this is bbc world news. the headlines — reports in us media say president trump has decided to nominate federaljudge amy coney barrett to fill the supreme court seat left vacant by the death of ruth bader ginsburg. the united states has passed 7 million confirmed coronavirus cases. that's according to johns hopkins university. it's the highest number in the world, with india second at 5.8 million cases and brazil third with 4.7 million. a police officer who died after being shot at a police station in south london on friday has been named as matt ratana. he was 5a. the lawyer for the family of a black woman killed by police in louisville has demanded the transcript of the grand jury proceedings in her case be released. he called for transparancy if people were to accept the result.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are asa bennett, brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph, and maya goodfellow, political writer and academic. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the mirror leads with the news that the man suspected of killing an officer at a police station was reportedly known to terror police. sgt matt ratana was shot yesterday as he booked a suspect into a custody suite in croydon, south london. the daily mail says the police are now facing questions. matt ratana, who was 5a, was about to search the handcuffed suspect in a covid screening cell when the man produced a revolver that he had stuffed down his trousers. the times also leads with the shooting and says the 23—year—old suspect was on the government's radar, having previously been flagged to the prevent extremism programme.

the telegraph says ministers are working on plans to save christmas and are prepared to do "whatever it takes" to ensure families are able to meet over the festive period. and the guardian goes with the union representing academics and staff warning that teaching at universities should be halted until the government fixes test and trace failures and curbs the spread of covid—19. and the ft goes with a warning from the chancellor that a further1 million people could lose their jobs by the end of the year, with chancellor rishi sunak‘s new work support scheme failing to stop a wave of redundancies that will hit young and low—skilled workers the hardest. so, let's begin. good to see you both. an awful story we will start with. the front page of the times there with that really poignant photo there of matt ratana with his partner watching the rugby

over the headline shot by handcuffed killer. why don't you talk us through what details the times have there? it's actually sobering stuff. we understand from the reports is that matt ratana was in his police station and an extraordinary incident happened inside the police station there and the suspect who we understand was coming up on prevent lists and was he stopped and searched in the past was somehow able to have a weapon on him. which is the result that matt ratana could not see and is true and stunning and awful of what we are seeing. and i suppose that we all understand that we are trying to make sense of it and everything is so hard right now to find a clear reason because we understand from reports that the person may potentially have had it

far right view so a lot more leads to follow up on. what are your thoughts? this is the story donating so thoughts? this is the story donating so many of the front pages. this is obviously horrendous and if you say there are a number of front page is a picture of matt ratana with his girlfriend and of course in times like these you just think about his family and loved ones and just how horrendous that must be for them. and as a set said, i think there'll bea and as a set said, i think there'll be a numberof and as a set said, i think there'll be a number of questions and an inquirya numberof be a number of questions and an inquiry a number of questions about how the suspect had a gun and how he was in the station and how this happened. and i think that there is going to be an inquiry into this but it is far too early as there is often immediate speculation of wanting to understand exactly what has happened but we have to wait and see what the inquiry five before i think casting any kind of gas about

the motivation or how or why this is happened but obviously i horrendous thing to have happened at all. absolutely right to put it like that. the daily mirrorfront absolutely right to put it like that. the daily mirror front page has cops killer, and it was on terror risk list. highlighting that side of it. but actually there are other interesting thoughts to come out of it. we have heard cressida dick pay really touching tribute to him and we begin to get a sense of the man involved so heavily into by the man involved so heavily into rugby in the community and such a warm picture being painted about him and his personality. absolutely. this was someone who had been in the police force for 29 years, was very much near retirement, a wholesome family man loved by those close to him and on and off the rugby pitch.

