this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. leaked documents reveal how some uk banks have allowed criminals and money launderers to move billions of pounds around the world. the government in london says the country is at a tipping point, and warns restrictions could be tightened, as thousands more cases are recorded. if everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdowns. but we, of course, have to be prepared to take action if that is what is necessary. the battle over replacing ruth bader ginsburg on the us supreme court heats up — with democratjoe biden saying he should name her replacement if he beats donald trump in november.

a usjudge blocks president trump's order to ban the chinese messaging app wechat. and slovenian tadej pogatcha rides in to paris to complete a surprise tour de france victory. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. leaked documents have revealed how some of the uk's best known banks have allowed criminals, money launderers and sanctioned russians to move dirty money around the world. the secret banking reports also show how major banks have failed to stop crime when they suspect it. they show that london is a hub

for money laundering — with billions of dollars of suspected dirty money moving through the financial system. the documents — known as the fincen files — were leaked to buzzfeed news and shared with the bbc by the international consortium of investigativejournalists. richard bilton reports. most of his body was submerged under water. the files show the reality of fraud. it can be a messy business. he was bound. he had coverings over his face. you knew that he was deceased. raymond's body was found in a vineyard, and this is the dream that cost him his life. world capital market is managed by a team of experts... he was taken in by a scam. to make money, he needed to recruit other investors. when they lost money, he was murdered. ..asia and europe... he was a victim in a scheme.

he was a victim in a homicide. just a true, true victim. thousands lost money in the scam. the fraudsters stole $80 million. we have discovered that britain's biggest bank helped them get away with it. hsbc allowed the fraudsters to move the stolen cash around the world, even after the bank had been told it was a scam. the us part of the bank said it was unable to locate any accounts with the information stated on the subpoena. what hsbc did not tell the regulator is that those accounts were in another country. the bank then carried on moving more than $30 million of stolen cash from the uk and us to the fraudsters‘ hsbc accounts in hong kong. so they had the information. they sat on it. that is when they were just as guilty as the fraudsters in perpetuating the scheme. they knew about it and did nothing about it.

hsbc did not comment on the fraud case but said it has been on a multi—yearjourney to overhaul its ability to combat financial crime. but the files show the secret story is that banks often don't stop crime and suspect behaviour. the leak is of suspicious activity reports, what banks have to tell the authorities if they think their clients may be up to no good. these documents contain some of the banking system's most closely guarded secrets, the suspicions big banks have about their wealthiest clients. and they show how the system has failed to stop criminals from laundering their cash. because banks have to send the reports, but they don't always act on them. this is an unprecedented and remarkable leak that tells us, as never before, what the banks know about suspicious money movements. there has never been a leak like it before.

the secret reports show the way banks have really been behaving, placing the uk at the heart of global money—laundering. richard bilton, bbc news. let's speak to catherine belton, she's an investigative reporter for the reuters news agency and the author of putin's people. hello, welcome to bbc news. wide you think the uk seems to have been so bad at spotting illicit russian money moving through the system?” think for a long time regulation

here has been very lax. it's been a haven for a lot of russian illicit cash flows. one particular problem is the widespread use of shell companies here in the uk particularly. the llps have been used for tens of billions of dollars in illicit russian cash flows, flowing through the capital for a decade and these are companies which are registered in the uk even though they have no business activity here. they don't have to file any taxes so there's no way of checking whether any of the accounts they claim are accurate are not. we don't know who the beneficial owners are and yet we know from these leaks others previously that tens of billions of dollars in illicit russian cash has flooded through these type of companies. when you say we know, what kind of evidence is being gathered? if these are anonymous

accou nts gathered? if these are anonymous accounts and shell companies it particularly ha rd to accounts and shell companies it particularly hard to track it. yes it's incredibly hard and western law enforcement is onlyjust now getting to grips with the scale of the problem but obviously with the fincen files lea ks problem but obviously with the fincen files leaks and the previous lea ks fincen files leaks and the previous leaks which demonstrated tens of billions of dollars from russia and illicit cash flows were being laundered through the western system, there was a scheme called laundromat, another scheme in which $10 billion in illicit russian clash flows were laundered through german banks in so—called mega trades and came to these entities called llps which are shell companies in which is almost impossible to decipher who is almost impossible to decipher who is behind them but thankfully with the help of the fincen files leaks, some of the beneficial owners have been identified. we're talking about throwing light on the situation and although it's a complicated area, what you think can be done to help

should erupt defences here in the uk against this kind of rain?” should erupt defences here in the uk against this kind of rain? i think it's vitally important we start doing that in the uk government is starting to recognise this, just on friday, the main uk company registration announced it was going to impose greater measures that would give it more powers to investigate suspect transactions. i can only hope that it's able to do so, that it is able to verify and have more powers to investigate who is behind a lot of the transactions because i'm afraid what we're dealing with in particular in the regards to russian cash flows is that very often the money is being moved by powerful russian tycoons who have very close links to the russian state and that's the russian state which doesn't have a good or benign intentions towards the uk or the west in fact, we have seen the

putin regime very intent on dividing and disrupting the west and trying to raise russia's standing in the world by undermining its rivals. thanks so much forjoining us. thanks so much forjoining us. thanks very much. the british health secretary matt hancock has warned that the country is at a tipping point in the fight against coronavirus. he said that people had a choice: either everybody followed the rules or further measures would be needed. but he told the bbc the government did not want to see a second national lockdown. the opposition labour party has said the government's test and trace system is "near colla pse". the government's test and trace our political correspondent, iain watson reports. when it comes to complying with rules and restrictions, the government says we are more lax than some of our continental counterparts, so as coronavirus cases increase, expect to hear tougher messages on enforcement. the health secretary says we are at tipping point. if everybody follows the rules then we can avoid further national lockdowns, but of course, we have to be prepared to take action

if that is what is necessary. so we might be facing a further national lockdown if people don't obey the rules? that is exactly right. i don't rule it out, i don't want to see it. in just over a week from now on england, if you don't self—isolate when you should, you could face an initial fine of e1000, and up to £10,000. the health secretary says we should tell the police if we see rule breakers but in london, not everyone will take that advice. that whole thing of telling on your neighbour, i think, breaking up community is the last thing that should be encouraged. if there is a hefty fine in place or something like that, people would maybe toe the line a bit better. this weekend, the prime minister is under pressure from medical and scientific advisers to take stronger, swifter action to slow the spread of the virus.

the prime minister has been in top—level meetings to discuss his options, but he is also under pressure from his next—door neighbour, the chancellor, who does not want to see a fragile economic recovery killed off. so it is likely that we will see new, temporary measures across england, but that these will also fall far short of a full national lockdown. while schools and workplaces are likely to remain open, some of the restrictions imposed in local lockdowns seem set to spread across england. at the 212 cafe and bar in leeds, there is no enthusiasm for a possible curfew. put a ten o'clock curfew, most bars will probably decide not to open back up because the trade won't be worth it for the late night venues. but also, it could work in a different way where all of the students and people go out through the day, the bars take the same amount of money but obviously, it willjust cause trouble through the day rather than the night. labour say they will support whatever new steps the government takes, but... if i was the prime minister, i would apologise for the fact that we are in this

situation with testing. throughout the summer, we were saying, prepare for the autumn. instead, we had the exams fiasco. i would make fixing testing the number one priority and reinstate the daily press conferences so we all know what is going on. the prime minister will upset some of his own mps if he introduces further restrictions. he is looking at a range of options, but doing nothing does not seem to be one of them. iain watson, bbc news. the democratic nominee for president, joe biden has lashed justice ruth bader ginsburg before november's election. speaking in philadelphia a few minutes ago, former vice president biden appealed directly to senate republicans to respect her dying wish, for the next president to select her replacement, not as he put it to "jam a lifetime appointment through."

look, i'm not being naive. i'm not speaking to president trump who will do whatever he wants, i'm not speaking to mitch mcconnell who will do what he wants and he does. i'm speaking to those republicans out there, senate republicans, who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the constitution, as i stand here in the constitution centre. notjust what's best for the party. i'm joined by our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal. who was joe who wasjoe biden aiming those comments at? joe biden knows the republicans, i don't think you spent half a century on the political stage and not make some friends. he was on the senate judicial committee which oversees the hearings for the supreme court, he oversaw which oversees the hearings for the supreme court, he oversanustice ginsberg's but as we heard there is not appealing to trump mitch mcconnell or lindsey graham who is

head of the committee. instead he's going for those with a conscience. two republican senators have come out to say they well not choose so close to the election. another republican senator, he may be appealing to is potentially mitt romney, the utah senator also ran in 2012 for the presidential elections, losing to obama but more famously he was the only republican to vote in favour of president trump being impeached. to put it mildly, mitt romney and president trump do not like each other. sojoe biden will certainly be probably trying to get him onside but ultimately, the democrats would need four republican senators in opposition to sink any potential nominee. and i guess this matters because a supreme court justice is so powerful? that's right. and it's for life. it's a job that they hold for as long as they

wa nt that they hold for as long as they want to. and the concern is that trump will pick someone who is very conservative. already we have known of two names associated with the vacancy. of two names associated with the vacancy. amy coney barrett and barbara lagoa, two deeply conservative women who are pro—life, there is some concern by liberals that in the end if the bench gets too conservative which it could do, then landmark decisions like row the weight which allow women to have an abortion, —— rovio they need 51 senators, whether that will happen this side of the election we have yet to see. thank you very much. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.

