hays has bought 555 empty shops that still have the thomas cook brand, purely asa have the thomas cook brand, purely as a fascia on the front door. there are 2500 people in the market for a job you are experienced. anyone who has been affected as a consumer by the thomas cook collapse, there are obviously other channels to which they can go to seek compensation, but i don't think they need to be turning up at the local branch, because they won't be able to help. thank you very much. mps will be called to parliament for a special sitting on saturday october 19th following next week's crucial eu summit. if a deal is agreed borisjohnson will ask mps to approve it, but if not a range of alternatives could be put forward. the summit in brussels is the last scheduled meeting of eu leaders before britain is supposed to leave on 31st october. it comes after the irish prime minister warned it would be ‘very difficult' for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement before the deadline. speaking to the french newspaper les echos, the european commission president jean—claude juncker said if the

of thomas cook.” opportunity, really, with the failure of thomas cook. i was going to say, something that easyjet can't say publicly is the fact that thomas cook has collapsed means they have an opportunity there to make more money and get more customers. absolutely, it's a very competitive industry. whenever one competitor falls away, it is looked at as an opportunity for other airlines to step in. and their boss used to be the boss of thomas cook's archrival. he is very au fait with the whole idea of packaging your holiday. easyj et idea of packaging your holiday. easyjet is moving into that realm, isn't it? it is, generally the ancillary side of the business, the non— ticket revenue side, is looked at as non— ticket revenue side, is looked atasa non— ticket revenue side, is looked at as a growth area. and with that asa at as a growth area. and with that as a background, it is somewhere that easyjet has been moving into. so when you go online to book your flight so when you go online to bo

it shows that despite thomas cook's demise, the package holiday is far from dead. it's very easy to book holidays online but the fa ct easy to book holidays online but the fact that hays travel and other retailers were really interested in the thomas cook branches underlines how many customers still want to speak to a professional and get expert advice and be financially protected. hays travel says it aims to reopen as many shops as it can as soon as possible, but over the next six months much depends on what deals it can strike with landlords. emma simpson, bbc news. mps will be called to parliament for a special sitting on saturday october 19th, after next week's crucial eu summit. it's expected that if a brexit deal is agreed there, boris johnson will ask mps to approve it — if not, a range of alternative options may be put forward. the summit is considered the last chance for the uk and eu to agree a deal by the deadline of 31st 0ctober — something the irish prime minister leo varadkar has warned will be ‘very difficult' to achieve. nick eardley reports.

thomas cook was our fourth of your business. thomas cook was ourfourth biggest airline of your business. thomas cook was our fourth biggest airline and you can see that from a number of repatriation flights. we have had to welcome back tens of thousands of people into the uk and you can see that by the thousands of people that will come here to date and we support them. thomas cook became the fourth biggest airline because of the demand to travel around the world and that demand has not disappeared. people are coming forward to take on those services and keep people flying to those places. and the idea is that other airlines will take the slots because they have got the skills that the industry needs. the demand is still therefore flying to their destinations and that has not evaporated. we are confident that the airlines will take that on. it is nearly two years to day that monarch collapsed and within a year we had felt every single seat and we are confident that will happen again, and as people take on the routes that creates

thomas cook would say that it is theirfriend. we thomas cook would say that it is their friend. we embrace social media and facebook and also link a personal service in actual shops. catherine shuttleworth is the chief executive of retail consultants savvy. would you be as optimistic as the people at hays? thomas cook have been there the longest. they had their first store in the 1860s. they have some of the best deals on the high street and that will allow hayes to really improve. —— hays. that will allow hayes to really improve. -- hays. is important --... we do not know how much was paid or if there was a discount incentive behind it. iwonder, might the receivers get more money if they had sold to a different type of business like a coffee shop? i think the question is who would have bought 555 stores. even coffee shops do not need that. there will be very few retailers who have that big of a programme. they would have been able to move as quickly as hays travel. quite clearly they understand the market and want to reach out to some of the people who were involved with th

