Strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. 0n strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. On top of that there is Security Staff at cologne and dusseldorf and frankfurt airports are causing wild widespread cancellations. Anybody trying to travel to, from, or within germany at the moment is looking pretty shaky. Let pretty sha ky. Let us pretty shaky. Let us Focus On Cliff why are they such trouble with the unions . Partly because the entire aviation world suffered very much during the covid pandemic. Things are bouncing back. There is remarkable profits numbers at lufthansa, i billion euros, around 3 billion in profits, very similar to what the company which owns iberia of spain and British Airways did. They have earned that because there is huge demand for travel, but in europe in particular, capacity is still way down on pre pandemic times. Very simply, supply and demand kicks in. The unions are seeing the profits that are being made and they are very simply sa
Careful. We are in super intense period of the season, we need everybody, now, let us see how long we can use him. Ahead of their Europa League clash with roma, two brighton supporters were attacked as they left a bar in the italian capital on wednesday. The pair were hospitalised with minor wounds, although their injuries were not serious and they have since been discharged. West ham are the final Premier League club in action tonight in the competition as they travel to freiburg. Other ties to keep your eye include marseilles against villarreal and ac milan against slavia prague. Sporting and atalanta drew 1 1 on wednesday. And there are eight matches in the Europa Conference League later perhaps the pick of the ties dutch side ajax at home to aston villa. Villa manager unai emery aiming to add the Europa Conference League to his four Europa League titles with sevilla and villarreal. India ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top, after england won the toss and elected t
Of the uk, dry conditions but the amount of cloud will vary. Missed across the midlands is still hanging around. Stilla across the midlands is still hanging around. Still a lot of cloud but generally the best of the sunshine is across western areas. We have had some lovely sunny skies in west scotland, nairn in highland, next to this weather watcher. Through the rest of the day, for the vast majority of uk it is dry. Could see the odd spit of drizzle falling across the eastern slopes of the pennines and a vanishingly small chance of a shower elsewhere across england and wales but for the bulk it is just a england and wales but for the bulk it isjust a dry england and wales but for the bulk it is just a dry day. Cold temperatures in birmingham, around six at the moment, not rising much past that. But 10 12 in the warmest spots possible today. Overnight tonight, a lot of Cloud Feeding in from the north sea affecting East Scotland and a good part of north east england, probably some drizz
opposition party and the daughter of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. the winning candidate, and their party will have to grapple with a slew of domestic issues including polarised politics and a slowing economy. for more on this, i spoke to syetarn hansakul of the economist intelligence unit, who told me thailand is slowly recovering from the pandemic. economic situation has improved from last year. it is in the middle of a cyclical rebound because coming out of the pandemic recession a lick later than others, but finally, after the country opened in late 2022, the tourism sector, which has been a key part of the countries gdp, is recovering slowly. shabbat is to improve jobs and income, and we are seeing the rebound unfolding. but having said that, there are plenty of structural issues that are hurting thailand s long term competitiveness, and thatis long term competitiveness, and that is something the new government will need to look into and correct. [30 govern
as sofia kenin stunned second seeded sabalenka in straight sets at the rome open. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through, but we ll start with football on another big night of european action with the semi finals of both the europa league and the europa conference league under way in turin. juventus left it very, very late to snatch a draw at home to four time europa league champions severe. the spanish side had led through youssef and nasri in the first half, but they couldn t hang on for victory. federico gatti with uva s equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time. and then the semifinal roma have the advantage after beating bayer leverkusen 1 0 eduardo bove with the only goal midway through the second half withjose mourinho s side. the second leg for both ties are next thursday. in the europa conference league, it was a night of fight back. fc basel scored a stoppage time winner to come from behind to beat fiorentina 2 1 in italy, while west ham scor