Wednesday: Boeing faces fresh scrutiny in Lion Air crash

Richard Liu, Saudi Arabia, Brexit View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Wednesday, November 14, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( ADVERTISEMENT Asia Edition [Your Wednesday Briefing]( By ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA Good morning. More questions for Boeing about the Lion Air crash, new evidence in a Saudi journalist’s killing, a loyal dog in China. Here’s what you need to know: Beawiharta Beawiharta/Reuters • Mounting questions for Boeing over Indonesian crash. Pilots said the aircraft maker didn’t tell them about [changes to the emergency system]( on its new 737 Max 8 jet, the model in the Lion Air 610 disaster that killed 189 people. Investigators have been focused on whether the emergency system caused the accident. It’s designed to automatically correct a plane’s angle if it appears to be stalling. But if it malfunctions, it could send a plane into a potentially fatal nose-dive. Indonesian transportation officials have said the manual for the new Boeing model didn’t contain information about the update. And pilots said the onboard check list, which contains information about overriding the emergency system, was incorrect. More than 4,700 orders have been placed worldwide for the Max 8. It is especially popular with low-cost carriers looking for dependable workhorses for shorter flights. The precise cause or causes of the crash remain unknown. _____ Ozan Kose/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images • “Tell your boss” the mission is complete. That’s what one operative said to a superior over the phone shortly after the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, [our reporters have learned](. Above, a memorial image of Mr. Khashoggi. A recording of the conversation was shared with the C.I.A. last month, and U.S. intelligence officials believe “your boss” refers to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, presenting the strongest evidence yet that links him to the killing. On Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey pressed Prince Mohammed for answers. “We want the person who gave the order to be revealed,” [he told Turkish media](. The new evidence also intensifies pressure on the White House to take more punitive action against Saudi Arabia, an important ally. _____ Henry Nicholls/Reuters • A plan for Brexit. After months of deadlock, Britain and the E.U. have reached a [draft agreement]( the terms of their divorce. But there’s still a long road ahead. The plan first needs approval from Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, where hard-line Brexiteers could put up a fight, then from a Parliament stacked with opponents. Here are all the [sticking points]( that could derail the deal. Above, anti-Brexit protests. Details of the outline agreement aren’t available yet, but the prime minister has made it clear she wants to avoid a so-called “no-deal” Brexit, an abrupt withdrawal with no measures to avoid a chaotic transition. The cabinet is scheduled to meet today. If members give the plan the green light, European leaders will need to give it their blessing at the end of the month. Britain is scheduled to leave the bloc in March. _____  • Russian disinformation, from the Cold War to Pizzagate. Moscow’s meddling in U.S. elections is not a hoax. The 2016 presidential campaign capped Russia’s decades-long strategy of creating divisions in the West and undermining democracies, often in places ill-equipped to combat the threat. Our Opinion team paired up with the BBC to produce a three-part documentary — “Operation InfeKtion” — that exposes [the KGB spies]( who invented fake news, [Russia’s disinformation playbook]( and the [global spread]( of the war on truth. _____ Business Qilai Shen/Bloomberg • The arrest of Richard Liu, the Chinese billionaire founder of JD.com, above, shines a light on how sexual misconduct claims are handled at [the University of Minnesota]( where, at the time of the alleged sexual assault, Mr. Liu was enrolled in a lucrative business program. • Juul Labs said it would stop selling most of its [flavored e-cigarettes]( in retail stores and halt its social media promotions, as it faces government pressure in the U.S. and backlash over teenage vaping. • The E.U.’s highest court ruled that [the taste of cheese]( can’t be copyrighted because it is “an idea,” rather than an “original intellectual creation,” after a Dutch cheese company sued a competitor that was selling similar products. • U.S. stocks [were mixed](. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets](. In the News Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times • Wildfires in California have left at least 44 people dead, making the fires the largest and deadliest in the state’s history. Above, the fire’s damage. [[The New York Times]( • The U.N.’s extreme poverty expert is touring Britain, the world’s fifth-richest country, where austerity measures have pushed many into financial hardship. [[The New York Times]( • A week after the U.S. midterm elections, as a more complete tally of votes has come in across the country, Democrats gained more seats in the House and lost fewer seats in the Senate. [[The New York Times]( • CNN sued the Trump administration for violating the constitutional rights of its chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, who lost his press credentials after clashing with the president at a news conference last week. [[The New York Times]( • A look-alike of Ross from “Friends” is under arrest in Britain on suspicion of theft after an appeal from the police to help find a man who bore a striking resemblance to the actor David Schwimmer went viral last month. [[The New York Times]( • Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court blocked President Maithripala Sirisena from dissolving Parliament and preparing for snap elections next year, the latest dramatic development in the country’s constitutional crisis. [[The New York Times]( • Japan’s government approved a bill that would introduce new visa categories for foreign workers, in an attempt to address the country’s shrinking work force. [[Japan Times]( • A dog that has been waiting for over 80 days at the exact spot where its owner died has captured the hearts of internet users in China. [[BBC]( Smarter Living Tips for a more fulfilling life. Romulo Yanes for The New York Times • Recipe of the day: Get dinner done in under a half-hour with [rice noodles with seared pork, carrots and herbs](. • How to avoid cold feet [at a wedding](. • Advice for the [introverted traveler](. Noteworthy James Hill for The New York Times • A Russian zoological museum is a “[time capsule for organisms]( holding centuries-old specimens and collections courtesy of Peter the Great. That’s giving it renewed relevance in the age of genetics. • Andy Warhol created movies, paintings and psychosexual dramas in three successive spaces he called [the Factory](. His friends and colleagues tell tales of what it was like inside the artist’s “creative playpen.” • In Fiji, [our 52 Places traveler]( who calls herself a “reluctant swimmer,” tried scuba diving among the coral reefs and surfed the waves of the island archipelago. Back Story Ina Fassbender/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Would you order books, clothes and appliances from a company whose name accidentally evoked a mortuary? Or, deliberately, ruthless persistence? In 1994, Jeff Bezos considered many potential names before choosing Amazon, evoking the world’s largest river. Now, 24 years later, his bookseller has expanded into one of the world’s largest retailers, and it’s splitting its second headquarters between a Washington suburb and a New York neighborhood. Would it have been as successful had Mr. Bezos stuck with [Cadabra]( He liked the echo of magic — but people tended to hear it as “cadaver.” He hasn’t ever fully given up on Relentless.com, which still forwards to Amazon. (The company’s naming is recounted in [“The Everything Store,” by Brad Stone]( and was confirmed by Allison Flicker, an Amazon spokeswoman.) Worth noting: Amazon’s corporate arrival in New York City, [confirmed this week]( is something of a homecoming for Mr. Bezos, who was working at a New York hedge fund when the idea for Amazon was born. Andrea Kannapell wrote today’s Back Story. _____ Your Morning Briefing is published weekday mornings and updated online. [Sign up here]( to get it by email in the Australian, Asian, European or American morning. You can also receive [an Evening Briefing]( on U.S. weeknights. And our Australia bureau chief offers [a weekly letter]( adding analysis and conversations with readers. Browse our full range of Times newsletters [here](. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [asiabriefing@nytimes.com](mailto:asiabriefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback%20(Asia)). LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here](. 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