for thomas cook here. some of them gathering today for a job is fair. the idea is to bring together employers and those looking for work in the travel industry. i will speak to a couple of them in just a second and get a sense of how the past ten days has been for them. first a reminder of some of the incredible stories we have heard since the collapse of thomas cook last week. our headlines today cold and thomas cook collapses after last— minute negotiations to save the world's oldest tour operator fail. our management seem to have disappeared off into the sunset with millions and millions of pounds. it's heartbreaking. i've been there for 20 years, but there's a lot of people have been there and off a lot longer than me. angry, devastated, teary, as you would imagine. livelihoods are just gone, overnight, just like that. what do we want? answers! they have no money. these are all proud people, they have never had to do that in their lives. i have never been on benefits, never been used to benefits, nev

thomas cook staff held to ransom over exeter play—offs says the telegraph. your thoughts on how it is being handled? -- exit play—offs. it is unbelievable how the staff have really come to the bat and they are meeting in cafe is in balance with customers, the staff do not have a job any more still wa nt to do not have a job any more still want to keep customers but they do not have a chap, they still help the customers. —— meeting in cafes and bars. they have posted on facebook, come to this meeting place, i will help you get your refund with the civil aviation authority. there were more than 40,000 claims for refunds yesterday and the staff are still helping even though they do not have a job. a very sad story nonetheless, evenif a job. a very sad story nonetheless, even if it is not a travel story. let's focus on another story coming out of the times, extinction rebellion on the streets of london today, as they were yesterday and many other cities around the world, demanding action. they are demanding it mostly from government, they want regulation,

what can hays do that thomas cook couldn't? obviously it is great news for all of those employees and it is a reminder that thomas cook didn't go bust because people don't want to go on package holidays. in fact, there is evidence that they like the protection of having a package holiday. what killed thomas cook was dead, they had no room for manoeuvre when things went wrong and i think the problem you raised there is right, one of the weaknesses of thomas cook is the way we book a package holidays has changed, it is much more online and much less high street and i would be amazed if the 555 stores that are open now are still open next year. great news for the package holiday, it is alive and well, we are booking it differently but having said that, being on the high street is still seen as a witness and we will have to see how this particular project goes. simon, thank you. the fighting in syria has taken a new turn, with turkey launching airstrikes and us allies accusing america of betrayal. turkey has begun a major offensive

the former boss of thomas cook has defended a bonus payment of 500,000 pounds and said he was not the only one to blame for the collapse of the holiday operator. peter fankhauser and four other senior executives have been giving evidence to a cross—party group of mps. last week hays travel announced it would take over all of thomas cook stores, in a deal that could potentially save thousands ofjobs. it emerged that the tour company had a £1.7 billion debt pile. simon gompertz reports. a day of reckoning in front of mps for thomas cook's bosses, led by the former chief executive peter funkhouser. we understand that the colla pse funkhouser. we understand that the collapse of thomas cook caused a huge amount of stress, disruption and difficulty. me and my colleagues are still devastated about the outcome. since the collapse, questions have been brimming over from politicians and from thomas cook's staff, including airline crew who thought they were making a profit. we were doing very, very well, and we are wondering why we we re allowed well, and we are wondering why we were allowed

subsidiaries — condor in germany, thomas cook in spain and thomas cook in sweden — are still flying. this government have stood by and let the business in the uk fail. when the secretary of state gets to his feet, will he just say sorry for letting all of those ha rd—working staff — and the british taxpayer — down? mr speaker, the whole house, and indeed the country, is aware that the opposition front bench do not understand how an economy functions. if there was any way possible of insuring that a company whose directors were allegedly being paid millions of pounds... they want us to back up those millions of pounds of bonuses with yet more money from the public purse. if there were a way of doing it, we would've done it. but it would've, as i said, required a counting officer direction because it simply did not stack up. and the reality, as the honourable member knows, is that hays travel have indeed come in and rescued many of those jobs — because well—run companies survive, poorly—run companies can't survive. you're watching thursday in parliament. and don't forget, y

for them and many thomas cook employees, it's been an emotional day. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports. for the last two and a half weeks, nicola and her colleagues have been living a nightmare. there's been lots of tears, lots of anger. it's just been lonely. yeah. can we meet up? because the routine is gone. i think we have just been trying to process it, haven't we? that what we loved, just trying to get our heads around that it wasn't there any more. i think the first week was a daze, you know, just can't believe it and then you just kind of start to feel really sad at what we've lost and then obviously, this third week, i've applied for anotherjob. but, today, there are whispers of good news. hays travel announced they are buying thomas cook's stores, but it seems too good to be true. branch manager gemma gets through to the team at hays. it was on profit, yes. i am actually sat with all of my team now and they would all be happy to come back to the brand. brilliant, so is that it, then, a definite that the store's openin

