so that room is where they will be doing the undercover operation and then the undercover when they get a violation. when we take the female into custody they bring him back here and you will see and he's an. undercover cop is already texting a girl who was potentially under age to gain her trust he is telling her about his evening kind of give her a story say that it's credible that i was at a strip club and i wanted to fuck up so now that i spoke spoke to her she says she's going to be out here in 20 minutes and hopefully we can get her to come out and then how much was the amount of her rate $300.00 for an hour or for 50 for 2 hours. ok for example for you get her. raise for hotels are 2 or 3 times higher than the going rate on the street police officers have police cameras around the bedroom for the operation they can discreetly observe what is going on in the next room. so. they are doing a negotiation we can hear it and help us with our investigation later on down the line if we have to go to court they're evil these it's going to go to show that the officer did make an agreement

al jazeera as investigative unit goes undercover in cypress. will reveal how the specter of corruption hangs over the island's passport by investment scheme. no tax us. not just coming out. of the east coast but what. the fuck best offer you are or. skip that with the least respect and we show how a convicted criminal mike to obtain a european passport for the right price let's get it if it's $75.00 i have people take us for a while our investigation leads to one of the highest offices of state the president of the parliament so you see the if you want to have to put the. latest we show how a criminal with a golden passport could change his identity to evade justice because of content on this score this is a system. both. foreign is to invest 2 and a half $1000000.00 often in luxury homes can obtain a cypriot passport under the cypress investment program. the holder of a cyprus passport has the right to live and work across the european union. there is an island in the mediterranean land prosperity is a way of life. cyprus welcomes the world. a

the undercover had no idea.ked a question that none of the investigators could answer. when magdi says, tell me who the middleman is, so i know i can trust you, that was something the undercover officers i think weren't ready for. >> no. i think we all stopped breathing for about ten seconds. >> investigators had considered the possibility that magdi might have hired the killers through some third party. and now this conversation seemed like confirmation that he had, but who was it? it seems to me that the middle man for this would have to be somebody that magdi really trusted, somebody he knew well. >> he would have had to trust this person, yes. >> somebody who would stick up for him. >> yes. >> any thoughts on who that might be? >> i do. i do. >> there was no way to tell the undercover that, so d. money just stayed in character. >> i don't -- you know, everybody knows who the middleman was. i ain't worried about that. people talking -- >> how can i trust you? >> people -- because the information that i got, p

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. without permission maybe you were here for support. i don't know what he did. to you so that i didn't. have to prepare its. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left because you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. system phil race al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera jobless and hungry in brazil the pandemic leaves millions wondering where their next meal is coming from alan basketball fans in los angeles are celebrating the end of a long wait for title success. hello we can say goodbye to chan home now i see another one but the time because in open water now we look to weather coming off the land and that's a cold front you'll be seeing more and more of those behind it should be when she weather not yet 9 degre

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. to her without permission maybe we're here for support. i don't know politically. crucial i'm going to. have to prepare it's like making sure. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved in ny any wrongdoing. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left as you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. phil reese al-jazeera. 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 f

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell you . that. we're here for support. i don't like politically cloture. i have to prepare it's like making. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved in ny any wrongdoing. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. system phil race al-jazeera of a more on this investigation watch this cyprus papers under cover the 20 g.m.t. today even foreign ministers say they're ready to sanction belarusian president alexander lukashenko the e.u. already sanctioned 40 other belorussian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after local sanka held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activists to discuss constitutional reform meanwhile the belorussian interior ministry have reportedly told police they can use

on the other headlines aside person suspending a citizenship for investment program following an undercover investigation by al-jazeera that exposed a high ranking officials expressing a willingness to help convicted criminals get the use citizenship service to get a reporter david 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

went undercover and scratch beneath the surface of what appeared to be in the desolate gold traders. last was about to discover all that glitters may not necessarily big gold from 2011 falls gold. my name is and i remain anonymous i am an undercover journalists here in ghana and with my team have spent years now infiltrating and fighting cramming corruption in my country my anonymity is my secret weapon and this time i am using it against a new and old scam these 1st this have become a major threats to companies and individuals looking to invest in my country's most valuable commodity. that's chemists and foreign investors and it's well below normal rates and with global gold prices now hitting record profits on. the system but that doesn't exists the investors are taking for millions while defrosters gets rich this time i am going to make this chemist big as i go undercover to lift the lid on distant luzhin report of. i'm on my way to meet a businessman. who was being scammed of over 1.5 dollars. from america was coming last year when finally a deal for $56.00 kilos of gold at the l

