from berlin more than half a 1000000 travelers around the world stranded after the collapse of thomas cook britain has launched that country's biggest ever peacetime operation to bring its citizens back home how hard was hit top tourist destinations plus. the town is on the front lines of climate change people and norway are hoping for swift action from world leaders they say rising temperatures have already claimed lifes.

from berlin more than half a 1000000 travelers around the world stranded after the collapse of thomas cook britain has launched that country's biggest ever peacetime operation to bring its citizens back home how hard will this hit top tourist destination plus. the town that's on the front lines of climate change people and norway are hoping for swift action from world leaders they say rising temperatures have already claimed lives. i brought in thomas great to have you with us the world's oldest travel company thomas cook has collapsed after failing to secure a last minute bell out more than half a 1000000 people worldwide are at this hour on holiday with that group the u.k. civil aviation authority is beginning the operation to bring home some 150000 british customers stranded abroad. head tim johnson had this message for thomas co travelers if customers passengers have a flight booked out from the u.k. today unfortunately your flight has been canceled. for the please don't go to the airport if you're overseas on a thomas cook holiday and you can continue to enjoy your holiday the cia is launchin

from berlin more than half a 1000000 travelers around the world stranded after the collapse of thomas cook britain has launched the country's biggest ever peacetime operation to bring u.k. citizens back home but what about all their nationals also coming out the. migrants rescued in the mediterranean often remain stranded at sea with rescue vessels refused permission to dock even countries are looking for ways out of the ongoing crisis with germany italy and france meeting today in malta. also coming up the game of thrones reigning once again crowned the winner for best drama at the emmys what a look at the wins and upsets on t.v. news. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the world's oldest travel company thomas cook has collapsed after failing to secure a last minute ballad more than half a 1000000 people worldwide are currently on holiday right now with that group the u.k. aviation authority is beginning an operation to bring home some 150000 british customers stranded abroad the collapse of thomas cook puts $22000.00 jobs at risk around the world $9000.00 of them in the u.k. alone. if cu

thomas cook. the civil aviation authority has chartered a fleet of jets to bring home more than 150,000 british holidaymakers. thomas cook — britain'stour company — went into compulsory liquidation at two o'clock this morning. its collapse puts at risk 22,000 jobs around the world, 9,000 of them here in the uk. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. flying back for the last time, the final thomas cook flights are bringing home holiday—makers early today. the passengers lucky enough today. the passengers lucky enough to get on these being brought by staff expecting to lose theirjobs. as soon as we landed, they were all crying. it is devastating, it is a legacy that has gone. as i say, i worked for them for ten years and i got loads of friends who, it is their livelihood, it is tragic. emotional, very emotional. the cabin ci’ew emotional, very emotional. the cabin crew were all crying. a bit sombre, to be honest. for a company that big to be honest. for a company that big to be honest. for a company that big to be going that long, to be going down, it is devastating. thomas cook's planes are now stuck on the ground, impoun

from berlin more than half a 1000000 travelers around the world stranded after the collapse of thomas cook britainhas launched the country's biggest ever peacetime operation to bring u.k. citizens back home but what about all the now. also coming up. migrants rescued in the mediterranean often remain stranded at sea with rescue vessels refused permission to dock countries are looking for ways out of the ongoing crisis with germany italy and france meeting today.

of one of the world's oldest travel agencies thomas cook he's with the scenes in turkey hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were affected when britain's thomas cook cease trading after failing to secure additional funding from creditors is triggered the u.k.'s biggest operation since world war 2. well as he attends the un general assembly donald trump can't shake mounting questions on pressure about his dealings with ukraine is accused of pressuring the ukrainian president to investigate the family of political rival joe biden congressional committees want to obtain documents relating to the phone call in question while many democrats believe it could be grounds for impeachment like hannah explains from washington d.c. . the chairman of 3 congressional committees have signed a joint letter sent to the secretary of state might pompei are demanding that the transcript of president trump's conversation with the ukrainian president be presented to congress in another move as well the house intelligence committee has subpoenaed the acting director of national intelligence to appear before it on thursday to explain why he's been withholding

