ba's trans atla ntic british airways.tlantic isina atlantic rival virgin atlantic is in a much worse financial position. it has applied for a bailout from the government. first it needs to attract new investors. it's a hugely competitive industry. it's populated by a lot of carriers. they operate on the thinnest margins. we could possibly be seeing an end to cheap air travel. paint apart and maintain them is costly. —— paying to park. airlines are him a haemorrhaging cash. more job losses are almost inevitable. tom burridge, bbc news. more on that story. stay with us on bbc news. a warning that a billion people worldwide could be infected by the virus. actions taken to help the poor in war—torn countries. our latest headlines... american coronavirus cases move past a million. that's nearly a third of the global total. a third of the global total. a third of the global total. a third of all deaths linked to coronavirus in england and wales are now happening in here co. —— care homes. france is set to ease lockdown measures

british airways didn't ask for any government bailouts.ld survive quite comfortably, and lo and behold they turn around and announced 12,000 job losses. now they've got to come up with some very, very good reasons for that. i'm not convinced about any of those reasons yet. i suspect there's a bit of opportunism going on here by british airways. ba's transatlantic rival, virgin atlantic, is in a much worse financial position. it has applied for a bailout from the government. first, it needs to attract new investors. it's a hugely competitive industry and it's populated by a lot of low—cost carriers which operate on the thinnest of margins. and we could possibly be seeing an end to cheap air travel anyway. paying to park and maintain them is costly. some aircraft are leased for huge sums so airlines are haemorrhaging cash. more job losses elsewhere are almost inevitable. tom burridge, bbc news. france is to ease lockdowns from the middle of next month. schools and shops will begin reopening, and people can travel within 100 kilometres of the

british airways bosses say they could abandon the airline's gatwick operation because of the coronavirusrisis — 1,000 pilots could lose theirjobs. and south korea announces zero new cases of coronavirus within its borders, after an extensive programme of tracking and tracing contacts. also in the programme... he saw them fly in anger, today on his 100th birthday, captain tom now colonel tom, saw them fly in celebration. good evening, welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. we in the uk and around the world. are, as usual, cov latest we are, as usual, covering all the latest coronavirus updates in britain and globally. the british prime minister borisjohnson has said that the uk has passed the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. speaking at his first downing street daily briefing since recovering from covid—19, mrjohnson, said the efforts and sacrifice of the public were working. well another 674 deaths were recorded in the uk the past 2a hours. taking the total number of deaths in care homes and hospitals to 26,711. 81,611 tests were carried out yesterday — which is short of the

british airways didn't ask for any government bailouts.up with some very, very good reasons for that. i'm not convinced about any of those reasons yet. i suspect there's a bit of opportunism going on here by british airways. ba's transatlantic rival, virgin atlantic, is in a much worse financial position. it has applied for a bailout from the government. first, it needs to attract new investors. it's a hugely competitive industry and it's populated by a lot of low—cost carriers which operate on the thinnest margins. and we could possibly be seeing an end to cheap air travel anyway. paying to park and maintain them is costly. some aircraft are leased for huge sums so airlines are haemorrhaging cash. more job losses elsewhere are almost inevitable. tom burridge, bbc news. the top stories online, and spain is saying it will return byjean and we are asking you how you think it would look like. people in spain say they will stay at home and they will expect to see less socialising. thank you for your time entry. —— commentary. hello there. it h

british airways didn't ask for any government bailouts.they would survive quite comfortably and lo and behold they turn around and announced 12,000 job losses. now they've got to come up with some very, very good reasons for that. i'm not convinced about any of those reasons yet. i suspect there's a bit of opportunism going on here by british airways. ba's transatlantic rival virgin atlantic is in a much worse financial position. it has applied for a bailout from the government. first it needs to attract new investors. it's a hugely competitive industry and it's populated by a lot of low—cost carriers which operate on the thinnest of margins. and we could possibly be seeing an end to cheap air travel anyway. paying to park and maintain them is costly. some aircraft are leased for huge sums so airlines are haemorrhaging cash. more job losses elsewhere are almost inevitable. tom burridge, bbc news. the government's scientific advisors have confirmed, again, in the clearest terms, that some social distancing measures will be in force until th

also tonight, british airways tells staff it might abandon its gatwick operation after the crisis passes, a thousand pilots could lose theirjobs. live as we used to know it, this is south korea which has had a massive campaign of testing and no countrywide long term. bollywood's romantic hero rishi kapoor dies at the age of 67 after being diagnosed with cancer. and the ref bypassed for captain tom, fundraiser extraordinaire, 100 yea rs old tom, fundraiser extraordinaire, 100 years old today. —— raf. and in the sport on bbc news... the launch of the hundred has been postponed until 2021 — as the coronavirus crisis forces the england and wales cricket board to put its new event on hold. good evening. borisjohnson has declared that the country is past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, but he warned that the country must not lose control and "risk a second spike" of the virus. the prime minister, taking the podium for the daily briefing for the first time since he became ill, said that he will set out a comprehensive plan next week to start gradually lifting the lockdown next week. inclu

