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Kavanaugh Joins Supreme Court

07/10/2018 GMT

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Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as a Supreme Court justice

Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.

Members of the US Senate have confirmed President Trump's nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice. His appointment follows weeks of intense debate and allegations of sexual misconduct, which Kavanaugh denies.

Also in the programme: How to rebuild after a tsunami; and the battle for the political soul of Texas.  

Today’s studio guests are Loretta Napolioni, a London based Italian economist and writer and Silio Boccanera, London Correspondent of GloboNews, a Brazilian news service.

(Image: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (right) administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his wife Ashley holds the Bible in the Justices Conference Room at the Supreme Court Building on 6th October )2018 in Washington, DC. Credit: Fred Schilling/Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)

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