the massive operation to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after the collapse of thomas cook. human rights groups in egypt say more than 500 people have been detained after demonstrations in several cities on friday and saturday. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family. at the united nations in new york, the teenage activist greta thunberg has made a scathing attack on world leaders gathered for a special summit on climate change. around 60 heads of state attended. some very prominent figures stayed away. she accused them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming, and said young people would never forgive them if they failed to do more. this from our north america correspondent nick bryant. a sweltering september scorcher in new york city. not much sign of autumn here. and it hasn'tjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. so today, at the riverside headquarters of the united nations, an urgent climate action summit, this global body once more s

thomas cook. the civil aviation authority has chartered a fleet ofjets to bring home more than 150,000 british holidaymakers. thomas cook — britain's went into compulsory liquidation at 2am. its collapse puts at risk 22,000 jobs around the world — 9,000 of them here in the uk. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. flying back for the last time, the final thomas cook flights are bringing home holiday—makers early today. the passengers lucky enough to get on these being brought by staff expecting to lose theirjobs. as soon as we landed, they were all crying. it is devastating, it is a legacy that has gone. as i say, i worked for them for ten years and i got loads of friends who, it is their livelihood, it is tragic. emotional, very emotional. the cabin crew were all crying. a bit sombre, to be honest. for a company that big to be going that long, to be going down, it is devastating. thomas cook's planes are now stuck on the ground, impounded as part of the liquidation. most not available to help with the rescue after frantic negotiations to win extra backing failed early this morning. it is deeply distressing to me that

hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded as travel giant thomas cook declares bankupcy. britainas launched its biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring home the passengers. and this story is gettign a lot of attention on our wesbite — the duchess of sussex has told teenage girls in a deprived part of south africa she is with them "as a woman of colour" and as their sister. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family. that's all. and you can get all the latest on all our stories on our website, that's bbc.co.uk/news. analysis and in—depth reports from oui’ correspondence analysis and in—depth reports from our correspondence around the world. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. 737 max family pay—outs, 11 months on from the first of the two fatal jet crashes, boeing starts accepting compensation claims. amazonian action, the boss of the brazilian company on why he is calling on the president to change his rainforest policies. good morning asia, hello world. tuesday, glad you could join us

a huge two—week operation is under way to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after thomas cookollapsed. the uk government has requested an investigation into the travel company's bosses. there has been growing criticism over the salaries of executives. human rights groups in egypt say more than 500 people have been detained after demonstrations in several cities on friday and saturday. the authorities have yet to release the official number of arrests. under president abdel fattah el—sisi, there has been a wide—ranging crackdown on protests. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show: i take to the sky here injapan to check out one of the country's latest world heritage sites. our global guru has tips on how to help fund your travels while you're away. and alex goes on board a unique tall ship that's been adapted so everyone can be part of the crew. they're so close! we start this week in osaka. a modern city totally rebuilt after the devastation of the second world war. but among the street crossings and skyscrapers, you can still find artefacts from its pa

a huge operation is underway to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after thomas cook collapsedill take two weeks. let's return to the special climate summit in new york. the un secretary general says the race to stop a climate emergency can still be won. but the teenage climate campaigner greta thunberg was not so optimistic. she accused world leaders letting young people down. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan has more. welcome to the united nations in new york where their teenage climate activists greta thunberg really caused quite a stir when she accused world leaders of stealing her childhood and her dreams by failing to act on climate change. joining me now to talk about all of this is a 14—year—old timothy. timothy you are an advocate for the united nations children's fund on the environment, thank you for being with us. you're welcome. tell me, what's your reaction to greta thunberg's speech? i'm so proud of her, because i think she delivered a wonderful and inspirational speech, and i think world leaders are more inspired by her speech. what impact is climate change is having o

