And a sugar plantation in uganda that environmentalists say threatens the protective rain forest and hundreds of its animal species. Cypresses governments suspending a controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera the countrys attorney general has also announced an investigation into possible criminal offenses following the revelations exposed to high ranking officials expressing a willingness to aides can fix it criminals to tain e. U. Citizenship in august ill just innocent vesta gets of unit release the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the citizen by Investment Program are Investigative Reporter David Harrison is in the casea with more. Weve had 3 announcements want 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 pollen to meet is this who was one
Party victim of running a criminal gang. We begin with the growing differences between regional powers russia and turkey over the ongoing violence in the corner kind of are a call by moscow for the armed forces of armenia and azerbaijan to abide by a russian cease fire has been ignored smaller than 500. 00 people have been killed since fighting broke out last month the region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but controlled and inhabited by Ethnic Armenians russias foreign minister criticized turkey over its unconditional backing of azerbaijan suggest doesnt it of course on the brutal we do not agree with the position voiced by turkey that was also expressed several times by president so it is not a secret that we cannot agree with a statement that a military solution to the conflict exists and is permissible. Turkeys leader has shot back with a defiant message in parliament richard typer do and says turkey will continue to support it says arry allies said that the re
Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an accidenthe. That the navy was an accident as a career . Soet somewhat. That my father had kernel of marines growing up in that environment and going to Quantico High School thinking it would be them marine corps everybody goes out on a cruise going on a cruise are in san diego. Late in the day on the peer and the sun was setting looking out on all that ocean and i just wanted to be a sailor. I told my dad and mom they were hoping it would be a marine that years later my dad said that came out okay.
A Public Inquiry into the bombings. It still took 7 years for the government 6 years after the 1904 cease fire to agree to a restricted form of inquiry under Justice Henry byron the inquiry found in his own careful words and despite london refusing to cooperate with the inquiry that the case for collusion was neither fanciful nor absurd or. Crucially however for the families bereaved by other murders north of the border daryn published a full appendix listing the ballistic links between other key attacks. After publication of the foreign report it became obvious that there was still no response from the state. Very serious allegations of where not investigated but there was going to be no response and so we decided that we should respond we should bring people in and their National Figures so we approached a number of people. You an investigator. People on the set off interest academics lawyers people 6 periods we invited them. To look at the evidence to me. To meet with families to me
And who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in the armed forces and in the congress, and so we do mourn his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to from seed witho proceed without giving our condolences to his family and for those who sent him to congress to represent them. At this point i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt so deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he sfefserved for more th0 years as a member of the committee including 20 years either as chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to the service in congress, he was in the Civil Rights Movement and was in selma, alabama, in 1963. He holds the distinction of