the reporters and our paperwork reminiscing about experiences playing the game with him. and eve ryo ne playing the game with him. and everyone has on but kind words to say about matt ratana. so i think that just underlines say about matt ratana. so i think thatjust underlines the real cost and the tragedy of what we are seeing. absolutely right. as i say it does dominate a lot of front page of what we are going to take a look now at the front of the daily telegraph which again has that really touching photograph that we are going to look at the story on the left there. ministers plan to save christmas at all costs. explain this one to us. this is really a story that has multiple sources saying there are plans to have up to 3 million coronavirus tests a day and maybe something about rolling out a vaccine in december. i think the really important caveat with this story the department of health to say nothing can be guaranteed and obviously all of us want to build a cr family and our loved ones on

really important holidays like christmas and other holidays are coming up like the wally and these things really matter and i think people will be finding it and looking to see if government can put things in place. —— holidays like diwali and eid. but a set of talking about lofty targets about testing, we have to have the testing and tracing system functional and properly in place in order to be able to control the spread of the virus and know where it is. that is the thing that we were promised in the thing that we were promised in the thing that has not been implemented in the way that needs to be so that is what needs to happen andl be so that is what needs to happen and i think over the next few months to try to get some kind of semblance of normality and i think that that isa of normality and i think that that is a good chance it won't happen but we need the test and tray system to be in place now. given her concerns there about test and trace, is this talk about christmas just wishful thinking? i think we do some sort of wishful thinking and some sort of light at the end of the lockdown

tunnel. given that we are staring down the barrel of regression, when in the summer it was the time for freedom and taking back what we were used to having a normality. now we seem to be veering towards being like scotland and banning households from being able to meet each other. and you see the scottish students and a lot of stories but students come and go to the pubs and now with london conversely you have 10pm cu rfews and all this london conversely you have 10pm curfews and all this tightening. at least hoping ministers are trying and hoping they can make sure there is some sense of normality again and people can celebrate christmas and something worth sharing. but there is no normality there was students and you just mentioned by staying on the front page of the telegraph with stu d e nts the front page of the telegraph with students demand assurances on lockdown. it is not the ideal student experience especially for those first years heading off. no,

i've worked in higher education and i feel really upset for students but also quite angry for them. they were told to come back and they paid huge amounts of money in order to do so and now a lot of students are having to isolate so not knowing when they will be able to term back to any normality. one of the problems here as this could have been foreseen and there was a real anxiety in the sector especially among students and precarious staff about being forced to come back for face—to—face teaching. i have taught at universities and i know the importance of that face—to—face teaching and making sure that it is safe and the precarious staff and people who have the fewest rights can speak out if it is not safe is really important and i think there are really important and i think there a re two really important and i think there are two key things here. one is a game and he that test and tray syste m game and he that test and tray system in place but this second thing is the longer—term issue here and show sleep problem with the monetized higher education system if you monetize education for one of the students to pay money for their accommodations is a motivation for

school. such little support from government as it has been for years i'iow government as it has been for years now but especially now, we should focus on that we need a short—term fit as you know to sort this out but also a much longer—term recognition that commoditizing education is the problem. it should be a right and the model does not work. similar topic must go to the headline in the guardian of universities are urged to drop all face—to—face teaching. guardian of universities are urged to drop all face—to—face teachinglj mean to drop all face—to—face teaching.” mean that would be really astonishing if they just mean that would be really astonishing if theyjust put mean that would be really astonishing if they just put a blanket ban on that given that you would like to think that teachers would like to think that teachers would be more creative and embrace this spirit of social distancing and trying to have this in a civil way possible. contact time is one of the key ways at least two have students learn and thrive by having that personal dedicated exposure to teachers. you cannot just learn everything through exam and especially you have to feel that the first—year students who are joining

university after braving the infamous notorious algorithms to get the available results. they get them and they find in many cases in manchester and scotland now they are having to isolate and are not necessarily even going out. they are having everything done online and then they cannot even to go back to christmas stories, they are told in scotla nd christmas stories, they are told in scotland it is against the law to go back to their families potentially at christmas time and will have to stay in the hall of residence during christmas and no wonder some are thinking while we cannot have it refunds. so not a fan of that suggestion then but my you said you have done this, would you support this face—to—face teaching how com pletely this face—to—face teaching how completely unseal and trace is fixed? i was at this would be no one's first choice and i work with people who are doing this teaching i know how much people really enjoy and how important it is but i think the really important thing is what

