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. Were 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. Lets 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 250 million to continue and had asked the uk government for help. Now a major repatriotion operation is underway to bring home the estimated 150,000 uk passengars stranded overseas. Simon jones begins our coverage. Grounded, the uk oldest holiday firm has collapsed after 178 years. A day of frantic negotiations failed. At two oclock this morning, the end it was declared by the Civil Aviation authority. It has really begun flying a fleet of planes around the world to bring holidaymakers home. This is a huge operation, the largest peacetime repatriation operation, 150,000 people. We have at least a0 planes running flights over the next two weeks. We expect around 1000 flights. Holidaymakers like this people who arrived in majorca yesterday, have been told they will be flying homes as closely to the departure date as possible. But there may be delays. There will be refunds but thousands of people have lost their holidays. Up until the early hours of this morning, the thomas cook website was still offering what it called fantastic deals. Take a look at the website 110w deals. Take a look at the website now and it comes up with this message. Now and it comes up with this message. The business has ceased trading. Anything in, it simply run out of cash. Uncertainty over brexit, the heat wave in europe and political unrest in popular destinations have all been blamed. More than 20,000 employees, are sent to lose thatjob. A fast track investigation has been asked about what went wrong. Simon calder is the person we always turn to when a travel story breaks. Hes at manchester airport. Describe the scene. Some thomas cook flights have actually landed. What is going on . I am in the arrivals hall of the manchester airport, terminal 1, the Third Largest airport in the uk and it is very, very busy as you can see and probably here as well. There has been a steady flow of thomas cook aniline coming into manchester. Airline. 50 departure is due to start a couple of minutes ago and people put on those flights, many on their way into the airport when they heard flights had been cancelled. It is very, very eerie in the departure area. Flights, vacations cancelled. We know the Civil Aviation authority has begun this repatriation process. It is enormous. Thatjob. But for those who have looked holidays, they still have a holiday to go to, took us still have a holiday to go to, took us through the logistics for them . The people abroad at the moment, they are in a relatively strong position whether they are from the uk, germany, france, belgium, scandinavia. Those people will be brought back roughly when they were expecting to and nobody should have to cut short their vocation. It is people who have yet to travel, up to 1 Million People who are not going to be able to travel and, on top of that, of course, the 22,000 staff from thomas cook who are in very difficult travel Industry Environment are finding sometimes when they have just landed in manchester that they no longer have jobs. The planes have been impounded because of non payment of airport fees. These scenes are probably replicated across european airports. The other issue many cannot believe is you can still book a thomas cook holiday, probably yesterday, if you wished to. I bought a thomas cook package holiday just wished to. I bought a thomas cook package holidayjust under six hours ago, shortly before midnight british time because i wanted to test if the company was still going. They took nearly a00 from me but that was for a very good holiday, a week in greece for two people and the fact that a person could get a holiday including flights and accommodation for 200 really shows you like thomas cook found the going so tough. I now join thomas cook found the going so tough. I nowjoin the queue of a Million People trying to get their money back stop thank you so much, simon. Live now to tim johnson, policy director of the Civil Aviation authority, at their headquarters in london. 0bviously, obviously, you have started this process of bringing home of the 150,000 thomas cook customers. Just talk us through the logistics. Good morning. First and foremost, this is a really sad day for thomas cook employees and customers. This is a business that has been going for 178 yea rs business that has been going for 178 years so business that has been going for 178 years so our business that has been going for 178 years so our thoughts are really with those employees and customers today. You are right, this is a big repatriation effort, 150,000 people currently abroad but we are going to bring them home. No one is going to have their holidays are cut short. We will be aiming to bring everybody back at the time they were due to come back to the game. Set up a dedicated website, thomascook. Caa. Co. Uk, dedicated website, thomascook. Caa. Co. Uk, and that dedicated website, thomascook. Caa. Co. Uk, and that sets out all the information on the return flies. The other really important thing today for listeners is that, if you have a holiday or flight is that, if you have a holiday or flight due to start today with thomas cook, those flights have u nfortu nately thomas cook, those flights have unfortunately been cancelled so please do not go to the apple because of those flights will not be taking off. To the airport. You have a complaint going out to take customers home what about the long haulflights, say customers home what about the long haul flights, say from across the atlantic, cuba, youre sending planes out that far are you . Thomas cook customers are spread around europe and in particular america. 