Yes im going at stand up because im not also the news conservative u. S. Supreme Court Nominee barack faces some tough questions from democrats on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing. Strict new measures will go into place in the netherlands after a Record Number of new coronavirus cases report. And look at the conflicts over the region of not going to tell about is affecting the people there. So we begin with that aljazeera expose which has led cyprus to suspend its citizenship for Investment Program aljazeera as Investigative Unit exposed senior politicians who engaged in a plan to help a criminal by a cypriot passport our best to get a reporter David Harrison has this report now from nicosia. An emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet. Was held at the president ial palace following the release of the aljazeera investigation. You can we can get surely going to go live to some broker soon youre going to use you tube our own bush remember the program which we already speak about y
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
Ahead this hour. The russian opposition figure alexian of oil in the groans in agony on board a flight after an apparent poisoning hes now critically ill in hospital. Also ahead india recording almost 70000 coronavirus cases in one day but the study is suggesting millions more may have been infected without knowing it. Meant for its internal ends coach says the team is ready to begin a new era of 6 sas enter aiming to win their 1st trophy in almost a decade in the Europa League final agony said the. There we are here we go federal prosecutors in the United States of a rest and charged a former senior white house strategist steve bannon he was one of president Donald Trumps most influential advisors during the 2016 Election Campaign the Justice Department is accusing him of conspiracy to commit wire fraud it has to do with a Fund Raising Campaign to support the building of mr trumps wall along the border between the United States and mexico in a moment well speak to our. White house cor
Head of the eastern to be used to prove how Star Petroleum facilities guard stated that they are lifting the blockade on the oil exports by instructions from the war lord seely for have to have to spokesman. Announces that lifting the blockade will only include discharging or unloading the oil gas and other fuel to stored in the tanks there according to him by instructions from have to to eliminate an environmental disaster the death now this indicates a contradiction because if after his giving orders to his forces to lift the blockade on the Oil Facilities he himself stated in the past that the blockade has been imposed by local tribes but also seems that there is no or terminal lifting of the blockade at least for the time being despite International Pressure now the state oil firm here of tripoli their National Oil Corporation has this to me did over 8000000000. 00 losses in oil revenues because of the of the blockade the chairman of the National Oil Corporation most of them are al
Convention is continuing right now of course virtually streaming online because of coronavirus restriction speakers have been joining from across the country and to that live stream and we will have a look at that a little bit later on but right now he is the team for this hour Kimberly Halkett is our White House Correspondent bed because there is a good chance the president will be watching and reacting to this speech in real time as he did yesterday but were standing with alan fischer in wilmington delaware where the speech will be given by joe biden and well a moment 22 years in the making alan. Longer than that 32 he ran in 1808 had to step down because of allegations of plagiarism seems your math is as good as mine. So its certainly the biggest speech i think many people felt that when joe biden was Vice President he was awarded in the the final days of the Obama Administration the president ial medal of freedom that was the capstone and what had been to that point a long and fair