the massive task of bringing home the 150,000 thomas cook holiday—makers is almost complete. the travel company collapsed last week after being unable to raise emergency funds. now there's going to be an investigation into how the company was audited. our correspondent tom burridge was on a government funded flight back from mallorca. inside the biggest repatriation operation in living memory. this airbus a380 left manchester early this morning to pick up thomas cook customers who were on holiday when the firm went bust. assembling a fleet of aircraft hasn't been easy. there aren't very many aircraft available around the world, so the aircraft we have been able to get don't mirror the thomas cook fleet. that gives us problems, for example, in the greek islands where the runways are quite short. you can only send in small planes and we don't have enough small planes just for the sheer volume of people. the planes leave uk airports empty. the total cost of the operation to the taxpayer is £40 million. once in mallorca, all aboard the 546th rescue flight in just nine days. befo

former thomas cook chiefs have refused to take responsibility for the compa ny‘s collapse. and one of them said a five million pound bonus was justified. the travel firm went into liquidation last month. thousands of stranded british holiday—makers had to be brought home. the collapse also put thousands ofjobs at risk in the uk and worldwide. some of the company's workers were in the commons for the latest hearing on thomas cook by the business committee. several former bosses were questioned by the mps. in your time between 2008 and 2012, in which time your total rewards from the group were £12.8 million, and has four years thomas cook's net profit was almost wiped out and they get more than doubled, do you really think those bonuses were justified? it's from a is from shares, and reinvested into shares. nonetheless their big amounts, and it happens every year. we have very clear objectives. and we measure ourselves against those objectives in the premises were published in front of the shareholders for them to review and vote on. they were in the balance of profitabili

thomas cook. brings in about $57000.00 clients to discount. and that constitutes about 40 percent of the dishes this are numbers to this country so it is something that did not go down well with. not only the put his input on it but because of his 2 great effects to the economy of the country more u.k. tourists arrive in gambia shores than from any other country without thomas cook's help the gambia hotel association says it will have to find alternative ways to bring brits to the beaches otherwise hotel owners will have to make tough choices if you set a schoolhouse continues we would close one of our hotels. that we were building. should have opened in december. because we have to show how we can feel. the gambian government has organized to emergency meetings aimed at finding solutions before november when the tourists had been due to arrive. and thing with the bankruptcy of travel company thought muskoka it's emerge that customers may have to wait longer than expected to get their money back britain's aviation regulator says the company ha

really bringing an end to an error of thomas cook, the last flight to an error of thomas cook, the last flight bringing back the stranded passengers, some of the 150,000 caught up in all of this. 392 people will be on that last flight. altogether, the civil aviation authority has brought back 140,000 people, the rest have made their own way back stop interestingly, it a 94% of them actually managed to come back on the day and about the same time they were due to come back, so many of them won't have noticed a huge difference to their travel plans, given it has been relatively smooth and the civil aviation authority organise this, known as operation motorman, got people back quite quickly. those are people who have been on holiday, what about those whose holidays were cancelled? the attention and was turning to those who you to go away. 360,000 holidays were booked with thomas cook that now have to be refunded. that affects about 800,000 passengers. clearly a lot of work for them to do right now. they are expecting a flood of applications for refunds, because from today you can put in yo

all thomas cook's stores are bought by hays travel in a move that could save 2,5000 jobs. and bbc news has been in penzance today, looking at some of the issues facing coastal towns across britain. good afternoon. it's 5 o'clock. our top story is that the head of nato has urged turkey to show restraint, as it launches an offensive in north—eastern syria. kurdish—led forces say two civilians have been killed in the offensive, along the border. turkey's president erdogan, described the action as a "peace operation" against terror organisations, which is aimed at preventing what he called the "creation of a terror corridor across the southern border". earlier this afternoon, warplanes took off from a nearby airbase, after the border offensive was announced. several explosions have been reported in the border town of ras al—ain, while blasts were also heard in tal ab—yad. this was the scene earlier on the syrian border — with residents leaving the area as smoke billows after the initial bombings. the area is controlled by the kurdish—led syrian democratic forces, w

