A cathedral then a mosque now a museum i also fear is at the heart of a legal battle to convert its stumbles emblematic monument back into a mosque but why now what purpose would it and how political is the decision this is inside story. And welcome to the program im laura its an ancient monument revered by different ideologies the centuries i also fear in turkey one of the worlds most contested buildings is creating controversy once again it was the longest christian cathedral in the east and roman empire for a 1000 years now one of the busiest Tourist Attractions in istanbul is a museum but not for much longer if techies government gets the go ahead to convert it back into the mosque it was during the Ottoman Empire there was also opposed by some secular groups as well as the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Church the greek government and the u. S. Tuckeys highest consultative body met on thursday and says it will announce its ruling within 15 days. Once a church later a mosque and now
Outbreak. Fishermen rescue nearly 100 refugees now indonesia says it plans to push them back out to sea. Lets begin with some new developments in the global Aviation Industrys effort to survive during the coronavirus pandemic more than 40 Major Airlines have been forced to ground their entire fleet many have suspended over 90 percent of their flights strayers Largest Airline quantas has Just Announced 6000 job cuts so ordered a bid to lower those costs as it fights to stay in operation germanys love tanser the 2nd largest in europe has signed a deal to secure a 10000000000. 00 government rescue package but in the us where travel demand has picked up a little since april the number of people passing through airports is still down more than 92 percent compared to last year. So now dominic amy joins us from berlin so its all its all about looking very good for the Aviation Industry very guess relatively speaking left hand has been lucky right. Well if it is lucky then certainly from the t
Epicenter of the outbreak in the united states. Jobless and hungry the Pandemic Forces thousands in bangladesh to leave the capital and head back to their villages. And sport the house and the 2023 womens world cup will be announced later on thursday colombia goes against a joint Australia New Zealand bed as they all lied to stage the competition the 1st time. We begin with new developments in the global Aviation Industrys efforts to survive curing the coronavirus pandemic more than 40 Major Airlines have been forced to ground their entire fleets many have suspended more than 90 percent of their flights australias biggest carrier quantas today announcing 6000. We cut in a bid to lower costs as it fights to stay in operation germanys lufthansa the 2nd largest in europe has signed a deal to secure a 10000000000. 00 government rescue package but in the u. S. Where air travel demand has picked up a little since april the number of people passing through airports is still down by more than
U. S. Break. Also this hour no longer fair just lovely a popular skin lightning cream is renamed after a backlash in the wake of the black lives matter protests. And in sports the house of the 2023 womens world cup will be announced later on thursday and joint Australia New Zealand bed goes up against colombia as they all drive to stage the competition for the 1st time. We begin with new developments in the global Aviation Industrys efforts to survive during the coronavirus pandemic more than 40 Major Airlines have been forced to ground their entire fleets many have suspended over 90 percent of their flights australias Largest Airline quantas today announced 6000. 00 jobs are to be cut in the pit to lower costs as it fights to stay in operation across in the u. S. Air travel is still down more than 92 percent as compared to last year even though some flights have resumed since april in germany tons of the 2nd Largest Airline in europe has signed a deal to secure a 10000000000. 00 gover
Cross in its history the strelley International Airline has fired 6000 stuff and another 15000 workers will stay on leave for months this crisis has still hit those ferry fairly hard and the impact will be felt for a long time particularly im sorry to say the impact on our people. With borders closed and flights grounded quantas says the ongoing collapsing global air travel left it no choice but to cut 20 percent of its workforce its a huge setback for the Aviation Industry 100. 00 planes will be grounded for at least a year with a stroller as International Borders predicted to remain closed the tourists potentially into next year to be not english just next Financial Year july next year we may start seeing some International Services and that will on against a 50 Percent Union groups have strongly criticized the cuts quantas officials hope to save 10000000000. 00 over 3 years a lot dramatic restructuring and change the culture because its a sea alliance or job enough to see the opport