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Several airlines are conducting safety checks on their Boeing 737 MAX planes after a door panel ripped off an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet. Investigators are looking into whether a design flaw or installation fault might have caused it.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says US policy towards the Korean peninsula is making war inevitable. Kim was speaking at an end-of-year Workers' Party meeting in Pyongyang. He said deployment of US military assets in the region, had turned South Korea into an American military base. Kim also announced he'll no longer pursue reconciliation and reunification with South Korea -- blaming defence ties between Seoul and Washington. Inbum Chun, a former South Korean Special Forces Commander says tensions are high between Pyongyang and Seoul and both sides need to exercise caution.

New York City has sued 17 bus companies for transporting migrants to the city, from the southern border state of Texas. More than 33-thousand migrants have arrived in New York on buses contracted by Texas in the past two years. It's part of a campaign by the state's Republican governor to expel people who cross the border from Mexico illegally. New York City says it wants the bus companies to pay more than 700 million dollars, towards the cost of housing the migrants. The City argues that they are required to do so under present laws. It alleges that they violated a law which requires anyone bringing in people who are likely to seek government help, to cover their expenses.

Bangladesh election officials are counting votes after a controversial poll, fraught with violence and boycotted by the opposition, is guaranteed to give a fourth straight term to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladeshis largely stayed away from the vote on Sunday as initial signs suggested a low turnout, despite widespread reports of carrot-and-stick inducements aimed at bolstering the poll’s legitimacy. “Vote counting has begun,” said election commission spokesman Shariful Alam. Results are expected as early as Monday morning. “Vote counting has begun,” said election commission spokesman Shariful Alam. Results are expected as early as Monday morning. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Israeli bulldozers have destroyed a Palestinian cemetery in the Al Teffah neighbourhood in Gaza City. Many bodies have been unearthed and left amongst the rubble of tombstones and nearby houses. Al Jazeera's Ismail al Ghoul reports - and a warning, his report contains some disturbing images.

Imran Khan is the cricket star, turned prime minister, turned ex-prime minister, who’s at the centre of a political storm in Pakistan. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann looks at his life and career, to explain how he became so popular – and so divisive. 00:00 - Who is Imran Khan? 02:17 - Khan’s political beginnings 02:58 - Pakistan’s political history 03:46 - Khan and the military 05:00 - Khan’s time in office 08:01 - Khan’s ouster 08:20 - Khan fights back 09:12 - Legal cases against Khan 10:31 - Pakistan’s political future This episode features: Farzana Shaikh - Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House Uzair Younus - Director, Pakistan Initiative, Atlantic Council Abid Hussain - Al Jazeera Digital Correspondent, Islamabad

Supporters of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan have blamed the army for orchestrating his arrest on corruption charges and have staged a second day of protests, but the government says the law is being followed.

A notorious highway in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is the site of a shocking trade. Girls as young as 10 are being forced to work as prostitutes – and it’s their own families selling them to passing trucks. The girls are from the Bachara tribe, a low-caste community known as Dalits. Most of the Bachara men say discrimination stops them from getting jobs, so generations of girls have supported their families through prostitution. Meneka’s mother forced her into prostitution at the age of 15. She now has a two-year-old daughter of her own, and says she feels trapped. “I feel like I am born in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing. But what can I do? I can’t say much because this is our tradition.” Filming undercover, 101 East discovers girls as young as 10 are being offered to men. While India introduced tougher child rape laws in 2018, advocates say the laws are not properly enforced. “The people who are exploiting the child - they are not customers, they are rapists,” says Asheif Shaikh, the founder of a local NGO that frees local girls from what he describes as sexual slavery. “This practice is like the serial rape of the children ... They are raped about 10 to 12 times in a day.” Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of reported child rape cases of any state in the nation In this exclusive investigation, 101 East exposes the Indian villages where parents sell their daughters for sex. - Subscribe to our channel: - Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/aj101east - Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/101east - Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/aj101east

#WaelDahdouh #HamzaDahdouh #AlJazeeraGazaBureau Al Jazeera’s Wael al-Dahdouh, speaking from Rafah, is saying goodbye to one more family member, his son Hamza, “just like droves of people here do every day, every hour and every second”. “I, just like all of these people, am bidding farewell today … May Allah the All Mighty give us strength, give us comfort, give us patience. May Allah give us strength to carry on for the sake of Hamza and the sake of all the martyrs,” he said. “To Hamza and to all the martyrs I say we will remain faithful. This is the road that we have chosen consciously. We have offered much, we have offered a lot of blood because this is our destiny. We shall continue,” he added. “Hamza was not part of me. He was all of me.” Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraen... Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #WaelDahdouh #HamzaDahdouh #AFPJournalistKilledInGaza #AlJazeeraGazaBureau #GazaJournalists #AlJazeeraGazaJournalists #Palestine #Gaza #GazaAirRaids #GazaAirStrikes #GazaUnderAttack #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaDestruction #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Rafah #GazaBombardment #StopTheWarInGaza #SaveGaza

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has told Al Jazeera that the government is prepared to violate the country’s constitution to prevent new elections. In conversation with reporter Abid Hussain, Khan discusses his political battles, the economic crisis and the military-civil relationship.