others unite with a dedicated employee of thomas cook. given the warning signs were there for months, if not years, where the government use this extra parliament to bring forward emergency legislation to stop a further collapse and will he pledge now to expedite the redundancy page. echo -- page? >> i feel for everyone in relation to the thomas cook scenario. i set up my position on what the government does not bailout or pop up firms which are unsustainable. figures,oks at those she will see that was not a sustainable route to go. if you want to write to me, we will look at any of the details she raised. theway we create jobs and -- is making sure you have the measures in place and you're not raising taxes on businesses and you are supporting the workers. that's what we are doing. >> congratulate -- i want to congratulate my friend for being the deputy prime minister. how is it the government is allowing special advisors at number 10 downing street, speaking on behalf of the government, to tell outright lies? advisor, which i believe is

various members of thomas cook's former management are being questioned by a cross—party committee of mps today. the poor boss said he worked tirelessly for thomas cook and he defended a bonus payment of £500,000 and said he was not the only one to blame for the collapse. i do not know whether you have been able to see much of what he and others were saying, but i just wonder how you respond to those comments? it is never pleasant in any circumstance like this to see anyone, you know, really put under the microscope and squirm. but in this particular case, the ramifications and the repetitions of the loss of this company to our nation and right across the globe are so nation and right across the globe are so immense and far—reaching that it really is time to shine a spotlight on them. i still sense from him, although i do believe in those final few months they all did work very hard to try to turn this around, but i do not believe that they deserved the money that they aren't of the bonuses, because they share tipping page on the results. that isjust share tipping page on the resul

as thomas cook bosses apologise for the travel firm's collapse... i'm deeply sorry about this failing and i am deeply sorry the distress we caused to millions of customers who booked holidays with us. but sorry isn't enough for angry mps. your apologies would perhaps ring a bit more true if you are willing to do something about it. at the moment, i'm afraid the number of times you've said sorryjust rings rather hollow. also in this programme, jacob rees—mogg settles one of those perennial domestic arguments once and for all. i always thought one was in the habit of drawing a bath rather than running a bath and i'm sure the house would be most capable of drawing a bath. more from him later. but first, thomas cook's former boss has apologised for the holiday firm's collapse. peter fankhauser and other executives were challenged by a cross—party committee over their role in the company's downfall. last month's collapse left 150,000 holiday—makers stranded abroad. their repatriation was the largest of its kind in peacetime. about 800,000 british p

cascade platinum. >>> thomas cook, one of the world's oldest travel firms collapsed and that left tens of thousands of passengers who booked vacations through the british company stranded as more travel planning moves to do it yourself, what's the future of travel agents and tour operators? erin florio is travel news editor at conde nest traveler. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> this came as a big surprise those were stranded before they left or stranded where they had gone on that vacation because it happened so suddenly. >> it was such a disaster. if you can imagine 150,000 travelers waking up one morning and realizing the company they traveled with no longer existed. >> you don't have a way home. >> don't have a way home you don't even know if you have a hotel that night luckily people did step in and they all made it home safely but it's a huge shock and really indicative of, you know, where travel is headed and who we are using to actually book our travel for us. and i think it's really surprising when the travel industry right now is booming. it's never been he

former boss is thomas cook are told to hand back there bonuses. the duke and duchess of cambridge meets pakistan's prime minister during the five day visit to the country. let's get all the latest sport for you now and be full sports round up at the sports centre and john, more on the fallout from the england match and bulgaria. that is where we start stopping ahead of ua five says that the paul family must rage war on the racists. in a statement european football governing but it in my body says it is doing everything he can to eliminate this disease from football. ua file have opened ford disciplinary proceedings against bulgaria including racist behaviour and throwing objects. to charges against ingram including an sufficient number of travelling stay. a former england player is unsure this will change anything and bulgaria. i do not believe that the bulgarians themselves will do much about it because they are moment will not accept there is an issue and it is good to see that the pm has actually come out and said that they do make the display

