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Added on the 07/01/2020 16:00:44 - Copyright : BANG Showbiz
A French court has found pharma giant Servier guilty of "aggravated fraud" and "involuntary manslaughter" over a diabetes and weight loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths in one of the country's worst health scandals. The drug Mediator was on the market for 33 years and used by about five million people before being pulled in 2009 over fears it could cause serious heart problems -- more than a decade after such concerns had first been raised. IMAGES of criminal court in Paris
Smoke rises over Jenin camp during an Israeli raid in the northern West Bank. Israel launched a large-scale offensive across the northern West Bank on August 28, fighting Palestinian militants and leaving widespread destruction. IMAGES
A group of survivors and families of the victims of the UK's Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people in 2017, says a final report into the disaster confirms "what we already knew". "The judge concludes what we already knew -- that every single loss of life that night was avoidable," says Natasha Elcock, chair of Grenfell United after the release of the report. SOUNDBITE
Smoke rises and gunshot are heard in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, during a large-scale Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad confirmed the death of Muhammad Jabber, also known as Abu Shujaa, its commander in the camp. Israel began coordinated raids in the northern West Bank cities of Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem early on Wednesday, in what the military has called a "counter-terrorism" operation. IMAGES
Israeli army armoured vehicles move along a road during in Nur Shams camp as Israel presses a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a second day, despite UN concerns it is "fuelling an already explosive situation". IMAGES
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on the eastern part of central Gaza's Bureij refugee camp. In the south of the besieged territory, the Hamas-run health ministry said 73 people were killed and more than 200 wounded as Israeli jets pounded Khan Yunis hours after it ordered civilians to evacuate parts of the southern Gazan city. IMAGES
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