Drumming home an antigovernment message in colombia Indigenous People converge on the capital. And the nigerian protestors have defied a curfew and faced off against Security Forces in the countrys biggest city as demonstrations against Police Brutality threaten to paralyze the nation a 24 hour curfew has been imposed in lagos the financial heart of africas largest economy thats where Security Forces fired at protesters late on tuesday drawing International Condemnation the Rights Group 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 Parliament speaker says its clear that there were casualties its been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against Police Brutality after a video of a man being beaten by offices allegedly from the special anti robbery squad known as sars went viral i mean address has more from him which are. Security officers are still out on the streets so are 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 homes apart from the violence weve seen earlier today there was reports of a section of the nigerian port or forward to building in a set on fire and weve also seen how a television station was burnt a large section of it was a set of beliefs by some people and then the and identified people protesters say its not them one other independent channel was forced of the air because of what it called impending attack or in its time of need to operations in lagos eventually after a few hours the television station spec on and now and weve also seen how apart from that bus station with also seen how people are running helter skelter that means that the protests are still going on the latest by the run around the clock curfew will be put in place the governments address the lagos state community asking them to calm down asking for patience while this is being sorted out. Protests are taking place across the donnas anger rises over dial Living Conditions and a crackdown on demonstrators earlier this month the protests came on the anniversary of a 964. 00 uprising that ended 6 years of military rule so don is currently ruled by a Transitional Government after mass protests toppled former dictator around bashir last year and im morgan has more from the scene of the protests in khartoum. Protesters in the tomb 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 28. 00 team 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 of the 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. The manufacturer of a powerful painkiller that helped to set off an Opioid Epidemic in the u. S. Will plead guilty to criminal charges as part of an 8000000000. 00 settlement. Makes the Prescription Drug oxycontin which is linked to an addiction crisis that killed more than 400000. 00 people in the last 20 years but the deal does not release any of the companys executives or owners including members of the wealthy secular family from criminal liability. 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 the 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 have attendees in washington d. C. She had is it felt that being held accountable. It depends on who you ask but a lot of people we have our say no 1st all that 8000000000. 00 figure. Its unlikely to be have a paid to farmers in bankruptcy and so the expected any settlement will be pennies on the dollar in all likelihood the Sackler Family you mentioned whose name we have seen on cultural institutions around the world well that the source of that largess was the billions of dollars they made from marketing falsely from from dangerously marketing and selling oxycontin about 225000. 00 as a result of this they keep most of our fortune when you think about what is being alleged here that the Sackler Family that the poa do Pharma Company made a decision in the ninetys to market aggressively what a drug which was known to be addictive and opioid from the same sources heroin and marketed as a cure all for all sorts of ailments bribe doctors and pharmacists to to prescribe it which then led to an Opioid Epidemic which that also led not just to prescription opioids epidemic but our fentanyl heroin epidemic and this is it is the question that were hearing just limit the amount of money that individual states of spend we were just hearing from from from someone you know on on health care on counseling on coroners all adoption facilities and so on as a result of this epidemic is way more in the trillions of dollars this doesnt this doesnt do it for them having said that there are many other legal avenues still open and it has also gone unnoticed and we are hearing more now about the possibility or the suspicion that the d. O. J. Really wanted to get this deal done before the election to meet a Trump Campaign promise from 2016 to hold big pharma accountable and crack down on those responsible for the Opioid Epidemic she have a chance of thank you very much indeed. A volunteer in the current Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine has died in brazil but all forces say testing will still continue brazilian media are reporting that the volunteer didnt receive the vaccine but a placebo the dose is being developed by astra zeneca and Oxford University which says there are new concerns about the childs safety its one of 2 potential vaccines currently undergoing Clinical Trials in brazil one of the nations worst hit by the virus will 154000 people there have been killed by code 19 and more than 5200000 infected. Pakistan says its coronavirus death rate has increased by 140 percent over