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
Supreme Court Nominee barrett is feeling tough questions on everything from abortion to gun ownership on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing she said she would put aside her catholic beliefs while ruling as a Supreme Court judge which bar was questioned by Dianne Feinstein who is the most senior democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee on the issue of abortion is a contentious issue which is a no one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer but i cant express views on cases or precommit to approaching a case any particular way. Well that makes it difficult for me and i think for other women also on this committee because this is a very important case and it affects a lot of people millions and millions of women and you could be a very important vote the government of the netherlands is shutting down bars and restaurants from weapons day and banning the sale of alcohol past 8 pm after a record daily increase in coded 1000 cases many 7000 400. 00 new infections we
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