welcome to you in the team and thank you for that live report david harrison is from the al-jazeera investigative units. in the news ahead we'll look at greece where a court is handed down long sentences for leaders of the far right golden dawn party which is convicted of running a criminal gang. member in nigeria as well where protests against police brutality are going on for a 7th day in a row. hello welcome to another look at the international forecast just look in little italy cool side the chilly side full wrap parts of the middle east over the next couple days i k it's all relative but we'll see temperatures here in doha for example at around 34 celsius a pleasant 34 well into the mid thirty's there full kuwait time for baghdad warm enough pleasantly warm there just around the levant 2627 there for jerusalem i'd also for beirut and similar values as we go on into friday when they just say we don't how we're going to struggle we can call it that to get above 30 degrees celsius fight in try for the most part has a sunshine to a jewel truth be told we'll see some showers there a

citizenship our investigative reporter david harrison reports from nicosia. an emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the presidential palace following the release of the al-jazeera investigation. because. there were some of the same york about using the power on those in the program we already see. that if you go to the top our own. as a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by al jazeera. what has been published in the last few hours by the al-jazeera news network is causing outrage anger and concern among the people i have given clear instructions to the police leadership from the outset to conduct a full fora and in-depth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses undercover reporters from al-jazeera as investigative unit posed as representatives of a fictional client a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and money laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport our reporters

harrison is in the casea with more. 3 announces war on the.

harrison al-jazeera cyprus. and they have been protests outside the cypriot parliament against government corruption following that al-jazeera investigation crowds shouted cypresses not us to sell and demanded a more just state as also outrage in social media with many calling for resignations. still ahead on al-jazeera columbia's government places ranks to protect the minister accused of leading a brutal response to opposition protests the all the measures go into place in the netherlands up to record numbers of the run of our case. alistair's already fallen assad losses are britons that brought it start real winter yet is just giving you a taste much of the rest a chance to rest of the world's a 13 and this is right in the tropical stuff is producing as you can see lanka yet another tropical storm which is now affecting southwestern china but it really is going to do his worst damage from rain for i think in vietnam where is already significantly flooded and normally breezes brought temperatures down to about

harrison al-jazeera cyprus. and there have been protests outside the cypriot parliament against government corruption following that al-jazeera and best occasion crowds shouted cyprus is not yours to sell and demanded a more just state has also outrage and social media with many calling for resignations. and there's the full program the suppressed papers on the cover the next screening is at a 100 hours g.m.t. on wednesday a little under an hour from now. still ahead on al-jazeera strict new measures to go into place in the netherlands after record number of coronavirus cases are reported there. and where in kurdistan the capital bishkek speaking to young people who are demanding an overhaul of the political system. carlos stairs already fallen asleep also. brought it start real winter yet is just giving you a taste much of the us a chance to relatively well say 30 minutes this is right in the tropical stuff is producing if you can see danka yet another tropical storm which is now affecting southwestern china bu

harrison is with us david cypriot government has always denied any wrongdoing what reason that they given for suspending the scheme. well they've given that the reason they're given his longstanding story of abuse and concern over the investment program it's been an incredibly fast moving morning here we've had 3 announcements warning 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 being abused the 2nd one was the president of the pollen to me this who was one of the people implicated in the scheme in our investigation he's announced he's stepping down until an investigation launched by the government is complete he'll step down from next week under their demands under 3rd announcement is that christakis giovanni an m.p. you don't position m.p. on the owner of the vani property group who was also exposed. in our documentary is someone who was willing to help a criminal by a passport he's resigned as an m.p. under resigned all his policy roles so what happens

harrison is in the casea with more. we've had 3 announcements warning 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 being abused the 2nd one was the president of the pollen to meet a serious who was one of the people implicated in the scheme in our investigation he's announced the stepping down until an investigation launched by the government is complete he'll step down from next week under the betterments site under 3rd announcement is that christakis giovanni an m.p. opposition m.p. and owner of the giovanni property group who was also exposed in our in our documentary is someone who was willing to help a criminal by a passport he's resigned as an m.p. and it resigned all his party rolls what they're saying they said it was the current scheme is being abolished now that of course doesn't mean that there may be may not be reborn in another fall that we have to see a wait and see what we do k

