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you. protest as a defying around the clock curfew in lagos nigeria after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. protestors out wherever sudan's struggling economy hit with tear gas by police. coronavirus cutbacks at cathay pacific hong kong's flag carrier announced a $6000.00 redundancies and the end of its regional subsidiary. will start this hour with a crisis that's 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 country's opioid epidemic in a deal with the u.s.

government's the company pled guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of $8300000000.00 more details now with she had britannica's following the story in washington she had. we're 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 we're 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 we're now seeing and the releases from the d j and state attorneys general like the one we're about to hear are saying it's 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 i'm 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 ninety's with her 2 pharma actively suddenly deciding to promote opioids as i'm 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 that's why in fact a lot of attorney generals around the country and democratic congress people say actually this simply isn't enough this headline looks amazing but actually it's just a little end up being a bit of a blip on

a spreadsheet and doesn't 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 that's 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 isn't good enough this doesn't hold the executives accountable it doesn't 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 we're 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 nigeria's commercial capital a large fire was burning at a bus station. there's 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 it's all from many tourists in a picture security officers are still out on the streets so some individuals many of them we've seen over the last few hours we've seen videos of some people even going into people's house trying to break into their cars break into rooms apart from the violence we've seen earlier today they want out reports of a section of the nigerian port authority building in a set on fire and we've 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 it's 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 we've 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 sudan's 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 that's because they do not accept this use of force by security forces now many of them also say that they're 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. thailand's prime minister says he's 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 kong's main airline is having its wings clipped because of the disastrous consequences of the coronavirus crisis cathay 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 it's announced it will cut nearly a quarter of its stock and shut down its regional human cathay dragon analysts say they're 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 it's 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 it's 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 it's only by a small step clients leigh al-jazeera 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. presidential election. and rescue teams in vietnam they're preparing for catastrophic flooding to get even worse. hallo's a couple days of rain coming through japan it is this cloud here that's all part of a frontal system whose northern end is wintry and has dropped the temperature in harbin to 8 degrees that's 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 it's probably still going to be potentially

a flash flood but i don't think it's 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 viet-nam to even be that as it is south of that has been a gap and then you've 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 it's. a simple time. inform us. unconventionality of life witnessed through the lens of the human mind. is what inspires scientists. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. with al-jazeera these are the top stories this hour the u.s. justice department says the drug's manufacturer of perjury pharma has pleaded guilty for its role in america's 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 it's sod's the special anti robbery squad. it's been driven though at the protests in part by high profile musicians on social media for example nigeria's 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 who've 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 he's 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 we've had this particular situation come up with saws of the last 4 years it's been suspended numerous times and so it's 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 what's 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 friday's attack 7 suspects have been taken to an antiterrorism court for questioning by

a judge the head of that memorial service the french president a man you're micron has been on twitter he put up this photo in memory of the 47 year old who has been awarded the highest honor for service to from its bernard smith in paris with more on this one burn and what's expected from this ceremony in paris emmanuel micron will award the late john dollar to some your party at the sorbonne some your party was a teacher and so bonnie's of course france's most celebrated university while much of france was understandably horrified by the gruesome brutality of this murder of this teacher macron is under pressure from the far right to be seen to be acting he has an eye on the elections in 2022 when he's likely can 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 weave clips the more liberal beliefs of the french republic but as this happens as the ceremony goes on in the spanish cities of bordeaux and busy day the police are being asked to provide protection to mosques because they've received threats of violence burnet i mentioned there is an antiterrorism court in play at the moment what is the judge the prosecutor i'm sorry. there's the prosecutor's been giving more details about the case and how it came that this 18 year old chechen was able to identify some real patsy 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 petit apologize on video for showing these caricature walls of the prophet muhammad he was going to humiliate the teacher and hit him no indication a tall students had any idea of the extreme violence that was about to be the chechen was about to deliver on their on that teacher the prosecutors also said that the father of a student to process posted a face book video angrily criticizing the teacher could possibly be charged with inciting the attack on this teacher so that is how this investigation is panning out of the moment thank you for those updates bernard smith in paris i mean is prime minister nicole partin yun says there is no diplomatic solution to the new going to come out about conflict at least for now he's pointed to multiple breaches of the latest ceasefire sporadic fighting between armenia and azerbaijan has been going on now for more than 3 weeks in nagorno-karabakh an internationally

recognized part of as a by john but one that is controlled by ethnic armenians the country's last full of war over the region 994 the intensity of this latest conflict is bringing further trauma to a new generation we're going to main city. been hit almost constantly by shelling rory chalons is there assessing 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 instead panic at 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 $700.00 plus armenians have now lost their lives the azerbaijanis don't

release data for their soldiers killed in battle 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 they're stepping up their differences. at least $25.00 afghan 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 taliban's been tense of fighting attacks in recent weeks even as peace talks with the afghan government are ongoing here in doha also a stampede at a sports stadium in afghanistan has killed at least 12 women they were among other afghans sends to the stadium in jalalabad to apply for visas to pakistan the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after

a 7 month course because of coronavirus restrictions. the a group of oxfam says a replacement camp for more than $8000.00 refugees on the greek island of last boss is not fit for the coming winter aid workers say there's no running water and refugees have no access to legal aid thousands of people were relocated after a fire destroyed their camp last month aid organizations in greece are appealing to the european union for help. well but concerns about the upcoming u.s. election is how few polling stations will actually be open the majority of poll workers are over 60 years old and so many are hesitant to work because of the pandemic so lead to a high profile recruitment drive targeting young people to help out more in this report from patika line. of. u.s.

elections need thousands of people to make everything work check the 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 we're down about 50 percent that's $20000.00 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 they're opening up larger facilities like this arena hoping that just fewer workers can help many more voters on these places are even though in local. transportation routes so. in order to. use there's nearly clothing or even as an election. there are requirements within a certain distance to close. but during the primary fewer places meant longer lines in many states election lawyers fear this shortage of poll workers could be

exploited in some areas to hurt democrats we've 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 it's got done kumble is the co-director of power the polls and he says they've been able to recruit more than half a 1000000 young people what we're doing is we're 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 don't know how to run instagram had somehow run snap chat ads so we're 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 and a us 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 part francis has told the makers of a documentary that homosexuals should be protected by civil union voles in the film francesco he refers to those in a same sex relationship as quote children of god he speaks of his time as the archbishop of buenos aires where he opposed legislation to approve for same sex marriage but supported legal protection for gay couples. on the days of heavy rain and floods have 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 on the preparing for worse cuts yet lopez other young reports. 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 flood water is now the level of my roof we have nothing no food no phone nothing a rescue unit carries the body of a colleague who didn't survive more than $100.00 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 so down 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. it's 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 what's already being described as the worst floods there in decades. is of a young al-jazeera. at how fast they are these are the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. justice department says the drugs make a farmer has pleaded guilty for its role in america's opioid epidemic it admitted to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a settlement of more than

a $1000000000.00 sheppard tansey has more from washington the powder form a misled the drug enforcement administration about the sort of oversight of the.