the minister will know the importance of bombardier, he will know the significance of bombardier to our economy and can he assure us that he will maintain the jobs in belfast and surrounding areas, the industry, the innovation and the skill that we are benefiting from and the whole world will? i know how important aerospace jobs are, how they are highly skilled, well—paid jobs and i will do everything i can working with him and his honourable friends to ensure that we secure all the jobs at the bombardier belfast site. can the minister set out what it might be possible for the government to do in terms of facilitating a new buyer, and on the subject of retraining, although hopefully it will not be necessary what sort of a package will the government be willing to put into place if that proves necessary in the future? i very much hope never get into a situation where we have to look at any sort of retraining package for the site. if we do, i will come out of the house and say this is a growing profitable business, one of those jewels in the crown of british aerospace and i will imagine

worrying news for bombardier workers in northern ireland. bombardier is worth over £20 billion. bombardier started making snownobiles and now is a large manufacturer of airliners, business jets and mass transportation equipment, as well as a provider of financial services. it's a great business, with tremendous capabilities. it wants to sell northern irish operations. it says it is committed to finding the right buyer. but those words will sound hollow to the 4,000 people working in northern ireland for this company. they released a statement saying: "there are no new workforce announcements as a result of this decision, but our management team will continue to drive ongoing transformation initiatives to improve productivity and increase our competitiveness, to give more weight to our unique value proposition to potential buyers". susan fitzgerald is from the union unite. this is a world—class work fast, producing a world—class product. i would say every major player in this sector will be interested. it will be too interesting to speculate who will come forward. that is som

bombardier wa nts to has been put up for sale. bombardier wants to consolidate playmaking activities in north america but insists it wants to find the right buyerfor insists it wants to find the right buyer for the belfast plant. insists it wants to find the right buyerfor the belfast plant. this comes buyerfor the belfast plant. this co m es after buyerfor the belfast plant. this comes after major redundancy programmes here in recent years. workers want reassurances thatjobs will be protected with one union leader saying they will raise hell if that does not happen. they do have a global reputation they do not just make plant parts for bombardier aircraft. the business secretary says he thinks this belfast operation will be a highly sought—after asset. operation will be a highly sought-after asset. thank you. britain should drastically cut its carbon emissions over the next 30 years and lead the globalfight against climate change. that's the view of the government's independent advisers, who say england should go the furthest c

bombardier says it's committed to finding the right buyer. unions insist that the government should step in if one can't be found. john campbell reports. this morning's announcement came as a surprise to many bombardier workers. but it's not a total shock. bombardier has been reshaping and shrinking its aerospace business in recent yea rs. shrinking its aerospace business in recent years. it's all been part of an attempt to recover from huge financial losses run up as it developed its c series jetliner. the wings for that pain are made in belfast. until now, bombardier‘s most dramatic move had been to sell the cc project to airbus, the giant european plane maker. but the decision to sell the home northern ireland operation is perhaps an even more radical step. trade unions help a new owner can mark a new beginning. i think if i had a new owner can mark a new beginning. i think ifi had been sitting here three years ago and we've been talking about closure of belfast bombardier, it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and that's where it was, over

airtrain is a proprietary system operated by bombardier equipment. the office of contract administration waived the solicitation requirement for this contract under the administrative code. the original contract was the result of a competitive request for proposal process. in order to ensure that the airport was negotiated competitive and fair price for this new contract, a staff engaged a third party to review comparative costs for the annual operation of similar systems throughout the united states including systems operating at atlanta airport as well as denver and dallas fort worth. the review indicated that compared to these other contracts at similar airports, the current contract will have an annual saving of around $1.2 million. the pricing for this contract has been negotiated through the original 10-year term as well as the 5-year extension if that is exercised. the budget analyst has reviewed and approved made the recommendation that we return to you if we exercised the additional 5-year option which we agree to. i would be happen to answe

brings new uncertainty for workers at bombardier. people trying to remain optimistic and the business secretary greg clark has said the government will work with potential buyers to keep trying to ensure the business year moves forward. a teenager has died after a stabbing in hackney in east london. the 15—year—old was given first aid by police before paramedics and an air ambulance arrived but he died at the scene. a second boy was also injured in the attack. no arrests have been made and the metropolitan police put an order in place, allowing them to stop and search anyone in the borough of hackney. voting is taking place today in local elections across england and northern ireland to decide who‘ll run services such as housing, school admissions and rubbish collections. this there will also be elections for six directly—elected mayors. there are no local elections this year in wales or scotland. the first results are expected in the early hours of tomorrow. as expected, the bank of england has kept interest rates on hold at