british airways is set to make over 12,000 workers redundant.ts revenues have fallen by 40% in the first quarter of the year. welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us in the next two hours. we are here with kevin wheeler and kevin schofield —— karen wheeler. welcome back. let's go through some of the papers we have in. the times says deaths from coronavirus in care homes in the uk could soon exceed those in hospitals as campaigners warn care home residents are being treated as second—class citizens. the metro says new figures reveal more people have died of coronavirus in london than were killed by hitler's luftwaffe in the capital at the height of the blitz. the figaro from france reports on an easing of lockdown restrictions there from may 11th. the guardian said more people could die after hospitals defer patients from seeking nhs care. the financial times goes with an announcement from british airways that they could cut 12,000 jobs amid fears an airline industry recovery is "several years away". the mail says a chari

british airways could make up to 12,000 workers redundant.s is come as a come out of the blue. 12,000 employees, if that number is a consultation that begins now with the tricky negotiation and if they make 12,000 people redundant, that equates to 20% of the entire workforce and it gives you a sense of how the aviation sector as a whole is suffering and we know that. plans on the ground, airlines are playing huge sums of money to be parked up to maintain them in the revenue has been slashed right down to very small numbers of their haemorrhaging cash and the parent group of british airways and looked, compared to other online groups, they are in a relatively 0k position financially but a relatively 0k position financially butas relatively 0k position financially but a s gone out to the employees effectively saying that this is so dire for aviation for us that we do not know when passengers will return to pre—pandemic levels. we do not think that will happen for years and the british airways are saying that they‘re going to take this decision

british airways is set to make up to 12,000 workers redundant. quarter of the year. british airways has currently furloughed its 22,500 employees. it says the recovery of passenger numbers to levels seen last year will take years. sally gethin is an aviation commentator and is here in london. good to have you with us. first, what is your reaction to the news today that british airways are to make 12,000 workers redundant? for me it is not about out of the blue. the same is true for anybody in the airline industry. this is a terrible situation for all the staff obviously but in fact it is going to parfor obviously but in fact it is going to par for the course moving forward for all airlines around the world. and there were going to be morejob losses and more airlines will go under. do you think it was action they were about to take too soon really given the fact that we don't know how this pandemic is going to play out? in particular how things may indeed get to a certain level of normality in the future to do with the aviation sector and how pass

thank you, for that, those measures being discussed by british airways.fecting the courts. jury trials across the uk were halted in march due to the virus, and now the head ofjudiciary in england and wales has told the bbc coronavirus could prompt the biggest changes to these kinds of trials since world war ii. let's cross to our legal correspondent clive coleman, who has more on this. he will explain better than me the importance of jury trials he will explain better than me the importance ofjury trials and how long this has been a part of the judicial system in this country so what is being said? the reason why they are so important is because that's where the really serious crimes are tried. so murder, —— sexual offences, terrorism. there have been no jury sexual offences, terrorism. there have been nojury trials sexual offences, terrorism. there have been no jury trials taking sexual offences, terrorism. there have been nojury trials taking part at the moment. you would normally have 20 people in a relatively confined courtroom, but if you have a gang

british airways could make up to 12,000 workers redundant.nounced job cuts as it revealed that revenues had plunged 13% in the first quarter of the year. british airways has currently furloughed its 22,500 employees. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is here. basically their revenue has been slashed down to very small numbers. so british airways made this announcement now and it is symptomatic of the industry more widely. it will be a tricky negotiation between the airlines now and unions in the next few weeks. once you've had the coronavirus, a key question is can you get it again? or does your body develop immunity meaning that you can't? there's evidence that those who have had coronavirus have some of the antibodies to protect them, but it's not clear whether anyone is immune. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. it's the virus that has mobilised the world's scientists. and a majorfocus now is how the immune system responds to it, because understanding this could help us to stop covid—19 spread. and the big question

market we don't know what's going to happen virgin atlantic yet then you know british airways might be able to. change their hiring plans accordingly so so there's a lot of might know about you know how long this crisis last what the market looks like afterwards whether it was consolidation and so forth. so but it but the general picture is. the outlook is bleak and it's very difficult for people to see jobs you know in an industry that they've been trying to work and knowing that that it could be a few years before we're back up to to you know full capacity which means full stop and levels globally ok we have to leave it there brian thanks very much thank you. well people across the u.k. have been paying tribute to health lost their lives because of cope with 19. reports now from london. a moment to remember them by the key workers all those who worked in frontline services and died in the service of others the prime minister boris johnson recovered from covert 19 also paid his respects came forward. but that has not dampened criticism over the government's failure to provide health c

