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Boeing CEO gives evidence to US Congress

Boeing is behind two malfunctioning planes that killed hundreds in two separated crashes

For the first time, the boss of the American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, Denis Muilenburg, is giving evidence at a US Congressional hearing about the company's troubled 737 Max plane. The 737 Max is the aircraft which malfunctioned, resulting in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight in March 2019 and before Indonesia's Lion air November 2018.

We speak to the International Red Cross, who's just published a report estimating that 2.3 million people could be facing acute food insecurity in Zambia, due to a 'catastrophic' combination of drought and communities' declining resilience.

Catholic bishops from the Amazon region in Brazil want to allow married men in remote areas to become priests. They hope this will help remote communities celebrating mass. Can this be a solution also for African communities where there aren't enough priests? We pose the question to Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese in northern Nigeria.

(Photo: Family members of those who died aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 sit with pictures of their loved ones during a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing October 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Tue 29 Oct 201917:06GMT

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