very quickly, thomas cook. talking about vast sums of money, it isa talking about vast sums of money, it is a great story actually and it is something that people who lost their jobs and holiday—makers to ended up being stranded, it turns out that thomas cooke had to pay tens of millions of pounds in fees to financial advisers essentially as it was desperately thrashing around to raise a rescue deal. it got £700 million in the last few were impossible in the company collapsed but this is a stake in the throat for a lot of people who look at how, john mcdonald describes it as a feeding frenzy and all these financial advisers realise they need to cash and quickly and get vast sums of money but at the same time the company was not able to... the stupidity of it is you have an old dinosaur like thomas cooke and people on social media, they are acting like 1985, the thing collapses at 2am and everyone is rushing to the trough and figured the people who work there, the people on the front line did not know this is

some of the shops are reopening, bought by a rival from the wreckage of thomas cook. but why couldn't they and the airline have been sold as going concerns before the collapse? we were focusing on selling the whole business. so, some answers, and support for the inquiry. this could be a turning point in the way that big businesses work. this whole fat cat culture. just the way that when things fail, they can go scot free, with millions of pounds behind them, and just leave an absolute wreckage, in people's very ordinary, hard—working lives. these planes in cornwall, being mothballed today. mps are looking for lessons to stop a holiday nightmare like this happening again. simon gompertz, bbc news. to brexit now, and how many times in the last few weeks and months have we talked about crunch summits and crucial deadlines? well, today is no exception. as we go on air this evening, british diplomats and their eu counterparts are deep in negotiations. their goal to find some agreement that could be put to eu leaders when they meet for a summit this thursday. here's our p

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it was only about three hours after thomas cook had gone into liquidation. we were hoping it was going to be a good news story that it had been saved than, because you do not think it is going to happen until does and then, it is brilliant. we were getting married the next week with all your friends and families and we had lost all the flights and we did not know what to do. what do we do now? get married in the back garden. it has just been amazing. if it is all right, i would just like to thank delta holidays and caesar's palace for looking after us. we would never have been able to afford this. a lot of people were with you on the journey because a lot of stuff on social media saying that is rubbish, lots of people being caught out by thomas cook so i am happy it worked out for you. so aware. we cannot believe it. we're so shocked and now we're married so it is brilliant. do you want the good news, we can listen in right now. # have i told you lately that i love you? have i told you there is no—one else above you? you feel my heart with gladness, takeaw

the massive task of bringing home the 150 thousand thomas cook holidaymakers is almost complete. the travel company collapsed last week after being unable to raise emergency funds. now there's going to be an investigation into how the company was audited. our correspondent tom burridge was on a government funded flight back from mallorca. inside the biggest repatriation operation in living memory. this airbus a380 left manchester early this morning to pick up thomas cook customers who were on holiday when the firm went bust. assembling a fleet of aircraft hasn't been easy. there aren't very many aircraft available around the world, so the aircraft we have been able to get don't mirror the thomas cook fleet. that gives us problems, for example, in the greek islands where the runways are quite short. you can only send in small planes and we don't have enough small planes just for the sheer volume of people. the planes leave uk airports empty. the total cost of the operation to the taxpayer is £40 million. once in mallorca, all aboard the 546th rescue flight in just nine days. befo

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after the bankruptcy of british travel operator thomas cook the fallout is becoming visible across the mediterranean hoteliers in greece alone are expecting around half a 1000000000 euros in lost business spain's tourism industry says it will lose out on 200000000 euros of business half of that on the popular island destination of my all the losses come from outstanding bills not paid by the insolvent thomas cook group as well as people canceling their trips for october. now the humble on the m is big business richen calcium dietary 5 a protein photographs of vitamin c. and wanda it's a basic staple indispensable in kitchens across the globe but this season the onion market is in turmoil the yields are up to 40 percent down across europe especially in india one of the world's leading on the and produces selling over 9000000 tonnes last year but this year the harvest has been hit by 012 punch of drought and excessive rain the indian government banned on exports altogether as a result tightening supply further driving up prices. on young is an ingredient in several recipes across south a

