05/06/2017 World Business Report

Following the attack on London Bridge, we'll hear

from an expert on whether the UK security forces are in need

And the bosses of the world's biggest airlines are holding

We'll take a look at the issues facing the industry

I'm Sally Bundock also in the programme the UK

Prime Minister accuses the likes of Facebook and Google as providing

a "safe space" for terrorist ideology - we'll have the reaction

from the social media giants in a few moments.

The leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has

accused the government of trying to "protect the public on the cheap"

in a speech focusing on the London terror incident.

On Saturday evening 7 people were killed and dozens injured

in a terrorist attack carried out by 3 men who were shot dead

by police within minutes of the attack taking place.

It was Britain's second major terrorist incident in the space

It began when a hired van was used to knock down pedestrians on

3 men wearing fake suicide vests then left the vehicle

and began stabbing people in pubs and bars in nearby Borough Market.

Within 8 minutes the three men had been confronted

A member of the public was also injured in the exchanges.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the reduction in the number

of police officers is a sign the security forces are not getting

Despite this, the Conservative Security Minister Ben Wallace says

the Labour leaders comments mark a U-turn on his previous stance

We were talking two weeks ago, following the events in Manchester

and it is ashamed to be having this conversation so soon but we have an

election and I have mentioned the discussions going on post Saturday

evening about resources in our police, your thoughts. There is no

hiding from the fact that resources have dropped since 2010. Police will

always want more resources to deal with this threat but the response

capability was absolutely fantastic, to be able to deal with it in H-back

minutes was fantastic. --8. The ship will go towards the prevent side of

things -- the shift. This is a policy put in place by current

government is where they are trying to prevent something like this by

having better discussion with Wilson communities? It is part of the

counter terrorism strategy which is a reporting mechanism for people who

have suspicions about people or areas of community that might be

looking to organise and participate in these kind of attacks. It is

about getting in touch with officials. A report in 2016, 7500

calls were made. Somebody spoke to us to say he is a neighbour of one

of the three men involved in the London Bridge attack and he says he

reported one of them to the police, the same with the Manchester bomb

many saying they were concerned about his behaviour and he had been

reported. Is it just too many individuals being named and they

cannot respond to that? The complexity of the threat we

currently face is an enormous task. 3000 people on a watch list and you

cannot physically watch all those people all the time so you need to

have key targets. 550 active investigations active at one time in

counter terrorism. Did they miss anything? Should they have been

higher prioritise? How can they ensure in future attacks date

prioritise them. Thank you again for coming in and sharing your

expertise. Following the attack this weekend,

the UK Prime Minister Theresa May has hit out at the role of internet

companies which she described as providing a "safe space"

for terrorist ideology. Our reporter Joe Lynam

has the details. Theresa May, the British Prime

Minister, called on the Internet companies to do an awful lot more to

tackle the dissemination of extremist and offensive material on

the Internet. While the tone was new, it was angrier, the message is

not. In the manifesto ahead of the election, the Prime Minister called

for sanctions on Internet companies for failing to back down offensive

material quickly enough. Internet companies responded today saying

they would be doing a lot more. Twitter, Facebook and Google say

they are on an international panel to share material with one another.

They have a database together and digitally print offensive videos and

posts. But with 400 hours of videos posted on YouTube every single

minute and 2 billion active users on Facebook, there is so much that can

be done by soft wear. You need the human eye editorial and judgement.

But it is never enough especially when people are killed on the

street. And security is of paramount

importance to the airline sector. It has performed well in recent

years, despite fierce competition But as the international

trade body - IATA - meets for its annual get together

in Mexico could 2017 be a year Profits last year were at a record

high at $35.6 billion - with passenger numbers up 6.3

percent compared to 2015. But IATA has since downgraded

its outlook for this year saying the rising cost of oil will provide

a headwind for the industry but also The question of whether the

United States will extend its ban on laptops in the cabin

for ALL international The US already has a ban on large

electronic devices on flights to and from eight

mostly-Muslim countries. With me is Victoria Moores,

European editor Good morning and thank you for

coming in. The issue of security and the laptop ban. What will they be

discussing today? What we saw a few weeks back was this rapidly

implemented ban on large electronic devices, items larger than an iPhone

on specific flights to the US. The UK quickly reciprocated and put in a

band, not quite the same but very similar. In recent weeks, talk of

the widening of the band. Officials in talk with each other about

widening the ban. The impact on traffic could be absolutely huge.

And the impact on some airlines have been huge. Precisely. In the April

numbers, released by IATA, you could see it was in packing travel to and

from the Middle East and IATA IATA saying this could have an impact on

productivity. It could be as wide as it is over $4 billion. 50% of

business travellers have said they would rethink their business travel

if employees cannot take their laptop on board. Tell us about

Brexit as well, the likes of EasyJet grappling with that? Precisely. With

Brexit, a lot of people do not realise how highly regulated the

airline industry it is. For example, the fact that our airlines are able

to fly to Europe is wrapped up in an agreement that we can fly freely and

it took a long time to be put in place. What we are looking at, worse

case scenario, this is what Ryanair have said, cessation of all flights

to and from Europe. In theory it is a bit of posturing. Also flights to

America because we are governed under European rules for our flights

to the US. It is a big thing that needs to be unscrambling an airlines

will need to start taking bookings for next year and they need an

answer sooner rather than later. We will keep close eye on the IATA

meeting. I will see you soon. Saturday's attack happened just four

days before the general election which will go ahead

as planned on Thursday.