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World Service,08 Jan 2024,26 mins
Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to stay grounded while inspections continue
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
The firm's shares plunge as its newest model is in the spotlight after a door panel flew off during an Alaska Airlines flight. We get the latest. US Congress leaders have agreed to a $1.6tn spending level for the rest of 2024 ceiling as they seek to avoid a partial government shutdown. We look into the details. And German farmers blockade roads in protest against subsidy cuts, with more than 500 tractors and trucks parked up by Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. We hear about their reasons. (Picture: An inspector looks at the panel that blew out of the Alaska Airlines aircraft. Picture credit: NTSB HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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