joe grady is saying that actually for a lot of staff it is not safe, it does not feel safe and will make it does not feel safe and will make it safe is having this test and trace system properly in place. as a set before people who are most often at risk are the precarious staff on casual contract with the cleaning staff and people who have the fewest rights and so actually a big concern amongst a lot of people in the sector is who is being exposed to it and who is still being forced back into work if it is not safe and i think that is the key thing. everyone wants to teach students properly and in the best way possible with everyone also wants to keep safe and i think these two things are both important but we need the test and trace system for that to happen. that is the balance. let's go to the ft with the international version and the headline of the top there with a nation divided as europe fights to contain coronavirus search. what is the article driving at then? essentially that the european

capitals as london is not alone in placing tighter restrictions. we are seeing this now in madrid and in paris and so obviously when boris johnson was arguing about it crossing the channel, you see the detail about how the uk is not alone after tightening restrictions in the fight against covid—i9. after tightening restrictions in the fight against covid-19. what did you draw out of that? interesting the ft has taken that step back and looked ata has taken that step back and looked at a wider issue. i think this is really interesting and or are these tensions between national and regional governments and i suppose in madrid if i understand it correctly, it is sort of what we have here in reverse as we had local authorities asking the government as in london to introduce stricter rules and in spain it seems to be a slight flip picture. thank you both so slight flip picture. thank you both so much. a lot of ground covered there. we try and end with a lighter

story but i'm afraid we have run out of time and there just is not one. thank you both though for your analysis and talking us through those stories. that's it for the papers. it's the film review next. goodbye for now. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home.

the standout new release this week is missjuneteenth, the directorial feature debut from channing godfrey peoples, whose cv includes writing credits on ava duvernay‘s tv series queen sugar. turquoisejones. is that you? i haven't seen you since the pageant. it slipped my mind that you have a daughter old enough to be in the pageant. set in fort worth, texas, this very engaging drama follows a former pageant winner whose daughter is now competing for the same title that her mother won years ago. what's her problem? i beat her. nicole beharie is turquoisejones, the one—time beauty queen now juggling shifts at the local diner—bar and the funeral parlor while trying to ensure that teenager

kai gets the breaks she never had. not only will you represent your beautiful selves, but our history as well. turquoise desperately wants her headstrong daughter to win missjuneteenth, a pageant celebrating the belated freeing of slaves in texas on june 19, 1865, a full two and a half years after the emancipation proclamation of 1863. that sense of delayed or deferred emancipation runs throughout the film, as turquoise continues to battle against inequality as a working single mother who found herself unable to pursue her own aspirational dreams. pick up your salad fork. yet despite this strong, historical, political underpinning, it's the warm and empathetic portrayal of day—to—day life that shines through peoples' film. having grown up in fort worth, she understands the rhythms and the resilience of this community, clearly relishing the blend of true grit and true beauty that lies at the heart of herfilm. that's my baby! it's no surprise that both mother

and daughter should turn to maya angelou's phenomenal woman as a defining mantra, although the differing ways that each interpret that poem speaks volumes about the changing world in which they live. you can find missjuneteenth in cinemas and on vod platforms now. jonathan, um... this is amazing. oh, no, no. he won't. i've had one before. when? well, it's illegal, so you're not getting any. so is killing grandma. oh, nice comeback, kiddo! in bille august's acclaimed 2014 danish drama silent heart, a woman suffering from a terminal disease gathers her family around her for one last weekend after which she plans to take her own life with the help of her husband. now, original screenwriter christian torpe has revisited and rewritten his silent heart screenplay for the english—language remake blackbird.

