Were shot tuesday. I got a lot of protesters are angry over sudans struggling economy with tear gas. And calling on the youth why there is a special need for Young Workers at polling stations for this years president ial election. We will start with the crisis thats overcome so many communities in the u. S. Not coronavirus actually and this is the fight against opioid addiction in the past a few hours the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic and deal with the u. S. Government the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 share pretends he is following this one in washington d. C. What more details have you got she has. Right so those 3 those 3 charges are essentially about misleading the government about its activities and the manner in which. Was marketing opioids it would it falsely would tell the government that it had safeguards to ensure that its opioids really being prescribed and used in ways where they should be used obviously opioids do have a and the judgment medical purpose for people with chronic pain however heard you fall in the ninetys made a decision to Start Marketing their opioids as a cure all for all sorts of for all sorts of elements telling doctors that it wasnt even addictive even though the science shows that the it is enormously addictive but not only that paying doctors and pharmacists to prescribe oxycontin to millions of patients or thats what this this or this is all about so they say that they they admit to paying doctors to write more prescriptions they conspired to dispense opioids without a legitimate medical purpose that 8000000000. 00 figure that keeps being thrown around we should be very clear purview farmers are in bankruptcy so its very unlikely it will pay any. Anything more than a fraction of that amount which is why there is a certain amount of criticism about about whether this is all being rushed a bit too far whether weather whether alternative whether alternative measures could be being taken but some of the details say for example. The d. O. J. Point stupid you learning that one doctor was known by patients as the candy man and was prescribing crazy dosing of oxycontin yet heard you had Sales Representatives greet with that doctor more than 300 times you saw details coming out from the d. O. J. And those involved with this prosecution a clearly very satisfied. The unlawful dangerous scheme 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 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 when we say Opioid Epidemic in the United States how big is that just for a view as outside of the country or maybe arent aware of the scale of it all. Well we got we have figures from the government here which suggested 470000 people since 2000 have died as a result of addiction and overdose i just found some new figures actually from the health and Human Services agency 2 out of 3 Drug Overdose deaths in 2018 involved and opioid but this is a really interesting interesting number terrifying number in 2018 an estimated 10300000 people age 12 or older misused opioids in the past year 6 specifically 9900000 people misused prescription pain relief it really was like but like you were talking about an 808000 people used heroin and thats also a really interesting angle to this is because having been prescribed prescription opioids when a lot of patients either couldnt afford their prescriptions anymore because of the for Profit Health care system here in the u. S. Or were denied them because they didnt really need them so Many Americans then turned to the black market heroin fenton though so it wasnt in some ways the opioids that the Purdue Pharma were encouraging doctors to prescribe then became a gateway drug to the drug abuse using illegal substances like heroin and fentanyl this is what was just so damaging across the u. S. She had on the political side of things is there significance in the fact that this is being pushed through by the d. O. J. The department of justice just 2 weeks before the president ial election. Theres been a lot of reporting already done which suggests the d. O. J. Of the trumpet ministration in particular was very keen to reach a settlement before the election so that donald trump can go particularly to rural areas where opioid addiction was particularly high although the nationwide and say look i promised you we would crack down on Nuclear Addiction on the big pharma and other you know the Campaign Promise and here it is weve got Purdue Pharma to pay 8000000000. 00 and admit their guilt however as i suggested earlier the a lot of state attorney general saying no this is too soon for a start to follow the Sackler Family the sakhalin name you make seal around the world on culture institutions that money that the cyclist only made was from opioids they had a direct role in the marketing the whole strategy of marketing oxycontin theyre not really being held accountable these are just spread sheet numbers as the cost of doing business as things stands partly because per who is in is in bankruptcy proceedings asako family and Corporate Executives avoiding prosecution themselves criminal prosecutions themselves for the moment and lots of other legal legal. Processes on the way there they say look this is too soon were still getting depositions from the Sackler Family from others about how much they made what their involvement is and youve already settled and that there is that suspicion that this isnt really holding anyone to account its too soon and its for trust political gain and once again as we often see in the us these at least fines turn out to be just a cost of doing business for companies that have a billions and billions of dollars and caused enormous amounts of damage she had her times the reporting from washington d. C. She had thank you. Lets look at nigeria where protests against Police Brutality were protesters defying a 24 hour curfew as well as a call for calm directly from the president mohamed bihari. 