we start with the latest fallout from what has been a recent wave of travel dirspution hitting the airline industry. the chief operating officer of easyjet has handed in his resignation after he oversaw a series of flight cancellations and disruption for travellers in recent weeks. this comes after thousands of easyjet flights have been cancelled some at short notice. so what are we talking about here? it s understood that roughly 10 thousand flights scheduled to run overjuly, august and september have been cancelled. thats s about 6% of easyjet s scheduled flights and the airline says the majority of its flights are unaffected with it continuing to operate up to 1,700 flights a day. but easyjet is far from the only business affected by widespread issues hitting aviation at the moment from staff shortages to industrial action. joining me now is travel expert paul charles chief executive of the pc agency. good morning to you, paul. specifically, easyjet, it was all a bit
supply to finland the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the west. russia s gas giant gazprom confirmed it had completely halted exports to finland at 0a:00 gmt on saturday. finland says there will be no disruption to customers. today the 28th world gas conference starts in daegu, with 12,000 participants from 90 countries descending on the energy city of south korea. topics on the table for discussion will no doubt focus on russia and europe s energy supply or lack of it. meanwhile, the uk is apparently experiencing a gas glut, with surplus supplies of natural gas pouring into britain s re gasification terminals. the glut has squashed gas prices on the spot market in britain, but will this lead to prices dropping for consumers? joining me now is michael stoppard, global gas strategy lead, s&p global. read gasification terminals, where they store the gas until it is needed, if those are full, there is a glutton the supply of gas, will people watching at home
consequence in terms of the pricing of country garden s debt. notjust for the company debt. not just for the company but for the debt. notjust for the company but for the sector in general. it could create yet another market turbulence, which we have seen in the past few months already. now, i would say the key thing here is china s problem like many other problems. inaudible. speaking of china, the us commerce secretary has warned china in interviews on us tv over the weekend that the patience of american business is wearing thin. the secretary, who was in china last week, said us companies deserved a predictable environment and a level playing field. she commented on china s economic slowdown, saying the world s second biggest economy did better when it was more transparent and market oriented. one of china s main trading partners, australia, will be releasing its latest trade figures this week along with retail sales and growth figures. also the monthly rate review by the
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boeing credited a south carolina worker who saw something they felt was wrong on the production line and came forward and reported it. cutting corners at work is something that many of us may have been guilty of at various times in our lives. but given the frequency with which quality control issues keep coming up at boeing, the airline has a long way to go to regain the trust of the flying public, its customers, the airlines, as well as lawmakers. you can find more of our coverage and analysis of boeing on the bbc website, bbc.com/news. over the past few months, as israel s war in gaza has intensified, we ve seen consumers boycotting brands with perceived links to israel. major fast food chains like mcdonald s and kfc have been on the receiving end of these boycotts, with the most pronounced impact felt in the middle east, where a number of mcdonald s more recently, protestors at universities across the us have called for divestment from companies linked to israel, like goog