. 0ur need to leave a significant pressure on bob —— bombardier. our only priority is to ensure continuity of employment of those workers, and the retention of skills in northern ireland. this company has a huge impact on the northern ireland economy, both through the workforce and the supply chain. i'm suppose you have been talking about this in last week's was not how are your workforce feeling about this uncertainty? inevitably, uncertainty creates fear and anxiety. as i say, this is a workforce who have suffered what has felt like death by 1000 cuts as a result of the ongoing redundancies and swingeing cuts by this company. they have an attitude that they don't care what name is over the gate of the factory or the numerous factories, so long as their jobs are secure and there is a basis for expansion going forward. 0k, thank you. that's all the business news. i will have more throughout the afternoon. one of the official pacers at the london marathon has told the victoria derbyshire programme that she and her fellow runners were treated "horrif

our ireland correspondent, chris page, is outside bombardier in belfast. i don't know if you had the opportunity to speak to any employees there, but you don't need to talk to them to understand that this is going to be hugely worrying, hugely concerning news. that is right. for 30 years, the name of bombadier has been on this plant here in east belfast, this is several locations around the city where bombadier staff work on making projects, this is definitely northern ireland's most significant private sector employer. it is thought that actually, when you look at the supply chain on the impact that bombadier has on northern ireland, for everyjob, that bombadier has on northern ireland, for every job, there that bombadier has on northern ireland, for everyjob, there is another two in the wider economy sustained by this firm so you are talking maybe ten or 12,000 people affected by this announcement. bombadier is putting his global aerospace plants up for sale so its operations here in belfast and others in morocco are both going on the market. the company

bombardier employs around 3,600 people across several locations in northern ireland. the company said it is committed to finding the right buyer. the wikilea ks founder julian assange has begun his fight against extradition to the us over allegations he conspired to break into a classified pentagon computer. as protestors gathered outside the court, he appeared via video link from belmarsh prison for his first extradition hearing since being removed from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he had been in hiding for nearly seven years. mr assange said he would not surrender to the extradition and he had produced journalism that was "award winning" and "saved lives". the infected blood inquiry has heard evidence from a woman who was infected with hiv through her haemophiliac husband after doctors persuaded him to take contaminated medicines. the inquiry has already heard heart—rending testimony from several victims of the scandal — and today clair walton told her story. sophie hutchinson is at the inquiry in central london. clair walton was the first of the famil

. —— bombardier. sport now, will round up from the bbc sport centre withjohn. thanks that evening, the rep a league semifinals are under way, both arceneaux and chelsea action for a place in the champions league and whoever winds the competition outright, i hoping to reach that final if they can get to reach that final if they can get toa to reach that final if they can get to a good start and this is the first leg at the emirates tonight, but as you can see, putting valencia had in the opening stages around ten minutes god. arsenault trailing at home at one now. great success in the competition previously, winning three times in a row, but team and trouble with three defeats. money for them to do, chelsea are on up against amtrak. frankfurt up in the fourth and go less in early stages, chelsea allen germany with an impressive side. they won the cup last season and belt are that with an impressive run and that's it —— domestically, the chelsea holding their own in early stages there. a neurologist has ruled that the totte n ha m neurologist has ruled that t

the aerospace company bombardier is putting up his belfast operation for sale as part of a reorganisation of the business. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. with growing demands for a police investigation into the national security council leak which led to the sacking of gavin williamson we will be speaking to the former head of the civil service, bob kerslake. we'll get the city of london's take ona we'll get the city of london's take on a new report into cutting greenhouse gases. and we will have an election special as results come in throughout the night in local elections in england and northern ireland. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the two managers, one goal. emery‘s arsenal and sarri's chelsea start their bids to reach the europa league final. is caster semenya thinking of quitting athletics over the new testosterone limit ruling? 16c 16 c david gilbert leads four time champion john higgins at 16 c david gilbert leads four time cha

that's where all the bombardiers worked >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> seth: there's -- you know, its obviously very - >> they didn't just throw them from the ground. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> over a big hill yeah >> seth: well, they did -- in the beginning they were throwing them. and then someone said, "we got to get these up in airplanes." >> you gotta get 'em higher. [ laughter ] get them -- make them go farther. >> seth: you -- so it's very loud on these bombing runs >> yeah. >> seth: but i'm sure that all is put in post >> yeah. >> seth: but i heard that george was very helpful with the sound effects for the actors >> he would. whenever there was like -- you know, there's constantly flak happening all the time in these planes but if there was an important one where, you know -- this isn't a spoiler -- some people die in the show. but, like, if there is an important one, i think he would just kind of go, "boom." >> seth: oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> seth: so that you as an actor would know that a boom had happened >> that's how i work [ laughter ] just tell me "boom." and then i react

