what about the thomas cook airline, it is not the thomas cook airline, it is not the same thing?y told me she had booked a flight to la nza rote at me she had booked a flight to lanzarote at the end of august, will ibe lanzarote at the end of august, will i be safe? yes, her question is one iam hearing i be safe? yes, her question is one i am hearing many times, i be safe? yes, her question is one iam hearing many times, halfa dozen times yesterday people asked me whether thomas cook would say. it is, and your money is always protected, but thomas cook airlines, interesting that they were trying to sell the airline part of the business in order to shore up the main tour operator and travel agency, they did not succeed. the chinese cannot take over thomas cook airlines because european union ownership rules means it has to be majority—owned by europeans after brexit by british people, so they are taking a significant share in the airline but not the whole thing, it may well be that the two things will eventually split. simon, one thing in that clip there was that eve ryo ne thing

we start with struggling travel giant thomas cook. 178—year—old british firm, which pioneered package holidays, has been facing an uncertain future. shares have slumped and debt has soared amid growing fears for its survival. now it could be headed for a new departure under chinese ownership. ramzan karmali reports. the world's oldest travel company. last year, thomas cook served 19 million customers, but for some time 110w million customers, but for some time now it has been struggling. million customers, but for some time now it has been strugglingm million customers, but for some time now it has been struggling. it has faced fierce competition from the budget airlines, and perhaps more significantly from internet travel firms. in the first half of this year it made losses of $3.8 billion and has been under pressure from creditors. shares have also slumped, down 85% this year alone. thomas cook said it was convinced that brexit had caused some customers to delay travel plans. now, shanghai —based company is looking to take control o

shares in thomas cook have fallen by more than 45%.o leggett is with me now. a lot of people going off on thomas cook holidays this summer — what's going on with the business? thomas cook says it is perfectly 0k, perfectly safe, the bookings will be respected in the company will have after the steal enough money to keep it going well past next winter and have more money left over to invest. what everybody is worried about in these cases is that they might end up these cases is that they might end up stranded somewhere away in the world and unable to get home. but this is a package to accompany part of the atoll scheme so even if things were to go badly wrong they would still be able to get home. what this deal means is that there isa what this deal means is that there is a risk of thomas cook collapsing completely. —— atol. that should be averted. this is a company and all sorts of financial trouble, it has a high street business in competition with online holiday retailers, it has been losing money hand overfist and it was in a great

he said thomas cook customers should not worry about their bookings.e and i think that is a really important thing. it is the old est really important thing. it is the oldest brand in travel, been going for 178 years and it's been some tough, tough times but at the moment with debts of $2 billion, something had to happen and if you happen to work for thomas cook be a hotelier ora work for thomas cook be a hotelier or a holiday—maker with something booked with them, it's good news this morning. a team at the northern irish base of canadian aerospace company bombardier has won a prestigious engineering award for a composite wing that reduces the environmental footprint of commercialjets. the belfast—based engineers won the 2019 macrobert award for the wing that is ten % lighter than standard metal equivalents, which reduces fuel burn and co2 emissions. the win comes two months after bombardier announced that it planned to sell its northern irish business. gavin campbell is director of engineering and technology development at bombardier. congratulations

let us look at thomas cook.have struggled early in the year from the same brexit uncertainty and the slowing in the industry. is there any optimism out there that thomas cook can be turned around and it can find a niche for itself at a time when so many of us are assembling our own package holidays? yes, it has a strong brand name and some of the relationships they have, if they can do that they will have some market value. the bondholders are seeing that value today. ok, thank you very much forjoining us. that is it from me. that was interesting, thank you. passengers have been describing their ordeal on an air canada jet when it hit severe turbulence on its way to australia and had to make an emergency landing. more than 30 passengers suffered minor injuries after being thrown out of their seats and hitting their heads. lisa hampele has more. inside the plane once they knew they were safe. moments earlier at 36,000 feet in the air and two hours into the flight, the aircraft had plunged. one passenger said it f