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. And then there are these videos emerging of men in uniform opening fire killing people in lagos on tuesday they are in uniform as you say but Security Forces are denying any involvement here is in a budget with more. 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 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 the identified people protesters say its not them one of the 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 in lagos despite the run around the clock car fuel being put in place the governor has addressed the lagos state community asking them to calm down asking for patience while this is being sorted out. There are protests in sudan as well with Security Forces have fired tear gas at people complaining about the cost of living the annual inflation rate hit a record peak of more than 200 percent last month Transitional Governments struggle to revive sudans economy after the overthrow of president of the shia last year morgan with more from him. 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 to 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 abdullah 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. Insists the ban or gatherings will be overturned if there is no more violence thousands of people have rallied for 8 consecutive days in defiance of the ban they want the Prime Minister go on as well as reforms to the morning kate. Excuse me. Hong kongs main airline is having its wings clipped because of the disastrous consequences of the Coronavirus CrisisCathay Pacific so nonstop a major restructuring 6000 jobs will go and its regional subsidiary airline will be closed as well or it slowly has more on cafes planned for survival. Cathay pacific only recently began recovering from protests in hong kong but badly hit demand last year but the pen demick dealt a 2nd blow with International Borders closed the Hong Kong Based ally and 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. 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 and ways for bankruptcy protection in maine 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 forecasts 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 Health Survey that a lot of people are looking to use to open up orders and sell music or games so if the industry get behind Something Like that with governments around the world except that the airlines like out they wouldnt be in such trouble its called the common pass and aims to be the 1st globally recognized 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 state line slowly aljazeera on the import. In the news ahead pakistan announces a record rise in the number of coronavirus deaths weve got reaction coming from islamabad and rescue teams in vietnam preparing for catastrophic flooding to get even worse. Hello at the moment the weather throughout the Arabian Peninsula right up to the caucasus is quiet as not entirely true in the eastern med this circulation has given some wonderful thunderstorms in crete what if youre there you may not think so drifts of hail on the ground and the influence of that is increased the breeze and so dance attempts are trying to come down in beirut and jerusalem for example for the having a hard time really otherwise things are about where they should be allowed to breeze coming down through iraq in the gulf and it was doha 31 degrees a little bit below average but not a big surprise really it is a dry time the its true throughout north africa as well it should be true pretty soon. And south sudan but as yet there are still a few showers every day the main rain is further assayas Lake Victoria areas are 3 uganda rwanda and burundi and further west and got all this rain will go further south and it stretches fingers down every now and again you might even find a little tropical circulation developing not far from madagascar but i think not. For the assassin back at a particular thank you botswana and south africa god is the northeast its been particularly warm and that warms has driven the building of clouds and shark has attempted dropping a little bit and there are a few shows whats on the storms around. But. He began it was undergoing it just here i got shot i fall down i felt like i was that a documentary filmmaker once granted unconditionally his line of contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainment is really unnecessary all this misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer in this way it is unacceptable and refugees stand on to 0. Roof. Oh oh. With the release of the top stories the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs make it has pleaded guilty for its role in americas Opioid Epidemic and is to be fined more than 8000000000. 00 and a half a 1000000 deaths are linked to the addictive prescription painkiller oxycontin. In Lagos NigeriaSecurity Forces have reportedly fired on protesters again on wednesday despite a 24 hour curfew crowds of returns to the streets to demonstrate against Police Brutality. And in sudan Security Forces have been firing tear gas at protesters there complaining about the cost of living the Transitional Government struggle to revive the economy after the overthrow of president on 1. 