the past week as pontiff is of a 2nd wave as winter approaches focused on the so far recorded more than 320000 infections with more than 6 and a half 1000 deaths come out hard to reports from the capital islamabad. Although pakistan has won trade from the International Community for the way and richard handled a pandemic there are alarming signs that the 2nd wave cord now threatened pakistans progress and accomplishments against corporate 19 pandemic the government of course has warned that there has been 140 percent increase in the number of mortality rate from this particular pandemic and also there is a warning from the pakistani Prime Minister that the situation could get worse if people do not follow dxo pay. The government also finds itself between a rock and a hard place on the one hand every day imported lockdowns that threatens livelihoods and can cause other problems as well our businesses are already facing the impact of the government lock down the 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 why it has led to this alarming rise in the mortality rate when it comes to coverage 19 it has come to both me and the public side a little moment for the passage of time in the idea and freedom of the people that has decreased and their scuffle in the recent weeks and at the same time people being eased from the government side as well and they are not following those s. O. B. s and implementing it on the general public so definitely that have leasing please in that modality and at the same things even if its just a rate of spending. But at the same time the opposition really acute the government of undermining their protests the doctors and the medical community of course have been warning against all large gatherings where that it is the operation of the Ruling Government Party advising against aids but saying that pakistan did well against it and they make because it has a young population unlike europe the main question right now is what happens within the next few weeks there are clear warnings that depend i may could once again rear its head and i would 2nd and more deadly waves. Oxfam says a replacement camp for more than 8000. 00 refugees on the greek island of lesbos is not fit for winter aid workers say theres no Running Water and refugees have no access to legal aid thousands of people were forced to relocate last month when a fire destroyed their camp aid organizations in greece are appealing to the European Union for help the terrifying. Law expert at the Greek Council for refugees she says e. U. Nations must open their doors if they really want to protect lives the greek government has announced that all Asylum Seekers would have been transferred to the east there in 2021 from the island i have however the location is taking place in the looming lung. There are the conditions are also very bad because of the situation. There is a worst of it by Asylum Seekers arriving from the islands. And the reception system in the mainland cannot hold. More under these care and conversations so responsibly because that was there goes well with other european members they they are more willing to a continued economically or. Providing. Providing infrastructure and if eyes and the capacity for greece calls the both of them to absolutely look a people in their counties. Which is very welcome but it is nothing now when it comes to the protection of lives of people think in greece and what needs to be done is those who are remove these people from these conditions and not can create another. The french president Emmanuel Mccall has led a National Tribute for the teacher who was beheaded in paris last week samuel petit was killed after showing his students cartoons of the prophet mohammed the suspected attacker an 18 year old from chechnya in russia was shot dead shortly after by police 7 suspects have been taken to an Antiterrorism Court for questioning. Still to come on aljazeera and elections staff in crisis that could prevent people from voting and the n. B. A. Superstar getting his own money in to solve it. Lights cameras but little action asias Biggest InternationalFilm Festival begins but without the usual glitz. Of. Well it seems so long ago that it was flooded in portugal nolen but this is just this past a cloud here that went through england during wednesday now inserted the pictures to take it out through denmark into the sun scandinavia finland push the snow northwards and leave behind a fairly cloudy picture with outbreaks of rain all over the place the women have dropped in france but that wind being a certainly has influenced the temperatures to the east its been really quite warm in germany some parts of last year well thats about to tail off now but maybe not immediately or quickly here just funny going back to normal in fact the place to watch from a breeze france germany switzerland where this is potential rain this is fairly heavy i think during friday but lets look at munich as an example we saw 2021 in the forecast were now going from 19 dripping down to 15 by saturday the average is about 40 and so just bleeding off the heat if you like now morocco is going to feel the influence of what happened in portugal and spain with rain extensive rain and it will be rain rather than snow up in the at this for both thursday and friday once thats gone through further south is a fairly dry picture from a few showers maybe in ghana and nigeria. 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Guilty to criminal charges as part of an 8000000000. 