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FAA will bring 'significant change' in its oversight approach

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will change its oversight approach

The Federal Aviation Administration, responsible for air traffic safety in the United States, has said it will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety, after two fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 MAX passenger jets. Richard Aboulafia is an aviation analyst and tells us where the FAA was going wrong and how it can look to reform.

Also, prosecutors have dropped all charges against US actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly staging a racist and homophobic attack. Miles Bryan at WBEZ in Chicago was at the court and tells us exactly what happened.

Susannah Streeter takes us on a deep dive into the EU's controversial new copyright directive, and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Ed Butler takes a look at what life is like for the roughly four million people living in the cut-off eastern region of Ukraine.

And finally, it’s not common to see portrayals of authentic family drama on Chinese television, but the new series, All is Well, is full of such portrayals, and it is gripping the nation. Emily Newman at Texas A&M University-Commerce joins to discuss the show, and the power of family dramas.

(Photo: A Boeing 737 MAX 9 test plane is pictured at Boeing Field on March 22, 2019. Credit: Getty Images)

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