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Taliban violence, a power crisis and outdated production methods are taking their toll on Pakistan's once-thriving jewellery industry. Duration 02:05
Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants. As the World Health Organization marks “World No Tobacco Day” on Wednesday, Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the Europe Union, is close to declaring itself “smoke free” — defined as having fewer than 5% daily smokers in the population. Many experts give credit to decades of anti-smoking campaigns and legislation, while others point to the prevalence of “snus,” a smokeless tobacco product that is banned elsewhere in the EU but is marketed in Sweden as an alternative to cigarettes. For more, FRANCE 24 is joined by Derek Yach, Global health expert, former Head of Tobacco Control for the World Health Organization (WHO) and former President of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World.
A series of crisis measures, including banning the sale of swimming pools, have come into force in the Pyrenees-Orientales region of southern France, which is in the grip of its most severe water shortage since the 1950s.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would sign some of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation once provisions are added to "rehabilitate" gay people, vowing not to cede to international pressure. Museveni told lawmakers at a meeting on Thursday that he supports the bill they passed last month but would send it back to parliament for "strengthening".
Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, used to be a guaranteed earner for Pakistan's small shops and businesses. But soaring inflation and political turmoil has dampened the shopping spirit as many worry they won't even make enough to pay their rent.
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