our top stories: one of the world's oldest travel firms, thomas cook, has ceased trading. britain launches its largest—ever peacetime repatriation operation to bring home more than 150,000 stranded customers. as world leaders gather for another climate summit, we ask — can china kick its coal habit? getting electricity from these things is now cheaper per unit than generating it from coal. and a surprise at the emmy‘s as phoebe waller—bridge beats off stiff competion to win for fleabag hello, and welcome. in the last hour, the uk's oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the $250 million to avoid collapse failed. ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. it was one of the world's largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 different countries. simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and he joins us from manchester airport in the north of england. it meant that nobody will be flying out o

our top stories: one of the world's oldest travel firms, thomas cook, has ceased trading. britaintime repatriation operation to bring home more than 150,000 stranded customers. as world leaders gather for another climate summit, we ask — can china kick its coal habit? getting electricity from these things is now cheaper per unit than generating it from coal. and a surprise at the emmy‘s as phoebe waller—bridge beats off stiff competion to win for fleabag

thomas cook has ceased trading. that is one of the world's old est trading. that is one of the world's oldest holiday firms. we have heard that from the caa committee civil aviation authority in britains cook has ceased trading, and the caa will launch a programme to bring home thomas cook customers. let's get the latest now from simon calder, travel editor for the independent newspaper. what does this mean? i am here at manchester airport and it means nobody will be flying out from here in the morning. flights were due to start in just under three hours time, heading off to greece. that is not going to happen. thomas cook has stopped trading. this is really the mightiest brand and travel. it has been going for 178 years. the numbers are awful. i'm afraid 21,000 people are going to be looking for newjobs. there is around 1 million people with advanced bookings for holidays. and actually the 600,000 01’ so holidays. and actually the 600,000 or so people who are stranded abroad, and that includes holidaymakers from germany, from scandinavia, and from here in the uk, they are going to find that they will be flown back. indeed, the rescue operation is already under way. flights leaving f

a huge two—week operation is under way to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after thomas cookollapsed. the uk government has requested an investigation into the travel company's bosses. there has been growing criticism over the salaries of executives. human rights groups in egypt say more than 500 people have been detained after demonstrations in several cities on friday and saturday. the authorities have yet to release the official number of arrests. under president abdel fattah el—sisi, there has been a wide—ranging crackdown on protests. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to microsoft's president, brad smith, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy? well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. the digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. have the corporate titans of tech failed us? well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. how do we e

collapse of all the world's oldest travel agencies thomas cook these are the scenes in turkey hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were affected when britain's thomas cook cease trading after failing to secure additional funding from creditors it's triggered the u.k.'s biggest repatriation operation since world war 2. you can find out much more about all of our stories on our website al-jazeera don't call. this is al jazeera and these are our top stories the deaths of 40 people in an afghan wedding adding to major concerns about security days out from the presidential election there no one is yet exactly certain what happened in the midst of calories and of helmand province on sunday night the government says the army was targeting a taliban training base where they killed fighters and arrested others the question is why so many civilians died right mcbride has more from kabul both sides seem to still trying to ascertain exactly what happened on sunday night what everybody is agreed on of course is that there has been a substantial loss of life part of the problem here is mr college district is a taliban stronghold deep in helmand province i

of one of the world's oldest travel agencies thomas cook these were the scenes in turkey hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were affected when britain's thomas cook cease trading after failing to secure additional funding from creditors is triggered the biggest biggest repatriation operation since world war 2 we challenge reports. grounded planes empty check in desks. shuttered shops the ghostly infrastructure left behind by the death of the oldest travel company in the world a life changing event for some 21000 thomas cook international staff a huge up evil for more than half a 1000000 customers i'm sure about how they'll get back to their own countries from holidays to the u.k. the responsibility for getting stranded nationals home falls on the civil aviation or 30 it's a huge operation to get everyone back by october 6th these holiday makers on the spanish island of new york are clearly happy to be getting on a plane. this is the largest since the 2nd world war and we will be bringing home everybody. back back to the u.k. as close as possible to their return date the u.k. government refused to bail out the company with 247000000 do