some of the shops are reopening, bought by a rival from the wreckage of thomas cook. but why couldn't they, and the airline, have been sold as going concerns before the collapse? we were focusing on saving the whole business. so some answers, and support for the inquiry. this could be a turning point in the way that big business is done. this whole fat cat culture, and just the way that when things fail, they can go scot free with millions of pounds behind them. these planes in cornwall are being mothballed today. mps are looking for lessons, to stop a holiday nightmare like this happening again. simon gompertz, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the president of the bulgarian football union resigns — after last night's match with england was marred by racism. uefa calls on football fans to wage war on the racists. crunch time for brexit talks — both sides say there's still work to do but hopes rise of a deal. turkey moves more troops to the border with syria as the united states imposes sanctions. a man has been sentenced to twelve years in jail, for driving ov

branches at some clubs branches of thomas cook have returned to work. hays travel has taken over returned to work. hays travel has ta ken over its returned to work. hays travel has taken over its travel shops and will continue to employ some of those employed. thank you forjoining us, betty. what is your situation now?|j betty. what is your situation now?” am unemployed. i'm just looking around for a job now. i do not actually want to rush into anything. i want to be ready and ready to work for another company. i don't just wa nt to ta ke for another company. i don't just want to take anything knee jerk at the moment, so i am exploring other options, actually. i do have some ideas for the future. have you been able to get any compensation for losing yourjob as quickly as it happened? well, i have received the statutory redundancy pay, which meant to me that every year i spent working for thomas cook was worth £279. but at the moment, because we did not receive our last salary, as i'm sure you're aware, that has actually been a little bit of money tha

staff at some branches of collapsed holiday firm thomas cook have returned to work. last month, the company went out of business, putting 9,000 jobs in the uk at risk. but hay‘s travel has taken over its 500—plus travel shops and says it will continue to employ up to 2,500 of the people who work in them. this morning the parliamentary business committee begins its inquiry in to the collapse of the firm. rachel reeves is its chair. i think that there are a number of questions we want to put to the bosses of the business. for example, over the last 12 years, the last three chief executives were paid a combined total of £35 million. will they be handing any of that money back? and how is it fair that people like that earned multi—million multi—million pounds, worth of pay and bonuses and yet people like betty are those that end up picking up the pieces. and so those are the sorts of questions that we are wanting to put to the bosses today, as well as whether they did enough to save the company and why they ended up ladling the company with so many millions of p

we also know that although governments around the world stepped in to save subsidiaries of thomas cook in their own countries, the u.k. business secretary thought it wasn't her job. can the foreign secretary explain to those workers, some of whom are with us today, why their government sat idly by? say, we of all, i would did not sit idly by. the efforts of the government to make sure those holidaymakers could be returned back to the u.k., coordinated by the transport secretary have been very effective and that has required a huge amount of cross government work including in my own department. in relation to whether the government should step in, it is very clear, you look at the financing behind. it would not have rendered the company more sustainable or save the jobs in the long run. we are concerned to make sure in the long-term that we create 3 million new jobs in this country since 2010. we will continue with that. what we are not going to do is routinely bail out companies that are unsustainable. that is not the right way. >> nobody is asking the government to bail out -- routine

cook well so you actually is this new couple that's actually bought thomas cook said john and irene hayes they built his business from the ground up and i thought you some it was rather touchy they they were saying that the employees they bought back which is 597 those employees many of them have been in tears as as irene hayes is quoted as saying they've been cuddling up i mean they've taken these people who actually turning to food stamps because they've been laid off they're taking them they're employing them what's new daniel is that they very much look at this the web as their friend they're kind of a they're actually an elderly couple they're in their seventy's but they're very hip they have managed to stuff their business with a very good managers that get this world today and so these package holidays that really offer like a sort of a social economic a lower socio economic band in the u.k. those package policies are going to remain because i'll be taken over by the hays company and they'll be taken over and then i think they're going to employ another 2500 employees you kno

