A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And our talking point for today scientists in the us have found that optimists live longer than pessimists in fact, up to 15 longer. So are you a Glass Half Full type of person . Do you agree that thinking positively will add years on to your life . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The pharmaceutical companyjohnson and johnson says it will appeal against a judges ruling, and a fine of more than half a billion dollars, for involvement in the us Opioid Epidemic. The attorney general of the american state of oklahoma said that Marketing Campaigns by the company caused thousands of deaths by fuelling addiction to pain killers. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. The scourge of risk in drug abuse. An opioid academic that has claimed almost 400,000 lives in over two decades epidemic. Now a landmark ruling after the state of oklahoma accused Johnson Johnson of fostering the Opioid Crisis, creating a public nuisance by aggressively marketing the drugs to doctors and patients as a safe and effective while underplaying the dangers of addictive painkillers. Johnson johnsons dangers of addictive painkillers. Johnson johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance, specifically the Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths and neonatal accident syndrome in oklahoma. Lawyers for the state hailed the ruling as a major victory. Affirming their view thatJohnson Johnson motivated by greed, maliciously and diabolically created the opioid abbott diabolically created the opioid abbott epidemic. Diabolically created the opioid abbott epidemic. Johnson johnson was a kingpin behind the nations ongoing Opioid Crisis. Reggie whitten, a member of the legal team that took johnson reggie whitten, a member of the legal team that tookJohnson Johnson to court, lost his own son to opioids. Am i optimistic . No, i am not. Ithink,. I to opioids. Am i optimistic . No, i am not. Ithink, ithink they will appeal this thing and fight till hell freezes over. But my boy paid with his life and we are too. Johnson johnson says they will appeal the ruling. The company insists they should not be held responsible for the Opioid Epidemic. We do not believe that the facts or the law supports the decision today. We have many strong grounds for appeal and we intend to pursue those vigorously. With over 2000 similar opioid lawsuits currently pending across the us, this ruling could have far reaching implications for drugmakers and a country still struggling to contain the worst drug crisis in its history. Peter bowes, bbc news. The british Opposition LeaderJeremy Corbyn has said he will do Everything Possible to stop a no deal brexit. The Labour Party Leader said leaving the eu without agreement would destroyjobs and put britain at the mercy of President Trump and us corporations. Mr corbyn is due to meet other Opposition Leaders on tuesday to discuss how to prevent this from happening. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has said britain will leave the eu at the end of october, even if he cant secure new terms from brussels. Fiona cincotta, Senior Market analyst at city index, joins me now. Sojeremy so Jeremy Corbyn soJeremy Corbyn because my putting together these crops cross party talks and he actually initially seems to have a lot of support. Yes, this does look like it will have some way behind it and it looks like we could see support. The big problem we have is borisjohnsons do ordie problem we have is borisjohnsons do or die approach and perhaps he is looking to close parliament for up to five weeks in order to push this no deal, sorry, push brexit through whether that be with a deal without a deal. Without a deal in this case. It is not seen as a democratic way to be doing things which is why we are seeing leaders from the opposition and even possibly people from the tory party as well, actually getting behind this and thinking, you know, this is not the way to be doing things. And also, we have seen labour talking today about the fact that they dont think there was a legal case or they will certainly fight legally this idea. Absolutely. This is where this is turning to right now. Were looking at the legal, whether this is legally allowed to happen, whether borisjohnson legally allowed to happen, whether Boris Johnson can actually legally allowed to happen, whether borisjohnson can actually do it and that seems to be up in the air at the moment. We are seeing different signs as to whether that will be allowed to go through. It doesnt seem allowed to go through. It doesnt seem to have a definitive answer right now. And what about the after effects of the g7, now that it has wrapped up yesterday . What is the mood music . As far as brexit is concerned, there are mixed messages. Before going into the g7, we had merkel and the french president Emmanuel Macron saying they are willing to listen to ideas or alternatives to the irish backstop. We have then hisense have we have then since had donald task saying he is not so optimistic. Donald tusk. The mood will stay mixed and were sure which way it is going right now. We will see you a little later, fiona, thank you. The brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of 20 million in aid from g7 countries to help tackle fires in the amazon. The money was meant to pay for firefighting planes, but brazils president questioned the motives behind