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US drug-maker seeks to settle lawsuits over opioid cases

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Purdue is facing 2,000 claims over it painkiller OxyContin

Purdue Pharma, the American opioid drug-maker is in discussion to settle more than two thousand opioid lawsuits against it.

We try to find out about the Afghan Taleban who are opposed to the peace talks with the United States.

A New York court has heard emotional testimony from women who say they were sexually abused by the financier Jeffrey Epstein -- who died in prison before he could be tried.

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