We stArt in the us where, in the lAst few hours, A judge hAs Approved A BAnkruptcy PlAn for the mAker of oxycontin one of the highly Addictive pAinkillers At the centre of the countrys opioid Addiction epidemic. The plAn effectively dissolves the compAny Purdue PhArmA. Its owners members of the weAlthy SAckler FAmily will hAve to turn over billions of dollArs to help combAt the Opioid Epidemic in AmericA. But the Agreement will lArgely Absolve the sAcklers of Any LiAbility Or Future lAwsuits. Our Business Correspondent in new york, sAmirA hussAin, explAins. In this plAn, the Drug MAker Purdue PhArmA will shift All of its Assets currently vAlued At Above 10 Billion into A new compAny owned by A trust thAt will Focus solely on combAting the deAdly Opioid Epidemic in AmericA, which hAs AlreAdy killed more thAn hAlf A Million people Across the country. Now the Agreement ends thousAnds of lAwsuits brought by stAte And locAl governments, hospitAls And individuAls AgAinst the PhArmAceuticAl C
Your Bin Service that is at risk. I look at the impact on some of the services we take for granted. Good morning. Its yet more history for Cristiano Ronaldo. Hes now the highest Scoring Player in mens international football after two late goals broke irish hearts in the World Cup qualifiers. Good morning. The weatherfor the next few days is similar to what weve had. A lot of cloud, some drizzle, the best of the sunshine across the northern Parts Of the west. But from sunday into the early Parts Of next week, it looks like for many it will be drier, sunnier and much warmer. All the details coming up. Good morning, its wednesday the 2nd of september. Our top story. Dame Sarah Storey has become britains most successful paralympian of all time. She defended her c4 5 Cycling Road Race title in tokyo earlier this morning. Dame sarah now has 17 golds in an incredible Paralympics Career over 29 years. Our reporter Patrick Geary looks back at her remarkable career so far. For Dame Sarah Storey,
tonight at ten. the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year we report from albania on what s behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight. staff at twitter find out if they ve been sacked, as the firm s new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the late notice means services tomorrow will be extremely limited. a major shift in money for the arts. the english national opera will move out of london, as blackpool illuminations wins funding for the first time. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and its survivors. on bbc london, the growing numbers of child trafficking victims disappearing from
scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off. we ll take you back to these pictures and our correspondent when it s time for countdown. serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kreml
with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni