this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the death ofjustice ruth bader ginsburg has put the future of the country's supreme court at the heart of the us presidential election. president trump says his choice of replacement should be ‘speedily approved' setting up a bitter partisan battle. we look back at the life and work of a liberal icon who blazed a trail for women and progressives. also in the programme: boris johnson considers tightening covid—19 measures in england — latest figures show highest daily rate of infection since may. in the slovenian set to be crowned tour de france champion after a dramatic turnaround.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. president trump has called for the nomination of a new supreme court judge without delay. it follows the death of supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg — just weeks before the presidential election. the 87—year—old champion of women's rights had been suffering from cancer. her death gives president trump — and the republicans — an opportunity to replace the liberal icon with a conservative — galvanising their supporters. president trump tweeted. ..

but democrats say the nomination shouldn't happen before november's poll. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. no, not the death of a rock star or a movie legend. this spontaneous vigil in washington last night is for a judge. the supreme court plays a critical role in american life and ruth bader ginsburg, or rbg, became a cultural icon. it was beyond my wildest imagination that i would one day become the notorious rbg. i, ruth bader ginsburg... she helped define modern america with the force of her legal argument, on women's rights, abortion, the disabled, health care. this liberaljustice was as feisty as she was formidable. so what's the big deal? isn't this just another judicial appointment?

well, no. a strong conservative majority, now within sight on the supreme court, will help shape america for decades to come. rbg's death has electrified the presidential election campaign, and who should fill her boots and when has become political dynamite. last night, donald trump, who seemed stunned by her death, was playing his cards close to his chest. whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. i'm...actually sad to hear that, i am sad to hear that. thank you very much. the flag at the white house may be flying at half—mast, but politics goes on. donald trump making clear that he is going to nominate a conservative replacement without delay. democrats, though, led by presidential candidate joe biden, say no decision should be made until after a new president is sworn in. we should do this with full consideration and that is my hope

and expectation of what will happen. just before ruth bader ginsburg died, she made it clear she felt that her position should not be filled until after the election. it seems unlikely she will get her dying wish. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. we are all right as a trailblazer. a few minutes ago we spoke about what ruth bader ginsburg said for. —— gloria all right at the trailblazer. she is, she wrote to me and millions of others around the world. and she was everything i expected and more in terms of her very strong commitment to women's right. it wasn't just what she did. commitment to women's right. it wasn'tjust what she did. it is who she was. and i had an opportunity to share with her many of the women's rights cases that we have done. we are the leading woman trite law firm

in the united states. and to listen to her and what she hoped for for the future. —— women's rights law firm. this is a woman, we call her an icon, a superhero, a giant, a pioneer, trailblazer, and she is all of that is so much more. because she was so courageous of that is so much more. because she was so courageous throughout her entire life. speaking about gender equality, fighting for it, not only asa equality, fighting for it, not only as a lawyer before the united states supreme court, arguing so many cases involving gender equality, but in addition when she took the bench and became a justice of the supreme court. 27 years ago. so how does it feel to you knowing her and sharing a lot of her passions to have president donald trump nominating her replacement? first of all, i think it is obscene that senator

mitch mcconnell and donald trump are talking about her replacement. she is not even been buried yet. and they are just is not even been buried yet. and they arejust in is not even been buried yet. and they are just in a rush to nominate oi’ they are just in a rush to nominate or appoint a replacement. this is so disgusting and i want to say that her granddaughter said thatjustice ginsburg, her last wish, i will read it to you, she said about her grandmother, my most fervent wish is that i would not be replaced until a new president is installed. they're not even giving her last wish. at this point let us play you what the leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, had to say about the timing. let's let the american people decide. our view is this, give the people a voice and feeling this vacancy. what do you say to