pilots union says british airways staff are devastated after the carrier is on or announced plans forp to $12000.00 redundancies and that's nearly a 3rd of its workforce the company says it will likely take several years for passenger numbers to return to where they were in early january british airways has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may. president has launched a crackdown on gang members and presence comes after the country sorts highest single day a homicide tally on friday with 22 people killed but human rights activists have criticised the government as john home reports. the 3 measures in a pretty. gang members company contact with the outside world. we're going to look. so that they could not have any type of communication for 30 say that many hits in the boiler plate country from jail in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the code with the. demick told a move killings. last week and dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 strip to mate and packed them together in a 24 hour lockdown. after the members of th

british airways is expected to suspend 36,000 workers until the coronavirus crisis is over. almost one million people apply for universal credit in two weeks, as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. the world health organisation says the world will reach one million coronavirus cases in the next few days. in the us, 5,000 americans have now died from covid—19 — there's a warning that the country could be on the same trajectory as italy. together we have the power to save countless lives. we are attacking the virus on every front with social distancing, economic support. we could hear people from a few streets away banging on their saucepans and the cheering and clapping reminds you that is life out there even though we are not seeing anyone. thank you with all our hearts. and, saying thank you — celebrities urge people around the country to show support for nhs and care workers with another round of applause tonight. good morning and thank you for joining us. the prime minister has responded to mounting criticism of the number of tests being carried out to diagnose t

there are also fears a quarter of british airways pilots could lose theirjobs.services at heathrow airport, but these too are under threat. ba's gatwick operation is roughly a fifth of the size of its heathrow operation. lets speak now to phil seymour, he's the president of the iba aviation consultancy in britain. drastic cuts and measures, are they necessary? the airline industry is one that has high capital costs equipment. these aircraft, tens of millions, hundreds of millions for the large wide—body aircraft, expensive staff. pilots and engineers too to keep those flying, and really it has been one of those i say unprecedented, obviously the whole situation is unprecedented. we look back in terms of what happened in situations like post—9/11 where there were cutbacks by many airlines then. but really because i think the concern is it is going to be a slow process coming out of this, i think the impact on business travel and the impact on business travel and the tourism industry is something that won't actually come back overnight because of the associated is

british airways is expected to suspend 36,000 workers until the coronavirus crisis is over. the world health organisation says the the world will reach one million coronavirus cases in the next few days. in the us, the death toll exceeds 5,000 as fears grow over a nationwide shortage of protective gear there. almost one million people apply for the social security payment from universal credit in two weeks in the uk, as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. a glimmer of hope for italy, the world's worst affected country, as fatalities drop to the lowest figure in nearly a week. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in the last few minutes the death toll from the coronavirus in spain has passed 10,000, after a record 950 people died overnight. the number of cases registered in the country rose to over 110,000, according to the country's health ministry. we'll get the latest from spain in a moment. here in britain, the government is facing mounting criticism over its testing strategy for lagging behind some other countries. the prime minister ha

exceeded even economists highest estimates and double the previous set just the previous week british airways has reached a deal with the genius to temporarily suspend more than $30000.00 employees it's one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and those continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport. russian president vladimir putin has extended the country's coronavirus lockdown until april 30th all citizens with the exception of essential workers must stay at home in russia he says workers will still receive their salaries during this period in a televised address putin stress the seriousness of the threat facing the country he warned that the peak of the virus still lies ahead. in south america the corona virus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost 7000 people have been in fact infected now that includes the 1st corona virus case among the indigenous population of the country or the country's president. he has been under fire for his handling of the crisis last month he referred

british airways to slash 12,000 jobs as skies darken for aviation.orkforce. yes, an extraordinary amount of people and the point that they are making is they have taken advantage of the government's for low scheme but that only runs until the end ofjune. and they say we cannot expect the government to subsidize our wage bill. this is going to be a long time before the aviation industry gets back to anything approaching normality. therefore there is a look at trying to cut costs as much as possible. 12,000 people being made redundant isjust astronomical and 12,000 people being made redundant is just astronomical and that is only one airline. so you can imagine what it will be light for other airlines who are in the same boat. very few people are flying now in that port has been made as well with the amount of flights with a handful, much smaller than normal. so they have got to look to reduce their overheads and sadly that means thousands of people are going to looks like loserjobs. and the chancellor has made it clear to the airlines that he would th

