This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Friday the 24th of May, these are our main stories.

The US Justice Department is seeking the breakup of the owner of Ticketmaster, accusing

the massive entertainment firm of harming concert goers and artists through an illegal monopoly. Louisiana's legislature has designated two commonly prescribed abortion pills

as dangerous controlled substances in a first for the United States.

A BBC team has met doctors treating resistance fighters

in Myanmar who've spoken of horrific injuries sustained during the war against

the military rulers.

Also in this podcast, we see entire galaxy clusters, but also small planets up to four times the mass of Jupiter.

We see regions where new stars are forming.

The European Space Agency says its Euclid Telescope has sent back the largest images of the universe

ever taken from space. For the companies selling them, tickets for live shows and concerts are big business.

And for the fans trying to buy the tickets things could often get

pretty emotional.

For the website fully crashed and it put me back at the beginning and I waited it for like six hours.

I'm so upset right now.

That was Taylor Swift fans upset in November 2022 when Ticketmaster's website crashed during a pre-sale period

for her era tour.

But it wasn't just technical difficulties that frustrated potential concert goers.

There were also complaints of high prices.

And it's that part which has come under the microscope on Thursday as the US Department of Justice announced that it has brought a case

against the entertainment giant live nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster.

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