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. without permission maybe we're here for support. i don't know politically. crucial they're going to. have to prepare it's like waiting. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left because you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. phil reese al-jazeera well for more on this investigation you can watch the cyprus papers under cover a 20100 hours g.m.t. later today and inhabitable hell for millions of people that's what the planet is becoming due to the lack of action on climate change so according to a strongly worded united nations reports it says in the past 2 decades more than 7000 major natural disasters have been recorded that figure is nearly doubled over the past 20 years the increases are mostly attributed

cypress scraps its controversial citizenship for investment program after an undercover investigational-jazeera. inspections keep rising in the netherlan netherlands. hello, abortion, obamacare, gay marriage, some of the topics featuring on game two of the confirmation hearings of president trump's u.s. supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. republican and democratic senators have 30 minutes to ask her about subjects that are touch points to many americans. the full senate could vote by the end. month on whether to appoint her just ahead of the u.s. policy on november 3. she dliend to say if she would recuse herself relating to the president election. she sidestepped questions on abortion, diane feinstein, the most senior democrat on the committee. >> a contentious issue which is i know one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer. i can't 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 o

are undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. without permission maybe you were here for support. i don't know what you do girlie. have to prepare its. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. system phil race al-jazeera and there's been more fighting over the disputed region of neuronal color black overnight media is reporting new shelling along the southern part of the line of contact however civilian areas have not been hit by john says it has struck several military vehicles for breaching the humanitarian cease fire. human rights activists are including in confusing tanzania's government of persecuting their political opponents in the run up to this month's general election amnesty international says the law is b

cyprus scraps its controversial citizenship for investment program after an undercover investigation by al-jazeera. and our intelligence is al jazeera live from london also coming up again i can't pre-commit words say yes i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not u.s. supreme court nominee amy kearney barrett sidesteps questions on abortion and gay marriage on day 2 of her confirmation hearing. saudi arabia fails to win reelection to the un's highest human rights body. and amid warnings of more weather disasters every year but talk to a scientist who's just returned from the arctic with a wealth of data that will help predict climate change in the decades ahead. i will begin in cyprus where the government has scrapped its lucrative passports for investment scheme following an al-jazeera exposé the president of the parliament is also stepping down our investigative unit found senior politicians willing to help a foreign criminal by a cypriot passport and access to e.u. citizenship are investigative reporter david harrison reports from nicosia. an emergency meeting of the cypriot ca

cyprus scraps its controversial citizenship or investment program after an undercover investigation by al-jazeera. and the netherlands becomes the latest european country to ramp up its coronavirus restrictions as infections keep rising . hello abortion obamacare guns and gay marriage some of the topics featuring on day 2 of the confirmation hearings of president trumps u.s. supreme court nominee amy kearney barret republican and democratic senators each have 30 minutes to ask her about subjects that a touch points to many americans the full senate could vote by the end of the month on whether to appoint her just ahead of the u.s. poll on november the 3rd but that declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any cases related to next month's presidential elections. she also sidestepped questions on abortion by dianne feinstein the most senior democrat on the senate judiciary committee it's a contentious issue which is a no one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer but i can't express views on cases or pre-commit to approaching a case any particular way wel

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you kowtow. to the motion. for support. i don't like politically. to say that i'm going to. have to put it like that. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and money laundering unix system at a press conference dimitri solis said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals who are not is and supported the report made by protect his fil reste al jazeera. for more on this investigation watch the cyprus papers under cover at 20 g.m.t. today. and of course when you can catch up any time with all the news were reporting on on our website the gist of that is al jazeera dot com and you walk watch us live packing on the orange line i can out of here it up com. my. arm out of the top stories on our 0 a divided u.s. senate has begun confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee amy kea

now al-jazeera as investigative unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heartof the cypriote state al jazeera investigations the cyprus papers under cover. you're watching al-jazeera mind top stories this hour president trumps u.s. supreme court nominees face questions from senators on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing in washington d.c. amy kearney barras has been grilled on major issues including her views on health care abortion and the upcoming presidential election. and with just 3 weeks to go until that election president trump is campaigning in pennsylvania a state he narrowly won 4 years ago democratic rival joe biden has been focusing on the battleground state of florida. cyprus has abolished a citizenship for investment program following an undercover investigation by al-jazeera to show senior politicians agreeing to help a criminal by a cypriot passport the parliamentary speaker in the report is abstaining from until an investigation is completed. saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the un human rights council it tempts had faced criti