british airways has currently furloughed its 22500 employees.r demand to 2019 levels will take years. scotland has become the latest place to advise the public to wear masks in areas where social distancing is difficultm distancing is difficult, such as shops and on public transport. the uk government is yet to announce its decision on masks but the health secretary said their use was based on weak science. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, has outlined a four—phase withdrawal from one of europe's strictest lockdowns, with the aim of getting back to something like normality by the end ofjune. social distancing will remain but schools won't re—open until september. president putin says the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in russia has not yet been reached and he's extending the lockdown until may the 12th. he said the spread had been slowed but warned of the risk of acting too quickly to lift restrictions. so far there's been 867 recorded deaths. vietnam has won praise as one of the most successful countries in combating the coronavirus pan

british airways is set to make up to 12,000 workers redundant.ced the planned job cuts as revenues had plunged 13% in the first quarter of the year. british airways has currently furloughed its 22,500 employees. iag says the recovery of passenger demand to 2019 levels will take years. all residents and staff in care homes in england are to be eligible for coronavirus tests from wednesday, whether they have symptoms or not. scotland, wales and northern ireland are expected to follow soon. latest figures suggest a third of all deaths in england and wales related to covid—19 are in care homes. they've not been included in official figures so far. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt reports. at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough, like many homes across the country, they believe the fight they have been waging against coronavirus for weeks is only now being reflected in officialfigures. this is the area that we will have for anyone that's being barrier nursed. they locked down early, have areas set aside for nursing coronavirus residen

but you can pilots' unions british airways staff are devastated after the carriers announced plans for up to 12000 redundancies. nearly one 3rd of the workforce i.e. g. says it'll likely take several years for passenger numbers to return to where they were in early january b.a. has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and the months of may. well people across the u.k. have been paying tribute to health workers who've lost their lives to cope with 19 reports now from london a moment to remember them by the key workers all those who worked in frontline services and died in the service of others the prime minister boris johnson recovered from covert 19 also paid his respects for work i have heard of but that has not dampened criticism of the government's failure to provide health care workers with adequate personal protective equipment and the death rates in england and wales reaching a new high way above previous government daily figures which count just deaths in hospitals the office for national statistics said on tuesday that 22351 people died in england and wales in the week

some airlines are in much worse position than british airways. has bigger cash reserves, but the airline is moving quickly. it is taking drastic steps now because it says it needs to protect its position in the long term because it does not believe passenger levels will return for a number of years. the idea of abandoning gatwick altogether is a massive, it would be altogether is a massive, it would be a blow to the airport, it would mean consolidating its two main hubs at gatwick and heathrow into one main site at heathrow. but unions accuse the airline of opportunism. 0ne ba cabin crew member said this is the chance ba bosses have been waiting for to stab as hard—working collea g u es for to stab as hard—working colleagues in the back. corporate greed and total disregard for people's lives. a strongly worded union letter tonight to the airline from the pilots union says it has to change course or it will damage industrial relations for years to come. but ba says it has to protect the business in the long term. more than 1,800 workers are set to

british airways to suspend 36,000 workers. the airline is expected to announce 80% of its cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and head office employees will have theirjobs suspended until the coronavirus crisis passes. talks will continue this morning on how football battles the coronavirus. the premier league's top players are urged to resist wage cuts until they've spoke to their union, as more clubs put non playing staff on leave and reduce salaries. plus and weather, a few splashes of rain around the west things turn cold over the next 2a hours before substantial warmup this weekend stop clap for our carers is back tonight, with some familiar faces. won't give up the fight for you. on behalf of my family and myself, heroes. it's thursday april the 2nd. our top story: the prime minister, borisjohnson, has promised to massively increase the testing of health workers for coronavirus after being heavily criticised over his government's handling of the crisis. just 2,000 out of 500,000 frontline nhs workers in england have been

of the airline industry i noticed on twitter british airways is scrapping 1747 per day every day this week so my question is this will this directly impact the low cost carriers for whom the profit margins are very small or the big legacy carriers the british airways the american airlines the the quantas type airline setup you know those big legacy carriers who've been around for 506070 years so i think this is a very good very interesting question now that his i think. british airways has taken and quantas they've taken lessons from the low cost airlines and so they've been reducing their costs you know when you go and turn to our internet or a plane you know they'll be giving you. a sandwich rather than the whole of full meal and the be reducing other costs as well along the way so you know you can put you back each just like you do for the low cost airlines this is going to hit all airlines i don't think that you know is this that and then it will pandemic will discriminate as to you know who gets the most so all airlines what will need some kind of funding or we'll need some kind

british airways is reported to be negotiating with its union to suspend as many as $36000.00 employees the move would be one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to folding passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport the president of the philippines has ordered police to shoot did anyone who causes trouble in lockdown areas are very good detective televised speech kind just out was after a group of people were arrested in a manila slum for demanding the government do more to help feed the poll. in south america brazil has the most cases of the coronavirus and the highest death toll almost $7000.00 people have been infected that includes the 1st corona virus case among its indigenous population the country's president has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert non thing as quote amazingly cold he's also the only major world leader continuing to criticize lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. it was a deliberate provocati

