Thomas cook dates back to 1841 its sudden demise is reverberating around the world. Well be asking what went so wrong for thomas cook and finding out what its customers here and abroad should do now. Also tonight. Stop shouting questions at people, it is quite rude. Stop shouting questions at people, it is quite rude. Under pressure as delegates at labours conference vote on whether to defy Jeremy Corbyn and demand the Party Campaigns to remain in the eu. The 16 year old Climate Change activist Greta Thunberg accuses leaders of failing the worlds young people as she addresses a un conference in new york. The duke and duchess of sussex arrive in south africa at the start of a ten day tour meghan says as a woman of colour shes calling for an end to sexual violence. And coming up on bbc news. Wales get off to a win at the Rugby World Cup after a six try demolition of georgia. Reaction on the way. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A huge operation, the biggest in peacetime,
Also on the programme. President trump has admitted he repeatedly asked his ukrainian counterpart, who was seeking military aid from america, to investigate his political opponentjoe biden. So, what are democrats going to do about it . The uk launches its biggest peacetime repatriation in history, with hundreds of thousands stranded following the collapse of travel company thomas cook. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump made an unexpected but fleeting visit to the un Climate Change summit in new york today. Its arguably the most important gathering on Climate Change since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 a deal that donald trump walked away from. The short time the president spent in the Conference Hall reflects his obvious indifference and also the scale of the challenge ahead. Had he been in the hall for the opening of the summit, he would have heard the un secretary general speak of the apocalyptic impact Climate
Dominates the emmy awards with flea bag and dominates the emmy awards with fleabag and killing eve amongst the knights winners. The nights winners. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A huge operation the biggest in peacetime has been launched to bring back british tourists who are stranded abroad following the collapse of the uks oldest package tour company thomas cook. A fleet of planes has been chartered to repatriate more than 150,000 british holidaymakers after last minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178 year old holiday firm failed. Many more customers who are booked to go on holidays are affected. And the jobs of 22 thousand people around the world are now at risk including nine thousand in the uk. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has more. The last thomas cook flight ever arriving into manchester, after the company went bust. Passengers are lucky to be on board, the crew out of a job. As soon as we landed, all of them were crying. Its devastating, its a legacy ha
The labour conference backsJeremy Corbyns neutral stance on brexit, but not everyone is happy with the outcome. At the un, the teenage Climate Change activist Greta Thunberg launches a furious attack on world leaders. How dare you . you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And a convincing win for wales against georgia, as they open their World Cup Campaign injapan. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, after a poor ashes performace with the bat, Jonny Bairstow has been dropped from englands test team for their tour of new zealand this winter. Good evening. An unprecedented operation has been launched to bring back tourists stranded abroad, following the collapse of the uks oldest travel company, thomas cook, which went into liquidation in the early hours of the morning. Dozens of planes has been chartered to bring home more than 150,000 british holiday makers. Many more customers, yet to go on their holidays, will also be affected. Its thought that 800,000 f
With killing eve and fleabag among the nights winners. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Yasmin Alibhai brown and Rachel Cunliffe stay with us for that. Good evening. An unprecedented operation has been launched to bring back tourists stranded abroad, following the collapse of the uks oldest travel company, thomas cook, which went into liquidation in the early hours of the morning. Dozens of planes have been chartered to bring home more than 150,000 british holidaymakers. Many more customers yet to go on their holidays will also be affected. Its thought that 800,000 future bookings had been made with the company. Thomas cooks collapse puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide 9,000 of them in the uk. Our Business Editor simonjack has the latest. Grounded thomas cook planes sat idle on the runway at manchester. The last thomas cook flight arrived earlier this morning, a sudden and dramatic end to 180 years in the travel business. Holiday makers were