The freeman tion. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Is bbc world news america. A nation in mourning, an election upended, a country divided. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will have ramifications for years to come. The spanish military was called in to help with a surge of new Coronavirus Infections as madrid nsces tough new restrictio leaked documents reveal how some of the world bs biggestks have allowedriminals and moneylaundering to move billions around the globe. We take a look at how music is helping ease some of the symptoms of dementia. Welcome to wor news americ on pbs at around the globe. It is hard to explain to people around the world why the death of one judge is so seismic. Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself was an icon and a massive legal force, but most countries do not have a court like the supreme cour with political appointees. S. High court has outside support because it decides some of the biggest issues in american life, sometima recent vote. Looking at recent key cases, all of wch were decided 54, in 2000 the crt ended floridas election recount, giving george bush the presidency. In 28, the court ruled civilians can keep a firearm for selfdefense. In 2010, they decided political donations were a form of free speech, meaning no limit could be placed on election spending by corporations. On health care, the court narrowly ruled americans should have access to Affordable Health coverage. In 2015, the court found that samesexri me was a right protected by the u. S. Constitution. Again, all of those decisions were made by asa go vote but to be by eight single vote by a single vote. Susan collins was the first republican senator to come out against holding a confirmation vote before the election. She said the winter of novembers president ial campaign should be thestne to choose e ginsburgs replacement. Joining us now with more from maine is jane obrie it is a legal issue. But it is also very much about this election and about politics. Does it look like President Trump is going to get his nominee through the sete . That is very hard to say. But at the moment, i would say yes. Because at the moment, hes got the numbers. He has enough senators that will vote for his nominee because this will come down ty lines. Except Susan Collins here in maine. Shed. Is the wildc it is a situation she has been in before. Jthe last Supreme Courttice to be nominated was Brett Kavanaugh, a very controversial pick. He was accused of sexual assault. Susan collins was the senator who ate the 11th hour r his defense and clinched the nomination. He is now sitting on that bench. W, can she do at again . Will she do that again . She has so far said that she should take place until thee people decide who should be the next president. Buif a vote does come to the floor, she has not made it clear whether or not she willote, and if she does, what will she do . She is very much a wildcard in this. It has put extra pressure on her reection campaign here, which is not going very well at all. Historically, Supreme Court nomination pcesses are thought to have galvanized Republican Voters more than they galvanized democratic voters. Is that the case in this election in 2020 . Again, very hard to say at the moment. He in maine for sure, Susan Collins is facing prdesure on all a lot of republicans do not trust her because she is a moderate. A lot of independents dont like her because she voted for Brett Kavanaugh and she voted against Donald Trumps impeachment. A lot of republicans who dont like trump are not keen on r either because they think likewise that she cited too much with the president. E is under intense pressure. Whether or not the importance the senate in this race and the focus on the senate, the depth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has now created will change the dynamics, will get more republicans out or morets independr more democrats is very difficult, especially when the polls in the state are really still a little bit too close to call. Ok. Jane obrien up there in rtland, maine. Thank you very much. I spokeso tone from the Trump Campaign this weekend who suggested they felt this helped the Trump Campaign because it took the conversation away from the coronavirus. I spoke to one democrat who said they hoped this would galvanized democrats, particularly women vors, so both sides trying to find the best possible interpretation of the death of juste ginsburg. Many in the country mourning the passing of a very great lawyer. Spain has called on the military to assist in haning surgeon Coronavirus Infections in madrid. The countrys infection rate has been rising steadily for the last two months. There have been 100 26,000 covid19 past two weeks alone. A movement i out of large parts of the capital have been restricted. Allowed to gather e. Ple are bars and restaurants have been told to close early. Here is gary had scope. A new lockdown for madrid, threemonth after the last one ended. Three months after the last one ended. This time, the researchers are in specific areas, lower income districts. For now at least the police are informing people rather than fining them. But the new measures are already hang an impact, albeit on peoples pockets. This restaurant is just inside one of the zones with restrictions reducing its clientele. We have to close at 10 00 at night. R that is too early to serve supper. For the next two weeks, we will lose customers at lunchtime because a lot of our clients are from outside this area. The areas of madrid where the new measures have been introduced were chosen by the local authorities because of their particularly high rates of infection. But many of the local residents in those zones are unhappy at theee restrictions,g them as discriminatory. It should be all around not just in poor areas like this one and other neighborhoods very close to this. 100 meters away, there are no restrictions, explains this man. But here, there are. These measures will not work at all, he adds. We will just waste two weeks and eventually the whole of madrid will go into lockdown. There are many elements which make the madrid you region madrid region unique and that is why we need to have a plan special for madrid. For now, that plan consists of this localized partial lockdown. With hospital admissions starting to climb, the true test for this latest attempt to thwart the