a very warm welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president from's nominee to the us supreme court evades questions from senators, refusing to discuss laws on abortion or gay marriage. the president tries to shore up support and pennsylvania, his second campaign rally since his the duchess of cambridge announced the winner. so, it is covid-19 second campaign rally since his covid—19 diagnosis. much of the political battle for the us with great pleasure that i can announce this year's wildlife election now online. we will photographer of the year is so tell you how to spot disinformation and foreign interference on social media. 95v photographer of the year is so gay gosh, for his image, europe scrambled to stop a second wave of coronavirus embrace. many congratulations infections, new restrictions have been announced in several and thank you to all of those countries. and the story behind for showing us the magic of the this award—winning image from eastern russia. it took months

to capture. natural world. primarily, for showing us the magic of the naturalworld. primarily, they celebrated some of the most captivating images of the natural world taken in the last very tumultuous year. and while we can all ponder on the photographic prowess, patience and skill, this winning image hello to you. president from's quite simply captures one nominee to the us supreme court beautiful moment. not quite has been meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill for the second day of her confirmation hearing. amy coney barrett such a beautiful image coming spent a lot of time telling up such a beautiful image coming up but brace yourselves for senators she will not use a seat on the supreme court to this. it's not bad, is it? it's impose her admittedly conservative views on american the biggest world war ii bomb law. democrats spent a lot of time trying to prove she will ever found and in the past hour the the biggest world war ii bomb everfound in the biggest world war ii bomb ever found in poland. the biggest world war ii bomb everfound in poland. it exploded underwater, as you can democratic party's vice see, just as navy divers were presidential candidate pamela trying to defuse it. there had harris questioned amy coney been warnings that might barrett at the hearing. happen, more than 750 people we re happen, more than 750 people were evacuated from the area when the royal air force dropped to the 1945 during a raid ona dropped to the 1945 during a raid on a german cruiser. that's it for now, thank you so much for watching. amy coney barrett came prepared

for confrontation, confident in her record and her memory. she spoke without notes, unlike many of the senators who were grilling her. judge barrett got hello. some sunshine on the way for the majority of us today, albeit with some showers coming in from the east, a softball start, asked to as the day pans out. introduce herfamily. a softball start, asked to introduce her family. but questioning quickly pivoted two there will be quite a chilly issues where democrats feared breeze as well, again, she would undermine existing coming in from the north—east rights such as abortion. do you and that is what will agree with justice scalia's drive the showers a little bit further westwards through the course of the day. but overall, view that groovy wade was what we're looking at wrongly decided. i have no in terms of our weather pattern for the next few days agenda to try to overrule that, is high pressure coming to dominate. i have an to the rule of law. though it will become increasingly quieter through the end of the week and into the weekend. first thing wednesday, a little bit more in the way that's too bad because it is a of persistent rain and some stubborn cloud fundamental point for large across southern scotland. numbers of people in this it should get brighter here for the afternoon. country. judge barrett but you can see the showers here, sidestepped specific questions pushing into eastern england on some matters that could come on the north—easterly breeze, even through the morning, before the court. she said she and then they will get would take a conservative driven afar away westwards approach but not an activist come the afternoon. that north—easterly one. judges can'tjust wake up breeze a notable feature to the weather. this is the sustained one. judges can'tjust wake up wind speed — one day and say, i have and gusts could reach up to 30mph at times agenda, i like guns, they hate in some more exposed spots.

