this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm james reynolds. 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. tiktok‘s chinese owners srike a deal with two major american companies to run their us operations after president trump's threat to ban the app as a danger to national security. and, in sport, the slovenian tadej pogacar 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 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 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. earlier, i spoke with professor sahar aziz, director of the center for security, race and rights at rutgers university law school and i asked her if she thought there would be a trump—named justice on the court by the end of the year. it's unclear, because there is a lot at stake for the republicans. you have at least seven senators, republican senators, who had a toss—up election. the polls are also starting to show that biden is leading. biden and harris. therefore, if 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, mcconnell as well, he is also

up for re—election in kentucky, and some of his colleagues, including suzanne collins, and some are in colorado and some are 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. yes, and that is probably more likely, again, because i think it is very risky for 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, that 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 mcconnell pushes through a conservative, and it will probably be a very conservative justice, you will have a 6—3 core that always ruled in favour of conservative interpretations of the constitution, which is the most conservative court 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 9th justice is going to be nominated and selected, and, ironically, hypocritically, 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 seating a new justice, replacementjustice, before november. you talk about the democratic possibility of expanding the court. 70 or 80 years ago that was known as packing the court, under franklin roosevelt, and that met 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 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, lives matter movement, with the muslim ban movement, with all of these protests we have with the need to movement, i think there is a large swathe

of americans who are extremely unsatisfied with his current administration, so if mcconnell pushes this through 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. 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 £1,000. 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. 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 with 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 have to be careful about making sure we can keep the r rate down, the

transmission 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. anti—government protesters in thailand have installed

a plaque near bangkok's grand palace proclaiming that the country belongs to the people and not the monarch. protests calling for the resignation of the government and reform of the monarchy have continued on sunday. activists camped out overnight in a field near the royal palace after tens of thousands joined the demonstrations on saturday. so how unusual are protests like this? the bbc‘s jonathan head is in bangkok. well, protest movements aren't unusual but this one has gone a whole lot further than any, i think, in living memory in terms of addressing the issue of the monarchy. i'm right here in this field. behind me you can see the glittering historic royal palace, that is where the coronation of the current king took place, the funeral of his much loved father and a little bit over in that direction is where they put down this very small plaque today, a plaque that was removed from another part of bangkok commemorating the overthrow of the absolute monarchy. the monarchy, the history of the monarchy, its place in thai society, its powers, its spending, all of these

are on the agenda of this protest movement. they've just dispersed just in the last few minutes. but they have held onto this ground for 2h hours, a symbolic challenge, if you like, throwing a glove down to the monarchy itself, demanding changes, and they say they will keep it up. they had quite significant numbers of people here, it was quite a festive atmosphere. but the seriousness of the points they were raising was lost on no—one, because even discussing the monarchy has been taboo in this country for decades. it is considered unacceptable. the government insists that the monarchy‘s status is non—negotiable, that it's untouchable, it can't be mentioned. and yet some of the issues being raised by those people on stage were very personal. they directly criticised the current king, vajiralongkorn, for living overseas in germany, for spending large amounts of money at a time of economic crisis it induced by covid—19. they've raised the issues of his increasing control over units of the military. this isjust a debate that people have only ever whispered about.

these students are pushing to make it public. in the past, you would quite simply have gone to prison for a very long time or you might even have lost your life for just saying these things. we just don't know in this current climate with a very unpopular government how far they are going to allow this protest movement to go. picking up on that, what might you think the authorities will do with this movement? well, considering their sensitivity of the issue and the anger of hard—line royalists, they are really furious these issues are being raised. they consider it an unacceptable insult to the monarchy. you could argue that authorities are being very restrained. they did actually erect some massive concrete barriers all around it to stop the protesters from marching towards other royal sites, to keep them here. beyond that they allow the protest leader to walk through and deliver a petition which the police commander promised to hand over to the office that manages the palace. at the moment they are charging some of these student leaders, the repeated serious criminal

charges that can carry long years in prison, but they haven't actually been jailed. so there's something of a game of cat and mouse. i think the government recognises it is unpopular for a number of reasons and they won't say this, but, of course, this king is simply not as popular as his father. and there are real issues about his choice to live in germany and stay away at a time of national crisis. all of these reasons are making the government pause. it seems uncertain how we should respond. it keeps wanting the protesters, saying they shouldn't come out on these numbers, they shouldn't mention the monarchy. we just don't know how far they will go. crucially, the palace never comments publicly, we just don't know how it will respond, whether it is willing to tolerate these unprecedented criticisms of the king or whether it will find some way to get back at them. jonathan head, thanks so much. the us secretary of state mike pompeo says virtually all un sanctions against iran have been restored because it's breaching the nuclear deal it signed in 2015. president trump tore up the nuclear accord two years ago but the us insisted it