shares in the holiday firm thomas cook plunge in value as it is confirmed that it is seeking a rescuen talks to secure a 750 milion pound rescue deal to help it keep trading and reinvent itself for a future in which consumers don't need travel agents as much as they once did. we'll hearing from the boss in a moment. there's been a warning today that fire—prone tumble dryers — which had been recalled by the manufacturer — are still being sold by third—party vendors on online marketplaces. the charity — electrical safety first — is alerting consumers to the risk of buying these products and urging websites to do more to prevent them being listed for sale. one of the bank of england's interest rate decision makers say that the rate could be cut to almost zero if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. but if there is a deal, policymaker gertjan vlieghe said that the rate would rise steadily over the next three years. don't worry about your holiday bookings with us. that's the key message to customers from the troubled travel company thomas cook which has revealed it's in talks to secure a r

thomas cook. there are rescue talks atan thomas cook. it is the tour operator side of the business, or the airline, and travelling with them over the summer. it is mixed news for shareholders, which explains why shares are down 44% since i first started talking to you about this story this morning. in an hour and about this story this morning. in an hourand a about this story this morning. in an hour and a half, that is what has happened. this is because shareholders are fleeing for the exit. if the chinese company are going to give money to cancel the debts in exchange for shares, that dilutes the value of everyone else's shares, so all the shareholders are disappearing as fast as they can. here was the boss of thomas cook speaking to us this morning. this is the right solution to make the business secure for the future for our stakeholders, employees, for our suppliers and customers. our customers' holidays are secure. they can book with us without worries. we have enough resources to operate our business. so they can enjoy their holid

the costs for thomas cook, like hotels and oil, are going up cook, like hotels and oil, are going upy with the east and away from what they have said are very challenging conditions here. and given the challenges faced by the industry as a whole, are we seeing other companies getting twitchy? are we going to see a change in how the market looks to british consumers? it is interesting, because the chief executive said to me this morning that research shows that people are still using travel operators. we all could go online and book our own bespoke holiday, but he said the travel business is still there. but with those squeezed margins, the future for them does seem to be away from europe. thanks very much. the mayor of new orleans has warned that a tropical storm moving towards the coast of louisiana could bring 48 hours of continuous rain. storm barry could become a hurricane when it makes landfall. residents have been warned to seek shelter or leave new orleans. the low—lying city was devastated by hurricane katrina in 2005. the region has already been saturated by days of heavy ra

let's turn to our top business story now — struggling travel giant thomas cook.firm, which pioneered package holidays, has been facing an uncertain future. shares have slumped and debt has soared amid growing fears for its survival. now it could be headed for a new departure. it's in advanced talks with a chinese conglomerate over a rescue worth almost a billion dollars. talk about a personal story, displays straight into your hands, because your wife is travelling with them at the moment. yes, she is due to come back with them on mexico, so i hope they are not completely going bust otherwise i might not be seeing herfor a while. i think bust otherwise i might not be seeing her for a while. i think there are 11 million passengers flying with them this month, and the fact that they are not going under is good news. they have been seen as a bit ofa news. they have been seen as a bit of a basket case, and it looks like this chinese company is doing something that will at least keep it alive. it is an interesting move, because you say, it has been struggling for a lo

the british travel group thomas cook is in a bad stalls with chinese investors about a rescue deal the agreement could be worth over 800000000 euros would see thomas cook's biggest stakeholder china's full sun take control of its true business the cash injection would give the struggling company enough money to trade through to the end of 2020 its chief executive calls the proposals pragmatic but admits they are the outcome that it wanted. one of the most instagram of all places in the world of the mountains and fjords of no white and once those photos are on insta the hordes of tourists followed now entire cruise ships are advancing on the pristine waters of the scandinavian paradise locals and. this is a dream for many travelers a cruise through the norwegian fjords but the sheer number of people pursuing that dream has and there's trade time worried his family has lived here and flown east of barragan for generations in his son have a farm with some 55 cows. nearby bottles of water when i was a child there were 5 or 6 ships in the fuehrer in the summer time $65.00 now it is it's $16

thomas cook, the biggest carrierfor flights the next day. flights the next day. thomas cook, the biggest carrierfor uk nationals to egypt, they mainly go to the red sea resort of hrgota. they are carrying on as normal. manchester is the big cup into either. they are carrying on as normal. easyjet have said they will continue to fly as planned, but they will keep the situation under continuous review. they are obviously keeping an eye on this but are carrying on with their flies. as you say, more questions than answers at the moment. thank you very much for the update. let's get some of the day's other news. more than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they're being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. in london, pro—european opponents of brexit have held a "no to boris, yes to europe" march.

