welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: 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. the proposal triggers a battle between republicans and democrats about chosing a replacement before the us presidential election. stiff financial penalties for anyone in england who tests positive for coronavirus, but fails to self—isolate. and in sport, the slovenian tadej pgacar is set to be crowned tour de france champion after a dramatic turnaround.

hello and welcome. 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. he told reporters he expected to make his choice 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, the disabled, healthca re. 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 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 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's 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. professor sahar aziz is director of the center for security, race and rights at rutgers university law school. by by new year's eve this year, do you expect there to be a new trump name justice on you expect there to be a new trump namejustice on the court? —— trump named. it is unclear, because there is a lot at stake for the republicans. you have at least seven senators, republican senators, who had a tossup election. the polls are also starting to show that biden is leading. therefore, if mitch mcconnell over plays his cards and pushes through a nomination or attempts to, he may end up mobilising the democratic base to vote him out, mitch mcconnell as well, he is also

up mcconnell as well, he is also upfor mcconnell as well, he is also up for re—election in kentucky, and some of his colleagues, including suzanne collins and some in colorado and some in iowa, there are multiple senators who are up for re—election in a really tight campaign. it matters whether this nomination happens before november or after november, to explain to viewers, after november there is a two—month period in which the existing is still in session. that is two months, historically. that is enough time to name and confirm a justice in that so—called lame—duck period. a justice in that so—called lame-duck period. yes, and that is probably more likely, again, because i think it is very risky for mitch mcconnell to push this through before november. however, the democrats have started to threaten that if they win the senate, and they already control congress, and they win the white house, and if the republicans play dirty then they are going to vote to expand the supreme court and add two more seats, which would

give biden two more nominations. because if he pushes through a conservative, and it will probably be a very conservative justice, you will have a 6—3 court that always ruled in favour of conservative interpretations of the constitution, which is the most conservative course since before the new deal. and that is going to bring in some questioning of the legitimacy of the supreme court, not only because it will be so slanted towards conservatives but because of the means by which this note justice is because of the means by which this notejustice is going because of the means by which this note justice is going to be nominated and selected, and ironically, hypocritical, the republicans, lindsey graham in particular, and others, set in 2016 when antonin scalia died and obama had an opportunity to fill the vacancy, they told him it is inappropriate to do so during an election year, even though scalia died more than 200 days before the election that year. now lindsey graham is calling for the nomination selection and essentially seeking a new justice,

replacementjustice, before november. you talk about the democratic possibility of expanding the court. 70 or 80 yea rs expanding the court. 70 or 80 years ago that was known as packing the court, under franklin roosevelt, and that net with intense opposition then. might it not be likely to meet intense opposition now? well, the people who oppose it will be the republicans. it won't be the democrats. i think this will be a nuclear option, and if mitch mcconnell pushes this nomination through, then i think the democrats are going to get lots of support, lots of popular support. i think there would be protests. trump's administration and his tenure has already been very polarising politically, and as we have seen with the black lives not a movement, with the muslim bowel movement, with all of these protests we have with the need to movement, i think there is a large swath of americans who are extremely unsatisfied with his current administration, so if mitch mcconnell pushes this through the senate it is going to be

seen the senate it is going to be seen as the senate it is going to be seen as just another example of overreach, government abuse, and leaning towards authoritarianism. but this time it is going to be the supreme court's legitimacy at stake and that harms every american, because then every ruling that comes out of that court is not going to have the legitimacy it needs for people to respect the law and respect the rule of law, so i hope that the moderate republicans and the reasonable republicans will think very carefully before they follow mcconnell, and will consider not only their own political interests but the interests of preserving the legitimacy of the supreme court within the eyes of the american public. professor, if you can make any changes to the nomination and confirmation process , nomination and confirmation process, what would they be? well, i had to say this, but we may need to bring back the filibuster. so, it was the democrats that removed the filibuster under obama, although they didn't remove the filibuster for the supreme court. it was the republicans in 2017. this is the idea of having a 60 vote supermajority in the senate, is that right?

yes, and what that does is ensure that you do not have these really tight votes in the senate, which are 53 — a7, or 4-46. senate, which are 53 — a7, or a-a6. and senate, which are 53 — a7, or a—a6. and then when you have these important decisions, whether it is legislation or appointments, so, executive branch offices, you have some buy in from the other side, even though it is not going to be more than ten people, but at least you will not have this runaway majority, especially when it is a very small majority. there are two candidates that have been discussed widely in the media, judge amy coney barrett and judge barbara lagoa. they are both conservative justices. surely it would be a good thing for another woman to be promoted to the supreme court. how would you object to that? if there is one thing we have learned in a stemless movement going on in the us and in europe and in other countries, it is not simply about having a woman, it is about having a

