this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. headlines for viewers in the uk fighting breaks out between armenia and azerbaijan in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, with casualties on both sides. president trump's pick for the supreme court prepares for a tough reception from democrats, asjoe biden urges senators to postpone her confirmation. the murdered london police sergeant matt ratana is remembered at the rugby club where he was head coach, as the suspect is named as 23—year—old louis de zoysa. the uk government defends its decision to allow students to return to university despite several outbreaks of coronavirus, leaving many confined to their rooms. and as new york schools continue a phased reopening, we'll look at the impact months of disruption will have on literacy rates across the world.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. let's bring you some live pictures now from the white house, where president trump is hold a news conference and answering questions on his tax returns. only to catholic bishops have come out to say the same thing you have. has any effort been made by any of you... i think that... has any effort been made by any of you... ithink that... i

has any effort been made by any of you... i think that... i think it's audible what they're doing. they're playing their religious card, and you're talking about catholics. it's a major religion in our country. chris, do you have anything to say? she will be strong to be tough and stand up for what she believes in. just like i did four years ago. she went through before and did really well. the new york times today revealed a very strong anti—catholic bias. it says in the article that catholicism in the american ethos can contradict each other. what is the american ethos? that's a horrible thing to say. it says catholics have separated public and private morality. i don't have difficulty separating public and

private morality, so what i see at the beginning of a really strong, anti—catholic attack and having lived through the john kennedy election, the article reminded me of the things that used to be written before john kennedy. could a catholic be loyal to the united states? come on. when she made that awful remark to the judge. let me repeat my question. why are only two bishops within the church speaking out? this is day one. we just started this. this is absolutely day one, and they‘ re started this. this is absolutely day one, and they're going to be coming out very strong. the catholic church is very well united on this. they are so is very well united on this. they are so thrilled that amy was chosen. they are so thrilled. it's been 2a hours, so it's been a very short period of time. but they will come out very strong. thank you for the briefing. you spoke really about

some of the subjects that joe briefing. you spoke really about some of the subjects thatjoe biden has been refusing to answer questions on. his involvement with russia and china. the press doesn't ask those questions. the debate is coming up this week. will he be able to answer those questions?” coming up this week. will he be able to answer those questions? i don't know, but we will find out. a lot of things to come up in the debate that may be one. he had some big difficulties and then all of a sudden, he's making millions of dollars, i think that'll come up. i don't thinkjoe can answer it, frankly. there's only one reason he made all that money, and then he had to say what aboutjoe's involvement and why did he not get the billion dollars until such time as they let go ofa dollars until such time as they let go of a prosecutor that was investigating the company that his son was involved with. there are some bad questions i don't think

they have answers to. we had media that was fair, even just read is they have answers to. we had media that was fair, evenjust read is in a bowl, this would be the biggest story for years —— even just reasonable. i'm mean, it's a very fair question —— i mean. when you see the kind of money that he has made from china, from russia, where the wife of the mayor of moscow gives him three and a half will you dollars and anyone has any question about it —— three and a half million. becausejoe about it —— three and a half million. because joe biden about it —— three and a half million. becausejoe biden was in on it. there is no way that he wasn't. and uses joe biden‘s it. there is no way that he wasn't. and usesjoe biden‘s plane, air force to and they go to china and he comes back and he never mentioned it to his father that he just got a billion dollars, and now it's turning out that it's much more money. it's turned out to be much

more money from china. remember the chinese communist party gave him a lot of money. the press has no interest in the stories. it's very disheartening for the people of our country. studio: the question has moved on tojoe biden, but president trump earlier was answering questions on his own tax returns. the new york times have been reporting. mrtrump paid only seven—hundred—and—fifty dollars in federal income taxes in the year he won the presidency and paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous fifteen years. let's hear what he had to say. totally fa ke let's hear what he had to say. totally fake news. you asked me the same questions three years ago. totally fa ke same questions three years ago. totally fake news. actually, i paid tax, and you'll see that as soon as my tax returns... it's been under

orderfor a long time. the irs does not treat me well, they treat me like they treated the tea party. they don't treat me well. they treat me very badly. there are people in the irs who treat me very very badly. when they are not, i would be happy but that's just fake news. they do anything they can, that's the least of it. the stories that i read are so fake. the new york times has claimed that the attained tax information about president trump of more than two decades, revealing property struggles and write—offs of all sorts of assets and an audit battle. we heard president trump saying it's all fake news. armenia's prime minister has warned of the risk of full—scale war after clashes with azerbaijani troops broke out in the territory

