and more trouble in the air for ryanair as its european pilots go on strike over pay and working conditions at europe's biggest budget airline flight cancellations will affect twenty five thousand passengers on friday. i mean physical and let's do business chief executive ilan musk wants to take the electric car maker private. by eleven percent on the news before trading resulted for more than an hour on tuesday or wednesday the board of directors said it's going to evaluate the plan. if musk can succeed in taking tesla private it would be the largest leveraged buyout in history . asked tweeted on tuesday that he was considering taking tesla private at four hundred twenty dollars a share saying that he'd secured funding a deal at that price would represent a price tag of about seventy two billion dollars he didn't say where the funding was coming from shortly after his tweet musk published a letter to tesla employees on the company's blog where he said that going private would be the best path forward and would allow tesla to operate at its best free from distraction and short term thinking

no, i don't, ryanair? i have been to harlow to find out. no, idon't, i ryanair?2. ryanair has rya nair has been ryanair has been pretty proactive on twitter, they say they apologise to customers for the disruption the unnecessary strikes will cause. they are digging their heels when it comes to compensation, they say they are offering passengers the option ofa are offering passengers the option of a refund or they can get an alternative flight for free, but if you have been affected by the strikes this is useful information, the civil aviation authority which regulates ryanair the civil aviation authority which regulates rya nair in the civil aviation authority which regulates ryanair in the uk says that they are advising anyone caught up that they are advising anyone caught up in the strikes, that anyone can apply for compensation, because the strike was called at the england cricketer ben stokes has told his trial he can't remember knocking out a man in an alleged brawl outside a bristol nightclub last september. stokes, who denies affray, did admit to throwing

for ryanair. it is a summer standing issue. for ryanair. a summer of discontent for themm could not come at a worse time. around 50,000 passengers are effected, what's their options? well, they said by 3pm on wednesday august eight, it had contacted all passengers with a refund or re—routing them with all possible alternatives and compensation as well. and these passengers therefore should have been given these options. today, however, if you just type in the hash tag ryanair strike, he will see a different perspective. there are many that are frustrated. they followed the links, the forms for compensation, they are not working. some are saying that the live chat facility is not effective. in reality, there is definitely going to be some fallout from this. in some ways the timing is odd. ryanair recognised trade unions for the first time last year, why is there relationship with them so rocky? that is a good point. in december for the first time the ryanair recognised union. we have a member they were forced to that position, really. it was

ryanair say they have notified all affected customers that most have been put on other ryanair customersmost have been put on other rya nair flight. they customers that most have been put on other ryanair flight. they call the strike is regrettable and unjustified, and ask the striking unions to continue negotiations instead of more industrial action. union say they remain available for talk. as the summer holidays continue, passengersjust hope talk. as the summer holidays continue, passengers just hope that this is not what awaits them at the airport. caroline davies, bbc news. after weeks of hot weather in france, torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and flood alerts across the country. thousands of homes are without power. several hundred people have been evacuated from three campsites in the ardeche and drome regions, just north of marseille. 0ne german man in his seventies is still missing and a few people have been hospitalised following the rescue. 0livia crellin reports. roads turned to rivers. rivers have become rapids. this is what it looks like now in some parts of

there have been a few wobbles for ryanair this summer.y some of its pilots and cabin crew in parts of europe caused major disruption. now the bbc has found out that some customers who were sent compensation by the airline were given an unsigned cheque. gordon fong got £440 after a nightmare journey in june. he was supposed to fly from murcia in spain back home to bournemouth. but his flight was first diverted to madrid. then ryanair took him to birmingham. so he had to get a two—and—half—hour taxi to get home. surely a company of that rate has checks, especially a large corporation like ryanair, these things should not happen. so i was quite embarrassed and quite annoyed, really. rya nair has apologised. it said an administrative error meant 190 unsigned cheques were sent out last month. a tiny number, it said, because in the same month it gave out a total of 20,000 compensation cheques. ryanair is now one of the world's biggest airlines. it flew 130 million passengers last year. when you have a giant airline like ryanairfailing in the mo

legal the issue has been highly controversial and divisive in the homeland of pope francis and german ryanair pilots who vote to join friday's strike that's already disrupted the travel plans of more than twenty five thousand passengers they want to budge an airline to give them a salary hike. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program australia's most populous state is gripped by its worst drought in fifty years with pasterns turning to dust and heat waves scorching parts of asia including china and japan wildfires are raging in portugal spain and the united states so what is behind this extreme weather in just a moment we will speak with environment editor but first this report on the high temperatures and fears that earth's ecosystems could be irreversibly disrupted. it's been more than fifty years since the state of new south wales in australia has seen a drought like this farmers pray for rain as their crops and livestock die some are forced to shoot starving cattle others face the prospect of having to simply abandon their land. on the other side of the world a similar story the french are