the offer. Will grant sent this report from the brazilian state of rondonia. As each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. This is just one of the 75,000 fires in brazil which have prompted such an angry response is a finite resource vanishes before the worlds eyes. But now it seems the worlds wealthiest nations are at least trying to react. The g7 have promised funds for the battle to save it. £18 million to be precise. While thats welcomed by environmental campaigners in brazil, most would say its nowhere near enough for the scale of the problem. President bolsonaro says the idea of an International Alliance to save this would turn brazil into a colony or no mans land. More evidence, if any were needed, of the deep hostility between the International Community and brazils leader on this issue. An operation by brazilian forces is supposedly under way in the state of rondonia, but resources appear thin and critics say the response has been slow and woefully undermanned. That is at the heart of why people are turning out on the streets in brazilian cities. In rio and sao paulo, people rarely protest over the amazon, but this is their country and thousands in the urban centres are furious at bolsonaro. However, with much of latin america in flames, europes response is insufficient to put them out. Will grant, bbc news, rondonia province, brazil. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. With tensions high between israel and the hezbollah movement, backed by iran, the lebanese president has described israeli drone strikes as a declaration of war. Over the weekend two drones crashed in the suburbs of beirut where hezbollah has its stronghold. The United Nations has called for maximum restraint. A coalition of 19 us states and the Federal Capital has announced plans to sue the Trump Administration over its decision to permit the indefinite detention of Migrant Children seeking asylum. Last week the Us Government said it would scrap a longstanding agreement that prevents Migrant Children being held in custody for more than 20 days. Flash floods have caused chaos in the spanish capital, madrid. Cars were swept away as roads turned into rivers and a number of the citys metro stations were closed because of the flooding. No one was injured but weather forecasters in madrid say there could be more Severe Weather this week. The chinese australian writer yang hengjun has been formally arrested in china on suspicion of spying. Hes been detained in beijing since january, and the Australian Government has been increasingly critical of his treatment. He could face years in prison or the death penalty. Joining me now from sydney is feng chongyi, a friend of dr yang hengjun. Thanks very much for being with us. What do we know about his arrest . Yang hengjun is one of my former students. We have been very close, working together for more than two decades now. I am extremely furious about the latest excavation, to put him underformal arrest. About the latest excavation, to put him under formal arrest. The about the latest excavation, to put him underformal arrest. The only right thing to do is actually to release him immediately because up to seven months of interrogation, they have not been able to produce any single evidence to the ridiculous charge of espionage. China are saying they are holding him for alleged involvement in criminal activities, endangering chinese sovereignty. If you are a chinese sovereignty. If you are a chinese citizen, usually the charge is subversion of power. If you are a foreigner, you hold a foreign passport, the espionage is the usual charge. It is ridiculous but they have done these charges for quite a long while already. Tell us more about yang hengjun. Why has he come to the chinese authorities attention . As i said, there is a political motive. Yang hengjun has, i would say, the most influential political blogger in china. He has written hundreds of articles on the internet to promote human rights, democracy, criticised human rights abuse and the political system of the chinese communism party. He has been targeted by the authorities. 0k, thank you very much forjoining us. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the seniors in seoul who dance away the loneliness. Hes the first African American to win the president ial nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that Martin Luther king declared, i have a dream. As darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south eastern sky. An orange glowing disc thats brighter than anything save the moon our neighbouring planet mars. Horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the worlds newest nation. It will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. Three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. So it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. Big ben bongs youre watching the briefing. 0ur headlines drug Companyjohnson Johnson appeals a fine of over 500 million for its part in fuelling americas opioid painkiller addiction crisis. Britains labour leader meets Opposition Mps today as he looks for support for his plans to become a caretaker Prime Minister and block a no deal brexit. Now for the final part of our series on how to help with housing. Across the world, major cities are struggling to find enough homes for their residents. Its led to new policies and approaches, but which have worked . Berlin introduced a form of rent control in 2015 and plan to go further with a rent freeze, but how has the policy worked so far . Caroline davies went to find out. Berlin, home to 3. 