that argument? i say that it can you speu that argument? i say that it can you spell hypocrisy with a h. you should commend then you should attach it to the name of senator mitch mcconnell because he blocked president obama's nomination to the supreme court, merrick garland, when resident obama was i think nine to ii merrick garland, when resident obama was i think nine to 11 months before the end of president obama sturm saying it should have been done and an election year which is complete and utter nonsense. now we are 45 days before the election of the next president of united states and they wa nt to president of united states and they want to just jam this president of united states and they want to justjam this through. and the rumours are that they want to nominate perhaps a woman who is anti—choice, anti—roe versus wade, and in other words anti—a woman's right to choose legal safe affordable and available abortions,

something that was so important to justice ginsburg, so this is something that it is really dynamite and we will have to fight it with every breath that we have and people will have to fight this and they have to know, they have to vote, they have the vote early with their mail—in ballots, and they must protest in this manner whether it is in the streets, whether it is outside in the voting booths or whether it is by mail, we cannot let this happen because the supreme court justice will serve for the rest of her hair her or his life. court justice will serve for the rest of her hair her or his lifelj was touring the country and reporting when hillary clinton was standing for office against donald trump for years ago, and i standing for office against donald trumpforyears ago, and i heard standing for office against donald trump for years ago, and i heard so many democrats, including young women, say she is not exactly decanted i wanted and i don't know whether i will go out there and campaigned for her. —— the candidate i want. literature message to voters who are left and progressive but just might not make it? —— what is

your message. i was able as though your message. i was able as though your life depends on it. because it does. we cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. sitting on the sidelines and not voting is the same as voting for donald trump. it is a choice you make. and we have to make a choice to make this country better, safer, and one, that really cares about gender equality, violence against women, the right of women to choose, equal rights, and i lovejustice ruth gaeta ginsburg, we must never forget her legacy. it is worldwide. she is the notorious rb g. she wa nted she is the notorious rb g. she wanted to live every moment i know into the ex—president was installed, she didn't get to do that, she fought so hard, harder than most of us fought so hard, harder than most of us advocate at the age of 87. so we have to for her, for our daughters

and mothers our sisters and her aunts and our brothers, we must fight against any nomination in any confirmation of president trump selection to the united states supreme court. because this will change our lives from each and every one of our lives for decades to come, and it will hurt our lives, and we cannot, cannot allow this to happen. views from both sides of the bbc website still being updated on that seismic political event. some breaking news to bringing out. us media are reporting the deadly poison rise and was sent in a package addressed to donald trump early this week but was intercepted before reaching the white house. no comment yet from the trump administration. the fbi in the us secret service are investigating where it came from. the uk has recorded its highest number of new coronavirus infections since the 8th of may. it comes as prime minister

boris johnson has been spending the weekend considering whether to tighten covid—i9 measures in england, after saying the uk was "now seeing a second wave". 4,422 new cases of covid—i9 were recorded in the past 2a hour period. as ministers consider their next steps, former government adviser, prof neil ferguson warned "if we leave it another two to four weeks, we will be back at levels we were seeing more like mid—march." at least 13.5 million people, roughly one in five of the uk population, are already subject to local restrictions. one option being considered is a so—called "circuit breaker" — a short period of tighter rules across england which may last several weeks and include a possible ban on households mixing, plus reduced opening hours or other restrictions for pubs and restaurants. and later this month a fine of £1000 will be introduced for anyone who fails to self—isolate after a positive covid—i9 test. here's our uk political

correspondent, iain watson. here in preston, households are already banned from meeting other households in their homes, gardens or indoor venues. on tuesday, in most of lancashire and merseyside, curfews will be imposed on bars and restaurant and tighter restrictions are also being imposed in the north—east of england, parts west yorkshire and the west and east midlands, covering about one in five of the population. i do have close family that passed away with covid, so i know exactly how this is really serious. something needs to be done but it is a shame, isn't it, we're not going to see our families as much. yeah. i don't agree when the government says we are going to introduce it on tuesday, well, that is another weekend when people can think they will go out to the pub in style over the weekend and make it all worse. in lancashire today, could be london tomorrow. i believe that in lancashire, the second wave has arrived, and in the north—west, and if we don't act now, it is going to get a lot worse, so this should be a warning sign,

