Good afternoon. World leaders gathered at the g7 summit in biarritz in the south of france, have agreed to release more than £16 million to help tackle huge fires in the amazon rainforest. The french president said most of the money would be used to fund aircraft to help put out the flames, which the rest providing technical support. Earlier, borisjohnson pledged £10 million to help restore the lost habitat. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. The fires raging across the amazon, devastating thousands of acres of rainforest, prompting global outrage and now, potentially, global action. Borisjohnson and his team arrived at the summit to join other World Leaders to discuss what can be done. This morning, the Prime Minister promised brazil £10 million to help reforest affected areas in the months to come. Order. Order boris, order around the table, some g7 leaders and others from around the world gathering to discuss common plan. The french president promising technical
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Ajudge in oklahoma has ordered the giant Healthcare Company Johnson Johnson to pay 572 million for its role in the opioid addiction crisis in the us. The case is the first to go to trial, out of thousands filed against drug manufacturers and distributors. 2 other firms have reached settlements with oklahoma, out of court. The judge said prosecutors had demonstrated that johnson and johnson contributed to a public nuisance in its deceptive promotion of highly addictive prescription painkillers, and compromised the health and safety of thousands. The company is to appeal. Those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of oklahomans. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths, and neonatal abstinence syndrome in oklahomans. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has more on the significance of the ruling. This is a landmark ruling that could have far reaching consequences because as you imply, ther
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