we begin with the airline industry and hope for staff at the collapsed airline flybe. ryanair and easyjet say they are happy to snap them up. easyjet says it has 250 vacancies for cabin crew, ryanair says it has vacancies in all categories, including pilots, engineers and ground staff. flybe went into administration on saturday putting 277 staff out of work. in about 25 minutes we ll be getting ryanair s third quarter results which are expected to be strong due to pent up travel demand. joining me now isjohn strickland, airline analyst atjls consulting. good morning, lovely to see you. let s start with flybe. the staff were concerned about their future but easyjet and ryanair say they are ready and waiting. ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ ryanair say they are ready and waitin-. . , ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ , ., ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ u, ., ., ., waiting. we could not have a better contrast waiting. we could not have a better c
to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she s in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china is brazil s main trading partner. it is brazil s main trading partner. it is in competition neck and neck with the united states for market share and in numerous industries in the country. of course, agricultural commodities from brazil are crucial for china to feed its population, but china plays a major role in infrastructural development in brazil and also in key industries, like metals and min
let s start here in the uk, where, in a few hours time, the chancellorjeremy hunt will unveil his first budget, where he will outline the government s big decisions on spending, and plans for raising or lowering taxes. among the measures he s expected to unveil is a significant expansion of free childcare provision. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work, given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. the chancellor is also expected to announce a rise in the tax free limit for pension contributions, to encourage people to stay in work for longer. the latest economic figures underline the challenge facing the government, as well as the pressure on household and business budgets. here s our economics editor faisal islam. it is back to work budget, that s a promise, and it was centre on one of the biggest ever expansions of childcare for england with equivalent funding for other nations. parents of one and two year olds will get the same 30 hours of support a
president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland s political parties to resume power sharing. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~ louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. louth. coming here feels like coming home, it louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. | coming home, it really does. the way every time i have come, the welcome, the people in the streets, they are so gracious to us. ., , , ., to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on to us. he flew into dublin from
with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at sunday s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic. i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise, i said high, iam leslie i went up to tom cruise, i said high, i am leslie patterson, writer of all quiet on the western front. he said i know your story. western front. he said i know yourstory. how western front. he said i know your story. how many hours a day have you trained? i said, no way! the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output on saturday but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off saturday s match of the day which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. with more, here s our sports editor, dan roan. on any normal saturday, gary lineker wou