money or gold they have to support the tumbling currents also on the program for low cost carrier ryanair gets hit by in europe right pilots strike thousands of passengers are affected at the height of the travel season. this is a business i'm crystal kolber welcome nowadays it takes just one tweet us president donald trump took to his favorite medium to announce new tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum the news rattled world markets and sent the turkish lira into freefall ties between ankara and washington have been strained over the jailing of an american pastor kircus president out on political agenda has long been backed by a strong economy that could change. the turkish economy is spiraling and turkish president everyone is blaming other countries he speaks of an economic war against turkey so he's appealing to the public for help. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold under the pillows they should go exchange it fully arose at our banks. this is a national domestic boxer yes. this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against us. this is th

at the cost to ryanair? yes. anecdotally, thatis cost to ryanair? yes. for an independent investigation into a missile strike in yemen which killed 29 children. the attack hit a bus in the north of the country. the saudi—led coalition said it targeted rebels in the market after they fired a missile at the kingdom on wednesday. the us state department said the coalition should carry out its own assessment. a conservative peer says he's been sent dozens of abusive emails since he criticised borisjohnson for his comments about women who wear the burka. lord sheikh, who founded the conservative muslim forum, had told bbc newsnight that mrjohnson should have the party whip withdrawn. our political correspondent jessica parker has more on this. so, these comments have come out, that lord sheikh has been getting abusive messages since appearing on bbc newsnight, and still the row rumbles on about what waris johnson should do in terms of an apology? —— borisjohnson. should do in terms of an apology? —— boris johnson. yes, lord sheikh has been one ofjohnson's mor

there are a lot of budget airlines are working conditions that ryanair actually worse than it say easy jet well there have been more complaints there have been numerous complaints about the working conditions a dry in air that's why pilots for example are fighting for a collective collective wage agreement something that doesn't exist ryanair says that staff pilots earn a lot of money comparable but there's two things you need to know the majority of ryanair parents aren't staff but they're freelance and the second thing is the basic salary is pretty low but then their premiums upon how many hours you fly i mean that's something that's beyond the control of the pilots and for example if a crew sits on the tarmac for two hours to do some technical difficulties or something that counts as time off the clock so naturally that's something they want to talk about and they want to debate. and we also have to consider that conditions for cabin staff are indeed much worse the wages of very very low flight attendants have to pay for their own training and the unions for the cabin staff have alr

the travel plans of thousands of people are disrupted as ryanair its pilots go on strike. hello there we've still got a showers around the black sea at the moment we're seeing some particularly heavy downpours over the northern parts of turkey and into ga ga's really being quite wet over the last few weeks more wet weather is expected to as we head through the next few days the showers just slightly becoming more broken up so if you will driest slopes in between perhaps further south and it's fine drive just warm as you'd expect in beirut thirty degrees in force in baghdad is just hot at forty six couple not quite as hot here will get to around thirty five now here in doha it's been very sticky over the past few days your sunglasses have folks up instantly the moment you've stepped outside it's still going to be like that as we had three saturday it changes on sunday the winds fire down from the northwest bringing in so far dry air but dry air can get that bit hotter so we'll see the temperatures climb up to around forty five degrees i think as we head through the day if w

in the past, ryanair few other european countries.e past, rya nair has few other european countries. in the past, ryanair has sent legal notices to employees saying they will be made redundant, poland receiving theirjobs in made redundant, poland receiving their jobs in many made redundant, poland receiving theirjobs in many cases. there is also a suggestion that ryanair refutes is that it is about discrimination of individual workers because it is is within the law vert if someone strikes they do not need to be paid for that day. but the guardian also suggest that productivity bonuses that people may achieve may be affected as part of the industrial action. cabin crew and pilots have similar demands, better pay conditions, overhauling of their employment —— unconventional employment practices. for example, continental staff are employed under irish law. that does make it difficult when you are operating a european wide airline. and michael o'leary, the boss whose name is graffitied on this wall in the picture, he previously said he w