virus will put pressure on the health care system. Several European Countries seeing a surge of cases, which is worrying. A leak of financial documents has revealed the u. K. Is a hub for International Money undering. The secret Bank Documents which register this precious activity name 3000 british companies, more than any other country in the world. The leak also revls the u. S. Treasury deemed the u. K. A higher risk jisdiction. Ministers say the u. K. Is internationally recognized for the watack with money undering. Here is Richard Bilton. The leak documents shall britain is open to dodgy business and criminality. I am to an office just north of london and in our leak documents, it u. S. Treasury think the place i am about to visit is one of the dodge just addresses. This might not look like much, but billions of dirty dollars go throughre companies registeon the second floor here a suite 2 b. I want to understand how it works. Suite 2b, i am guessing that is them. Lets give them a ring, see who runs this place, ese how it oper this is a place where hdreds of companies have been interested but nobody is in. No dy is answering. The man who runs the office later told us he simply offers a registered addresst nd only condbasic checks. It is not just here. We found more than 3000 british spcompanies in the suicious activity reports. Thats more than any other country in the world. One type of company is rticularly popular with money launderers. The u. K. Offers a secretive type of Company Called a limited liability partnership, or llp llps can be ud by crooks to move vast sums of cash without being caught. I dont know whether o am delightesad to tell you we are one of the World Leaders in providing a course for launecring moneyse every major money because every major moneylaundering scheme i have ever seen has had u. K. Companies at their heart. On friday, theov gernment announced plans for nto company ruleombat fraud. Internationally recognized as having some of the stronst controls worldwide when it comes to tackling moneylaundering. But this secret u. S. Treasury report from the files refers to the u. K. As a higher risk jurisdiction such as cyprus. Why is moneylaundering meing our viewers shoul care about . Because it isctually the very fuel of crime. If we continue to launder money, criminals will continue to commit crimes, to supply drugs, drugs that kill people in our community. Itos is perhaps the shocking conclusion from the leaked files. The u. K. Is at the heart of moneylaundering Richard Bilton, bbc news. This is the bbc north America Business correspondent. What do we know about them and where do they come from . Yes, they come from a Division Within the u. S. Treasury. It is known as the financial crimes enforcement network, or fincen. Their job is to combat financial crimes. They pour over reports that are between 2000 and 2017, there are about 2500 documents that have been seen noalby jouts or have been leaked to journalists. Th c involve somethiled a suspicious activity report. So in other words, if you arean employee a bank, maybe your job is in the Compliance Division to sort of make sure your bank is following the rules , you fill out one of these reports every time you see something suspicious. In other words, if something does not smell right, you reported to the u. S. Treasuryum through this dtation. Does not mean necessarily something was necessary illegal, but just it was enough to raise suspicion. Thesare theocuments that journalists have now had a chance to have a look at. It certainly raised some eyebrows in terms of some of the activity that has been discovered. We heard from Richard Bilton about what has been happening in the u. K. Round these papers. What other stories have come out of them . Ea it is a whos who of the Banking Industry that features in these reports. Some of the biginmerican names lve j. P. Morgan chase, bank of new york. There is hsbc that features. Deutsche bank features prominently in the reports that have been leakedournalists. The key thing here is the sort of volume of transactions and the suspicions being raised. Some individual stories have kind of stood out indhis k of early phase of pouring over what is a massive amount of documentation. That is hsbc. It has been published in the past by the u. S. Authorities for moneylaundering. It seems to be again fined, it may havepe h if engage in moneylaundering. There was a chase with j. P. Morgan chase. Looking at it here, they allow the company to move morethhan 1 billiough a london account without knowing who owned the account. That is one of the key things within banking, you have to know who it is you are dealing with, who your customer is. That was one othlessons from me of the past things like thepa ma papers involve hiding the identities of the people involved. Ok. People will try t find a way hide their money it seems. A quick look at other news from around the world. More than 240 asylumseekers on a greek island are now infected with covid9. Over 12,000 people removed there after ae fir a migrant camp earlier this month. It took a week for them to be rehoused a few kilometers away. The u. S. Secretary gener says he will not support reimposing full sanctions on iran as the s. Is demanding until he gets a green light from the secured counsel. The u. S. Has set all sanctions have been restored because iran was in breach of the nuclear deal. That decision is illegal some psay because president tr pulled out of the dust pulled the u. S. Out of the agreement20 back i. You are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on this program, evidence obtainedy the bbc contradicts the official explanation for the cause of an explosion which killed 23 people ins nigeria commercial capital earlier this year. Isouth africa, 500 people from one school have been quarantined after a covid outbreak. Almost 100 of them tested positive. Officials say they fear the virus may have spread more widely into the community. Here is a reporter with more for us. This is a shock to the country. As you know, they are trying to ease the lockdown regulations and also the number of infections have also lowered in the country. But it has emerged that 98 School Pupils from a high school in the eastern cape tested positive. This comes after two tested positive ando then failed report that to the school. The authorities there say the reason why there was such a huge outbreak was