again the three sectors gas and power smart infrastructure and digital industry will now be autonomous the run that way decisions can be reached quicker hopefully helping drive sales and earnings behind the restructuring of the plan to float all three independent divisions on the market in separate i.p.o.'s where they can be sold or merged something that has a ready happened in other areas of the siemens group medical technology division health in years went public in march in aston siemens is telling shareholders that the some of the separate parts is worth more than they are together. creating a value it's more what you have in their. city to do so because this is going to mean hands a sustainable state called value. because we created th

two thousand four hundred european flights scheduled for friday as pilots in ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands walk off the job more than seventy thousand passengers will be affected by the strikes you have on us off a customs refunds all the option of rerouting that journey. a little earlier our correspondent los hulda went to balance shown a pulled one of ryan as european bases to cover the strike i asked him whether the cut price fly business model needs rethinking. i think that you'll get out absolutely we've seen that over and over again of course ryan air being the most affected airline because they're basically the king and the budget six meant they kind of invented it and they put the price pressure on ninety year old flights to london fifteen euro flights to. some people expect these days that you can fly to your vacation destination for about the same price as you going to pay for your first cocktail on the beach that is obviously not a sustainable model and if people are only willing to shell out that kind of money of course you cannot. your pilots and your crew

worst hit with two hundred fifty flight cancellations as ten airports pilots in ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands have also walked off the job. it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline the effect is visible here at frankfurt han airport where checking deaths are unstaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen many planes won't be flying today pilots' union representatives in frankfurt say their message is ryanair must change almost any note about defeating ryanair it's about sending a signal that they have to stop trying to defeat their own employees. some passengers were forced to spend the night and early in the show in a failed airport many don't know when they will be able to fly out but some are showing sympathy for the pilot's demands. and it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw just because passengers want to fly cheaply. and this is something from me and i think it's a potential safety risk if employees don't stay at home when they're ill because they're on a freelance basis and wouldn't get paid so i do think it's jus

thousand four hundred european flights scheduled for today friday as pilots in ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands walked off the job more than seventy thousand passengers are affected by the strike the airline has offered customers a refund or the option of rerouting their flight. to diffuse lars halters standing by for us at berlin shona feld airport hi there lars this is one of europe's biggest bases for ryanair what's the situation where you are right now. well brian considering this is one of the big bases for ryan air it's actually very calm and orderly that it's not an entirely big surprise here though because as you said it's a strike that has been planned for a while it's been announced for about two or three weeks and ryan air over the last couple of days has of course informed all its customers those affected of course thirty two out of forty eight flights today going in and out of berlin showing if it has been canceled but those passengers also knew about it they never showed up so purely from a customer six period side from the passenger side today here in berlin w

worst hit with two hundred fifty flight cancellations at ten airports pilots in ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands have also walked off the job. it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline the effect is visible here at frankfurt han airport where chicken deaths are unstaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen many planes won't be flying today pilots union representatives in frankfurt say their message is ryanair must change. almost any amount about defeating ryanair it's about sending a signal that they have to stop trying to defeat their own employees. some passengers were forced to spend the night or early in the show and i felt airport many don't know when they will be able to fly out but some are showing sympathy for the pilot's demands. and it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw just because passengers want to fly cheaply. this is something joe from me and i think it's a potential safety risk if employees don't stay at home when they're ill because they're on a freelance basis and wouldn't get paid so i do think it's just

worst hit with two hundred fifty five cancellations of all its pilots in the aisle and germany belgium sweden and the netherlands have also walked off the job. it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline a child why airport in belgium and across europe staff are accusing ryanair of bad pay and bad treatment. you know it is only the national. who just doesn't respect john you know that's not the norm i was not. looking for. ryanair is pilots are striking across europe for twenty four hours as they demand higher salaries and better working conditions that's led to the cancellation of four hundred out of twenty four hundred scheduled flights affecting seventy thousand passengers. last how does that balance should of told one of ryan as european based his last what's the situation there right now. well garrett it's actually pretty calm and quiet here it's been calm and quiet and very much under control all day so far which is exactly as was to be expected because this was a pre-announced strike the pilots that make it public about two weeks ago and ryan air has