it's the greatest crisis in aerospace history meanwhile british airways says it expects to layoff 12000 over its 42000 staff. the u.k. now has the 2nd worst coronavirus related death toll in europe after the government included nursing home fatalities in its data for the 1st time the number of deaths climbed to more than 26000 on wednesday only italy has a higher figure within europe. and white house health advisor and to me she says a trial of the antiviral drug severe has had the positive results on covert 1000 patients she said the average recovery time was cut from 15 days to 11 the national institute of health also said the mortality rate dropped from 11.6 percent to 8 percent for those who got the drug that sent the stream is next but i. i have to be ok and you mean. the current i was trying to make in different countries around the welsh there are certain similarities that we've gotten used to seeing the medical professionals have the equipment they need and i saw houseguests tonight how resilient is it how people handling look bad but again we going to look at those 200 days in

british airways is set to make up to 12,000 workers redundant. planned job cuts as revenues had plunged 13% in the first quarter of the year. british airways has currently furloughed its 22 and half thousand employees. iag says the recovery of passenger demand to 2019 levels will take years. in scotland, the government is advising people to wear cover theirfaces in enclosed public spaces, such as on public transport and in shops, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. the announcement marks a divergence with the uk—wide approach, with borisjohnson‘s government reportedly considering scientific evidence for introducing similar advice. a minute's silence was held across the uk this morning to commemorate the essential workers keeping the nation going, in the face of personal danger. more than a hundred nhs and care staff have died with coronavirus, as have many other key workers. china has insisted it should not be blamed for the covid—19 outbreak and has suffered along with the rest of the world during the pandemic. president trump has mad

british airways becomes the latest character of measures to survive the corona crisis so can the sector survive in its present also on the program. the u.k. opens a temporary hospital in london to cope with a tsunami of new cases as the country records its highest death toll. in face masks are in short supply in many parts of the world or something from the crisis but has found a way around the problem. times welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic has plumbs aviation industry into an unprecedented crisis airlines have been forced to ground their fleets as borders are closed and passenger numbers plummet. it is the latest to take drastic measures to try to ensure its survival it's reported to be planning to suspend about $36000.00 staff and the company has stressed there will be no redundancies this week temporarily halted flights from gatwick airport you case 2nd busiest. well finance correspondent come out of the frankfurt stock exchange as well welcome called how markets reacting to this news. good morning phil well the shares in international airlines group which is the pare

british airways has reached a deal with its unions to temporarily suspend more than $30000.00 employees it's one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london's gatwick airport russian president vladimir putin has extended the country's nonworking period until april 30th in a bid to slow the spread of the virus in a televised address he said the country faces serious threats and that the peak of the virus still lay ahead. in south america the coronavirus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost $7000.00 people have been infected there that includes the 1st coronavirus case among its indigenous population of the country's presidential you're both so narrow he has come under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert 19 as quote a measly cold he's also the only major world leader who continues to criticize the walk down measures designed to slow the spread of the by. it was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bo'sun r.-o

shrink by more than 5.7 percent eclipsing the last downturn british airways has reached a deal with its unions to temporarily suspend more than $30000.00 employees it's one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already hold to the flights out of london's gatwick airport. jobless claims in the u.s. doubled over the past 2 weeks to nearly 6700000 people now that number of seen it even the highest estimates of economists and it represents 6 percent of the u.s. workforce especially hard hit or the restaurant and retail sectors. are more i'm joined now by our financial correspondent quarter he joins us from new york good afternoon to you yes why are so many americans losing their jobs when other governments particularly here in europe are paying wages to keep people employed there while we don't have systems like they're in place mysen germany or switzerland for instance or so-called short term is nothing of that sort work is not existing here in the united states so that there is a gover

british airways is the latest airline to take drastic measures to try and ensure its survival the british flagship kariya is reported to be planning to suspend about $36000.00 staff stressed that they will be no redundancy this week be a temporarily halted flights out of the u.k. 2nd busiest airport gatwick coronavirus pandemic has plunged the aviation industry into an unprecedented crisis kerry is forced to ground their fleets its borders closed and passenger numbers. of finance correspondent konrad bisan is at the frankfurt stock exchange with more of course british airways come right isn't the only carry is suffering give us an overview of what the sector looks like at the moment. well at the moment on the european bourses share prices have stabilized somewhat also because of those many help programmes launched for the airlines. shares in. frankfurt trading air france in paris and amsterdam all pretty stable today even in afternoon trading where breaking news has just hit the trading floor is breaking news coming from the united states allow me to tell you and our viewers about it $664