citizenship the government has now abolished the program for more on this let's bring in david harrison and nicosia david of course you were parts of that investigative team that led to that expos sabir seen a dramatic fall from grace for the parliamentary speaker is he said any more about his decision to stand down. yes you know how is it. you said that he was stepping down not just as the speaker of parliament but also as an m.p. it's a complete step down he had been hanging on the claim that in his statement that the reason you hadn't resigned because you thought it would be taken out of that mission of guilt. no wrongdoing is now turning to his mind that he's decided that because people are exploiting the taking political advantage of him hanging on him . because he feels he be misunderstood that he's decided it's time to step down. and it has a speed enough to quote the process in cyprus because your investigation has result . didn't quite a lot of unease being expressed there where you are we have seen protesters gathering outside parliament will this be enough to get the protests

ok david harrison there bring us all the latest from nicosia thank you very much indeed. russia is calling on the armed forces of armenia and azerbaijan to abide by the cease fire in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh intense fighting overnight since followed repeated violations and the cease fire brokered by russia came into force on saturday the region is internationally recognized as part of us or by shan but controlled by ethnic armenians. president trumps u.s. supreme court nominees says she's made no commitment to the white house on how to rule on major cases including election disputes in the county baratz testified before a senate committee on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing alan fischer reports . on capitol hill it was time for judge to face questions from senators the chairman of the committee was a no doubt the president picked the right person to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ruth bader ginsburg i would say you're one of the greatest picks president trapped in may and from the conservative side of the aisle you're one of the most qualifi

as well as bring in our investigative reporter david harrison and he joins us on the line from nicosia david the cypriot government since i was denied any wrongdoing in with this scheme so what we said are they given for suspending it. actually didn't hear that i'm just saying that the cypriot governments what reason do they given for suspending their scheme. yes well the reason given they gave me is being told by a pi controller see the phrase they use is so the decision was based on what they call a long standing weaknesses and abuse of the of the provisions of the scheme this is the scheme has come under fire in the european union and of course you have the revelations the cyprus papers in august and this on the cover documentaries exposé is the coup de gras for the system i think they realize the evidence is very very compelling and they had no choice but to suspend the scheme in order to retain cypresses credibility as as we come on air david's the speaker of the parliament in cyprus has an eyes that he's going to see abstain from and till an investigation concludes what more can

let's now bring in david harrison he is joining us to negotiate because david we understand now there has been reaction from officials in cyprus to this investigation. yes in fact we had a press conference given by the president of parliament dimitris so this who features in our investigation he decided to attack the messenger claiming that al-jazeera had an interest in doing down cyprus on costing it in a bad light exposing lax regulations and lax laws and he said that he hints that there was another agenda a wider agenda he also said that at the meeting with the on the problem reports on the preston for details of his name and his background and if this doesn't tally with that with the material that we have. he also said it was in his interest to he wants to protect cypresses interests he claimed that the timing of all our report the response documentary was significant which was seen as a veiled reference to a link with turkey when in fact what mr sillars doesn't know is that cyprus wasn't even on our radar when we began this investigation the investigation began in the u.k. and is

investment program david harrison and i guess here thank you very much indeed thank you and for more on this investigation watch the cyprus papers under cover at 20 g.m.t. today. there's been renewed fighting over nagorno-karabakh despite a ceasefire coming into effect 48 hours ago armenia is reporting shelling along the southern part of the so-called line of contact in the disputed region however civilian areas have not been hit by john says it's destroyed several military vehicles for breaching the humanitarian cease fire or shortly we're going to cross into bernard smith in gross on media 1st let's go to sin and cos you know who was in somalia in azerbaijan cinema just give us an idea of what azerbaijan has been saying today. while i'm in town is this a rock this is a village or its previous name is a lenin village and it's close by again to the reason why i'm here and the reason why i'm standing in front of a graveyard is that the wick dims who were killed. after the attack after a missile hit again just city center yesterday they were buried right behind me a couple almost half

harrison has more from nicosia what they're saying they said it was the current scheme is being abolished now that of course doesn't mean that may or 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 that in the cypriot government of weakening and tweaking. it stronger toughening up the regulations only to soften them later so that is really one of the future obviously we'll be watching that very closely as well as people who have been venting their fury on social media at the corruption that we exposed for the headlines u.s. supreme court nominee amy honey barrett has sidestepped controversial issues such as abortion during the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing but she said she would put aside her catholic beliefs if she were to be ruling as a supreme court judge here's president obama trumps back with the crowd trying to fire up his campaign interrupted by covert 19 with his diagnosis trump took to the stage without a mask to rally supporters in florida after the white house doctor confirmed he had tested negative. th

harrison has this report now from nicosia. an emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet. was held at the presidential palace following the release of the al-jazeera investigation. you can we can get surely going to go live to some broker soon you're going to use you tube our own bush remember the program which we already speak about you to give you the nuke you go believe the top of our own ability the google. as a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by al-jazeera what has been published in the last few hours by the al-jazeera news network is causing outrage anger and concern among the people i have given player instructions to the police leadership from the outset to conduct a full fora and in-depth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses undercover reporters from al-jazeera as investigative unit posed as representatives of a fictional client a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 ye