best of the shelter in the west guns, like abortion, i hate will give us the best abortion, and on like a royal of the temperatures — 15 or 16 degrees. queen and impose their will on in the east, 13 or 14 the world. democrats pressed just about covers it. we tend to see those showers clearing though her on the world. democrats pressed heron an the world. democrats pressed her on an ongoing controversy as we head overnight wednesday over healthcare. they are into the small hours worried that president trump's of thursday. nominee might rule on could be a few still lingering across east anglia and the south—east of england. obamacare. we own this side. do some more general cloud speeding towards not believe obamaca re the north of scotland. obamacare. we own this side. do not believe obamacare is the overnight lows, 6—8 degrees. perhaps a little bit closer best way to provide quality to freezing towards the far north of scotland. healthcare over time. and then for thursday daytime, we're talking about republicans have tried to an essentially dry day, defeat what is known as the as that high pressure establishes itself. i can't promise you though affordable care act in congress wall—to—wall sunshine. it looks like we will pull and judge barrett has in quite a bit of cloud criticised earlier rulings supporting it but she insisted from the north sea, she didn't necessarily oppose into some eastern at. i am not hostile to any and eventually central areas. temperatures, 12—13 degrees. stuck under the thicker cloud, it will feel chillier though with the effect of the breeze. statute that you pass. i apply the law, follow the law, you make the policy. the election was front and centre. mr trump and towards the end has said he wants a supreme of the week, some of the nights will start to get colder. court justice confirmed has said he wants a supreme courtjustice confirmed in time to make sure he gets a good that could leave us with some chilly starts and some stubborn fog by day. hearing and any election dispute. butjudge barrett so, our temperatures widely on friday, 11—12 degrees, declined to say whether she but in a few spots, would step aside from an if we do get lingering fog, election related case. they could struggle

at the low—end single figures. would step aside from an election related caselj and then that ridge of high would step aside from an election related case. i have had no conversation with the president or any of his staff pressure is going to stay with us all the way on how i might rule in that through the weekend. so, a very similar story case. it would be a gross for saturday and sunday to that of thursday and friday. violation ofjudicial independence for me to make any it will take until the such commitment or for me to be beginning of next week, asked about that case and how i i think, for us to see would rule. the hearings something a little bit wetter and more windy moving its way continue but there is little in from the atlantic. doubt she will get the job. so, a lot of fine weather to come for the weekend, republicans almost certainly have the votes to cement a some on the chilly side for the time of year, conservative majority on the and some rather stubborn cloud. supreme court for a generation. much of the questioning from the democrats vice presidential candidate, kamala harris focused on the affordable care act. republicans are scrambling to confirm this nominee as fast as possible because they need one more trump judge as possible because they need one more trumpjudge on as possible because they need one more trump judge on the bench before november ten to win and straight down the entire affordable care act. this is not hyperbole. this is not a hypothetical. this is

happening. and here is what you have to do no. people are scared. people are scared of what will happen if the affordable care act is destroyed in the middle of a pandemic. there are more than 100 million americans with pre—existing conditions like asthma and diabetes, heart disease, who know that they could be denied coverage and charged more by insurance companies if donald trump is successful in getting rid of the affordable care act. senator harris then turned her attention to women's rights, while pointing out the difference in opinion between amy coney barrett and the woman who said she would be filling, ruth bader ginsburg. justice ginsburg did not tell the this is bbc news, committee how she would vote in any particular case, but she the headlines: did freely discuss how she president trump's nominee

viewed a woman's right to to the us supreme court evades questions from senators, refusing to discuss laws choose. butjudge barrett, your on abortion or gay marriage. record clearly shows that you the democrats vice presidential hold a different view. in 2006, candidate kamala harris is you signed your name to an among senators questioning the advertisement published in the judge on day two of her south bend tribune that confirmation hearings. president trump is trying to described rosie wade as an shore up support at an airport exercise of raw judicial rally in pennsylvania, it is his second campaign outing since his covid—19 diagnosis. described rosie wade as an exercise of rawjudicial power —— roev exercise of rawjudicial power it's an important state for mr —— roe v wade. you've signed a trump as he took pennsylvania similarad in 2013 by less tha n —— roe v wade. you've signed a similar ad in 2013 that described roe v wade as, quote, trump as he took pennsylvania by less than one percentage point. many other countries are infinite, and expressed opposition to abortion. also in imposing more extreme measures to fight the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. police 2013 you wrote an article about are patrolling madrid as a supreme court precedent in which you excluded roe v wade state of emergency is from a list of well—settled cases that you said, quote, no justice would overrule, even if she disagrees, suggesting, of course, that you believe roe v wade is the set volta being overturned. on the 40th

anniversary of acro one, you delivered a speech in which you said that the court's recognition of the right to choose was created through judicialfiat, rather than grounded in the constitution. and during your tenure on the circuit court of appeals, you have been willing to reconsider abortion restrictions that other republican appointed judges found unconstitutional. i judges found unconstitutional. , lia harris there. ——, for many people, there is almost nothing more important than the make—up of the supreme court, it can describe the way the country looks for decades. absolutely, the appointments to the supreme court are for life and they, as you said, rule on some of the key issues that affect americans every day life so affect americans every day life so this is really important and