of two thousand four hundred european flights scheduled for today as pilots in ireland germany belgium sweden and the netherlands walked off the job more than seventy thousand passengers will be affected by the strikes the island has offered customers refunds or the option of rerouting their journey. well that's see how this all works out in real life. as one of ryan as european bases last what's the situation there right now. well the situation is pretty calm right now even though we had a little bit of a morning rush right now but people coming in shaking in boarding their planes what we do not have here today is a ton of people looking desperately for their flights and being worried about their vacations because as you just pointed out ryan air has informed to passengers over the last couple of days if their flight was affected here by this strike so the situation here very much is ok for customers however it is obviously not ok for ryan speak of problems on the horizon i'm going to talk about that in a moment with you but let's first have a look at the report that we had low cost airlines

ryanair ireland, sweden, and belgium as well. rya nair is ireland, sweden, and belgium as well. usually big queues here to the airport at this time, but 80% of the flights to and from belgium have been cancelled, according to the unions. ryanair says it has texted or e—mailed people so they don't come here today wondering whether their flight is on. laura and her best friend claire from barrow in furness were due to fly with ryanair from manchester with 14 friends for a hen party in germany and they have had to cancel their plans. they didn't offer anything. it said in the e—mail there were a few things you could do, but really with a group of 16 us it is really difficult to try to get something organised, so we have to either try to find another flight, or book our own, but it is just too expensive. at the heart of it, the european pilots are asking for better pay and requesting their contact be governed by the laws of the nation where they are based, not by irish legislation. all these people, around belgium, travelling to dublin, just for a problem, an issue, especially when

between britain and germany tood not only perhaps, but norway, belgium, sweden.he peoples of these countries ere hard-working and free. they knew they were in the middle and they feared a violation of their neutrality. hitler knew this. he also know if they united ith the allies, they would orm a solid democratic wall against nazi aggression. before striking with his army, he used another weapon, the propaganda barrage to make them lose faith, to divide and conquer. to to lull the fears to have little neutrals, the propaganda minister told them germany did not want a war at all, it was france causing all the trouble. than it was hitler's turn. n a speech in october 1939, he made them all kinds of specific promises. to the danes, he said, an nonaggression pact with denmark. he says to the northern states, germany has no conflict. and has none today. to the dutch, he says the new reich shall continue the traditional friendship with holland. to the belgians he announced the reich has put forth no claim that is as a threat to belgium. while hitler was making these pr

the suburbs it never works it creates a situation where there's them and us if you go to sweden if you go to belgium if you go to parts of london there's parts of london sweden belgium you can't walk anymore if you're a western woman and you have your hair uncovered you'll be spotted at and called white trash that's never going to work and if you have a system here where you are able to integrate of course that's going to work much better but we don't have multiculturalism is what i was explaining to you we have a system of monocultures living in ghettos that's very different now much of russia's immigration comes from the so-called stance kazakstan to. stand and you're a famous or infamous or referring to london as well which you have to agree carries some juror to kind of tell it isn't majority vote in the us whereas it sounds. the reason i called london last little on the start is because to me it's completely fallen to the control of the most lemaire can he is spectacularly useless at his job under city can there are some statistics that i'm sure neither you nor i could argue about in the sense

all over europe affecting more than twenty five thousand is the reason a strike by pilots from sweden belgiumand. germany's four hundred ryanair pilots will also announce today whether they'll join their colleagues for friday's euro why it's like pilots want to higher base salary ryanair says pilots salaries are not too low pilots all sufficing the airline over base transfers the maximum number of flying hours for motions and the early. morn. story let's go to our correspondent on the business standing by frankfurt airport ryanair has always been hard to beat on tries did they it seems that on the back of the pilots. yes on the back of the pilots on the back of the cabin crew on the back of everything basically that costs money. analysts estimated has personnel stuff cost less than half that of its direct competitors easy jet and always and of course much much lower even than compared to move tons of the company systematically bypassed national labor laws by choosing the one job jurisdiction in the european union which was most favorable of course most favorable to the company and not to the

