The world's biggest plane maker, Boeing, is still in the middle of addressing a technical error that investigators say caused two deadly crashes less than six months apart. But regulators have now found another problem in its 737 MAX aircraft that's expected to prolong its already costly grounding. We unpacked this new revelation with Simon Marks in Washington.

#Boeing #USregulators #737MAX

Growing demand for convenience and rising environmental awareness have led to an electric scooter revolution in China. The country's become the world's largest manufacturer and market for the two-wheelers, which is projected to reach $12.5 billion by 2025. Samantha Vadas reports from Beijing.

#ElectricScooters #China

Chinese tech company Huawei is again defending its business practices, after coming under fire over patent fees and allegations of so-called 'backdoors' in its routers. Huawei has also rejected reports that its employees have conducted research with the Chinese military. The firm is already blacklisted in the United States, but as Laila Humairah reports, Huawei is unlikely to back down in the race for 5G supremacy.

#Huawei #ArmyIntelligence #5G

A summit in Bahrain laying out the Trump administration's $50 billion economic plan for peace in Palestine has ended without support from Palestinians or Israelis. Neighbouring states like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say they're willing to invest in the plan, while the International Monetary Fund says that peace must be the priority. But Palestinian leaders have slammed the proposal as another attempt to deny them a homeland. Mobin Nasir reports. And we spoke to Jeremy Wildeman, a research associate at the University of Bath. He specialises in aid policies for Palestine, and joined us from the Canadian capital, Ottowa. #IsraelPalestine #peaceplan #UnitedArabEmirates

The United Nations has once again called for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and his closest aides to be investigated over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But the prince's trip to South Korea suggests it's business as usual for the kingdom's Asian ally. The two countries have signed business deals worth more than $8 billion, and the prince says he wants his country to remain South Korea's main source of oil. Laila Humairah has more. #SouthKorea #BrentCrudeOil #MbS

The first phase of US President Donald Trump's long-awaited plan to end the Israeli- Palestinian conflict has been launched at a conference in Bahrain, but without official representatives from either Israel or Palestine. The Trump administration wants to raise $50 billion to spend on projects in the Palestinian territories and surrounding Arab countries. But as Mobin Nasir reports, without a political settlement, Trump's so-called 'deal of the century' is already looking like a pipe dream. For more on this,Hafed Al-Ghwell joined us from Washington. He's a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University. #MiddleEastPeacePlan #Bahrain #ForeignPolicy

Zimbabwe is trying to reintroduce its own currency. On Monday, the government banned the day-to-day use of foreign currencies such as the US dollar and South African rand. That's as President Emmerson Mnangagwa tries to repair an economy that's been ruined by hyperinflation and failed economic measures. But analysts say the decision could make things worse because the country has few reserves or exports. The local currency is technically known as the RTGS dollar, or what people have called the 'zollar'. Whatever the name, it's now Zimbabwe's sole legal tender. For more on this, we spoke to Derek Matyszak in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. He's a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies. #ZimDollar #RTGS #HyperInflation

Nissan's board has approved changes to the way the company is run to prevent the financial abuses that allegedly took place when Carlos Ghosn was chairman. But cracks in the Japanese carmaker's alliance with Renault seem to only be growing wider. And as Paolo Montecillo reports, the survival of the long-running partnership is far from guaranteed. We spoke about the signals Nissan executives are sending with Peter Kelly, managing director of the research firm, LMC Automotive. He joins us now from Oxford in the UK. #Nissan #Japan #Ghosn

The Turkish government is standing firm on its oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean as Greece and Greek-administered Cyprus call on the European Union to punish Turkey. It's the latest dispute between Ankara and Athens over the divided island of Cyprus. TRT World's Hasan Abdullah reports. #OilandGas #Exploration #Turkey #Greece

With Iran's economy already buckling under sanctions, the US says it's imposing even more economic restrictions on Tehran. Iranian officials say they won't be pressured into talks with Washington. But many Iranians are struggling to make ends meet. And as Mobin Nasir reports, the government's running out of ways to help them. For more on this, we spoke to Nader Habibi, who joined us from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He's a professor of economics in the Middle East. #IranSanctions #Economy #Trump