You. Protest as a defying around the clock curfew in Lagos Nigeria after reports demonstrators were shot on tuesday. Protestors out wherever sudans struggling economy hit with tear gas by police. Coronavirus cutbacks at Cathay Pacific hong kongs flag carrier announced a 6000. 00 redundancies and the end of its regional subsidiary. Will start this hour with a crisis thats overcome many communities in the United States not coronavirus this is in fact the fight against opioid addiction in the past hour the u. S. Justice Department Says the drug manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic in a deal with the u. S. Governments the company pled guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 more details now with she had britannicas following the story in washington she had. Were just taking you know all of the details but as you say pleading guilty to 3 charges effectively that they the father misled the Drug Enforcement adm
Victim of the Global Pandemic. And no red carpet but we will tell you how the largest Film Festival in asia is getting around the coronavirus. Family how much now have all the fault. Is the defense with. The German International has tested positive for coronavirus. We are starting in nigeria where protesters against Police Brutality are defying a 24 hour curfew and a call for calm from president mohamed to behati. Security forces in lagos the commercial capital of the country opened fire on wednesday morning after several demonstrators were reportedly shot dead on tuesday in another part of lagos a large fire burned at a bus station as well. Videos are also emerging of men in uniform opening fire killing people in lagos on tuesday Security Forces though deny any involvement so were starting with a correspondent in the capital of buju what more you hearing 1st of all ahmed about continuing violence. Well its been its been very very bad in the morning that things may have stabilized in s
Were shot tuesday. I got a lot of protesters are angry over sudans struggling economy with tear gas. And calling on the youth why there is a special need for Young Workers at polling stations for this years president ial election. We will start with the crisis thats overcome so many communities in the u. S. Not coronavirus actually and this is the fight against opioid addiction in the past a few hours the u. S. Justice Department Says the drugs manufacturer pharma has pleaded guilty over its role in the countrys Opioid Epidemic and deal with the u. S. Government the company is pleading guilty to 3 federal criminal charges and will pay a fine of 8300000000. 00 share pretends he is following this one in washington d. C. What more details have you got she has. Right so those 3 those 3 charges are essentially about misleading the government about its activities and the manner in which. Was marketing opioids it would it falsely would tell the government that it had safeguards to ensure that
People even going into peoples house trying to break into their cars break into rooms apart from the violence weve seen earlier today there were are reports of a section of the Nigerian Port Authority building in a set on fire and weve also seen how a television station was burnt a large section of it was a set ablaze by some people and then the and identified people protesters say its not them one other independent channel was forced of the air because of what it called impending attack on its staff i need to operations in lagos eventually after a few hours the television station is back on and now and weve also seen how apart from that bus station with also seen how people are running helter skelter that means that the protests are still going on the latest by the turn to run around the clock curfew will be put in place the governors address the lagos state community asking them to calm down asking for patience while this is being sorted out. The manufacture of a powerful painkiller
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