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
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. Weve all been charmed by the exploits at wimbledon of 15 year old cori gauff. But is there too much pressure being put on her at too young an age . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. And we will talk through your comments. We begin in north korea today. North korea says washington is determined to carry on with what it called hostile acts against it, despite President Trumps professed desire to hold talks. It comes just days after the two leaders met in the demilitarised zone when President Trump became the first sitting us president to walk into north korea. The duo agreed to continue talks on the countrys nuclear programme. But now pyongyangs representatives to the United Nations say the us wants to undermine the peaceful atmosphere in the korea peninsula and call on all countries to be vigilant. Dr robert kelly i
Of Astronomical Research after being bowled out forjust 75 is declared a unesco in the 33rd over. Its their third defeat out of three and means theyre 6 0 down World Heritage site. In the multi format series. Theyll have to win the next match a test if theyre to have any chance of winning the ashes. Ben croucher reports this has not been the start that england wanted. After losing the first two matches, the second bowl in canterbury said the depressing tone of what was to follow for the good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The uk government has begun hosts. Australian excellence and an inquiry into a leak of emails english ineptitude. Half centuries from the British Ambassador in washington which described from meg laming and Melissa Healy the Trump Administration as inept. And lower order hitting set the world champions are run chase to get back into the ashes. The third ball in the memos, obtained by a sunday newspaper, of the reply . Not the start they Sir Kim Darroch says despit
Says he believes theres a distinction between a Sexual Assault and rape. He goes on to classify rape as generally two or more males involved, either at gunpoint or weapon. Critics say it shows a deep bias in the judges decisionmaking. I would be shocked to see this result in any case where the defendant was came from a family that didnt have financial means to send their son to a Good High School and that they were collegebound. That doesnt happen in those cases. Reporter an Appeals Court has now reversed his decision, and that teen will be treated as an adult. In the meantime, there are now calls for that judge to be removed. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. A big thanks to linsey on that story. Chicago officials are taking steps to curb gun violence this weekend. Operation independence, please arrested nearly 80 people on gun and drug charges. Including notorious gang leaders, convicted murderers. This raid is the third in a series leading to about 180 arrests. A massive fire at a j
One very recent and very nice outcome of this collaboration has been the instrument is six telescopes in the uk are embedded completely in the european infrastructure. This has been tried for some time and it took work to do and now it means the whole infrastructure is much more robust and it can do new kinds of science that was much more challenging in the past. Also, and this is very recent, very interesting the infrastructure works in real time and so these 22 telescopes send data to jive and so these 22 telescopes send data tojive in the netherlands in real time by internet. The data is collected altogether and processed in real time collected altogether and processed in realtime and collected altogether and processed in real time and this gives astronomers the ability to study some of the processes happening in the universe. Thank you. From the joint institute of very long baseline infrastructure consortium. Now its time for a look at the weather with tomasz schaffernaker. Its a p