windy winter, it is hardly surprising that the thoughts of many are already turning to spending summer in sunnier climes. but that could come at a greater cost this year. ryanairwas could come at a greater cost this year. ryanair was meant to bolster its fleet with the delivery of 57 new boeing planes, a type of boeing 737 max, by the end of march. but it now thinks only 40 16 will arrive in time for the peak summer months. the airline s boss michael o leary says lower than expected passenger numbers would mean higherfares. and with other airlines also facing shortages of aircraft, he is predicting a higherfare environment across europe as they struggle to meet demand. ryanair s original forecast to the end of the year to march 2025 was that it would carry two two and a half million passengers, but he says with the rises in costs expected he may have to revise that down to 200 million. he is expecting fare increases of between 5 10%. boeing has been under tight scrutiny from
engulfed houses in the plumpang district of jakarta. now on bbc news, witness history. hello. i am hello. iam ben hello. i am ben boulos. hello. iam ben boulos. thank you forjoining me at the queer british museum in london for this addition of witness history. i will bring you important moments from the past as told by the people who were there. in this episode, we are focusing on lgbt history, stories about lesbian, gay and trans people from all over the world. coming up, we hear how lesbian activists broke through bbc security to stage a protest on live tv. plus, the fight for lgbt rights in uganda where being gay was punishable by death. how the balkans war by the groundbreaking film about france sex workers. and the fight to use the word olympics for the very first gay games. but first, to san francisco, and the aids memorial that would make headlines all over the world. activist cleve jones was living there in the 1980s when a mysterious disease started killing his frien
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it s 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in britain. in those 50 years, the campaign for lgbt rights has won landmark victories in many parts of the world, perhaps best symbolised by the normalisation of gay marriage in a host of countries. my guest today is american filmmaker and screenwriter dustin lance black, who won an oscar for the film milk and has just completed a major series on the struggle for gay rights. has the time come to declare a famous victory? dustin lance black, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. to what extent do you think that your experiences from childhood to now as a gay person have come to define your creative output? oh, boy. it s one of the many things about me that does define me creatively. certainly, when i m teaching my students because i teach some classes in screenwriting sometimes and i say to them, tell me about you, what is it about you that s unique, where do y
sackur. injust a welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in just a few days, pope francis will fly to egypt to offer his personal support to egypt s coptic christians. he will find a community filled with apprehension, targeted by jihadist community filled with apprehension, targeted byjihadist extremists, and subject to persistent discrimination and sectarian violence. elsewhere in the middle east, in syria and iraq, the middle east, in syria and iraq, the plight of christians is even worse. my guest today is the general bishop of the cup that church in the uk, bishop angaelos. do christians have any future at all in the middle east? one. bishop angaelos, welcome to hardtalk do you think there is something substantively different about the nature of the threat faced by coptic christians in egypt to date? because they have faced threats for many yea rs. they have faced threats for many years. yes. we have faced threats for centuries, particularly over the past decades, bu