00 settlement for you pharma makes the Prescription Drug oxycontin which is linked to an addiction crisis has killed more than 400000 people in the past 20 years. A volunteer in the Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine has died in brazil but over a testing will continue brazilian media reporting the volunteer received a placebo not the vaccine vaccine is being developed by astra zeneca and Oxford University for say there are no concerns about the childs safety. At least 25 af. And security personnel have been killed in attacks by the taliban according to the Afghan Government it happened in the Northern Province of taka the taliban has intensified attacks in the past few weeks as peace talks with the Afghan Government are being held in cutter the ministry of defense also says 115 taliban members have been killed across 26 provinces over the past 24 hours for quarter 4 is in the capital kabul with more on the recent increase in bonnets despite repeated calls for a reduction in violence here in afghanistan or even a cease Fire Fighting between afghan Security Forces and the taliban continues unabated across the country according to the Afghan Ministry of defense a 115. 00 taliban have been killed in the last 24 hours alone while dozens more have been injured and according to the minister of defense it was all in defensive operations as the taliban kept attacking afghan positions in 26 provinces now regarding the incident in talk har the spokesman of the Governments Office said that more than 25 afghan Security Forces were killed and more were injured when their positions where attacked by the taliban last night and were getting word that the clashes and the fighting continues so this is a war that has been claiming lives on all on both sides and it is a war that seems to be getting deadlier every day im at least 12 women have been killed in a stampede in afghanistan in a rush to apply for visas to pakistan they were among thousands of people gathered in a temporary venue in a sports stadium in the city of jalalabad the pakistani consulate started issuing visas again last week after a 7 month tours because of coronavirus. Almost 40000000 people have already voted in the u. S. President ial election which is now less than 2 weeks away on wednesday evening president on trump will hold a rally in North Carolina where a spare is expected to be tight or former president barack obama will make his 1st campaign appears on behalf of democratic candidate joe biden in Pennsylvania National opinion polls suggest biden has a wide lead the pair will face off in their 2nd and final debate on thursday. The kerner are spending has led to a nationwide shortage of poll workers and fewer polling stations across the u. S. Election lawyers for the situation could be exploited in some areas particularly among ethnic minority communities which is why boscobel superstar Le Bron James and others a paying for new recruits particular reports from maryland. U. S. Elections need thousands of people to make everything work check a 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 were down about 50 percent thats 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 theyre opening up larger facilities like this arena hoping that just fewer workers can help many more voters on these places are even though in the local transportation routes so. In order to use theres nearly blew the center or even as an election day. There are requirements within a certain distance to 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 kummel 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 we are 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 instagram had somehow run snap chat ads so really working closely with platforms. Now are trying to get young people and if we could we had succeeded and now this is expected to be an election like no other record turnout in the midst of a pandemic and the 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 pedicle him dizzy or maryland noah say they have been unable to find the parents of 545 Migrant Children who were separated at the u. S. Border with mexico the children were taken from their parents between july 2017 and june 2800 a separations were part of president Donald Trumps 0 tolerance policy towards migrants who illegally cross the border about 2 thirds of the parents are expected to be in their home countries and volunteers are going door to door to search for them a mass protest is taking place in the colombian capital bogota against the social and economic policies of president even decay the protests are led by Union Members students teachers and a large contingent of colombias indigenous population and a part of a National Strike action theyre demanding a meeting with u. K. To discuss the recent deaths of indigenous activists 10000 of the community who arrived in the capital from southwestern colombia. Of course and now trying to sort of catchy whos in. Quite a large crowd. Yes lauren and more people are on their way theyre worse between 7 and 10 different demonstrations that started earlier in the day here in the capital other protests are underway in a number of cities across our colombia and these are the latest demonstrations in a number of them that resume the since the country has begun easing restrictions due to their coronavirus colombias have 5 months of quarantine in the country that have greatly affected their economy and have made the livelihood of many people even worse so theyre out here demanding