tomorrow's financial times says thomas cook has lined up a £750 million rescue deal with its largestvealing plans to restructure the business. and ministers are to just guidelines as to how much sleep we should get, according to the times. the papers is growing evidence of the health impacts of a lack of sleep. a35—year—old man who had been blind for more than a quarter of a century tells the mailing was overjoyed at seeing his wife and children for the first time since medic —— after medical advances inside loss. and ed sheeran suffers from social anxiety, according to the sun, saying that global stardom makes him feel like an animal in a zoo. we will start with the daily express and boris, brexit delays. it follows the interviews andrew neil conducted with mrjohnson and jeremy hunt this evening. today we have the latest outing in the leadership debates. we had borisjohnson outing in the leadership debates. we had boris johnson and jeremy outing in the leadership debates. we had borisjohnson and jeremy hunt interviewed. it was quite fractious for borisjohnson. i would not say he str

holiday company thomas cook has lined up 700 -- £700 company thomas cook has lined up 700 —— £700 millioner reviewing plans to restructure the business. ministers are to induce introduced guidelines on how much sleep we should get according times. growing evidence of health impacts of the lack of sleep. 35—year—old man who had been blind for more than a tells the daily melt overjoyed at seeing his family for the first time thanks to medical advances and reversing site loss. add sharon cypress from social and got —— anxiety think global style that makes them feel like an animal entity. let's start shall eat with a little bit of reflection on the engineer interviews. yes,. for my money, i headed overjohnson tonight. daily express talks about boris's line and delay insane. the daily express picked up on what their readers want to hear because they want most of them to be out of they want most of them to be out of the eu and that's what boris said he would deliver on october 31, although when pushed, it is very entertaining indeed. it was testy at times and boris got rattled from times and bo

thomas cook employs 9,000 people in the uk. end to el salvador‘s total ban on abortion — laws which see women and girls routinely imprisoned, even after enduring stillbirths and miscarriages. on monday, a 21—year—old woman, whom supporters say had a stillbirth, faces a retrial on charges of killing her baby. she has to prove she didn't induce an abortion. since 1998, terminations have been banned in all circumstances, including rape, incest and a threat to the life of the mother. women can be sentenced for up to 50 years injail. from the capital san salvador, our international correspondent orla guerin has sent us this special report. san salvador. a city where catholicism has deep roots, and where the church has had a commanding influence, and helped to ensure the total ban on abortion. a ban that has criminalised women like theodora vazquez. she went into labour alone at work and called an ambulance which never came. theodora says she fainted during the birth, and came to surrounded by police, accusing her of killing her baby

has been lagging boeing in this case it comes with chinese help ok now i understand thomas cook is also factoring into this battle in the skies the ailing british travel group is looking to a chinese invested to rescue what the funds would help it through to the end of 2020 ok so thomas cook is looking for money from china and we're looking at a boeing and airbus has a lot going on the business as ben will be so you in on that coming up in just a bit don't forget there's plenty more as well as our website brian thomas for me thanks for being. uniform but dangerous player starts with a cramp out unlettered shock when a burning feeling. jellyfish populations are booming but these creatures can be harmful even lethal to humans and sea life alike. can anything be done to stop the jellyfish on the rods. earth a home for saving googling to those tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global ideas mean by a series of global 3000 on d.w. and online. it's been 15 years since the move minding. he wa

and thomas cook was the main operator.om manchester but they also fly from manchester but they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and london gatwick. the other one is eased out, they take a lot of passengers from london gatwick and they put out a statement saying they're watching the situation, but they're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected 7 they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and may be completed only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. ministers have promised to end the building of new developments in england with separate entrances for private residents and social housing tenants. the communities

