Correspondent in washington. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A pop up shop is charging would be social Media Influencers £10 an hour to take their selfies against a variety of backgrounds. Would you pay money to take a selfie in a pink ball pit . Has selfie culture spiralled out of control . Let us know, just bbcthebriefing. World leaders at the g7 summit are expected to agree new plans to help countries tackling forest fires in the amazon. President macron of france said they were close to a deal providing technical and financial help. Brazilian military plane have been dumping water on the burning areas after global concern that not enough was being done to tackle the fires. From biarritz, heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. The fires raging across the amazon in recent weeks have been devastating, not just in recent weeks have been devastating, notjust fo
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 John
Of the Oakland Airport in october 2018 still, allegations that immigrants may have been denied due process left many concern. Oaklands current sanctuary status left others questioning whether the deportations violated the citys policy. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office overseas security at the airport but in a statement, a spokesperson says, a csos does not assist and is not involved with immigration flights or operations at Oakland Airport. We play no role in these operations and strictly follow the california values act. At a port of oakland board of commissioners meeting thursday, individual east bay spoke out and called for an investigation. This including any Rights Violations that may or may not have occurred. Want we want transparency between what happened between 2010 until 2018 and what they will do to stop it moving forward. Our investigation does reinforce that employees have not assisted or cooperated with any immigration investigation, detention or arrest procedures in th
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