this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. english pubs and restaurants will be ordered to close early as britain fights to contain a resurgence of coronavirus. more than 150 countries sign up to feature covid vaccines fairly us and china are not on the list. the debate gets fiercer over the presidents choice over the supreme court choice. although president trump says he will namea president trump says he will name a female nominee over the weekend. six weeks ago the cou ntless weekend. six weeks ago the countless conspirators theories on the online presidential campaign.

hello. just the past couple of hours it's been announced that all pubs and restaurants in england will have to close from 10pm from thursday onward. table service only will be allowed the governments chief scientific adviser warned that without action there is a chance that 50,000 people could becoming infected with the coronavirus every day. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. 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. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the latest details on the 10pm curfew. from thursday, all pubs and restaurants and hospitality venues in england will have to close at 10pm. the usual closing time here in the uk is about 11 —ish. that is a restriction there. they will also be limited to table service only by law. so those are some

changes there on the hospitality sector. we also know that borisjohnson has plans to address the nation tomorrow evening. to set out the next steps the government is 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 emergency committee. the first ministers of wales, scotland and northern ireland have been invited to attend that, too. he spoke to them on the phone earlier today and any the street said they agreed to take united approach as possible. he then has a meeting with his cabinet after that he will then go to the house of commons to update mps and make a statement in the house of commons there. some of his own mps have been a bit sceptical in recent days about the need for more draconia measures and more restrictions to be introduced another‘s about the way been impose. so he has potentially a bit ofa tough time in parliament and the rest of the nation later on in the evening.

but the one thing that borisjohnson is very, very keen to avoid is to get into any sense of a new national lockdown when that is not what ministers want. at the moment, we are seeing the sort of restrictions to try and curb the spread but without going into hard. the world health organisation has called for more wealthy countries to join its global vaccine agreement which aims to distribute future vaccines against covid—19 in a fair and equitable way. more than 150 countries have signed up to the covax scheme, representing around two thirds of the world's population. but the us and china have declined to join the programme. the covax facility will help to bring the pandemic under control, save lives, accelerate the economic recovery and ensure that the race for vaccines is a collaboration, not a contest. this is not charity. it's in every country's best interest. we sink or we swim together.

let's get more on this with dr james mcdeavitt, the senior vice president and dean of clinical affairs at baylor college of medicine in houston. thank you very much for your time. what are the risks of each nation going their own way particular us and china going the own way on this? we've been pinning all our hopes on a vaccine to get us out of this mess we've been in in the global pandemic. imagine a world where there are countries that are has in countries that i have not. i think with kovacs is attempting to do is to avoid a situation where some countries just don't have access to the vaccine. so if you look at the ux case operation warp speeds they want to produce 300 million doses. they've already spent $21 million. i'm sorry 21 billion. that is more than the gross domestic product of honduras. so countries could be in a situation where they can't

compete with vaccine with large manufacturers. it's already very short of funds what impact specifically is a us and china not taking part can have? it seems certain that some people will lose out. certainly it would help the effort if the us and china and i think russia is also not on board. that's a very large percentage of the worlds population. 325 million people in the us alone. i think we are balancing some political issues. 0bviously we are balancing some political issues. obviously the port relations between who and the us government right now isn't helping matters. can't speak to china's motivations. i think potentially there is a fair degree of fallout. i think there are moral implications do not provide vaccine to all the world citizens. i think there is political delete that political implications at least country seem to think there are. countries like russia seem

to be using vaccines is a political tool. i think the real economic consequences to not functioning like a world community. there are real concerns aren't there about how confident people will be in the vaccine and this kind of, these discrepancies, this fight over who is responsible, who's going to do best is only can feed into that lack of confidence isn't it? i think the more ambiguity we have in the more uncertainty we have the worst things are going to be. that's working on a lot of different levels. if you look at the countries notably russia that has chosen to skip phase three clinical trials and jump right into distributing the vaccine. if we put a vaccine out that is not safe, i think that is going to cause potential problems and potentially cause people not to get vaccinated for other diseases. if we put a vaccine out that is not distributed equitably i think that causes a different set of problems. thank you very much. president

