Johnson & Johnson fined for role in opioid crisis

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A US judge has ordered the drug maker to pay $572m for fuelling the crisis in Oklahoma. The BBC's Samira Hussain explains the significance of the ruling. Then, G7 leaders have pledged funding of $22m dollars for Brazil and other countries fighting the fires raging in the Amazon. We ask Nasa's Doug Morton if the money will make a difference. Indonesia's government has announced that it's moving its capital away from Jakarta. And we speak to the cosmetics firms looking to dump plastic packaging. Presenter Jon Bithrey is joined throughout the programme by Rachel Cartland, a former senior Hong Kong government official. And by Peter Morici, professor of international business at the University of Maryland. Picture: A pharmacist empties a prescription bottle of opioid painkillers (Credit: Getty Images)