and thomas cook was the main operator.t they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and london gatwick. now the other one is easyjet, they take a lot of passengers from london gatwick and they put out a statement saying they're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and maybe complete it only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: standing not falling. how a skate park gives syrian children strength and courage. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed ton

anna: on the thomas cook's story, there is chinese interest.i: a little bit of help for , china isas cook considering a 700 million pound rescue of the firm to get control of their travel and tour operations. this willk says provide liquidity for trading to the end of the winter. shares higher by 10%. anna: thank you for joining us. you can get the latest stock stories from our equity team from your mobile app. coming up, futures are suggesting we will be stronger on some markets. a couple news items in the last half hour, look for the auto sector to be week after the profit warning from daimler. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: a minute to go until the start of cash equities >> this is the asia-pacific region. flat. trade tensions back to the floor. -- back to the fore. not impressedp with what china is doing. market is buying into the weaker fed policy and the cpi number did seem to change that. yields. bit firmer. little down on thering coast of louisiana. slightly positive but not in germany where we are very focused on the profit warning from da

from birmingham and manchester from thomas cook to egypt.perations perfectly safely. there will be some thousands of people who are due to travel to egypt in the coming weeks on holiday who may now be thinking i'm not too sure about going. at the moment, because the foreign office says it is ok to go but we are concerned about aviation, there is no grounds upon which you can change or cancel your trip without losing some or all of your money. if you we re some or all of your money. if you were planning to go to cairo, what would be your advice or good alternatives that will give you a similar experience, if you have the luxury to do that? british airways is rebooking people on other airlines. egypt air is pretty much full until tuesday. there will be opportunities to travel via amsterdam, paris, frankfurtand opportunities to travel via amsterdam, paris, frankfurt and so on. lufthansa cancelled their flights, but only the departures last night from frankfurt and munich and the return flights this morning. they said they counsel them just as a

the main operated there is thomas cook, the uk operator thomas cook.m, newcastle, london gatwick. they are carrying on as normal. the significant airline is easyjet and they also fly to hurghada and they have put out a statement saying they will continue flying that they are continuously monitoring the situation. they obviously watching this closely as well. ramzan karmali, thank you for going through all of that. we will keep an eye out on the situation. ramzan karmali there, our news reporter. let's get some of the day's other news. more than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they're being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. in london, pro—european opponents of brexit have held a ‘no to boris, yes to europe' march. it featured this inflatable cartoon of boris johnson, the man expected to become the

thomas cook employs 9,000 people in the uk.ki was attacked in hale barns in cheshire. the defendant, who can't be named because of his age, admitted possession of a flick knife. another boy admitted the same charge. both will be sentenced later. donald trump has today publicly complimented the uk's outgoing ambassador to washington just days after describing him as "a very stupid guy". that comment on twitter followed the leak of emails in which sir kim darroch was highly critical of the president and his administration. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant is at the white house. nick, why the change of heart from the president? rather than kicking sir kim darroch while he was down, donald trump giving him a gentle tap on the back as he was languishing on the floor. donald trump had been reminded of some of the complimentary things that kim darroch had said about him, likening him to arnold schwarzenegger in the terminator, implying that he was politically indestructible and that you could not rule out for a second term

|j probably going to tell us that.” have spoken to thomas cook and easyj et have spoken to thomas cookeign office advice but we believe we can conduct these operations perfectly safely. of course, there will be some thousands of people who were due to travel to egypt in the coming week on holiday, who may now be thinking, well, i am on holiday, who may now be thinking, well, iam not on holiday, who may now be thinking, well, i am not so sure about going. at the moment, because the foreign office says it is ok to go, but we‘re just concerned about aviation, there is no grounds on which you can change or cancel your trip without losing some or all of your money. the headlines on bbc news... philip hammond says he‘ll resign as chancellor on wednesday if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. ireland‘s foreign minister warns the uk‘s next prime minister that if they tear up the brexit withdrawal agreement ‘we‘re all in trouble‘ nato joins international criticism of iran , for seizing a british—flagged oil tanker in the gulf. tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters are marching in hong

