Implicated in a scheme to sell e. U. Pos boards to criminals we have an exclusive investigation. More coronavirus restrictions expected to be imposed in england were temporary hospitals have been put on standby because of a surge in infections. Well a divided u. S. Senate is now charging ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Connie Barrett just 3 weeks away from the president ial election republicans are trying to rapidly confirm ballots and expand the courts conservative majority Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to say for decades protesters for and against the confirmation have been chanting outside the court in pouring rain as the hearing gets underway a seat opened up after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the president ial election. Well Lindsey Graham is the republican chair of the Senate Judiciary committee he defended the timing of about its nomination though the Republican Majority Senate 4 years ago refused to consider Barack Obamas nominee in a similar situation in an Election Year what will happen is that my democratic colleagues will say this is never been done in their right in this regard nobodys i think theyre being confirmed Election Year past july the bottom line is Justice Ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that a present serves 4 years not 3 theres nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy that is a kurd through a tragic loss of a great woman and were going to fill that vacancy with another great woman Diane Feinstein is the senior most democrat in the Senate Judiciary committee and she focused on amy called me about its pasta statements and rulings suggesting opposition to the Affordable Care act signed into law by barack obama the court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the law on november the 10th thats a week after the election the stakes are extraordinarily high for the American People both in the short term and for decades to come most importantly Health Care Coverage for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination so over the course of these hearings my colleagues and i will focus on that subject we will examine the consequent if and thats a big if republicans succeed in rushing this nomination through the senate before the next president takes office ok alan fisher is joining us live on capitol Hill Dianne Feinstein there essentially really getting to the heart of one of the key concerns for democrats. And Lindsey Graham acknowledging the real politic and his Opening Statement saying that theyre probably going to Vote Along Party Lines on this committee which would mean 12 republicans voting yes to the nomination 10 democrats voting no and then moving to the full senate but you can see Dianne Feinstein is laying out the battle growing that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the Affordable Health care act shes making the point that the Supreme Court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy who is expressed concern about the Affordable Health care act or obamacare as it became widely known then that whole thing is at risk and shes hoping that that might play into Public Opinion outside of the chamber theyre not going to change many votes inside the Committee Room i think thats pretty clear but 2 republican senators have already said that they dont think its right to vote on a nomination this close to an election remember were just about 3 weeks away and theyre hoping that they can flip 2 more republican senators that there will be enough calls to the Senators Office is saying look you cant do this i have a preexisting condition youre putting me at risk and that might just cause them pause because if it goes to the full senate 5347 in favor of the republicans they need to flip forward to make sure that they can carry the day because of course if theres a tie then Vice President mike pence has a casting vote so you can see these are the battle grounds that are being very clearly i think the democrats have acknowledged that theyre not going to turn any senators in the room but it might be Public Opinion that changes the whole equation here and lets talk a little bit more about that Public Opinion in terms of the fact that these hearings arent happening in isolation are they alan that there are protests going on outside the building right not. Thats right i passed them on my way in here this morning there are hundreds of people out there its not a very pleasant morning in washington d. C. This monday morning there are many many people who are saying that it is time to confirm him equally burnet theres fewer protesters who are there saying that they have to wait of course weve heard from democrats they believe that the whole situation is that it is too close to an election voting is underway in 40 states early voting underway and therefore to court the republicans from 4 years ago it should be a case that the American People have a chance to have a say in who picks the next Supreme Court justice that of course is the foundation of the democratic argument here that essentially 4 years ago when Antonin Scalia a conservative justice died barack obama said that he was going to appoint Merrick Garland regarded by many as a centrist but some would call him a liberal and they wanted to push that through but the republicans said no its an Election Year we control the senate and they didnt even put it up for a vote and though the democrats are saying hold on a 2nd look what you said 4 years ago look where youre saying no that doesnt quite match up in fact Lindsey Graham in his Opening Statement said there was a time when Ruth Bader Ginsburg was confirmed by 96 to 3 because she was regarded as well qualified even though many republicans thought her views wouldnt be surprised their views wouldnt be supported by her on the Supreme Court he said weve moved away from that point but then says what hes doing now is is following the constitution and he notes that the argument that hes making that this has become a partisan process becomes even more of a partisan process no because we are so close to an election he says his views were changed by the Brett Kavanaugh hearings youll remember them but 2 years into trance presidency if pointed Brett Kavanaugh he was accused of sexually assaulting someone at a party these teenage years the damage. Thats were very very forceful in their attacks on him Lindsey Graham said that he tried to destroy that man and that became perhaps the most part to cern nomination of a Supreme Court justice weve ever seen in the united states. Might not produce quite as many fireworks but its going to be divided along those partisan lines if the democrats cant flip to republican senators to at least at the very least hold off on casting their vote when this goes to the full senate as it know almost inevitably will before the election in november the thought all day one of those hearings continues on capitol hill more go on for the next few hours but for now alan fischer on capitol hill allan thanks very much