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. to her without permission maybe we're here for support but. i don't know politically. to say that i'm going to. have to prepare it's like making. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing. they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left but as you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. persisted phil race al-jazeera. ok for more let's cross live to our investigative reporter david harrison in nicosia in august the units release the 7 cypress papers no this is the latest in part of this investigation you've released a trailer. has there been any reaction from cyprus. well there has indeed i mean local people all 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

it was also interesting to me that they indicated use of undercover agents. that's a time tested and very reliable way for the fbi to figure out very early if what they're seeing on social media is just false puffery and bravado or legitimate plot that's in action. you make that determination by finding out, putting someone into that group, developing an understanding of exactly what they're doing. in this case, they were conducting surveillance on the governor's vacation home, they constructed and detonated a practice explosive device. i mean, this is not a group of, you know, poor hapless nobodies that couldn't pull off a violent act on their own, this is clearly a group of people very focused on accomplishing the violent objective. so it's got really all of the earmarks of a very serious plot and i think we're lucky that the fbi was in the place they were to do the work they did today. >> we also take note that the reason they were able to arrest when it comes to the federal charges the six men they arrested, they were meeting on the eastern side of the st

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you tell him. to go. here for support. i don't know what you do girlie. crucial i'm going to show you here you. have to put it like this. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing here and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and money laundering unix system at a press conference dimitri silurians said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals watchers you know who are not is and supported the report made by protectionists was phil reese al jazeera. thousands of volunteers are helping firefighters in tanzania to contain a blaze on the continent's highest mountain official say the fire on mount kilimanjaro started arresting bass hikers strong winds found the fire but have since died down no injuries or deaths have been reported. researchers on the world's biggest mission to the north pole say they have proof of a dying a

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you tell him. to go without motion. for support. i don't know what he did with cloture. to say i'm going to be. here if you. have to prepare it's like. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing up here and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and money laundering you know this is a system at a press conference demetrius alluring said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals watchers you know who are not is unsupported the report made by potential is. filreis al-jazeera. to americans responsible for improving the way auctions are held have been awarded this year's nobel prize for economics sciences for milgram and robert wilson's research underlies much of today's economy from the way google sells advertising to the way telecoms companies acquire waves the role swedish academy of sciences described the format is a beaut

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament i mean if you had to go without motion. for support. i don't know politically. to say that i'm going to. have to put it it's like. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and money laundering unix system at a press conference dimitri salukis said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals who are not is unsupported the report made by potential was still recent al jazeera. says for more on this investigation you can watch a cyprus papers under cover at 20100 hours g.m.t. later today. foreign ministers say they're ready to sanction by the russian president alexander lukashenko you are already saying 40 other brother russian officials to step up pressure against the violent crackdown on protesters the move comes after lucas sankoh held unexpected talks with jailed opposition activi

our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. without permission maybe we're here for support. i don't know what he did early closure. q so they're going to. have to prepare its. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and they claim they were aware from the onset but our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left because you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. phil reese. 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

you're going to exploit a child here in los angeles we're going to come out to see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trade. the tank biathlon is a unique competition between army tank teams from around the world. training ground called the fully gun has been the tank biathlon home since 2030. i. mean you thought about on the. probably there was a lot of the way in the through. the you up for principle. when we. come from where you were for the full moon put that in the water but it would have . put 202016 international teams are expected as usual china and belarus have brought their own tanks all the others into lebanon for assigned to t. 72. now $100.00 combat vehicles are being made ready with a special armored paint job stenciling can take 20 to 30 minutes then all the vulnerable parts are taped up and within an hour each tank is painted in the right color for the colors are meant to be used in real combat for example yellow when red help disguise a vehicle in the desert which team gets what color will be announced the day before the competition i hear you ev

