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 ReporterDavid 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 beers the 2nd one was the president of the pall of demetrius who was one of the people implicated in the scheme in our investigation hes announced hes stepping down until an investigation launched by the government is complete hell step down from next week and the 3rd a month and so on the 3rd announcement is that Christakis Giovanni an m. P. You dont position and an owner of the giovanni Property Group who was also exposed in our. Documentary is someone whos willing to help a criminal by a passport hes resigned as an m. P. Under resigned all his party rolls what they say they said it was the current scheme is being abolished now that of course doesnt mean. It may not be reborn in another fall that we have to see wait and see what we do know is that they do have some previous in the cypriot government of weakening and tweaking tweaking tweaking the scheme it stronger toughening up the regulations only to soften them later so that is really one for the future obviously well be watching very closely as will the cypriot people who have been venting their fury on social media at the corruption that we exposed and there have been protests outside the Cypriot Parliament against government corruption following the aljazeera investigation crowds shot at cyprus is not yours to sell and demanded a more just state. You can find more on the cyprus pipe and start here if you like a podcast for starters is that aljazeera dot com slash slash out a 0 investigates and then the full program which is called the cyprus papers under cover has its next screening. At over 100 hours g. M. T. Which is a little under 8 hours from now. Guns abortion money in politics all of that on the agenda on day 2. 00 of the confirmation hearing for u. S. Supreme Court NomineeAmy Tony Barrett republican and Democratic Senators each have 30 minutes to ask her about subjects that are touch points to a lot of americans as we approach the president ial election on november 3rd its ongoing at the moment but was questioned by Dianne Feinstein the most senior democrat in the Senior SenateJudiciary Committee talking about the issue of abortion have a listen its 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 lets talk to an official on capitol hill now alan such a contrast isnt it to the last time we had one of these confirmation hearings 2 years ago justice cavanaghs and this one just a completely different feel to it. Its a lot calmer and i think the democrats know that they had to be calmer going into this because what happened with great covena didnt play well in the wider country given the rights or wrongs of the allegations against great calvin and how the democrats responded i just want to shuttle shuttle Sheldon Adelson is a democrat from rhode island hes country talking about the whole process of how the republicans are complaining that we keep talking about the Affordable Health care and abortion and why these things are important its not really that important and hes saying look when donald trump talked about putting someone on the court he talked about overturning the Affordable Health care act the Republican Party platform in 2016 and for this election was to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn key cultural issues that have been touched owens through the last 3040 years including same sex marriage and the abortion regulations as well so Sheldon Adelson really saying you wonder why we asking questions about this this is why were asking questions about this and this is why its important. That the torn as you see has been a lot calmer a lot more measured. But you know it just needs one answer to change that but it has been very clear that shes not going to talk about potentially discussing pieces that could in come in front of her in the Supreme Court that that would be against you to show regulations there was one moment where dick durbin a senator from illinois a democrat had said talk to about the Affordable Health care act and she said look you seem to assume that im against the Affordable Care act simply because ive criticized some of the decisions the courts have made about it in the past that is not necessarily the case that is the closest weve come to finding a political position that the judge holds on any of the issues that might come in front of the Supreme Court. Allan just looking ahead a little bit given the republicans have the majority in the senate which is where this will eventually be decided is this all just a sort of futile exercise for the democrats at this point you were explaining to us earlier about the importance of the vote when it happens and people actually being there for the voters. Or is it as one senator said a political parlor game that theyre going through the motions here i think people that Sheldon Adelson im making the point the Sheldon Whitehouse making the point here that that theres a lot to this and people should Pay Attention because hes talking about where the money comes to fund campaigns like the advertising weve seen over the last 2 weeks supporting dont chance nomination for the Supreme Court that the democrats are really trying to put key issues in front of the American Public saying that look if we get a conservative justice on the court then things like the Affordable Care act may be at risk and thats because theres a case going to the court the week after the election so its not just political posturing that theyre making a political point in something that used to be almost bipartisan the if someone came in front of the Judiciary Committee and they were well qualified and people thought they could do the job then they got the votes of the bitter ginsburg went through the fill senate on a 963 vote so this is going to split on party lines if the democrats show up and theres been some talk that they want the still republican still have 12 votes to push it through and so then it will go to the through the senate what the democrats really want to do is turn Public Opinion because there are 2 republican senators in the full senate who said they wont vote because its too close to an election they think the next president should be in the position to make a choice. That still gives the republicans a majority but if Public Opinion turns to other republican senators if they can flip them then this is by no means a done deal but the republicans believe theyve got the votes they dont think there are 2 people who were fighting and they think theyll confirm him equally brought it to the Supreme Court which will give the conservatives a 63 majority on the Supreme Court and thats important because all the political judge judge appointments in the United States are political theres no doubt the Supreme Court becomes very political and thats because a lot of cultural issues tend to be decided at the Supreme Court and weve seen that with roe versus wade which is the famous Abortion Case and also same sex marriage and things like that tend to end up in the courts alan fischer on capitol hill there thank you for that. Now the dutch Prime Minister says new strict measures do need to go into place the netherlands recorded a record daily increase in corona virus cases of the 7400 new infections were announced on tuesday the netherlands now with one of the highest per capita infection rates worldwide. Some with us now from steps starting to see a few lines