after its pilots and several european countries staged a walkout employees in germany island belgium sweden and the netherlands are demanding better pay and working conditions yellen called the strikes regrettable and the unions to return to the negotiating table. a number of people killed in indonesia is rising five days after a powerful earthquake struck the region this video has been widely shared on social media showing a supermarket collapsing after one of the three hundred aftershocks that the rattled in this week if fishel death toll now stands at three hundred twenty one people. a major military operation has begun in northwest nigeria to crack down on criminals have been raiding villages it's estimated that more than two thousand people in the area have been killed by government since two thousand and eleven. where they just reports from northwestern nigeria. digging in for a fight these soldiers are part of a one thousand member force sent to fight gunman who'd laid siege to villages in northwest nigeria for more than seven years they sacked many villages looting killing and rapin

pilots in belgium ireland and sweden also walked out on friday in the airline's first coordinated europe wide strike a total of four hundred flights were canceled disruption of european airports was a de minimus with passengers informed in advance of the cancellations. the u.s. reinstated economic sanctions against iran beginning tuesday a few weeks after u.s. president donald trump a taken america out of the multi-nation nuclear deal with the country the sanctions prevent the iranian government from buying dollars they also target the auto and aeronautical sectors as well as iranian exports although not explicitly targeted german companies exported goods worth three billion euros to iran last year and fear for their business the e.u. has offered to support them but trump says any company dealing with iran will not be allowed to do business in the us car make a dime or became one of the first to suspend trade with iran. trade tensions between the u.s. and china are also ratcheted up this week washington says that beginning august twenty third it will levy further penalty tariffs of twent

standing in between were the countries of don't jump, norway -- belgium, norway, sweden.he peoples of these countries were hard-working and free. they feared a violation of their neutrality. hitler knew this. he also know if they united with the allies, they would form a solid democratic war against france aggression -- against nazi aggression. before striking with his army, he used another weapon, the propaganda barrage to make them lose faith, to divide and conquer. the problem amanda -- propaganda minister told them germany did not want a war at all, it was france causing all the trouble. than it was hitler's turn. 1939, hech in october needs all kinds of promises. anthe danes, he said, nonaggression pact with denmark. states,to the northern germany has no conflict. to the dutch, he says the new reich shall continue the traditional friendship with holland. to the belgians he announced the forth no claim gium.is as a threat to bel meanwhile they picked out the first victim -- norway. its fjords would make excellent u-boat bases. also, it would give the nazi vital airbas

into the suburbs never works it creates a situation where there's them and us if you go to sweden if you go to belgium if you go to parts of london those parts of london sweden belgium you can't walk anymore if you're a western woman and you have your hair uncovered you'll be spotted at and called white trash that's never going to work and if you have a system here where you are able to integrate of course that's going to work much better but we don't have multiculturalism is what i was explaining to you we have a system of monocultures living in ghettos that's very different thing now much of russia's immigration comes from the so called stance kazakstan to. stand and you're a famous or infamous for referring to london as london which you have to agree carries some pejorative connotation and majority vote. yes well it sounds. the reason i called london last little of the star is because to me it's completely fallen to the control of the muslim air can he is spectacularly useless at his job under city can there are some statistics that i'm sure neither you nor i could argue about in the sense that our

similar strikes by ryanair pilots in belgium and sweden will also take place that day.d the action as needless, saying it would disrupt another 20 flights and 3,500 customers. let's return to our news about the missing midwife. our news correspondent, sarah corker, joins me now the outskirts of stoke—on—trent. enquiries are continuing, sarah, into this apparently unexplained disappearance. yes, the search for some anther eastward is now very much focused in this rural area of north staffordshire. we are about ten miles from stoke—on—trent and you can see behind me this road was cordoned off early this morning near the village of cover support. police officers, specially trained officers with sniffer dogs have been searching farmland including woods and fields for the last couple of hours or so. they been carrying out what is cold a fingertip search of the area here. we're not sure why there is this renewed their appeal to members of the public to report sightings of vehicles parked in unusual areas, lay—by eyes or unusual areas, lay—by eyes or unusual areas. how unusual

similar strikes by ryanair pilots in belgium and sweden will also take place that day.tion as needless, saying it would disrupt another 20 flights and 3,500 customers. the headlines on bbc news: new research finds two thirds of plastic containers still can't be recycled, as councils call for action. a leaked report alleges a toxic row between heart surgeons at a south london hospital contributed to a higher mortality rate among patients. the us secretary of state says he's hopeful north korea's nuclear programme can be stopped, despite a un report which claims it is continuing. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. england have youngster some current thank you giving them a fighting chance of victory in his first test 50 yesterday, india have a competitive total of hundred 9a to chase. england must take five more wickets that they are to win today. the key one will be that of captain virat kohli he was not out on a3 and made a century in the first innings. i've been encouraged to wear bold in this game so far, find the edge a few