harrison i beg your pardon david harrison has filed an update from the casino with. yes well there's been another dramatic development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the senators have been hanging on for a couple of days but we've seen protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights and his name is the one they were calling for to resign was a serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera a documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e.u. passport the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding now notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera there's a serious insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney general's investigation is complete but for now it's another scalp for the people who say that this man is corrupt despite his objections that he house to step down find some more still to come on the news hour inclu

citizenship are investigative reporter david harrison reports from nicosia. an emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the presidential palace following the release of the al jazeera investigation. because. of the some. who are on bush in the program. but if you go to the bar room the google. as a flurry of developments follows the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by al-jazeera. what has been published in the last few hours by the al-jazeera news network is causing outrage anger and concern among the people i have given clear instructions to the police leadership from the outset to conduct a full fora and in-depth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses undercover reporters from al-jazeera as investigative unit posed as representatives of a fictional client a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and money laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport our reporters were led through a network of enablers it en

harrison he joins us now from nicosia david it's the cypriot government has always tonights there was any any wrongdoing so what reason are they giving for suspending the scheme. well it's very interesting to have deputy to shift but this morning the announcement was made at the presidential palace no less and they were approaching we this is under the beauties of the passport program it's you know the the people the protagonists is the ones they feature the undercover documentary they all initially denied isn't there still that they still have that mr any wrongdoing but they were playing things like conspiracies they were blaming just you know having a huge was a country and to be trying to tarnish cyprus but that view has really shifted it was it was initially taken up by all the public opposition media but since the documentary actually appeared there's been a sea change in attitude and now this announcement by the attorney general of the investigation into possible criminal offenses shows that they are really taking this seriously and that they believe this is credible enough to w

david harrison, al-jazeera, cypress. >> more on this investigation, you can visit our website. and you can also see the full program, the cypress papers undercover which will next air at 0100 hours g.m.t. wednesday, that's just under three hours from now. still to come in this half-hour, protesters demand protection of indigenous rights on the anniversary of christopher columbus's landing. >> and using votes like this to make to the european union, crossing not the mediterranean seas but the atlantic ocean. >> it's been warm enough in paris, the temperature is coming down now as the next frontal system drags across the pip of western australia. not a huge change and most of the weather is staying out in the water. 24 degrees, the streak of blue is towards tasmania. i know it's been wet and they don't want anymore rain. it's coming your way. there will be some throwoff into victoria and parts of new south wales where there has been some good spring rain so far. the concentration is heading down to new zealand and tasmania. the change of season the opposite way around in china, s

citizenship on the line our investigative reporter david harrison is in nicosia david what's been the reaction to this announcement. well there actually see announces as being it's being welcomed by most people. this comes just a day off. 4 a documentary was broadcast and being a relentless increase in amount of pressure it demands for resignation we had companies pulling out of the investment scheme clearly the government decided they could act alone says boyle and this is what they've done it's a very dramatic decision it's very it's embarrassing and humiliating for the people who administer the scheme and who we exposed a number of people network of people who were aiding and willing to aid our undercover reporter representing a criminal chinese client who wanted to get a passport and this network we exposed encouraging and 3 willing to help this person possible this was the ultimate humiliation for the scheme but it will be it's being warmly welcomed by the majority of people who are taking to social media who are glad that this scheme has been abolished all right but the scheme i

harrison who is part of the investigating team is with us and david what part in this scandal did the speaker of parliament play. this bigger part of it a very key role and he is the 2nd most powerful man in cyprus until today today because boris announces he's actually the most powerful man in cyprus because the president is. is acting president and deeply to keep the most popular man in the it would add. to that chinese passport the last. point it was. any couple of weeks it was just. it is the. 3rd i'm sorry we're going to have to leave the sound between nicosia and here is breaking up quite badly we'll come back to you a little bit later if we can if we can solve the problem. the rebels in yemen have released to us citizens in exchange for $250.00 of the fighters the release to peace of since arrived in yemen's capital sanaa after transiting through oman the white house says that humanitarian workers sandra lowly and businessman michael good have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have been written. reports now from some. here we are still waiting for they are viable

citizenship but the government has now abolish the program from nicosia here's david harrison. there's been another dramatic development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the suitors have been hanging on for a couple of days but we've seen protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights and his name is the one they were calling for to resign is a serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e.u. pos port the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding now notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera there's a serious insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney general's investigation is complete but for now it's another scalp for the people who say that this man is corrupt despite his objections and that he has to step down.