coming through from the dutch Prime Minister via the news wires what are you hearing. Yes he is announcing a partial lockdown as he calls it which means that all the cafes restaurants coffee shops. Will be closed starting tomorrow evening he stressed that the schools will remain open because he says education is important but he has a very serious told me its trying to convince the dutch public to commit to these measures because it was very difficult in the last couple of weeks to have people really seriously follow up on this and saying measures and other measures that were implemented by the government but the government has also been very much criticized for being too late to lead inconsistent because at the moment we are also not expecting any announcement on the man and mandatory face mask its only a strong advice and in that sense the netherlands is quite different from its neighboring countries we have a mandatory face mask its already been implemented for weeks already but the situation is getting serious the hospitals are ringing alarm bells they say were not coping very well and we are running out of i. C. U. Our hospital thats very quickly. Even without you know mandatory wearing coming in step this would be a big adjustment for the dutch people wanted as i was looking here alcohol sales will and 8 pm apparently as you say the cafes and bars closing Prime Minister routes are saying this will hurt but its the only way. Exactly yeah theyre stopping alcohol sales because what weve seen in the last couple of weeks that the cafes had to close at times pm but then a lot of people continued to party ive hole and that the family has left quite a lot of infections among especially young people but these infections have now gone into the elderly and also people from the risk capital categories so did the Prime Minister is urging everyone now to be committed and that this is going to be a very bitter pill to swallow because the we had a 1st lockdown all these restaurants and bars were closed already they just opened a couple of months ago and everyone seems to have forgotten that this is a serious issue and they were really not willing to commit any more and also partially due because the government also had this very lenient response so now hes trying to get the whole population together again to follow up on these new measures step in with that up strict restrictions that come into place in the netherlands thank you one of the coronavirus football star Christina Rinaldo has tested positive as well. For what has now left the National Team squad in isolation all his team mates have been tested again will return negative results the Portuguese Football Federation says ronaldo is doing well and that he has no symptoms. In the news the heads of the sugar plantation in uganda which environmentalist say threatens a protected rain forest. And on it was hauled off the coast of senegal find out next on migrants new boats like to make it to the European Union crossing on the Mediterranean Sea is but do you think ocean would. Have a quiet time of year at the moment there may be changes waiting to come in but for the moment the middle east the precious little cloud except in turkey with a few showers coming in the increasing breeze in the eastern med but tempest so as of the high beta 27 by going to 36 both a bit above where they should be and the heart says to a little bit below but none of these are extreme the forecast the doha maintains that about 3132. 00 degrees the next 23. 00 days the main rain is now gone south with the sun but there are showers extending still from south sudan right down through the rift valley and beyond the biggest ones probably arent around juba but they are breaking out again and in these european highlands the tend to be further west and further south the congo being the main recipient and thats certainly more light to be true during Service Today but as i said the rain is typically heading further south so whilst kigali represents this time of the year daily showers usually about lunchtime proper rain might be far and further south on things like these dying frontal systems however that looks quite a weak one the forecast next couple days might give a little bit of rain from malawi which will be welcomed on the far north of mozambique but if youre further south than that its probably dry. It began with war and the good it was to hear i got shot i fall down i felt like i was that the documentary filmmaker once granted unconditional assigner contrasts his experiences with those seeking refuge today and intimate you know of the consequences of the policies of detainment is really unnecessary illness misery they cannot absorb this number that people have to suffer and in this way it is unacceptable a refugee staying on to 0. With aljazeera these are the top stories cyprus is suspending its citizenship for Investment Program following an undercover investigation by al jazeera that exposed high ranking officials expressing a willingness to help convicted criminals get e. U. Citizenship. U. S. Supreme Court Nominee any county barrett has sidestepped controversial issues such as abortion during the 2nd day of her confirmation hearings however she did say she would put aside accounts that beliefs was ruling as a Supreme Court judge and the government in the netherlands is shutting down bars and restaurants from banning the sale of alcohol as well after 8 pm after a record dating increase in covert 19 case its only 7100. 00 new infections were announced on tuesday. The main Opposition Leader in belarus is threatening to call for a nationwide strike if president Alexander Lukashenko doesnt resign if an attack on the sky is also demanding Security Forces stop their violent crackdown on protesters and release Political Prisoners within 2 weeks the show because reelection in august extended his 26 year old thora tarion role it has provoked protests ever since against what was widely seen as a rigged results but by john are accusing each other of violating the cease fire that came into force on saturday the ministry of defense says their soldiers came under attack along the line of contact as its known and i mean john launched a massive attack along the entire length of that front on both sides accuse each other of killing civilians in this flare up over the disputed new going to cut about the region which began last month. The u. S. State departments condemning what it calls turkeys calculated provocation in sending a survey ship into disputed waters in the mediterranean territorial tensions higher between turkey and greece of all willing Gas Exploration the u. S. Says turkeys latest move is a deliberate tactic to undermine efforts to find a diplomatic solution. Maybe as International Recognized governments putting on a show of strength as the country marks its National Police day nearer curts have taken center stage as the government battles so many different groups and trying to reports from tripoli was National Police day is celebrated for the 65th time in libya. In a parade organized by the ministry of interior new recruits marse around mars square in tripoli. The aim was to show libyans that the internationally recognized government in the capital is building up its security institutions. With their shiny new cars and smart uniforms watched by leaders of the government of National Accord and onlookers the ceremony was broadcast on most t. V. Channels here. And we had little i was ve