for conservatives, donald trump had promised them that he would nominate and he would get through more conservative judges and effectively that would have helped shape american society, really. that is why he promised them that and that is why it is so important to them. interestingly, donald trump is currently at a rally in pennsylvania and he was talking about the supreme court and judge amy coney barrett's hearing, the crowd chanting fill that seat, that is a promise that they want fulfilled. he has given them other conservative judges but they would like to see the seat filled before the election. and i suppose, let's be blunt about it, for mr i suppose, let's be blunt about it, foertrump and i suppose, let's be blunt about it, for mr trump and many others, the whole point of amy coney barrett is to demolish obamacare and roe v wade, and whatever the democrats say about it, there isn't actually much they can do about her appointment, is there? well, no, not really. it does look like the republicans have

enough votes to push this through before the election, there's not really a great deal that the democrats can do about that. when you look today's hearing, and they would imagine that this would be the pattern tomorrow as well, the democrats really kept pushing the same questions about abortion, about the affordable care act, also a couple of questions about what judge barrett might do if she was on the supreme court and she was asked about postponing the election. she kept saying that she was not going to give any kind of hand or any idea what she might do with cases that might come up in front of her, those are theoretical things that she wasn't going to do that. democrats must have known that she was going to say this, so my sense is that they really wa nted this, so my sense is that they really wanted to show americans, look, this is what she won't answer, this is the kind of thing that we are worried about. thank you very much for that.

president trump is holding a rally in pennsylvania, key battleground state he's already visited five times in september alone and he was, as you might expect, quick to throw support behind his supreme court nomination. biden made a corrupt exchange for his pa rty‘s corrupt exchange for his party's nomination, he has handed control to the socialists and socialists and marxists and left—wing extremists like his vice presidential candidate, that's another great one, isn't it? i'd just watched her on television coming in, because the great thing about air force one, we have more televisions. they are in closets, they are all over the place. they are on the floors, on the ceilings. and i watched her and compared her to amy, great future supreme courtjustice. and i will tell you, amy has made a great impression. crowd: fill

that seat! fill that seat! joe biden spent the day campaigning in florida, here he is speaking at a campaign event nearmiami. is speaking at a campaign event near miami. donald trump ausmat chaotic and divisive leadership cost us far too much. 215,000 dead from covid—19, and rising. experts say we will lose nearly another 200,000 lives in the next few months unless he fundamentally changes course. you know, i'll pray for his recovery when he got covid—19, andi recovery when he got covid—19, and i hope at least he would come out of it somewhat chastened, but what has he done? he is just chastened, but what has he done? he isjust doubled down on the misinformation he did before and making it worse. so many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about the well—being of seniors.

stock market than he does about the well-being of seniors. the latest biden rally there in florida. across europe many countries are imposing more extreme measures trying to fight the second wave of the pandemic. the czech republic hasn't new three—week state of emergency, schools are shut down. the dutch prime minister has announced a partial lockdown which will mean the com plete lockdown which will mean the complete closure of restau ra nts, complete closure of restaurants, hotels and cafe ‘s. germany still has relatively low infection rates and has now imposed on 11pm cu rfew. and has now imposed on 11pm curfew. spain has declared a state of emergency in madrid, police are patrolling the streets to stop people leaving the neighbourhoods. from there, oui’ the neighbourhoods. from there, our correspondent said that. this is an early night by spanish standards. last orders now at 10pm, and no one is allowed to leave or enter the city unless it is essential. but with the rules chopping and changing for weeks, people are tired and confused.