00 of the shia last. A Memorial Service is being held in france right now for the teacher who was beheaded samuel patti killed after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students and 18 year old from chechnya in russia was shot dead by police after fridays attack 7 suspects have been taken to an Antiterrorism Court for questioning by a judge well short time ago the french president who manuma tweeted this photo in memory of the 47 year old who has now been awarded the highest honor for service 2 fronts smith with more than paris. Emmanuel micron will award the leisure to some your patsy at the sorbonne some your party was a teacher and so bonnies of course frances most celebrated university while much of france was understandably horrified by the gruesome brutality of this murder of this teacher mccrone is under pressure from the far right to be seen to be acting he has an eye on the elections in 2022 when hes likely count or least likely opponent will again be Marine Le Pen from the far right only a couple of weeks ago macron was promising to crack down on what he called islamic separatism this was his idea that conservative islamic beliefs are trying to eclipse the more liberal beliefs of the French Republic but as this happens as the ceremony goes on in the strange cities of bordeaux. The police are being asked to provide protection to mosques because theyve received threats of violence the prosecutors been giving more details about the case and how it came to this 18 year old chechen was able to identify some your party and he says that the students who identified that teacher were paid about 400. 00 to them for just 14 and 15 years old and they gave a description of the teacher and stayed with the killer as he went to attack the teacher now the students say that they were told by this killer that he was simply going to make mr patsy apologize on video for showing these caricature walls of the Prophet Muhammad. I mean is Prime Minister nicole passion young says there is no diplomatic solution to the not going to about conflict at least for now hes pointed to multiple breaches of the latest ceasefire sporadic fighting between armenia and azerbaijan has been going on for most of the 3 weeks now going to back itself internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but it is controlled by ethnic on medians the countrys last for a war over the region back in 91 or. The intensity of the latest conflict is bringing further trauma to a new generation that the going to cut about main city of stepanek been hit almost constantly by shelling challenges theyre looking at the impact the damage you can see here was done in the 1st week of the recent fighting when a Cluster Munition fell in this residential street instapundit destroying cars and damaging buildings. But in recent days things have the slightly the last explosions in the city were on saturday morning so people are coming out of the bomb shelters and starting to go about their daily lives again on the front lines though things are very different there have been intense clashes in recent days some 700 plus armenians have now lost their lives the azerbaijanis dont release dates for their soldiers killed in battle and what we felt coming in to step down occurred was the the Armenian Military presence on the roads between armenia the panic is increasing difficultly they know that they are losing territory to the azeris and theyre stepping up their differences. Afghanistan and at least 25. 00 security personnel have been killed in attacks by the taliban according to the government it happened in the Northern Province of takar the government also says 115. 00 taliban fighters have died in the last 24 hours the talibans intensified its attacks in recent weeks even as the peace talks with the Afghan Government are ongoing here in doha and a stampede in a sports stadium in afghanistans killed at least 12 women they were among thousands of other afghans sent to the stadium in jalalabad to apply for visas to pakistan the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after a 7 month pause because of coronavirus restrictions. The group says a replacement camp for more than 8000. 00 refugees on the greek island of boss is not fit for the coming winter aid workers say there is no Running Water and refugees also have no access to legal aid thousands of people were relocated there after a fire destroyed their camp last month aid organizations in greece are appealing to the European Union for help. The u. S. Government says nearly 300000 more americans have died this year compared to the annual average the c. D. C. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says most fatalities are linked to coronavirus with black and hispanic americans disproportionately affected the c. D. C. Says the total number of virus related deaths is likely to be higher than the official tally indicates and pakistans coronavirus death well thats increased over 140 percent in the past week prompting fears of a 2nd wave as winter approaches pakistans recorded more than 320000 infections with at least 6600 deaths reports from islamabad. Although pakistan has won praise from the International Community for the way and richard hand going to depend demick there are alarming signs that the 2nd wave corden out in pakistans progress and accomplishments against goldberg 19th and damning the government of god had worn the day had been 144 percent increase in the number of mortality rate from this particular friend they make and also did a warning from the pakistani Prime Minister that the situation could get worse if people do not follow d. S. O. Big. Government also find it between a rock and a hard place on the one hand different imported lockdowns that threatens livelihoods and can cause other problems that read about