a day of reckoning for thomas cook's bosses. we understand the collapse of thomas cook caused a huge amount of stress, disruption, and anxiety. me and my collea g u es disruption, and anxiety. me and my colleagues are still devastated about the outcome. since the collapse, questions have been brimming overfrom collapse, questions have been brimming over from politicians collapse, questions have been brimming overfrom politicians and from thomas cook staff, including airline crew who thought they were making a profit. we were doing very, very well. and we are wondering why we we re very well. and we are wondering why we were allowed to fail, actually made to fail, when the rest of the company went. mps homed in on the pay, nearly £9 million overfour yea rs, pay, nearly £9 million overfour years, including a half £1 million cash bonus for 2017. do you think that bonus should be paid back?|j fully that bonus should be paid back?” fully understand, i fully understand where you are coming from, and i fully understand the sentime

encouraging news for some thomas cook staff, as their high street shops are bought by an independent travel firm. and, at the rugby world cup, wales fight off a strong challenge by fiji to reach the quarter—finals. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... scotland run in nine tries to thrash russia at the rugby world cup, to keep them in the running to qualify for the quarter—finals. good evening. the long—planned turkish military operation in north—east syria has been launched, as kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy air strikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. the turkish decision was prompted by president trump's announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the islamic state group are being held by kurdish forces. president erdogan of turkey says his aim is to create a so—called "safe zone", cleared of kurdish fighters. the kurds were key allies of the us in defeating islamic state, and they say they've been betrayed by president trump. tonight, boris johnson spoke to mr

all thomas cook's stores are bought by hayes travel, in a move that could save 2,500 jobs and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, economics commentator grace blakeley, and the political commentator giles kenningham. stay with us for that. good evening. the long—planned turkish military operation in north—east syria has been launched. kurdish forces, which control the area, report heavy airstrikes and the start of a ground offensive, amid widespread panic. the turkish decision was prompted by president trump's announcement that us troops would withdraw from the region, where thousands of captured fighters from the islamic state group are being held by kurdish forces. president erdogan of turkey says his aim is to create a so—called ‘safe zone' cleared of kurdish fighters. the kurds were key allies of the us in defeating islamic state and they say they've been betrayed by president trump. tonight, boris johnson spoke to mr trump, expressing concern about the risk of a humanitarian disaster in the region. orla guerin is on the turk

we've had bhs, corillian, and now we have thomas cook, how many more do we need before your industry opens its eyes and recognises that you are complicit in all of this and that you need to reform? i think the conclusion the policymakers will take from today, we can't rely on you to do the right thing. —— we've had carillion. barclays bank has been roundly criticised for its decision to stop letting its customers withdraw cash in post offices. the option had been seen as particularly helpful for those living in rural areas where many bank branches had closed. but the facility will be withdrawn at the end of this year. lord duncan, a business minister, said the government was watching the situation closely. the government is disappointed with the withdrawal of barclays from the re—banking framework. nonetheless, the new banking framework will enable customers to access their cash from 27 high—street banks. the government will continue to ensure communities we support and will continue to have choice over how they manage their finances. i thank the noble lord the minister for h

mps grill thomas cook's former boss over his £500,000 bonus when his company was in debt. and arriving in local style — the duke and duchess of cambridge are in pakistan for a five—day tour. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we find out if the republic of ireland can come back from 1—0 down against switzerland to qualify for next summer's european championships. good evening. bulgaria is now the subject of disciplinary proceedings by european football's governing body, uefa, after the racist abuse directed at the england team in their match in sofia last night. the game was halted twice due to racist chants and gestures by a section of the home crowd against england players. the head of bulgaria's football union has resigned after being told to quit by the country's prime minister — and the behaviour has been condemned by england's coach, captain and by borisjohnson. our special correspondent ed thomas reports. in full view, unmasked. the nazi salutes, the monkey chants, unashamed hate for all to see. i mean, i heard it before i even got to the other side of

|j top team at thomas cook. what do you want to know from them? i have four main questions, and i have gathered the information regarding them from my colleagues. the first one, particularly from the airlines, group airlines operated as a separate entity and we were doing very well. we are wondering why we we re very well. we are wondering why we we re allowed very well. we are wondering why we were allowed to fail, actually made to fail, when the rest of the company went. because from what we can understand and from what we were told, we were doing very well. we we re told, we were doing very well. we were successful and highly profitable, and we were told just a couple of weeks before this all happened that actually we were about to announce a very happened that actually we were about to announce a very decent profit, and that we had done well. and quite and that we had done well. and quite a turnaround to go from that decision to one where the firm collapsed. rachel, let me bring you in here. it is yourjob later to be able to speak to former bo