of one of the world's oldest travel agencies thomas cook these were the scenes in turkey hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were affected when britain's thomas cook cease trading after failing to secure at this funding from creditors. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story stay with us. is it too late to stop climate change scientists warn time is running out as millions of young people demand world leaders and now the world that passion turn into political action this is our story. hello and welcome to the program i'm wrong come on we're running out of time to stop climate change that's the warning from the united nations weather agency as well and leaders meet in new york from major at un climate conference the world meteorological organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the past 4 years which are on track to be the hottest on record and ice sheets are melting faster than before causing sea levels to rise by 5 millimeters a year scientists warn that even if every country meets the carbon emission cuts agreed in the paris climates agreement in 2015 the world would still be

hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded as travel giant thomas cook declares bankupcy. britaintion on our wesbite. the duchess of sussex has told teenage girls in a deprived part of south africa she is with them "as a woman of colour" and as their sister. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family.

collapse with lend us threatening to pull out all the $1000000000.00 rescue dale executives from britain's thomas cook have been holding talks with the president has in london in a last ditch effort to keep the company a life without some agreement hundreds of thousands of people could be left stranded on holiday and 20000 jobs could be lost as catherine stansell reports. it's britain's oldest travel company operating in more than a dozen countries with $19000000.00 customers a year but thomas cook struggled to be profitable. despite a $1000000000.00 injection of cash earlier this year the company said on friday it needed an additional $250000000.00 to stave off collapse before but now they contain a very bad news for the 600000 people around the world on thomas cook holidays when word spread about the dire financial situation this hotel in tunis briefly refused to let holiday makers leave demanding money afraid that they wouldn't get paid if the company went bankrupt. i paid more than $2000.00 for the holiday they want more than why i paid i told them i'm not responsible for thomas cook place can the

collapse with lenders threatening to pull out of a $1000000000.00 rescue deal executives from britain's thomas cook have been holding talks with creditors in london in a last ditch effort to keep the company a life without an agreement hundreds of thousands of people could be left stranded on holiday and 20000 jobs could be lost as catherine stansell reports. it's britain's oldest travel company operating in more than a dozen countries with $19000000.00 customers a year but thomas cook struggled to be profitable. despite a $1000000000.00 injection of cash earlier this year the company said on friday it needed an additional $250000000.00 to stave off collapse but it is not a crime to enable bad news for the 600000 people around the world on thomas cook holidays when word spread about the dire financial situation this hotel and briefly refused to let holiday makers leave demanding money afraid that they wouldn't get paid if the company went bankrupt. i paid more than $2000.00 for the holiday they want more than why i paid i told them i'm not responsible for thomas cook place can the blackmail if you

thousands more thomas cook customers are being flown back to britain, amid questions over multimillion—poundpaid to company bosses. and, balancing the right to privacy with freedom of speech, europe's top court is due to rule on the right to be forgotten. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: the causes of obesity are complicated and not just about a lack of willpower, so let's stop fat—shaming. that is the conclusion of the british psychological society. do you agree? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the united nations secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the world is waking up to the threat of climate change. closing a special un climate summit, he welcomed the pledge by nearly 80 countries to make their economies carbon neutral by 2050, but he warned that there was still more to do. you understand the climate emergency is the fight of our lives, and for our lives. i thank young people around the world for leading the charge, and holding my generation accountable. we

hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded as travel giant thomas cook declares bankupcy. britain has launched its biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring home the passengers. and this story is getting a lot of attention on our wesbite. the duchess of sussex has told teenage girls in a deprived part of south africa she is with them "as a woman of colour" and as their sister. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to microsoft's president brad smith on hardtalk. welcome brad smith on hardtalk. to hardtalk, i stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i stephen sackur. remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy? now, we are in a darker, more cynical place, the digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. had the corporate titans of tech failed us? my corporate titans of tech failed us? my guest today is brad smith, preside

a huge two—week—long operation is under way to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after thomas cooklapsed. it comes as the uk government requests an investigation into the travel company's bosses over the firm's closure. there has been growing criticism over executive salaries at the company. donald trump has defended enquiring about his presidential rival joe biden during a call with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. mr trump, though, denied that he tried to press the ukrainian leader into opening an investigation into unsubstantiated corruption allegations against mr biden and his son. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to microsoft's president, brad smith, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy? well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. the digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. have the corporate titans of tech failed us? well, my guest toda

filed for bankruptcy after talks for a 1000000000 dollar rescue deal failed executives from britain's thomas cook have been holding talks with creditors in london and a lot stitch effort to keep the company alive and now back to our worlds. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally valid it's a big business will go into syria when they will take the same there in the sand is . using this beautiful being but behind it is something that's not so close friendship is the people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sandals at this time on al-jazeera. throughout the world lie pockets large and small of the arab diaspora men women and children who have settled up road. why people varies greatly persecution and conflict has caused millions of arabs to leave their homelands others leave for economic reasons or to follow their families. no 2 stories are the same yet what binds each of them is a connection to their arab parish church. europe has long been a favored destina

thomas cook is britain's oldest package tour company and went into compulsory liquidation at 2am thiscollapse puts at risk 22,000 jobs around the world — 9,000 of them here in the uk. our business correspondent simon gompertz reports. flying back for the last time, the final thomas cook flights bringing home holiday—makers early today. the passengers lucky enough to get on these being brought by staff expecting to lose theirjobs. as soon as we landed, they were all crying. it is devastating, it is a legacy that has gone. as i say, i worked for them for ten years and i've got loads of friends who, it is their livelihood, it is tragic. emotional, very emotional. the cabin crew were all crying. a bit sombre, to be honest. for a company that big to be going that long, to be going down, it is devastating. thomas cook's planes are now stuck on the ground, impounded as part of the liquidation — most not available to help with the rescue after frantic negotiations to win extra backing failed early this morning. it is deeply distressing to me that it has not been possible to save one of the mo

our top stories: one of the world's oldest travel firms, thomas cook, has ceased trading. britain. as world leaders gather for another climate summit, we ask can china kick its coal habit? getting electricity from these things is now cheaper per unit than generating it from coal. and a surprise at the emmys as phoebe waller—bridge beats off

our top story: one of the world's oldest travel firms, thomas cook, has ceased trading. britain launches its largest—ever peacetime repatriation operation to bring home more than 150,000 stranded customers. at the annual us television awards, the emmys, game of thrones wins best drama series. and pressure mounts on firms to show they mean businesses when it comes to battling climate change — a un summit kicks off in new york today. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. we're asking you about our breaking news, the collapse of thomas cook. are you on a thomas cook holiday? do you work for the travel company? how are you impacted? get in touch — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. let's bring you the details on the story that broke in the early hours. thomas cook, one of the worlds largest travel companies has ceased trading. the final confirmation came about three hours ago, after prolonged talks to try and save the company failed to bear fruit. it was trying to raise $

our top story: one of the world's oldest travel firms, thomas cook, has ceased trading. britainion operation to bring home more than 150,000 stranded customers. at the annual us television awards, the emmys, game of thrones wins best drama series. and pressure mounts on firms to show they mean businesses when it comes to battling climate change — a un summit kicks off in new york today.

