ready was. a leading pharmaceutical company is accused of fueling america's opioid epidemic by aggressively pushing its painkillers and downplaying their risks it follows the release of e-mails as part of a multi district lawsuit. hong kong is gripped by protests for the 13th weekend running with rioters throwing petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas and water cannon we look at how a figurehead of the opposition honed his skills abroad. and pakistan's prime minister warns of a looming a direct military confrontation with india over kashmir it comes as india says is ready for talks of pakistan but only in an atmosphere free of violence.

hello you're watching r.t. international i'm rosana lockwood thank you for joining us. recently unsealed court documents reveal that a u.s. pharmaceuticals company conspired to aggressively push its opioid painkillers screenshots of email correspondence published in a multi district opioid lawsuit have led to accusations the purge you farmer caused america's biggest drug epidemic the company is also accused of downplaying the risks of addiction this led to doctors prescribing its pills to patients even with only minor pains with further details his caleb moore and. usa is in the midst of an ongoing opioid epidemic.

in the. in response to the opioid epidemic 48 different us states have taken action against produce pharma a drug manufacturer owned by the sackler family now even the company itself admits that those affected should get help as soon as possible while purdie farmer is prepared to defend itself vigorously in the opioids a geisha the company has made clear that it sees little good coming from here so it's a geisha and the pills that people and communities affected by the opiate crisis need help now now it's certainly commendable the focus on helping victims rather than simply avoiding blame what's a 1000000 e-mails that have just been released show the sackler family and produce pharmaceuticals in a rather negative light richard sackler then the president oversaw the creation of some public health advocacy groups it's implied that the american pain society and

the now defunct american pain foundation operated almost as front groups then president richard sackler explained his motives our goal is to buying these organizations more closely to us than here to for but also to align them with our expanded mission and to see that the fate of our products are next to it could we pound up with the trajectory of the pain movement and these organizations works to convince the us public that pain related issues were not being properly addressed however that's not all the e-mails have shown dr kathleen foley a neurologist who was also a paid speaker for produce pharma urged richard sackler to expand and to collaborate with other drug companies who stood to make a profit from an expansion of pain awareness. i'm thinking of an alternative strategy of bringing together all the members of the pharmaceutical industry who have allergies or drugs out there and try to come together as a sort of the he's if recognizing that your particular drug has been recently identified in the newspapers as

a drug issue the pain awareness campaign may have resulted in giving some people a temporary buzz but the pain felt by u.s. society in the aftermath of the resulting opioid epidemic is far greater interior is clear that purdue pharma and other manufacturers from very early on were interested in one thing and that was their bottom line they were really indifferent to the well being of patients who would actually be taking the opioids that they were peddling and their wanted gender was to make money so pilate manufacturers played a major role in the current american hope you would have to demick they were not the sole and to be responsible for the epidemic but without their involvement i highly doubt this epidemic would have come to pass it was their misrepresentation of the risks and benefits of pain killers that led 1st and foremost to an epidemic

of overprescribing pain killers for minor and chronic pain conditions which ultimately gave way to the current epidemic of opiate addiction and overdose death . well we have asked purdue pharma for comment and we'll of course bring you any response they give us. in texas shootings in the cities of midland and odessa have left 5 people dead and 21 injured police have confirmed that the gunman has been shot and killed at the synergy cinema in odessa authorities say there are no other active shooters the victims include at least 3 members of law enforcement a possible 2nd shooter was reported earlier but it now appears there was only one gunman present trump has been briefed on the situation and it is as police chief had spoken to reporters. to jewish and started about 317 this afternoon why did p.s. trooper attempted to stop a gold honda. when the d.p.s.

rebirth got the car start he was then shot by the occupant of the car the american continued westbound into the city of odessa we have at least 21 victims 21 shooting victims and at least 5 this east at this point on the subject was contacted by a law enforcement and. an exchange of gunfire happened to have that subject is deceased at that location. clashes have erupted in hong kong where police people took to the streets of spite a planned protest having been banned by the authorities for fear of renewed violence despite the ban 1000 started marching peacefully early on saturday through the city center of unrest later broke out with police resorting to tear gas and water cannon infuse a blue dye of demonstrators hold petrol bombs. the