harrison was among the protesters outside parliament in nikko c.-a. chancing they want resignations this sick of corruption they want their country back on this is an amazing turnaround when we 1st arrived here and we did a trailer for all film that was sort of conspiracy theories being put around what zoologists is agenda all they're picking on cyprus and then the film came out and there's just been this incredible turnaround everybody seems to think the evidence presented is for miserably strong and they've got on board and they're full of praise for al-jazeera val i think some of them are saying things like it's galvanized them it's galvanized into action they want to clean a cypress they want these people out they want demitra salukis the president of parliament who stepped down from his duties but hasn't actually resigned they want him to go they want to clean out and they say it's giving them new hope that cyprus can actually become a better place what i've been impressed by is just the pression and there's a sense of catharsis here people ha

ever said of reporter david harrison is in there because here and has more on the reaction to al-jazeera investigation. local people are very busy. denouncing the government and saying things like al-jazeera is doing what the government has been doing but more significantly just in the last hour or so we've had reactions from statements rather from christakis giovanni is the m.p. and the man who founded one of the biggest property development companies cyprus and from to me to salute the president of the parliament on the 2nd most powerful man in cyprus now giovanni is saying that he was suspicious that he feels that this is a propaganda assault that there was an element of and treatment and that they did go to the money laundering authorities but only after our reporters have left. they haven't disclosed exactly what they said to the authorities. citing legal confidentiality but we will certainly wait for some some detail on. the presence of the very powerful and influential figure in cypress he's just saying that they were suspicious of the end of contract themselves slightly because i

harrison is in nicosia and has more on the reaction to al-jazeera is investigation local people are very busy on twitter denouncing the government and saying things like al-jazeera is doing what the government ought to have been doing but more significantly just in the last hour or so we've had reactions from statements all different christakis giovanni is the m.p. and the man who founded the one of the biggest property development companies in cyprus and from to me to salute the president of the parliament on the 2nd most powerful man in cyprus now giovanni is saying that he was suspicious that he feels that this was a propaganda assault that there was an element of entrapment and that they did go to the money laundering authorities but only after reporters had left. there's been more fighting over the disputed region of no god no carlebach overnight armenia is reporting new shelling along with southern part of the line of contact however civilian areas haven't been hit today as a very jan says it struck several military vehicles for breaching the humanitarian ceasefire human right

citizenship our investigative reporter david harrison has more now from the casea what they're saying they said it was the current scheme is being abolished now that of course doesn't mean that may or may not be reborn in another fall that we have to see a wait and see what we do know is that they do have some previous to that in the separate government of weakening and tweaking the treatment to make it stronger tougher to get the regulations only to soften them later so that is really one of the future obviously we'll be watching that very closely as well as people who have been venting their fury on social media at the corruption that we exposed. the 2nd day of the confirmation hearing for a new u.s. supreme court justice is underway in washington democrats are trying to delay the republican push to get any kone baratz confirms before election day in 3 weeks time . u.s. president donald trump is back with the crowds trying to fire up a campaign and by his covert 19 diagnosis trump took to the stage with a it's a mask to rally supporters in florida that's after the white house doctor

harrison. who's been another dramatic development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the senators have been hanging on for a couple of days but we seem protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights and his name is the one they were calling for to resign was a serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera a documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e.u. pos port the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding now a notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera there's a saloon wrist insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney general's investigation is complete but for now it's another scalp for the people who say that this man is corrupt despite his objections and that he has to step down and for more on the investigation you can watch the cypr

citizenship more now from our investigative reporter david harrison who is in nicosia. we've 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 he's announced he's stepping down until an investigation launched by the government is complete he'll step down from next week and the 3rd a month and so on the 3rd announcement is that christakis giovanni an m.p. you don't position and an owner of the giovanni property group who was also exposed in our. documentary is someone who's willing to help a criminal by a passport he's 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 doesn't 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 previou

harrison reports from the casea. people now had a bit of time to think about that announce. about the opposition of this possible investment scheme and the signs of a division over what should happen next now i've been speaking to opposition politicians and various other interested groups and they're saying that they've got serious doubts of this street this state that this passport scheme could be reborn reinvented under a different guys on the country could slip back into its old ways now they are very concerned about this because in the past the government has said it will tweak this scheme it'll tighten the rules and each time the abuse and the weaknesses of the government describes them have continued so there is concern there on that side on the other hand we've got the property developers the chamber of commerce who argue that the system if it's cleaned up properly is efficient under great way to bring money into the country since 2030 when the scheme was launched its brought in an estimated $8000000000.00 us