hey! susan sarandon steps into the central role of the feisty grandmother whose chalk and cheese daughters join their father and their mother's best friend for what turns out to be an early christmas dinner. can we all behave as normally as possible? over a couple of days, old wounds are reopened and hidden grievances uncovered, with contrived revelations, recriminations and inevitable reconciliations wheeled out in shopping list fashion. he cured me. i cured you. 0k, tmi, tmi! there's something fantastically formulaic and uncomfortably comfortable about the way this all plays out. it's kind of like ajohn lewis ad for euthanasia. but with a cast this good, which includes sam neill, kate winslet, mia wasikowska and the great lindsay duncan, it's hard to avoid getting just a little involved. it helps that director roger michell, whose credits include notting hill, the mother and le week—end, really understands the architecture of dramatic, domestic interiors, making the most of the largely

housebound settings, aided by peter gregson‘s stirring but sparingly used score. you up yet? i'm dead soon. you coming down? having been released digitally to little fanfare on monday, blackbird comes to dvd from the 28th. do you remember my mother? she read stories to you when you were very young. yeah, i have a vague remembrance of that. he speaks vietnamese. my vietnamese isn't very good any more. do you mind telling him that for me? in the vietnam—set british drama monsoon, crazy rich asians star henry golding plays kit, a young man returning to the country of his birth for the first time in decades. your english is very good. better than your vietnamese. having fled with his family as a child, kit is now back to scatter his mother's ashes, but encounters with estranged relatives and a handsome young

american whose father fought in the vietnam war make him question his purpose, his heritage and his identity. directed with understated flair by hong khaou, who made the affecting 2014 drama lilting, this is a very low—key mood piece that melds kit‘s own personal journey with a portrait of modern vietnam as a country in flux, evolving and changing as rapidly as this prodigal son. beautifully shot by benjamin kracun, whose anagrammatical credits include both beast and beats, this may prove too underplayed for viewers longing for big, emotional climaxes. you can really make something of yourself here. but i liked its refusal to shift into melodrama, encouraging the viewer to see the bigger picture and appreciate the sense of place. monsoon is in a few cinemas and on digital now. bands would be cool. such as? simple minds. we bought how much?

we'd like to book pink floyd, the stones and fleetwood mac. we decided to book one of your more up—and—coming bands, iron maiden. who? the winner of the audience award at the edinburgh international film festival last year, schemers is a biographical inspired romp by music promoter turned first time film director dave mclean that's currently playing in uk cinemas. conor berry stars as davie, a young chancer who we first meet being chased down a scottish street in a freeze—frame manner which doesn't so much recall trainspotting as simply sample it. if this movie was a pop tune, the copyright writs would be flying. gig cancelled. promoter dead. from there, we follow our feckless antihero as he attempts to put on a string of increasingly ambitious gigs, culminating in a make—or—break iron maiden concert which may or may not come together. i need a bunch ofjakies to fill the positions. anyone who saw the brilliant belfast—based feature good vibrations will know that it's possible to make an utterly wonderful movie about a gaudy presenter staging

an against—the—odds gig that will leave audiences cheering. but whilst glenn leyburn and lisa barros d'sa's masterpiece tugged brilliantly at the underdog heartstrings, schemers is less lovable and, let's be honest, less originalfair. sorry, what are you trying to say? many of the roles are little more than thumbnail caricatures. even davie himself doesn't offer much to root for or sympathise with. yet conor berry is clearly a star on the rise, and while schemers may be flawed, i predict we'll see a lot more of berry up on the big screen in the future. back in 2018, belgian film—maker lukas dhont‘s girl, a fictional drama about a trans teenager who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, became the subject of heated controversy.

now, the french documentary petite fille, little girl, offers an engaging and empathetic portrait of an eight—year—old whose gender dysphoria sets her and her parents at odds with a school system unready or unwilling to adapt to change. remarkable for its intimate access to sasha and herfamily, little girl, which is in selected cinemas and on curzon home cinema, presents not only an up close and personal portrait of specific hot topic issues, but also an engaging and insightful look at the universal traumas of childhood and parenting. whatever your views going into this documentary by sebastien lifshitz, you'll come out wishing only the best for the film's wholly sympathetic subject and hoping that the world really is changing for the better. becky, i'm going to speak to

