my first - response is ryanair should be careful — response is ryanair should be careful. and they may well end _ sensitive issue and they may well end up in front of the human_ well end up in front of the human rights condition so they had to— human rights condition so they had to do— human rights condition so they had to do something very quicklx _ the pressure would seem to be on ryanair. why are they doing this? , ., . ., , this? they have come up quite stron: this? they have come up quite strong and _ this? they have come up quite strong and defended _ this? they have come up quite strong and defended it. - this? they have come up quite strong and defended it. they l strong and defended it. they called it a simple and basic questionnaire, tried to crack down on fraudulent south african passports. from the initial response, it seemed they will continue to give this quiz out. others say the test is not a british government requirement. 0n is not a british government requirement. on top of that, we have a data storm brewing on twitter. passages asking where is it data go

ryanair, for example. _ negotiate. ryanair, for example, who - negotiate.ho will affect negotiate. ryanair, for- example, who will affect many travelling plans. they say contingency plans should avoid disruption. do you think they can avoid disruptions for passengers and if they manage it, will be a failure for the strikers? i it, will be a failure for the strikers?— it, will be a failure for the strikers? . . , , strikers? i am not sure they can. strikers? i am not sure they can- we _ strikers? i am not sure they can- we are _ strikers? i am not sure they can. we are not— strikers? i am not sure they can. we are not optimistic. can. we are not optimistic about the summer. we believe that summer is going to be very difficult for passengers but we want to make sure that you understand the working conditions and being underpaid, it is not the workers are creating the problem, the problem is there and if the sector does not change structurally, i am afraid that the summer will be ruined for many travellers across europe and if the situation is not fixed, there

the pressure would seem to be on ryanair. i mean, what is behind it?or? they have come out quite strong and defended it. they have called it a simple and basic questionnaire, and they've said they're trying to crack down on fraudulent south african passports. from their initial response, it seems they will continue to keep giving out this quiz to people entering britain from other european countries. the uk high commission in south africa came out against them. they said the test is not a british government requirement. on top of all that, we have a data storm brewing on twitter. a lot of passangers saying, where is it data going? how's it being used? how could it be used in future? with some people even asking for data protection notices. so a significant reaction to this for the airline and one that does not seem to be going away anytime soon. stephanie prentice. the family of the author whose article was the inspiration for the 1986 movie, top gun, is suing paramount pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel. the lawsui

south africa has 11 official languages, and ryanair never explained why it chose afrikaans.s india has worsened significantly in the past two decades. in 2019, india had the highest level in the world of tiny particulates which can clog lungs and cause a host of diseases. the highest administrative court in france says it will decide in the coming days whether or not to ban the burkini, or muslim swimming costume, in public swimming pools. the court has examined an appeal from the city of grenoble challenging a ban on a new city ruling allowing burkini swimsuits in public pools. russia has banned dozens of british journalists, defence executives and government ministers from entering the country. the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, orla guerin and nick beake, who have reported from ukraine, and director general tim davie. the editors—in—chief of the times, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the daily mail and the independent were also sanctioned. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine as russia pushes its advance into the country's industrial heartland. r

ryanair defended the test, saying it weeds out those travelling on fraudulent south african passports us has issued warrants to seize two planes owned by roman abramovich, the former owner of chelsea football club, and russian billionaire with close ties to president putin. the seizure comes under measures imposed by washington after russia's invasion of ukraine. tencent will, by the end of tuesday, pull the plug from penguin, its e—sports video game streaming platform. this comes after the tech giant's announcement earlier this year that it will scale back operations that are not core to its business. beijing has in recent months turned the screws of many chinese tech giants like tencent and alibaba. let's now focus on travel, because monday was another day of chaos for thousands of travellers across europe. several airlines cancelled flights, with easyjet scrapping a further 37 journeys to destinations in the uk and europe. before covid, airports and airlines across britain employed around 140,000 people. but since then, thousands ofjobs have been cut, including around 30,000 for uk

