A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. The ryanair strike is going ahead today, but the airline says it has drafted in more pilots to keep the busy Holiday Schedule running. Are you affected . Are you stuck at the airport, do you have any sympathy with the people striking or not . Let us know what you think. Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on his way to paris today to meet president emmanuel macron. What will mr macron make of britains demand to change the Withdrawal Agreement that johnsons predecessor, theresa may, has negotiated with the European Union . And in particular, the so called backstop, a kind of insurance policy to ensure theres no return to a hard border in ireland. On wednesday the british Prime Minister met the german leader Angela Merkel in berlin. Ben wright reports. After dinner with Angela Merkel, i
We start here in the uk, with travel worries for thousands of Airline Passengers as pilots at europes biggest budget carrier, ryanair, walk out on strike at the height of the Summer Holiday season. The action by ryanairs uk based pilots began at a minute past midnight and will run until midnight tomorrow, the busiest day of the year for air travel. Ryanair is due to carry over a quarter of a Million People on more than 1700 flights from the uk over the 48 hour period. Its drafting in extra pilots and has promised to operate a full schedule of flights to and from uk airports. But it says it cant rule out small delays or changes to flights. Its telling passengers to check their sms or email or the compa nys website. More industrial action by uk pilots is planned between the 2nd and the 4th of september, unless an agreement over pay and conditions is reached. Ryanair failed in a court battle to get the strike blocked by britains high court. But it did succeed in stopping a strike by some