Implicated in a scheme to sell e. U. Pos boards to criminals we have an exclusive investigation. More coronavirus restrictions expected to be imposed in england were temporary hospitals have been put on standby because of a surge in infections. Well a divided u. S. Senate is now charging ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Connie Barrett just 3 weeks away from the president ial election republicans are trying to rapidly confirm ballots and expand the courts conservative majority Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to say for decades protesters for and against the confirmation have been chanting outside the court in pouring rain as the hearing gets underway a seat opened up after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the president ial election. Well Lindsey Graham is the republican chair of the Senate Judiciary committee he defended the timing of about its nomination though the Republican Majority Senate 4 years ago refused to consider Barack Obamas nominee in a similar situation in an Election Year what will happen is that my democratic colleagues will say this is never been done in their right in this regard nobodys i think theyre being confirmed Election Year past july the bottom line is Justice Ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that a present serves 4 years not 3 theres nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy that is a kurd through a tragic loss of a great woman and were going to fill that vacancy with another great woman Diane Feinstein is the senior most democrat in the Senate Judiciary committee and she focused on amy called me about its pasta statements and rulings suggesting opposition to the Affordable Care act signed into law by barack obama the court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the law on november the 10th thats a week after the election the stakes are extraordinarily high for the American People both in the short term and for decades to come most importantly Health Care Coverage for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination so over the course of these hearings my colleagues and i will focus on that subject we will examine the consequent if and thats a big if republicans succeed in rushing this nomination through the senate before the next president takes office ok alan fisher is joining us live on capitol Hill Dianne Feinstein there essentially really getting to the heart of one of the key concerns for democrats. And Lindsey Graham acknowledging the real politic and his Opening Statement saying that theyre probably going to Vote Along Party Lines on this committee which would mean 12 republicans voting yes to the nomination 10 democrats voting no and then moving to the full senate but you can see Dianne Feinstein is laying out the battle growing that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the Affordable Health care act shes making the point that the Supreme Court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy who is expressed concern about the Affordable Health care act or obamacare as it became widely known then that whole thing is at risk and shes hoping that that might play into Public Opinion outside of the chamber theyre not going to change many votes inside the Committee Room i think thats pretty clear but 2 republican senators have already said that they dont think its right to vote on a nomination this close to an election remember were just about 3 weeks away and theyre hoping that they can flip 2 more republican senators that there will be enough calls to the Senators Office is saying look you cant do this i have a preexisting condition youre putting me at risk and that might just cause them pause because if it goes to the full senate 5347 in favor of the republicans they need to flip forward to make sure that they can carry the day because of course if theres a tie then Vice President mike pence has a casting vote so you can see these are the battle grounds that are being very clearly i think the democrats have acknowledged that theyre not going to turn any senators in the room but it might be Public Opinion that changes the whole equation here and lets talk a little bit more about that Public Opinion in terms of the fact that these hearings arent happening in isolation are they alan that there are protests going on outside the building right not. Thats right i passed them on my way in here this morning there are hundreds of people out there its not a very pleasant morning in washington d. C. This monday morning there are many many people who are saying that it is time to confirm him equally burnet theres fewer protesters who are there saying that they have to wait of course weve heard from democrats they believe that the whole situation is that it is too close to an election voting is underway in 40 states early voting underway and therefore to court the republicans from 4 years ago it should be a case that the American People have a chance to have a say in who picks the next Supreme Court justice that of course is the foundation of the democratic argument here that essentially 4 years ago when Antonin Scalia a conservative justice died barack obama said that he was going to appoint Merrick Garland regarded by many as a centrist but some would call him a liberal and they wanted to push that through but the republicans said no its an Election Year we control the senate and they didnt even put it up for a vote and though the democrats are saying hold on a 2nd look what you said 4 years ago look where youre saying no that doesnt quite match up in fact Lindsey Graham in his Opening Statement said there was a time when Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by 96 to 3 because she was regarded as well qualified even though many republicans thought her views wouldnt be surprised their views wouldnt be supported by her on the Supreme Court he said weve moved away from that point but then says what hes doing now is is following the constitution and he notes that the argument that