it wasn't the usual end to the final stage of the tour de france.... but there were plenty of celebrations for the slovenian winner, tad—ey pogarchar. after a thrilling time trial on saturday. sunday processional was more relaxed, with tradition dictating that the race leader is not attacked on the final stage to paris. pogatcha therefore becomes the second youngest winner ever, at the age of 21 — while ireland's sam bennett won stage 21, and takes the green jersey. nick parrott reports the champagne had to remain on ice, not because he is too young but the tradition of drinking on the final stage was banned this year because of coronavirus. on his special bike he was able to take on the accomplishment of becoming the second youngest winner with a clear head. amongst the famous landmarks another one. sam bennett becoming the first irishman for 31 years to win the green jersey. and the first irishman for 31 years to win the greenjersey. and it the first irishman for 31 years to win the green jersey. and it became a double celebration for him. powering past rivals to finish a memorable three weeks. tadej pogatcha pass line moments later ready to take his place in the biggest podium of all. but if these

strange times and he will enjoy his reign forjust nine months until the next tour tour de france. so, a strange atmosphere in paris then, with the number of spectators limited because of coronavirus. crowds along the champs—elysees down tojust 5,000 during sunday 5 final stage, that's due to paris being at the centre of a red zone of coronavirus cases. the final stage of the tour de france traditionally has a party atmosphere, with crowds along the famous central avenue often several people deep along the barriers, as fans watch the riders race circuits of the final stage. they have problem i managed to get it within a perfect window but for me, iam, it is it within a perfect window but for me, i am, it is still great to be here and i'm excited to see them go past. it's weird. i know paris from before covid—19 and there are a lot of people now, it is feeling strange

to be in paris. liverpool showed just how tough they'll be to beat again this season. the premier league champions making it two wins from two, at the start of their campaign, this time with a straightforward victory against chelsea at stamford bridge on another terrible day for blues goalkeeper kepa arrizabalaga. andreas christensen was shown a red card on the stroke of half—time and sadio mane then punished chelsea with two swift goals after the break, the second of which was the result of another calamity for kepa. mane headed in roberto firmino's cross after 50 minutes, then chased down kepa whose poor clearance gave the striker the simplest of finishes and a 2—nil win. really happy to be honest. it was a really tough game especially the first half but yes. we are lucky for them they got red card in the second half and it made it easier. and we created also many chances in the second half and finally scored two

goals. at the end of the day i think we deserve this 3.9 really happy for it. maverick vinales became the sixth winner in seven motogp races this season with victory at the emilia romagna grand prix in italy. the spaniard hit the front after race leader crashed with seven laps to go. vinales is now within one point off championship leader andrea dovizioso who finished eighth. seven—time motogp champion valentino rossi, who was chasing his 200th podium finish, crashed on the second lap. that's all the sport for now. more for you throughout the evening. to the united states now where a judge in california has halted the trump administration's ban on downloads of the chinese—owned app wechat. the move blocks the us department of commerce from forcing apple and alphabet‘s google to remove wechat for downloads by sunday evening. the white house says wechat and tiktok, which is also

chinese—owned, threaten national security. both companies strongly deny this. joining me from washington dc is james lewis, an expert on technology policy at the us based—think tank, center for strategic and international studies. we quite often hear about the chinese state being heavy—handed with american companies, this is the other way around. it's kind of ironic isn't it, that the us is using the tactic the chinese have used for really decades on american companies. it's a sign of the immense distrust that now greets anything connected to china and the chinese government in the us. and that's very deep distrust on china's overwhelmingly massive espionage campaign. for which there is considerable evidence. so you think there is a real threat here the donald trump is right to be so

concerned? well, that's two different questions, but yes there isa different questions, but yes there is a real threat here and the us should be concerned. this began under obama should be concerned. this began underobama in should be concerned. this began under obama in 2015 when he tried to getan under obama in 2015 when he tried to get an agreement from chinese to stop engaging in commercial espionage. they agreed but the deal only held for about eight months. this has been a problem that has been growing for years and came to a head under the trump administration. it does show how hard it is to put any kind of national firewall around something that is a global business? the chinese have had troubles with that, they have done better but of course have been working at it for 30 years. it's not clear to me how far this will go. in terms of banning access. there is a first amendment question, can you ban access to the website? the short a nswer access to the website? the short answer is no, you can make life more difficult by saying they cannot be on the app stores, but this is the question i think that will have to be tested in court at least for

