with virgin atlantic, are you open to the idea? iam open atlantic, are you open to the idea?ssion. we don't generally buy other airlines, we generally start companies. but we would certainly be open to having a look at it. virgin group founder sir richard branson. the pound has fallen sharply by around 1.5%. it is now at 1.31. last week it peaked at one .35 and that is after british prime minister borisjohnson put is after british prime minister boris johnson put a is after british prime minister borisjohnson put a no—deal exit from the european union back on the table. it was its —— his boldest move after the election and it has spooked financial markets are. they have been talks of a decoupling of china and taiwan because of that would mean a complete separation of their economies including a complex supply chains which took many years to build. —— taiwan's foreign minister told the bbc‘s rupert wingfield—hayes while the islands does not want to be drawn into the trade war, it will stick with the us if they move ahead with a decoupling. if the united states decides to sanct

with virgin atlantic, are you saying you would be open to the idea? discussion. we don't generally buy other airlines, we generally start companies. but we would certainly be open to having a look at it. interesting. we will keep a close eye on sir richard that expects a richard branson. the boards of french carmaker psa, the owner of peugeot and fiat chrysler, in separate meetings on tuesday, approved a binding agreement for a $50 billion merger, according to unnamned sources .a formal announcement of the merger, which would create the world's fourth largest car maker is expected later on wednesday. a nearly $731 million tax break helped anglo—dutch oil major shell avoid a coprorate income tax bill in the uk last year, the financial times reports. the newspaper said such write—offs could continue for years. the tax break is used to defray the costs of dismantling oil and gas rigs in the north sea. shell's chief financial officer said the company complies with the applicable tax laws "in all the countries and locations in which we have a taxable prese

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to europe knows surved by jd power ranked a turkiline first then virgin atlantic british ail airwayselta de for third. thans for international higher trips what she serve passengers. >> thepp foodr beverage service is more important to the satisfaction. and that's really because food and beverages interaction between you know the airline and itself -- that's in the aircraft >> those flying to asia put japan airlines at e top followed by delta, korean air and the japanese carrier ana. jd powers says u.s. airlines are oreignr behind the competitors when it comes to flights to europe and asia. and they could further improve as delta, american andte u make further investments in their international routes. phil lebeau, "nightly business >>> and we're learning that boeing's chief engineer who led tthe boeing responsthe crashes is retiring. >>> last night we told you about thow transition of at google parent company alphabet. gaggle rcofoun sergei brin and larry page are stepping back. and currentooe ceo sundar pichai is also going to be become the parent -- the ceo of the parent company a

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amy, who works for virgin atlantic, recounted the tale in a facebook post.hey were on the plane. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there. for many parts of the uk on thursday, the rainjust hello there. for many parts of the uk on thursday, the rain just kept on coming. some places have already had some flooding. low pressure was to the west of the british isles, see that swell of cloud on the satellite picture, the low pulling various pulses of rain up from the south. it means the ground is now very wet indeed. there is a bit more rain in the forecast through the hours ahead, so especially across parts of england, but also some areas of wales, there is likely to be some further flooding. all the latest weather warnings and flood warnings always updated, of course, on the bbc weather website. so starting of the morning with some showers across western scotland and northern ireland. could be some dense fog across parts of northern ireland as well. but a really poor rush hour across central and eastern england. heavy bursts of rain, which will

. >> reporter: and this year trip advisor, virgin atlantic, and british airways holidays announced theynger sell tickets to sea world, reflecting changing attitudes about wild animals in captivity. >> eventually, killer whales won't be in our parks at sea world. >> reporter: sea world made the commitment to stop the orca breeding program in 2016, and for this last generation of whales a new environment. striped bass where once only orcas lived. >> and if the whale eats a fish in front of a child? >> if the whale eats a fish, it's the circle of life. >> down below is katina. >> reporter: captive orcas becoming less performers and sea world hopes more unique educators. kerry sanders, nbc news, orlando. >>> when we come back, there's good news tonight about helping there's good news tonight about helping my husband never paid attention to his health, till he signed up for unitedhealthcare medicare advantage. (bold music) now, it's like he has his own health entourage. he gets medicare's largest healthcare network, a free gym membership, vision, dental and more. there's so much to take adva

they also ranked emirates and virgin atlantic highly next at a big companies are using our personal datacommunity wants to make them pay up. >>i had as far as the 49 ers gearing up a saturday night football at levi's against the rams mark will join us to break down the matchup the carr >>company profits from selling your personal data should you receive a portion of those profits most people would say that is the idea behind a pilot program proposes san mateo county supervisor david talked about that today with kron on sanaa's to hernia. these companies. >>have a responsibility to make sure the data to put those dollars back into our to our communities, it's very super stewards they can do it the first way is the county of santa tale. we can create a where those dollars are distributed. the second thing it's no different than how people are getting paid now they have direct deposit from those companies our to their accounts and so that is we know it's critical to work we want to highlighted here in mateo it's innovator on governments always behind technology with the summer is it makes u

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we know this story because one of the crew members on board that flight — amy — who works for virgin atlanticstmas tale worth telling. that is so sweet. i love that story. i have some ideas on how to keep doing that. if you're in economy class, always make friends with those in first class,. i never thought about that. i love that, yeah. and people tend to give the best seats to those who listen to the safety announcements. yeah. what if everyone listens to the said te na nts if everyone listens to the said tenants must? no one does. -- what if everyone listens to the safety announcements? this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — the trump 2020 team is already using impeachment to motivate its base for support and donations. we'll hearfrom his re—election campaign on how the topic plays with core republican voters. and is it the purr—fect holiday film? or is cats a catastrophe in the making? the big budget blockbuster has had poor reviews, but the star—studded cast could claw back the box office. that's still to come. hello there