This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Bernadette Keough and in the early hours of Thursday the 15th of May, these are our main stories.

Donald Trump signs a series of deals in Qatar on the latest stage of his Middle East tour.

President Putin's name is not on the list of delegates going to Turkey

for peace talks on Ukraine. The main political party in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been officially

banned, raising fears of a return to violence. Also in this podcast, with claims that weight loss drugs make you live longer, should we all be

taking them?

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President Trump is continuing his tour of the Middle East.

On Wednesday, he was in Qatar, where he signed a series of deals, including a huge order for Boeing planes.

It's the largest order of jets in the history of Boeing. That's pretty good. It's over

$200 million, but 160 in terms of the jets. That's fantastic. So that's a record. And congratulations

to Boeing. Get those planes out there.

Our North America editor, Sarah Smith, is travelling with Mr. Trump. So what sort of welcome

has he had on his tour so far? It's been very lavish. These Arab states and these visiting

seem to be competing with each other to show who can put on the more sumptuous

welcome for Donald Trump. So as he came in from the airport this afternoon, he was met by a caravan

of camels and there were dancing men with swords a lot length of the highway. And now he's

turning up for a state dinner at the royal palace and yet again

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