You. Protest as a defying around the clock curfew in Lagos Nigeria after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. Protestors out wherever sudans struggling economy hit with tear gas by police. Coronavirus cutbacks at Cathay Pacific hong kongs flag carrier announced a 6000. 00 redundancies and the end of its regional subsidiary. Will start this hour with a crisis thats overcome many communities in the United States not coronavirus this is in fact the fight against opioid addiction in the past hour the u. S. Justice Department Says the drug manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company pled guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 more details now with she had britannicas following the story in washington she had. Were just taking you know all of the details but as you say pleading guilty to 3 charges effectively that they the father misled the Drug Enforcement administration about the sort of oversight that they had over where these drugs were ending up they told the d. A. Look you know we we have a we have a robust system to make sure the only people who need the opioids are getting the opioids that turned out to be nonsense and in fact do was paying doctors paying pharmacies to prescribe opioids even though they were not medically needed so that stays with 3 counts that we keep seeing these 8000000000. 00 settlement figure but that is largely symbolic because purdue is in bankruptcy proceedings only a fraction will be paper about 225000000 by purdue itself to the government another 225000000 from the Sackler Family who will hear a lot about the Sackler Family. Billions of dollars from opioids to see that everywhere and cultural institutions everywhere else that money was coming from the money that they were making from opioids which led to an enormous addiction crisis here in the United States just very quickly i know were about to play a sound bite from an attorney general i just saw this detail do you learn that one doctor was known by the patients as the candy man and was prescribing crazy dosing you oxycontin you have heard you had Sales Representatives meet with the doctor more than 300 times these are the sort of details were now seeing and the releases from the d j and state attorneys general like the one were about to hear are saying its a great day for justice. The unlawful dangerous scheme put profits over people by seeking to increase scripts for addictive jaros even when they were not medically appropriate and at the height of the u. S. Opioid crisis at a time when in vermont where im from and across the country people were suffering under opioid addictions that sometimes ended in death and so many of those addictions stories began with oxy cotton it is wrong and we hope that guilt produce guilty plea will send a message that the department of justice will not allow big pharma and big tech to engage in illegal conduct that corrupts the doctor patient relationship she had can we get a little more context from you for our International Audience on the human impact of a decision like this just how big the problem has been in the us how many families have suffered as a result of addiction. Millions thought to be addicted to opioids as the result of what was basically a very cynical marketing Marketing Program by 1st of all per day when another pharmaceutical companies 470000. 00 deaths attributed to opioid overdoses and addiction since 2000 by the c. D. C. Here and now as we just heard from that that attorney it all began in the ninetys with her 2 pharma actively suddenly deciding to promote opioids as im not a miracle drug and to try and really get it go against all the reluctance from doctors who thought that this you know this rightly so that this is the addictive and dangerous drug potentially it does have its uses we should always remember that but but prescribed to everyone and while it went wild amounts is a very dangerous a dangerous drug using marketing bribes and so on to try and overcome those reluctance from doctors and pharmacists and then all the pharmaceutical companies also also took notice and began there selling their own opioids and thats why in fact a lot of attorney generals around the country and Democratic Congress people say actually this simply isnt enough this headline looks amazing but actually its just a little end up being a bit of a blip on a spreadsheet and doesnt really account for all the damage that Purdue Pharma caused in the United States 2 weeks till the election she had and the pushing this one through in that short time period as their political implications in. Right so thats the reason why the suspicion is and actually in fact the new york and others have done all the reporting with insiders in the d. O. J. Which suggests the Trump Administration really wanted a victory before the election on a Key Campaign Promise trumpet made before the last election and which has had a particular impact on. Republican states rural states in the United States he can say Mission Accomplished look we went after big pharma and we won but again democrats and state attorney generals around the country say no this isnt good enough this doesnt hold the executives accountable it doesnt hold the Sackler Family accountable enough and in fact we have so many proceedings still going on we having more information about how the Sackler Family for example profited billions of dollars from all of this and