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
Of the commission is up for renomination and confirmation by the senate and the process continues irrespective of the outcome of the election. For instance, my term runs through 2023 and i can hold over for a longer time potentially and i will continue to serve regardless of the outcome of the election. Host with Michael Oreilly not been renominated by the president if there were a change in administration you and chairman pai would be the republicans, correct . Guest yes, Michael Oreilly has served for a long time on capitol hill and at the fcc in his term expired about a year and a half ago and we are allowed to stay on until the end of this congress when we are in that situation whether it is any one commissioners so commissioner oreillys term will come to an end and commissioner piatt, chairman pai and myself can continue to ser serve. Host now to the policies, in an Election Year are you able to get things done . Guest fcc has been incredibly busy. I think this interview right her
A milestone for sudan and its something that means a lot to Sudanese Government because the country has been cut off from Foreign Investment largely because of being on the list of states sponsoring terrorism and this has resulted in a shortage of hard currency which makes it very hard for the country to import basic commodities such as fuel and weeks and that has resulted in shortages in a petrol stations and bakeries its also lead to inflation of more than 200 percent making many from families many of them who live below the poverty line struggle to get 3 meals a day. Countries across europe are taking Emergency Action in a desperate effort to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus poland is transforming its national seem into a Field Hospital while both highland and wales are heading back into short periods of lock down in the us new gold in 1000 infections of reach your highest level since late july most of the cesa showing a rise in the number of new cases the us is a wells was affe
And there are many stories. To. Make up your own mind. W. Made for minds. This week on world stories. Reintegrating x. Militants in nigeria. Election campaigns on reservations in the u. S. But we begin in belarus despite the risk of being jailed the. Opposition continues to demonstrate against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko prominent among the protesters are one of. The moments march had barely begun when the police started making their 1st arrests over the past weeks bellerose has ramped up its crackdown on protesters but despite it all these women come back each saturday to make sure their voices heard. Everything was quiet then suddenly those henchmen showed up and dragged these young women into their process what did they ever do to them were not scared for our own safety were worried about our children and grandchildren we want them to live in a normal country without this kind of. Im. Fine you said the little girl. Alone sophia are outraged and try reasoning with the p
Outdoors in less than ideal conditions. And in Mexico Education currently means sitting in front of a t. V. We look at the impact of school staying closed for months. Education shared learning and the opportunity to engage with their p. S. Barely anything is more important for children but the coronavirus pandemic has turned things upside down frog lopes 1500000000 school kids schools have led to home schooling and online Remote Learning its a highly improvised situation. But education generally has long been a pressing global issue 264000000 Children Worldwide have no access to it until and the pandemic has made things much worse currently around 463000000 children are not receiving any. A form of education neither in the classroom nor its. Better to have a bit of school the none at all thats the motto of the Mexican Government its current Education Program centers around something found in the most living room. A kitchen for a classroom and instead of pen and paper a remote control.