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New York reaches opioid settlement

New York has agreed a $1.1bn opioid deal with US drug companies

New York's attorney general has reached a $1.1bn settlement with a number of pharmaceutical firms over their alleged role in the prescription opioid epidemic. We hear more from Carl Tobias, a Professor of Law at the University of Richmond. As Amazon's Jeff Bezos blasts to space on his rocket, we look at the space tourism race. Bezos's Blue Origin joins Elon Musk and Richard Branson in the club of very rich people with big ambitions on the rest of the universe. Also in the programme, the Centre for Global Development claims that excess deaths in India are ten times higher than normal, meaning the death toll from coronavirus could be in the millions, rather than the official estimate of around 400,000. Professor Uma Kambhampati is head of the School of Politics, Economics and International Relations at the University of Reading, and discusses the implications. The 主播大秀's Tamasin Ford reports on the Vatican trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who has become the highest-ranked cleric in the Vatican to be indicted on charges that include embezzlement and abuse of office. Plus, our regular workplace commentator, Peter Morgan, considers the future of work after the pandemic, in a world where there is a difference between what boardrooms want, and what workers aspire to. (Picture of pills. Picture credit: Getty Images).

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