of nagorno—karabakh. officials in the breakaway region, which is controlled by ethnic armenians, say sixteen soldiers have been killed. azerbaijan has also reported deaths. both nations have now declared martial law and accuse each other of starting the fighting. our correspondent rayhan demytrie reports. sunday morning in nagorno—karabakh. heavy fighting using tanks, artillery, drones and helicopters broke over this territory disputed by azerbaijan and armenia for more than 30 years. both countries accused each other of reigniting the conflict. both sides reported casualties, including civilians. translation: it is no secret that the first fire, including artillery fire, was opened by armenia. and the first to die were azerbaijani servicemen. azerbaijan gave a decent response to the enemy and the enemy

could not move an inch. the armenian prime minister urged the world community not to stay silent. translation: the outbreak of a large—scale war in the south caucasus, the brink of which we are standing now, could have the most unpredictable consequences. it could go out of the region's borders and take wider volumes and threaten international security and stability. turkey expressed its solidarity with azerbaijan. russia called for an immediate ceasefire. the mountainous kara bakh was an autonomous region within soviet azerbaijan, populated largely by ethnic armenians. the two countries fought a war they are in the early 1990s. armenia gained control over the territory and a number of adjacent azerbaijani districts following a 1994 ceasefire. azerbaijan has repeatedly expressed its frustration with a lack of progress

in the decades long peace process. it is now resorting to a military solution to regain its territories. the democratic presidential candidate, joe biden, has called on republican senators not to rush to confirm donald trump's supreme court nominee before the election in november. he said president trump wants to fill the vacant supreme court seat with conservative judge, amy coney barrett, before the election. at a news conference he urged republican senators to, as he put it, step back from the brink. our us editor, jon sopel, reports from washington. yes, we can. among these demonstrators, there is a real fear that policies they fought for for years — abortion, immigration, gay rights, health care — could be rolled back by a supreme court with a marked conservative majority. we will come back here again and again to these steps every single day. though protesters here would disagree, the choice of amy coney barrett

as donald trump's pick for the supreme court is a shrewd one. she is eminently well qualified, comes from a strong conservative intellectual tradition, she has already been vetted. but do not think her appointment is going to be uncontroversial. it will not be. at the white house last night, she vowed that she would uphold the constitution of the united states. i would assume this role to serve you. i would discharge the judicial oath, which requires me to administer justice without respect to persons, do equal right to the poor and rich, and faithfully and impartially discharge my duties under the united states constitution. the confirmation of donald trump's last supreme court pick became an absolute firestorm. this will be smoother, he says. well, maybe. this should be straightforward and prompt, confirmation should be very easy. good luck. it is going to be very quick.

i'm sure it will be extremely noncontroversial. four years ago, barack obama chose this man, merrick garland, to fill a vacant seat on the court, but republicans blocked him, saying as a matter of principle a newjustice should never be chosen in an election year. it is this apparent hypocrisy today that has so enraged democrats. the senate has to stand strong for democracy. they must not act on this nomination until the american people finish the process they have already begun, selecting their president and their congress. anonymous until yesterday, amy coney barrett's confirmation hearings will be centre stage in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign. and if the result of the presidential election is contested, then she is confirmed, her first act could be to help shape the future direction of american democracy. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the suspect in the killing of police

sergeant, matt rata na, is being named as louis de zoysa, who's 23 and from norbury in south london. he remains critically ill in hospital following the shooting. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the latest. police memorial day commemorates all of those who've died while serving, but the killing of an officer is a particularly traumatic event. the home secretary and the mayor of london laid wreaths, but the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, was remembering an officer she had personally served alongside. matt ratana, she said, was extraordinary, firm but supportive of those needing help. if something good can come out of this terrible incident, it would be that more people understand a little bit about the challenges of police work and see us police for who we are. you know, human beings who go to work to help people, to support people and to protect people.

and matt was the epitome of that. matt ratana was killed when shots were fired by a handcuffed suspect inside a secure police custody facility. the bbc has been told louis de zoysa, who's 23, is the man of murdering him. this morning, searchers continued at his family home in south london. police were also at a rural property in surrey, where early yesterday morning, local residents heard what was later described to them by police on the ground as a controlled explosion. as the investigation gathers pace, a man has been arrested in norfolk on suspicion of supplying a gun. matt ratana was as dedicated to rugby as he was to policing. and today, several clubs were remembering him, including east grinstead, where he was head coach. two families, rugby and police, will never forget their loss. tom symonds, bbc news.

