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Landmark trial in US against Johnson & Johnson over opioids crisis

The drug company is facing a multi-billion dollar lawsuit by the US state of Oklahoma.

Prosecutors in Oklahoma accuse Johnson & Johnson of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying addiction risks, fuelling a so-called "opioid epidemic". The company denies wrongdoing.

Members of the Yazidi community suffered greatly at the hands of so-called Islamic State militants in Iraq and, as we hear in our report, they do not want the world to forget what IS did.

And we ask what next for the plastic waste created around the world now that Malaysia, which is one of the top destinations for it to be processed, has announced it is sending it back.

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Wed 29 May 2019 02:06GMT

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  • Wed 29 May 2019 02:06GMT