his country calls him a defender of the fatherland. and yet it was russia s army that attacked ukraine, on the orders of president putin, to restore russian power, and to force ukraine into russia s orbit. russian national anthem plays. but at what cost? steve rosenberg, bbc news, kostroma. p&0 ferries has suspended sailings ahead of what they have called a major announcement . mp for hull, karl turner posted a statement from the ferry operator on social media which said the announcement would include details of how the company plans to secure its long term viability.
whether it is legal. a big company employee could be thinking, is this something i can face? the question now is what they have done, is it legal? yesterday without warning, 800 crew members were told by p&o they were being made redundant with immediate effect. this has an impact on p&o ferry routes between dover and calais, hull to rotterdam, liverpool to dublin and cairnryan in scotland to larne in northern ireland. no sailings for the next few days means huge disruption for passengers. to add insult to injury, unions say these images show buses of cheaper agency workers in hull waiting to board and take the crew members jobs. it was tweeted by the local labour mp. some staff refused to leave and private security firms
sailings ahead of what s being called a major announcement, a statement p&0. the ferry operator posted this on twitter. it will be making a major announcement today to secure the long term viability of p80 ferries. they add, to facilitate p&0 ferries. they add, to facilitate this announcement all vessels have been asked to discharge passengers and cargo and stand by for further instructions. this means we are expecting all our ports to experience serious disruption today. they wrote on twitter, regretfully p&0 ferries services are unable to run for the next few hours, we will guide you in trouble will be arranged via an alternative operator. travel will be arranged. it s a significant and dramatic announcement from p&0 arranged. it s a significant and dramatic announcement from p80 and will have a big announcement on anyone expecting to travel, it
are advising against travel to the uk as well despite the fact there has been some hope remember back at the g7 summit when the world leaders got to get that there was talking about some sort of uk us travel corridor which has not come to pass it by the government hopes there will be some reciprocity down the line but at this stage they are going it on their own. it is worth noting the wider context. we have seen again the number of covid cases fall in the united kingdom and there is growing confidence in the vaccination programme. while the government is the direction of travel right now. government is the direction of travel right now. alex, thank you very much travel right now. alex, thank you very much indeed. travel right now. alex, thank you very much indeed. they - travel right now. alex, thank you very much indeed. they have - very much indeed. they have announced that cruise lines can once again operate international sailings. let s get some reaction to that. with me is a
more than 30 years. and let s look at markets. asian shares closed higher and europe has opened narrowly mixed. on wall street, futures moving hire after a big rally yesterday. the dow up 323 points, s&p 500 and nasdaq both at record highs. today investors will turn their attention to a key inflation report that should show inflation across a wide range of goods andrein flenkreflenktss c consumer behavior. and carnival cruise lean says bookings for trips next year have already outpaced 2019 levels. half of its fleet will set sale owing by or before the end of november will more sailings to be announced. carnival says it lost $2 billion last quarter. and miami s sports community