Citizens not to visit the country, but tunisia has been making a slow recovery since the terror attacks. The National Office of tunisian tourism say that 6. 7 million tourists visited the country in 2017, a rise of 23 compared with the previous year. Tour operator thomas cook stopped all activities in the country after the attacks, but its announced it will start selling trips there again today. Emily unia asked the company whats changed. I think one of the main things is theres police on the beaches now and that night feel quite strange to and that night feel quite strange to a lot of customers returning there after being there for many years before on previous visits, but we have been there, weve been down to speak to the police as well, weve also spoken to customers on the beach. Im not sure if youre aware but weve had customers from our german, belgian and french operations who have remained there because they countries didnt put any restrictions on travel to tunisia so it was interesting when we went out to get a feel for what was happening on the beaches, where the customers aware of the situation, did they feel safe and secure . That was the main message, they did feel safe and secure. The police are all very nice, very talkative, children arent speaking to them so its a bit of normality and they feel safe and secure. How damaging was the travel ban to your business . It was damaging, it was a year round destination, it was a destination we lost from our portfolio but tunisia had a lot of return customers, they went year after year for the last 2130 years and it was something that was missing for those customers most importantly and something missing for the tunisian people. When i was out there in august and november, the people were emotional about the uk customers coming back. They were excited, they were emotional, its something they had been waiting for for the past two years and i think oui for the past two years and i think our customers going back and any other customers, one, theyre going to see improvements with quality, safety and security but theyre going to get a great welcome when they get there as well. Did, could you lose customers . Bookings went down, but thats the same for egypt and turkey, we give people as much information so they can make informed decision about where they wa nt to informed decision about where they want to spend their money on their family holidays. China a chinese textile producer has bought a majority stake in a swiss luxury brand bally for an undisclosed sum. Rico is in singapore, tell us about this. Reports are saying that the sale price of bally to this chinese apparel maker could be in the 700 million range but the bali sale is a prime example that Many Chinese Companies have been aggressive in acquiring foreign Luxury Brands bally. Shandong ruyi already owns a majority stake in british trenchcoat brand aquascutum and it owns a jeans maker. Bally Officials Say the deal comes at a time of strong continuous growth especially in asia. In 2017 alone, samantha, Chinese Companies spent 100 billion us dollars in luxury brand acquisitions. Fortune fountain capital bought a luxury maker. Xinjiang lsa fashion buying a majority stake in viv tans operation on mainland china. China has accounted for three quarters of luxury spending growth in the eight yea rs luxury spending growth in the eight years to 2016 according to mckenzie and will have 44 of the Global Market for such products by 2025. No doubt these Chinese Companies are hungry for international Luxury Brands. They really are. Rico, thank you. Plastic is one of the worlds favourite packaging materials. Its cheap and efficient for transporting goods. But only a fraction of it is recycled. And as an increasing number of consumers demand greener alternatives, some firms have been dreaming up fresh ways to combat waste. Vivienne nunis reports. At least 8 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. One of the biggest culprits is the consumer goods industry where Plastic Packaging is often used just once before being thrown away. Only 10 of plastic in the world is actually recycled, so that leaves 90 either being buried or burned or lost into the environment. Now a number of companies are trying to stem the tide. British firm recycling technologies think this machine can be a game changer. It ta kes machine can be a game changer. It takes difficult items like food wrappers, toothpaste tubes, coffee cups and binliners, adds very high temperatures and breaks down the plastic to its raw material. At the end of the process you get Something Like this, and oil that can be sold back to Petrochemical Companies to be made back into plastic once again. Were building a facility here in swindon to make 200 machines per year. Each machine will do 700 tons of plastic, thats100 million tons of recycling capacity being added into the system every year. We would be able to quadruple the capacity of european recycling in the next ten years. Many plastics can currently only be recycled ones. This company which makes Household Cleaning Products once its bottles to be recycled again and again. The most sustainable system we could have with plastic usage is if eve ryo ne have with plastic usage is if everyone used to transparent bottles, a close the lid and recycled water will be put back and a bottle can be really cycle into any other bottle. Plastic is lightweight, jura bowl and cheap and crucially it keeps food fresh. But some companies are finding alternatives. Snack fruit bars use packaging that disappears completely. This is compost or material, we put it in a compost in and in six months it willfully decompose and all the nutrients go back to the natural cycle. As more Companies Look to ways to tackle the problem of plastic waste, costs will come down and some firms will find they can do without plastic after all. Vivienne nunis, bbc news. Now lets brief you some other business stories. Shares in south korean tech giant Samsung Electronics jumped more shares in south korean tech giant Samsung Electronicsjumped more than 596 Samsung Electronicsjumped more than 5 on tuesday amid strong buying by foreign investors. Their shares fell heavily last week as the local