investigative reporter david harrison is the next c.e.o. and has more on the reaction to al-jazeera as investigation. we had a press conference given by the president of parliament dimitrius a lewis who features in our investigation he decided to attack the messenger claiming that al-jazeera had an interest in doing down cyprus on costing it in a bad light exposing locks regulations and locks the rules and he said that he hints that there was another agenda a wider agenda he also said that up to me see with the dot on the probable into the preston for details of his name and background and if this doesn't tally with that with the material that we have. he also said it was in his interest to he wants to protect cypresses interests he claimed that the timing of all our report the release of our documentary was significant which was seen as a veiled reference to a link with turkey when in fact what mr sillars doesn't know is that cyprus wasn't even on our radar when we began this investigation the re-investigation began in the u.k. and is only

harrison's in nicosia and has more on the reaction to al-jazeera investigation. local people are very busy. in the gulf with me saying things like al jazeera is doing what the government being doing but more significantly just in the last hour or so we've had reactions from statements all different christakis giovanni is the m.p. and the man who founded the one of the biggest property development companies cyprus and from to me just as the president of the parliament on the 2nd most powerful man in cyprus now giovanni is saying that he was suspicious that he feels that the seeds of propaganda sold that there was an element of treatment and that they did go to the money laundering authorities but only after reporters had left and there's been more fighting over the disputed region of their own okada by her overnight armenia is reporting new shelling along the southern part of the line of contact over civilian areas have not been hit by john says it struck several military vehicles for breaching the humanitarian cease fire armenia's foreign minister says peace talk

citizenship to convicted criminals david harrison is in. yes well there's been another dramatic development in cyprus where the speaker of parliament demitra serious has announced his resignation now as the suitors have been hanging on for a couple of days but we've seen protests outside parliament on 2 successive nights on his name as the one they were calling for to resign was a serious did not admit any wrongdoing he still maintains his innocence but he was a key figure in al jazeera documentary which revealed him to be agreeing to help a chinese criminal obtain an e.u. pos course the last couple of days and also seen him being something of an object of ridicule with mean showing him holding the now notorious glass of red wine and winking at the camera there's a saloon wrist insists that he will be proven innocent when the attorney general's investigation is complete but for now it's another scalp for the people who say that this man is corrupt despite his objections and that he house to step down the warring sides in yemen have begun a

harrison was among the protesters outside parliament in nicosia. chancy they want resignations of corruption they want their country back and this is an amazing turn around when we 1st arrived here and we did a trailer for all film there was sort of conspiracy theories being put around oh what zoologists is agenda oh they're picking on cyprus and then the film came out and there's just been this incredible turnaround everybody seems to think the evidence presented is for miserably strong and they've got on board and they're full of praise for al-jazeera though i think some of them are saying things like it's galvanized them it's galvanized into action they want to clean a cypress they want these people out they want the demitra salute as the president of parliament who stepped down from his duties but hasn't actually resigned they want him to go they want to clean out and they say it's given a new hope that cyprus can actually become a better place what i've been impressed by is just the pression and there's a sense of cutoffs is here people have b

citizenship here is more from our investigative reporter david harrison who's in nicosia we've had 3 announcements on 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 being abused the 2nd one was the president of the pall of demitra saloon is who was one of the people implicated in the scheme in our investigation he's announced he's stepping down until an investigation launched by the government is complete he'll step down from next week under their demands and so on the 3rd announcement is that christakis giovanni an m.p. don't position m.p. on the owner of the giovanni property group who was also exposed in our. documentary is someone who is willing to help a criminal by a passport he's resigned as an m.p. under resigned all his party rolls what they're saying they said it was the current scheme is being abolished now that of course doesn't mean that there may be it may not be reborn in another form that we have to see wait and see what we do know is that th

harrison from our investigative unit joining us from outside the parliament in nicosia those protests to happen there clearly a lot of reaction to your investigation. yes a growing sense of anger here and you can see behind me the demonstrators are starting to arrive for the protest is already of us debated 250 and they're still coming in they're very angry about the whole thing that al-jazeera revealed the level of corruption that that's what they see it as being and in particular a lot of anger directed towards one man and that man is due beaches salukis who is the 2nd most powerful man in cyprus he's the speaker of the parliament and he featured in our documentary offering to help a criminal by european union posthumous the public are angry but also in a highly significant development m.p.'s are also expressing their anger at those appalling entry committee meeting due to take place today. was heading he was due to cherry's and all the m.p.'s including members of his own party refused to take part with me now is there any through who is a member of parliament for the opposition. pa