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rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long—term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was...

Today are still 40% to 50% -- in real terms, 40% to 50% lower than they were just about a decade ago. and, yeah, they went way, way down during the pandemic. the inflation numbers could vary in the middle of the pandemic, probably not the right fee to compare it to. air travel remains a great value. youre frequently going to pay less for your airline ticket than one night at your hotel room or rental car. air travel remains a great value. but i think the ultra low prices that happen, you know, d...

United states. hes using a executive authority when it comes to -- just like last week we boosted full academy standard across the gallon. so in every economy, even things as obscure as concrete, and salt. we are working to drive emissions down. boost competitiveness, create jobs, help consumers save money. >> so ali, republicans try to attack joe biden saying that hes declared a war and energy. and the white house is saying, no no! weve approved permits for drilling. how is that a good thing fr...

So, john, its got to be very concerning for any pilot who may have been walking into atlanta hartsfield airport thinking, wow, here comes a gun that gets that close, its in the terminal, somehow it gets dislodged. talk about it from the pilot perspective. i mean, theres got to be all sorts of things that run through a pilots mind when they hear about a gun dislodging at the airport. >> well, any time theres a discharge of a weapon in an airport, its extremely serious. and the question is, whats ...

You need to do. you know those pilots knew they were in a very grave and very serious situation. obviously they still maintained their oxygen or were able to get their oxygen masks on quickly enough to fly the plane. thats also hugely, you know, fortunate. they were trained and able to do that because they too, could have been subjected to this loss of pressurization and affected by did by it. so all in all, given the severity of the situation, its fortunate they got the plane on the ground in o...

Im going to tell you, moving forward in this country, youre going to see more prosecutors take it seriously. >> let me ask you, from a pilot perspective as well the like of this transcript hearing what specifically this captain was saying and hearing the banging on the doors and how disrespectful it could be to the families. this really was a breach. >> it was. but, you know thats why in our country we have this policy that the actual recordings themselves are never released and i see no purpose...

And that would be a good thing for the authorities in indonesia. >> and michael, from the pilot perspective, for people watching, this is not like driving a car where you turn on your turn signal and move into a different lane. when we hear that there was the desire to go from 32,000 to 38,000 feet, but they were waved off of that, how does that work? >> there are very strict protocols and procedures, ari. inclement weather is not unusually in this region. and its not unusual to the crew either....

Touched by the massive show of support especially from my fellow airlines. he went on this is my worst nightmare, but there is no stopping. joining us now from a pilot perspective is a triple seven captain, contributing editor of "flying" magazine. when you look at this search area the size of california it makes you wonder and i know you guys were talking about this earlier. if you can find your iphone with technology how is it theyre looking for a plane in an area the size of california. >> yo...

Throughout the scene. saying look at the photos then said that is a mistake. that is nothing. then, today they said look here. on the eastern side of malaysia. we think there was a sea event then said our u.s. geological survey, no, it wasnt. >> we know malaysian government sup set at the chien yoez government for holding back information at this point in time. the chinese have a greater tracking than malaysians do but we have probably better stuff than the chinese theyre checking them and there...

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