Say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of wild scale abuse which the army denies. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start so of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases nearly 1500000. 00 deaths the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on coronavirus diplomatic editor james bays is at the u. N. In new york and james that session is still ongoing but we understand the secretary general has addressed the meeting what did he have to say. Well secretary general was the 1st to address the meeting one of only a couple of speakers who were actually in the room at the General Assembly because of covert 19 most the leaders have submitted their speeches recorded speeches theyre being played out from all of them for
First encounter . Plus. Its been hard, loud. Anchor another day of unrest in lagos. Nigerias president calls for an end to the protest but doesnt address tuesdays shooting. 11 hours lebanons Prime Minister after a push for power. France is extending its curfew on nine major cities to a fur ther 38 areas. They will have to stay indoors at night for six weeks. Its no recorded an now recorded an alltime high of infections. Germany, croatia, and russia are three of the other countries who posted their biggest oneday rise. Belgiums Prime Minister, caretaker Prime Minister until recently, is now in intensive care with the virus. The country had nearly thousand two 10,000 new cases each day. Its second only to the Czech Republic in terms of infections per capita. First day stall saw new limits as hospitals fill up there. And in slovakia, all schools will be closed for a month monday and there will be two rounds of population testing. Reporter these pictures filmed anonymously and leaked onto
A new record coronavirus cases more than 7000 in a day and the Prime Minister is due to address the nation and an indian Jewelry Company pulls an ad that caused outrage because it shows interfaith marriage. So we begin with that undercover aljazeera investigation which now has led to cyprus suspending its controversial citizenship for Investment Program the attorney general has also announced a probe into possible criminal offenses following the revelations it goes back to august when aljazeera is Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers that revealed serious flaws in the citizen by Investment Program exposing high ranking officials who were willing to help convicted criminals obtain e. U. Citizenship more now from our Investigative Reporter David Harrison who is in nicosia. Weve had 3 announcements one the abolition of the Investment Program under which people could buy passports if they paid a certain amount of money in which our investigation revealed evidence of that was big b
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
Of next month. And the better is protest leader accused of undermining National Security area kolesnik over is to face new challenges. Follow u. N. Investigators have accused the venezuelan government of crimes against humanity and shooting the killing and torturing of protesters and the Fact Finding Mission found reasonable grounds to believe president Nicolas Maduro ordered the crimes to silence opposition reports says police and military killed and tortured and team of duro protesters the tactics included arbitrary detentions the authors concluded the crimes were part of state policy and not isolated incidents thats based on hundreds of interviews with victims witnesses and reports says the International Criminal court should open an investigation if n. Is wayland authorities failed to act to raise about reports. The whole city already are and they have been demanding justice for over 2 years more in. Their 20 year old son who was killed during protests in venezuela in 2017 he died