president out of iran says his country will win this economic war also on the program low cost carrier ryanair gets hit by a europe wide pilot strike thousands of passengers are affected at the height of the travel season and we take a look at the challenges between small traders from china and low income consumers in africa both hoping to strike a good deal. this is a business on course of kolber welcome nowadays it's takes just one tweet us president donald trump took years to his favorite medium to announce new tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum the news rattle the world markets and set the turkish lira into freefall ties between al gore and washington have been strained over the jailing of an american pastor now turkey's president out of a political agenda has long been backed by a strong economy that could change. the turkish economy is spiraling and turkish president at a one is blaming other countries he speaks of an economic war against turkey so he's appealing to the public for help. yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold under the a pillows they should go exchange i

from playing of one side against the other economy by passenger numbers ryanair is europe's largest airline how's this going to bookings. well run itself doesn't give exact estimates in the case of those islands strikes the managers have said that they have had a negative effect on bookings and in the long run of course this indicates that the times of thirty to forty euro tickets are over as you know also ryanair will have to do something move and as you know the. unions are acting in concert of action on the european level it's not likely that you know the super low costs will hold at ryanair ok troubling times for flying europeans the caribbean in frankfurt thank you. in troubling times for the prime minister absolutely has been a lot of hot water banned because the former malaysian prime minister not a browser has been charged with three new counts of money laundering at a court in the capital kuala lumpur razak is already facing charges of breach of trust and abusing his position in connection with a multi-billion dollar scandal involving a state investment fund that denies any

it's 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 of 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 pilots demands. and it's unfair that the pilots have to pull the short straw just because passengers want to fly cheaply. this is something from the show it's 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 justified. ryanair 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 more than seventy thousand passengers in southern france about sixteen hundred people have been evacuated to escape flash floods calls by heavy rain the hardest hit region is start or helicopters help some seven hundred fifty people to

all >> a strike that moves on and on can cause budget problems and i think the ryanair mooel has been >> yanair muss face up to increasing competition that did not exist when they started 30 staff attempted by better conditions lsewhere. borders, washington has new space force as the sixth branch oo the u.s. military. we have the details. >> a question of national security for the u.s. administration, space explorrtion goes beyond science. vice president mike pence wants to create a branch of the u.s. military. is an idea whose time has come. the space and environment hhs changed in the last generation. today, other nations re seeking to disrupt our space race systems and challenge of american supremacy in space as cited waser nations china and washington believe they pursue anti-solid weaponry and the u.s. relies on satellite technology for communications ann intelligence services vital to milltary ann economy. cyber attacks on the satellites could lead to american troopp stranded in war zones. the solution for the president is the so-called space force. he gave it hii full support o

today is not about wanting to beat ryanair and it wouldn't be possible anyway against a transatlantic employer will always be the long ground but what it is about is to signal to management that there needs to be an end to them trying to beat their own status and that is what we want to achieve today they want to send a clear message to dublin ryanair must change that. well clearly the question will be for ryanair can they absorb the financial hit that a strike like this will cause them as i said. this is mid august mid european summer holiday season a question for them do they want to to improve the offer they're making to the pilot's union have to wait to see what will turn out through the course of today we understand there will be a demonstration taking place at another airport in germany later on but for now from here it's clear very few ryan air flights are actually flying indeed will follow vents for the through the day thanks dominic now to asia pacific where the corruption trial of malaysia's former prime minister will take place between february and march next year the date

they told us that the ryanair flight to athens that we had booked are being canceled because the. pilots on strike so we just went through a couple different ways of getting to athens and their line rebooked scaling up that's all they need the tonight and then tomorrow in the morning bouncing from that's the only thing to athens so what's behind this industrial action ryanair employs about four hundred pilots here in germany they are members of the pilots union cockpit and for the union issue with ryanair is very clear they want improved terms and conditions and they say ryanair really needs to reform. does. today is not about want to debate ryanair and it wouldn't be possible any way against a transatlantic employee but what it is about is to signal to management that there needs to be an end to them trying to beat their own staff today you want to send a clear message to dublin ryanair must change so far at least the airline appears not to want to but as chief executive has accepted ryanair will take a financial hit it's hard to assess the damage of a new features from the one h

