liz let. really. this is deja news live from berlin donald trump the supremes court nominee wins crucial backing two key senators pledging their support for judge brett kavanaugh he could be confirmed later today the senate due to vote on the controversial nominee despite allegations of sexual misconduct. in formula one britain's lewis hamilton who takes the pole position from

a sadie's in japan while sebastian fettle in ferrari continued to wall to bring you the highlights from qualifying in physical. and one of oprah's great voices falls silent. the music world mourns the loss of soprano montserrat cover gay who has died at the age of eighty five. with. hello and welcome one is christopher spring eight good to have you with us president told trump's nominee for the u.s. supreme court brett kavanaugh appears to be heading towards confirmation after weeks of partisan infighting over the controversial nominee the senate is expected to hold a final vote later today two key senators have pledged to support kavanaugh chipping that vote in his favor the judge has been extensively questioned by the senate

judiciary committee and also probed by the f.b.i. after three women accused him of sexual assault. on friday the senate voted to end debate on the matter by a margin of fifty one senators to forty nine analysts now believe that he is also likely to be the mansion in kavanagh's final confirmation vote. on this vote the yeas are fifty one the nos are forty nine the motion is agreed to. two wavering senators firmed up in favor of kavanagh on friday republican susan collins of maine announcement of her intention effectively broke the deadlock. mr president i will take him for judge cabinet. that piles the pressure on democrat joe manchin who had not declared his position but soon after collins' announcement he said he would also support cover law

defying most of his democrat colleagues. of the republicans only lisa murkowski of alaska looks likely to vote against cavanagh today who are republican jeff flake of arizona said he would support kavanagh unless quote something big changes he's the senator who was confronted in a lift by anti cardinal protesters and subsequently proposed the f.b.i. probe into judge kavanagh's alleged sexual misconduct so the republicans look likely to garner enough votes today to confirm the judge's nomination. meanwhile thousands of demonstrators protested outside the supreme court might they even enter the senate building confronting senators several hundred demonstrators were arrested responding to the ongoing outcry president trump issued a tweet saying the very root elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make sentences look bad don't fall for it. well the demonstrators were all in

favor of counter no it looks as though they are on the winning side at the end of a fruit episode in washington. turning to cameroon now when people go to the polls on sunday to elect a new president the incumbent eighty five year old poll is seeking a fifth election victory since one thousand eighty two bit worsening violence in the west african countries and the third regions is casting a shadow over the poll with many unable to vote english speakers are a minority in western cameroon and for the last two years and the phone separatists have been fighting against government troops in the majority francophone nation the violence has prompted thousands to flee their homes west africa correspondent dan krishna filed this report from a refugee camp in nigeria near the border with cameroon. and stuff it into for nine people this has been miriam be so on so for almost a year ever since the village she used to live in was stormed by cameroonian

soldiers with her blind brother on her back and the twins and now she fled into the forest to what's nigeria. we've there is peace in my account i would like to go back. i would like to go back because here we are just living as big us because you have to wait on somebody will come and give us what before we eat while we live farms we have plenty as we have. everything there in our back home that we have more that we can feed on three thousand cameroonians live in this camp some three hundred thousand have been displaced since the outbreak of the crisis in the english speaking part of cover it is a conflict that receives little attention and so there's hardly any help or eight for the victims right now we cannot bring in you are willing to die in to determine if what we are providing them in terms of the quality is the very most optician while people at the border need outage and so funding is really

a problem. that needs to be addressed the cameroon border is only an hour's drive from the camp. behind the border clashes are still frequent separatists took over villages and the tech government's troops and their counter attacks often targets civilians this used to be one of the busiest roads between nigeria and cameroon but right now it's almost deserted traders and taxi drivers on the border are worried about their existence. i don't. because of so many. because of the crisis inside. every i'm a sales human that's because of the crisis coming i hardly have any customers here back at the camp more and more refugees arriving ahead of the elections. volunteers

to register them they feel even more violence at home is significant and they can't vote here on sunday but in any case the song does not believe that the elections will bring about peace any more quickly. ok let's catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world people in latvia accosting the ballots in palm entry elections today opinion polls suggest a populist party catering to the country's launch ethnic russian minority is in the lead ahead of parties in the governing center right coalition. ukraine has unveiled a solar plant in chernobyl the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster three decades ago the one megawatt facility produces enough energy to supply two thousand households giving the contaminated area a new lease on life. a newspaper in hong kong is reporting that the president of interpol is being held by chinese authorities langholm way has been missing since