woman, it is about having a woman who is committed to women's rights and meaningful way. and the real issue here is roe the wade, the right to an abortion, the right to privacy and autonomy over a woman's body. you're also going to have same—sex marriage, which might be reversed. you also have challenges to healthcare laws. and so we are at a point in american history where it is not enoughjust american history where it is not enough just to have a woman. we need to have a woman who is committed to gender equality in a meaningful way, whether she identifies as a conservative or she identifies asa conservative or she identifies as a liberal, and so i think that this is essentially going to be token nosing and playing gender identity politics in a way that will not help women overall. professor, thank you so overall. professor, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. 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 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. no, not the death of a rock star or a movie legend. here in preston, households are already banned from meeting other households in their homes, gardens or indoor venues. from tuesday, curfews will be imposed on pubs and restaurants in most of lancashire and merseyside, 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'll not see our families 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 are 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 been 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 on a 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 government's 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. france has announced almost 13,500 new confirmed infections, another daily record since the start of the outbreak there. the spike mirrors a rise in infections in many other parts of europe. more than 850,000 people living in and around spain's capital madrid are to be put under lockdown after a surge in the number of new infections. 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 us. 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 is a great dealfor america. conceptually, i think it is a great deal for america. they will be hiring at least 25,000

people. it will most likely be incorporated in texas, it will bea incorporated in texas, it will be a brand—new company. it will have nothing to do with any outside land, any outside country. it will have nothing to do with china. nicholas thompson is the editor in chief of wired magazine. he says a deal with oracle and walmart wouldn't end the controversy with tiktok. first of all, the deal has to be finalised. so, trump has given his blessing to the deal, but 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 oracle will be a minority partner and her store the data, but it is not done yet. the white 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 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's no evidence... 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, there are — i don't think that the trump administration's motivations are primarily about protecting american national security. 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? there only 19 million americans who use wechat, they

are only a very small percentage of wechat‘s user base stopping the people who are base stopping the people who a re really base stopping the people who are really hurt our americans with friends or business partners orfamily with friends or business partners or family in with friends or business partners orfamily in china with whom they communicate through wechat. has the fundamental way with which many americans keep in touch with mainland china and that also hurts the ability of the two countries to understand each other. to sever a major lane of community between ——of communication between the us and china. there have been retaliatory measures threatened, what could those be? apple sales and china, and if they were tim cook i would be quite frightened. they threaten to take action against any american company that has a lot of 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 there. 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 balaclavas surrounded the protesters, who responded with chants of "only cowards beat women". paul hawkins reports. chanting. another saturday, another anti—government protest in the belarusian capital, minsk. 2000 women marching against president lukashenko against the allegedly rigged election which he claims to have one legitimately six weeks ago. "people united will never be defeated" they chant. and then... ..the men in

balaclavas arrived. men from the government, taking away its own people. "shame, let them free," shouted these women, trying to stop their fellow demonstrators being dragged away. others shouted "only cowards beat women". the 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 bahinskaya, a regular opposition activists and now an icon for this protest movement. she was taken to a police station and later released. so too many others, because the police simply didn't have enough vans to take them away. a sign that the authorities' crackdown is having little effect, with more protest planned for sunday. the sixth consecutive weekend. paul hawkins, bbc news. a us—imposed deadline hasjust 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. other 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. 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. atjust 21 years old, pogachar is set to become the youngest winner of the race in 111 years, and the first ever slovenian to wear the winners' yellow jersey on the final ride into paris. jack kilbride reports. it's been described as one of the greatest time trail rides in the history of the tour de france. tadej pogacar started

the penultimate stage 57 seconds behind the man in the yellow jersey, primoz seconds behind the man in the yellowjersey, primoz roglic, to don xo to snatch the allergens, he had to be quick, and quick he was. crossing the finish line one minute and 21 seconds faster than anyone else. for roberts, still on the road and knowing he let the yellow jersey slip through road and knowing he let the yellowjersey slip through his fingers, he finished 59 seconds behind tadej pogacar. and the tadej pogacar, who is also set to win both the polkadot and white jerseys for taking out thing of the mountain and young rider classifications, adding the yellow jersey as well was a bit of a shock. i didn't know that i when the yellowjersey until a sora glitch‘s time just at the finish line. i couldn't believe it myself, i was just out of the world and my mind was just out of my head.

out of the world and my mind wasjust out of my head. for cycling fans and slovenia, the day started with the hope that roglic would be their first ever tour de france champion, but by the end of the day they we re but by the end of the day they were cheering for a different hero. translation: we are happy for today, but sad for primoz roglic, it didn't work out, but we don't give up. he is still the winnerfor us, we don't give up. he is still the winner for us, slovenia won today. delayed due to coronavirus and eventually held under special restrictions, the tour itself has been a success. now, after 20 stages and more than 3000 ruling kilometres, all that is left is the final, largely processional right into paris where a maximum of 5000 fa ns paris where a maximum of 5000 fans will be allowed to chair the riders on to the famous finish on the champs—elysees. and as long as everything goes to plan, both tadej pogacar and the two organisers are like will be celebrating a job well done. 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, promoting a benign vision of the country, including a recent video series in english about life in pyongyang. krassimira twigg from bbc monitoring reports ri chun—hee, the face of north korean state propaganda for decades. now compare this with young video blogger un a. hello, my dearfriends. hi, i'm on a farm today. un a is 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. a reminder of our top story. 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 political battle between republicans and democrats. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. 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.

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 choosing a replacement before the us presidential election. the british government says it's going to impose stiff financial fines on people in england who fail to quarantine themselves, as part of coronavirus restrictions. anyone who tests positive for the infection, or is contacted through the test and trace system, will be legally required to self—isolate. americans will be able use the video sharing platform tiktok for at least a week longer after authorities delayed a ban. the app's chinese owners are finalising a deal for oracle to handle its us operations. president trump has accused tiktok of threatening national security — which it denies.