britain but that's geared only at the people returning to britain people going elsewhere they're left stranded if they're going with thomas cook and it also has of course the german says jittery one of the units affected condo or condo is continuing operating but has applied for a loan from the german government to continue flying but it's not allowed legally it says to accept thomas cook book to customers so they'll be people left stranded there as well chance of confusion then what about the competition of investors worried about ventoux. no not at the moment shares are going upwards it's hard to imagine you know with such a piece of news shocking shocking the whole industry but people are apparently glad rejoicing that there is some overcapacity that is perhaps being taken out of the market and that that will be not only good for prices getting some stall in the stagnation or decline of prices but also getting a few more customers with thomas cook out of the market so you see the main competitor to be going up by as much as over 10 percent of tonnes it's going up by about 2 percent as air france kalen ryanair the low cost c

one of the world's oldest travel agencies thomas cook these were the scenes in turkey hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers have been left stranded after britain's thomas cook ceased trading after failing to secure additional funding from creditors and triggered the u.k.'s biggest repatriation operation since world war 2 for a challenge reports grounded planes empty check in desk. shuttered shops the ghostly infrastructure left behind by the death of the oldest travel company in the world a life changing event for some 21000 thomas cook international staff a huge up evil for more than half a 1000000 customers i'm sure about how they'll get back to their own countries from holidays to the u.k. the responsibility for getting stranded nationals home falls on the civil aviation or 30 it's a huge operation to get everyone back by october 6th these holiday makers on the spanish island of new york are clearly happy to be getting on a plane. this is the largest recall since the 2nd world war and we will be bringing home everybody. back back to the u.k. as close as possible to their return date the u.k. government refused to bail out the company with 247

thousands more thomas cook customers are being flown back to britain, amid questions over multimillion—poundt's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the daily mail and — like most of today's front pages — it focuses on the fallout from the collapse of thomas cook reporting that bosses at the travel company shared £47 million in pay and perks over the last decade. it also says government ministers have opened an investigation into how the firm collapsed under £1.6 billion worth of debt. staying with that story and the sun has the headline: "dayflight robbery,". it says holidaymakers looking for alternative flights were being "preyed on" by other airlines on monday, claiming that some companies had increased their fares by up to 400 per cent following thomas cook's collapse. the i splashes on climate change activist greta thunberg's "powerful" address to world leaders at a un summit. "this is all wrong. i should be at school on the other side of the ocean," the 16—year—old says. now onto the ft, and lloyd's of london has reveale

with lenders threatening to pull out of a $1000000000.00 rescue deal that executives from britain's thomas cook have been holding talks with creditors in london it's a last ditch effort to keep the company alive without an agreement hundreds of thousands of people could be left stranded on holiday and 20000 jobs could be lost catherine stansell has more. it's britain's oldest travel company operating in more than a dozen countries with $19000000.00 customers a year but thomas cook struggled to be profitable. despite a $1000000000.00 injection of cash earlier this year the company said on friday it needed an additional $250000000.00 to stave off collapse but now they contain a very bad news for the 600000 people around the world on thomas cook holidays when word spread about the dire financial situation this hotel in briefly refused to let holiday makers leave demanding money afraid that they wouldn't get paid if the company went bankrupt. i paid more than $2000.00 for the holiday they want more than why i paid i told them i'm not responsible for thomas cook place can the blackmail if you pay it

the massive operation to bring thousands of tourists back to britain after the collapse of thomas cookts groups in egypt say more than 500 people have been detained after demonstrations in several cities on friday and saturday. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family.

thomas cook has asked the government for financial help as it tries to avoid collapse. britain'sld fall into administration this weekend unless it finds £200 million pounds to secure a rescue deal. katie prescott has more. it's a low season for thomas cook — in more ways than one. the weak pound makes it more expensive for it to buy the flights and hotels it pays for in euros and dollars. it is in a competitive market where profits are small and it has a lot of costs — hundreds of shops and 22,000 staff. now heading into the winter period, the debt—laden company has a cash flow crisis. if we book a holiday with thomas cook, we will pay for it before we go, obviously, but they actually do not pay the hotel until after we are back, so they pay 60 to 90 days later, which means that everybody that went on holiday through the summer, it is now that thomas cook is beginning to have to pay the hotels. they simply can't and if they can't pay the suppliers, then the company faces a pretty tough time. the company lenders say it needs an extra £200 million on top of the money it's already s