bombardier employs around 3,600 people across several locations in northern ireland. another democrat enters the 2020 presidential race — colorado senator michael bennet is launching a long shot campaign vying for a chance to take on donald trump. he says he will focus on the lack of economic mobility in the country and on restoring integrity to politics. you wonder if there are any democrats not running for president at the moment. michael bennett is unlikely to become the democratic nominee. he is unlikely, there is not much downside to running. you get your name in the press, you get, eve ryo ne get your name in the press, you get, everyone wants their face on the bus. you might even become the vice credential pic. and if you run again next time you've already had one go around the track. —— the vice presidential gig. from time to time, there are things on twitter which pique my interest. and the film we are about to show you is one such example. it was recorded in 1985, over 30 years ago, by the science historian james burke. it's what we call in the trade,

that's because one guaido, he attempted to encourages military rebels —— a billion bombardier remain standing. on the other hand, it is of course revealing the vulnerability of nicolas maduro, there were a handful of factions of military members and also the military members guiding one of the most prominent politicians in the country, guiding him at his home, he was under house arrest. their latin to leave his home and reappear in the street alongside one guaido. he is now taking refuge in the spanish embassy to avoid persecution. so i think tomorrow will be telling, we are expecting more mass protest tomorrow by guaido. from your perspective, you've been there covering this intense entity were arrested. you're forced to leave. what's happening within the military and the authorities who have to go ahead with the orders of president maduro in terms of dealing with the unrest and protest, where hearing mr potts about what is going on. there are some authorities who are very wary on carrying out disorders of repression. fearing that if there is a change in government they would face t

designed to compete, not against the biggestjets made by airbus and boeing but against claims made by bombardier for example, airbus and boeing but against claims made by bombardierfor example, from canada, embraer from brazil, made by bombardierfor example, from canada, embraerfrom brazil, anyone who has ever flown on planes that have 70, 90 seats, this is designed to compete against those. this is not gotten much traction outside of russia, if you look at the airlines have ordered it. aeroflot has the majority of them in the world, there is one mexican airline that took a dozen of them and it has already been phasing them out of its fleet because of the liability issues and it sort of felt up until now anyway that they were safe but not as reliable as other aircraft, just too much time on the ground, too hard to get parts for the aeroplane. so as you look at the world right now, there has been questions over whether manufacturers from places like russia and china could get some traction because of what has happened to boeing recently. an issue like this, if it is ultimately due to technical is

the aerospace firm bombardier is putting its belfast operation up for sale as part of a reorganisation of the business. it's the biggest manufacturing employer in northern ireland and employs almost 4,000 people. unions say the government should nationalise the company. the governor of the bank of england says interest rates could go up more frequently than expected in the next few years. it's currently being held at 0.75%. the market had been expecting just one or two interest rate increases by 2021, but mark carney said if brexit is resolved and inflation and growth continue to pick up, then more increases are likely. that would affect the 3.5 million people in the uk with variable or tracker mortgages. a fresh inquest is to be held into the death of nine—year—old ella kissi—debrah, who died after suffering an asthma attack in 2013. the original inquest concluded that her death was caused by acute respiratory failure and severe asthma, but her family says new evidence proves her death was directly linked to illegal levels of air pollution near her home in south london. claire m

players and at seven thirty am russian airplane arrives from mosco took us bombardier can remember the play the license plate and that has been reported by venezuelan reporter in the find the reporter. for i wasn't but he was also he's in madrid right now because he was persecuted politically and you know that happens an hour later from a school. and then two hours later that same airplane goes to. the american republic ok so who to believe i'm not sure i'm not in birth circles of intelligence see ok so what i am is watching you right now she's watching our conversation here on the stream i.v. says and this is really pointed to you fabiola go i do is not the president he is helping a foreign government invade us sanctions of killed an estimated forty thousand venezuelans and i'm the us and in the us the media is propaganda so it's the same issue can we hear the blood venezuelans point of view we only have three people in this conversation but many more people out there so they are pushed back about being the president let me just say this with you this is from dr bard d d r i'm going t

item 19 is to approve the airport contract award for the air, train operation and maintenance between bombardier transportation, inc and the city through 2029 with one five-year option to renew. for an amount not to exceed 220 million and item 20 is a resolution to approve number one to the concourse between air sun jv and the city for an extension of the term through december 31, 2020. >> ok, colleagues, can we take these items, same house, same call and without objection, these resolutions are adopted. >> resolution item 2 is for a fourth amendment between health right 360 and department of public health for fiscal intermediary check-writing services for an amount not to exceed 109.000000 and to extend the term to june 30, 2019 for a total agreement term, december 31, 2019 through december 31, 2020. >> colleagues, can we take the same house, same call? without objection,. this isadopted unanimously. >> item number 22 will amend the administrative code for residential hotel status and disclosure to the buyer or transferee prior to the sale or transfer of a residential hotel and affirm the deter

if you are bombardier, you're not going to drop if you think there's a chance you'll hit your own fleet are people. the bomb in land. next to nothing from an aerial side. it is better targeted. problem is, once you see the explosions, you have all of the missed and cloudy weather. have dust and smoke and plumes of smoke that make it tougher for the naval observers to see precisely what they are shooting at. in the end, you're shooting at an enemy hunkered down. in the big red one sector, the naval and air bombardment. it wasn't pleasant. it didn't do a lot of damage. it knocked out a flamethrower. it is one productive thing it did. the beach was largely untouched. you would have been briefed, they are going to knock it over. he mac mini being michael, extremely skeptical. you go ashore, about 6:30 pm. you saw the footage earlier. climbing dominance. that happens about two hours before. you're climbing down and circling around, about two hours. people are seasick. it is a miserable experience. the honor of going in first. you can see the obstacles. one of every four americans holders tha

