Know we we have a we have a robust system to make sure that the only people who need the opioids together we are poor is that turned out to be nonsense and in fact do was paying doctors paying pharmacies to prescribe opioids even though they were not medically needed Security Forces in sudan a fired tear gas at protesters complaining about the cost of living the annual inflation rate to record people more than 200 percent last month Transitional Government in sudan struggle to revive the economy after the overthrow of president of the shia last year. Says Lagos Nigeria where Security Forces of reportedly fired on protesters again on wednesday despite a 24 hour curfew crowds of returns to the streets to demonstrate against police brutality. Thailands Prime Minister says he is prepared to lift emergency measures imposed to stop protests prior for insists the ban on gatherings will be overturned if there is no violence thousands of people rallied for 8 consecutive days in defiance of the
Leads tributes at a memorial for a teacher who was beheaded in paris last week. A round the clock curfew in the nigerian city of lagos after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. And they calling on the year of a special need for Young Workers at the polling stations for this years us president ial election. Hello everyone there is a crisis that has overcome so many communities in the United States in addition to the corona virus pandemic it is the fight against opioid addiction and the u. S. Justice department has in the past few hours announced that the drugs manufacturer. Has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 the owners of the wealthy family have been ordered to pay 225000000. 00 in civil penalties. They lost control and ownership of a company that was worth very significant amounts of money they will have no future involve
Environment has poisoned a pristine river system. Libyas Prime Minister says hes stepping down. The leader of the countrys internationally recognized government in tobruk made the shaka announcement in a television interview. Within minutes his spokesman was trying to say it was all a mistake, rob matheson with the details. Reporter this is the moment abdullah says he will resign. During an interviewed with a private libyan tv station, hes asked what he would do if people from all over the country come out to demand his resignation. He replies people dont need to protest if et cetera an obstacle to the progress of libya, he resigns. Thats likely to have an impact here in geneva. Where libyas two rival parliaments are facetoface against. The u. N. Wants both sides to merge in to a single government. The deadline is only two weeks away. There have been positive signs. Translator for a peaceful solution to the crisis in libya we are heading to geneva in on order to achieve a political sol
And. Thousands march in mexicos capital to demands justice for 43 students who went missing three moos months ago. Hello. The Ukrainian Government and prorussia separatist have his exchanged 368 prisoners near the rebelheld city of donetsk. Its the biggest such response . Eight months of fighting in Eastern Ukraine. Peace talks in the belarus capital were expected to resume on friday but now postponed indefinitely emma hayward reports. Reporter representatives from both sides make the final check for the hands over of prisoners in Eastern Ukraine fox, some here the ordeal is over. And they are finally able to come home. They picked me up at the check point of i came to visit me brother and they picked me up. I ended up at the airport where they tortured me. Reporter this is a step forward in easing the hostilities that engulfed Eastern Ukraine for months. Its taking place against a backdrop of a garage ill ceasefire. In a conflict that has left more than 4 1 2 thousand people dead. Mos
Nepalyes tradition is dieing out fast. In Northern Iraq kurdish fighters are trying to break isil in the sinjar mountains, peshmerga forced gained 700 square kilometers of isil held territory along the route to mt. Sinjar, but nowhere near taking isils main navel i base in that area. Sue was there during some of the battle and joins us live now from erbil and how difficult is it going to be for the Kurdish Force to his maintain these gains . Reporter i think it is probably worth describing what sort of terrain we are talking about. The area from zuma, just south of the mosul damn across sinjar mountain on his the iraqsear request border is made up of lots of pockets of villages and towns the majority of whom are sunni. And we are now seeing that everybody though the Peshmerga Forces have managed to move a line all the way along that stretch of Northern Iraq, north of the main isil military base that they hold just to the west of mosul, they have managed to push quite a lot of what i am