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And his blue and White Alliance a majority. But it will strengthen his hand in negotiations. One of the worlds oldest travel firm, the uks thomas cook, has been holding emergency talks with creditors and shareholders, hoping to raise the 250 million it needs to avoid collapse. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk if necessary are in place, but have dampened hopes of a government rescue bid. Our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. People have been starting holidays to...

Hello, and welcome. In the last hour, the uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the 250 million to avoid collapse failed. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. It was one of the Worlds Largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 Different Countries. Simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and...

The uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, has announced it ceased trading after talks with creditors and shareholders to raise the 250 million to avoid collapse failed. Ministers say plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk are in place. It was one of the Worlds Largest travel firms and employed 22,000 staff, 9,000 of whom are in the uk, and serves 19 million customers a year in 16 Different Countries. Simon calder is the travel editorfor the independent and he joins us from Manchester Airport i...

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. Were asking you about our breaking news, the collapse of thomas cook. Are you on a thomas cook holiday . Do you work for the travel company . How are you impacted . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Lets bring you the details on the story that broke in the early hours. Thomas cook, one of the Worlds Largest travel companies has cease...

Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The Us Democratic president ial contender, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. President trump has not denied the reports, claming it doesnt matter what i discuss. This is what mr biden had to say about the affair a litte earlier. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating every basic norm of a pres...

And france declares monday a national day of mourning following the death of former president , Jacques Chirac. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 in the evening in washington where white house officials stand accused of trying to bury evidence that President Trump abused his power by asking a foreign leader to help him smear a political rival. The allegations came in a letter from a whistleblower, which lawmakers had been asking to see for weeks. They called mr trumps ...

At the United Nations, and asks members to tighten the noose around the iranian economy. And the duke and duchess of sussex continue their tour of south africa, visiting the countrys oldest mosque. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where, in the past couple of hours democrats have launched an official inquiry into impeaching donald trump. It follows claims that he pressured u...

The uks new Polar Research ship receives its official title. Senior white house officials tried to lock down all details of a phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian leader, according to a whistleblowers complaint against the president. In the call, mr trump pushed for the Ukrainian Government to help smearjoe biden, his leading rival in next years us president ial election. Mr trump denies exerting improper pressure, but the phone call has triggered an impeachment inquiry against h...

Fear is that if this conflict continues, it could push libya into all out civil war. Hello to you. Senior white house officials tried to lock down all details of a phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian leader, according to a whistleblowers complaint against the president. In the call, mr trump pushed for the Ukrainian Government to help smearjoe biden, his leading rival in next years us president ial election. Mr trump denies exerting improper pressure, but the phone call has trig...

Continue across the world. In business, france to slash taxes again next year to tackle what the finance minister calls a social crisis. Are president macrons economic reform plans now out of the window . 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. Japan airlines has announced that customers will now be able to see where small children are located when they book their seats so that they can cho...