. police have warned that anyone taking part in saturday's action may face prosecution u.s. president donald trump has commented on the current tensions between hong kong and china saying the n.t. beijing protests should be handled in a humane fashion. i think of a word for the drake. song sung would be a much bigger job i think it would have been much for a ballad i really believe john wants to make a deal and they know it puts us in a very bad position if there's not a huge me way of handling the problems and i'd let them know that. handle it in

a humane fashion the chinese ministry of foreign affairs has expressed its discontent with the white house for showing empathy with what he calls radicalized protesters on friday 2 more protest leaders were arrested on suspicion of organizing an authorised rallies but were released on bail one of them goes to prominence 5 years ago during the umbrella movement protests only god was the was. was was. was.

we will continue. no matter how the rest of us. well josh a wanker who we just saw there is one of the natives of the current protests and apparently he hunted his skill several years ago as a patrol explains. he's only $22.00 but he's already backed himself at least a few lines in the history books joshua wong has already served several prison sentences he's a leader of a political party he's followed 530-0000 users on twitter has invited to speak on the most prominent international news channel clearly your message to anyone who has demonstrated previously is disregards to come out and demonstrate again. yeah that's our up and running us now on the phone is pro-democracy activist from hong kong joshua wa he was an independent inquiry into

police abuse you've been very critical of the police tactics he has just got out of prison at 3 and a half hours ago just so how does it feel to be free to issue a warning is frank he'd love a bit of western support i hope you as a politician they should take a more active to support hong kong democrat high station to ensure the interests of you asked citizens in hong kong. and prolific go and economic freedom in hong kong can still be guaranteed in the future and apparently he's highly admired by many in america joshua wong went to washington in 2015 to get an award from freedom house and n.g.o.s which power gets most of its funding from u.s. government grants and a couple of years american lawmakers nominated the young man and his associates for the noble peace prize this month it was revealed his in touch with american

diplomats in hong kong after he was photographed meeting the political unit chief of the local u.s. consul general the activist said he thought there's no big deal about it even went to washington several times so what's so special about mit in the u.s. consul chinese authorities though have been making it clear they are firmly against other countries getting involved. in the hong kong situation it's you would you that we are strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to carping remarks in the g 7 leaders statement acting as the backseat driver on hong kong affairs we have time and again emphasized that hong kong affairs are purely the internal affairs of china and no foreign government organization or individual has the right to intervene however some of the protest skills george szell wong and his fellow activists have up their sleeves were picked up from abroad in the build up to the 2014 hong kong uprising the folks from the so-called 000 freedom forum share their

protest expertise with joe show wall and co today he's calm for the democratic political reforms are the only way forward for hong kong and he says he won't shy away from challenging the most senior officials at home and in beijing. and we spoke to china's specialist and he says the unrest in hong kong is being stirred up by external activists. this in report of the sun is this the middle of the train in the all slow freedom forum. which of course is involved in a lot of these there's a lot of trading. trading on tactics of some of. the establishment tactics the so-called civil disobedience act it's so i think that there's also the funds. supported by international organizations

including the national endowment for democracy of the united states of course you know as they said they were quite a country and this organization has an n.c.o. support about the seas around the world but all the other hand is to link directly . this kind of influence but only had it was those. militants are highly trained to look at the way that. and also policy in those sort of sending messages and so on up. in other news this hour pakistan's prime minister has warned about a looming a direct military confrontation with india over kashmir during demonstrations in islamabad on friday imran khan urged the world to address the issue in order to avoid a catastrophic war when muslims are oppressed those who we call the international community those bodies who are supposed to uphold justice signed it our army is ready to respond to any move against the free kashmir but the world must know that

when there are 2 states with nuclear weapons that clash will impact not only the subcontinent but the whole. the region in question kashmir is located in the north of india pakistan both countries lay claim to the area with the un describing it as a disputed territory a so-called line of control remains a defacto border in kashmir maintains its own administration have early this month india revoked its special tanami status and fired at the indian foreign minister said the country would be willing to enter talks with pakistan but only in an atmosphere free of terror and violence the un prohibits changes to any disputed territory it's also fit the catchments muslim majority population could be targeted by people of other faiths in the region the dispute over the territory has been ongoing for more than 70 years without a solution. well

