this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump says he‘s hoping to name a woman within the next week as his choice to replace the supreme court judge ruth bader ginsburg. the proposal has triggered a battle between republicans and democrats about chosing a replacement this is bbc news. before the us i'm james reynolds. our top stories: presidential election. president trump says he hopes to name a woman within the next the british government says week as his choice to replace the supreme court judge it‘s going to impose stiff ruth bader ginsburg. the proposal triggers a battle, between republicans financial fines on people and democrats about chosing in england who fail a replacement before the us to quarentine themselves, presidential election. as part of coronavirus restrictions. anyone who tests positive for the infection stiff financial penalties or is contacted through for anyone in england who tests the test and trace system positive for coronavirus, will be legally required to self—isolate. but fails to self—isolate. americans will be able use the united states delays plans to ban downloads of chinese the video sharing platform social media app tiktok, after president trump approves a plan for oracle and walmart. tiktok for at least a week longer after authorities delayed a ban. and in sport, the slovenian tadej pogacar is set to be crowned tour de france champion the app‘s chinese owners are finalising a deal for oracle to handle after a dramatic turnaround. its us operations. president trump has accused tiktok of threatening national security, which it denies.

a political battle is shaping up in america following the death at the age of 87 of the supreme court judge ruth bader ginsburg, a champion of women's and minority rights. donald trump says he's likely to put forward a woman as his nominee next week. but his democrat rival joe biden insists the decision must wait until after the november poll. here's our north america editorjon 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 equal pay, abortion, disabled, health care. and a determination that women should play as big a part in american public life as men. it contributes to the end of the days when women, at least half the talent pool in our society, appear in high places only as one—at—a—time performers. in herfinal years, despite multiple cancer diagnoses, she never missed a day of oral argument, feisty and formidable to the end. 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 stumped 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 saddened to hear that, i'm saddened 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 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. let me be clear that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick thejustice for the senate to consider. just before ruth bader ginsburg died, she made it clear she felt that her position shouldn't be filled until after the election.

it seems unlikely she will get her dying wish. john sopel, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to lisa graves, who's executive director of true north research and previuosly served as deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal policy at the us department ofjustice in the clinton administration. she joins us from wisconsin. lisa, if president trump nominates a woman, only be 15 history tojoin the nominates a woman, only be 15 history to join the supreme court, wouldn't it be difficult for democrats to say in 2020 we don't want a woman to get promoted? —— the fifth in history. i think there are big principles at stake in terms of the supreme court and the future of america. and so he may well try to use this va ca ncy may well try to use this vacancy to his political advantage. in fact, vacancy to his political advantage. infact, he vacancy to his political advantage. in fact, he hasn't hesitated to use the post office and the military to his political advantage, and i'm sure he's trying to do the same here. my concern is that

trump's political team is preparing to litigate the results of this election to the us supreme court, and he shouldn't be able to choose anotherjuror, in shouldn't be able to choose another juror, in essence, shouldn't be able to choose anotherjuror, in essence, on the supreme court, to put his thumb on the scale ofjustice to try to win this election unfairly. especially with the fate of america in the balance, and also the world, with the destructive climate change that is under way and so much more at stake stop so what tools to the democrats have to oppose him, then? well, it is not clear yet when that nomination will be put forward and how much time will be permitted before a hearing is held. typically there are many weeks before a hearing is held on a supreme court vacancy because it isa supreme court vacancy because it is a lifetime appointment. so many people on donald trump's lister in their early 50s, so could serve for the next 30 or a0 years. —— list are in. so it is vital but the senate has the time to thoroughly review the records of anybody nominated for the supreme court. so there are some procedural objections and standards, but it is not clear that these republicans, have been so loyal to president