their government to respond to days the reality particularly the unions are asking for at least a temporary. Benefits such as a minimal wage for people who have lost their work during their pandemic and theyre also here protesting a number of reforms that the government has been proposing and that the protesters believe that would greatly affect. Both the workers and their what people here call the proletariat in the country in the middle class and so their house year demanding get a meeting with their president to evander the other reason has to do with the worsening of the security in many parts of the country especially in very remote rural areas where drug traffickers and criminal gangs are disputing the territorys and have the possibility to further attack and who they see as their enemies in the stere to. Hes the human rights defenders community the theres hundreds of them have been killed that day in record numbers in particular this year and people here are tired saying the government is not doing good enough im also saying that the government hasnt done enough even implementing get the peace accord that was signed back in 2006 with the Largest Rebel Group in the country at the fark and that this is one of the reasons why so much violence that has been seen and finally the last resort is police abuse you remember in september there were protests against the killing of a citizen of. At the hands of the police that turned very violence 13 people died in those protests people here are saying the government these to do something against Police Brutality in the country anderson around kitty thank you very much indeed. A thai protest leader has been arrested less than 2 hours after giving the Prime Minister a 3 day deadline to quit a sort of ali capable phone said she wasnt worried as she was taken away in a police car earlier on wednesday from mr prout said he was prepared to lift a state of emergency imposed last week to try to appease demonstrators it came as tens of thousands of people marched once again in the capital bangkok they want the Prime Minister to resign demanding changes to the constitution and want to kate. Pope francis has endorsed same sex civil unions for the 1st time the 1st such statement by a pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church the comments were made in a new documentary francesco where he refers to homo sexual couples as children of god with a right to a family he also made reference to his time as the archbishop of buenos aires when he opposed legislation to approve same sex marriage but supported Legal Protection for gay couples. Asias largest annual Film Festival has begun in the south korean city of busan on a much reduced scale because of the pandemic code 19 has been devastating for the movie industry forcing the cancellation of major events including can and the closure of many cinemas so as rob mcbride reports even in its cut down form the busan International Film festival is being eagerly anticipated. Its the biggest Film Festival in asia and blue sands organizers were determined it would go ahead but instead of the usual glitz of previous years 2020 is a very different kind of show a limited number of screens with a reduced offering of films and a fraction of the usual participants now you know i think. There is a leg of audiences going to cinemas and feeling really sorry being delayed so we want to keep the industry a boost no official red carpet photo blitz the standard curtain raiser of any festival the carpets here but only for show blue sands main beach would normally host festival events trying to rival the glamour of the cannes Film Festival in france this year theres just the beach without the party but at least the blue sun is going ahead with its festival where as can was canceled that ironically has been a windfall for this festival with a number of films that were selected for screening than being shown here instead that includes the film that opens this festival septet 1st by 7 hong kong directors getting its World Premiere but its another movie that still dominates the conversation here parasite the nightmarish thriller that took top honors at the oscars at the start of this year just before the real life nightmare of team changed the world it was a landmark moment for south korean film that this festival was meant to build on you can really replace a festival in terms of the buzz the film film can bring and the excitement it can bring and so parasite yes you have the oscar moment so. Happens its going to be a far more muted affair and yes there we people talking about the parasite phenomenon. Quite the same tunisian parasite director bomb join. Ho has sent his best wishes to the festival online rather than in person the growth of the busan 1st of all over its 25 year history has closely mirrored the development of the Film Industry here south koreas filmmakers will be hoping this years low is just a brief intermission in that continuing story robert bride aljazeera busan south korea. And one of the top stories are sarah nigerian protesters have defined a curfew and faced off against Security Forces in that countrys biggest city police opened fire on protesters on tuesday Amnesty International says at least 12 people were killed the government has not confirmed that but the Nigerian Parliament speaker says its clear that there were casualties its been more than 2 weeks since young people began demonstrating against Police Brutality. 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