the aviation industry is struggling to cope with the summer season. across europe. ryanair workers in spain have been on strike london. heathrow is still trying to get thousands of bags back to their owners after a technical problem last week. and queues abound across the continent as efforts struggle to attract staff and cope with absences to to cove it. well, i report a water in run has been at berlin brandenburg airport to assess the situation that with the return flight, the kiosk also returns across europe, airports and their personnel are struggling with an overload of passengers and a shortage in staff. the same is happening at berlin's international airport. sometimes the aircraft, they're not ready or sometimes when you landed there is no people in order to open you the gate, lori thought. so happened that or you have no people that is taking care of the assistance that you have on board. so sometimes you have people walking the wheelchair and therefore they need assistance. as service industries like aviation recover from the pandemic, they're finding a shortage and employee

russian from gas prom has blaine, some reduced flows on maintenance. trade unions representing ryanair cabin cruiser planning strikes this month in belgium, portugal, and france. the union say the irish low cost airline is not respecting belgian labor laws related to the minimum wage and pay for certain pre and post flight work . well, let's take a look now at markets where it has been an especially tough week for crypto currencies. bitcoin tumbled to just above $20000.00 this week, down 70 percent from its record high of $69000.00 last november. that was after u. s. crypt, a lender celsius froze, customer withdrawals, which deepened a market meltdown that has unfolded in recent weeks. major u. s. exchange coin base announced it will cut about $1100.00 jobs or 18 percent of its workforce. well, for more, let's go to youngs corta in new york. now, yes, crypto evangelist. they'd said that crypto as a safe investment in times of, of inflation somewhat like gold. we're seeing inflation at historic highest now, and now we're seeing the sell off. so what's going on here? christy, the basic i

wednesday. russian from gas prom has blaine, some reduced flows on maintenance. trade unions representing ryanair cabin cruiser planning strikes this month in belgium, portugal and france. the union say the irish low cost airline is not respecting belgian labor laws related to the minimum wage and pay for certain pre and post flight work. well, let's take a look now at markets where it has been an especially tough week for crypto currencies. bitcoin tumbled to just above $20000.00 this week, down 70 percent from its record high of $69000.00 last november. that was after u. s. crypt, a lender celsius froze, customer withdrawals, which deepened a market meltdown that has unfolded in recent weeks. major u. s. exchange coin base announced it will cut about $1100.00 jobs or 18 percent of its workforce. well, for more, let's go to one's corta in new york. now yen crypto evangelists, they've said that crypto as a safe investment in times of, of inflation somewhat like gold. we're seeing inflation at historic highest now, and now we're seeing the sell off. so what's going on here? christy, the basic idea

ryanair have the threat of industrial action. easyjet workers industrial action.hose airlines. i think i'm probably going to get away need to be. fortunately for consumers, the air passenger rights rules are so strongly in their favour, requiring any airline that cancels a fight to find an alternative way of getting to the destination, that i think i'm probably going to be ok along with the hopefully vast majority of other european travellers. fine the hopefully vast ma'ority of other european travellers._ european travellers. one question for ou european travellers. one question for you before _ european travellers. one question for you before let _ european travellers. one question for you before let you _ european travellers. one question for you before let you go. - european travellers. one question for you before let you go. you i european travellers. one questionl for you before let you go. you have a check—in luggage? for you before let you go. you have a check-in luggage?— for you before let you go. you have a check-in luggage? good gracious, no. no. i neve

that worries me that ryanair. of _ existence. that worries me that ryanair, of course _ existence. you can't see anything. her nose on the top level, it looks to me that their legs are going to be pretty clap. it their legs are going to be pretty cla, ., , �* their legs are going to be pretty cla. ., n their legs are going to be pretty clap. it doesn't look particularly enticin: , clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing. and — clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing, and i _ clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing, and i do _ clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing, and i do think, - clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing, and i do think, as - clap. it doesn't look particularly enticing, and i do think, as we. clap. it doesn't look particularly - enticing, and i do think, as we have been touching on, there is a sense of claustrophobia. but having bits of claustrophobia. but having bits of flight today that was i was suddenly expensive and much more than i expected it to be, i might be able to compromise on this if it meant that the ticket was cheaper, substanti

ryanair comes under fire, for forcing its south african passengers to take an afrikaans language test