0ur europe and in particular america. Our website has all the details, thomascook. Caa. Co. Uk, our website has all the details, thomascook. Caa. Co. Uk, about those flights. In some cases, other airlines such as virgin and ba are going to help us bring back customers from those kind of particular locations but, for all passengers, please, be reassured we have over a0 planes that are in position and many of them are being prepared as we speak. The first flight prepared as we speak. The first flight is due to take off shortly and we will be bringing people home so and we will be bringing people home so you and we will be bringing people home so you can and we will be bringing people home so you can continue to enjoy your holiday. We will aim to bring you back as close as possible to your expected return date and all the details are on the website. Expected return date and all the details are on the websitelj expected return date and all the details are on the website. I know that the Civil Aviation authority have been preparing for some time. In the event that thomas cook colla pses in the event that thomas cook collapses and it has collapsed. What is your estimated cost . Over 40 planes, 1000 flights over the period, we estimate at the moment that this will cost roughly twice what the repatriation cost a couple of years ago which is in the order of years ago which is in the order of £50 million so something into the order of £100 million. 200 million to bail out thomas cook to keep going and it will cost half that to just get people home . It is the directors of the company who are responsible for the financing and the ongoing solvency of the business and it is they who have decided to put the company into liquidation and that was given effect this morning. 0ur sole focus is about the repatriation effort and bringing those 150,000 customers back to the uk. Another question which you may 01 uk. Another question which you may or may not be able to answer. For those who have booked thomas cook holidays but are flying with other Companies Like easyjet, there flights are still in place but the accommodation provided by thomas cook in that situation where do they stand or is that not in your remit . If people have booked accommodation with thomas cook as pa rt accommodation with thomas cook as part of a package, they will get a refund. The details will be published on our website no later than monday. But they cover a variety of different situations so i encourage everyone to go to the website and that has all the definitive arrangements. That is the best place for customers to look. Thank you for your time. Tim johnson from Civil Aviation authority which is in charge of the operation of bringing back all the thomas cook customers back to the uk. We will have more on this story and in Business Briefing will discuss the Business Briefing will discuss the business side of what went wrong with thomas cook. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news World Leaders are gathering in new york for a special one day summit on Climate Change. The un has urged leaders to come up with concrete plans as leading scientists warn the causes and impacts of Global Warming are accelerating rather than slowing down. Israels president has called on the two main rivals in last weeks election to come together to form what he called a stable coalition. President Reuven Rivlin held talks on sunday with representatives from Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus likud party and benny gantzs blue and white. The arab list meanwhile, which came third, has thrown its support behind blue and white. The chairman of the Us House Intelligence Committee says the contents of a telephone conversation between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart could be grounds for the president s impeachment. Adam schiff said if it was proven that mr trump pressured Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate the democratic president ial frontrunner, joe biden, impeachment would be the only option. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come all the sport, including the Rugby World Cup, where wales play their first match, taking on georgia in toyota city later on monday. Ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying to canada in disgrace. All the athletes should be clean going into the games. Im just happy that justice is served. It is a simple fact that this morning these people were in their homes. Tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. All the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. Its no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world and so the British Government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. Concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. Youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines thomas cook, the worlds oldest travel firm, has collapsed, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe. The British Government has launched what it says is its biggest repatriation in peacetime history, chartering dozens of flights to bring people home. Lets get more now on our top story, the collapse of thomas cook. Good morning, nice to see you. Many might be asking the question this morning, why didnt the government help them out . It is a big question, looking at the amount of money it is going to cost for the repatriation of 150,000 british citizens coming home. It is a lot more expensive than the £200 million. It is also 9000 jobs in the uk, more than at overseas. Yes. More than that overseas. Yes. More than that overseas. There is a knock on effect, travel companies dont operate in a bubble. This has an effect on, obviously, the hoteliers who are putting these people up for a two week holiday in spain, but also the credit card companies. As you said, the employees of thomas cook, you know, thomas cook also used to operate on the high street. So there are a lot of landlords as well he will be out as a result of this company no longer operating. So it looked yesterday, the conversations from whitehall were that the government didnt recognise the fact that they would find value, almost, in stumping up the money to be able to save £200 million, to be able to save thomas cook, and it was better to let it go to the wall. Dominic raab, the foreign secretary, was grilled about this on bbc news yesterday. His response was very much along the lines of, it is not International Interest for us to bail out thomas cook. And it would set quite a precedent if they did. Some might say, well, they bailed out lloyds and the royal bank of scotland. What is too big to fail . Well, this is the question. The Systemic Risk you get from a bank, for example, i dont think there is a huge amount. 