trump despite the evidence against him, in many ways, it is not clear that these republicans will follow the rules, because they have been boundin rules, because they have been bound in loyalty in this political culture trump has created. but they have got time on their side. the average nomination in recent years was between 65 days to 89 days, from nomination to confirmation, which would put the process, if he names a nominee next week, into late november. there is time, even if that is a lame—duck session, the republicans to have time on their side. that's correct. the results from the election won't be certified constitutionally until early december. so there is time post election for the republicans to try to push through a nominee, even if donald trump loses and even if that nominee is controversial. but i think there is going to bea but i think there is going to be a pitched battle in america to try to protect the court from an unfair nominee and this unfair process, because frankly, it is unprecedented for a judge to be confirmed this late, disclosed to an election, and as everybody knows, these republicans blocked president 0bama from a va ca ncy blocked president 0bama from a vacancy that occurred in february in 2016. the danger

for the democrats is that this election now becomes the supreme court election, not the pandemic election. wiping out recent advantages that has felt they had stop well, with more than 200,000 americans dead, i'm not sure donald trump has an advantage. in fact, he has been attacking vote by mail in a pandemic that has infected millions of americans had more people are infected every single day here. so he might think this aids him, but it is not clear it will, given his record and given what is at sta ke record and given what is at stake with the supreme court. and the vacancy and the decision that will come before this court in the term, and in the coming years. lisa graves, thank you so much. thank you so much. the uk government is to introduce stiff financial penalties for anyone in england failing to self—isolate after a positive coronavirus test. from the 28th of september, those who break the rules will be fined £1000. this rises to £10,000 for repeat offences. the prime minister, borisjohnson, is also considering further restrictions after warning the uk is "now seeing a second

wave" of coronavirus. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. here in preston, households are already banned from meeting other households in their homes, gardens or indoor venues. from tuesday, cu rfews will be imposed and tighter restrictions have already been imposed in other parts of northern england and in the midlands, covering around one in five of the country's population. i have close family that passed away with covid so i know exactly how this is serious. something needs to be done but it's a shame we will not see our family is as much. and as the prime minister warned of a second wave of the virus, restrictions in lancashire could be a glimpse of the future across the whole of england. we had to be careful about making sure we can keep the r rate down so we're looking at the data,

we have 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, borisjohnson is poring over the data to find out if he needs to go any further. he wants to avoid a full national lockdown, he knows that could shatter a fragile economy, so any plans emerging from downing street in the next few days is likely to keep schools and offices open. but the prime minister also wants existing restrictions to be more tightly enforced. the government's scientific advisers have suggested that as many as four out of five people could be bending or breaking the rules on self—isolation. from the 28th of september in england anyone with a positive coronavirus test or who has contacted by the track and trace system will have a legal duty to self—isolate, those who don't could be fined £1000 initially and up to £10,000 for repeat offenders. but if you're on benefits

or in the low income and can't work from home you will receive a £500 lump sum to encourage self—isolation. in preston there was support for the idea of fining those who tested positive and who broke the rules. the people going out of their way to ignore the guidelines, it's quite fair and proper that they should get punished quite severely. that's really not on, for them to be going out and about and they should be fined. but i think the rules now are really, really complex. labour say they will support moves to control the spread of the virus but they wouldn't have started from here. i had to say 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. the cabinet was briefed by the governments medical and scientific officers today. the task now for the prime minister is to balance the health of the nation with help for the economy. iain watson, bbc

news, westminster. two people have been killed in greece in a rare mediterranean hurricane. the storm, ianos, brought torrential rain and high winds to the ionian islands and western peloponnese. police say at least twoother people are missing. meteorologists say cyclones were virtually unheard of in the area until the 1990s, when the mediterranean began to warm. the fbi and the us secret service are investigating the origin of a letter addressed to donald trump which media reports say contained ricin, a deadly toxin. officials have given no details, but say the item was intercepted before it reached the white house. they said there was no threat to public safety. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has praised colombia for its efforts to promote regime change and restore democracy in venezuela. after meeting president ivan duque in bogota, mr pompeo accused the venezuelan leader of promoting terrorism and drug trafficking in the region. mr duque said that mr maduro's position in power was untenable. president trump has approved a deal that would see american firms take significant stakes in the us arm of tiktok.

