this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: president trump nominates conservative judge amy coney barrett to the us supreme court in a move that could have a major impact on landmark legal rulings. todayit today it is my honour to nominate one of our nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the supreme court.“ the senate does me the honour of confirming me, i pledged to discharge the responsibilities of thisjob to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. thousands of protesters defy israel's nationwide lockdown to demand the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu over corruption charges.

thousands of university students across the uk are forced into lockdown for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases on campuses. hello and welcome. in the last few hours, president trump has announced federal appeals courtjudge amy coney barrett as his nominee to fill the supreme court seat left vacant by the death of the liberaljudge ruth bader ginsburg. ifjudge barrett is confirmed by the senate, conservative—leaning justices will hold a six to three majority on america's highest court for the foreseeable future. speaking in the rose garden at the white house, the president said he was honoured to be announcing the 48—year—old as his nomination to the court.

i stand before you today to fulfil one of my highest and most important duties under the united states constitution, the nomination of a supreme courtjustice. applause. this is my third such nomination afterjustice gorsuch and justice kavanagh. and it is a very proud moment indeed. over the past week, our nation has mourned the loss of a true american legend. justice ruth bader ginsburg was a legal giant and a pioneerfor women. her extraordinary life and legacy will inspire americans for generations to come. now we gather in the rose garden to continue our never—ending task of ensuring equaljustice and preserving

the impartial rule of law. today it is my honour to nominate one of the nation's most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the supreme court. she is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution: judge amy coney barrett. applause. after the president's comments, amy coney barrett said she was mindful of the footsteps she'd be walking in as the replacement for justice bader ginsburg, whose death has created the vacancy on the bench. i fully understand that this is a momentous decision for a president. and if the senate does me the honour of confirming me, i pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. i love the united states

and i love the united states constitution. iam truly... applause. i am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the supreme court. should i be confirmed, i will be mindful of who came before me. the flag of the united states is still flying at half staff in memory ofjustice ruth bader ginsburg to mark the end of a great american life. justice ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession, but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. for that, she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed all over the world. she went on to say that she would carry out her role without her personal beliefs impacting on her judgements and was ready to face

the daunting role. the president has nominated me to serve on the us supreme court, and that institution belongs to all of us. if confirmed, i would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle, and certainly not for my own sake. i would assume this role to serve you. i would discharge the judicial oath which requires me to administerjustice without respect to persons, to equal rights to the poor and rich, and faithfully and impartially discharge my duties under the united states constitution. i have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy, eitherfor the short term or the long haul. i never imagined that i would find myself in this position. but now that i am, i assure you that i will meet the challenge with humility and courage.

our north america correspondent peter bowes explains the next steps in the process for selecting a new supreme courtjustice. yes, what happens next is that we expect very shortly a schedule to be announced for the confirmation hearings in the senate, and we know that the republicans have a 53—47 majority in the upper house of congress, so it seems very likely that there is really no question she will be confirmed as the latest member of the supreme court. democrats are of course strongly opposed to her, for a couple of reasons. most democrats say this decision shouldn't be being made by president trump, it should be made by the winner of the november presidential election. well, it's too late for now, that argument has been put to rest, because president trump has come forward with his nomination. but of course, on policy grounds, the democrats strongly

disagree withjudge barrett and her beliefs. she is a religious conservative. she believes, or rather, she doesn't believe in abortion. she has strong views on gun rights and gun control. she believes indeed in expanding those rights to americans, and other issues as well. there will be a very lively debate over a number of days, but at the moment it seems very likely that she will be confirmed. does this matter to ordinary americans? i know that the setup of the supreme court is important fundamentally to conservatives, republicans, in particular, but what about ordinary americans watching it on the news? what do they think about what is going on? i think it does matter to americans. the supreme court and the importance of the supreme court is, ithink, etched in the minds of americans ever since they were taught at school about us government, and the importance of that particular body, perhaps more so than anyone else in the country.

that is because the supreme court decides on those crucial important issues that are very important to americans, like healthcare. a decision on healthcare will be coming up very soon, perhaps before the election, in terms of the obama law that was brought in some ago, that president trump and his administration want to abolish the key issues, but i have mentioned, gun control, immigrants' rights, and a vast range of issues that are important to americans because they understand the role of the supreme court alongside the executive branch, which the president controls and congress as well. earlier i spoke to joel k goldstein, professor of law at saint louis university of law, and asked him to explain why the selection is so contentious. well, i think it is for a couple of reasons.