thomas cook stuff for failing to secure a last minute bailout more than half a 1000000 people worldwide holiday with the group. beginning an operation to bring customers stranded abroad back to britain but it is unclear whether the. holiday makers as well. thomas cook holiday makers in the spanish island of majorca wondering how they are going to get home. they just how disconnected out of the iberia desk we should get more information from them that we're not too sure they still say. our flight is delayed to. go one hour and passengers yet to begin their trips looking for clarity. our customers passengers have a flight booked out from the u.k. today unfortunately your flight has been canceled don't go to the please don't go to the ports if you're overseas on a thomas cook holiday then you can continue to enjoy your holiday at the cia is launching. this is the largest repulsion since the 2nd world war and we will be bringing home everybody. back back to the u.k. as close as possible to their return date 150000 brits need to be flown home in all 600000 holidaymakers are affected including customers of german subsidiary neck come in holiday airline kaunda another german subsidiary sai

british customers stranded abroad the head of the civil aviation authority in britain tim johnson had this message for thomas cook asked him as if our customers passengers have a flight booked out from the u.k. to terry unfortunately your flight has been come sort. of a please don't go to the airports if you're overseas on a thomas cook our holiday then you can continue to enjoy your holiday at the cia it is launching a repopulation this is the largest repression since the 2nd world war so passengers are now going to be brought back with a large repatriation effort under way here's some reaction from u.k. travelers in spain at an airport in majorca a nightmare they measure stress. not all wanted really to fall for the old. what can you do we want to show you the nearest thing to what's happening. so no one has spoken does no one has e-mailed the socks of pain they just want but i. thought you were flying with us here we now are. not so if your pockets place our hands tied you know it settles down to think you know i think the way you see there in the foot less than going to london to do the obvious correspondent

british customers stranded abroad the head of the civil aviation authority in britain jim johnson has this message for thomas cook customer if our customers passengers have a flight booked out from the u.k. today unfortunately your flight has been come sold our supplies dugouts of a piece turned out to be the airports if you're overseas on a thomas cook our holiday then you can continue to enjoy your holiday at the cia is launching our report. this is the largest repression since the 2nd world war. so passengers are now going to be brought back with a large repack creation effort underway as we hear the heel some reactions from u.k. travelers in spain at an airport in majorca. a nightmare they mistrust. not all wanted really pulled off what can you do we want to show you the news to fit in to what's happening. so we know what has gone does no one has e-mailed back to planes or you just want what i. thought you were flying once this year we now are. not so if your pockets please our hands tied to north central and south to thank you know that because you see there in the face. misako to london to do the obvious co

britain's oldest travel group — thomas cook — has collapsed — leaving more than 150,000 people strandedaign with a six—try win over georgia. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, several changes for england ahead of their upcoming series with new zealand. jonny bairstow misses out, find out who is in a little later. greta thunberg — the 16—year—old climate change activist — has launched a strongly—worded attack on world leaders accusing them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming. but many heads of state have stayed away from the summit. from new york here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. a sweltering september scorcher in new york city — not much sign of autumn here. and it hasn'tjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. so, today at the riverside headquarters of the united nations, an urgent climate action summit. this global body, once more, sounding the alarm. the world is losing the race against climate change. applause. in this air—conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16—year—old swedish activ

