and. this is dana between news line from berlin and the u.s. supreme court could be about to get a further push to the right donald trump announces federal judge any coney barrett to the country's top order if the republican controlled senate confirms her it could ensure a conservative lock on the court for decades also coming out. mounds of police in

minsk arrested rest a 73 year old great grandmother an icon of the opposition to belarus all for terry and later despite the crackdown protests against the reelection of alexander lukashenko show no signs of abating. and importantly to football out for a golf course with dortmund on saturday and david versus goliath match up. i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has nominated conservative federal judge any county barrett to succeed supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg an outspoken voice of the court's liberal side who died earlier this month if confirmed the republican controlled senate trial will have put 3 of the 9 justices on the top court possibly handing conservatives long sought wins over contentious legal issues such as

abortion and gun rights. it wasn't a surprise decision but that didn't make it any less significant i looked and i studied and. you are very eminently qualified for this to be fantastic president trump moved quickly to the death of ruth bader ginsburg aiming to secure his supreme court appointment before the election the stakes for our country are incredibly high. that the supreme court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our 2nd amendment or religious liberty or public safety and so much more his pick amy carney barrett saying she plans to follow the constitution as it was written. judges are not policy makers and they must be resolute and setting aside any policy views they might hold. barrett is a soap described devout catholic and has strong support in the conservative

community where they hope she will influence laws on health care gun rights and abortion. i think it's a big win for christians and it's a big step to take we're taking that next step forward in abolishing abortion. this must be a happy day for the guards but she now faces a bruising journey ahead to officially secure the nomination thanks i'm sure it'll be extremely non-controversial we said that the last time didn't go away. viral have to front talked of public hearings in the republican controlled senate where democrats are we doing everything they can to slow the process down thanks judge ginsburg wish. the next president to. i will strongly strongly strongly oppose this nomination it will be decided by

a simple majority vote which republicans will win if they stick together barrett will now spend the next few days meeting with senators hoping to secure their vote and making her the youngest supreme court justice. more on this controversial nomination i'm joined by stacey bivins thanks for coming in and what do you make of this appointment i mean barrett is always a very accomplished but also very conservative do you think she's managed to convince liberals that she's going to stand on her own and not just do what the republicans want her to do well nobody questions her qualifications eminently bright and she has the experience to be the justice her problem as far as democrats are concerned is her political ideology so they she wasn't able to convince them and this. in the ceremony but i mean her tablo look nice with her 7 kids and her supportive husband but it gets her ideology she is the polar opposite of ruth bader ginsburg who she spoke with about her legacy and how she was. but barrett

is more in line with antonin scalia who was on the supreme court who passed away somebody who is anti-abortion who is pro-gun and who does not support support obamacare so no she doesn't have the support of the democrats but her if she is in fact confirmed what impact would have would she what would her nomination or sorry her appointment have on the court well it would tilt it heavily conservatively it would be 6 to 3 and we were talking about her age earlier she's only 48 years old there's 3 conservative judges whose ages range from 48 to 55 so there's a lot of young conservatives on this bench that can skew it. the court conservatively for decades to come and so this is what democrats are concerned about or so what happens now i mean how does the confirmation proceed what if any cards do the democrats have left to play the democrats are really have any cards to

play what they can do is try to hold things up procedurally or they can do what a lot of analysts are talking about and that's really using kemal harris the vice presidential nominee to lead the confirmation hearings and ask those tough questions that she's known for to do and to really show the difference between what a joe biden pres they would look like versus a donald trump presidency and try to essentially motivate democratic voters to get to the polls and vote because the affordable health care act known as obamacare is on the docket a week after the election so this is going to affect millions of people and their health care and all the reason that makes this nomination so controversial is having just weeks before the november election now despite the fact that in 26 days when the same thing happened before the last 2016 election republicans argued storm charley that it was very important the decision should wait until after the new a new president was to be elected they said they would stand by those words and i'm

going back on that it's hard not to see the hypocrisy in that how is that impacting what is already a very contentious election well i think that this is making democratic voters angry not just at republicans for doing what they do because they expect republicans to fight this way but they want to see democrats to go out and really fight and push to to make something happen so yeah this is what democrats are hoping is that this will get more people to the polls essentially all right stephen thanks very much for your art. all right large crowd larger crowds are expected to turn out in belarus for the 7th consecutive sunday of protests against all far tarion later alexander lukashenko on saturday police in the capital manske made dozens of arrests at a women's marched announcing his re-election in a vote that many say was rigged their attempts to crackdown on protests have done