becau people are not maintaining social distance in regulations and have also not so now as a result, there has been team of Health Experts along with Health Officials who have been taken down to the province for contact tracing. N evidence obtained by bbc has questioned the cause of an explosion whichle killed 23 pe and destroyed a school in nigeria. The companys state owned oil firm claims the blast was the result of a t trut hit gas cylinders but evidence suggests that may not hase been the c whethe explosion hit a 9 00 a. M. , almost 300 children were gathering for morning mass at bethlehem girls college. The next second, the school was go. Miraculo died in the blast. Irl but the School Principal says killed. E of 23 people more than 500 people wereade homeless, including one and he two children. I dont know what happened to me. Even now, i cannot see with this eye. Hmy rightand side of it, i nnot see. Her daughter was rescued but her son david was badly jured. The state owned oil firm said it was caused by a truck that hit gas cylinders nr one of its pipelines. Among the many videos shot that day, bbc africa eye found one filmedt 51 a. M. , five minutes before the blast. It shows that before anything had ignited, there was a major leak of vap lizeduid. It also gives us a precise location for thateak, behind this truck, which also became the center of thelast. We consulted three specialist enneers who confirmed that a leak of this intensity could not be coming fromas cylinders. Drone footage shows the truck was burned out in the blast. The evidence we have collected shows that this truck stop on a route that had been suffered by rainwater. This could have pressured the pipeline to break, releasing a cloud of vapized flammable liquid that ignited. The maintenance and integrity of the countrys Petroleum Pipelines is the sol responsibility of the nigerian pipelines and storage company, which is a subsidiary. Industry regulations also require the lmpc to protect the pipeline from washouts and from being subjected to abnormal loads. A doctor, nigerian engineer, has been warning about the danger of this pipeline for years. It was designe to last for only 25 years. E pipeline has been in existence for way over the lifespan of the pipeline. If a you merge these things together, what you have is a recipe for disaster. A pipeline that is weakened in terms of its integrity. A cover of the pipeline that is eroding. And a Truck Driving on such an environment. We put our findings to them and they told us there pipelines are strictly compliant with safety and regulatory guidelines. They also p denied teline ags inadequately protected, said there was no lebefore the explosion, and reaffirmed their explanation for its cause. X months later, e three of them are still homeless living in a relief camp. Buthe pipeline has already reopened. And theno danger hagone away. Bbc ne, legos. That report from bbc africa eye. There have been calls for more rgeted care for asian and black families living with dementia. One area of interest is music therapy. It has been shown to ease some of the symptoms. To mark world alzheimers day, bbc has created a catalog of world music to help through all cultures who are living with dementia. Do you like music . I realized she was low and not really responding. She was always shutting down like she did not want s remain on tarth. Lets play some music for her. Immediately saw the difference. Listening to an old bollywood song brings back happy memories for her,ho was diagnosed with dementia four years ago. A majority of the services we get, it is like a onesizefitsall. Music she will probably enjoy but not as much. Ti demcharities in the u. K. Recognize the need for a more tailored support people from ethnic minority backgrounds and their families, many of whom are still battling with a stigma around the condition. There is no word for dementia in any of the main salvation main south asian liquids. Using music may not make them well but it helps the individual. Before the pandemic, this sigroup met for their mu class. Now they are relying on zoom. Joining them today is a music artist whose mom also has dementia. There were a few ladies in oom call that reminded m of my mom. Whatever a mom heres a song or sings, it is like a firework. I cant help mom physically, but spiritually i can help her every day because i love music. K i memusic. I make music. He is now supporting the launch of World Service music memories, a collection of songsr around the world to help everyone living wi dementia. It showcases how important culture is. I am proud to say i am british. At the same time, i hav respect where my parents came from. Having a personalized playlist of her moms favorite songs is vital to her dementia care. Even though mom was in the u. K. In the 1960s so whatever the music is was not that music is because that is what she grew up with. That is what she identifies with. Prthe music ents happy times. Bbc news. The power of music and the memories of childhood. Before we go, we want to bring you a story about a gd oldfashioned sports winship. Hthis is a britis racer who was in third place in a triathlon when he made this mistake near the finish line and ended up blocked at a barrier. A spanish athlete meanwhile ran past him but then stopped tt lo this tallow james to cross theup and finish linbefore him. It meant that james finished in third place,er but the organiz gave diego an honorary thirdplace as wel he also received the same0 prize money. If you ask me, that is a small reward sorh. I like to think i would have done the same thing. We all would like to think we would have done the same thing. Bis i world news america. Thanks for watch narror funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Lang specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. Eeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from narrator youre watching pbs. Thank you. Vo anytime,ch the bests anywhere, on nearly any device . 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Then, a grim milestone the u. S. Approaches 200,000 deaths from covid19. Em weber the victims and examine the path forward. Plus, fallout even after withdrawal from the nu deal, the Trump Administration insists on the reimposition of sanctions against iran despite rejection from other globa powers. And its monday, tamara keith anam
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