Strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. 0n strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. On top of that there is Security Staff at cologne and dusseldorf and frankfurt airports are causing wild widespread cancellations. Anybody trying to travel to, from, or within germany at the moment is looking pretty shaky. Let pretty sha ky. Let us pretty shaky. Let us Focus On Cliff why are they such trouble with the unions . Partly because the entire aviation world suffered very much during the covid pandemic. Things are bouncing back. There is remarkable profits numbers at lufthansa, i billion euros, around 3 billion in profits, very similar to what the company which owns iberia of spain and British Airways did. They have earned that because there is huge demand for travel, but in europe in particular, capacity is still way down on pre pandemic times. Very simply, supply and demand kicks in. The unions are seeing the profits that are being made and they are very simply sa
Last month. But so far, the houthi havent been deterred. These are pictures of the forces actually seizing a ship in november, the iranians back group which controls most of Northern Yemen had been targeting ships in the area for months, and protest at offensive in the gaza strip. This latest action is a major escalation, the ship hit by Houthi Yesterday was the envy true confidence that the ballcarrier was selling with the crew of 20 who are mainly filipino nationals. The attack happened about 15 nautical miles from the yemen port. The ship was travelling from china to saudi arabia. The us condemned the attack saying it went way beyond disruption to navigation and international seas. ,. , seas. Not ust endangered seafarers seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but seas. Notjust endangered seafarers but now, seas. Notjust endangered l seafarers but now, tragically killed a number of them so we will continue to hold them accountable and we call on government to run the will to do the same.
Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds