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More than 800 million people worldwide have diabetes

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The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has exceeded 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990. This is according to new data published in the journal The Lancet on World Diabetes Day.Also on the programme: Police in Brazil say an attack on the Supreme Court was a terrorist incident; and there is growing anger over Donald Trump's choices for some of the most powerful positions in the next US government, particularly his choice of Attorney General.(Photo: A person using a set of weighing scales. Credit: PA)
14 Nov 4PM English United Kingdom News

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