british airways is set to cut up to 12,000 jobs from its 42,000 strong workforce. the airline says it's due to a collapse in business because of the coronavirus pandemic. the british pilots‘ union, says it's devastating news and has promised to fight every singlejob cut. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello there. and welcome to tuesday in parliament. coming up, the government faces claims that it should have prepared for a pandemic by stockpiling more protective equipment for nhs workers. how can the government claim to have delivered a billion items of ppe, when this number included counting individual gloves and paper towels? ministers bring forward a bill to better protect those fleeing domestic abuse. it is staggering that some 2.4 million people experience domestic abuse each year. and scotland's first minister explains why she is advising the public to cover their faces when they are out and about. when you will be with other people and it will be difficult to keep the recommended two metres of social distancing, then those are the circumstances in w

and airbus of both posted 1st quarter losses of more than half a 1000000000 dollars meanwhile british airways says it expects to layoff 12000 staff john hendren has been following developments from chicago he says the pandemic is amplified big problems for boeing. for boeing these numbers were worse even than analysts expected it was hit by a double whammy 1st the company has been trying for a year to get its 737 max plane back up in the air that's its new most lucrative plane in that happen after 2 crashes the killed nearly 350 people is now hoping to get that plane back out mid-year but meanwhile it's losing revenue from that and then along came the coronavirus and the global pandemic just wiped out traffic the c.e.o. of boeing dave calhoun says passenger traffic in commercial airplanes is down 105 percent and that has just walloped the company airbus is down to half a $1000000000.00 in losses the c.e.o. of that company says this is the grave is crisis the aerospace industry has ever seen and it hasn't just hit them southwest airlines posted its 1st loss since 2011 analysts are saying this

british airways is reported to be negotiating with its union to suspend as many as $36000.00 employees the move would be one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport. well any process will hit the most defenseless hardest and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception the situation in war torn regions like syria's italy province is already dying and the medical infrastructure almost non-existent a corona virus outbreak there would be devastating. disinfecting tents at a refugee camp in the province of prevention effort being carried out by the volunteer rescue group white helmets. almost a half a 1000000 people are packed in here at times up to 10 people share a tent under catastrophic hygenic conditions many of them have fled civil war only to be threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. children are taught the most essential prevention methods their parents often desperate. yes i've heard about the coronavirus i'm scared for my childre

in its core airliner business about 80 percent of the company fell 22 percent and this after british airways said it would lay off up 212000 over its $42000.00 workforce its parent company that's international airlines group made a 1st quarter operating loss of nearly $580000000.00 and that's likely to worsen that with. running at only 6 percent of its regular capacity at the moment john hendren has been following developments from chicago he says the pandemic has amplified the big problems with boeing. for boeing these numbers were worse even than analysts expected it was hit by a double whammy 1st the company has been trying for a year to get its 737 max plane back up in the air that's its new most lucrative plane in that happen after 2 crashes the killed nearly 350 people it is now hoping to get that plane back at mid-year but meanwhile it's losing revenue from that and then along came the coronavirus and the global pandemic just wiped out traffic the c.e.o. of boeing dave calhoun says passenger traffic in commercial airplanes is down 5 percent and that has just walloped the company airbu

in europe, including iberia and aer lingus, british airways has been cut to junk by fitch. think this is going to come as a massive surprise, considering what is happening in the airline sector right now. fitch has downgraded to share ways to bb+. interestingly enough, it is maintaining its outlook. a piece earlier indicating that it things american, lufthansa, air france, easyjet all need capital. it is interesting that iag is not on that list. iag coming into this with one of the strongest balance sheets. to alex cruz,king who runs british airways, to ensure the balance sheet was in a position that it could withstand a certificate source of stress such as what we are experiencing at the moment. it had been a major effort ever since the financial crisis. effectively, that was job number one. so the balance sheet may be looking a little bit better than some of their peers, according to ehrenberg. in terms of what we need to know, let's find out about the virus. let's get an update with viviana hurtado. begin with want to dr. anthony fauci revising downward u.s. fatalities f

british airways is planning to lay off $12000.00 employees that's about one 3rd of its workforce the carrier has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may. violence escalated during the 2nd night of protests in lebanon's morgan city tripoli demonstrators are back out on the streets as the crisis hit economy crumbles further due to the coronavirus. now the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says he's concerned about the situation in the yemeni port city of aden after a separatist group declared self rule over the areas it controls in the south on sunday the southern transitional council announced its imposing emergency rule the internationally recognized government warned of catastrophic consequences from the move and its allies in the saudi led military coalition urged the s.t.c. to cancel the declaration mr pompei o says the development will threaten peace efforts meanwhile al-jazeera has learned that the u.n. and international committee of the red cross have advanced plans for a mass prisoner exchange in yemen which could happen within days as part of a ceasefire pro