how they personally allegedly may have may have directed some of some of the some of the Marketing Campaigns this is too soon this is being rushed and we should wait before before we actually come to a final decision not only that as part of this party pharma becomes a weird Government Trust company and a lot of state attorney general say look were not comfortable with the government being now an opioid manufacturer and marketer in the United States that learn that getting the profits from opioids in order to help mitigation efforts as but that they should remain a private company but on the real regulation and this is also another another short cut which people are very happy about in the states themselves thank you for all those details in the context as well she has her tansey in washington d. C. On to other news nigeria where protesters against Police Brutality are defying the 24 hour curfew and a call for calm from president mohammed of the hari. Security forces in lagos opened fire on wednesday morning after several demonstrators were reportedly shot dead on tuesday in another part of nigerias commercial capital a large fire was burning at a bus station. Theres also a video emerging of men in uniform opening fire and killing people in lagos on tuesday the Security Forces there are denying any involvement its all from many tourists in a picture Security Officers are still out on the streets so some individuals many of them weve seen over the last few hours weve seen videos of some people even going into peoples house trying to break into their cars break into rooms apart from the violence weve seen earlier today they want out reports of a section of the Nigerian Port Authority building in a set on fire and weve also seen how a television station was burned a large section of it was a set of beliefs by some people and then identified people protesters say its not them one other independent channel was for most of the ad because of what it called impending attack on the i need to operations in lagos eventually after a few always the television station is back on and now and weve also seen how apart from that bus station with also seen how people have been running helter skelter that means that the protests are still going on the latest by the run around the clock coffee will be put in place the governors address the lagos state community asking them to calm down asking for patience while this is being sorted out. And now sit down with Security Forces a fired tear gas at protesters who are complaining about the cost of living the annual inflation rate hit a record peak of more than 200 percent last month the Transitional Government struggled to revive sudans economy after the overthrow of president on one of the shia last year it morgan has pulled from khartoum. Protesters in khartoum and various parts of sudan are common rating the 21st of october which marks the anniversary of the 1st sudanese revolution in 1964 now the black smoke that you see behind me is the result of protesters burning tires to express their frustration at how this government has been operating over the past 2 years protesters say that the Economic Conditions have been getting worse since this government took power in august last year and they also say that the military is still in control of many institutions something that they say goes against their revolution which started in 2018 now protesters have been met with tear gas and stun grenades most of them have run away from where they are right now just a little bit to where i was standing right now and then back again and they say thats because they do not accept this use of force by Security Forces now many of them also say that theyre not here to oust the president the government of Prime Minister but rather to vent out their frustration and to put pressure on this government to try to improve the Economic Situation as well as complete what they say is the demands of the revolution which is forming a transition Legislative Assembly and holding to account those who are responsible for killing protesters since 2018. Thailands Prime Minister says hes preparing to lift emergency measures imposed to stop protests there. The ban on gatherings will be overturned if there is no more violence instead of running for 8 consecutive days in defiance of the ban they want the Prime Minister gone as well as reforms to the monarchy. Hong kongs main airline is having its wings clipped because of the disastrous consequences of the Coronavirus CrisisCathay Pacific financed a major restructuring almost 6000 jobs will go and its regional subsidiary alone will be closed as well from has more on its survival plan. Cathay pacific only recently began recovering from protests in hong kong that badly hit demand last year but the pandemic dealt a 2nd blow with International Borders closed the Hong Kong Based adeline saw its passengers drop by nearly 82 percent in the 1st 8 months of this year its announced it will cut nearly a quarter of its stock and shut down its regional human cathay dragon analysts say theyre not surprised or. Worse Cathay Pacific is not the only ally in the region to undergo a major restructuring last month Singapore Airlines announced the largest retrenchment in its history cutting more than 20 percent of its stock tie always fall for bankruptcy protection in may here in malaysia the National Carrier is in talks to restructure its debts but the finance