bourse was hit by the losses on wall street but now being hit by bargain hunting, fellow chipmaker escado by next rose more than 4 . Cloyne check will allow its customers to withdraw money. The exchange abruptly announced the extension of a number of services after hackers stole 530 million worth of digital money calling check. In that latest from our series the disruptors, we take a look at the next generation of vehicles to hit our roads. Or it that our skies . A number of entrepreneurs are trying to develop new personal vehicles that can both fly and drive. But with such high price tags, and other hurdles, it could be a while before they really take off. You can fit it in york raj, you can drive it to an airport, you can u nfold drive it to an airport, you can unfold the wings and fly it to another airport, fold it up and drive to your destination. Your garage. Its a combination of aeroplane and car. It meets all the requirements, all the regulations for both air planes and cars in the united states. If we want the general public to have that ability, and we think its very real now, we need to focus on making those affordable. Tfxis tf x is the next generation, or maybe the next next generation vehicle. It doesnt require an airport is the fundamental difference. I think the flight of vehicles, the driving vehicles, those things, is going to happen much sooner than even ten years from 110w. Absolutely amazing. Thats it for Business Briefing this hour. Business review is coming up. Stay with us. The Prime Minister says there is the basis of an agreement to restore the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland very soon. Theresa may was speaking after she and the taisoeach, leo varadkar, held talks at stormont in a joint attempt to try to end a 13 month deadlock over some key issues, including the status of the irish langauge, as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. The Prime Minister began her visit to belfast at a place which was recently the scene of an unexpected victory, hundreds ofjobs had been under threat at the aircraft manufacturer bombardier. Theyre safe now after the firm won a trade dispute against boeing in the us. But theresa may came to Northern Ireland looking for another win, talks to restore power sharing between the Democratic Unionist Party and sinn fein are at a critical stage 13 months after the devolved government collapsed. Critical stage 13 months after the devolved government collapsedlj believe devolved government collapsed. believe there is the basis of an agreement here and i believe that it should be possible to see an executive up and running here in Northern Ireland very soon. She was joined in the negotiations by the irish sea coast, the irish leader. We are hopeful the two parties will come to an agreement this week. The main Sticking Point has been whether there should be a new law to protect and promote the irish language. For speakers of the tongue, irish is about identity, culture and history and they believe it needs legal recognition. As the deadlock has continued, the irish border has become a significant matter in the brexit negotiations. Thats one of the reasons why parties say they want devolution bag and a deal sounds doable. Theresa may left with the stormont stalemate still unresolved but the mood certainly improved. Events in the next few days will determine whether power sharing returns. Chris page, bbc news, belfast. Coming up at 6am on breakfast dan walker and Louise Minchin will have all the days news, business and sport. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines south africas ruling party, the African National congress, has decided to remove president jacob zuma as head of state. Long beset by allegations of corruption, he has faced mounting calls to end his second term. The party has the authority to order him to step down, though he might yet refuse. The north Korean Leader has described south korea as very impressive and declared he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation, surrounding the winter olympics. Kimjong un has been briefed by a delegation of senior officials, including his sister, whove just returned to pyongyang from the south. The international charity, 0xfam, is under more pressure with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. The British Government has given them until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure such abuses never happen again. Now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. We begin with the japan times, which says washington could be open to early talks with north korea even without preconditions over pyongyangs nuclear arms development. The guardian reports on embattled south african president jacob zuma who has been given 48 hours to resign by south africas ruling party, the African National congress in the times, as the sex scandal surrounding 0xfam deepens, its Charity Shops may well be the first to count the cost as some shoppers and donors indicate they would now go elsewhere. The ft leads with some good news on the markets front. The paper says european shares have staged a rebound, shrugging off the recent week of turmoil which shook stock exchanges around the globe. And finally on the vox website theres been much reaction to the official portraits of former president barack 0bama and former first Lady Michelle 0bama. Many critics have praised the artists for breaking away from previous traditions of conservative president ial portraiture by embracing more colourful abstract themes. So lets begin. With me is rolake akinkugbe, whos head of energy at fbn merchant bank. Welcome back. Thank you. We are starting with the japan times. Were looking the developing situation with north korea. What is there an analysis of developments . With north korea. What is there an analysis of developments7m suggests that the us is pivoting away from its hard core stands. Stance. Donald trump did a tour of asia. He had criticised Rex Tillersons less ha rd core asia. He had criticised Rex Tillersons less hard core approach. They said they would welcome talks. They said they would welcome talks. They have also defined it as a strategy of maximum pressure and engagement at the same