k to the central african nation. ryanair has dropped a requirement for a south african passengers to take an africans language test to prove their nationality. that's after a public backlash. the language is spoken by just 12 percent of the country, which has 11 other official languages. the south african government called is 8 backward profiling system. pixar is new movie light year is out this week starring the beloved toy story character, buzz lightyear, but the movie it will not be shown everywhere. it's been denied release in more than a dozen. mainly muslim countries, and it's unlikely to open in china after disney refuse to cut a scene that shows to women sharing a kiss. was what your mission long started? 39. 0, the world's most famous toy astronaut is back buzz lightyear. he's a go who are you talk to? no one you were narrating again. i was not, but the buzz is all about his sidekick alicia, his palin partner, who seam and the film kissing her girlfriend. that's way more and more countries are refusing to show the film model. but the studio and it's stars stand by the lesbia

k to the central african nation. ryanair has dropped a requirement for a south african passengers to take an africans language test to prove their nationality. that's after a public backlash. the language is spoken by just 12 percent of the country, which has 11 other official languages. the south african government called it a backward profiling system. a 10 year old boy has been rescued from a well in central india 5 days after he fell down the 18 meter hole in his village . it took response units over 100 hours to complete the rescue, and the boy was being fed oxygen through a tube during the operation he is expected to make a full recovery. well, pixar is new, the lights year is out this week, starring the beloved a toy story, character buzz lightyear, but the movie will not be shown everywhere. it's been denied release and more than a dozen, mainly muslim countries. and it's also unlikely to open in china after disney refused to cut a scene that shows to women sharing the kiss. was what your mission long started? 39 of the world's most famous toy astronaut is back buzz lightyear

here at london heathrow airport, specifically, it is the uk's biggest airport, but there are also ryanairis summer. how much disruption can we expect for travel plans beyond just heathrow? it does feel sometimes like the end of summer as we know it. but actually while there is the prospect of more disruption and of course, we've already seen hundreds of flights cancelled, some of them are very late notice, particularly on easyjet and gatwick. the vast majority of people are travelling as they planned, going on those much anticipated and well—deserved holidays. and my view is that you should be confident at the moment that your trip will go ahead as booked. and if it doesn't, for whatever reason, you do have very strong consumer rights. ok, simon, thank you. simon calder, travel journalist there. now, i have to say, i was getting off a flight earlier this week and landed on time. the steps were brought to the plane, but we were told because of a shortage of ground staff, we would be held on the flight. it was only about ten or 15 minutes, but people were already starting to get restless an

ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travellingan passports. boss michael o'leary said imposing the test �*doesn�*t make any sense'. the policy caused outrage in south africa, where many black people associate afrikaans with the days of white—minority rule. the highest administrative court in france has said it will decide in the coming days whether or not to ban the burkini, or muslim swimming costume, in public pools. the court has examined an appeal filed by the city of grenoble, which challenged the strict regulations in french swimming pools on the types of costume permitted. the duke and duchess of cambridge have laid a wreath at the foot of grenfell tower in west london as people marked the fifth anniversary of the fire which claimed 72 lives. survivors called forjustice for the bereaved and more immediate action to tackle the threat posed by flammable cladding which still affects tower blocks across britain. this report from our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. now in their honour, we will observe a 72—second silence

k to the central african nation. ryanair has dropped the requirements of south african passages taken africans language test to prove their nationality. often a public backlash language is spoken by just 12 percent of the country which has 11 other official languages. south african government called it a backwards profiling system. a 10 year old boy has been rescued from a well in central india. 5 days after he fell down. the 18th meet a hole in his village in his village. it took a response units more than a 100 hours to complete the rescue, and the boy was being fed oxygen through tube, during the operation is now expected to make a full recovery. pixar no movie elijah is alt this week starting the beloved toy story, character bows. lots yet, but the movie won't be shown everywhere. it has been denied release in more than a dozen, mainly muslim countries. and it's unlikely to open in china either after disney refused to cut a scene that shows to women sharing the kiss month. what your mission long started? 39. 0, the world's most famous toy astronaut is back, buzz lightyear. he's a

ryanair comes under fire, for forcing its south african passengers to take an afrikaans language test

by taking a language test, ryanair says it's trying to prevent passengers with fake passports entering the u. k. but as julian wolf explains, only a minority of the population actually speaks africans. ryan air stepping into hot waters after forcing south african citizens to take a test in a language associated with the part height. dryness should be careful. language is a sensitive issue. they may well end up in front of the human rights commission withers, the airline says that asks passengers to write an offer cards to prove their passports aren't fake. but the move is causing widespread condemnation. it's not on fe. is just discriminating athletes in 32. oh, $7.00, south africa has 11 official languages, with africans used by less than 14 percent of the population offers zulu and closer . but africans was the language of segregation during white minority rule when black citizens were told where they could live, work, attempts, school, and own land. roughly 20 percent of the population of south africa understand africans, but the rest don't. so you sitting was roughly 50000000 peopl

ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travellingsports. boss michael 0'leary said imposing the test �*doesn�*t make any sense'. the policy caused outrage in south africa, where many black people associate afrikaans with the days of white—minority rule. a senior government minister in pakistan has urged his country to drink less tea to help reduce the county's import bill. pakistan has been forced to borrow money to buy the much—loved drink and has already restricted the import of non—essential luxury goods to try to stabilise the economy. scientists in australia and south africa have found what they believe is the fastest—growing black hole of the last nine billion years. it consumes the equivalent of one earth every second. they say it shines 7,000 times brighter than the light from our own galaxy, the milky way. the nato secretary general says the alliance is stepping up its provision of heavy weaponry to ukraine. jens stoltenberg was responding to repeated calls from the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenzky, for more long—rang

ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travellingaid imposing the test "doesn't make any sense." the policy caused outrage in south africa, where many black people associate afrikaans with the days of white minority rule. air pollution could be shortening the lives of people in delhi by as much as a decade, according to a study by the university of chicago. air quality across india has worsened significantly in the past two decades. in 2019, india had the highest level of tiny particulates in the world. the highest administrative court in france has said it will decide in the coming days whether or not to ban the burkini, or muslim swimming costume, in public pools. the court has examined an appeal filed by the city of grenoble, which challenged the strict regulations in french swimming pools on the types of costume permitted. russia has banned dozens of british journalists, defence executives, and government ministers from entering the country. the list includes the bbc�*s clive myrie, 0rla guerin, and nick beake, who have reported

ryanair has dropped a controversial test in the afrikaans language aimed at identifying passengers travellingan passports. boss michael o'leary said imposing the test doesn't make any sense. the policy caused outrage in south africa, where many black people associate afrikaans with the days of white—minority rule. the duke and duchess of cambridge have laid a wreath at the foot of grenfell tower in west london as people marked the fifth anniversary of the fire which claimed 72 lives. survivors called forjustice for the bereaved and more immediate action to tackle the threat posed by flammable cladding which still affects tower blocks across britain. this report from our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. now in their honour, we will observe a 72—second silence. the people who called grenfell home were scattered by the disaster. they returned today — alongside them, neighbours and supporters — to remember friends and relatives lost to the flames. # i once was lost # but now i'm found...# but this event was also about the survivors. # but now i see...# eight—year—old ayeesha among them. ne

keoff of the wage levels and payments for pretakeoff and post— loading duties they are contesting —— ryanairg ticket sales to keep lands in the air. there is a flipside. one problem is the delays for new recruits getting training and security clearance but that's a one off so that's what airline bosses say, it's a 1—off problem, not repeated after this summer. willie walsh, director, saying with prices of fuel up, ticket sales will go up and the cost of living affecting people's wallets, they may see a dampening of the end his yards to buy air tickets.— to buy air tickets. silver linin: , to buy air tickets. silver lining. we _ to buy air tickets. silver lining, we hope, - to buy air tickets. silver lining, we hope, mark. to buy air tickets. silver- lining, we hope, mark lobel, thank you for your time. let's get some of the day's other news. the president of france, emmanuel macron, will meet political opponents later after he and his allies lost a majority in the national assembly. mr macron is now under pressure to secure support from rivals to fulfil his government's reform agenda. but ne

easyjet, ryanair. look at easyjet. these are the ones i want to focus on. of flights are canceled over this weekend. a lot of people experiencing significant delays and stress that u.k. airports. people coming back to the gate and experiencing significant problems. we understand, and i cannot cooperate this with any accuracy , but a lot of it was focused on easyjet over the weekend. that stopped down around 2%. wiz tracking a little bit lower. airline stocks feeling the pressure. those who stayed at home got to watch the jubilee. those who stayed abroad stated line. alix: one other story we are watching on the u.k.'s pulsing verse firm is doing eight -- pol singers firm is doing 8 -- over the decision in march to cancel billions of dollars of nickel trade. joining us is jonathan browning, who has been covering the story. what is elliott claiming? jonathan: this is a big moment and we've been expecting lawsuits for a long time now and there be been been talks by other investors. over the weekend, just before the bank holiday in the u.k., allianz investors ha