for not just for lancashire and the north—west but for the whole country. yesterday, the prime minister warned that a second wave of the virus was on its way before a vaccine can be produced. i think what the prime minister said was that we've got to be really careful about making sure we can keep the the r rate down, transmission rate down, so we are looking at the data, we have got a far better set of data now than we had a few months ago and we won't be afraid to use any restrictions necessary. the government introduced its rule of six only six days ago, yet this weekend, the prime minister is poring over the data to see if he needs to go any further. boris johnson doesn't want another full national lockdown. he and his chancellor of the exchequer know that this could shatter a fragile economy. so the message that could emerge from the government in the next few days is likely to be this, continue to work but there will be less play. any plan that emerges, unlike a lockdown, would not close schools or workplaces, but it could restrict the opening hours of pubs

and restaurants across england. labour say they will back any plan that is supported by the science, but... i have to say that i think this could have been avoided if the government had got their testing and tracing system in place and now we are having to look at more extreme measures because the virus is out of control. it is a difficult balancing act for the prime minister and he's likely to do more to protect the health of the nation but he does not want this to endanger the health of the economy. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, poisoned with the novichok nerve agent in an attack last month, has posted a picture on social media, saying his path to recovery is "clear, although long". he says he still has difficulties going down steps as his legs tremble. mr navalny who's a leading critic of president putin, fell ill in siberia last month, and was airlifted to berlin. germany says lab tests in three countries confirm he was poisoned with novichok.the kremlin denies

it was responsible. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. thank you. the tour de france has delivered late drama with tadej pogachar poised to become the youngest winner in 111 years having pegged back the favourite primoz roglic in one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the race's history. pogachar overhauled a 57—second deficit and now has a lead of neearly a minute going into tomorrow's final processional stage to paris. nick parrott reports. it's been described as one of the greatest tribes in the history of the tour de france. this was that they view into the race for him. the reigning champion of the tour of spain, it was you thinking this experience. the 57 second gap at the start of the stage turned around in dramatic fashion. pogacar is the

slovenian time trial champion and went forward from the start of the 36 km route. when finished taking the top spot, rod glitch was on the road but he knew he could not catch his compatriot. pogacar won his third stage and more importantly the whole race by almost a minute. today short of the 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. there was something of a surprise result in the english premier league as manchester united lost their opening game of the new season. they were beaten 3—1 by crystal palace at old trafford. wilfried zaha scored twice for palace with andros townsend also on the scoresheet. there was a debut goal for donny van de beek but united lose their opening league match for the first time since 2014. we started to slow, definitely. the first ten minutes they were miles sharper than us and quicker to every ball, we gave some silly thousand

way because would be too slow in the challenges. —— silly thousand way. they were more ready than us. and it was an afternoon that everton‘s dominic calvert lewin will not forget as his side beat west brom 5—2. his impressive performance included a first career hat trick and james rodriguez scored on his home debut. a rather strange few minutes at the end of the first half saw both kieran gibbs and the west brom manager slaven bilic sent off. everton have won their opening two league fixtures for the first time in eight years. there were also seven goals as leeds got the better of fellow premier league newcomers fulham 4—3. the late game sees arsenal host west ham...1—1. tottenham have confirmed that they have re—signed gareth bale from spanish champions real madrid on a season—long loan. the wales forward left spurs in 2013 and went on to score more than 100 goals and win four champions league titles with real. he remains the most expensive british player in history,

as well as the top—scoring british player in la liga — with 80 goals and a0 assists in 171 league appearances. bale returns to the club he first joined as a 17—year—old. it's the opening weekend of the german bundesliga and erling haaland was on the scoresheet with a penalty for borussia dortmund as they beat borussia monchengladbach 3-0. hertha berlin beat werder bremen 4—1 in their bundesliga opener to earn their first win there in 1a years. stuttgart secured an immediate return to the top flight after spending just one season in the second tier— they were beaten 3—2 by freiburg. reigning champions bayern munich began the defence of their bundesliga crown with an 8—nil thrashing of bitter rivals schalke on friday. unai emery earned his first win as villarreal coach after his side came from behind to beat eibar2—1 in la liga. getafe beat 0sasuna 1—0 and it's1—1 between valencia and celta vigo in the late match.