all of our businesses are already facing the impact of the government Lockdown People wont follow the social distancing rules im worried there will be a new spike and the government will again impose a lockdown which this time will ruin our businesses we have also been talking to the medical community as to what has led to this alarming rise in the mortality rate when it comes to forward 19 it has come to both me from the public side as little or meant so he passes the spendings idea and freedom of the people that has decreased and then stopped following the recipes and in the same times these are being eased from the government start as well and theyre not following those as well peace and implementing on the general public so definitely dont have leaving pleasing their mythology and at the same think even if its just read off spreading but at the same time the opposition will accuse the government of undermining their protests the doctor then the medical community of course have been warning against all large gatherings where did it did the all pollution or the Ruling Government Party id whiting again state my thing that pakistan did well again. Because it had a young population unlike your auto the main question right now is what happens within the next few weeks clear warnings that depend i may quote once again reiterate ted and i would take and more deadly wave. One of the big concerns about the upcoming us elections how few polling stations will actually be open. Burnham of the majority of poll workers are over 60 years old so many of them a pretty hesitant to work because of the pat demick thats led to a high profile recruitment drive targeting young people to help out more with patti telling. Us elections need thousands of people to make everything work jacki names handed out ballots even doling out those stickers usually the majority of these temporary workers are older but given their risk for corona virus many said they would sit this year out sending Election Officials scrambling are down about 50 percent say its 20000 people who are trying to recruit to be election judges as a result the state of maryland is closing about 80 percent of the places where people usually vote but in some cases theyre opening up larger facilities like this arena hoping that just fewer workers can help many more voters all of these places are even though in the local. Trace persuasion routes so. In order to. Use theres nearly blew the center or even as an election day. There are crime its within a certain distance to a close. But during the primary fewer places meant longer lines in many States Election lawyers fear the shortage of poll workers could be exploited in some areas to hurt democrats weve seen unfortunately more voters of color being affected by those poll closings than consolidations some counties you know specifically targeted minority communities for these closures and consolidations so now superstar athletes like Le Bron James and others are getting involved using their celebrity and their money to recruit poll workers especially for minority areas its got done kumble is the codirector of power the polls and he says theyve been able to recruit more than half a 1000000 young people what were doing is were really trying to go where young people are these days. Which social media and so one of the one of the reasons for organization is you know Election Officials dont know how to run its graham had somehow run snap chat ads so really working closely with like snap to try to get young people and if we have we have succeeded and this is expected to be an election like no other record turnout in the midst of a pandemic at a u. S. President hoping to cast doubt on the elections credibility his opponents thinking creatively about how to give him one less reason to do that particular thing al jazeera maryland. 12 days of heavy rain and floods of led to the deaths of more than 100 people in vietnam entire villages have been evacuated and with a Tropical Storm expected this weekend rescue teams are having to prepare for worse to come more from kathy lopez other young. The scale of devastation is overwhelming days of heavy rain floods and mudslides in Central Vietnam have swept away entire communities thousands have lost their homes and millions are affected in parts of quantum province the floods are inescapable all these vietnamese can do is stand on the roof of their home waiting and hoping for help. I mean i have not eaten since yesterday the floodwaters now the level of my roof we have nothing no food no phone nothing a rescue unit carries the body of a colleague who didnt survive more than 100 vietnamese have also lost their lives in the disaster about a 3rd of them soldiers. Outside this hospital staff and patients wait for help everything inside is flooded and the government warns things could get worse as Tropical Storm saw dell approaches. With all their possessions gone many have also lost their source of income and as immediate 700000 livestock have been killed or swept away in the heavy rain. But. Its a similar story in neighboring cambodia where dozens of people have been killed and entire villages evacuated and there is already widespread flooding in the philippines. Back in vietnam rescue teams are preparing for the worst for whats already being described as the worst floods there in decades. Aljazeera. Half past the hour and these are the headlines the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs make a purchase has pleaded guilty for its role in americas appeal at epidemic theyre a huff a 1000000 deaths are linked to the addictive prescription painkiller oxycontin its manufacturer is admitting to