travel season ryanair pilots are ramping up the pressure on their employer pilots in germany sweden arlan belgium and the netherlands went on a twenty four hour strike on friday forcing europe's biggest low cost carrier to axe one sixth of its scheduled flights only recently ryanair had recognized unions for the first time in its thirty year history but it has been unable to quell rising protests over slow progress in wage negotiations it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline the effect is visible here at frankfurt hahn airport where check in desks are understaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen many planes won't be flying today pilots union representatives in frankfurt say their message is ryanair must change. not about defeating ryanair it's about sending a signal that they have to stop trying to defeat their own employees. some passengers were forced to spend the night at berlin the show in a failed airport many don't know when they will be able to fly out but some are showing sympathy for the pilot's demands. it's unfair that the pilots have to pull th

the 24—hour walk—out involves staff in germany, sweden, ireland, belgium and the netherlands. 400 flightsnd around 50,000 passengers have been affected. gavin lee reports. the no—frills airline, with no flights out of one of europe's busiest airports today. at frankfurt the message for passengers was clear, and the same for berlin today, with 250 flights grounded in germany and another 150 cancellations in ireland, sweden, and here in belgium as well. ryanair is the second—biggest airline in europe, and usually during summer budget airlines like this have queues snaking through the airports, but 80% of the flights to and from belgium have been cancelled, according to the unions. ryanair says it has texted or e—mailed up to 75,000 people so they don't come here today wondering whether their flight is on. at the heart of the european pilots are asking for better pay and requesting their contacts be governed by the laws of the nation where they are based, not by irish legislation. all these people, their daily life is based around belgium — travelling to dublin, just for a claim, a problem,

holiday season a ryanair pilots are ramping up the pressure on their employer pilots in germany sweden ireland belgium and the netherlands went on a twenty four hour strike on friday forcing europe's biggest low cost carrier to axe about one sixth of its scheduled flights only recently ryanair has recognised unions for the first time in its thirty year history but it's been unable to quell rising protests over slow progress and wage negotiations. it's the biggest industrial action ever to hit europe's biggest budget airline the effect is visible here at frankfurt hahn airport where check in desks are unstaffed and passengers nowhere to be seen many planes won't be flying today pilots union representatives in frankfurt say their message is ryanair must change. defeating ryanair it's about sending a signal that they have to stop trying to defeat their own employees. some passengers were forced to spend the night at berlin the shona felt airport many don't know when they will be able to fly out but some are showing sympathy for the pilot's demands. it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw

the 24—hour walk—out involves staff in germany, sweden, ireland, belgium and the netherlands.all passengers which were going to be impacted with a refund or re—routing them with all possible alternatives and compensation as well. these passengers therefore should have been giving these options, but if you type in the hashtag ryanair strike you will see a different perspective coming from passengers. there are many that are frustrated and they have followed the links and the forms for compensation but they are not working and some have said the live chat facility is not effective. we need to talk about department stores and lots going on. debenhams are up. he focuses on house fraser, though, and sports direct. —— the focus is on. department store debenhams has been given a boost by the sports direct deal for house of fraser, with its share price up 2% at 11.76p. we know that sports direct is going to buy all of house of fraser and mike ashley has said he would like to turn house of fraser into the harrods of the high street but that has not boosted the ftse100 overall. it is do

the 24—hour walkout involves staff in germany, sweden, ireland, belgium and the netherlands.erstood to have been told of cancellations on 400 flights. britain's largest business organisation, the cbi, is proposing a new post—brexit immigration system designed, it says, to ensure that employers can still attract the workers from the eu that they need. it wants immigration targets to be scrapped and replaced by a system to encourage immigrants to make a positive contribution to the economy. that's it for the business briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets. asian stock markets are lower as worries over global trade tensions take centre stage friday, amid heightened global trade tensions, while the sell off of the russian rouble continued to impact currency markets. up next: news briefing. we will take you through the stories making headlines in the global news media today. the confederation of british industry is calling on the government to scrap immigration targets after brexit. instead, the cbi wants ministers to focus on ensuring those coming to the uk ca