0bviously for example, i dont think there is a huge amount. Obviously there will bejob a huge amount. Obviously there will be job losses, but be confident said to the National Economy as a result of, yes, it is the worlds all travel company, but a bank and the Systemic Risk that can cause, the wave. Systemic risk that can cause, the wave. And Systemic Risk that can cause, the wave. And we must remember then, it was the unprecedented times of the financial crisis, 2008. We know more about how these things operate now. That would have been a huge domino effect. Exactly. We will see you later, we will talk about this more, but also other stories in the news briefing. And now i look at what is happening in sport. Hello, im chetan pathak, with mondays sport briefing liverpools100 start to the English Premier League season continues after a 2 1win over chelsea at stamford bridge. Liverpool took the lead thanks to a fantastic Trent Alexander arnold free kick, chelsea then had a goal ruled offisde by var. Minutes later Roberto Firmino doubled the lead on the half hour mark. But chelsea battled hard and got a deserved goal through ngolo kante, which set up a nervy finish. We have to be ready. We have to be able to do what we are really good in. It was a good game, a really good game. Brilliant moments. But there were obviously a lot of things we can improve upon and that is what we can improve upon and that is what we try to work on in these small periods between the games, when we have time. Team europe won the laver cup for the third year in a row following late heroics from Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev in geneva. Team world started the day with victory from john isner and jack sock against the european pairing of federer and stefanos tsitsipas. But zverev won a deciding rubber against milos raonic in switzerland to earn europe a dramatic 13 11 win. There they are with the trophy, rafa nadal and Roger Federer on the same side for once. Ferraris Sebastian Vettel ended his 13 month drought without a win, with victory at the singapore grand prix. He finished ahead of his ferrari teammate charles leclerc, who started on pole and was unhappy with his teams pit stop strategy which cost him the lead. It was vettels day, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton fourth. Wales get their Rugby World Cup campaign started on monday. They won the six nations at the beginning of the year and despite injuries to some key players are being talked about as potential winners. Captain alun wynjones will equal gethinjenkins wales cap record when he leads the side out against georgia in toyota. He deserves all the accolades. Just been a great 7a welsh rugby. The pleasing thing for me is that i think in the last couple of years, but recognition hasnt just think in the last couple of years, but recognition hasntjust been in wales, it has been worldwide as well, people realisejust what wales, it has been worldwide as well, people realise just what a contribution he has given to world by contribution he has given to world rugby in terms of performances and leadership. And captaincy. And that is pleasing to see, but someone from wales is recognised as one of the top players in the world in this position. Finally, were going to take you to california for some incredible pictures from the latest event in the surfing World Championship tour. Heres Lakey Peterson taking a quite stunning victory. She needed a score of 9. 1 to win and she goes on and does it with some high risk moves which earnt her a score of 9. 33. The win moves her to number two in the World Rankings and in position to qualify for the us surfing team for next years tokyo 0lympics. Incredible stuff. You can get all the latest sports news at our website. Thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. Lets brief you now some of the other key events taking place around the world today. In madrid in the comings hours, the dissolution of the Spanish Parliament takes place ahead of fresh elections in the country in november. A little later in paris,one of frances biggest pharmaceutical scandals reaches the courts, a trial begins relating to controversial weight loss drug mediator. Some have argued it shouldve been withdrawn over safety risks. And in london, the Uk Supreme Court will give an update into its efforts to reach a ruling over the legality of the suspsension of parliament. Were not expecting a decision, but some timings on key stages ahead. So, a lot happening, we are expecting a decision on that eventually. Music these days can be consumed in so many ways. You can stream the latest releases or download a song to your phone. But many still want something physical to hold in their hands. And if you like vinyl, theres a place in new york that will definitely hit the right note. The bbcs tim allman explains. There are record collections, and then there are record collections. This is the archive of contemporary music what claims to be the largest collection of popular music in the world. Bob george began the archive in 1985 in manhattans tribeca neighbourhood, where the rents were cheap. Although he was a little reluctant to begin with. After a couple of years i had