one is thatjustice ginsburg, whose death created the vacancy, was really one of the most liberal members of the supreme court. the vacancy has been filled by president trump, who is appointing somebody or nominating somebody who is very conservative, so it triggers a shift in the composition of the court from sort of a five conservative, four liberals, but one of the conservatives, chiefjustice roberts, often sided with the liberals because of his concern about the continuity of law. to a 6—3 margin, when chief justice roberts can no longer be the deciding vote. the other reason it is so contentious is, as was just mentioned, in 2016, the republicans in the senate said that president obama should not be able to name a successor or to nominate

a successor tojustice scalia in the last year of his presidential term — the people should decide. this year they have abandoned that, where there is a republican president, not a democratic president. so there is a lot of bad feeling about that. she has also said, hasn't she, that she will not allow her personal beliefs impact on herjudgements. is that really possible, do you think? well, i think every judge, everyjustice, brings his or her personal beliefs to the decision—making process. that is why we put so much energy into choosing them, that is why the republicans are so anxious to make the appointment rather than allowing the democrats to. so it is inevitable that a justice will be influenced by his or her personal beliefs, including his or her religious beliefs.

what do you think is at stake here? i mean, there are a number of forthcoming rulings over issues such as abortion, such as obamacare. the liberals in america are worried, aren't they? well, i think they are very concerned. i think a number of decisions that the court has made, that have been in place for a number of years are at stake. i mean, one is the roe vs. wade decision in 1973, by a 7—to decision of the supreme court saying that under certain circumstances, a woman has a right to terminate her pregnancy. that would be near the top of the list. another important issue is the status of the affordable care act, what is called obamacare.

judge barrett as an academic criticised justice roberts' decisions, basically saving the affordable care act. now, president trump, the trump administration and his attorney general are challenging it in court, and i think that is very much an issue. some of the environmental regulations, the ability of states and localities to regulate gun possession in certain instances would be another issue that would be at stake. finally to the supreme court itself, where mary kate knorr, who's president of an anti—abortion student group, has been celebrating trump's announcement. she said the nomination was a once—in—a—generation moment. we are obviously so excited. i mean, we have literally waited half a century for this opportunity, so president trump, for him to nominate a candidate as strong as amy coney barrett is pretty incredible. we a re really thrilled about it. we know the democrats have

really not had much by way of criticism of her, that they can really stand on. but is a really good sign, the two years that we have heard her name floating around. this is a really good sign for us. it is a huge encouragement. we know that amy coney barrett, based on her experience, that she is devoted to the constitution of the united states of america. she is devoted to looking at the letter of the law and saying this is how we need to apply it when we're looking at things a judicial perspective. so we expect she will bring that same mentality to roe vs wade if that is presented to her. moving onto other news, and in israel thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside the home of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to protest about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. this despite a nationwide lockdown that prevents large gatherings. police have fined dozens of people for flouting the rules, as paul hawkins reports. more anger on the streets ofjerusalem. as thousands gathered on saturday evening, demanding the resignation

of their prime minister. they're unhappy with corruption charges brought against him — charges he denies — and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. and even though organisers urged those taking part to stick to social distancing and wear masks, dozens were fined for flouting the rules. the protests coming a day after the country tightened its lockdown restrictions, aimed at stemming the surge of coronavirus cases. earlier in the day, there were long trafficjams as protesters from around the world converged on the city. long car chain from all over israel to say what we feel about the situation in israel right now. to save israel from the current day dictatorship, to save the israel democracy from the hand of of benjamin netanyahu. i really fear that the whole people of my society and the people around me and the people that are living here will not be able to express themself, will not be able to live normal life anymore.

but the prime minister insists the restrictions, brought in a week ago, are necessary. israel has the world's highest coronavirus infection rate per capita, which is why the restrictions were tightened on friday, with limits on travel abroad and indoor prayers — not that benjamin netanyahu has got everything he wanted. the israeli parliament blocking his plan to limit large protests like this to 20 people or less within one kilometre of where they live, the pm calling parliament's move "populist". but this is a country struggling to contain the virus and a prime minister under pressure. paul hawkins, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump nominates conservative judge amy coney barrett to the us supreme court in a move that could have a major impact on landmark legal rulings. thousands of protesters the mexican government has

