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World Service,30 May 2016,26 mins

Lufthansa Suspends Venezuela Flights

World Business Report

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German Airline Lufthansa is suspending its Venezuela flights because it can't get paid. Travel consultant Alan Bowen offers us his assessment. Also in the programme, it's estimated that 80% of the world's palm oil could be coming from unsustainable sources. The BBC's Manuela Saragosa reports. Will the proposed $62bn takeover of the genetically modified seed business Monsanto by Bayer of Germany be good for the company's reputation? Professor Stefani Engelstein of Duke University tells us not everyone is convinced. Plus we have a special report on the big economics stories featured in the 25 years World Business Report has been on the air. (Picture: Lufthansa planes. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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