the other problem is that xijingping in his in seven cases.i jingping in his speech today said there would be more transparency associated with the belt and road initiative. if that comes to pass, it will be a shift, because at the moment we don't know what the budgets are, we don't have a list of last year's projects compared to this year's, it is more ofa compared to this year's, it is more of a slogan, a movable feast and china can make whatever it likes of the belton road forum so many people would call for a much clearer explanation of the parameters of h. thank you, stephen. what have the markets been up to? despite lots of investor excitement at tech sector results, which pushed microsoft above the milestone of a one trillion dollar valuation, us stocks ended lower on average. concerns about slowing global growth were weighing on the minds of investors. trading light in asia, investors in a holding pattern ahead of an update on us gdp that we're expecting later. disappointment injapan that a sharp drop in industrial output in q1 could l

it says that chinese president xijingping expressed his condolences and said china was deeply saddenedindian airline jet airways has extended the cancellation period of its international flights until thursday — that's after it failed to secure emergency funding from its lenders earlier this week. jet airways was india's second—largest airline by market share — until recently. but dozens of its planes have been seized by creditors, leaving the firm with only seven operational aircraft. thousands of passengers have been stranded due to the firm's lack of funds. so what are their options in terms of refunds from an airline that appears to have no money to speak of? to tell us more, we'rejoined via webcam in perth by aviation expert geoffrey thomas — he's editor in chief of the website airlineratings.com. great to have your back on the programme. will passengers who had flights be able to seek some kind of comp sensation? fix my compensation. it's a very good question. the eu flight it's a very good question. the eu flight delay low is all about a flight flight delay low is all about a flig