this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the row over the president's pick for the us supreme court continues to grow. donald trump says he'll name his nominee by the weekend. in england, a 10pm curfew on bars, pubs and restaurants will come into force from thursday as coronavirus cases continue to rise. cases are increasing, hospitalizations are following, deaths unfortunately will follow that. and there is the potential for this to move very fast. over 150 countries line up to his tribute vaccines fairly by two big ones, us and china are not on the list. new revelations on secret

football deals showed chelsea owner had football deals showed chelsea owner ha d stea ks football deals showed chelsea owner had steaks and players outside his clu b had steaks and players outside his club in 2014. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. ruth bader ginsburg was an icon and a massive legal force. most countries don't have a court like the us supreme court — with political appointees. it decides some of the biggest issues of american life — sometimes by a single vote. president trump has said he will probably announce his nominee by the weekend, adding that five women are under consideration. he says he wants the senate to confirm his nominee before the us presidential election in november. here he is speaking in the last couple of hours. think it would be bette| asked i think it would be better they askedif i think it would be better they asked if i'd rather have it. i'd rather have it before the election.

i think would be betterfor our country. and we will pick somebody thatis country. and we will pick somebody that is outstanding, very qualified. they are all qualified but somebody thatis they are all qualified but somebody that is outstanding. i'd rather see it all take place before the election. that was president trump speaking there. that was president trump speaking there. our north america correspondent david willis is in los angele. it's difficult to overstate how important this whole process is is in a? it's interesting, there is a president that was established not long ago thatjust before a presidential election you wouldn't nominate a new supreme court appointee. but that seems to be well, gone. absolutely right. it was backin well, gone. absolutely right. it was back in 2016 when republicans refused to vote on a nominee that barack obama had come up with because there was eight months to go to the election. well, there isjust over a0 days to go to this one and they are stance is quite different.

they want to push this through before the 3rd of november. and president trump as you heard there, saying he is looking to nominate a replacement for ruth bader ginsburg. within the next week. probably friday or saturday, he said. five women are likely among the considerations. this of course, is in extremely important situation it could potentially cement the conservative majority on the highest court in the land 623. for many, many years to come. what kind of issues, difference does that make to american life? what kind of things does the court decide? the court decides all the most important parts of american life. ultimately, things like abortion, health care. a particularly crucial at this particularly crucial at this particular time is the fact that this time they could be called to

deliberate on the outcome of the 20/20 presidential election. cast your mind back to the year 2000 and it was the supreme court that ultimately decided the outcome of bush v gore. remember those dimpled and hanging chads. it all went on for weeks. that's how powerful the supreme court is. that's why democrats very much want the next president, whoever it is, to be the wa nt to president, whoever it is, to be the want to nominate the replacement for ruth bader ginsburg. president trump interesting today also disputed contention that ruth bader ginsburg family had said that her dying wish was simply for that. for the next, her replacement to be decided by the next president. the person who assumes the white house after the november three presidential election. contentious issues around this whole process. how does this

play out in the public there and how does it play into the election itself? it's very interesting because it could ultimately shape the outcome of this election. because it has galvanised debate already. it's only friday that ruth bader ginsburg passed away. now we are talking about the nomination of her successor by president trump before she has even been laid to rest. there are memorial services due to take place in the nation's capital next week. ruth bader ginsburg funeral the following week. what we have really is a situation which has changed the whole deliberations over this election. once it had been seen as purely a referendum on president trump handling of the covid—19 crisis. now cultural issues such as this are very much being brought to bear on

the deliberations of voters this time around. absolutely fascinating. thank you. breaking news here in the last half hour. it's been announced that all pubs and restaurants in england will have to close by 10pm from thursday onwards and that table service only will be allowed. the new measures came after the government's chief scientific adviser warned there was a chance that fifty thousand people could become infected with the coronavirus every day by next month if action wasn't taken. no—one wants to see another huge wave of covid cases in hospital, with nhs staff working round—the—clock in ppe. but the government's key advisers on the pandemic delivered a sombre warning — although hospital cases are lower now compared to april, that could all change. if we don't do enough,

the virus will take off, and at the moment, that is the path that we clearly are on, and if we do not change course, then we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem. it's thought the epidemic is doubling in size in the uk every week. now, if that was to happen for the next four weeks we could have nearly 50,000 cases per day. now, this wasn't a prediction from government scientists, and it doesn't take into account measures to control covid, like the rule of six, which only came into force a week ago. and it would still be half the estimated number of cases that we saw in early april. government scientists are worried that we could be just a few weeks behind spain and france, where cases have soared in recent weeks, although much of that will be among younger people who are unlikely to fall ill.

