A surprise discovery on the moon a frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tone from manned missions. The u. S. Senate has begun voting on the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court appointment to the lifetime post seems assured by the republican controlled body the process to get her into the role was fast tracked following the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg last month a confirmation will give conservatives a 63 majority on the countrys highest Court Democrats say your appointment should have come after the upcoming president ial election as bring in al and fisher hes on capitol hill for the debate is taking place the democrats really did not want this to go ahead but despite their best efforts it seems the republicans are going to be able to push this through. Im just watching the pictures from the senate floor gone through the voting yes its been announced my understanding in my total is that 52. 00 republican senators have voted in favor 48. 00 have voted against that would be the democrats plus susan cole and susan a very tight fight shes a republican senator says she voted no so by my calculations i dont know if its officially been a nonstop you might have a better idea on the feed the night do but my understanding is that is enough to confirm in the corny but it is the next justice on the Supreme Court so that means within the next owner or so should be heading to the white house where she will be sworn in at a ceremony that is being held there Justice Clarence thomas will be the one who actually administers the oath of office but donald trump is expected to be there as well he country in pennsylvania on his way back from 3 rallies there the democrats did try to block this they talked about how they should be delayed until after the election given that the voting would take place when early voting in the president ial election was underway they talked about how the republicans had blocked a democratic nomination 8 months before the election 4 years ago they talked about how there could be a risk to important things Like Health Care in the United States if there was a conservative majority in the court none of that would make any difference because of simple electoral math and the real reality is the republicans had the vote they have a president who can make the nomination and so they have decided to go ahead with this and it looks as if that has been confirmed in the last few minutes again you have a better idea than me what is interesting of course is that many people suggested that the republicans should sit on this till after the election go to the people and say look if you vote for donald trump you will get another conservative justice this is why you should come out and vote they decided not to do that they decided to push it through before the election and there are some observers to suggest. That means Mitch Mcconnell the leader of the republicans in the senate doesnt think that donald trump will be in the oval office after the election would have the power to push through nominations or he decided to put his passion on the court when he had the chance just to reiterate him equally but it looks as if she has been confirmed to the Supreme Court in the United States that would solidify a 6 to 3 republican majority on the Supreme Court allan just as youre talking there we are getting the news lines in confirming what you are telling us and that she has being confirmed in place lets talk about the implications of for the u. S. Of having a Supreme Court which leans so heavily to the right particularly were only away a week away from the election itself but of course there are then there are land particular issues that theyre going to be daily dealing with such as their fordable care act theyre going to be making judgments on that in the coming weeks as well. Well Mitch Mcconnell has said look weve often heard in the past if youre point this person to the court it will mean that there is a conservative majority the court will swing to the right point to those points in history where that has actually happened so his argument is that justices tend to view the law and they dont go with political bias theres going to be a test for the Supreme Court just one week after the election the Affordable Care act will come up theyre going to look at whether or not a preexisting condition should still be covered by in shooters there are people on the democratic side who believe that has already expressed concern about that idea and therefore will vote to straight down the law but more importantly immediately after the election a donald trump has said that he will might not accept that the result of the vote because hes can stand of its legitimacy he said if he loses then it will have been a fraudulent vote so that is the possibility that if this is a tight election we could end up with the Supreme Court hearing various legal motions from both sides go back to 2000 when it was gore versus bush where was that decided in the Supreme Court on the Supreme Court decided to stop ballot counting in florida and so therefore with a 6 to 3 conservative Majority Democrats believe that donald trump has already put his finger on the scale of justice in that case. It came under pressure during her confirmation hearing to say that she would recuse herself from any of those hearings she didnt say that she said she would judge it on its merits at the time so there are big cases coming up in the Supreme Court that could well. Need 9 justices what happens afterwards of course is if joe biden wins hes already said that he will appoint a commission to look at reforming or looking what needs to be done to the Judicial Branch of the United States and so there is the possibility he would consider changing the face. The Supreme Court from one justices perhaps to as many as 13 not something hes expressed fever ability about in the past but were in a whole different ballgame when it comes to politics in the United States as many many senators pointed out in the past there was always the possibility that if you were qualified you got in Supreme Court no its become very political equally burnet confirmed to the u. S. Supreme court the 9th justice will be sworn in in the next couple of hours thanks very much indeed and just to reconfirm the any county about is as alan says going to be confirmed as the 9th judge on the Supreme Court the result there years 52 nays 48 and the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their efforts to contain the new surge of Coronavirus Infections that shows director general admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but he cautions against giving up on the fight as comments come a day after president trumps chief of staff said the administrations focus had moved to mitigation of the virus not stomping it out the u. S. Has been hardest hit globally and infections are still on the rise but President Donald Trump insists cases are up because there is more testing White House CorrespondentKimberly Holcomb has more. The u. S. President pushing back on criticisms that this administration is waving the white flag in fact as he continued to hold multiple rallies in the u. S. State of pennsylvania the u. S. President has said compared to europe the United States is doing really well and blames the what he calls the Fake News Media for watching to scare everyone and asked for those comments by his rival joe biden that he is waving the white flag giving up on controlling the virus or even containing at the u. S. President saying that biden is waving the white flag he doesnt want to live life in is just hiding in his basement well what weve got here are 2 very different approaches to dealing with the pandemic in the United States there is the trumpet ministrations approach which is mitigation versus prevention by joe biden its a strategy that the chief of staff mark meadows earlier pushed back on a National Lockdown strategy or a National Porn teen strategy that is