7 million people. Rents are rising and people are worried, which has led some to protest like this. We shall, we shall not be moved. Just like a tree surrounded by the water. We shall not be moved. We wanted to be loud and nice, so not uncomfortable or anything, but we just wanted to raise awareness and bring people together in the community. This used to be a cheap area to rent but its been steadily rising so that renters like alfred are now paying double the original price. Ive been in this building now for 33 years, weve stayed in this flat. 0ur 33 years, weve stayed in this flat. Our children grew up here. You can see it was much more of a poor area. Although his flat isnt currently under threat, he still doesnt feel safe. What would happen if they raised the rents, and they did it successfully and they increase your rents here . I think we have to go some day, but we are old now. But we have to fight as well for the young generation. But berlin does have rent control and its called. It means landlords cannot charge new tenants more than 10 above the local average, and for some people its worked, like isabella and pool e are. They realised their rent was much higher than their neighbours when they moved in but they were nervous about challenging their landlord. You think youre pushing your landlord to a cliff so things are not friendly and nice, and you wa nt to are not friendly and nice, and you want to be a nice person. After several years want to be a nice person. After several yea rs of rent want to be a nice person. After several years of rent control, the berlin mayor has taken matters a step further and backed plans for a rent freeze for five years. Translation there are many policymakers who believe the market will regulate itself. That demand and supply will somehow work itself out without further intervention. Weve seen around the world thats not working. We are all facing the same challenges. I think this is an issue in london, amsterdam, barcelona and berlin. Politicians are still finessing rent control here so the longer term impact isnt yet clear, but other cities will be watching to see what works and what doesnt. Caroline davies, bbc news, berlin. Heres our briefing on some of the key events happening later. We begin in rome, where talks continue between president Sergio Mattarella and other key players in a bid to end italys political limbo and solve the ongoing government crisis. To russia now, and turkish president Tayyip Erdogan will make a one day visit to moscow to hold talks with russian president vladimir putin. And finally, today is the day when teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is expected to arrive in new york after sailing across the atlantic in a yacht. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Tulsen Tollett and this is your tuesday sport briefing, where we start with the tennis news that defending mens champion Novak Djokovic is through to the second round of the us open in new york after a comfortable straight sets win over spains Roberto Carballes baena. There was an early upset in the womens singles with a first round defeat for the former champion angelique kerber. The number 14 seed was beaten in three sets by Kristina Mladenovic knocking out the german, who won the title at flushing meadows in 2016. Saudi arabians al nassr came from a goal down to beat qatars al sadd and take a 2 1 lead into the second leg of their Asian Champions League quarter final. After falling behind early on, a giuliano goal in the 71st minute confirmed the win for the home side with the return fixture next month in doha. New zealand beat sri lanka by an innings and 65 runs in colombo to win the second test and level the two match series. Bj watling was unbeaten on 105 when Kane Williamson declared, while in response the hosts found themselves dismissed forjust 122, meaning the trophy was shared by williiamson and Dimuth Karunaratne with the sides now set for a three match t20 series. Rafael nadal cant meet Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer until the us open final, but he doesnt believe that is an advantage. The world number two gets his campaign for a fourth us open underway on tuesday. Hes placed in the bottom half of the draw and cannot meet federer or djokovic until the final should he get that far. However, the spaniard shrugged off any suggestion he holds an edge going into the final grand slam of 2019. Have plenty of work before the you i have plenty of work before that you know if i have an advantage or not, so lets see if i am able to do my work for my side. But thats not an advantage or disadvantage, thats part of the draw and thats part of the. Of the things that happen when your number one, number two or number three. There is no shortage of expectations on the shoulders of 15 year old coco gauff who also gets her Campaign Underway on tuesday. The american arrives at flushing meadows as a wildcard but with real hopes to become the next big star of the sport. At wimbledon this year she upset her idol venus williams, Magdalena Rybarikova and slovenian polona hertzog before losing to eventual winner simona halep in the fourth round. Nicholas roche remains in the red leadersjersey heading into tuesdays flat 175. 