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Jet Airways halts all international flights

Passengers are stranded in India after Jet Airways suspended all international flights.

Passengers are stranded in India and around the world after Jet Airways suspended all international flights. Flights from London, Paris and Amsterdam are among those grounded amid fears about the survival of India's largest private airline. The airline cancelled all international flights until Monday when, according to reports, it will meet its lenders again to try to secure funding. Aviation expert Patrick Edmond joins to discuss how it got to this point.

The end is near for Game of Thrones as its final season begins. But thousands of fans of the fantasy drama, which is now in its last series, continue to visit the film locations in Northern Ireland, seeking Westeros or Winterfell. John McGrillen, Chief Executive of Tourism Northern Ireland, explains the enduring appeal of those locations.

A controversial hydro-electric power plant is due to start construction in two months, in one of East Africa's best-known game reserves, amid criticism from environmentalists. The dam, on Tanzania's Rufiji River, was originally thought to cost around $3bn, but that cost may well go up. Joerg Hartmann, an independent hydro-power consultant, explains why.

And we'll have our regular look-ahead on the week with the independent economist Michael Hughes.

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