leaving france last week citing an anonymous source the south china morning post said man had been detained upon arrival in his native china. the biggest fish market in the world has held its final tuna fish or caution tokyo's tsukiji market is one of japan's major tourist attractions but now thousands of traders are packing up and preparing to move to a gleaming new market that will open on an artificial island in tokyo bay next week it's been a controversial move costing the city authours he's been eons. to market opened in one nine hundred thirty five and quickly became a major food distribution hub for the whole fish loving nation of japan and. the ascension is of buying and selling remain much the same eighty three years old the market sets a record breaking prices of the decades but city officials say it's become dilapidated son of a tree so a new market has been built but there's been

a lot of opposition to the move. to many didn't worry that the new markets will not be the same and that's why people don't want to move in with you for twenty three. and i don't want him fighting it stirs up a lot of emotions in me. to move to the new four billion euro market was delayed for years because of safety concerns it stands on the sides of a former gas plant and the city's government had to spend millions to make it safe from soil and groundwater contamination the old sick e.g. site will provide temporary parking for the twenty twenty tokyo olympics before becoming a tourism science and. scientists in hong kong have to fill up the many robot that could eventually be used inside the human body for medical purpose purposes the robot looks like a caterpillar it can move over surfaces and through liquids in its stead by electromagnetic impulses it's still in the testing phase but its developers believe

it will one day be able to deliver drugs to ailing parts of the body and also perform medical inspections. turning to some sport now in germany's bonus league of better blame and have moved into second place after beating both or to nil last night dutchman field to david klassen hammering home in the thirty fifth minute to open the scoring and then it was you who has a good story netting braman second late in the game just minutes after coming off the bench the wind moves braman above champions by an at least until today's other results are in. and formula one reigning champion lewis hamilton has secured pole position for tomorrow's japanese comprehend the mercedes driver is looking to stretch an already strong lead at the top of the driver standings during qualifying he got a helping hand from main rivals ferrari who season appears to be unraveling fast.

because. this was the moment sebastian federal realized he was in trouble after heavy rain ferrari decided to stick with into media tires for the final session back called kettle was right the track was dry and once again this season tire confusion cost his team. kettle was forced to hit the pit and settle for nine his worst qualifying this season the team a sadie's on the other hand switched to slicks the same old route the road. and hamilton finish in pole position and. everything that smart people but ultimately when it comes to being under pressure making the right decisions right that's why we are the best team in the world with tri freezes to go in a fifty point lead in the driver's standings hamilton could wrap up the title with time to spare. sad news i'm afraid from the world of opera spanish thing

montserrat cup a year has died in her own city of boston the age of eighty five voice was known for its purity its precise control and its power and she was also. pioneer in the revival of an early form of operatic singing known as bel canto she found a new audience in one nine hundred eighty seven when she joined rock star freddie mercury to record an album the title track of that album boss alone became the anthem of the one thousand nine hundred ninety two summer of them makes. for more we're going to talk to our classical music correspondent rick foca in ball rick i want to start with that famous moment the one nine hundred eighty seven jewett with freddie muir mercury which then as i mention became the anthem of the boss a learner olympics what is the background to that performance will it actually was that invitation he adored months or a couple a and in fact they recorded it together and when it was finally performed it turned out to be his biggest hit and probably hers in the sense that she reached an

audience that was many times larger than all of the other performances combined and there were some four thousand of those performances and if we sort of restrict our perspective now to operatic circles that's where she's known for reviving bel canto this early form of all pro what motivated her to do that. well done bill cunto has a certain style of singing mostly by two operators by bill ini and rosine and on it safety has to do with a lovely quality of voice bill clinton means literally beautiful singing and yes it also is sometimes to do with rapid new traditions and this is something that not everybody can do it's a certain cultivated style and the bill cunto singer of the century was maria tell us and when she was in the in reaching the end of her career she felt that means for a couple a was her natural successor and they were close friends she even gave her

a pair of earrings that had been given to her by the singers to follow so yes bill conto has always been there always will be there in months or a couple eight is considered one of the greats and rick couple they also have quite a reputation as a deva as one dogs as a great talker a singer how did that reputation. you know as we understand it is considered maybe the type of singer who calls often short notice and throws temper tantrums and is conducting war was wars with other divas that's not the way she was at all in her personal style it was very inclusive she wanted to reach people she wanted to bring people together and in terms of you know as she's passed people are saying she's maybe the last diva diva is a flexible term there are many fine opera singers nowadays too who can certainly be compared with months or a couple

a but yet she was perhaps the most popular and it had to do with her vocal style it was a sweeping lofty vocal style she says she could make the high note seem completely effortless and that was her special quality rick many thanks for that rick folk of classical music correspondent three. you're watching news in berlin more from us at the top of the hour as ever and in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest updates from all websites that still w. dot com thanks. after. birth. poems tunes of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps global indios tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. like news the pictures the tournaments used british citizenships and

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