pilots union says british airways stuff a devastated after the carrier's owner announced plans for up to $12000.00 redundancies astutely a 3rd of its workforce the company says it will likely take several years for passenger numbers to return to where they were in early january british airways has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may. let's take a look now at some other news and the u.s. government has extended a sanctions waiver allowing iraq to continue importing gas and electricity from iran the way visit usually granted for up to $120.00 days that's been reduced to 30 days and what some say is part of president donald trump's efforts to increase pressure on the iranian government some of altering reports from baghdad. iraq is fighting a 2 pronged battle to increase power supply the country is trying to resolve power shortages but u.s. sanctions mean it must do so without the help from neighboring iran. and 3000 megawatts the my a plant south of baghdad is iraq's biggest it's racing to add capacity ahead of the summer heat when demand soars and frequent power cuts

we're british airways are thinking about laying off 12,000 of their staff.their entire workforce. what is your reaction to that? that isjust the heat of more complications on people is already difficult lives. and perhaps this is not wholly surprising, the aviation industry has been shut down for several weeks now, but if the governments to be intervening in a significant way because this airline isa significant way because this airline is a critically important product of our transport infrastructure, the new diskette up in the right terms. the workers positions are secured and of course, government money is protected and perhaps they might wa nt to protected and perhaps they might want to consider taking the stake. these are the things that have to be openly discussed and we have covid—19 in climate change crisis and this should be utilising the opportunity to have the sense of discussion about having a major contribution to emerge as well. so if this is going to be forward as a discussion between aig and the government about support, and this got to be on

s national carrier british airways is set to cut up to $12000.00 jobs which is around a 3rd of its workforce the airline suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may we've got tom ballantine with us now on skype he is the associate editor and chief correspondent of orient aviation from sydney thank you tom good to see you i mean no massive surprise that airbus has lost this much money but i guess it's the knock on effect isn't it the next quarter in the next quarter after in fact as the boeing boss is saying for years afterwards. yes you're absolutely right i mean in a situation it is hour so the. grave. things are going to get worse in the 2nd quarter are the fact is that you know crowds there are 90 percent of the world leadership on the ground and the last thing you know why you want to the moment it should take that literally who you know have to park i know all in ones around the world are currently right now in discussion with both their muslim buoying. looking at not only calculations but many different arab world literature because it simply don't want egypt to laugh right n

the country's flagship carrier british airways is the latest to take drastic measures to try and ensure its survival the company is reported to be planning to suspend about $36000.00 staff though the company has to stress that there will be no redundancies this week temporarily halted flights out of the u.k. 2nd busiest airport gatwick the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the aviation industry into an unprecedented crisis as carriers are forced to ground their fleets as borders closed and passenger numbers plucked. of the most defenseless are often the hardest hit in any crisis and the corona virus pandemics no exception it doesn't stop at the doors of war torn region is like the syrian province of live where situations already dire of the medical infrastructure almost nonexistent we've been taking a look at why they're afraid of a massive outbreak of the disease. disinfecting tents at a refugee camp in a province a prevention efforts being carried out by the volunteer rescue group right helmets almost half a 1000000 people are packed in here at times up to 10 people share attend and th

british airways has announced plans to cut up to $12000.00 jobs in response to the corona virus outbreak kariya says it's likely to take years for the sector to recover meanwhile scandinavian airlines s.a.'s is laying off up to $5000.00 full time employees and iceland there is cutting to. finally the lego group and universal music have agreed to an exclusive partnership to develop products to help children express their creativity companies say the products will haunt us what they call the mental and creative benefits of music playing with lego planning to launch a new line of items next year and it's encouraging the next generation musicians and create and that's it for me on the business team you can get more from you know com slash business was on facebook and. killing in record time with my asthma gas. kills bacteria and stimulates the growth of healthier cells. in its healing effects be increased. german physicists and medics have come together to find out. tomorrow today. next d.w. . illusion influence. perception. thing. king an action. willing to change attractive appearances and

british airways has announced plans to cut up to $12000.00 jobs in response to the corona virus outbreak carrier says it's likely to take years for the sector to recover meanwhile scandinavian airlines s.a.'s is laying off up to 5000 full time employees and iceland is cutting 2000. finally the lego group and universal music have agreed to an exclusive partnership to develop products to help children express that creativity companies say the products will haunt us what they call the mental and creative benefits of music and playing with lego planning to launch a new line of items next yang to think urging the next generation of musicians and create. as long as the next generation doesn't beat that leg pieces to the floor that's fine. and that's it for me on the business team here in benton you can get more from this update of you know comps last business for us on facebook. but. it's better than any thriller. new ways to buy crime. crime scenes are preserved in virtual form break ins can be predicted in advance autopsies conducted without a scalpel what used to be science fiction has now