announced a series of arrest warrants for military and police personnel over the disappearance and presumed murder of 43 student teachers. the mexican president, andres manuel lopez obrador, made it a campaign promise to reopen the investigation into their disappearance in late 2014 from the town of iguala in guerrero state. the announcement was made on the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of the students. our mexico correspondent, will grant, reports. almost nothing ignites popular anger in mexico like the case of the missing a3. explosion. the student teachers disappeared from this state, guerrero, exactly six years ago in late 2014. today, it is again the site of angry protests by fellow students demanding justice from the local government, who are accused of involvement in their disappearance. six years on, the molotov cocktails still fly, yet the families are no closer to finding their loved ones. away from the violence, the families themselves marked the anniversary

in more sombre tones. they have called for arrests to be made at the highest levels and have been encouraged by the response from president andres manuel lopez obrador. translation: we have asked the president and he has listened to us. he also wants to get to the truth about what really happened that night in september 2014. we are here to demand the arrest of the guilty and the authorities who were present. it seems president lopez obrador is trying to fulfil the promises he made to the victims' families while still a candidate. back then, he told them the investigation would be reopened and has now announced arrest warrants for police and military personnel. his critics say it is part of a campaign to discredit and attack the previous administration...

no. ..but he denies that. and publicly, at least, insists the teachers' remains may still be found to bring their families some peace. "the conditions are excellent forfinding out the boys' whereabouts," he said. in the six years since the awful events in guerrero, the families of the 43 have had their hopes raised and dashed more times than they can remember, but this is the first time anyone in the military has been singled out for charges or arrest over the case. the families only hope it will lead them a step closer to the truth. will grant, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us peace envoy to afghanistan, zalmay khalilzad, says taliban negotiators will not accept a ceasefire until after a political settlement is reached. the afghan government and taliban have been struggling to agree a framework for the first round of peace talks in doha.

the move dashes hopes of a comprehensive ceasefire as an interim or goodwill measure. security forces in belarus have again arrested protesters at a weekly women's march against president alexander lu kashenko's disputed election victory last month. half a million people have signed an online petition to negotiate a transition of power. it comes as the country's foreign minister accused some western countries of attempting to sow "chaos and anarchy" in belarus. ajudge in brazil has suspended a football match involving flamengo, the current champions of the top division, after 19 of their players and their manager tested positive for the coronavirus. flamengo were due to play palmeiras away at sao paulo and have travelled to the venue as the brazilian football federation says it will appeal against thejudge‘s ruling. flamengo's directors were widely criticised earlier this year after leading a campaign to restart the football season early.

lebanon's prime minister designate, mustapha adib, says he's given up his attempt to form a government and is stepping down. mr adib was nominated after the explosion that destroyed much of the centre of beirut. he was trying to put in place an administration to tackle lebanon's grave financial crisis. dr maha yahya is the director of the carnegie middle east centre in beirut. she explains what has led to the situation in lebanon today. i think it's a mix of internal and external factors. lebanon today is in the eye of the storm. it's opened — the storm of regional and global tug—of—war, particularly between the us and iran. and this is further complicated by the particularities of power sharing in lebanon,

which has made it — makes it quite easy for the political parties to basically trump any other considerations. what's astonishing is that in the aftermath of an explosion and in the midst of an economic and financial crisis, the political leadership still thinks it can buy time and stonewall, waiting for a new president to be elected in the us, and hoping that this will perhaps change the tide of things to come. university students across the uk have been speaking of their fears and frustrations after being forced into lockdown. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self—isolate in their rooms on campus for 1h days after 127 of them contracted coronavirus. in scotland, thousands of students have been told not to go to pubs or parties this weekend after hundreds tested positive for the virus at universities across the country. the bbc‘s education correspondent dan johnson reports. locked down, isolated and feeling imprisoned — hardly the fun and freedom of student life expected

by nadiah and her flatmates. hiya! hello! how's it going? i live, like, 4.5 hours away. if they knew this was going to happen, what was the point of making us all come here if we're going to do online lessons? like, we've barely got any milk and bread to last us till monday. we can't do our washing. i mean, it's a bit pathetic! ben's flat of eight has been cut off for a week already after one of the first cases here. three more days left and we were going to be out and being able to leave. and then they've just announced that we're going to have to stay here for a couple more weeks. but health officials said they had to move quickly to keep this under control. we've been really concerned about the rising number of positive cases over the last few days. it went from a very small outbreak to over 120 cases, as you have identified, and we knew it was time to take swift action, just to limit