covid has had a profound impact on many who survive the disease. the message today was, take action now to tackle the rise in cases or see the virus spreading again among the vulnerable, with perhaps 200 deaths a day by november. the challenge, therefore, is to make sure that we do not enter into this exponential growth and end up with the problems that you would predict as a result of that. that requires speed, it requires action, and it requires enough in order to be able to bring that down. if we look at admissions to hospital in england with a confirmed covid diagnosis, they've been rising for the past couple of weeks and now stand at around 200 patients per day. if we go back to the beginning of april, though, back then, up to 3000 patients were being admitted every day, so we're still a long way off that figure.

one key problem that needs sorting is the delay many have faced trying to get a swab test to find out whether they have the infection. that's a key part of knowing exactly where and how quickly the virus is spreading. sadly, i'm not that optimistic that we can suppress the epidemic as much as we would like, and i think we do need to start thinking about how we identify and advise and protect the most vulnerable, the people who are more likely to get severely ill. enjoying the freedom to eat out late while they can. the weather, and the rules, are set to change. the government scientists say curbing the virus will continue to be an issue for the next six months. it could be a long winter. fergus walsh, bbc news. helen cat is in west minister. this can be aimed curfew, tuck us through

that. this isjust been announced in the last hour or so that from thursday all pubs and restaurants in the hospitality venues in england will have to close at ten p:m.. the usual closing time here in the uk is about 11 —ish. that is the restriction there. they would also be limited to table service only by law. those are some changes they are on the hospitality sector. we also know that boris johnson has on the hospitality sector. we also know that borisjohnson has plans to address the nation tomorrow evening. to set out the next steps that the governments going to take in tackling the spread of coronavirus. he's got a bit of a busy day tomorrow before he gets to that point. in the morning he's got a meeting of the cobra emergency meeting of the cobra emergency meeting committee. the first ministers of wales, scotland and northern whales have been invited to attend that. he spoke to them on the phone earlier today and downing street say they've agreed to take a united approach as much as possible. he's then got a meeting with his cabinet, after that he's going to the commons to update mps and make a statement in the house of commons. in some of his own mps have been a

bit sceptical in recent days about the need for more draconian measures are more restrictions to be introduced. and others about the way that they been imposed. he's got a potentially tough time in parliament and that this address to the nation later on in the evening. they wanting that borisjohnson is very, very keen to avoid is to get into any signs of a new national lockdown. that is not what ministers want. at the moment we are seeing these sort of restrictions to try and curb the spread but without going into hard. inc. you helen. you helen. chelsea owner roman abramovich secretly owned stakes in players at other clubs, an investigation had discovered. one of the footballers played against chelsea in two 201a champions league games, which meant mr abramovich had a stake in twelve players on the pitch. mr abramovich's spokesman says the deals were lawful and did not breach rules or regulations at the time. former chairman of the fa lord triesman says the now banned practice of third party ownership casts a shadow right across football.

richard bilton reports. this is the story of a football match. chelsea against sporting lisbon in 201a. secret files show chelsea owner roman abramovich had a stake in not 11, but 12 players on the pitch. in 2016, a bank identified more than a billion dollars of suspicious payments involving offshore shell companies owned by roman abramovich. this includes four payments made by roman abramovich companies in cyprus. what's important is where mr abramovich's cash ends up. leiston holdings, in the british virgin islands, got $156 million, and that is a controversial company. the company was accused of being involved in the now banned practice of third party ownership.