thomas cook employs 9,000 people in the uk.the southern state raises itself for tropical storm barry, expected to become the first atlantic hurricane of 2019. tonight there are fears that 20 foot levies protecting new o rlea ns that 20 foot levies protecting new orleans from flooding could be breached. as they did during hurricane katrina 1a years ago, in which hundreds of people died. the storm has been making its way through the gulf of mexico and is due to make landfall in the next few hours. our correspondence over belongs in new orleans with residents preparing for the coming storm. there are huge piles of sand here, local residents here, the oldest neighbourhoods in new orleans, people have been coming here, filling up sandbags to shore up their homes. a compulsory evacuation at the moment, and people are choosing to shore up their homes and then get out for the next 2a hours. storm barry is still on the approach, it is slow—moving and as they move towards louisiana it is growing in intensity. forecasters feel it could re

is an advance talks with chinese investors about an 800000000 euro rescue deal it would see thomas cook the biggest stake holder china's foes to and take control of its tour business and supply enough money for it to trade through to the end of 2020. era china has just ordered 20 new a 350 s. from the european plane maker air bus in a deal worth 6000000000 euros it's the latest sign that airbus is expanding its foothold in the chinese market local carriers there are expressing more interesting european made planes thanks in part to trade tensions with the u.s. . is holding its 1st sale dedicated to sneakers their status as collectibles is growing some could fetch over a $100000.00 the shoes going under the hammer in new york include a pair inspired by the 2nd film backed out of the back to the future franchise. nobody likes the seafood go to waste but when it reaches its expiry date and has gone on sold shops often have no choice but to throw it away one japanese entrepreneur is tackling that part of the problem head on using little more than a bicycle and a website. unsold and uneaten

this is why we're seeing the extreme reaction down 36% huge record lows for thomas cook 65% lower. the growing company will not price it's hong kong ipo by friday as previously planned that's according to two reports citing sources we have reached out for comment and we'll keep you updated on this story but on that news, on those reports yet to be confirmed, stock is trading down 1.8% and it's a reflection of the environment that so many of these ipos are getting pulled. and they have also confirmed the timing of the ipo so perhaps the reflection of the market uncertainty out there. >> shares reversed on the early losses this morning after the german colleague issued it's second profit warning in almost three weeks. the company says it now expects to post a second quarter loss. provisions are set to rise by a billion euros. earnings from the mercedes benz division will fall >> what has changed since the company issued it's most recent profit warning >> that's very interesting timing there getting the second warning in three weeks from diamler that's never happened before it's their

thomas cook is in talks with a chinese investor about a possible rescue deal. says it is in advanced discussions with fosun, which owns club med and wolverhampton wanderers football club. if it goes ahead, the chinese investor would buy the firm's tour business. the mayor of new orleans has warned that a tropical storm moving towards the coast of louisiana could bring 48 hours of continuous rain. the region has already suffered flash flooding and storm barry could become a hurricane when it makes landfall. residents have been warned to seek shelter or leave new orleans. the low—lying city was devastated by hurricane katrina in 2005. at least 35 people have been injured after severe turbulence on an air canada flight which was forced to make an emergency landing. the boeing 777 aircraft, from vancouver to sydney, hit trouble around two hours beyond hawaii and diverted back to the capital honolulu. the aircraft was carrying 269 passengers and 15 crew members. heatwaves in the indian ocean have killed more than two—thirds of corals in the chagos islands injust two

thomas cook also did badly, with average delays of 2a minutes, followed by wizz air on 23 minutes.ffering training schemes to applicants from all backgrounds to help secure deals for when we leave the eu. the mathematician and computer scientist, alan turing will feature on the new £50 bank note which goes into circulation in 2021. almost 1,000 people were nominated to feature on the new note. let's catch up on what is happening with the markets docked at the. the ftse is at the. doing well. investors think that slowing growth in china will lead to the government there doing more to stimulate the economy. so that has led to mining companies like antofagasta also doing well. sport direct has been losing ground after delaying the release of its results because of problems at house of fraser which it bought last year. better news for travis perkins because of speculation that it could be about to sell wickes. thank you very much. last year, the internet went into meltdown when disney released a surprise trailer for its live—action remake of the lion king. now, finally, the wait is ove