hes making that this has become a partisan process becomes even more of a partisan process no because we are so close to an election he says his views were changed by the Brett Kavanaugh hearings youll remember them but 2 years into trance presidency if pointed Brett Kavanaugh he was accused of sexually assaulting someone at a party these teenage years the damage. Thats were very very forceful in their attacks on him Lindsey Graham said that he tried to destroy that man and that became perhaps the most part to cern nomination of a Supreme Court justice weve ever seen in the united states. Might not produce quite as many fireworks but its going to be divided along those partisan lines if the democrats cant flip to republican senators to at least at the very least hold off on casting their vote when this goes to the full senate as it know almost inevitably will before the election in november the thought all day one of those hearings continues on capitol hill more go on for the next few hours but for now alan fischer on capitol hill allan thanks very much indeed russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of neuronal buck the Foreign Ministers of armenia and russia have been meeting in moscow was a by john has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions but russia. Says there will be no changes to the format for peace talks over the region there was more fighting throughout sunday night with both sides accusing each other of violating a humanitarian cease fire and funerals are being held in the azerbaijani village of some of here for the victims of sundays attacks on gunja at least 9 people were killed and 34 others wounded by shelling in the early hours of the morning hundreds have been killed across the region since fighting flared at the end of last month its the worst violence between the 2 sides in decades. Ballister we reached an important agreement on sense today initiated by president putin but we see that this agreement is not being fully complied with and the fighting is continuing we expect that our contacts with you are now as a by johnny neighbors including by our defense ministries will ensure full compliance with the agreements that were reached in a trilateral format. Since september 27 the full scale aggression against the people of nagornokarabakh has continued meanwhile a military solution is being openly expressed as a solution to the car about conflict as well as the physical extermination of the people of nagornokarabakh the azari armed forces ignored their obligations to not target civilians the absence of military objectives in the area that i was advised on is attacking proves their motives yet again which is equivalent to war crimes. And undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals obtain e. U. Citizenship in august Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program now as phil reese reports the investigation leads to the highest offices of the separate state the cyprus Investment Program allows foreigners to buy european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000 dollars the government insists that applicants need to clean criminal record the holder of a cypriot passport has the right to live and work across the e. U. Our undercover reporters went to cyprus to represent a fictional client who has fled china mr x. Is a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and Money Laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport. Property agents denise and tony kate help those investing in property to get cypriot passports our undercover reporters tell them about our proposed applicant. Chinas gone and charging him fall and. 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Were here for support. I dont like politically cloture. I have to prepare its like making. When confronted with the evidence all of those involved in ny any wrongdoing. They claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the Money Laundering unit. System phil race aljazeera of a more on this investigation watch this cyprus papers under cover the 20 g. M. T. Today even Foreign Ministers say theyre ready to sanction belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko the e. U. Already sanctioned 40 other belorussian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after local sanka held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reform meanwhile the belorussian interior ministry have reportedly told police they can use lethal weapons against protesters on sunday more than 700 people were arrested as they rallied against the her sanka for the 9th consecutive day belarus has been rocked by months of on the west following a disputed election oldest. Still ahead and al jazeera millions of children across africa head back to School Following the coronavirus shutdown. And jobless and hungry in brazil the pandemic leaves millions wondering where their next meal is coming from. But. Hello we say goodbye to chan home not because you know the one but the time because in open water now we look to weather coming off the land and thats a cold front youll be seeing more and more of those behind it should be when she weather not yet 9 degrees and then if you follow the tail end of it you still got some development of rain in western china as not much to it but a bit my shirts off and she one of the more obviously is down here one can now that is a Tropical Storm a womans in the South China Sea which is jus to make landfall in vietnam as you already know vietnam cambodia and laos are already flooded the in fact just added to it in fact the rains are spread as far south as cambodia the capital is still flooded this was just taken yesterday its not particularly deep but it is pretty extensive but i will probably make landfall further north and in viet nam and it might be a little bit stronger lynn far as well the winds might be something to consider but bradys got to be inevitable and because it is drawing so much of the moisture from the atmosphere that will tend to lessen