that is when someone other than the player's own club buys a financial stake in them. someone else who may own, if you like, half of you, that doesn't really make sense to me, because that's nothing do with football, and their interests are purely financial. from a moral point of view and from the integrity of the sport point of view, when you sign for a club your integrity and your loyalty should be to that club 100%. this is the winger andre carrillo. he played for lisbon that night, creating a goal. but he was half owned by roman abramovich's company. leiston also owns stakes in two other lisbon players. they didn't play against chelsea, but the portuguese club owed roman abramovich's company 2.6 million euros. third party ownership was banned by the fa in 2008, but wasn't banned by fifa until 2015. i don't think it can possibly be proper for the owner of a football club to own players in other football clubs.

that is precisely why third party ownership is banned. it casts suspicion and a shadow right across football. on the documents i've seen, i would have wanted, as chairman of the fa, to investigate them. mr abramovich's spokesman said the suspicious activity reports do not contain allegations of wrongdoing, and no action was taken against the chelsea owner. they also said the deals relate to the period before fifa changed their rules. but no—one knew until now that roman abramovich had a stake in more players than just the ones in blue. richard bilton, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... singapore is thousands of truck

people and where they can be we will hear from will hearfrom someone will hear from someone who's just got one. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has been hearing from the families of those who died in may 2017. judith moritz looks at the tributes paid to michelle kiss by her husband. on that fateful night michelle was just waiting for our daughter. michelle died but somehow my daughter survived. amazingly, in the days after the attack the people of manchester stood in grief. they demonstrated an the most amazing way that choosing love could be the more powerful force. for this i say thank you to

the wonderful manchester people. for restoring my faith in humanity. during the hardest time of my life. this is bbc news, the latest headlines... in england at 10pm curfew will come into force on thursday is coronavirus cases continue to rise. the world health organisation has called for more wealthy countries to join its global vaccine agreement with aims to fair and equitable way. more than 150 countries have signed up more than 150 countries have signed up to the kovacs scheme representing around two thirds of the worlds population. the us and china have declined to join the program. the kovacs will help to bring the pandemic under control. save lives, actually the

economy recovery and ensure that the vaccine is a collaboration not a contest. this is not charity, it's in every countries best interest. we think swim together. she worked at the world health organisation from 201a 2011 as a technical officer. thanks for coming on the program. this is obviously a programme with a laudable aim to get try for eight fairand laudable aim to get try for eight fair and equitable laudable aim to get try for eight fairand equitable gains laudable aim to get try for eight fair and equitable gains in vaccines around the world do you think it will work? i think whether it will work or not depends on a number of factors. i think first of all, how many countries will join factors. i think first of all, how many countries willjoin up? right now there are quite a number that

already have. and our involvement obviously, as you mentioned earlier, some of the large ones are not yet engaged. funding is also really important. a lot of what the initiative aims to do requires money. when wealthier countries sign up, they commit to providing some of that funding. but there is still quite a significant amount of funding is in the billions of dollars still needed. and the other factor that we don't really know what will happen in terms of whether the vaccines that are currently in the vaccines that are currently in the pipeline will be successful. and in which populations they will be successful. this really depends on there being at least by the 81 viable vaccine candidate that emerges from all the investment in the various candidates. that is pretty crucial to point out. without a useful vaccine it doesn't matter how well you are cooperating to get it around the world. if we assume that one is viable and it is ready

next year or whenever it's ready, how big a blow is it do you think that the us and china aren't yet on board? i don't think that it would necessarily be a huge blow. in the sense that it will still enable the initiative, the kovacs initiative to jointly purchase vaccines to enter into agreements with vaccine producers to help incentivize them. to produce significant amount of doses more quickly. but yes, ideally the more countries that are involved the more countries that are involved the better. as covid—19 has showed us we the better. as covid—19 has showed us we live in a very interconnected world and what happens in other places really impacts our economies as well as our lives more generally. of course. it just as well as our lives more generally. of course. itjust seems a mind boggling task to try and essentially vaccinate the whole world. i mean, the logistics around it are just

spectacularly huge. yes. i think it's important to know that the main goal here is to first of all, helped to push forward the development of an effective vaccine. the more vaccines that are out they are being developed the more likelihood we have of at least having one viable candidate come out. once vaccines have reached a stage of clinical