A place at the negotiating table. Why more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell the un report says World Leaders a failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. And it will start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court barrett would replace the liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month questions from democrats who say the 4 day hearings are being rushed focused on Health Care Provision during the pandemic. I chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our nation i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written and i believe i can serve my country by playing that role. Its frustrating fischer his following events for a sound capitol hill and day one of barretts hearing was a message. Well shes saying that she will judge the law as its written and that judges should not interpret the law in the way that they would like to see it written she will stick essentially to what is in the constitution she also said that any time she makes a ruling when she writes a verdict she does so thinking of how it will impact those who will be in the wrong side of that those who would lose and not just that but how would that impact if it was our son or daughter on the other side that didnt stop both sides making their political point early on a Lindsey Graham who is the republican chairman of the Committee Said he expected the nomination to go through the committee very much on party lines lamenting the fact that in the past someone like Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by the full senate 96 votes to 3 because she was qualified he said its a shame that people no longer look at whether or not they can do the job it is all about politics as for the democrats well the 1st of all say that they dont think the hearings should be going on 1st of all because there has been no brick of covered among some republican senators so they say thats pretty people at risk but they also see what is much more important is that the senate should be concentrating on covert relief rather than the Supreme Court then there is the argument that they are putting forward that if. It is a. Admitted to the Supreme Court if she is the next justice that means that when the Affordable Healthcare Act comes up for review by the court a week after the president ial election it will be at risk and theyre judging that on some of the things that she has written in the past so theyre making the point that people with exist preexisting conditions could well be at risk if the republicans push ahead with this nomination something that the republicans of course this mess but its a theme that were going to hear. Over the next few days is there a possibility that this will go out of committee i think almost next to none unless something absolutely dramatic happens so when Lindsey Graham believes he has the votes to get this to the full senate hes probably right so you mentioned what we can expect but how does the timetable play out in the in the coming days. Well for the next couple of days the senators will have 30 minutes of questions to the judge and then 20 minutes of questions and theyll go round in new york that people were appointed to the committee thats the normal process that were expecting to get quite contentious quite difficult quite fractious might not get as bad as the break cover the hearings that you remember from a couple years ago theres been some talk about whether or not they will drill down into any corner about religion she is a catholic a person of faith and theyll want to know whether or not how decisions will be influenced by that particularly when it comes to discussing abortion rights in in the United States and so it could get quite nasty at times maybe not necessarily with the judge but perhaps between the republicans and the democrats on the committee that questioning were expecting will last all of tuesday going into the evening and partly some of whedons the as well people will then be sent away to consider their votes and then there will be a full vote in the committee on thursday a lot of senators have already expressed how theyre going to vote what the democrats are hoping is that when it goes to the full senate they might be able to either to block or perhaps to flip a couple of republican senators 2 senators have already said they will not vote for the nomination before an election there are republicans and theyre hoping that the focus on the Affordable Health care act in preexisting conditions might get people to call the republican senator and say we dont want you to vote for this and in that instance put 2 more of the republicans which would then stop this going through the full senate so that seems to be the battle lines that have been drawn on one hand the republicans saying theyve got the votes the democrats hoping that Public Opinion might be able to block this before the election on november the 3rd and question thank you very much indeed. Russias foreign minister says turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh the Foreign Ministers of armenia and russia have been meeting in moscow armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire which has left casualties on both sides and smith reports from doris in armenia. When an armenian missile hit the apartment block where an urchin are you have live there was supposed to be a ceasefire. This was another brick. 