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European planemaker Airbus beat Boeing in the race for new business last year, swelling its total order book to a record $1 trillion. But as Grace Pascoe reports it remains behind on deliveries as Boeing extends its lead as the world's largest jetmaker.
Airbus virtually closed the gap with Boeing in their intense battle for airliner orders in July after booking about half of the 197 firm sales unveiled at last month's Farnborough Airshow. But as Hayley Platt reports, combined orders fell 17 percent from the same period last year.
Images of a Boeing factory in North Charleston, South Carolina as United Airlines unveiled an order of 100 new Boeing 787 Dreamliners with options for an additional 100 jets. The huge order, the largest by an American carrier for this class of aircraft, marks a victory for Boeing, which has targeted mid-decade as the period it expects to return to its pre-pandemic financial health after the 737 MAX scandal and other woes. The Boeing 787 aircrafts shown in the video are the same model but not the specific ones bought by United Airlines. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU and US have agreed to prolong a truce holding off punitive tariffs in their 17-year trade row over aircraft builders Airbus and Boeing. SOUNDBITE
Tommy Tuberville easily defeated Doug Jones in the hotly contested Alabama senate race. Business Insider has declared Tuberville the winner, two hours after the polls closed. Tuberville won 638,695 votes, which is 57.81% of the vote. Jones won 466,080, roughly 42.19% of the vote. Tuberville is a former Auburn University football coach.
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