To the uns highest human rights body. And amid warnings of more weather disasters every year but talk to a scientist whos just returned from the arctic with a wealth of data that will help predict Climate Change in the decades ahead. I will begin in cyprus where the government has scrapped its lucrative passports for Investment Scheme following an aljazeera expose the president of the parliament is also stepping down our Investigative Unit found senior politicians willing to help a foreign criminal by a cypriot passport and access to e. U. Citizenship are Investigative Reporter David Harrison reports from nicosia. An emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the president ial palace following the release of the aljazeera investigation. Of the some. Bar on bush program. But if you go to the ball room. As a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by aljazeera. What has been published in t
A day the Prime Minister is due to speak to the nation. And an indian Jewelry Company polls an ad that caused outrage because it showed interfaith marriage. So the aljazeera undercover investigation which has led to cyprus suspending its controversial citizenship for Investment Program the attorney general has also announced a probe into possible criminal offenses following the revelations goes back to august when al jazeera Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed some serious flaws in the citizen by Investment Program it exposed high ranking officials expressing a willingness to help convicted criminals get citizenship lets get more from our Investigative Reporter David Harrison whos in nicosia. Weve had 3 announcements one the abolition of the Investment Program under which people could buy passports if they paid a certain amount of money in which our investigation revealed evidence of that was being abused the 2nd one was the president of the pall of dmitris sal
Before the u. S. Election. Cyprus scraps its controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera. And the netherlands becomes the latest european country to ramp up its coronavirus restrictions as infections keep rising. Abortion abomb acad guns and gay marriage some of the topics featuring on day 2 of the confirmation hearings of President Trumps u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Kearney Barret republican and Democratic Senators each have 30 minutes to ask her about subjects that a touch points to Many Americans the full senate could vote by the end of the month on whether to appoint her just ahead of the u. S. Poll on the vendor the 3rd that barack declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any cases related to next months president ial election. She also sidestepped questions on abortion by Dianne Feinstein the most senior democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee its a contentious issue which is a no one reason why it would be c
Per hour wind gusts regularly so far this morning in sonoma calif still gained vacaville danville as well as fairfield inn atlas peak right there with you so breezy este in the north bay as well as in the inland east bay consistently windy through the rest of the morning little calmer come the afternoon then winds picking back up into the evening tonight leading into the middle of the day tomorrow after which point we do officially see things calming down. Midday friday into the weekend and temperatures will also be coming down in cooling down after that. So we are in the midst of our highest fire danger there is light at the end of the tunnel just around the corner 60s and 70s for current temperatures and this is before a hot afternoon so go ahead enjoy this morning step outside for the morning walk and then i just try to stay as cool as possible later today, some of our coolest of temperatures around petaluma in napa right now day planner shows you were starting the morning mostly in
Into a range of 30 to 45 Miles Per Hour, especially in the north bay. Were actually seeing that right now vacaville calistoga in sonoma have been seeing winds throughout the morning gusting well into that 30 mile per hour range, pretty consistently, those peak, wind gusts even more than that danville also on the breezier side right now 27 mile per hour winds. Breezy in pockets across the rest of the bay area too winds remain consistent throughout the morning were continuing to see power shutoffs for portions of the north bay due to those winds low humidity and the heat by the time we work towards 07 30am this morning calistoga sonoma vacaville still in the midst of some of those stronger winds. We briefly back or higher wind speeds early this afternoon before picking up yet again on into the evening tonight into early tomorrow. Then we officially see things coming down and staying calm for the weekend after that point so there is relief in sight. Today and tomorrow our hottest under wi