trump has said he will probably announce his nominee for the supreme court on saturday. on saturday, adding that five women are under consideration as a replacement for ruth bader ginsburg. mr trump said he wanted the senate to confirm his nominee before the us presidential election on november the 3rd, a move opposed by democrats. the row over the supreme court vacancy is deepening the already sharp divide in american politics. mr trump has been speaking in the last couple of hours. ijust think it would be better. they asked if i'd rather have it. i'd rather have it before the election. i think it'd be better for our country. and we'll pick somebody that's outstanding, very qualified. they're all qualified, but somebody that is outstanding. and i'd rather see it all take place before the election. over the weekend, mr trump pledged to nominate a woman. here are some of the frontrunners. amy coney barrett is a judge on the circuit court of appeals.

she's 48 and previously served as a clerk for the conservative justice antonin scalia. barbara lagoa also serves on the circuit court of appeals. she's a 52—year—old cuban—american. and while she's considered a staunch conservative, she received strong bipartisan support at her confirmation hearing. another name in the mix is appeals courtjudge allison rushing. she'd be particularly controversial because she's only 38—years—old. we can now speak to ilya shapiro, who's the director of the robert a levy center for constitutional studies at the cato institute. good to talk to you. thanks for your time. who is your money on here? well, the front runner going into all of this was amy barrett. she was one of the finalist last time around. a p pa re ntly finalist last time around. apparently being groomed. definitely the favourite of the conservative legal elites. the only wrinkle so close to the election, robert let go from the swing state of florida a key demographic that's the kind

of throwing politics into the mix. i think allison is too young. do you think that it will happen given that the republicans control the senate? there is virtually nothing the democrats can do to stop it is they are? not legally. it's all a matter of does mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader have the votes? trump will make a nomination at some point this week. and then the multidimensional chess or game theory starts. i imagine that you just very committee will ta ke you just very committee will take up the nominee. they will very likely be a hearing at least. before the election. and then we will see. so far two republican senators have said they are against having a vote at least before the election. mitch mcconnell can only afford to lose one more. for people outside the us, it's worth stating just how important the supreme court is. and how much it matters to many voters. yes. there is something a little odd about the nation going into cata clysm about the nation going into cataclysm over the death of an

octogenarian from cancer. it's not a healthy situation that we are in. at the supreme court decides so many of the political controversies every yearfor political controversies every year for various reasons. political controversies every yearfor various reasons. the aggregation of power in washington and then sending that power to the executive branch which can only be sued rather than unelected or congress doesn't really make big political decisions that much any more. the nine seats are there. every seat is significant and we had the combination of trends whereby very different theories of interpretation of constitutional const map onto partisan preferences at a time when the parties are more ideologically sorted. and they been since the civil war if ever. how do you think it will play in the dynamics of the election? there are many voters certainly trump voters that don't particular care for mr trump but they see him as a sort of imperfect instrument and the constitutional court is perhaps, the supreme court, is the most important issue? that was certainly the case four

yea rs was certainly the case four years ago. in 2016 the scalia they can see a lot of parallels to this year provided the key margin and key swing states. michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and so even as trump was losing support it seems this year thrusting the court back into the centre of the presidential campaign, this is an issue that traditionally is an issue that traditionally is to think benefit of the republican party because voters prefer their approach to the types ofjudges they want prefer their approach to the types of judges they want to point. this potentially depending again what happens in the senate with the processing should benefit the trump presidential campaign. thank you. thanks to stay with us thank you. thanks to stay with us if you can on bbc news. much more, including this new revelations on secret football deals. that showed chelsea owner had steaks and players outside his club in 2014. music.