you could even see the airlines that are doing really well and getting people away, like ryanair orjetttle slack in the system and is the people who are stuck in airports across europe, and the people who had just found out they are not travelling, they are they are not travelling, they are the ones who are suffering. there will be a lot _ the ones who are suffering. there will be a lot of _ the ones who are suffering. there will be a lot of people _ the ones who are suffering. there will be a lot of people looking i the ones who are suffering. there will be a lot of people looking to i will be a lot of people looking to the summer, and it looks like these problems will go on throughout the summer. , , ' summer. they will be different i think in that — summer. they will be different i think in that they _ summer. they will be different i think in that they will _ summer. they will be different i think in that they will tell i summer. they will be different i i think in that they will tell people, there could be possibly hundreds of thousands booked on flights and you will be told, sorr

there are no cost. airline ryanair provides anger. i written inquiring u. k. bands out african passengers to prove who they are. i take your language test and, and make or break moment millions of chinese students at the national university entrance test on the pandemic restrictions class in sports. 2 teams with hopes of winning this year's world cup get ready to renew their rivalry details. coming up. ah, one of the filipino workers with a big explosion by landlords to make them, hey, golden appliances to leave overcrowded. one 0, what a's made the big deal? it exposes the beat on al jazeera. ah, anyway, i'll just eat with it. when you're from a neighbourhood known as a hot bed of radicalism, you have to fight to define stereotypes. i am going to shop join the stories we don't often hear. told by the people who live them with no money showing what ludwig they make that reservation which i know some of the buck seth, this is year on al jazeera lou . ah, again, you're watching out, is there a his reminder of our top story? is this our, you k prime minister b

and separately ryanair —— 6:30pm.d that as complete rubbish. we tend to use the phrase travel misery a lot these days, the question is, will there be more of that to come? there is no question, there is very big groups of workers either on strike or being balloted on strikes, so i think we are in for a period of a lot of industrial unrest involving a lot of workers, mainly over pay although other issues are coming into play now. this week we have had some big ballots, we have had some big strikes and the heathrow one is the latest one and obviously we could be looking at a strike at heathrow at the same time as some more strikes on the railways. we know the travel industry has faced staff shortages and these strikes will inevitably cause further disruption. i'm not sure if you can see over my shoulder, there is a sign about construction work which says, thanks for your patience, and that is something that people travelling this summer may well need in abundance.— people travelling this summer may well need in abundanc

and on ryanair for alicante. people are arriving — ryanair for alicante.d | of delays. we will talk to simon and other travel — of delays. we will talk to simon and other travel experts _ of delays. we will talk to simon and other travel experts in _ of delays. we will talk to simon and other travel experts in the - of delays. we will talk to simon and other travel experts in the week - other travel experts in the week ahead. talking of queueing, we have seen the queues at wimbledon this morning. seen the queues at wimbledon this morninu. . , seen the queues at wimbledon this morninu. ., , ._ , ., morning. never any delays at wimbledon. _ morning. never any delays at wimbledon. it _ morning. never any delays at wimbledon. it runs _ morning. never any delays at wimbledon. it runs like - morning. never any delays at - wimbledon. it runs like clockwork. john is on centre court. what a special place. an incredible setting here on centre court, one of the iconic sporting venues. novak djokovic getting is under way at about half past one. talk about the care and

there�*s also this from the boss of the airline ryanair. he says... iron out the problems in time for the busy summer holidays. i think —— the problems are acute now because this is the first big test. we had to man come back with a bang and we were finding particularly before easter that airports and airlines weren�*t quite there in terms of their resourcing and staff. airports say that actually, things are improving. security, we have seen very long queues. they say they have recruited more people and there will still be some incidents where you are queuing for a long time, but it doesn�*t appear to have gotten worse, and it�*s not a problem universally. some passengers will find they get away with no problems whatsoever. on the airlines kherson side of things, aviation is a complicated system. if you are an airline like tui and they have staff shortages, that has an upper impact. that�*s what they say it has happened, meaning they�*ve chosen to cancel six flights every day over the next month. all that is a small proportion, that has an impact for