Supreme Court Nominee barrett is feeling tough questions on everything from abortion to gun ownership on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing she said she would put aside her catholic beliefs while ruling as a Supreme Court judge which bar was questioned by Dianne Feinstein who is the most senior democrat on the Senate Judiciary committee on the issue of abortion is a contentious issue which is a no one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer but i cant express views on cases or precommit to approaching a case any particular way. Well that makes it difficult for me and i think for other women also on this committee because this is a very important case and it affects a lot of people millions and millions of women and you could be a very important vote the government of the netherlands is shutting down bars and restaurants from weapons day and banning the sale of alcohol past 8 pm after a record daily increase in coded 1000 cases many 7000 400. 00 new infections we
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
Has displaced tens of thousands of people it began with the taliban launched coordinated attacks in Helmand Province on saturday u. S. Troops are helping to defend the Afghan Security forces. Control as more from kabul. On. That witness taking place down in the south of the. Last night. Where 2 Afghan Military helicopters cross. Defense come from just earlier that. According to local sources helicopters were there to evacuate. Afghan soldiers and since the fighting has been. Defense forces have been moving in more rain and more commandos to deal with the situation israel and lebanon a meeting to discuss control of maritime borders the delegations are in southern lebanon for being called in direct talks both sides claim parts of the mediterranean coastline the world bank has approved 12000000000. 00 in new funding for developing countries to buy covert 19 bank seems the financial help will soon be used to test and treat people for covert 19 its part of a 160000000000. 00 program to help
Emirates and bahrain made abraham reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank both citizens of long sad that building. Settlements on land palestinians want to be their futures is a crime under International Law and they were actually trying to get International Criminal court to prosecute israel because this is considered a war crime under International Law and for palestinians they see the current Israeli Government is a bold into by the lesions between israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the current us president donald trump. A member of the far right Golden Dawn Party in greece has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a rap artist 70 years ago the head of the party which is now considered to be a criminal organization was sentenced to 13 years fighting between Taliban Forces and Government Troops in afghanistan has been has displaced tens of thousands of people it began when the taliban launched coordinated attacks in Helmand Province on saturday. Israel
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