you can follow all the results from europe's top flights on the bbc — all available on the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. you can keep up to date with the us open on the bbc sport website. he will practice taking the lead. that is all for now. thank you. —— matthew wolf has taken the lead. let's get more now on the death of us supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg. already there's a political battle under way over her replacement, and it will most certainly influence the last few weeks of the us election campaign. 0ur washington correspondent, katty kay, told me this is a tectonic shift. it has put a whole new set of issues on the table and members of the trump campaign, i was in contact with one late last night, they were suggesting to me that the very fact that americans are now going to be talking more

about cultural issues, issues like abortion, gay rights, religious freedoms, race issues, in a legal context and not talking about the coronavirus so much, that helps donald trump. so republicans have woken up this morning feeling that the death of ruth bader ginsburg, who is being mourned throughout the country, and members of the supreme court from both the left and right have put out glowing tributes to her, that aside, the politics of this republicans feel is working in their favour. how much do you think could that effect turn out? there don't seem to be that many undecided voters but who comes out? you are right. you have covered american elections, you know this. they are never very many undecided voters. something like six to 8% in the middle. and this year around it could be even less than that because people are telling pollsters they have already made up their mind. here is one issue, area,

where perhaps democrats may feel it helps them because ruth bader ginsburg was such a champion of women and of women's rights and of women's equality and women tend to decide american elections, perhaps this drives turned out amongst female voters in suburbs of important swing states, that perhaps is the kind of rosy picture that democrats are putting on what is otherwise a real blow to democrats today because they are looking at the makeup of the senate, the 53 republicans majority have in the senate and the fact they only need 51 votes in the senate in order to confirm whoever president trump nominates. and that is a huge advantage to republicans. now, there are in republicans who in the past who have said my goodness, we would not do this so close to an election. back in 2016, when president barack 0bama nominated merrick garland as his supreme court nominee after the death of anthony scalia, who was a conservative justice,

there were lots of republicans who said no, you cannot do this. and in fact, mitch mcconnell prevented them from nominating a democraticjustice so close to the election because he said it is not fair, the people should choose. well you are hearing a very different tone from republicans today who are saying sure, that was 2016, this is 2020, the rules of change we feel the rules have changed we feel it is in our rights and they are really pushing ahead the idea trying to get this supreme court seat filled if not before the election and after the election and the lame duck session. that is bad news for a democrat so they're clinging to this idea that perhaps it drives out turnout amongst female voters in favour of democrats because she was such a champion of women's rights. the uk government is to allow dozens more afghan interpreters who risked their lives working for british forces in helmand — to settle in the uk. it follows criticism of a previous relocation scheme which put stricter limits on those who could apply to live in the uk. jonathan beale reports. explosion. it wasn't just british troops risking their lives in afghanistan.

hundreds of locally—hired afghan interpreters often faced the same dangers. and the threats didn't go away when the british left helmand in 2014. some afghan interpreters have been allowed to settle in the uk, but under strict criteria. they had to be on the front line for at least a year before being made redundant. this isn't afghanistan, but a military training area in norfolk, where some of those afghans are still working alongside british troops, helping train the next rotation who will provide security in kabul. it's where ministers announced the relocation scheme will be expanded. the new rules will apply to those who worked on the front line for more than 18 months, but who resigned, often because of threats from the taliban. so we will continue to look at making sure we look after those people that have looked after us,