the british government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. thousands of students are confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says it's important their studies aren't sacrificed because of the virus. dan johnson reports now from manchester. for the student in need, there's one emergency service that always delivers. parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. it's just really rough at the moment, and we're really disheartened by the whole entire situation. these first year nursing student say they're already rationing food. people wanted to drop out, we're not getting the right uni experience, and we're not talking about going out and partying, we're not getting the right education. people are really struggling, especially with anxiety and depression. it is really hard for those to calm themselves down and relax, because they are being told

they're locked up. it's basically claustrophobic, and you feel like you can't get out of here because you're not allowed to. max got a family drop off on the third day of a fortnight in isolation here. do you think there might come a time when you need to take him back? potentially. if it was an option and he wanted to, and felt uncomfortable here, yes. while case numbers are so farlimited... if enough of you come out, we're not going to do anything. the voices of concern are getting louder. students have been done over on their a—levels, they've been done over on freshers' week. the government is now threatening to lock them up at university. and, very worrying for them, when they graduate we may be looking at long—term youth unemployment. it's no surprise that students living on top of each other will share the virus, and scientific advisers did predict university spikes. they showed quite clearly that the risk areas were particularly first year students in halls of residence, as well as face—to—face teaching. it was very predictable

and it was modelled. while some may be questioning this situation, universities say it's all about keeping them and communities safe. we are doing that in order to reduce the spread of the disease and enable them to go back at all. it's important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university. and they are going to university and paying fees accordingly. of course, this is no start to the new term for these students, and there are likely to be others who suffer similar disruption. but what's the alternative? there are no good options here, really. unless everyone is to be denied even the chance of a university experience this year. and, in newcastle, these are the latest arrivals. i'm still excited, i still think there will be plenty going on. i'm excited, but quite nervous, just because you don't really know what to expect. in glasgow, tess has the virus and is one of around 1000 students isolating across scotland. the reason why is is spreading out from murano is because people from other unis, or people who can't go don't even go to uni, are coming

to murano for a night out, which is ridiculous. there are questions about seeing family at christmas and calls to get enough testing in place to allow that to happen safely. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. a new report is warning that global illiteracy rates could rise for the first time in nearly 20 years because of the schools shutdown. children in low—income commuities across africa and asia are especially affected because remote learning is so difficult. the report was produced by the nonprofit group room to read, and we have its ceo geetha murali on the line from san francisco. geetha welcome to bbc news. good to have you with us. explain what the challenges are for children in africa and asia that are trying to gain access to an education during the covid—i9 pandemic.

gain access to an education during the covid-19 pandemic. and low income communities in asia and africa, there was already a learning crisis even before the pandemic began full, and for these children, schools closures don'tjust represent a cost education. they can be in inver —— an end. 2a million stu d e nts be in inver —— an end. 2a million students may not return after the pandemic, and they are already facing the challenges associated with poverty. add to that the digital divide that already existed thatis digital divide that already existed that is now exacerbated as many of these children can access the remote learning opportunities that government school systems have been depending on. so this survey, what does it suggest is likely to happen with yellow we have seen that the youth a literacy rates have continued to decline. the last rise within 2001. we hear that this once

ina within 2001. we hear that this once in a generation threat education could project undone and global literacy rates are among young people can rise for the first time in 20 years. why does this matter? literacy is vital to break the cycles of generational poverty, so it's children can read they become informed, they become the next scientists, teachers and activists that address community challenges like this pandemic. let along so many other challenges like systemic inequity or climate change, so we know we have to keep children learning whether schools are open or not. the long—term implications of that are severe, and we will have negative impacts for years to come if we don't address it. how much more effective are girls than boys? girls face considerable risks, largely because many times parents see girls as a burden in the household. in times like these,

early marriage may seem like a better option than waiting for girls to go to school. that's why room to read is focusing on training to ensure girls have support on a regular basis to continue their education and that families have the knowledge they need to recognise the long—term benefits over the short term games. thank you forjoining us. term games. thank you forjoining us. thank you so much for having me. voters in switzerland have given a resounding yes to keeping free movement with the european union. in a nationwide referendum almost 62% of those voting rejected a proposalfrom the rightwing swiss people's party to end free movement — switzerland's is not a member of the eu, but has a complex series of interdependent treaties with brussels, on trade, transport, and open borders as well as free movement. for three decades, the swiss people's party has campaigned

against closer ties with the european union. for years, against closer ties with the european union. foryears, it against closer ties with the european union. for years, it was a vote winner, but not this time. among younger swiss in particular, there are signs the anti—immigrant, anti—your policies aren't working. people get tired of a business model of political campaigning which is directed against people, the immigrants who have always been a pa rt immigrants who have always been a part of our society and they helped to make switzerland as successful as it is. the economic arguments influence voters too. access to europe's free trade area is put b

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