ben johnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action, even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines — english pubs and restaurants are to be ordered to close early as britain fights to contain a resurgence of coronavirus. at least 150 country sign up to an agreement to distribute future vaccines fairly. the us and china are not on the list. in a public station the chief scientist have been using france and spain as comparison for virus cases think the uk could beheading the same way without urgent action. spain is the ha rd est urgent action. spain is the hardest hit in europe thanks to a huge rising cases. 0n hardest hit in europe thanks to a huge rising cases. on monday almost1 million people in the capital of madrid were placed under a new partial lockdown. from their i had to go. a new lockdown for madrid. three months after the last one ended. this time restrictions are only

in certain areas. particularly at lower income districts of the capital such as here. for 110w the capital such as here. for now at least the police are informing people rather than finding them doing that finding them. but the new measures are already having an impact. albeit on peoples pockets. this restau ra nt albeit on peoples pockets. this restaurant is just inside one of the zones with restrictions reducing its clientele. we have to close at ten o'clock at night and that is too early for us night and that is too early for us to serve supper. and for the next two weeks we are going to lose customers at lunchtime because a lot of our clients are from outside this area. the areas of madrid where there is new measures have been introduced were chosen by the local authorities because of their particularly high rates of infection. but many of the local residents in those zones are unhappy with the restrictions. seeing them is discriminatory. the

restrictions i hear they should be around not only in poor areas like this one and other neighbourhoods very close to this. 100 metres away there we re this. 100 metres away there were no restrictions explains this man. but here there are. these measures won't work at all he adds. we are just going to waste two weeks and eventually the whole of madrid will have to go into lockdown. there are many elements that make the madrid regent unique. and that's why it is simple to have a special plan for madrid. for now that plan consists of this localised partial lockdown. with hospital admission starting to climb the true test for this latest attempt to thwart coronavirus will be whether it manages to ease the pressure on the local health care system. the government in ecuador says six

has been asked by the amazon. ten you limit is how i feel the sky above the volcano. the airport was closed for several hours on monday. the ecuadorian mineral ministry has offered help to clean up crops and the worst hit areas. including supply of food rations for cattle and food do not want to post to help spray crops clean. each chelsea owner secretly own m ista kes each chelsea owner secretly own mistakes and other clubs. 0ne of the football is played against chelsea and 2214 champions league games which meant he had a stake in 12 players on the pets. a spokesman said the deals were lawful and didn't preach rules or regulations at the time. the former chairman of the fa says eight now band practice of third—party partnership casts a shadow right across football. casts a shadow right across football. this is the story of a football match. chelsea against

sporting lisbon in 2014. 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.

0n 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 thanjust the ones in blue. richard bilton, bbc news. the us presidential election is just six weeks away, and aside from the main campaigning by president trump and his democratic rival, joe biden, voters are taking the debate online in record numbers. as they do, concerns are growing that conspiracy theories on various social media platforms on both sides of the political divide could have a meaningful impact on the outcome of the vote. 0ur reporter, marianna spring, who specialises in investigating disinformation has more details. there is the election campaign

you see on the surface. and then there's the one being waged beneath it, a subterranean social media campaign sucking people into a world dominated by conspiracy theories. and it could impact their vote. qanon is one of them. it claims president trump is fighting a secret war against elite, satan—worshipping paedophiles. though completely unfounded, it's been entertained by the man himself. these are people that love our country, they just don't like seeing it. so, i don't really know anything about it other than they do supposedly like me. tom long runs a local facebook group in the swing state of florida. it's one of the places false claims from qanon has reached. you see all these crazy things that are posted and reposted, and then reposted. and if you know that person, you think, oh, that person knows what they're talking about. and then it gets spread, and spread, and spread. even though it's completely false. qanon has also surfaced