could still trigger a clause to re—establish sanctions. 0ther signatories to the deal, including britain, france and germany, dispute this. 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. 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. oracle and walmart are set to become partners in the business, but tiktok‘s current chinese owner bytedance would retain a large stake. conce ptually 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 0racle will be a minority partner who will 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 we chat? we chat will be fine, they are only 90 million americans who use that, a very small percentage of their user base, and it is a small

percentage of 10 cents so it will be fine but the people heard our americans with friends or business partners or family in china with whom they communicate through the app. it is the fundamental way that many americans keep in touch with people in inland china —— tencent. and it also hurts the ability of the two countries to understand each other. to sever a man “— understand each other. to sever a man —— major line of medication between us and china isn't a great idea right now. beijing has threatened retaliatory measures if the us continues down this path so what might those be? they could ta ke what might those be? they could take a lot of action against apple, and yet —— apple sells a lot of iphones in china and manufacturers in china and if i was tim cook i would be threatened, beijing could take action against any american company who has a lot of business in china and they could take it for almost any reason they want, even the haphazard nature with trump administration's on tick—tock. -- tiktok. fire has engulfed part of one

of africa's best—known universities, makerere, in the ugandan capital of kampala. flames have swept through the main administration block, which dates back to the 1940s, and destroyed the roof. the building, which is known locally as the ivory tower, is a prominent landmark in the city. there's currently no word of any casualties. 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. chanting. another saturday, another anti—government protest in the belarusian capital minsk. 2,000 women marching against president lukashenko against the allegedly rigged election which he claims to have one legitimately six weeks ago. all chant. "people united will never be defeated", they chant. and then...

screaming. ..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. 0thers shouted "0nly 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 activist 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.

two people have died and a third is missing after a hurricane—like storm ripped across greece. hundreds of people were trapped in flooded buildings as cyclone ianos, battered areas north of athens. mike firn reports. the storm ripped across greece's western islands on friday, forcing flights and ferries to be cancelled. tourist on kefalonia are advised to stay indoors. by the early hours of saturday morning, it was packing winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour, bringing torrential rain to the centre of the country, triggering landslides and causing power cuts. hundreds of people had to be rescued from flood damaged buildings. in one town, the river burst its banks, breaking away large chunks of the main road and damaging the medical centre. a fire crew rescued this man from the roof of his car. the body ofan the roof of his car. the body of an elderly woman was found

ina of an elderly woman was found in a flooded house nearby. further east, farmers had to carry sheep to safety, where a man was found dead on his farm. the prime minister expressed his condolences and said all of the affected regions would receive state aid. the cyclone lost strength as it headed south towards crete on saturday afternoon. while meteorologists say this type of storm is rare, one on the same scale hit greece two years ago, killing two people. mike firn, bbc news. 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, pogacar is set to become the youngest winner of the race in 111 years and the first ever slovenian to wear the winner's yellow jersey on the final ride into paris. jack kilbride reports. it's been described as one of the greatest time trial 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 roglic, so to snatch the yellowjersey from his fellow slovenian rider, he had to be quick — and quick he was, crossing the line a minute and 21 seconds faster than anyone else. for roglic, still on the road and knowing he let the leader's yellowjersey slip through his fingers, the last stretch of the ride was agony, finishing 59 seconds behind pogacar in the race standings. and for pogacar, who is also set to win both the polka dot and white jerseys for taking out the king 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 win the yellowjersey until i saw —— i didn't know that i win the stage, that i win the yellowjersey until i saw roglic‘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.

for cycling fans in 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 were cheering for a different hero. translation: we are happy for today. bit sad for primoz — it didn't work out. however, we did not give up. primoz is still the winnerfor us. slovenia won today. delayed due to coronavirus and then eventually held under special restrictions, with riders and their teams kept in a strict race—wide bubble, the tour itself has been a success. now, after 20 stages and more than 3,000 gruelling kilometres, all that's left is the final largely processional ride into paris, where a maximum of 5,000 fans will be allowed to cheer the riders on to the famous finish on the champs—elysees. and as long as everything goes to plan, both pogacar and the tour organisers alike will be celebrating a job well done. jack kilbride, bbc news. more on all of our stories on

oui’ more on all of our stories on our website. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. 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 one or two 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 one or two 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

0rkney and 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, 2a or 25 degrees. now, that breeze will be easing all the time, the winds falling light through sunday night into monday. and 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 chosing 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 quarentine 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. the chinese owners of the tiktok social media app have agreed to form a new company with two major american companies, oracle and walmart. the new partnership will run tiktok‘s us operations after president trump threatened to ban the app as a danger to national security.