to our world? with us this morning, the prime minister s right hand man, oliver dowden. and by the man who wants to be the next foreign secretary, labour s david lammy. and the chief of the defence alliance nato, jens stoltenberg, tells us about the growing threats to the west. we live in a more dangerous world, and we have to be prepared for crisis. morning. today we re reflecting on two important anniversaries six months since the october 7th hamas attacks on israel, but also 75 years since the founding of the defence partnership, nato. we are living in serious times, but i promise we will have lots of enlightening conversations too, maybe even a bit of wit with our panel this morning ruby wax, lord mark sedwill, who was the national security advisor and cabinet secretary in charge of the civil service, and baroness amos, former labour cabinet minister under tony blair, and master of university college oxford, a very warm welcome to you all and a very warm welcome, of c
of earthquakes raise fears of a volcanic eruption. authorities have ordered thousands living in the southwestern town of grindavik to evacuate as a precaution. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to this special edition of talking business weekly. with me, aaron hazelhurst, coming to you from long beach, california. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. a flight full of dollars. that s right. the airline industry is on course to return to profit this year after the turbulence of covid. so we re going to find out how they re investing that cash in the next leg of our journeys. holy cow! from virtual reality to robot wheelchairs, we re here at the airline passenger experience expo to find out what airlines are doing with the latest technology and innovations to help us enjoy our flights. i m going to be sitting down with one of the most influential figures in the industry, the big boss of qatar airways, to hear how he s expanding h
attacks since october seven. iceland s government has declared a state of emergency and evacuated thousands of people from towns in the west of the country amid a rising chance of a volcanic eruption. now come on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to this special edition of talking business weekly. with me, aaron hazelhurst, coming to you from long beach, california. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. a flight full of dollars. that s right. the airline industry is on course to return to profit this year after the turbulence of covid. so we re going to find out how they re investing that cash in the next leg of ourjourneys. holy cow. from virtual reality to robot wheelchairs, we re here at the airline passenger experience expo to find out what airlines are doing with the latest technology and innovations to help us enjoy our flights. i m going to be sitting down with one of the most influential figures in the industry, the big boss o
and that return of demand, well, it comes despite rising fares for passengers. you know, according to data from the travel website kayak, globalflight prices have risen 16% between july and september this year compared to the same time a year ago. and that s helped some airlines to record record profits. however, the airline body, iata, that s the international air transport association, says despite those higher fares, the average airline will make a profit ofjust $2.25 per passenger as the rest of the moneyjust gets sucked up by rising costs. and that s the big challenge, because in the last few months, we ve seen a steady increase in oil prices. of course, that s the number one expense for airlines. there s also ongoing staffing shortages everywhere, from baggage handlers to pilots. and then there s the cost of moving towards greener aircraft. but despite the cost of living crisis, it s been leisure rather than business travel which has been feeding into this strong appeti
it is only the second time that an indian prime minister has won a third term. it is the win of our commitment to a developed india , narendra modi told his supporters. but it isn t the victory he wanted, winning fewer seats than the last election, which will damage the air of invincibility that has surrounded him and the bjp over the past ten years. perhaps the biggest shock came from ayodhya, where prime minister modi inaugurated a grand hindu temple injanuary at a site that had been disputed by hindus and muslims. ..expected to galvanise hindu voters, but the ruling party was defeated here by a large margin. this is how the opposition congress took in the results, with an almost equal fervour. it is rare to see this kind ofjubilation amid the losing side, but that is because over the past ten years the congress party has suffered humiliating election defeats. and what that has resulted in is a party whose confidence was so low that they didn t believe that they could actu