9 people died in this attack on ganja on sunday azerbaijans 2nd largest city here they have no interest in a ceasefire. If you let me go to war mom im going im going that chanting turkey is giving azerbaijan its full support and its fight to reassert sovereignty over the Ethnic Armenian on plate of nagornokarabakh and adjacent land occupied by armenia now he is very president wants turkey to be involved in talks to find a solution to the conflict but russia isnt interested in. Joint statement confirms the unchangeable nature of the negotiation process and its format. Consists of a fairly large number of states of this she says delegated his management of the negotiation process of mediation to 3 states russia the United States and france. But in almost 30 years the minsk group has failed to find a solution to the status of nagorno karabakh. Talks with his armenian counterpart following a similar meeting with the azeri foreign minister last week. On monday and paradox main town is to panic at the air raid sirens were still alerting people to the shelters despite the cease fire the anger here as raw as it is on the other side of the conflict is not used to before jessica if one of them would be here next to me i would strangle him i would strangle without when i have lost my husband and now i could lose my grandchild and relatives could lose a son in law could lose a brother. 5 armenians were killed on sunday and have drugs in the south of the go on a kind of back as azeri forces attempt to capture the town about 50 kilometers in that direction is the Ethnic Armenian town of how dry it now theres been intense fighting going on there as both sides a seemingly trying to cement their positions while moscow increases the pressure on armenia and azerbaijan to fully implement the humanitarian cease fire burn its an aljazeera chorus in armenia. Nigerian president Mohammed Abu Hari is promising that Police Officers will be held accountable for misconduct it comes after days of protests against Police Brutality culminated in offices opening fire on demonstrators in lagos authorities announced that an elite anti robbery unit would be disbanded after members were accused of murder extortion and disappearances the president says more Extensive Police reforms will follow it. The Canary Islands have seen the highest number of migrants arrive in 14 years is more than 1000 people landed in the Spanish Islands off the coast of west africa over the weekend local politicians have asked madrid for help saying the Canary Islands do not have enough resources migrants are increasingly taking the dangerous Atlantic Ocean reach to reach europe instead of traveling by the Mediterranean Sea where they face heightened security because hackers in dhaka send a goal which is a key transit country for west african migrants trying to reach us. The journey to europe starts here from the shores of west africa its almost a week long boat ride to morocco and for morocco the african continent to the European Union are separated by just 14 kilometers neurontin Border Guards say that theyve seen migrants using jet skis or kayaks to make it to the Canary Islands over the weekend almost a 1000 migrants have made it to the European Union into spain these are not refugees fleeing war but young men that are fully economic and political hardship at home many of them algerian guinea is where theyre said to be contested election and was the European Union has funded countries such as morocco or libya to stem out the flow of migration morocco received almost a 1000000000. 00 since 2014 well that hasnt stopped these young men from taking this dangerous journey you create. Great distress for the families down to show people who take you serious journeys a purse. And they can freeze irans men ive used its pretty sure and also a very underrated according to researchers theres a 500 percent increase in migrants coming to the shores of the Canary Islands mostly because of the corona virus. And the Economic Hardship that has come with that construction has stopped investment has faltered the president of of senegal has hours for debt relief to tackle the economic crisis ahead and thats why so many young men are willing to take this dangerous journey for the hope of a better life abroad the number of natural disasters around the world has nearly doubled in the past 20 years according to a new United Nations report floods and storms account for around 80 percent of the increase the u. N. Says World Leaders a failing in their duty to stop the planet from becoming what they call an on a habitable hell report being released ahead of the International Day for disaster Risk Reduction on tuesday that is for clean as a member of the United Nations office for disaster Risk Reduction which route the report he says governments need to take quick and decisive action. If we dont the future looks very bleak indeed because over the last 20 years weve recorded over 3000 more extreme weather events that happened in the previous 20 years and of course thats just not sustainable if it continues again for the next 20 years to double. It simply the case study number un Member States governments are not delivering on the commitments that they made 5 years ago when they adopted Framework Agreements like to Paris Agreement on climate on the sendai framework for disaster Risk Reduction which is designed to reduce disaster losses by 2030 but we do see now around the world that we are listening to bottle to eradicate poverty to bring down disaster losses the biggest of a Scientific Mission to the north pole has returned with evidence the arctic ice cap is melting the german icebreaker already poston carried more than 300 scientists from 20 different nations to the pole in a mission off the moon and here theyve brought back data and samples that will take years to analyze but the team leader has warned ice at the north pole is brittle and if the trend continues theyll be ice free arctic summers within the next few decades. So the common aljazeera staying open but only just west of england bars escape closure as new virus rules come in it is infections rise how long will that last. And high ranking cypriot politicians are implicated in a scheme to sell passports to criminals we have an exclusive investigation. Of. Marching slowly eastwards this massive cloud its an active cold front has been fed by the wall of the adriatic and the military takes its reins through northern greece through bug area remain here and up through through slovakia and towards poland