5km fourth stage of the vuelata a espana from cullera to el puig. The irishman remains two seconds ahead of 2016 winner nairo quintana, while roches compatriot sam bennett timed his sprint finish to perfection as he claimed stage three on monday. The Irish National champion took the line comfortably ahead of edward turns and luka mezgetz for his maiden vuelta stage and fourth grand tour stage win. There are two more Asian Champions League quarter final first legs on tuesday with shanghai sipg hosting uruwa red diamonds in the early game in the far east. The japanese side were winners of this tournament in 2017 and they faced the same opposition at the semi final stage that year on their way to a second title. And this has caught our eye on social media. 176 competitors voluntarily plunged into the murky waters of a welsh peat marsh over the weekend in a quest to claim a coveted sporting title, that of world bog snorkelling champion. It has made a big impact internationally, with travel guide publishers Lonely Planet reccommending it as one of the top 50 must do events in the world, although i think ill stick to a surfboard and a beach. You can get all the latest sports news at our website, thats bbc. Com sport. But from me, Tulsen Tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. Not sure i fancy that snorkelling very much a daytime disco for over 65s in the korean capital seoul is giving seniors a new lease of life. The event is the first of its kind organised by the local government and aims to tackle loneliness and dementia in the country, which has a rapidly ageing population. We went to take a look. Looks like a lot of fun, doesnt it . Im guessing those dancers in seoul will agree with our talking point today, and this is the fact researchers in the United States have found optimists live longer than pessimists. In fact up to 15 longer in some cases, so we are asking today, are you a Glass Half Full person and do you think thinking positively will add years to your life . A picture here from monty python, always look on the bright side of life. Lots of twitter responses to this. Most of you agreeing, it has to be said, looking on the bright side means you live longer. That great scene from monty python. Ian says being an optimist is always the way forward because in my opinion it helps to create a positive attitude for life, helps to goodin positive attitude for life, helps to good in people, they see good in you like you see good in them and it helps motivate you. Weve had this comment in, a joke from one of our viewers, if i can find it. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane and the pessimist the parachute. Keep your thoughts coming in. Charles lloyd has said after much criticism, good to see my optimism will pay off stay with me on bbc news, ill be back with the Business Briefing in just a few moments. Bye for now. Hello. And so for some what was a Holiday Weekend comes to an end and for some, there record breaking temperatures as well. Both sunday and monday saw 33 degrees exceeded in a number of locations, setting new temperature records for the late august Holiday Weekend. But, by the middle parts of the indeed on towards the end of the week, that is the sort of mark you will be to achieve 23, 24 as the daytime maximum. The mechanism change for usjust waiting on the winds. These weather fronts waiting to introduce cooler, fresher conditions from the atlantic. But before some of you even see that we have some cloud producing showers from the word go across the south west and into wales, the west midlands, on towards the north of england. Late in the day, we may find some thunderstorms a bit further east around about the wash. Thats where were going to find the bulk of the heat, over towards the eastern side of england. Elsewhere, those temperatures really beginning to take a bit of a dip. Those thunderstorms and quite potent storms at that will drift away from eastern england, the eastern side of scotland and out into the north sea. Here we are on wednesday. In comes the weather front with its cloud, its a breeze and some heavy burst of rain you will notice in the mix. Here is the mechanism. You will notice the temperatures slide back into the upper teens and late sunshine. Having achieved that change to wednesday, towards the end of the week we will stay cooler and busier and cloudier. For some, really quite wet as well. As the jetstream fires a succession of lows and frontal systems at the british isles, especially, but not exclusively, the northern half of britain. You see here on thursday were going to see sufficient cloud down for there to be pieces of rain on those breezes. Temperatures in the mid teens in the north, low 20s a little bit further towards the south. Not a deal of change on friday, still unsettled with the frontal system waving its way across the northern half of the british isles, but later in the day, across the irish sea and the north and west of wales, the driest of the weather for the longest period of time down in the south east. Syndrome this is the Business Briefing. Im samantha simmonds. Johnson johnsons share price soars after its ordered to pay over 500 million for its role in the Opioid Epidemic well explain why. G7 leaders have headed home, but the trade issues that dominated the summit will continue how much optimism is there for concrete solutions . And markets rally after President Trump says the us and china could be heading back to the negotiating table