they are in talks with thomas cook. come, and asian unit has place to go public in hong kong.she thinks the company will pop 10%. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: this is daybreak asia. i am shery young in new york. paul: i am paul allen in sydney. the asia are waiting units on track to be the largest mover this year. is tracy ku.p you are obviously optimistic about the prospects of trading. why is that? quite optimistic but still concerned as there is .ecently a flood -- fluctuation the final price might be a little lower than what the market expected before. paul: are you concerned by the amount of debt? >> sorry? aboutare you concerned the amount of debt the company will be carrying? shery: the debt levels. we are talking about $112 billion when it comes to company the --pecially after they acquired sab miller. are you worried about the money they owe? we can --lly, because we are optimistic about the goal in the future. we are sure we can get the money back. shery: what about the beer market in general? we are seeing the company do this because they are optimistic about the asi

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i have spoken to thomas cook and easyjet and they will be opening thing their flights as normal.f people who are due to travel to egypt in the coming week on holiday who may not be thinking, well, i‘m not so sure about going. at the moment, before because the foreign office says, it is ok to go, we‘re just concerned about aviation, there are no grounds on which you can change or cancel your trip without losing some or all your money. simon calder. let‘s bring you some pictures from hong kong... tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters are marching in hong kong. it‘s the latest in a series of demonstrations that began by opposing a controversial extradition bill, but have since broadened to include calls for wider political change. quite an impressive turnout. the authorities are very much still in charge, but they are clearly having to react to protest that they by rather not happening at the moment because they draw international attention any less than flattering me to have affairs are being managed. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us. with pro—beiji

there are people heading off on holiday from birmingham and manchester today flying with thomas cook.olidays are going ahead perfectly normally. it seems to be specifically british airways and specifically british airways and specifically cairo to heathrow that is the concern. simon, thank you very much. british airways say they will try to put people on alternative flights if they can, but if that doesn't work out, they will offer them a refund. if we get any updates we will bring it to you. if we get any updates we will bring it to you. with just a few days to go until we find out who will become the next prime minister, the justice secretary, david gauke, has told the sunday times he will resign if borisjohnson wins. mr gauke, who has served in the cabinet since 2016, says a no—deal brexit would lead to national "humiliation". let's speak now to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's in our london newsroom. how much of a problem with this beef for borisjohnson how much of a problem with this beef for boris johnson if how much of a problem with this beef for borisjohnson if

other british airways going to one of the popular resorts, thomas cook and british airways are continuinge flights. but security forces say there will be more checks at the airport for those flights returning to the uk. with just a few days to go until we find out who will become the next prime minister, the justice secretary, david gauke, has told the sunday times he'll resign if boris johnson wins. mr gauke, who has served in the cabinet since 2016, says a no—deal brexit would lead to national humiliation. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley who's in our london newsroom. ijust wonder if i just wonder if this is a ijust wonder if this is a slightly empty threat, because the zouma believe boris johnson empty threat, because the zouma believe borisjohnson does win next week there wouldn't really be room for david gauke in his cabinet anyway. i don't think it is a huge surprise, he is a big critic of boris johnson's plan surprise, he is a big critic of borisjohnson‘s plan to get out of the eu by the end of october no matter what, completely against the idea of leavi

people who are booked to travel today from birmingham and manchester on thomas cook airlines to anotherill be going on as normal, just as they were flying out to gatwick yesterday. other airlines are continuing to operate to cairo right 110w. continuing to operate to cairo right now. the normal morning flight on egyptair to heathrow is preparing for departure. they haven't had any effect on their operations at all. this district the british airways, although as you mentioned, lufthansa also cancelled their morning flights, but they say they will be backin flights, but they say they will be back in the air this afternoon. ba have also said they will try to make alternative arrangements for those who have had theirflights cancelled, or they can get a refund. with just a few days to go until we find out who will become the next prime minister, the justice secretary, david gauke, has told the sunday times he'll resign if boris johnson wins. mr gauke, who has served in the cabinet since 2016, says a no—deal brexit would lead to national humiliation. let's speak now to our political correspon