now the potential rainfall is briefly flash for territorial i think thats going to be a big problem the backwash wind is quite a cold one so vienna represents that on tuesday windy day only 9 degrees and the average should be 15 you get back on that to that from wednesday and he down to non again on thursday so that bit up and down the moment this cold air tucked in here in fact all of Central Western Europe is going to feel the effect of that slowly warming maybe 14 degrees in the cold wind on top of it now thats all happening of the land in europe so madrid is quite quiet now all of north africa is where weve seen a few showers recently in southern nigeria there in the forecast in west africa gar was fairly wet couple days ago as well but it looks likes a drying period there about how to get to wednesdays precious little left because the rain is frankly for the south this rift valley rain d. 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Russias foreign minister says turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nocona karabakh as a version had proposed its ally take part in the discussions armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a human to matter in cease fire. United nations report has found that actual disasters around the world have nearly doubled in the past 2 decades the u. N. Says World Leaders are failing in their duty to stop the planet from becoming what the body calls an uninhabitable hell. Health care workers in china have been told to test all 9000000 residents of qingdao in just 5 days the coastal city has reported a dozen new cases linked to a hospital treating code 19 patients certain areas of the city have already been placed under lockdown inmate china tested the entire population of new one in 10 days thats almost 11000000 people its. Britains Prime Minister says he wont impose another full coronavirus lockdown but as almost 14000. 00 new daily infections were reported Boris Johnson warned that the weeks and months ahead will be difficult in oust a 3 tier system of local lockdown measures in england including a ban on some households mixing indoors i dont know how reports from newcastle upon tyne. Pubs and bars in Northern England are living on borrowed time in liverpool those not serving food will be forced to close from wednesday night the city falling under the highest risk category of a new 3 tier system of covert 19 restrictions announced by the Prime Minister in recent months we have worked with local leaders to counter local spites with targeted restrictions. But this local approach has inevitably produced different sets of rules in different parts of the country that are now complex to understand and to enforce infection rates are soaring in parts of the north and other cities like Manchester Leeds and newcastle interior to know they could be next but critics question the Science Behind bans on the hospitality sector already struggling to survive but weve seen whats happened over the last 4 weeks of school this big gulp sewage and it call in saves i dont think who incidentally with the retune of students with 3 to one of the children to school it has yet to be sure and. Where in this deal there is not available its not been presented where this alleged sudden increase within hospital is common i think its very convience science and there are questions about the effectiveness of these measures including travel restrictions and bans on household mixing with evidence that the National Test and trace system has failed to trace contacts effectively and to enforce isolation the government has promised to confer more power on local authorities who say they can do the job better here in newcastle theres relief that theyve escaped 3 for now but theres also a lingering worry that the rules seem to overlook another big threat the enormous rate of infection among students universities in the north with their crowded halls of residence have been huge drivers of infection rates are said to be up to 7 times higher than surrounding areas after students were encouraged to return to campus last month theres plenty of blame to go around here and for the universitys point of view i think they were told were going to have a world class test untraceable cell and here were going to have this were going to have that and so forth and we actually have those things that we were told would. May and june and so forth and the decisions that they made might have worked out by and. Like so much to do with covert 19 if only join a whole aljazeera newcastle were back in march that 7 months ago the World Health Organization warned lockdowns only slowed the spread of the coronavirus it would not eradicate it for issues including at the World Health Organization are concerned about public fatigue over restrictions that build in strength and breadth as time goes on but some experts think theres a 3 step middle path that can be replicated around the World Without the need for repeated lock downs individuals would be reminded to keep up the basics of hygiene and physical distance Public Health systems would focus on tracing cases and tracking outbreaks with better resources and with clear guidelines that are more consistent between different governments but today even in paris the special envoy for the World Health Organization director general on covert 19 he joins us now live via skype from geneva thanks very much indeed for being with us so this is not there this idea of a middle part this is an attempt to move away from the polarized page between the people who keep say more restrictions are needed and those who say no no let her immunity take its course is that what the middle path would try to avoid. Well certainly we have been saying ever since corona virus started this new pandemic that were dealing with that the most important thing that everybody has to do is to hold this virus a day and that does mean that things that you just mentioned people behaving in a way that restricts the ability