the showers for the south we havent seen that many in these here recently but as you can see from the forecast borneo is full of these big showers but beyond that if you are in john for example its quite dry. But. Is the government calling the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does iraq i care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world were willing if you didnt take you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were the. I want to go to 0 in the mind of our top stories this hour the divided u. S. Senate is now moving ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Connie Barrett republicans are trying to rapidly confirm ballots before novembers election and expand the courts conservative majority. Russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh azerbaijan has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions both sides accusing each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire. And undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals to obtain e. U. Citizenship in august the Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program. Emergency hospitals in england have now been put on standby and new coronavirus restrictions are expected to be announced in cities with high infection rates hard hit areas such as liverpool and manchester are expected to face the toughest rules some Business Owners are resisting the latest climb down saying they are not to blame for the resurgence of infections a new 3 traffic lights system will classify regions as being on medium high or very high alert. Having had a rather flat summer with very low amounts of covert positive patients in the u. K. You can see that from Early September there has been a marked pick up the epidemic this time has clearly picked up pace in the north of england earlier than it did in the 1st wave but. Pretty much all areas of the u. K. Are now seeing growth in the infection rate bob brown is following developments from london. And john van tam put it in very stark terms and showed some very alarming graphical representation of whats going on too he showed for example a map which had a purple blotch over the over the northwest of england showing that this is where corona virus is particularly prevalent at the moment but a 2nd map of England Wales which showed a brief use the brown color to show where the rate of infection was it was escalating in accelerating at a very rapid rate and it wasnt just concentrated in the north west it was much further south indeed jonathan van dam went on to say for example it was Wishful Thinking that elderly people could somehow be fenced off he said it was a National Phenomenon and that further deaths are inevitable because of the rise in cases already recorded so the lag in the system in the data meant that the deaths are inevitably going to go up because thats the way that the figures work and finally he said that the rise in hospital admissions was a concern because its doubled in england in the past 2 weeks theres been a lot of wrangling as to exactly what the response to this rise in infection should be there are clearly problems in the north west and indeed the north east but the problem has also been messaging how do you get people to change their behavior theyre not changing their behavior it seems at the weekend for example people were still going out in the streets drinking enjoying themselves the message doesnt seem to be getting through. Supporters of spains far right vox party of protest against a partial lockdown in the capital madrid demonstrators say theyre fed up with the governments handling of the pandemic a state of emergency was imposed on saturday to try to contain soling infections really 5000000 spaniards have been barred from leaving the city except for work school or medical reasons for the next 2 weeks. Frances prime minister. Is warning stricter restrictions could be imposed the Health Ministry in reports around 43000. 00 infections over the weekend 9 cities including paris and knox say have been placed on maximum virus Alert Health Care workers in china have been told to test all 90000000 residents of an entire city in just 5 days reported a dozen cases linked to a hospital treating coronavirus patients all 11000000 people in washington with a Global Pandemic started or tested in main. Brazil is the worlds 3rd largest Food Producer but new data has revealed that more than 10000000 brazilians are going hungry and as the coronavirus pandemic plunges more people into poverty that number is set to rise monica you not have reports. Theres no shortage of healthy food in this bustling Street Market in Rio De Janeiro the cove in 1000 pandemic may have crippled brazils economy but it still produces enough to feed one 6th of the earths population something president shade balsam model made a point of reminding World Leaders at this years u. N. General assembly. Up is that despite the International Crisis brazils Agricultural Production never stops and we produce enough to feed 1000000000 people. Yet more than 10000000 brazilians experience of your Food Insecurity according to Government Data just released by the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics and that was before the coronavirus pandemic now the situation is worse simply if you live in poverty has always been a problem in brazil but the poor were invisible the pandemic is showing how goes truth ace and i cloud used to organize tourism events in austria she returned to brazil for a short visit but ended up staying to work as a volunteer in a soup kitchen most of these people in this line lost their jobs to the recession and the pandemic like follow me down by who left his small town to look for work in Rio De Janeiro i dont buy that now the coronavirus left me stranded here and homeless but at least im getting fed and can use the public bathroom to bathe 3 times a week. According to a unicef survey during the 1st months of the pandemic the number of hungry in brazil rose dramatically. One in every 5 brazilians went hungry or admitted not having enough money to buy food the population as a whole lost about half of its income but families with children and adolescents suffered a big loss of 63 percent brazil is still the worlds 3rd largest producer of food much of it is so broad last year brazilians exported 32000000000. 