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Ryanair Flight Cancellations Hit Holidaymakers

Ryanair is grounding hundreds of flights in a bid to improve punctuality.

Ryanair is grounding hundreds of flights in a bid to improve punctuality. Travel expert Alan Bowen tells us what triggered the move. Also in the programme, material from Qatari news organisation Al Jazeera has been blocked on Snapchat in Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera's executive director of digital, Dr Yaser Bishr describes the impact. The Gambia is to hire private companies to patrol its waters and prevent illegal fishing. Steven Akester of the sustainable fisheries consultancy MacAlister Elliott explains how big the problem is in west Africa. We have a report from Dresden in former East Germany on the health of the region's economy, ahead of this weekend's general election. Plus we hear whether live video gaming might become part of the Olympic Games of the future.

(Picture: A Ryanair plane. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Mon 18 Sep 2017 14:32GMT

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  • Mon 18 Sep 2017 14:32GMT