thomas cook. tourists are facing chaos and long lines at airports. britain launched a massive operation to bring its citizens home. chris van cleef with more. what happened. >> they basically ran out of money. thomas cook was the oldest travel firm and it effects 1,500,000 tourists on travel. they are launching the largest repatriation of its citizens in peace time to bring its citizens home. the british government is warning there will be delays and headaches but says it's contracted a small fleet of airliners to get all of its citizens home. as a result of the collapse, 21,000 employees in 16 countries are expected to lose their jobs. the company ran hotels, resorts and airlines for about 19 million people a year. thomas cook blames a slowdown in bookings partially due to the anxiety and uncertainty around brexit. the final thomas cook flight arrived at manchester airport this morning. britain's civil aviation authority will be post. ing flight details online for people trying to get home but some of those stranded travelers are already complaining about a

the biggest repat tree ation effort in britain's peace time just 3 is underway after travel operator thomas cook collapses making the return of thousands of holiday makers are round the world the government's problem. trouble in paradise low life is torn between tourism and rising sea levels that's just one country badly affected by a changing climate as world leader. gather in new york for the u.n. climate summit. this is the business i'm on in berlin welcome we begin with the collapse of the world's oldest travel company thomas cook it stopped operating after failing to secure a last minute bailout that's left more than half a 1000000 holidaymakers around the world stranded well have more on that in a minute but here's a look back at the era that's now come to an end it all began 178 years ago as a father and son outfit offering modest trips between english cities but it grew into a multi $1000000000.00 travel firm with global reach and $22000000.00 customers at the turn of the century the group expanded rapidly buying up tour operators hotels and airlines across europe among the firm's subsid

our top story: thomas cook has asked the government for financial help as it tries to avoid collapse. britain'sldest package holiday firm could fall into administration this weekend unless it finds £200 million pounds to secure a rescue deal. katie prescott has more. it's low season for thomas cook, in more ways than one. the weak pound makes it more expensive for it to buy the flights and hotels that it pays for in euros and dollars. it's in a competitive market where profits are small and it has a lot of costs — hundreds of shops and 22,000 staff. now heading into the winter period the debtladen company has a cash flow crisis. if we book a holiday with thomas cook, we will pay for it before we go, obviously, but they actually don't pay the hotel until after we back, so they pay 60—90 days later, which means that everybody that went on holiday through the summer, it's now that thomas cook is beginning to have to pay the hotels. they simply can't and if they can't pay the suppliers, then the company faces a pretty tough time. the company lenders say it needs an extra £200 million on top of the

thomas cook flights after a collection organised by a passenger. it's now likely that thomas cook's german airline will be rescued by a loan from the german government. but in britainny's demise. tom burridge, bbc news. heavy rain has led to six flood warnings across england, with more areas told to prepare for possible problems. in london, the heavy rainfall affected a number of roads with flooding also reported in southampton, birmingham and liverpool. now it's time for the weather. hello there. deep potent area of low pressure which the remnants of what was hurricane umberto, particularly across parts of england and wales, one of two locations. london and the home counties as well, some minor running on some of the roads there, particularly through tuesday morning, when a spell of heavy rain moved through. this is the culprit, this area of low pressure, which ought a swathe of wins. it will be slowly clearing away and be between weather system so it should be a little bit quieter and more settled through wednesday afternoon. wednesday starts pretty unsettled. tending to ease down clear away into the afternoon. the hang back of cloud and rain we've seen through c

thomas cook flights after a collection organised by a passenger. it's now likely that thomas cook's german airline will be rescued by a loan from the german government. but in britainthe company's demise. tom burridge, bbc news. just briefly, the duke and duchess of sussex ate traditional south african food and visited the country's oldest mosque on day two of their tour of africa. the royals visited the 225—year—old mosque on south africa's heritage day, a public holiday celebrating national culture. the tour is their first official overseas trip with their son, archie. a lot of sadness around the news that robert hunter has died. he was 78. he was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 20 for dean. he co—wrote some of the best love songs, including broke down palace and jack straw. he also wrote lyrics for bob dylan. the cause of death has not been disclosed. he died at his home in california. much more for you on all the news at any time on the bbc news website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello there. well, september had been on course to be a dry—looking month across the s