in a few cases, the flights were not thomas cook but the accommodation was thomas cook in their package and they can still go away on those flights but they would have to book replacement accommodation and the only money they will get back is what they originally spent on holiday, so if it small, they will be in holiday, so if it small, they will beina holiday, so if it small, they will be inajam. holiday, so if it small, they will be in a jam. those who just booked flights, and not covered in the package holiday regulations, they don't get the money paid back from the atoll scheme so they will have to fall back against a claim against the credit card company or travel insurance. thank you. police have arrested more than 130 people in connection with a climate change protest in london, organised by extinction rebellion. the group has blocked lambeth and westminster bridges, but says its aim is to shut down the whole of westminster. our correspondent, dan johnson, sent this from trafalgar square. you can see that they are right here across the road and that means the main streets around

thomas cook shut down suddenly in september hundreds of thousands of passengers were stranded across the globe and an american scientist who identified one of the key materials in rechargeable batteries has become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old john be good enough will share this year's nobel prize for chemistry with britain's m stanley wished him and japan's a cure you're seeing are the 3 scientists were each responsible for critical developments in a theme ion batteries well those are the headlines and next up its inside story stay with us. the confusion over u.s. plans for syria donald trump is facing criticism for his decision to withdraw from the northeast paving the way for a take issue pensive what are the risks of a military operation and what to do with eisel fight is in kurdish prisons this is inside story. the and welcome to the program fully back to pull the white house is sending mixed messages about the future of america's role in syria president donald trump announced on monday that u.s. soldiers would pull out of northeastern syria allowing turkey to

thomas cook to jet airways. turbulence in the airline industry has forced a record number of carriers to collapse. we find out about the impact on passengers. the us blacklists more chinese firms, setting an uncomfortable tone for crucial trade talks later this week. and stocks in asia are headed higher today on the hope of progress as a chinese delegation heads to washington for trade talks.

the final thomas cook passengers return home this morning, two weeks after the package tour company collapsed. coming up, the hidden condition affecting thousands of women across the uk. mps launch an inquiry into the devastating impact of endometriosis. i really wish it was a painful period and i only had to cope with it once a month, but we live with pain every single day. and champions manchester city suffer a shock home defeat against wolves, leaving them eight points behind liverpool in the title race. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. the american businesswoman at the centre of a storm over her association with borisjohnson, has refused to say whether she had a relationship with him while he was mayor of london. jennifer arcuri is at the centre of a row over whether the now—prime minister failed to declare a conflict of interest. he's been accused of including her on trade missions and helping her company to receive grants because of their relationship, accusations which he has denied. speaking on itv‘s good morning britain, ms arcuri refused to say whether they h

when thomas cook and monarch went under, the airline regulator, the civil aviation authority, had to cobble together aeroplanes from around the world to bring stranded holiday—makers home. even though many passengers were not covered by the industry's atol scheme, a decision was taken to repatriate them to avoid people facing long waits to get back. in effect, they built a shadow airline recreating travel schedules out of other company's transport, in operations costing more than £100 million. this new legislation will allow the caa to use an airline's existing infrastructure, current planes and members of staff, aomething that hasn't previously been possible due to the uk's insolvency laws. keeping the fleet flying is one of the recommendations from the review into airline insolvency which came out in may this year, following that monarch collapse. it looked into the protections available to air passengers. the hope is this will reduce the need for government intervention and spending in any future cases. katie prescott, bbc news. there's a warning that parents' chatter at the sc

cook. whether it is women members in this house, women claiming benefits, women's reproductive rights in northern ireland, and the failure to support women workers at thomas cook, isn't this government letting women down? i would say to the honourable lady on this side of the house, we are proud to be on our second female prime minister. labour mps pointed out that the conservatives had now moved on from theresa may. the labour front bench are pointing to my honourable friend. i would like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to the honourable member. for her accomplishments in tackling human trafficking, for her accomplishments and drive in tackling violence against women and for the domestic violence bill that we'll be introducing in this house today for further debates. it seems to me that tory members of parliament may on occasion make women their leaders, but they need to learn... they need to learn how to treat them less cruelly. the snp leader returned to brexit — and appealed to