looked after our soldiers that you see here today, and stand by them, because that is the honourable thing to do. it is right that we do right by them, the very people that have served alongside our forces, in one of the most hostile and difficult places in the world. around a50 afghan interpreters and their families have already settled here in the uk. the expansion of this relocation scheme will allow dozens more to live here. but that still leaves hundreds of afghan interpreters who worked for british forces behind in afghanistan, living in potential danger. back in kabul, we spoke to one former afghan interpreter who does not meet the new criteria. we've protected the identity of both him and his young family, because they've received threats from the taliban. he worked as a translator for the british army in helmand for seven months. but he says his length of service is irrelevant. he is still a target. the taliban or the is group

don't have any criteria. whether you've done a one—dayjob or a ten—month job or a ten—yearjob. they're just waiting for an opportunity to get anyone. a translator or a labourer, anyone who has done a job with the western countries. ministers say they'll still consider relocating former afghan interpreters under a separate intimidation scheme on a case—by—case basis. but as yet, no—one has been resettled in the uk under that scheme. today's announcment may be good news for some, but not for everyone who worked for the british. cyclone ianos in greece has left two people dead and a third person missing. winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour have torn through much of the country. these pictures show the scene earlier today on the island of kefalonia. as you can see, the streets are covered in mud and debris — and parts of the island have been left without electricity or running water.

meteorologists say cyclones were virtually unheard of in the area until the 1990s — when the mediterranean began to warm. you are watching bbc news. coming up at 9.30, the latest headlines followed by our world. today's programme reveals what life is really like inside iran during the coronavirus pandemic. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. no shortage of september sunshine for most parts of the uk this weekend. tomorrow promises to be another largely dry and rather warm day, with some spells of sunshine. but there have been some exceptions this weekend stop on the satellite picture, you can see the cloud on the channel islands and south—east england, bringing some showers was that we also have some cloud rolling in from the north sea, moving it across central and southern scotland and north—east england through the night. we keep quite a lot of cloud through the far north and north—east

of scotland as well. in between, clear skies allowing it to get chilly for some. for the majority, it is going to be a mild night, still quite breezy towards the south. we keep the breeze tomorrow, still possibly one or two showers in southern england and the channel islands, but most places dry with some spells of sunshine. and the cloud across scotland, i am hopeful that will retreat, so some spots should brighten up. for many north sea coasts, quite great and murky. just 15 degrees in newcastle. for much of england and wales, sunny skies with 25 degrees in london. still quite breezy towards the south and possibly still the odd shower through the afternoon across the channel islands. through sunday night and into monday, we are inspecting low cloud and fog to develop across central parts of england, down towards the south, parts of wales as well. light winds allowing that murk and fog to develop.

it will clear through monday, most of us having another fine day. some rain in north—west scotland. 1a to 2a degrees the top temperatures, but temperatures are set to tumble later on in the coming week. things become much more unsettled around the middle part of the week, low pressure becomes dominant. this frontal system providing outbreaks of rain, some brisk winds for a time and does this area of low pressure roles its way through, there is likely to be a period of very, very chilly weather with northerly winds blowing down across the british isles. some uncertainty about how long that chilly weather will last. you can see the temperatures really taking a tumble through the week ahead, and it turns more unsettled with wind and rain at times.

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the headlines... boris johnson is considering whether to tighten covid—19 measures in england, as the uk records the highest daily amount of virus cases since may. local lockdown restrictions have come into force in some parts of the uk — with bars and restaurants closing early in north east england. tributes are paid as the pioneering us supreme court judge and champion of women's rights — ruth bader ginsburg — dies at the age of 87. seven years after he left north london for madrid — gareth bale is back at tottenham on a season—long loan. now on bbc news... iran has been hit hard by coronavirus but its government has gone to great lengths to keep the true extent of the outbreak hidden from view. now, with the help of videos posted by iranians on social media, our world reveals what life is really like inside the country during the pandemic.