wechat, the tencent, the tiktok lawsuit will go away as soon as the deal is finalised. if there's a change of policy set president doesn't change policy? for the chinese unfortunate answer is no. when you speak to both campaigns, there is a deep distrust of china and the chinese government. so a couple of centres of told me, look, we just couple of centres of told me, look, wejust had a couple of centres of told me, look, we just had a vote on technology and china and the vote to improve us strength was 96—11. that's unprecedented, there is consensus in washington about the risk of china but of course we saw this with another technology bill where you had the strangest of bedfellows, chuck schumer and senator coton. you will never see that again, so whoever went, that approach to china will be the same. it might be a little smoother if it's biden but

there will not be any significant difference. you are telling me it's about principle, it's about power, it's also about a heck of a lot of money, a very big market? and indeed the valuation of tiktok is basically tripled this year. they have an immensely valuable property. the core of that value is the algorithm that makes tiktok so sticky. what i was told by the company was there's 100 million users in the us, 50 million of the much tiktok for more than an evera million of the much tiktok for more than an ever a day because this algorithm is really good at queueing up algorithm is really good at queueing up videos that will keep you glued to the screen and that's a property worth fighting over. i think for oracle it's less about the algorithm and more about building their cloud business. i know microsoft will be the same thing. tiktok depends on the same thing. tiktok depends on the cloud computing so this is a boost, a big boost for oracle.

walmart probably hopes it will help them in the e—commerce space, so yes, this was a business deal, a traditional merger and acquisition deal with a heavy political and national security overly. great to get your expertise, thanks very much. bank you. at least 100 people have been detained in belarus after large protests took over the capital's streets for the sixth weekend in a row. tens of thousands turned out en masse to protest against president alexander lu kashenko's disputed election victory last month. the united states is to sanction more than two dozen people and organisations involved in iran's nuclear and other arms programmes. washington says it has the right to do this because tehran did not stick by international agreements but other major powers disagree. 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. activists camped out overnight in a field near the royal palace after tens of thousands joined

the demonstrations on saturday. a memorial service has been held at westminster abbey in london today marking 80 years since the battle of britain. that's when british and german warplanes fought in the skies over the uk. the battle was a major turning point in the second world war. three spitfires and a hurricane flew over london to mark the anniversary. the abbey has held a service of thanksgiving on battle of britain sunday every year since 19114. a total of 27 sarcophagi buried more than 2,500 years ago have been unearthed by archaeologists in an ancient egyptian necropolis. they were found inside a newly—discovered well in an area south of cairo. the discovery has been described as one of the largest of its kind with colourfully painted wooden coffins and other smaller artefacts. the location is a designated

unesco world heritage site. 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. it felt quite summer like out there and the week will start on a similar note but it will not end that way. in fact things will turn much more autumnal with cloud and rain and some much cooler air. you can see on the satellite picture this strike of cloud will eventually bring us some rain and to the north—west of that we have some much colder air. that is going to sweep its way

south—eastward is crossed all parts of the british isles through the week. in the shorter term great amartey for some parts of south—east scotla nd amartey for some parts of south—east scotland and north—east england, that low cloud retreating out to sea so the sky should clear through the night. at the same time it will cloud over in the far north—west of scotla nd cloud over in the far north—west of scotland and some fog patches through the midlands, parts of east wales and towards the south of england. some early fog to contend with for some places in england and wales, that all tends to lift and break up and then you will see some sunshine. certainly brighter than today across north—east england and south—east scotland. as a consequence it will be warmer. temperatures in newcastle up to 20. more cloud working into northern ireland in western scotland, more of a breeze it will feel a little bit cooler here. this is the autumn equinox, the first day of the astronomical autumn and it seems apt that this is the day when things begin to change. that big band of cloud stocks to working from the north—west, bringing rain for

western scotland and northern ireland, strengthening winds, gusts of 50 possible in the far north—west. ahead of that band of cloud and rain it's pretty one. but temperature set to drop through the week. tuesday night will bring the band of cloud, frontal system south eastwards, squashes the mild air towards the south—east corner, temperatures through tuesday night around 16. compare that with four, five or six reports of scotland and northern ireland as that colder air sta rts northern ireland as that colder air starts to work its way and and as we go through wednesday as this when different pushes east behind it we all prepare that cooler air. temperatures drop away through the second—half of the week and it will be much more unsettled with outbreaks of rain and brisk wind at times.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... leaked documents show how billions have been moved around the world by criminals and moneylenders. warnings of restrictions being tightened as thousands more cases are reported. if everyone follows the rules we can avoid further national lockdown is, but we, of course, have to be prepared to take action if that is what is necessary. the labour leader says sorting out the problems with testing should be minister's top priority. if i was the prime minister, i would apologise for the fa ct we minister, i would apologise for the fact we are in this situation with testing. throughout the summer we we re testing. throughout the summer we were saying prepare for