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Mobile phone manufacturers will all have to use the same charging plug under EU proposals. We find out what's behind the move from Louise Guillot, sustainability reporter at Politico. Also in the programme, the US aerospace giant Boeing has selected Australia for its first overseas manufacturing facility. Andrew Greene is defence correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Canberra, and tells us why. Global stock markets have been spooked in recent days by whether the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande would be able to meet interest payments due today. Iris Pang is chief economist for Greater China at the bank ING in Hong Kong, and brings us up to date. Plus, the UN Food Systems Summit today, attended by more than 85 heads of state and government, aims to find ways to make food production more efficient. Ismahane Elouafi is chief scientist at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, and explains what they are trying to achieve.

Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson and produced by Nisha Patel and Susan Karanja.

(Picture: Two different mobile phone charging plugs. Picture credit: 麻豆约拍.)