as olivia pratt korbel. she was killed after a man being chased by a gunman ran into her home. britain s intelligence agencies face accusations that they tipped off the indian authorities about a british man who was later seized and allegedly tortured. and malaysia s former president is sent to prison for his role in one of the world s biggest financial scandals. welcome to the programme. it s 9pm in ukraine where this time six months ago russia was hours away from launching its full scale invasion of the country. 180 days into the war and ukraine is once again bracing itself for more russian aggression. on wednesday, ukraine marks its independence from the soviet union, a day usually filled with celebrations. not this year. in the capital kyiv, public events have been banned. and gatherings like this the first match of ukraine s premier league season, are going ahead without crowds. and ukraine s president zelensky has message is this. we just wejust do not we just do
Business report. No frills airline, ryanair, thought to be about to announce big annual profits. Well find out what they are doing right while others struggle. More banks fines in the wake of the 1mdb scandal. Singapores uob and Credit Suisse are fined just over a Million Dollars for Money Laundering for transactions related to malaysias scandal ridden state fund. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. In a minute well have this. Japan, how consumers are making a bit of a comeback. The biggest in Something Like ten years. But first in a few hours time, the no frills airline, ryanair, will report its latest set of financial results. Europes biggest carrier by Passenger Numbers is expected to announce a 14 jump in full year profit to around 1. 5 billion us. Ryanairs performance is a sign that its cost cutting measures are helping the business compete as overcapacity continues to dog the industry. Investors seem encouraged by the progress the company is making. Ryanairs sha
And how to stand out in a crowded market . We meet the firm thats using Computer Games to encourage us to buy more. Well explain how it works. And as critics blame ba for too many cost cuts we want to know is the golden age of travel over . Do you want more frills, not no frills . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc bizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The no Frills Airline ryanair has reported its latest set of financial results. Europes biggest carrier by Passenger Numbers announced a 6 jump in full year net profit to 1. 46 billion. Ryanairs performance is a sign that its cost cutting measures are helping the business compete as overcapacity continues to dog the industry. Earlier, we spoke to neil sorahan, rya nairs chief financial officer. We saw our unit cost dropped by 11 last year. Excluding fuel, they were down 5 . So we are seeing unit cost savings coming through on all lines. There is a huge amount of uncertainty about brexit. There is no direction as to which way the uk
Currently in positive territory. And its been dubbed the uber of data science. Well be talking to a new start up which makes it easierforfirms to hire freelance data analysts. Today as a Cornish Village use their connection with horseracing to convince a dubai sheikh to help save their church hall, let us know whats your best Fundraising Success . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with a big day for this man media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He may be 86 years old, but his Empire Building Ambition seems to be undiminished. Today he finds out whether the uk government will let him take over pay tv giant sky or whether to order a full investigation. So whats at stake . Mr murdochs 21st Century Fox already owns 39 per cent of sky. The price tag for full control . 15 billion. Sky is one of europes biggest broadcasters, with 22 million customers. The deal has already been cleared by countries across the region. But some claim it would give mr murdoch t
Time to celebrate if youre single and buy yourself a gift to mark singles day in china. Hello im monica jones welcome to the Business Asia chinas president xi jinping is in greece today to strengthen ties his visit comes just one week after the greek Prime Minister met him in shanghai for the 29000 International Import expo where greece was the official partner country at 1st glance the asian powerhouse and europes debt stricken Member States they can even cop or they both seem to tend to the others needs greece needs money and china needs access to infrastructure and one of beijings key purchases in greece was a Majority Stake in the historic port of today chinas gateway to europe. This is a carefully choreographed business the aim to showcase existing economic ties and to foster new ones. Among the deals the 2 sides have already signed off on is
a 600000000 Euro Investment by Chinese Company cosco in greeces largest port of parade yes its set to play a key role in chinas math of Infr