00 worth of Agricultural Products to 180. 00 countries but experts are warning the government that the country back on the United Nations hunger its a place brazil had left 6 years ago. All just 0 Rio De Janeiro. People in pakistan say theyre starting to afford the basics and is pushing more people into poverty the coronavirus has seen a rise in food prices and caused many job losses as the reports from islamabad the world bank is warning that the next 2 years could be tough. After months of closure because of the coronal wires their merger and the businesses are now resuming air in pakistan despite warnings from the government their lifting of the emergency judges not mean that their country is out of the war the world bank and also been giving it. About the bleak future ration that exact. Point 5 percent g. D. P. Growth for budget which of fortune delorme pakistan has gone from Food Insecurity with about 30000000 people will Food Insecurity to a situation where 26000000 people are food insecure today in a time span from 2004 to 20181 of the challenges of pakistan is every time he makes gains and then there is a setback do you see the tool Natural Hazards for example if you look at pakistan in the last 18 months its been hit by drug floods called even the nurse quick in the north and then locust and then of course so this year we start to see the very close link between Economy Economic growth. Poverty and security the world bank and also warning there are 3rd year in grave around the world already in pakistan would have an impact on the countrys economy something that has become a sort of criticism particularly for the opposition parties who are now believing the government for mismanaging the economy theyre catering to. The country and add pressure on the government to resign the people are already complaining that the prices of essential commodities have shot up by the prices of groceries like wheat rice sugar and even the fetched will have gone up and sometimes its hard to buy we had high pain in one khans government but unfortunately things have gone from bad to. Inflation and unemployment has made our lives miserable im adding 2. 00 to 3. 00 a day but i cant afford to buy things for my family due to the high cost of daily commodities the government said it is confident that it will be able to mitigate the effect on the economy the opposition may be hoping to capitalize on the people. Who are fed up with driving fuel price of essential come order and the cost of living there for the government will be within the next few months to see whether theyre able to deliver on their promise given the fact that the country had many other issues to contend with. Millions of students in 12 countries across africa are heading back to classes schools reopened following a lockdown this loss of more than 6 months universities are also expected to open their doors despite the corona Virus Outbreak some luncheons a warning they will be going back to work unless they get a pay rise visit to the school in kenyas capital nairobi. Schools in kenya has reopened for the 1st time in 7 months but with some precautions in place children here have to wash their hands frequently was. Meant to be wearing mark only 3 groups of resumed those that are due to city exams lets take a look inside this classroom these primary age children havent been in class since march but childrens rights organizations say this isnt simply about learning these children come from kipp era its one of nairobis most densely populated and poorest slums and the childrens welfare organizations say if theyre not at school there are much greater risk of being sent to work all kinds of abuse and during the lockdown 1700000 kenyans have lost their jobs so that means that some children probably wont be coming back to school itll use their parents are no longer in a position to afford uniforms lunches and so on now scientists are estimating that 10 years coronavirus pandemic already peaked in late july and that more than a 3rd of the old urban populations already had it means well on the way to herd immunity idol say that only one in 5 people who had the virus actually had any symptoms until less than 800 people have died here now its not really understood why this is based on very low levels of testing a lot of skepticism about the Government Data and the code red 19 response. To corruption scandals allegations of millions of dollars worth of funding being stolen but nonetheless its the scientists data is right it would suggest that kenya is over the worst of the pandemic and more schoolchildren in other yo groups may be able to resume their education soon. And i jury in president mohammad will harvey is promising that Police Officers will be held accountable for any misconduct in follows days of protests demanding the dissolution of an elite anti robbery unit on monday night after its members were accused of murder extortion and disappearances hardys says there will be Extensive Police reforms astronomers have captured the 1st glimpse of a distant star being torn apart by a black hole theyve been observing the event for the past 6 months from the european southern observatory in chile it confirms theories about what happens when a star is destroyed by a black hole a stars material is ripped into threads in a bright flash before disappearing from space and time. This is all it is here are these of the top stories a divided u. S. Senate is now moving ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee amy kone barrett republicans are trying to rapidly confirm ballot before novembers election and expand the courts conservative majority alan fisher has more from capitol hill