indeed russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of neuronal buck the Foreign Ministers of armenia and russia have been meeting in moscow was a by john has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions but russia. Says there will be no changes to the format for peace talks over the region there was more fighting throughout sunday night with both sides accusing each other of violating a humanitarian cease fire and funerals are being held in the azerbaijani village of some of here for the victims of sundays attacks on gunja at least 9 people were killed and 34 others wounded by shelling in the early hours of the morning hundreds have been killed across the region since fighting flared at the end of last month its the worst violence between the 2 sides in decades. Ballister we reached an important agreement on sense today initiated by president putin but we see that this agreement is not being fully complied with and the fighting is continuing we expect that our contacts with you are now as a by johnny neighbors including by our defense ministries will ensure full compliance with the agreements that were reached in a trilateral format. Since september 27 the full scale aggression against the people of nagornokarabakh has continued meanwhile a military solution is being openly expressed as a solution to the car about conflict as well as the physical extermination of the people of nagornokarabakh the azari armed forces ignored their obligations to not target civilians the absence of military objectives in the area that i was advised on is attacking proves their motives yet again which is equivalent to war crimes. And undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals obtain e. U. Citizenship in august Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program now as phil reese reports the investigation leads to the highest offices of the separate state the cyprus Investment Program allows foreigners to buy european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000 dollars the government insists that applicants need to clean criminal record the holder of a cypriot passport has the right to live and work across the e. U. Our undercover reporters went to cyprus to represent a fictional client who has fled china mr x. Is a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and Money Laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport. Property agents denise and tony kate help those investing in property to get cypriot passports our undercover reporters tell them about our proposed applicant. Chinas gone and charging him fall and. 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Were here for support. I dont like politically cloture. I have to prepare its like making. When confronted with the evidence all of those involved in ny any wrongdoing. They claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the Money Laundering unit. System phil race aljazeera of a more on this investigation watch this cyprus papers under cover the 20 g. M. T. Today even Foreign Ministers say theyre ready to sanction belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko the e. U. Already sanctioned 40 other belorussian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after local sanka held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reform meanwhile the belorussian interior ministry have reportedly told police they can use lethal weapons against protesters on sunday more than 700 people were arrested as they rallied against the her sanka for the 9th consecutive day belarus has been rocked by months of on the west following a disputed election oldest. Still ahead and al jazeera millions of children across africa head back to School Following the coronavirus shutdown. And jobless and hungry in brazil the pandemic leaves millions wondering where their next meal is coming from. But. Hello we say goodbye to chan home not because you know the one but the time because in open water now we look to weather coming off the land and thats a cold front youll be seeing more and more of those behind it should be when she weather not yet 9 degrees and then if you follow the tail end of it you still got some development of rain in western china as not much to it but a bit my shirts off and she one of the more obviously is down here one can now that is a Tropical Storm a womans in the South China Sea which is jus to make landfall in vietnam as you already know vietnam cambodia and laos are already flooded the in fact just added to it in fact the rains are spread as far south as cambodia the capital is still flooded this was just taken yesterday its not particularly deep but it is pretty extensive but i will probably make landfall further north and in viet nam and it might be a little bit stronger lynn far as well the winds might be something to consider but bradys got to be inevitable and because it is drawing so much of the moisture from the atmosphere that will tend to lessen the showers for the south we havent seen that many in these here recently but as you can see from the forecast borneo is full of these big showers but beyond that if you are in john for example its quite dry. But. Is the government calling the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does iraq i care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world were willing if you didnt take you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were the. I want to go to 0 in the mind of our top stories this hour the divided u. S. Senate is now moving ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Connie Barrett republicans are trying to rapidly confirm ballots before novembers election and expand the courts conservative majority. Russias foreign minister has indicated that turkey will not be involved in peace talks over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh azerbaijan has proposed its ally turkey be involved in discussions both sides accusing each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire. And undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals to obtain e. U. Citizenship in august the Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program. Emergency hospitals in england have now been put on standby and new coronavirus restrictions are expected to be announced in cities with high infection rates hard hit areas such as liverpool and manchester are expected to face the toughest rules some Business Owners are resisting the latest climb down saying they are not to blame for the resurgence of infections a new 3 traffic lights system will classify regions as being on medium high or very high alert. Having had a rather flat summer with very low amounts of covert positive patients in the u. K. You can see that from Early September there has been a marked pick up the epidemic this time has clearly picked up pace in the north of england earlier than it did in the 1st wave but. Pretty much all areas of the u. K. Are now seeing growth in the infection rate bob brown is following developments from london. And john van tam put it in very stark te