minister recently said the government will not provide any Financial Relief or debt guarantees raising questions about the fate and future of Malaysia Airlines more gloomy days are predicted to lie ahead the International Air transport association for costs passenger traffic will not recover until 2024 and now a tech startup has begun testing a Digital Solution this is a sort of a digital trial held certificate that a lot of people are looking to use orders instead of using chord change so its a industry to get behind Something Like that with governments around the world except that the airlines like out they would be in such trouble its called the common pass and aims to be the 1st globally recognised document that a passenger has tested negative for code at 19 before a flight. The Airline Industry is hoping this will help encourage and travel even if its only by a small step clients leigh aljazeera on the import. In the news ahead calling on the youth why there is a special need for Young Workers at polling stations for the u. S. President ial election. And rescue teams in vietnam theyre preparing for catastrophic flooding to get even worse. Hallos a couple days of rain coming through japan it is this cloud here thats all part of a frontal system whose northern end is wintry and has dropped the temperature in harbin to 8 degrees thats it now the sun is out but the rain will be slow moving in quite persistent coming in slowly to the west you can say so turkey is not a bad day on target on friday you get the rain a good news persistent and it has been a very wet summer its probably still going to be potentially a flash flood but i dont think its too much trouble here anyway further west you can mass of sunshine almost throughout china north to south with the exception the south coast maybe hong kong catches that catches a shower being thrown off by side though that Tropical Storm in the south transceiver even you 9 and sichuan are generally speaking fairly dry for a couple of days so they sat out that would be a Tropical Storm in the South China Sea having gone across luzon the last 24 hours it takes a long time to speed up to spin up and eventually vietnam to even be that as it is south of that has been a gap and then youve got these rains through the far south of todd in cambodia and it could spread a shower malaysia and indonesia including java and once more jakarta seems to be a focus of some particularly heavy showers. A face can tell a story without uttering a single word. And knowing gone its. A simple time. Inform us. Unconventionality of life witnessed through the lens of the human mind. Is what inspires scientists. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. With aljazeera these are the top stories this hour the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs manufacturer of perjury pharma has pleaded guilty for its role in americas Opioid Epidemic is admitted to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a settlement of more than a 1000000000. 00. Security forces in Lagos Nigeria have reportedly fired on protesters again on wednesday despite a 24 hour curfew crowds of return to the streets to demonstrate against Police Brutality and Security Forces in sudan a 5 tear gas of protesters there complaining about the cost of living the annual inflation rate hit a record peak of more than 200 percent last month. A little more now on those demonstrations in nigeria it is a protest movement over a now disbanded police units its sods the special anti robbery squad. Its been driven though at the protests in part by high profile musicians on social media for example nigerias burn a boy described as more than a unit but a mindset built from the lack of repercussions he helped pay for the billboards that have gone up across the country american nigerian artist a veto is among those whove joined the protests and is also pushing a petition demanding political accountability for army members who started firing on demonstrators and other high profile figures are catching on american artist chance the rapper tweeted to say hes just started reading up on the quote travesty in nigeria and use the hashtag and sells now on the news hour we spoke to sydney siri he goes by his name of dr syd and i jerry an entertainer an entrepreneur who says people feel they have no choice now but to keep protesting in this situation you definitely have the free because i think the situation there jus has caused a point we just have to look at if not now. Because weve had this particular situation come up with saws of the last 4 years its been suspended numerous times and so its again and we as a people are peacefully protesting and exercising our rights as citizens to demonstrate for our courts by some arms of government of different people. To you to disrupt this Peace Process and turn it into something you have an excuse to bring in the military which is what he did yesterday but at this point i think we just have to let the world know whats going on in nigeria has to happen when the president ran for office is come things change and people vote for him to bring change material so far nothing has happened them. A Memorial Service is due to be held in france for the teacher who was recently beheaded samuel party was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his students an 18 year old from chechnya in russia was shot dead by police after fridays attack 7 suspect