>> anthony: let us assume the best of the intelligence officers who served here, of the pilots and bombardiers who ran missions over laos. >> guide: watch your step. >> anthony: that they were doing their duty as they saw it, that they believed they were serving the interests of their country. >> anthony: so, this is a banana plantation? >> guide: yes, banana and lemongrass. >> anthony: that still leaves us with the unarguable fact that today, generations later, uxos or unexploded ordinances remain a huge problem. >> anthony: what's here? a cluster bomb, mostly? or bombies? >> guide: yes, yes. in this area of 66,000 square >> anthony: organizations like uxo laos are tasked with cleaning up the mess. you go with a metal detector, dig them out by hand, no machines? >> expert: yeah. yes, yes. >> anthony: uh, detonate them? >> expert: the technology we use nowadays is the same that 20 years ago. >> anthony: right. [ explosion ] >> anthony: wow. [ explosion ] it's a big bang. wow. >> man: imagine how the children pick it up. >> anthony: yeah. laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita in th

bombardier says it's committed to finding the right buyer. unions insist that the government should step in if one can't be found. the governor of the bank of england says interest rates could go up more frequently than expected in the next few years. frequently than expected in the next few yea rs. they‘ re frequently than expected in the next few years. they're currently being held at 0.75%. the market had been expecting just one or two interest rate increases by 2021, but mark carney said, if brexit is resolved and inflation and growth continue to pick up, then more increases are likely. facebook has banned several faff—right extremist figures and groups, calling them "dangerous". among those removed is nation of islam founder louis farrakhan, the former editor of breitbart news, milo yiannopoulos, and alexjones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of infowa rs. the conspiracy theorist and founder of infowars. in a statement, facebook said it has always banned individuals and organisations promoting hate and violence, regardless of ide

bombardier says it is committed to finding the right buyer. facebook has banned several far—right and extremist figures groups, calling them dangerous. among those removed is the nation of islam leader, the former editor of breitbart news, miley novelist, and alex jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of infowars. in a statement, facebook says it has a lwa ys statement, facebook says it has always banned those who promote hatred and violence, regardless of their ideology. authorities in india are bracing for one of the most powerful storm see the region in yea rs. powerful storm see the region in years. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as the cyclone approaches. many have taken refuge in shelters set up in schools and government buildings. the cyclone is expected to make landfall within the next few hours, with winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. that is it from me for now, time now tojoin election 2019. welcome back to the bbc election centre. a3 councils across england have now declared. 200 or s

players and at seven thirty am russian airplane arrives from moscow took us a bombardier can remember the play the license plate and that has been reported by venezuelan reporter and upon the report of. oh i forgot isn't but he was also he's in madrid right now because he was persecuted politically and you know that happens an hour later from a school year or so and then two hours later that same airplane goes to. the american republic ok so who to believe i'm not sure i'm not in birth circles of intelligence see ok so i was watching you right now she's watching our conversation here on the stream i.v. says and this is really pointed to you fabiola go i do is not the president he is helping a foreign government invade us sanctions of killed an estimated forty thousand venezuelans and i'm the us and in the us the media is propaganda so it's the same issue can we hear the blood venezuelans point of view we only have three people in this conversation but many more people out there so they are push back about being the president let me just share this with you this is from dr barger d d r

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air force bombardier he wants to get out of flying missions but can't. >> when you get a chance to do something like that, you jump on it with george and everyone involved, it's, yeah, it's kind of like a once in a lifetime thing. >> george clooney, in addition to play the role of general, wore other hats on the project as well. >> you directed some episodes, you're the producer, did you also sew the costumes. >> i did, and that's why he's naked through half of the show. >> he is naked through much of the show. i'm glad you brought it up. >> we do a lot of male nudity, and i think he was doing male crunches. >> you are often in a state of undress. >> as he is in the book. it wasn't added on. >> i didn't just go we need some viewers, take your shirt off. they don't want us to take our shirts off. >> oh, i don't know. >> are you actually sick this time? >> i feel sick. >> are you sick. >> i noticed this cover of variety. >> look at that. >> i don't know where you were this day, kyle. >> what were you doing? >> i'm off to the left. >> george has told an interviewer that you are in and ou