from a perspective we heard from java draw on a islam about based experts on political and geo strategic issues and syria iran chillier who's a professor from the gentile school of international affairs. you know even in round. all secretary the prime minister's office has been trying to do the country don electricity because it did not include their news so all i think this you know of many of these threats and warnings are mainly alarmist in nature and are intended to provoke international intervention when one of the obvious imran

khan published was in the new york times so clearly he's aiming at the western. liberal establishment and possibly even to again reading each president on iraq from the east village to have negotiations and dogs but not the you know the the gun gets ahead you know and that's the emotion of that man so i think the emotional argument of our son is not we need. the viewpoints more divided and the need to look at it rationally in the moment the other i think you know much more calm and a gradual anonymization of the situation indeed part of the region has been under threat of force mark one month people are dying of starvation not because of neck or medicine nearly $100000.00 middle period about only drops out of their back to flex their. muscles every conceivable mattered to suppress this uprising

i think what is a likely scenario is that this will not only do the gotten it's going to be lifted and it will have to lift the going to close to one month now and remember back in the gulf was lifted that means more tragic stories that we are human company all the scale of the operation the number of the people who have who have died in these workers and the number of the people who have been illegally detained by the indian school and forces. us democratic presidential hopeful joe biden has been out making his case as to why he should get his party's nomination but some of the stories he's been telling while campaigning about what he was in afghanistan have turned out to be not entirely true and it's not the 1st time either. young navy captain up in the mountains of colorado around afghanistan one of his

buddies got shot fell down a ravine of the sky climb down or a green card this guy up on his back under fire general want to me to pin the silver star on. i love this place i look what's not to like about from on terms of the beauty of it and want to leave town. and. watch what happens those kids should park and came up to see moonalice vice president they want to know that and so some of you covered. international leaders spoke about you had people like margaret thatcher you had people like. i know every one of these leaders except i don't know the new prime minister of of of england he looks like don't show up i don't know. 4 kids or just as brady just says talons white kids well known saying time certain issues of saying she's been my friend.

newly released e-mails reveal how chemical shot months attempted to discredit an action group campaigning against its weed killer moms across america had raised the alarm about the use of one of the company's leading products called roundup. that's your enemy beat the out of them and put them on the defensive and you won't have this problem i have been arguing for a week to beat the shit out of them and i have clearly lost we don't want to be seen as beating up on mothers nobody will listen to it anyway it has to be done by 3rd parties in 2030 the action group sent an open letter to month centers top management calling on them to stop selling g.m.o. seeds and spraying costs with life to sate and other pesticides moms across america's director told us why the organization promotes organic farming. all we

need to do is to take matters into our own hands and to make sure that the suit supply is safe and that our families are not exposed to toxic chemicals and what we've done is created a moms across america gold standard and so this is a new seal of approval that brands can get to show that they're not only organic. but they've gone the extra mile and gotten pesticide testing done their packaging might even be biodegradable fairtrade is used to namely raised animal products is used and they support the transition from g.m.o. chemical farming to regenerative organic farming and so as a mother and mothers by 85 percent of the food we believe that they are listening to us and that it does make a difference and we ask all of the consumers ringback out there to continue speaking up and to go to moms across america dot org and find out more about our gold standard that will be launching next month. and it's not just moms across

america that's been targeted by the sun to documents reveal the company also operated a so-called intelligence of fusion center and its aim was to monitor and discredit critics who claim that glyphosate the main ingredient to monsanto's weed killer is extremely dangerous to human health life as it is a herbicide and as a crop drying agent after it sprayed on crops it ends up in food and tap water and several lawsuits monsanto's life's a base product was ruled to have caused cancer however the company states that its product is safe to use and it has appealed against the verdicts moms across america's direct again told us this shows the company's disregard for public health . this is an example of the type of mentality that g.m.o. companies have and that shows a complete disregard for public health and this is very disturbing considering that our government would like to now into the hands of regulation into the hands of these companies they are they are proposing to allow g.m.o.

companies to dish sellers determine whether or not their products are safe or not and so as a mother does doesn't make any sense to me at all that the mentality of these types were the type of people will have control over whether or not our supply is safe that's extremely disturbing to me and must not happen at all our government must regulate g.m.o. those and they must be able to determine whether or not they're safe or not and these emails are a very good example exactly why that must happen. indonesia will be moving its capital away from jakarta to a new location on the island of borneo which is the largest in asia they didn't even government plans to begin relocating the capital from 2024 in a move prompted by jakarta's growing environmental challenges.

