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Boeing boss to step down

Dennis Muilenburg faced criticism over deadly crashes of 737 Max airliner.

Boeing has announced that its chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, is stepping down. He faced calls for his resignation over the company's response to two deadly crashes involving the firm's best-selling 737 Max airliner. We get analysis and reaction from our business reporter in New York.

Also, five people have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. We speak to our Middle East analyst to get the latest.

And, at a media conference in Sydney the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison apologised for going on holiday to Hawaii while fires raged in the country. Young people on the messaging app Tic Tok have been reacting. We hear what they say from the BBC's reporter in Sydney.

(Photo:Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in Washington, Oct 30 2019. Credit: Reuters/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo)

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Mon 23 Dec 201916:06GMT

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