Business aljazeera these are the top stories u. S. Vice president ial candidate Pamela Harris is one of the senators that have been questioned by the Supreme Court nominee amy kenny barriers harris says Democratic Campaign is face lay opposed to an appointment before novembers election she focused much of her a lot of 30 minutes on the issue of health care. An official has more from capitol hill. Referred back to the fact that he has criticized parts of the Affordable Healthcare Act before the care act in the past and suggesting that the reason that she was nominated by donald trump was because she said that she would essentially strike it down it would be unconstitutional in her eyes though as far as the democrats are concerned the reason that this is being pushed through so quickly of course is just 17 days since we couldnt but it was announced as the nominee is that they want to make sure that there is a conservative majority on the court and they will be able to end the Affordable
Its. Wildfires destroy entire communities on the west coast of the u. S. And leave several states scrambling to control the spreading blazes. And in school the. Series to a deciding game the defending n. B. A. Champions beating the Boston Celtics to level the semifinal series at 3 games. Welcome to the news hour firefighters are battling a blaze in the lebanese capital at the site of last months court explosion it started at a destroyed a warehouse which was storing oil and tires the red cross say its threatening your warehouse with food aid this comes just a month after the blast in beirut that killed at least 200. 00 people xenophobes are reports from beirut. Another fire at the port another scare for residents of the lebanese capital port. In fear it was here a little over a month ago that a massive explosion tore through neighborhoods across beirut killing at least 190 people on. Memories of then still fresh now those living close by left their homes as the fire spread. Their westp
9 dead after a night of rage in colombia over the death of a man who was repeatedly tasered by police for breaking coronavirus rules. And out of the matter nearly 600. 00 women this year alone protestors in mexico make their anger heard. Under the greek government is Standing Firm and telling migrants left homeless after their camp was gutted by fire but they will not be moved to the mainland on the island of lesbos the thousands of Asylum Seekers who feel let down and trapped now face a 2nd night without shelter fire swept through the morea camp on tuesday night after protests over coronavirus restrictions then more places on wednesday destroyed the little that was left sonia leg of course. The charred remains of the morea refugee camp not a corner untouched by the fire on the surrounding roads thousands of people full inhabitants of moria crowded with the little they had left vulnerable exhausted stranded. A humanitarian catastrophe for those already stricken by hardship. Now there a
Investigative journalist a journalist who was reporting on corruption and the mafia. And police in western germany discovered the bodies of 5 children in an apartment their mother is a suspect well bring you the latest on this investigation. Im burnt off its good to have you with us and nato is set to hold a special meeting on friday to discuss the poisoning of russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny and thats after germany said it has unequivocal evidence that nepal he was poisoned with a deadly nerve agent novi choke moscow says it is not to blame here but germany and its allies are calling on russia to provide answers. Its not often that the German Governments response is so swift and so openly condemning chancellor Angela Merkel calls the poisoning of alex a novel and the attempted murder alexina of only a stop files for saying of all news the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible terms in the name of the entire German Government
For more. Than. One. Hello and welcome to to the point and here are our guests. Is an expert on Turkish Foreign policy and a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy and berlin and he says in this conflict greece is using the language of International Law and European Solidarity and turkeys using language of fair sharing of Mediterranean Resources and coercive diplomacy and its also a pleasure to welcome choco this to me i he works for. And he is convinced that unlike turkeys adventurous regional ambitions in recent years its Foreign Policy regarding the Eastern Mediterranean is following its traditional line and were also very glad to have with us yes im an aggie and she is a freelance. Its journalist from hamburg who works mainly with the a r d network she says everyones hardline approach in the Eastern Mediterranean is part of his symbolic politics with which he tries to distract from domestic problems in the current conflict hes taking this strategy too far so let me start out with you c