a7,000 records. Then i wanted to give them away. But no one was really interested because they were mostly reggae, punk, experimental music. And hip hop. 0h, freak out the collection consists of around 3 million recordings, more than 20 million songs. Spanning the range of pop, rock, funk, country, hip hop, to name but a few. And this is a collection that is only getting bigger and bigger. We just said yes, yes, yes to everything, and thats a problem, because people keep dropping stuff. People dont have space in new york. Thats great. Space is so expensive. We are getting more and more every year. The most obscure trucks can be found in this treasure trove of musical history. When the Grammy Museum wanted the details for some 3000 record labels and cutters, they came here. But there is one rule. Classical music is not allowed. And lets tell you about the emmy awards. They have just wrapped up. Brit Phoebe Waller bridge was the suprise star of the night taking gongs for best writing and best actress in a Comedy Series a short while later, and capping it with best Comedy Series all for her hit show fleabag. Bill hader also took the nod for best actor in a Comedy Series for barry. Game of thrones, perhaps predictably, took best drama. And killing evesjodie comer beat out co star sandra oh to lead actress in a drama series. Take a look at the bbc news website, which has all the details. There is Phoebe Waller bridge, with her absolute glee. She had to great speeches. You can seejodie comer as well, who beat sandrah 0h. Speeches. You can seejodie comer as well, who beat sandrah oh. I must admit, iam well, who beat sandrah oh. I must admit, i am an absolute fan of killing eve. I havent got into flea bag yet, killing eve. I havent got into fleabag yet, i havent had time. I will do, because i am told it is absolutely fantastic. And there is ben wishaw is welcome among the other british winners. Ijust want to mention some of your comments about thomas cook, we ask you to get in touch. Raymond chan says, it doesnt help that brits are doing a la ca rte tours doesnt help that brits are doing a la carte tours of other parts of europe by using low Cost Airlines like ryanairand europe by using low Cost Airlines like ryanair and easyjet, flying out of gatwick, stansted and luton. We have next, he says, im supposed to be flying home tomorrow. We were told earlier our pickup was scheduled at 11 30am, 12 hours from now. Now we have no idea what is going on or how we are going to get home. We hope you get home quickly, neck. Jane says, im due to go on holiday from bristol. Flights with thomas cook, desperate search now for alternative flights and accommodation. Good luck to you all. Keep your comments coming and i will see you soon. Hello. A transition to more settled weather right through the weekend. Sunshine on saturday, showers on sunday, but temperatures are still in the high 20s. This was the scene in cornwall as the sun went down on sunday night, and as we start monday morning, a fairly unsettled picture to come through this week, a lot of fairly wet and windy weather and it will be quite a bit cooler than it has been. Monday of course marks the autumn equinox, and although we start the day on a dry note for many areas, we have got this approaching area of low pressure, which brings increasingly wet and windy weather into the south west. So, to start off the day, northern scotland, a little bit cloudy and damp. That rain through the middle of the morning works into the south west of england, then into wales and Northern Ireland. The winds picking up here too. Central and eastern parts of england up towards southern and Central Scotland largely dry here, and in the sunshine, itll be a pleasant day with temperatures up to about 21 degrees, certainly fresher than it has been and its cooler where youre stuck under the cloud and rain in the west. Into monday night now, and overnight into tuesday, were going to see that rain becoming quite heavy and quite persistent, especially across parts of southern england, into wales too, could be some standing water lying around, i think, tuesday morning. Itll be a mild night to come, but quite a wet and a windy one and that means we could see a bit of disruption, i think too, during tuesday. So, weve got that weather front, this ripple on the front bringing that heavy rain gradually eastwards through the day and its particularly across parts of southern england and south wales that all that rain and the gales as well may well lead to a little bit of travel disruption. So, through the day weve got this band of fairly heavy, persistent rain working its way slowly eastwards across england and wales. Thatll be followed by sunny spells and scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms working in from the south west. I think Northern Ireland and north west scotland should stay mostly dry through the day. Temperatures, though, much cooler than they have been, around about 15 to 19 celsius. Lets take a look at some of those wind gusts, were likely to see 30mph inland, along the south coast, a0 to perhaps a5mph gusts of wind, enough to cause a little bit of disruption i think. Some of that heavy rain still lingers around across the south east first thing wednesday. It should clear away and then were in for a day of sunny spells, scattered showers, not as windy on wednesday compared to tuesday. Certainly cooler, though, than it has been, about 16 to 20 degrees, and it remains unsettled and autumnal through the week ahead. Bye for now. This is the Business Briefing. Im sally bundock. Thomas cook, one of the worlds oldest travel firms, collapses, as it fails to reach a rescue deal. 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. And on the markets. The japan is closed for a public holiday. Negative sentiment in asia. In europe, it will be interesting to see how thomas cook impacts when the day s trade begin later