the deal allows the app, which is currently wholly owned by a chinese company, to continue operating in the united states. mr trump had previously threatened to shut it down, saying it posed a security risk. oracle and walmart are set to become partners in the business, but tiktok‘s current chinese owner, bytedance, would retain a large stake. conceptually, i think it's a great dealfor america. they'll be hiring at least 25,000 people. it will most likely be incorporated in texas, it'll be brand—new company. it'll have nothing to do with any outside land, any outside country. it will have nothing to do with china. wechat may not be spared a similar download ban, though. its also set to be kicked off apple's app store and google play on sunday. 0wner tencent called the decision "unfortu nate," while beijing is threatening to retailiate against firms investing in china if the us continues to ban chinese technology companies.

nicholas thompson is the editor in chief of wired magazine. he joins us from new york. nicholas, does this deal with walmart and oracle, does that and the controversy for good with tiktok? no. first of all, the deal has to be finalised. so, trump has given his blessing to the deal, but walmart and oracle and byte da nce walmart and oracle and bytedance are going to have to finalise it. we will also have to see what the chinese government does. my guess is that it does get us much closer to an end point, where there is tiktok surviving, and where 0 ra cle tiktok surviving, and where 0racle will be a minority partner and her store the data, but it is not done yet. house premise has been that tiktok, owned by china, is a national security threat. is that true? potentially, yes. tiktok does have a lot of data on individual americans, and you can imaginea individual americans, and you can imagine a scenario where

the chinese government would request that bytedance give data on individuals they wanted to follow, or where americans' movement could be used by the chinese government. there is no... sorry, even if most of those people are teenagers, doing dance videos? well, some of them are teenagers in the military doing dance videos. i mean, i don't think that the trump administration's motivations are primarily about protect american national security. —— protecting. i think they are primarily about being tough on china, which has political benefits. but there are some genuine national security concerns. what is the road ahead for wechat? well, wechat will be fine, right. they're only 19 million americans who use wechat, it is a very small percentage of wechat‘s user base, and wechat isa wechat‘s user base, and wechat is a small percentage of 10 cents. —— tencent. the people who will really be hurting americans with friends or

business partners or family in china with whom they communicate through wechat. it isa communicate through wechat. it is a fundamental way many americans keep in touch with people in mainland china. and what that also hurts is the ability of the two countries to understand each other. to major line of communication between the us and china is not a great idea right now. —— to sever a major line. beijing has threatened retaliatory measures of the us continues down this path. what could start to take shape in the form of? well, apple sells a lot of iphones in china and if i were tim cook i would be quite frightened. they threaten to take action against any american company that has business in china and they could take it for almost any reason they want, given the haphazard nature of the trump administration's policy on tiktok. nicholas thompson, thank you so much. thank you. a us—imposed deadline has just passed, which said all un economic sanctions should be re—imposed on iran, because it's breaching the nuclear deal it signed in 2015. president trump tore up the nuclear accord two years ago, but the us says it can

still trigger a clause that would re—establish sanctions. 0ther signatories to the deal — including britain, france and germany — dispute this. they want to keep the agreement intact, and haven't agreed to reinstate the sanctions. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: president trump says he hopes to name a woman, within the next week, as his choice to replace the supreme court judge, ruth bader ginsburg. stiff financial penalties for anyone in england who tests positive for coronavirus but fails to self—isolate. hundreds of opposition activists have been detained by the belarusian security forces at the latest women's march demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. men in green uniforms and black balaclavas surrounded the protesters, who responded with chants of "only cowards beat women". paul hawkins reports. another saturday, another

