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Amy Coney Barrett 'to be picked by Trump for Supreme Court'

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 5:39 p.m. | Original

US President Donald Trump will reportedly nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a favourite of social conservatives, to be the new Supreme Court justice.

The president's decision - to be revealed at the White House on Saturday - has been confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News and other US media.

She would replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday.

The nomination will touch off a bitter Senate fight to get her confirmed as November's White House election looms.

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Paris attack: Stabbing near Charlie Hebdo office 'an act of terror'

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 5:20 p.m. | Original

Two people were seriously wounded near the former offices of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Breonna Taylor: Louisville police shooting suspect held on $1m bail

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 4 p.m. | Original

Media caption "I'm am an angry black woman": Breonna Taylor's mother gives her reaction in a statement read by her sister

A man accused of shooting two policemen in Louisville, Kentucky amid racial justice protests has been ordered to be held in jail on $1m (£786,000) bail.

Larynzo Johnson, 26, was arrested hours after it was announced that no murder charges would be brought for Breonna Taylor's death

Covid-19: Global deaths may hit two million before vaccine in use - WHO

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 3:55 p.m. | Original

Image caption The WHO's warning comes as a number of European countries are facing a spike in infections

The global coronavirus death toll could hit two million before an effective vaccine is widely used, the World Health Organization has warned.

Mike Ryan, the WHO's emergencies head, said the figure could be even higher without concerted international action.

The number of Covid-19 deaths is fast approaching one million - nine months after the outbreak started in China.

Mr Ryan also urged Europeans to ask themselves

Predict the president 2020: Will Trump or Biden win the US election? You decide

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 12:35 p.m. | Original

Play our game to predict whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden will win the key states in the election.

US election 2020: A really simple guide

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 11:01 a.m. | Original

Click or tap on an underlined word for a short definition or explanation

The US president has a huge influence on people's lives both at home and abroad, so when the next election is held on 3 November, the outcome will matter to everyone.

The US political system is dominated by just two parties, so the president always belongs to one of them.

The Republicans are the conservative political party in the US and their candidate in this year’s election is President Donald Trump, who is hoping to secure another

European Commission to challenge Apple tax bill verdict

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 9:53 a.m. | Original

EU court ruling that the tech giant does not have to pay hefty back taxes to Ireland goes back to court.

Kim Jong-un 'apologises for killing of South Korean official'

BBC World News | Sept. 25, 2020, 2:22 a.m. | Original

Image caption Mr Kim said the incident should never have happened

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says.

Mr Kim reportedly told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in that the incident should not have happened.

South Korea has said the 47-year-old man was allegedly trying to defect to North Korea when he was found by troops floating in the North's waters.

He was then shot dead

Coronavirus: Rio 2021 carnival parade postponed indefinitely

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 11:41 p.m. | Original

Organisers say they are not yet certain enough to provide a new date for the carnival parade.

Global warming 'driving California wildfires'

BBC World News | Sept. 24, 2020, 7:36 p.m. | Original

Image caption Firefighting resources have been stretched to the limit by the scale and extent of the wildfires

Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists.

Their analysis finds an "unequivocal and pervasive" role for global heating in boosting the conditions for fire.

California now has greater exposure to fire risks than before humans started altering the climate, the authors say.

Land management issues, touted by President Donald Trump as a key cause, can't by

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