proposed by the left. Is not effective is not what one ultimately contain or control this virus so any suggestion that were waving the red flag i mean the white flag is is certainly not in keeping with this president you know him he doesnt give up and hes not going to give up until all americans are safe and we defeated this firemans theres no question that numbers are rising 8600000 americans infections and in terms of deaths 225000 and counting in fact in the past 2 days the u. S. Has reported on 2 different days both the highest numbers of infections and this is a concern that this continues to increase exponentially so in the midst of all of this there is growing concern as americans are set to go to the polls in less or rather in just a little more than a week and as they continue to do that this Administration Still continuing to campaign in that includes the Vice President mike pence who has tested negative for cope at night tina as of today but 5 members of his staff have tested positive. Turkeys president is the latest to call for a boycott on french goods following president zuma all microns comments about islam and muslims a call once tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society after a teacher was beheaded earlier this month well hala devolve reports from doha. Palestinian israeli protest against from outside the french ambassadors residence in tel aviv 6. Its a part of a wave of anger after the french president manuel micro refused to and also controversial cartoons depicting islams prophet mohammed earlier this month french teacher some your party was beheaded by at such an attack after he showed his students the caricatures during a class on freedom of expression muslims consider it to blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet french officials insist its an act of freedom of speech. The idea of serious war stricken city over it protesters made theyll voice head. In dakar the capital of bangladesh they described mccrone as an enemy of peace but im going to get the money if you have no idea about the strains of muslims if we rise you will see that so be careful that im a member of the bundle of this you protesters held up signs with words from turkish president there is a plate of the one who has said president needs a Mental Health test. Fire also recalled its ambassador to turkey in protest accusing him of even failing to condemn the matter of some your party on monday the turkish leaders spokesman responded by strongly condemning what he called the most famous murder of party but president of the one has thrown his weight behind the Boycott Campaign should be about what other im now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not Pay Attention to french labeled goods do not buy them. Commercial businesses in our countries including kuwait morrocco are do you have palestine and jordan have taken measures to boycott french products. Which is qatars leading retailer with more than 40 supermarkets across the country has been the 1st to decide a total withdrawal of french products they say it is a voluntary decision but it reflects the collective desire of its customers. About 50 french brands have been removed from the shelves the food items perfumes daily hygiene and Beauty Products have the mark of a mirror i commend this decision by a mirror and i hope that other Companies Follow its example this is the strongest weapon we have right now. At this Shopping Mall in jordan of science reads in solidarity with Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him or french products are boycotting supporters of the boycott hope it will produce results. Its a statement of opposition and im sure it will reach the french officials and will certainly make a difference files has criticised the boycott and asked for it to be stopped but president insists his country will never give in to oppression of any kind and will continue to fight what you called islamic separatism. Or does he. Still had an aljazeera well have the latest on the 2nd day of antigovernment protests in the iraqi capital baghdad. And were just one week away from the u. S. President ial election were going to ask of the battleground states along the great lakes will help trying secure another win. As yet not see very much in the way of winter it is still the way a long way up here and temperatures are in single figures but not subzero in that part of china and that is a nice time of the year throughout japan the Korean Peninsula most to china were hovering around the 20 degree mark the sun is out its disappearing behind the clad in the far west of china but its go up in the Higher Ground but mostly we just talked about disappointment not so much the sunshine more the tide for some the active weather still in the south china say this was a tropical depression it made landfall as a large as a typhoon and its going to make landfall late tuesday or early wednesday in vietnam as the couldnt have a catchcry one hurricane so its it is worthy of no wind damage big waves tidal swell about 250 minutes the rain seems likely it is part of vietnam is pretty widespread rainfall where there is already flooding on the ground south of that where there are still plenty of showers around the quite well scattered to be honest the monsoon trough is heading south officially still over land right about here but an officially i think its gone further south and its left when to behind as winter approaches new delhis air conditioned air quality goes down once again. But. When covert 901st struck china and began to spread across asia. Some in the west criticized countermeasures a stew hot or too weak. But have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. Coronavirus lessons from asia on a jazeera. Were rude to her for when. Im with. We want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Senate has confirmed. To the Supreme Court the Republican Controlled Senate voted 52 to 48 democrats were against the nomination and wanted it to happen after next months president ial election people have been gathering outside the Supreme Court in washington d. C. In the crowds made up of those who support any counting ballots nomination and those against it. The World Health Organization is warning some countries are on the dangerous track in their battles against new surges of Coronavirus Infections the agency admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but its cautioned against giving up on the fight. The president s vision part of the un has called on turks to boycott french goods hes angry about emanuel microns comments about islam has called for tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society. Russian air strike has killed at least 78 Turkish Backed rebels in Northern Syria the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 90 others were wounded in an attack on a Training Camp and theres a widely area of italy province russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict falls within a deescalation zone established under a cease fire agreement in march. Producers and Security Forces faced off for a 2nd day in the iraqi Capitol Police fired tear gas and closed a major bridge in baghdad demonstrators a frustrated about government corruption and the deteriorating Economic Situation the protests began a year ago but they were stopped because of coronavirus some of all things in baghdad several tents here in Tahrir Square were either burned or taken down overnight i mean mounting disagreements between the protesters over how to use demonstrations should continue part of them appear to favor a negotiated solution with the government and the protests while others are determined to remain here and escalate the situation until their demands are met. Tends to make tea for the protesters who burned and we extinguished the 3 gasoline owners and you know afternoon burned it was their intention was to remove all tents and the protests but this one or. There is a palpable difference in the atmosphere in Tahrir Square to