anti—government protest in the belarussian anti—government protest in the bela russian capital, anti—government protest in the belarussian capital, minsk. 2000 women marching against president lukashenko against the allegedly rigged election that he claims to have one legitimately six weeks ago. "people united will never be defeated" they child. and then... the men in balaclava ‘s arrival. men from the government, taking away its own people. " shame, let them free," shouted these women. 0thers shouted "0nly cowards beat women". police wouldn't say how many were detained but one local human rights groups claims it was 300, including this 73—year—old great—grandmother, nina, a regular opposition activists and now an icon for this protest movement. she was taken

toa protest movement. she was taken to a police station and later released. so too many others, because the police are simply didn't have enough vans to take them away. a sign that the authorities‘ crack down is having little effect, with more protest planned for sunday. the sixth consecutive weekend. paul hawkins, bbc news. tens of thousands of people have gathered in the rain in the thai capital, bangkok, calling for reform of the political system, and the monarchy. there have been a series of student—led demonstrations since mid—july growing in size as anti—government anger continues to grow. this protest, which is lasting two days, is expected to be one of the biggest, asjonathan head reports from bangkok. well, we‘ve seen the momentum building throughout this year of this anti—government movement. frustrated by a lot of issues — the economy has been hammered by covid, the government that‘s in office now took power away, which most people regard as questionable under a constitution written by the military and there‘ve been a number of scandals.

and that‘s brought people from all generations out in opposition to the government — this is the most ambitious rally yet, this university has long been associated with dissent. but perhaps more important, some of the students are also pushing for changes to thailand‘s monarchy. that is a very, very new development in a country where the royal institution has always been regarded as untouchable. so there‘s a sense of change and of danger here, too, about where this protest movement will lead. now i‘ve got four young freshman here from the university who‘ve come to join this protest. can i ask you first of or why you‘ve come? what are the issues that you‘re concerned about? we came today because we want to see the change of our regime. we want to ask our government to change a new constitution. do you want changes to the military, the army?

because in thailand, the army is always so powerful. yes. i want the military to decrease their power, and the budget for the military to do something else, notjust the military. some of the student leaders have said that the monarchy must be changed. this is very new, we‘ve never seen this in thailand before. but we all know it‘s a very sensitive issue and people are very nervous about speaking about it. do you feel you can talk about the monarchy and ask for change? the monarchy have lived in thailand for a long time. and we still respect them. i know the protesters have said there should be less money spent on the monarchy and less power over the army. i‘m not sure that i can talk about this, it‘s very sensitive. even if you‘re nervous — some of the student leaders today will talk about the monarchy while you‘re here. your parents must be worried.

we are nervous but we still want to join this protest because we want everyone to continue protesting. jonathan head reporting there. north korea‘s propaganda machine could never be accused of being ahead of the curve. but there are signs of change signalling a new, more modern approach. pyongyang is believed to be behind several youtube and twitter accounts, aimed at foreign audiences, that are promoting a benign vision of the country in a friendly video blogging style, including a recent video series in english about life in pyongyang. krassimira twigg from bbc monitoring reports. this woman, the face of north korean state propaganda for decades. now compare this with this young video blogger. hello, my dearfriends. hi, i‘m on a farm today. she‘s one of the hosts of recent youtube videos

about life in pyongyang aimed at foreign audiences. she seems approachable, relatable, and authentic. this north korean operation is fully focused on beautiful women. there‘s a little bit of north korean—style sex appeal being inserted into this campaign, just to get people to start thinking in a different way about north korea, beyond the nukes. pyongyang is believed to be behind several social media accounts that are racking up the numbers by promoting a more modern video blogging style. this campaign is an effort to finally push back against what is almost completely saturated anti—north korean message in the foreign media. so today, i've decided to take you to some place cool. they‘re trying to access the young audience on twitter and youtube, and show them how

