Tanzanias president of behaving like a dictator and clamping down on this and ahead of elections. More than a 1000 migrants in 2 days why Spains Canary islands are seeing the biggest surgeon 14 years. Undercover investigation by aljazeera has exposed high ranking officials in cyprus expressing a willingness to aid convicted criminals obtain e. U. Citizenship in august the Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers which revealed serious flaws in the countrys citizen by Investment Program now as phil reese reports investigation leads to the highest offices the cypriot state. The cyprus Investment Program allows foreigners to buy a european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000. 00 the government insists that applicants need a 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
Extreme weather warning the u. N. Says the number of climate related natural disasters has doubled in 20 years and cost the world trillions of dollars. And then school of the bron james and the l. A. Lakers back on top of the boss cable world the lakers have ended their 10 year wait to win the n. B. A. Championship. Hello a divided u. S. Senate is pressing ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee any kone barretts just 3 weeks from the president ial election so republicans are trying to rapidly confirm her and expand the courts conservative majority the Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to serve for decades as the 1st hearing gets underway protesters both for and against barretts confirmation have been chanting outside the court in the pouring rain now the seat became vacant of course after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacements to be chosen after the president ial election Lindse
Criticism and as i am barked on my own legal career i resolved to maintain that same perspective theres a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming while losing sight of Everything Else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life i worked hard as a lawyer and as a professor i owed that to my clients to my students and to myself but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life a similar principle applies to the role of court courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law which is critical to a free society but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made. The people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try that is the approach that i have strived to follow as a judge on the 7th circuit and every case i have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties discussed th
A place at the negotiating table. When more and more migrants are risking a dangerous new atlantic route from africa to europe via the Canary Islands. And a planet transformed into an uninhabitable hell a un report says World Leaders are failing in their duty to stop climate disaster. We start in the United States where a divided senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Kearney Barrett just 3 weeks before the president ial election she was nominated by President Trump and her confirmation would increase the conservative majority in the Supreme Court alan fisher has been following events on capitol hill in washington d. C. The goal to have amy quiney bennett on the u. S. Supreme court before the president ial election the 1st step the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing 16 days after her formal nomination from the Committee Chair a lament that politics plays such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is Justice Ginsberg when asked abou
A massive explosion in parts of the city a huge new fire has triggered panic and prompted fresh questions about government negligence. Its good to have you with us tonight european governments are racing against the clock and the weather to find shelter for thousands of displaced migrants from greeces camp a massive fire destroyed the camp tuesday night leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of the refugees for the past 2 nights most of them have slept outside and theyre still struggling to get enough food and water. A 2nd one to foreigners burn the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. Leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. Among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children some of whom are born in the now destroyed morea camp we do if it were free. Im definitely not ive no doing nothing really. To do with the you all for. Taking no money put up that lets a little know we will