A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
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
Plague onto the world president of trump attempts to put the focus and blame squarely on china and its u. S. Coronavirus debts past 200000. Struggling to handle the flood of refugees e. U. Leaders try to find a united voice to deal with the influx and share the burden. So theres uncertainty about the future of malaysias government the Opposition Leader and what abraham says he has a Strong Majority to form a new government declared the Prime Minister where you didnt yes seems administration has fallen but he still needs a kings approval to replace yes and he came to power in march and was not new to politics he served as deputy Prime Minister and was also sentenced to prison for corruption and so to me louis is in kuala lumpur and she says theres still uncertainty and last political move. The Prime Minister delivered a special address but hes only been so far hes been speaking only about the aid and the assistance that the government is going to render to the public in light of the dif
Bring him says he has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government. And thousands displaced and villages destroyed now fears that the floods in sudan could trigger a food crisis. And im lee harvey with all of your sports news tokyo its a one pick organizers are meeting with japans new government and the n. B. A. Playoffs the comeback is on yet again for the Denver Nuggets as they beat away at least. 2 weeks off to europes largest refugee camp was destroyed by fire the European Union is set to unveil a new plan on how it deals with the 10s of thousands of people searching for a new life the current rules have seen a disproportionate burden on mediterranean nations such as lol to italy and greece the u. N. Says the news efforts so far have often led to devastating human. Consequences we havent. Been meeting from paris but decades in the greek island of lesbos where thousands of refugees a stranded. People there how closely are they watching the outcome of this meeti
He has the backing to topple the Prime Minister and form a new government. One of the biggest whale the chains in australian history scientists try to find out why nearly 500. 00 animals are stranded off tasmania. So the destroyed maria camp in greece is a stark reminder that all e. U. Nations have to step up to help refugees the European Commission president said the land has been unveiling a long way to proposal to overhaul the e. U. s asylum system this would see you countries sharing the responsibility for refugees and lifting the pressure off mediterranean nations the murray camp on Lesbos Island was destroyed by fire 2 weeks ago forcing almost 12000 refugees on to the streets. This package reflects a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share the burden this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among Member States and citizens confidence