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Travellers face a difficult day after the largest union of air traffic controllers called for a 24-hour strike in France. About half of scheduled connections in and out of the country have been grounded. Low-cost airline Ryanair called for EU action as it had to cancel hundreds of flights, which it said were affecting 80,000 passengers, mainly those flying over France. Plus, Britain's antitrust authority is looking into whether Microsoft's planned takeover of gamemaker Activision Blizzard may stifle competition in the industry.
Strike
Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled Tuesday as air traffic controllers went on strike against tweaks to a long-running EU project aimed at creating a single European airspace. Duration: 01:03.
Around 1,000 flights to and from France were cancelled Friday as the country's air traffic controllers went on strike, causing delays across European airspace.