Colombian capital. And in a major sft, the he ofhe catholichurch voices his support for samesex unions, saying they too have a right to a family. Nigerian protesters have defied a curfew and faced off against Security Forces in their biggest city. Demonstrations against Police Brutality threatened to paralyze the nation. The 24 hour curfew has been imposed in the financial heart of africas largest economy. Security forces fired at protesters later tuesday, drawing international condemnation. Amnesty International Says at least 12 people were killed that night, blaming the violence on the military. The government has not confirmed that, but the nigerian parliaments speaker says it is clear there were casualties. It has been more than two weeks since young people began demonstrating against Police Brutality after a video of a man being beaten by officers, allegedly from the special antirobbery squad known as sars, went viral. We have a report from the capital. Reporter in Early Morning f
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 adm
Were told that look you know we we have a we have a robust just to make sure that the only people who need the opioid together we have here is 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 headlines nigeria where protesters against Police Brutality are defying a 24 hour curfew and a call for calm from president muhammadu buhari. 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 bus a large fire was burning at a bus station. In Sudan Security forces of fired tear gas at protesters complaining about the cost of living the Transitional Government struggled to revive the economy after the overthrow of president obama last year. Thailands Prime Minister says he is prepared to lift the emergency measures imposed to stop protests there probably if the general trend si
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