and cyprus has abolished a citizenship for investment program following an undercover investigation byal-jazeera that shows senior politicians agreeing to help a criminal by the supreme court. saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the united nations human rights council the attempt had faced criticism due to allegations of state involvement in the murder of the saudi journalist. turkey says he was killed within the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago china and russia did win seats on the body despite widespread criticism of both nations but richard chance he's a professor of political science at george washington university he says geo political considerations drive decision making at the u.n. . this resonates with the principle that international laws always support it to geopolitics and with china as powerful as it is and it the head for example of the asia infrastructure an investment bank with its economic political and military power. it's really going to stand out opposed their 5 regions within that hold slate candidate elections 'd and in the majority of cases at leas

of the cypriot state al jazeera investigations the cyberspace undercover. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. heller and taylor in london with the top stories are now to 0 cyprus's abolishing us citizenship for investment program following an undercover investigation by al jazeera it exposed high ranking officials expressing a willingness to help convicted criminals obtain a u. citizenship the country's attorney general has also announced a probe into possible criminal offenses after the revelations and they've been protests outside the cypriot parliament following our report people campaigning against corruption shouted cypresses not yours to sell and brandish placards demanding a more just.

full fora and in-depth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses undercoverreporters 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 ended with a meeting with demetrius salukis president of a cypriot parliament did you tell you. to go. for suck or. a very low quality girly torture. when confronted with the evidence so the rest tonight wrongdoing and claim that he was suspicious of our undercover reporters from the start. who are not easy in their various who are easy or the. other 1st to guess this could be i guess or here's the other to me teresa lewis has since announced that he'll be stepping down from his duties until the investigation is complete opposition member of parliament christakis giovanni was also implicated in the documentary. is. what shocked looks today in a statement he announced he is resigning from his post as me

cyberspace undercover understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the one. taking the news in current affairs that matter to you. cyprus suspends its citizenship for investment program after an al-jazeera investigation exposed flaws and abuse in the system. again i'm come out santa maria with the world news from al-jazeera. i can't. say yes i'm going in with sam and because i'm not deserving of u.s. supreme court nominee amy honey barack faces some tough questions from democrats this is day 2 of her confirmation hearing the netherlands hits a new record in coronavirus cases more than 7000 in a day the prime minister is due to speak to the nation. and an indian jewelry company polls an ad that caused outrage because it showed interfaith marriage. so the al-jazeera undercover investigation which 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 goes back to august when al jazeera investigative unit released the cyprus papers

and cypresses abolished a citizenship for investment program following an undercover investigation founda 0 it shows that senior politicians agreeing to help a criminal by a separate possible. saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the united nations human rights council the attempt had faced criticism due to allegations of state involvement in the murder of a saudi journalist. turkey says he was killed within the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago china and russia did win seats on the body despite widespread criticism of both countries james bays has more now from u.n. headquarters in new york. coming forth and not getting a seat was saudi arabia and i think that shows the way that saudi arabia's reputation with regard to human rights has been seriously dented in recent years since may have been someone has been infected effectively in charge of the country the detention of fellow members the royal family in the ritz carlton hotel in riyadh the long running war in yemen and 2 years ago the murder in a saudi consulate of jamal khashoggi clearly have affected how other members

murder torture rape all crimes that undercover agents in the u.k. would be allowed to commit on grew a new bill that's passed the hearts of commons it still leaves approval though from the opportunity for an amendment which was intended to limit the list of crimes was rejected. the amendments would give the intelligence services the protections they need but stop short of giving them the card blanche authorization to carry out the his crimes in the name of the state they have happened too often in the past the bill in question was introduced last month and seeks to permit certain criminal acts by authorities in the u.k. if they're done in order to stop undercover identities from being made public the police and intelligence services around the armed forces will all bicker over power but the government says that doesn't grant a license to kill political commentator anthony webber fears provide any amendments british citizens will be at risk. for the happens if this. extra hour is given schoolies government social services so should. what will he do s

are undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x.'s passport application with the president of the cypriot parliament you can tell it. to her without permission maybe we're here for support. i don't know what you do girlie. ok seriously i'm going to. have to prepare it's like. when confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and they claim they were aware from the onset that our undercover reporters represented a criminal after our team left as you said he filed a report about them with cypresses and the money laundering unit. system phil race al-jazeera sank a gold as a german greens a european free alliance member of the european parliament he says several other e.u. countries have also got gold faulty gold and passport schemes which are similar to cyprus. this is shocking and the revelations show again that we have a reality of criminal structures in cyprus which an assault on the rule of law and the fight against crime in europe and this needs finally a treaty violation procedure by the european commissi