all the time we are breaking the rules and nobody cares. like, even the police, they don't say anything. very soon after spain reopened, cases surged, giving madrid the highest levels of coronavirus in europe. yet thousands have come out to protest against the latest measures. many are angry their sacrifices have been squandered. people in madrid are fed up. they have already been through the strictest lockdown in europe, and here they are again, with their movement being restricted. they want instead for the government to be focusing more on other measures to control the virus, so more tracing and testing, more doctors. a couple of weeks ago, only some neighbourhoods were locked down, the poorer, more overcrowded ones, including elena's. they were trying to make a line and divide the city

with the poor people, the contagious people. the national government intervened, concerned madrid's politicians were not doing enough, and imposed a state of emergency, against their will. now it is a political war. they are creating a lot of confusion and we have been days, like, i don't know, what can i do tomorrow, i don't know if i can do this, i don't know if i can do that. i think that is the main problem. and second of all, i think we can't last this for a long time. a solution cannot be a lockdown. do you accept that a lot of the confusion and resistance has come because people have been given two different ways that they can do things? but getting spaniards to eat before their 10pm curfew is a tall order.

tonight, many restaurants have not even bothered to open, and julian says they will just continue the night back at his. as patience erodes, it is clear countries will need much more than just rules and restrictions. jean mackenzie, bbc news, madrid. covered make figures are also going the wrong way in england. —— covid—19. the number of new infections is also up. the british prime minister is under pressure to tighten restrictions. sir keir starmer supported a 2— three lockdown, a so—called circuit breaker. supported a 2— three lockdown, a so-called circuit breaker. we cannot give this prime minister

the benefit of the doubt. the government's plan is simply not working. another course is needed. that is why i am calling for a needed. that is why i am calling fora 2— needed. that is why i am calling for a 2— three—week circuit breaker in line with recommendations. a temporary set of clear and effective restrictions designed to get the rate down and reverse the trend of infections and hospital admissions. stay with us. we can tell you who won the award for the photographer of the year, organised by london's natural history museum. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and

successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then... bell tolls. ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. welcome back. very glad to have you with us. president trump's

nominee to the supreme court has avoided questions including from kamala harris, refusing to discuss laws on abortion or gay marriage. a second campaign rally since president trump's covid—19 diagnosis. as many as 35,000 people have fled their homes lashkar gah in sent negotiations began a month ago. the talks were hailed as an historic opportunity for peace. this is not what afghans expected when news came that the first afghan peace talks we re the first afghan peace talks were getting under way a month ago. now there is a major

taliban offensive in southern afghanistan and a growing humanitarian crisis. another round of us strikes were called in to bolster their forces as they continued to push the attacking taliban back on what is third day of heavy fighting around the city of lashkar gah. the humanitarian impact continues to grow by the day. the un has confirmed some 35,000 afghans are now on the run. one family told us they fled in haste with only the clothes they wore, not knowing where they would find a safe place to sleep. as one man put it, if you do not die anything more, we will die of hunger. it is raising questions about that piece presses so far away anything golf state of qatar. the bbc was told that this intensifying violence was raising question about the tell

aboufs raising question about the tell about‘s commitment to the pitstop and putting pressure on the government negotiating team and whether or not they will be able to continue with this process. while both candidates are out on the campaign trail, much of the battle is online, where there's a world full of conspiracy theories, influence campaigns and false claims competing for attention. so, how can you spot political disinformation and foreign interference on your social media feed? the bbc‘s specialist disinformation reporter marianna spring explains. the us presidential election is fast approaching and the candidates are talking about the supreme court, police reform and other big issues. there is also attention on the pandemic and donald trump's hospitalisation after testing positive for covid—19 but there isa positive for covid—19 but there is a parallel conversation happening filled with

conspiracy and rivers. this is how you can spot false claims and hoaxes on your social media feeds. tip one, if it figures strong emotions, think before you share. ever heard of qanon, it isa you share. ever heard of qanon, it is a false conspiracy theory that president trump is fighting a secret war against elite satan worshipping paedophiles. we can all agree that child abuse and human trafficking are upsetting and terrible crimes that many people do not realise what is really behind seemingly little as tags, part of a bigger politically motivated disinformation campaign. if you see a claim made on social media made about the election that makes you feel really emotional, pause for a second, get to the bottom of where it came from stop tip two,

question divisive content. us intelligence concluded that russia uses social media to try to influence the last presidential election back in 2016 so how can you spot influence operations on your social media fed? foreign interference campaigns try to exploit local divisions and people against each other that is exactly what russians trials did in 2016 with divisive memes about race and social issues. beware of extreme point of view and interrogate the sources. also, be extra cautious with little—known news website that promote political issues. facebook recently shut down one such effort linked to russia, centred around a left—leaning 00:22:57,805 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 news website that paid