british airways has announced plans to cut up to $12000.00 jobs in response to the corona virus outbreak carrier says it's likely to take years for the sector to recover meanwhile scandinavian airlines s.a.'s is laying off up to $5000.00 full time employees and iceland that is cutting 2000. finally the lego group and universal music have agreed to an exclusive partnership to develop products to help children express that creativity companies say the products will haunt us what they call the mental and creative benefits of music playing with lego planning to launch a new line of items next year and is encouraging the next generation musicians and create their that's it for me on the business team here and you can get more from is up to them you know com slash business was on face. the for. eco africa on my 1st graph electronic. one collection site sure i'm sure recycled resold for a price budgeted will do to produce a good look as one of all objectives is to demonstrate this edition of more authentic milegi that is to keep people on the buy a new device focusing takes to get that going fr

when you've got major banking customers such as british airways, they may have no relationship as well huge sways of the economy taken out, when you are going to lose 25% of the ba work force you've got millions if not billions of pounds of impairments, banks can't just offset that and the mortgage holidays and the no overdraft fees, the fact that they are keeping credit longer. the good news is the self-help and the trading from the investment is working well at barclays the bad news is -- and i thought he was very graphic about it two tsunamis you've got to cope with two tsunamis i'll go back to b.a. again the ceo of that company has given up on imparting the furl owe scheme he said this isn't going to be months this is not third quarter. this will take us years to get back to 019 levels so barclays is doing all they can. no doubt they can't do anything about the underlying customers, custody and underlying ma lays >> it is fascinating that shares are still holding up so well this morning thank you. >>> speaking of the banking sector, deutsche bank has posted a first quarter profit o

of casualties yet witnesses say strong winds caused several small fires to burn out of control british airways has announced plans to cut up 212000 jobs in response to the coronavirus outbreak the carrier said it's likely to take years for the sector to recover meanwhile scandinavian airline s.a.'s is laying off up to $5000.00 full time employees and iceland is laying off 2000 the pentagon has released videos taken by u.s. navy pilots that show made and counters with what appear to be u.f.o.'s filmed in 2004 and 2015 liter versions were already in circulation u.s. authorities said that they released the official footage to confirm that the pictures are genuine. the european union and mexico have successfully concluded talks on the new trade agreement under the deal practically all trade between the 2 will be duty free it also includes a commitment to implement the paris climate agreement mexico is the use leading trading partner in latin america. organizers of the postponed tokyo olympics say the event will be canceled if it can't take place next year the games will move to july 2021 because o

been postponed a cop 26 talks set for november and glasgow are now scheduled for next year and british airways is set to suspend $36000.00 staff 4 out of 5 cabin crew and ground staff will be told to stay at home. well here in europe more than 30000 people have died governments are cracking down on movement to stop the virus from spreading and italy is in its 4th week of a nationwide lockdown the restrictions appear to be helping the fight against the virus but people are losing jobs and earnings and it's feared that frustration could soon pull over spill over into violence. italy's streets empty like they have been for the past 3 weeks. police are on patrol to ensure citizens only leave their homes when strictly necessary. the lockdown has altered daily life in italy and brought the country's economy to a halt all non-essential businesses have had to shut down many people have lost their jobs or have seen their salaries cut some are now unable to afford even the basics of thirty's and individual citizens have stepped in handing out meals to those in need but these initiatives are hardly enoug

owners of british airways, we have also seen stories about the insurance companies are airlines not being give vouchers for people had to cancel their trips. moving on, vouchers for people had to cancel theirtrips. moving on, boris johnson, speaking of care homes being the new front lines and interesting how the testing has now been extended to them. do we get any idea of how many people have been tested in the new front line?|j think far too few is the answer to that. a target of 100,000 tests a day, it is remarkable when you consider how many people have been dying of covid—19 and it is only now that they can officially be tested for virus and it has been spreading among care homes and it is tragic, really. i think the other point worth making is the increase in not related covid—19 deaths and that is because the burden that coronavirus is imposing on the system, on the service that they have less to take you make time to attend to those suffering from other illnesses and this is a problem we are sitting across the public sector but it may be acute in the social care sector which every

of casualties yet witnesses say strong winds called several small fires to burn out of control british airways has announced plans to cut up 212000 jobs in response to the coronavirus outbreak the carrier said it's likely to take years for the sector to recover. scandinavian airline s.e.'s is laying off up to $5000.00 full time employees and iceland is laying off 2000. but could the coronavirus pandemic be a chance to save the planet from climate change that was the question of a debate on choose day as germany and britain hosted this year's online version of the petersburg climate dialogue german chancellor angela merkel says climate protection has to be considered as part of the economic stimulus programs that governments are launching to help industries recover from the pandemic. well early in the zoo is back in business from today climate activists fear that because of the corona crisis politicians may play increasingly hard to get on their climate goals addressing the 1st virtual pieces about climate dialogue. came out in favor of the business climate goals despite the crisis. always a vi