trouble for europe's biggest budget airline ryanair hundreds of pilots a walk in off a twenty four hours in a europe wide coordinated strike. this is the business president russia type add on is telling turks to exchange gold and hard currency into leone friday framing turkey's currency crisis as a national battle against economic enemies the mirror has lost its value this year and fell further on his comments it was trading at around six point zero five to the dollar after he spoke as nearly nine percent weaker on the day european markets have already been falling on worries over texas economy and further developments president donald trump from the u.s. said he wants to double tariffs on turkish steel and many of. turkey's economic boom was fueled by government spending but the upswing has come to an end official forecast suggests the economy will only grow by three to four percent next year markets are losing patience and that's taking its toll on the national currency. the lira has been sliding since the year began losing sixty six percent of its value since january. stoking inflatio

because you missed an important business meeting or something ryanair says the strike was beyond their control and they have the backing of the european you know the us to travelers are going to be out of luck can we expect more strikes like this over the rest of the summer i think we do i think it will get worse before it becomes better ryanair c.e.o. michael o'leary despises unions only last year he was forced to actually acknowledge them in the first time in the thirty year history of the company but that's not to say that both sides will reach an agreement and time soon and the pilots have said they are ready to strike you all right buyer beware in your book in the summer travel plan indeed all right chris alcoa for business us thanks for walking us through that. all residents of a small german village are taking a stand after an ugly incident of racism a swastika was chopped on the sidewalk after a young syrian boy was killed in a nearby traffic accident locals have turned out to mourn the little boy publicly and to make clear their feelings about neo nazi sympathizers. many peopl

but the peak of the summer 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 tha

there have been a few wobbles for ryanair this summer.urope caused major disruption. now the bbc has found out that some customers who were sent compensation by the airline were given an unsigned cheque. gordon fong got £440 after a nightmare journey in june. he was supposed to fly from murcia in spain back home to bournemouth. but his flight was first diverted to madrid. then ryanair took him to birmingham. so he had to get a two and half hour taxi to get home. surely a company of that rate has cheques, especially a large company like ryanair, these things should not happen. so i was quite embarrassed and quite annoyed, really. rya nair has apologised. it said an administrative error meant 190 unsigned cheques were sent out last month. a tiny number, it said, because in the same month it gave out a total of 20,000 compensation cheques. ryanair is now one of the world's biggest airlines. it flew 130 million passengers last year. when you have a giant airline like ryanairfailing in the most basic duty of signing cheques before they go out,

and the biggest pilot walkout and ryanair history leaves four hundred flights grounded and that during the peak of the summer holidays more than seventy thousand travelers are affected. by bryan thomas thanks so much for being with us we begin this program in spain where a ship with eighty seven migrants on board has docked after being turned away by italy in malta a spanish aid group picked up the migrants off the coast of libya for those on board the most hazardous part of their journey is now over but as our correspondent norman struggle reports from the town of lead migrants life in spain is often precarious. nothing is left of the opposite it is what it called fun during the night. living. in twenty fourteen city became to spain from ivory coast to find work he ended up in this slum near the town of libya on the loose along with up to one thousand dollars fires occur frequently due to the flammable building materials gas canisters and forty degree celsius heat. you know. many. looking for. abuse dream of a better life in europe has become a nightmare he has no residence permanent

school bus the strike was widely condemned and thousands of holidaymakers are left going nowhere as ryanair pilots walked off the job at europe's biggest budget airline. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has stepped up his political pressure on turkey with new tariffs sending that country's currency into freefall in a tweet early on friday trump said the following i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminum with respect to turkey as their currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward against our very strong dollar our relations with turkey are not. good at this time trump's tariff increase appears to be over on karisma refusal to release an american christian pastor who is charged with terrorism offenses in the country the leader is nosedived european markets tumble. and turkey's president retching type heir to one has responded to the leader as freefall addressing supporters at a party rally he defiantly made calls for a national struggle. going on. oh if there is anyone who has dollars euros oh gold under their pillows. they shou

and still to come on this program the travel plans of thousands of people are disrupted as ryanair as pilots go on strike. on the inauguration of zimbabwean president emerson emerson and one god why is delay that the court considers the opposition challenge. hello there we've got a few days of rain ahead of us in southern china and we've already seen over two hundred millimeters of rain in high now and you can see the cloud responsible for that it's going nowhere in a great hurry so as we head through saturday and sunday there's going to be yet more rain across this region and there is likely to be reports of flooding the weather will also be affecting us in hong kong and you can see the winds are pushing plenty of cloud and rain towards parts of the philippines as well so in the western parts of luzon we can expect things here to be very wet as well across parts of india the month seems to be fairly subdued recently but in the last twenty four hours it's really got going over carola and you can see the wet weather that we've had here in the problems that it's caused and it's all than