thomas cook was next worst with an average delay of 2a minutes.tories this morning. back to victoria. thank you very much. was it the best game of cricket ever? if you're an england supporter, how amazing and tense and thrilling and subline was that cricket world c final yesterday? were you trying to watch cricket, wimbledon and the formula one at the same time? england vs new zealand, at lords, had everything — drama, nerves, luck, mistakes and not one but two tie breaks before england were declared winners. the first tie break led to a super over, where both teams got to bat for a single over to break the deadlock. that also ended in a draw, so england won because they had scored more boundaries over the course of the game. just incredible. we'll have loads of reaction in the next hour, we'll be talking to former players — including monty panesar and mike gatting, cricket commentators and fans. meanwhhile, the england team are heading to oval this morning — they're expected there around 11:30. first, here's how the final was won. england's men,

their busiest days either today, saturday or sunday, so leave extra time to check in. easyjet and thomas cookt for strike action, too. that could hinder some plans, however early you get to the airport. workers at heathrow and gatwick as well as ba and easyjet staff in stansted are all threatening to walk out in various disputes. the companies say they have plans in place. nonetheless, on what will be the busiest weekend of the year, it will not be very helpful, frankly. how about those staying in the uk? currency exchange is not good, making foreign holidays much more expensive because of the fall and the value of the pound. congestion is expected to peak today, and the rac are warning of significant queues and delays of up to 90 minutes on some routes. be especially careful on the m1 southbound and m25. the busiest time on the roads this weekend will be today between 11:00am and 6:45pm. finally, what about trains? of all the weekends to try and put on some engineering work, there is some happening. there is some work starting tomorrow on the west coast mainline between crewe and warrington.

dani: we are seeing some pretty big losses from thomas cook today. down more than 39%.cue of 750 million pounds. the company has really been struggling to pay down a lot of their debt. the reason this is not helping shares and actually doing the opposite is that the plan dilutes shares for existing shareholders by quite a bit. that is why we are seeing them sell off. storebrand tumbling, there are earnings missing analyst estimates by about 5%. we heard from analysts saying these look soft and the number for solvency ratio also worsened. shares down by nearly 6%. finally, ab inbev of. we have been monitoring this all morning. they are struggling to price their ipo for their asia beer unit. they might even be considering delaying the ipo. shares weaker by about 1% for now. francine: dani burger with your main movers. the get straight to your first word news. >> the u.s. federal reserve has room to cut rates. that is what chairman jerome powell told the senate banking committee. he says the u.s. economy is still in a good place, but the central bank wants to use its tools

thomas cook also performed poorly, with average delays of 24 minutes, followed by wizz air on 23 minutesing to stop my phone ringing in my pocket. the training scheme is open to applicants from all backgrounds and levels of qualifications — with the first recruits ready in two years. the liberal democrats have dismissed the plans as a "last—minute scramble". i will show you what is happening on the market board. the ftse 100 i will show you what is happening on the market board. the ftse100 is back up. what is important about this season is we will get an indication of what decisions the firms are making. sports direct, their confirmation of what we told you at the start, down by nearly 9.5%. at some point over the month we will get them, they have not confirmed the specific date yet. add in your political uncertainty too. keep an eye on that. the ftse100, pretty volatile. we will get the crucial inflation figures this week. a big week for corporate and economic data in the uk and around the world. you are up—to—date with all the business news. thank you very much. we cannot get more fro

that we have seen blow through the travel sector with air berlin, boeing 373 max, concerns about thomas cookernoon light. ben brown will be here for the news at five shortly but first let‘s have at five shortly but first let‘s have a look at the weather whether lena jenkins. hello. some unsettled weather over the next couple of days. most of us will see some rain before things turn drier for many through the second half of the weekend. whilst we have had some sunshine around this afternoon, also some frequent and locally heavy showers particularly across northern ireland and scotland, a few filtering down into northern england and northern wales, the earlier rain clearing away from eastern england. some warmth and sunshine behind that which means many of us will see some clear spells for a time overnight. still a few showers across northern england, northern ireland and parts of scotland becoming confined to northern and western areas as the night wears on. but some heavier rain arriving into south—west england and south wales later in the night, not much lower than 11 or 12 celsius. so thro

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