of the virus to infect them Public Health services that enable everyone to know where the virus is and help with getting with local spikes as they build up and then consistency inside countries and between countries so that the world can get moving again and the middle path is our way of trying to help people to understand a little bit more about what were saying we dont want everyone to be in lockdown for the foreseeable future but we all said think its very dangerous just to let the virus go where it wants to because we know that that will lead to overloading of Health Systems and a lot of death thats why we go over the middle part of keeping the virus about a why have test and traced systems broadly proved so ineffective in some countries and he clearly some have good systems but whats gone wrong where they havent worked effectively. I can really give a blanket. That testing for this virus is not easy it uses a complex test that requires reagents that are scarce in some places so its not straightforward but it has to be the mainstay of getting ahead of the virus if you dont know where the virus is its very hard to mount an Effective Response and having enough Testing Capacity so if you compare the spikes quickly and then react very very fast when youve seen them is absolutely central to this we are seeing good testing and tracing in many parts of the world including some places in europe but i have to agree with you that its not been easy for many countries to get the quiet of coverage that is necessary for people to be able to get on with their lives knowing where the viruses and being able to avoided and how far off is the Rapid Testing solution to think. There are several Rapid Testing solutions now that have come available theyre not quite as reliable as the what we call the Gold Standard the p. C. R. Test but they are on the market turned i mean weve seen for example that they have been used for the white house outbreak theres been an unusual recently i think that within the next 3 months there will be many more Rapid TestingSolutions Available and i would like to in a way share that with everybody because if we can get rapid tests and if they can be widely available that will greatly improve our ability to do with local spikes quickly and hopefully reduce the amount of distress that is currently being caused by the fact that so many people cant get tests when they want them how do you think government should combat the the fatigue that we that you described with restrictions and health and measures. Its a difficult one and the way i put it to my family and my friends and those who im connected to is as follows this virus is single minded its actually both dangerous and rather deceptive its dangerous because it can because a lot of death and its deceptive because sometimes youre tempted to think its just very mild and so im suggesting to everybody that no they dont they should not be wanting to be infected by this virus and they should certainly not we want to give this infection to anybody else its a very unpleasant constant threat and we have to all of us adapt our lives so that we can live with it and that adapt to asians shouldnt stop us from doing the things we want to do and thats my point if we can get our own behavior right and if we can get the test tracing and Isolation Services working well be able to get on live our lives normally and cope with the fact that the virus is still around and threatening us devona virus thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us under there thank you thank you thank you look now an undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals obtain a you citizenship in august the Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program now as phil reese reports the investigation needs to the highest offices of the cypriot state the cyprus Investment Program allows foreigners to buy a european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000. 00 the government insists that applicants need a clean criminal record the holder of a supreme 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 for all robbery and. Whether there are problems it costs more money to achieve these things so what we will do is find out who has to be spoken to be paid what vested states be my best to give you what i think the case a part of a network of enablers that include lawyer and raise protect this song business i have to tease brutally when you go to it is even going to be commission. Describes a 2 track application system the official route and another for difficult cases that requires more money they can think of the possible to know what insane option. Goes over them with all of it and. See if you want to do that and. Then look to see it is in any book. The regulation even our news feeds and we want. To ask questions asked. Of how you are. Going to. Our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x. s passport application with the president of the Cypriot Parliament you kowtow. To the motion. For support. I dont like politically. To say that im going to. Have to put it like that. When confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and Money Laundering unix system at a press conference Dimitri Solis said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals who are not is and supported the report made by protect his fil reste al jazeera. For more on this investigation watch the cyprus papers under cover at 20 g. M. T. Today. And of course when you can catch up any time with all the news were reporting on on our website the gist of that is al jazeera dot com and you walk watch us live packing on the orange line i can out of here it up com. My. Arm out of the top stories on our 0 a divided u. S. Senate has begun confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election democrats say the 4 day hearings are being rushed barretts confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court she says laws should be interpreted as they are written