the spread amongst the student population, but also the spread in our local communities in manchester, where there are more vulnerable people. this morning, worried parents were running resupply missions. she hates it. she loves the uni but the isolation is really upsetting her. she's our youngest daughter, just moved away from home, like, yeah. it is worrying, ain't it? john's daughter chloe started criminology here last week. she was supposed to be coming home for the weekend, long weekend, and we travelled up last night and got here and she says "we have been put into isolation for two weeks" so she can't come home and we've just brought her a few essentials. and there are concerns about the impact on students' well—being and teaching. perhaps the universities should consider a discount to the students where their learning is interrupted and they are not having significant face—to—face learning with lecturers or tutors. glasgow university said after an outbreak there put halls of residence in lockdown, it will refund a month's rent. it also promised food parcels, clean bedding and a way to wash clothes. it's only really been today we've kind of been given information about how the uni are going to help and,

like, what they're going to do about it. so, i mean, we don't really know so far, but it's looking a little bit more positive that they're going to help us. these manchester students are starting their second night of two weeks in isolation, and they're unlikely to be the last because the scientists did warn that students were likely to bring to coronavirus to campus with them — perhaps unknowingly — and universities are likely to see other significant outbreaks. they say they have plans to respond so the virus doesn't spread and communities are protected. young people may be at lower risk of getting ill themselves but they still face disruption to their learning and their social lives. dan johnson, bbc news, manchester. the people of switzerland will decide on sunday whether or not to keep their free movement of people treaty with the european union, a move that could affect their long—standing access to europe's free trade area. those wanting to ditch the treaty say the move

will allow switzerland to control its borders and select only the immigrants it wants. but those in favour of keeping it intact — argue that losing it will plunge a healthy economy into recession, and deprive hundreds of thousands of swiss citizens of their freedom to live and work across europe. to australia, and melbourne's coronavirus curfew will be lifted after the premier of victoria, daniel andrews, announced the next stage in the plan to ease the city's strict lockdown measures. the 9pm to 5am lockdown measures. the 9pm to 5a m cu rfew lockdown measures. the 9pm to 5am curfew will be lifted from monday morning. however, those caught breaking the rules on social gatherings will now face a fine of almost 5000 australian dollars. the changes will also see more than 120,000 people able to return to work, while primary school students will return to the classroom from october 12.

you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcmaryam. the cold winds are still with us on sunday, especially if you live close to the north sea coast. another very brisk day on the way and at times cloudy. but so many of us further towards the west will actually have a very decent sunday. so let's have a look at the satellite picture. we're still sandwiched between two weather systems — a low pressure centred in europe there and a set of weather fronts coming off the atlantic — so we're in this gap here. and actually, the skies have remained clear and that's also leading to a touch of frost across parts of scotland, certainly where the winds are light here around the lowlands.

northern ireland dipping down to around 5 degrees, but notice where the winds have remained strong — from hull down to norwich and london — the temperatures are around double figures early on sunday morning. so you can see from the arrows, the winds are still blowing from the north. they're actually dragging in a fair amount of cloud into the north—east of england, yorkshire, east anglia and the south—east. so at times, london, norwich, hull to newcastle, it will be cloudy. 15 degrees on the thermometer doesn't seem too bad, but it will feel chilly. much better weather out toward the west where we've got more sunshine. now, on monday, there will be a change in the wind direction. we'll lose the northerlies but also come these milder, wetter westerlies — that's actually going to be the theme for the next few days and that does mean that the weather is going to turn a lot more unsettled. but i think on monday, we're just talking about a bit

of cloud and rain splashing its way through northern ireland during the afternoon, maybe reaching the north—west of england and wales as well. but generally speaking, where the sun comes out on monday, having lost that northerly wind, temperatures get up to around 17 or 18 degrees — shouldn't feel too bad at all. and then on tuesday, again, we are between weather fronts — one just exiting out into the north sea, another more sort of vigorous area of low pressure heading our way — but tuesday isn't looking too bad at all. i think there'll be some decent sunny spells around. but after that, pretty much from wednesday onwards, a more powerfuljet stream is actually going to send a series of low pressures in our direction.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has formally nominated the 48—year—old conservative judge amy coney barrett to fill the vacant seat on the us supreme court. mr trump appeared alongside the judge at the white house, describing his nominee as one of the country's most brilliant and gifted legal minds. thousands of protesters have defed israel's nationwide lockdown to demand the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. large convoys drove tojerusalem from around the country to express their anger at mr netanyahu's handling of the pandemic and his refusal to step down over corruption charges. thousands of university students across the uk have been forced into lockdown for two weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases on campuses. 1,700 students in manchester have been told to self—isolate in their rooms on campus for 14 days.