you like an adult because i expect you to act like one. you're not at the neighbours'. i know you're in the woods behind the house. now, alleged funny man kevinjames has starred in some of the most horrifyingly unfunny comedies of all—time, including i now pronounce you chuck and larry, grown ups and of course, paul blart: mall cop one and two. so, it kind of makes sense that his new film becky is a horror—inflected thriller in which james is actually meant to make the audience feel deeply uncomfortable. in a role originally pegged for simon pegg, james plays a neo—nazi prison escapee who terrorises a family in a remote lake house while searching for a mysterious key. where's becky? lulu wilson is the young teenager who takes on the baddies with blood splattered, diy aplomb, cranking out what the bbfc have labelled "18—rated, bloody violence and gore", but what horror fans will call a delightfully nostalgic throwback to the good old days of the video nasties. from the co—directors of 2017's

bushwick, becky feels a bit like home alone meets you're next, albeit without the wit of the former or the white knuckle scares of the latter. wilson makes a feisty final girl, dispatching villains with brutal aplomb. you didn't call anyone, sweetheart. as for kevinjames, he seems less creepy every time he speaks, which is peculiar because that's the exact opposite of what usually happens. you can see for yourself when becky becomes available online on monday. i'll leave you with news that as fires continue to burn in the us, ron howard's national geographic documentary rebuilding paradise is in select cinemas, offering a terrifying, if not particularly investigative account of the tragedy which befell the titular town in 2018, and a more uplifting tale of the indomitable community who survived the disaster. we're coming back! cheering. also, if you were watching the film review back injune

and were intrigued by my review of the austrian thriller the ground beneath my feet, you can find it now. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll be back next week. do you know there's more non—deciduous trees in norway than the entire continent of africa? that's fascinating, dad. isn't it? hello. the last weekend of september won't be a particularly warm one, but for much of the uk, it'll be dry, there'll be some occasional sunshine. but there is one significant fly in the ointment — this area of low pressure which has pounded parts of eastern england, especially norfolk, with wind and rain to end the week. it will still be close by over the weekend, it will still be windy and still a chance of seeing a bit of rain. it'll be cloudier compared with elsewhere. so, this is how the weekend is shaping up, on the chilly side. some sunshine, but those strong winds particularly across parts of eastern england. they'll still be there as we start saturday. still with some outbreaks of rain

lincolnshire into east anglia. elsewhere, clear, chillier, maybe a touch of frost to start the day in parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland. but across much of the uk, well, winds are reasonably light in comparison compared to eastern england. there'll be some sunshine. the cloud, though, across eastern england delivering some showery outbreaks of rain at times, especially the further east you are. and temperatures, well, mid to low teens, just maybe a few spots along the south coast reaching as high as 16 degrees celsius. the white arrows are the average speeds here. of course, they are higher the further east you are. we'll turn the arrows black and look at wind gusts, and 50—60 mph right along the coastline, just maybe easing a little later in the day, but make no mistake — these will still be strong winds with big waves and again cloud with some outbreaks of rain. and there'll be more cloud generally across central and eastern parts of england on through saturday night into sunday. could see a bit of drizzle, maybe south east england, out of that. where you're clear,

it'll be chilly again, and again parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england will get close to freezing or a touch of frost as we start sunday. but again with some sunshine to follow. on sunday, we'll keep a fair amount of cloud across the midlands, across the eastern side of england, you could see a few spots of light rain. there's still a noticeable wind right along that coast in particular, just not as strong as it's been. the lighter winds elsewhere, you get to see a bit of sunshine, maybe turning hazy later in northern ireland. the temperature may be a degree or so higher. but as winds turn south—westerly into the start of next week, it will turn a bit milder. a bit of rain heading to northern ireland on monday, and further spells of wind and rain across the uk coming our way from midweek.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. us media reports that president trump has decided to nominate federaljudge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in america has now passed seven—million — twenty percent of the world's total. tributes are paid to a british police officer shot dead in south london by a man who was being detained. his service will never be forgotten and we are deeply grateful for it. it is a really distinguished service from a lovely, much respected police officer. and — look away if you don't like rodents — but this rat is officially a hero — and he's got