on younger platforms like instagram and tik—tok. jade flury is from houston, texas. she says it could affect how her friends vote. honestly, they believe that the republican party and the democrat party are both just evil. so, they think that they're better offjust not voting. they have no idea that it's linked to qanon. some of them do, and some of them don't. i would say the majority of them have no idea. exclusive research from the bbc shows that qanon has generated over 100 million comments, shares and likes online this year. that increased sharply over the summer, with more people at home because of lockdown. social media sites stepped in and began to slow qanon's spread. by then, it had already reached the mainstream. qanon is a very pervasive conspiracy theory with a lot of very cult—like tentacles that can really grab onto people's minds when they spend a lot of time online. if you're in a dark place, you're very susceptible to easy answers to very complex

problems. it's not just a domestic problem. whilst qanon appears to have originated in the us, it's these sorts of spaces that could be exploited by foreign interference campaigns as polling day approaches. marianna spring, bbc news. finally a bit of old fashion sportsmanship. 0n course for third place at a triathlon in spain when he took a long term near the finish line. ended up blocked at the barrier. he overtook him but notice his mistake and stopped to allow him to catch up and cross for saying he deserved it. the organisers awarded him honourable third place in the same prize money. there is much more on the news national and international any time on the bbc website. thank you so much for watching.

hello there. temperatures have been well above the seasonal average recently. lots of sunshine around, but as we head through this week, all that summery weather is about to change to something a lot more autumnal as we reach the end of the week. now, through monday, we saw highs of 26—27 degrees across the south of the country, low 20s further north. but watch how we start to see the blue colours invade from the north and north—west, bringing that arctic air to our shores. that'll push temperatures below the seasonal average by the end of the week, struggling to get into double figures across the north of the uk. changes taking place early on tuesday across the north west of the country. low pressure active weather front bringing windier weather here, outbreaks of rain further south. tuesday will start generally dry with clear skies, a few mist and fog patches

around, and most places will be relatively mild. but you'll notice more cloud across scotland and northern ireland to start tuesday. outbreaks of rain continue to affect the northern and western isles in particular, some of it heavy here, and it'll be windier, too. as we head through the day, that rain will continue to push southeastwards into much of western scotland, into northern ireland. but again, england and wales, the last of the warm, sunny days with those highs of 25—26 degrees. perhaps an odd shower developing in the midlands as cloud begins to increase from the west as we head on into the evening. 0vernight, that rain band in the north and west continues to migrate southeastwards, lying through central areas by the end of the night. and that's where we'll mark the difference between much colder, chillier conditions across scotland and northern ireland by the end of tuesday night versus something a bit milder still ahead of that weather front for england and wales. but it will be cloudy here with outbreaks of rain. as we move into wednesday, that weather front will push its way eastwards, affecting much of england and

wales with some rain at times. this brief ridge of high pressure will tend to settle things down across scotland and northern ireland, but it will be much chillier here. so, probably the best of the sunshine across the north and the west of the country bar the odd shower. england and wales, cloudier skies, outbreaks of rain across eastern areas. some of this will be quite heavy at times, and it'll be turning windier around the coasts. those temperatures ranging from the low to high teens celsius, so already feeling noticeably different. towards the end of the week, though, you can see all areas will be much cooler with showers or longer spells of rain. it'll be chilly by day and also chilly at night, with a touch of frost in places.

this is bbc news. the headlines — pubs, bars and restaurants in england are to be ordered to close by 10pm under new coronavirus restrictions. the new measures come after the government's scientific advisers warned that, in a little over three weeks' time, there could be 50,000 new cases a day unless action is taken. more than 150 nations have joined a world health 0rganisation project aimed at the common development and fair distribution of future vaccines against covid—19. the scheme hopes to have 2 billion doses of vaccine available by the end of next year. the us and china have refused to sign up for the project. president trump has said he will probably announce his female nominee for the us supreme court on saturday. choosing a replacement for ruth bader ginsburg, who died on friday, has intensified the debate about whether the decision should be taken before or after november's election. now on bbc news, click.