as it continues to benefit from pent up demand for air travel. europe s largest carrier by passenger numbers also said it expects profits to rise modestly over the next year, and the summer travel season will be busy. the figures are better than industry watchers had expected. we knew they were going to be good but to record these numbers is exceptional so nearly 170 million passengers, that s up 74% on the previous year s. revenue has more than doubled, profit is 1.4 billion, and they re going to pay dividend this year. it s a phenomenal result and shows how quickly this market is turned around. it also shows how fragile the market is for aviation. there is a point where it suddenly flips you become very profitable, ryanair have put in a great set of results that even before the summer, which will be very strong. cheap airfares are a myth and anybody looking for summer holidays will tell you airfares are expensive, particularly in europe because we have not seen a lot of cap
still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin
and new hope in saving off the debt default. and disney now scrapping plans for a new billion dollar campus in florida. did the war with ron desantis have anything to do with it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. i m christine romans. we begin with president biden and other world leaders unveiling tough new sanctions against russia at the g7 summit in japan. and they will be joined by president zelenskyy making a surprise trip halfway around the world to speak at the g7 in person kevin liptak is live on the ground. what more do we know? reporter: a source telling me that the ukrainian president zelenskyy will be making his way here. and i ve been told that that will be on sunday that he is meeting face-to-face with these other world leaders. and certainly he wouldn t be making this dramatic visit if he didn t think that there was something real to be gained in meeting these leaders face-to-face. certainly he will be making t
that s my line. we have got some headlines for you. let s begin here. big news this morning. ukraine s president volodymr zelenskyy heading in person the g7 summit in japan to meet face to face with president biden and other world leaders. also, that accused pentagon leaker is going appear in court in a few hours and former and current defense officials are expressing alarm that the young airman kept his job even after he was reported multiple times to commanders for mishandling class fight intelligence. disney delivered a huge $1 billion employee to ron desantis florida right before he is expected to announce a run for president. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we have been tracking developments really all morning out of japan this morning where white house now says president biden left dinner early with world leaders at the g7 summit to get an update on what is happening back in washington on the debt limit talks. the crisis in d.c. oversh