is very clear they want improved terms and conditions and they say ryanair really needs to reform. will mean that's what today is not about want to debate ryanair and it wouldn't be possible any way against a transatlantic employee but what it is about is to signal to management that there needs to be an end to them trying to beat their own staff today you want to send a clear message to dublin ryanair must change so far at least the airline appears not to want to but as chief executive has accepted ryanair will take a financial hit it's hard to assess the damage of a new features from the one he said no quarter was sold says that her fears this summer he thought they would give their four percent you know it's fifty five percent so here's the damage that that's good. but not perhaps for those caught up in friday's strike action. al-jazeera had been shown a third airport. u.s. president donald trump has criticized football players who refused to stand during the national anthem on the n.f.l. is opening night threatening them with suspension the players say they want to draw attenti

mark: how disruptive has this action been to ryanair's business?nair is trying to break into the german market and into some of the other european markets. these are highly competitive markets. we have easyjet. we have some established lufthansaike iag or having their own low-cost models. this is important for ryanair to defend this market and to grow in a market like germany. they need to make sure they don't give in. right now, that is the last thing they need. it is peak travel season, as i said. for the pilots, this will be very difficult and for ryanair to see through. julie: what have we seen travelers doing as this is going on? have they gravitated toward other low-cost carriers? can they do that? are there seats available? are they forced to go to higher cost carriers? benedikt: a lot of frustration. we spoke to some travelers today and it feels like the communication from the company has not been clear. it was not clear which flights were canceled and which would go ahead. a lot of insecurity from travelers. some have been able to cancel t

this coming friday ryanair will cancel one hundred forty six flights to destinations all over europeaffecting more than twenty five thousand is the reason a strike by pilots from sweden belgium and. 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 e

is very clear they want improved terms and conditions and they say ryanair really needs to reform. does. is not about want to debate right now and it wouldn't be possible anyway against a transatlantic employer what it is about is to signal to management that there needs to be an end to them trying to beat their own staff today you want to send a clear message to dublin ryanair must change so far at least the airline appears not to want to but as chief executive has accepted ryanair will take a financial hit it's hard to assess the damage of a new features from. what he said no quarter was sold says there are fears this summer he thought they would your four percent you know it's fifty five percent so . but not perhaps for those caught up in friday's strike action dominic came out zerah a bull and shown a third airport. now the planned demolition of a mosque in northwestern china has been stopped after protests by members of the muslim community ways you grand mosque was set to be destroyed what the government said was a violation of planning regulations the top official in the loc

german ryanair pilots have just voted to join this week this belgian and irish colleagues in striking on friday ahead of the announcement ryanair already cancelled one hundred forty six flights to destinations all over europe affecting more than twenty five thousand passengers those numbers are said to rise as the german pilots join the twenty four hour strike to demand a higher base salary ryan says pilot salaries are not so low pilots also finally the island of base transfers marksman number of flight hours the motions and annual leave. our correspondent contributions covering the story in france for the sentence this is. normally unions operate on the national level as the labor law and the law for collective bargaining is organized on the national level and not on the level of the european union but now the unions are talking to each other they're coordinating their strike action in order to be able to hit the management of ryanair together stronger and this concerted action is a logical reaction to what right now has been doing for decades ryanair systematically has bypassed the

costs mount at ryanair. major strikes with at least ordered flights canceled. can it come to terms with pilots? -- at least 400 flights canceled. can it come to terms with pilots? ♪ morning, it's 6:00 here in london this friday morning. let's look at asia. equity markets in red down by .6%. we seen broad-based selling in the japanese markets in particular. the yen a little bit strongly by nearly .4% against the dollar. that's taking the edge off some of those japanese equities. despite that, the dollar managing to hold on to some of the gains in made. .5%,rday we saw it up really interesting analysis about 10 year yields at the moment which are around 2.92% but they are falling. how this ist interesting in context of economists putting up their estimates of u.s. growth. how do those two things stack up? because inflation is not seen as getting out of control. in turkey we are weaker by another 3.25%. another down day. we will hear from the finance minister who has a new economy plan. we have another record low on the turkish lira in session yesterday. mark cudm