little to dent protesters resolve your chance. that 73 year old great grandmother with the band opposition flag she has been a regular at these protests now she's detained by masked man. and police arrested dozens of other peaceful demonstrators at this woman's march. since august thousands of protesters have been detained many opposition leaders have been jailed or forced into exile that says president alexander lukashenko tries to suppress the biggest and most persistent challenge to his 26 year rule and his crackdown dream or criticism at the virtual general assembly of the united nations in new york sweden's prime minister called the situation alarming and urged

the bella recently leader to negotiate with the opposition the increased repression hope peaceful demonstrators journalists and opposition leaders is unacceptable we stand in solidarity with the belorussian people in their desire to exercise their fundamental democratic rights we continue to call on the belorussian leadership to stop the repression and then gauged in general in dialogue with the opposition. earlier this week countries bordering bellerose also weighed in the leaders of lithuania poland. and latvia used their speeches to criticize minsk but on saturday bellerose fought back the country's foreign minister accused western powers of trying to destabilize the country. a deal or untrue statements brimming with cynicism have been made by

a number of our western colleagues about their alleged concern for better reason and sovereignty and well being in actual fact they are nothing other than attempts to bring chaos and anarchy to our country to make bellary slews many years of development. the european union is still threatening sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans to punish those responsible for electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters but the $27.00 nation bloc has not followed through yet. leaving the protesters at the mercy of increasingly repressive beller is you know thorough to use. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world swiss voters are deciding whether to limit freedom of movement we have the european union in a referendum this weekend the initiative is backed by the right wing's with people's party which has led the charge to limit migration currently swiss

nationals can live and work anywhere in the u. and e.u. nationals can do the same at switzerland. crowds have been flocking to bars in florida after the state's governor run the santas lifted coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and businesses they can now operate at full capacity the government the governor also eliminated fines against people refusing to wear masks florida's coronavirus death toll is the 3rd highest in the u.s. with more than $14000.00. tensions escalated during a protest in jerusalem against prime minister benjamin benjamin netanyahu is a response to the coronavirus pandemic critics say the current lockdown is destroying the economy protesters came from across the country to join the weekly anti-government demonstration. when the coronavirus emerged many predicted disaster for the african continent there were concerns that high rates of transmission could rapidly overwhelm health care systems but more than 6 months

into the pandemic african countries have largely coped better than many industrial nations their success could offer lessons for other parts of the world. apply hand sanitizer check for fever and of course wear a mask shot as in kenya's capital nairobi have to comply with the rules everyone has their guidelines everyone knows what to do no one wants to get sick. the continents leading for ologist and many of his colleagues say that this discipline is one of the decisive reasons for africa's low infection rate. continent as it started it measures cannot i cannot overemphasize the importance of the measures that were taken early i think actually have to blonde these barriers a few months ago experts fears millions of people would be infected they were certain the virus would spread easily in poor neighborhoods but so far the entire

continent with its 1200000000 residents has lost 34000 people to cope with 19 that's here with an impressive this is in part because many infections were mild attribute this to a huge food nature of our population if you need records 70 percent of our population is less than 30 years median age is around 17 years old so africa has fared better than many of its richness of the neighbors and to its discipline and use. in the bundesliga on saturday aus work faced off against dortmund both tames hand positive momentum from decisive wins last weekend but dortmund have been title contenders for years now and are considered a league powerhouse hausberg had a lot to prove. hellish was i have to prove to visiting dortmund his team's opening day victory against 2 number lin was no fluke and despite

a few early scares for the home side it was the black and yellows defense that was under pressure 40 minutes in and this is daniel caligiuri free to command felix to do a card to put the home side in front. after the break out spirit kept up the pressure and soon they were 2 goals up. taking the honors this time. of them there was no coming back for dortmund barreling holland came close to scoring a consolation in the dying minutes of the game. to nail the final score and right go ahead lyrics out bird go top of the table for at least one day. and mother of yesterday's matches leverkusen our lives to shed the spoils and one all draw a mill forsberg opened the scoring for lyme patients the 14th minute the swedish

wing at outmaneuvered lance bender fired into the top of the net. it is. because an ounce of 6 minutes later thanks to carry them away his kicks off the ball flight just out of the reach of leipzig caper took a lucky bounce off the crossbar into the net. you're watching data over the news out next the coronavirus pushes some americans to the edge of poverty in the world stories so we can report ok you can step today on our web. it up to talk to you you may know yes we're going to need you and i last years german chancellor i will bring you uncle imam call and see if never tired tell surprise yourself with what is possible to this miracle really what moves them point. to talk to people who followed her along the way maurice and critics like to join us from arkansas stops.