modern north korea is. but it‘s still really heavy with propaganda. these videos purport to give foreign viewers rare access to the notoriously secretive state. but how authentic is this access? it‘s very much an act of ventriloquism. north korea is really trying to control what we see and how we see it. for instance, if you watch the images of the people in the fairground, there are far more adults. everybody is of the same age. the same thing with the restaurant. there‘s nobody in the restaurant except for two staff and two individuals who are eating — both of them alone. everything looks very staged, to the point of extreme artificiality. and while this new strategy has provoked curiosity as it opens a new window into workings of the state propaganda, it has also alarmed for its potential to provide a soft power boost to

a country with a dire human rights record. the slovenian cyclist tadej pogacar is to be crowned the tour de france champion on sunday following a remarkable turnaround on the penultimate day of the race. he overhauled the favourite, his compatriot primoz roglic, who had been leading by almost a minute. nick parrott reports. it‘s been described as one of the greatest rides in the history of the tour de france. this was tadej pogacar‘s debut in the race. primoz roglic is the reigning champion of the tour of spain — it was youth against experience. a 57—second gap at the start of the stage turned around in dramatic fashion. pogacar is the slovenian time trial champion and went for it from the start of the 36km route. when he finished, taking the top spot, roglic was still on the road,

but he knew he couldn‘t catch his compatriots. pogacar won his third stage and more importantly, the whole race by almost a minute. two days short of his 22nd birthday, his celebrations are sure to go on for weeks. nick parrott, bbc news. what a race that was. reminder of our top story. president trump has vowed to put forward a woman to replace ruth bader ginsburg on the us supreme court. north carolina at a rally he said he would release his choice next week. we will vote in the senate whether republicans currently have a small majority. democrats insist that replacing justice ginsburg, who died on friday, should wait until after november‘s collection. senator susan collins has become the first republican boys a similar view. the trump nominee would further to the supreme court in a conservative direction. justices are there for life, rolling on issues such as

abortion, civil rights, and immigration. —— ruling. do let me know how you are getting on. you can reach me on twitter. i‘m @jamesbbcnews. do stay with us. hello. the first half of the weekend was dry, sunny and warm for many of us, and sunday promises more of the same. more dry weather, more warm sunshine, but there will be some exceptions. down towards the south, still the potential for 1—2 showers. you can see on our earlier satellite image, this swirl of cloud, low pressure across western europe that has thrown a few showers through the channel islands and the south of england — could be 1—2 more of those around through the day ahead. also, quite a lot of cloud across a good part of scotland, particularly around the northern and eastern coasts, through the central belt, and then down the eastern side of england. now, that low cloud of mist will tend to retreat towards the coast as the day wears on. so many spots will brighten up with some sunshine. but for northern coasts of scotland, and certainly shetland, it will stay, likely, quite grey through the day. for many other parts of scotland, though, it will brighten up with some spells of sunshine. a fine looking day for northern ireland,

17 degrees in belfast. some north sea coasts of england staying grey, cloudy and cool. still a bit breezy further south, but with quite a lot of sunshine, temperatures getting up to 23—25 degrees. now, that breeze will be easing all the time. the winds falling light through sunday night into monday. that will allow some patches of fog to develop across some parts of england and wales. not as much fog further north — where it will be a rather chilly night, temperatures for some spots down into single digits. so, monday morning will dawn with some areas of cloud and fog across some parts of england and wales. that should tend to clear fairly quickly and then we see lots of sunshine. a bit more cloud rolling in through northern ireland and western scotland through the day — with some outbreaks of rain into the northern and western isles through the afternoon. it‘s another warm day with temperatures for many getting up into the 20s. but from tuesday and into the middle part of the week, things begin to change quite dramatically. low pressure will take control. frontal systems bringing outbreaks of rain, some brisk winds at times, and we are going to start to tap into some

much, much cooler air. temperatures are going to take quite a tumble. there is a bit of uncertainty aboutjust how long that cooler spell will last, but you can see those temperatures dropping as we move through the coming week, and we will start to see some outbreaks of rain and some brisk winds at times. tiktok. nicholas thompson, 00:28:50,189 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 thank you so much. thank you.