the latest headlines: hundreds of ryanair flights have been cancelled today due to widespread strike pilots, affecting several european airports. more than 50,000 passengers are understood to have been sent flight cancellations. after weeks of hot weather in france, torrential downpours have brought floods and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 people, most of them campers, in the south. a 70—year—old german man who was helping to supervise children at a summer camp is missing. the us vice president has unveiled plans for a new space force that could become the sixth branch of the us military. mike pence says the force will be up and running by 2020. but the plan still needs approval, and $8 billion funding, from congress. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the business page of the guardian here in the uk. it covers our main news story — the rya nair strike, showing criticism of its boss michael o'leary graffitied on a wall in mallorca. moving on to the new york times, and it details us plans laid out

very embarrassing for ryanair.m when they don‘t need it. let‘s talk to meghan french, a senior news reporter at money—saving expert. when can you claim compensation? your flight needs to be an eu flights, leaving or going into an eu apple. in terms of compensation, you have to have arrived at your destination three hours late and has to have been caused by an incident within the airline's control, such as that staff being late or routine technical fault with the plane. so these people clearly went through these people clearly went through the process and got this compensation. what does ryanair have to say? it has apologised and has reissued these checks. undoubtedly, it will be frustrating for these people. but they have used these rights properly and they have got the compensation they were entitled to. we have heard so many stories about flight delays recently, not only about ryanair, but about so many airlines. what is going on? are more people claiming or are more flights being delayed and cancelled? we have s

ryanair insists its pilots are paid more than those working for other budget airlines. flights out of one of europe's busiest airports today. at frankfurt the message for passengers was clear, and the same for berlin, with 250 flights grounded in germany and another 150 cancellations in ireland, sweden, and belgium as well. ryanair ireland, sweden, and belgium as well. rya nair is ireland, sweden, and belgium as well. ryanair is the second—biggest airline and there are 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 org

ryanair introduces rya nair introduces new ryanair introduces new rules on cabin ragas.circuit in belgium is the venue for formula 1's return after a break. mercedes usually does well at this circuit but sebastian vettel is showing determination to close the gap on lewis hamilton. he topped the time sheets in practice more than three tenths of a second quicker than hamilton. spanish rider maverick then yellows led a yamaha in the british make a gp at silverstone. he was quicker than valentino rossi, with cal crutchlow in fourth and marc marquez down intense after a crash. burnley manager sean dyche was critical of his first defeat in the europa league play—off in athens, regarding the home team's conduct at half—time. they lost 3—1 in a game in which ben gibson was sent off and both sides were awarded a penalty. after the incident where they tried for a penalty, which wasn't a penalty, and i think they appeared on the pitch and the referee and linesman and the fourth official and all i remember being told was respected in the referee's respect of the conduct around the r

and thousands of people travel plans have been disrupted as ryanair as pilots go on strike. and set us world's number one iraq has set up a quarter final clash in toronto we'll have the details and sports with peter. has a problem president emerson mahna mahna god had his inauguration delayed because of a legal challenge to his electoral victory lawyers of the movement for democratic change alliance filed their case of the supreme court in harare just of your arse ago and they said they have mammoth as events of frauds and election rigging we can go to harlem a tosser who joins us live from harare so how are you how what is the case that the opposition is hoping to build. well it's the first time in zimbabwe's history an integration has been stopped the m.d.c. alliance's that it was result overturned they say they have evidence forms that they say show that the results were tampered with and they say numbers don't lie they insist they won the election the judges will probably need to depends how soon they meet if it's quick and they think that this evidence is weak they coul

ryanair insists its pilots are paid more than those working for other budget airlines.rills 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. bride—to—be laura and her best friend claire from barrow in furness were due to fly with ryanair from manchester with 1a friends for a hen party in germany and they have had to cancel their plans. they didn't offer us anything. it said in the e—mail there were a few things you could do, but really with a group of 16 of us, it is really difficult to try to get som

ryanair say they have notified all affected customers and most have been put on other ryanair flightsregrettable and unjustified", and ask the striking unions to continue negotiations instead of more industrial action. the unions say they remain available for talk. caroline davies, bbc news. a nine—year—old girl who died in a rock fall in yorkshire has been named as harriet forster. harriet, who was from in oxford, was killed in an incident on seaton garth beach near whitby on wednesday. in a statement harriet‘s family say she was the "light of our lives". after weeks of hot weather in france torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and flood alerts across the country. thousands of homes are without power. 1,600 people have been evacuated from three campsites in the ardeche and drome regions just north of marseille. 0ne german man in his 70s is still missing and a few people have been taken to hospital following the rescue. 0livia crellin reports. roads turned to rivers. rivers have become rapids. this is what it looks like now in some parts of france after a weeks—long heatwav