to casa is also facing another pressing problem the illegal draining of aquifer by both locals the distress is causing massive lands of silence and has put many buildings on the brink of collapse we also do maisons for therefore it's in the plan to move the capital to borneo. i mean danny. i believe the government has a strong reason to move the capital city so i have to agree with the decision that well i agree with the relocation but attention should be also given to people our economy struggling there is unemployment and many companies are collapsing. but is that yes the just i don't agree with this jakarta has already become the sense of

life whereas the new area is not ready it's still jungle enough you know the reasons for moving the capital were the traffic the sinking and flooding i don't agree with that because the president promised to fix out of the rather cation of all how development across only reassurance that i am in favor of. your news round up i'm words on a lot could not be back here in 30 minutes time with more headlines from around the world see that.

see globalists are actually goes back or occupation we started that really before occupy wall street before the revolution in cairo before obviously the goal in france or the protests in hong kong they're all connected all these protests are connected they're all connected to a rebellion against the out money and banks they're all global in structure is bankrupt. when it comes down to it. it is no actually that i think one can say oh well the russians are all bad to certainly is not the case that the west is all good they're all absolutely things that the west needs to be doing and what i would like to see is much much less. counter-productive rhetorical struggles we see against russia that it's you know if it's become an easy way getting certain the audiences to approach you is to come up with cheap russian bashing.

so who is christopher manny well i grew up in several small towns throughout the midwest. from a good christian family. and joined the national guard and then eventually college and along force. i did 13 a half years work in the street here everybody who was in my p. knew that they could trust including the street people. you know a lot of people don't realize but i was a single parent reason to jetstar. places retraces guys. were returning next my kids are of a different race today we are going to go through the autopsy report exaggerated and why couldn't you just talk to the fact matter is next only to training and the

attack was so quick and so violent you know i kept pushing off and he just kept texting what was going through your mind at that point. just to houston if you don't think. we've got a 14 bar shot. and 15 girls shot. there's no stiffening. for a bird or bird gunpowder particles on the skin surrounding any of the entrances so . that fire was not what that strategist says a quest for manny when he shot the set this at a fair bit of a rock song but it's travel back our. hands he had a friend on the right side of the. couch this may come with a kind of face that pressed for may have. been one of the top point poured out of fire are. meeting with the district attorney we were provided with photographs of christopher manny the day of the incident. there were no visible injuries to his

head his neck his face the shoulders his back there was a very small abrasion or a laceration to his thumb. there was a. where you said you don't know if you think you can see i don't even know what i was. told. right i mean they're all in there no never you got here or so these would have been. you know if you've been struck. instantly i remember touching my head and i really felt like my brains i mean oh. i remember an officer touched me on the shoulder and i said how bad is it i can lift my brains porno and he said no you've got smarts got sprucing you've got some issues but your brains are untapped.

market police department has conducted a comprehensive internal investigation into the officer involved shooting of dawn train hamilton and red arrow park on april 30th 2014 based on the comprehensive internal investigation i signed an order terminating christopher manny from his employment with the milwaukee police department earlier today. in this case there's your man either produce this individual as though you were a criminal suspect even though the officer sofer reported that he thought he had mental problems upon his approach the training to deal with the mentally ill people tells you. again absent the behaving in so many sitting fashion objective only the putting your hands on them is almost the worst thing you can do and fine says officer christopher manning or in jazz by not following proper police training and protocol it's important to keep in mind that i ruled that the officer violated our

core value of competence and i fired. d.h. jobs to assess criminality going to that are not going to. have to have to travel. and i was very surprised that the decision to terminate christopher manny didn't relate to the shooting at all. related to the fact that he felt that the after surge was improper. that the chief made the decision based on this officer not following procedures in order to move the ending trey's life and i think that was a good decision. but he still wants his officers to face criminal charges 2. good evening ladies and gentlemen our police commissioner i'm here today on behalf of my police to present the eligibility of the appointments and police officers who stand here before you as a diverse and not proud of the cheap.