Supreme Court Nominee i meet tony barrett faces some tough questions from democrats on day 2 of her confirmation hearing the netherlands hits a new record to run a virus cases more than 7000. 00 in a day the Prime Minister is due to speak in the next few hours and an indian Jewelry Company pulls an ad that caused outrage because it shows interfaith marriage. Montana how much now have all the sports. Portugal an event is football star christiane or noddle becomes the latest high profile athlete to test positive for coronavirus. So we begin with the undercover al jazeera investigation which has led cyprus to suspend its controversial citizenship for Investment Program the attorney general is also. To probe into possible criminal offenses following the revelations back in august down to serious Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the citizen by Investment Program expose high ranking officials expressing a willingness to help convicted criminals ob
About the agency being politicized since its head, michael pack, started the job the june. The executives were fired or quit working for the agency. The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record subject to the length limitation in the rules. To insert something into the record please have your staff email the previously circulated address or Contact Committee staff. As a reminder to member staff and others physically present in this room for guidance from the office of attending physician, masks must be worn at all times during todays proceedings except when a member or witness is speaking. Please also sanitize your seating area. The chair views these measures as a safety issue and therefore an important matter of order and decorum in this proceeding. For members participating remote
annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
We had a very, very strong economy, and then we were hit with the virus that knocked everything. He reacted quickly. He closed the border from china. Then he closed the border of those coming in from europe. And he went right to work setting up the task force to study the virus. This virus was perplexing. No one knew what to do at first. We did close the country. We shut things down because we tried to get a handle on it and didnt want to overwhelm our medical systems. And once we got that under control and started to change the curve on the virus, the president realized and he knew that the economy would be killed if we didnt start to reopen. So he worked the scientists to get regulations or suggestions to the governors on both sides of the aisle on how to open up and get the economy back on track. You are seeing that working. With the past three months we have created almost 9 million jobs. We came out of a great recession. By comparison, it took four years to create 9 million jobs i
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