the targeting of civilians in previous ass strikes it says it took measures to protect civilian casualties and. there is a crime committed by the these taining political activists and journalists and. political dissidents whom they used to in places that they constantly have been advised by human rights n.g.o.s not to not to put them in dangerous areas also most of those people who have died today have basically haven't even seen seen courts the saudi electrician continuous bombing of residential residential areas even if they consider that that you know cation or that specific place is they believe may be and may have some. form of the military a military target these are residential areas this is why it was used as a reason. the coalition has been fighting in yemen since 2015 supporting the

internationally recognized yemeni government against the rebels the war has killed tens of thousands and had a devastating impact on millions of yemenis nor about unmanly al jazeera jason stresses iau is a spokesman with the international committee of the red cross he says airstrikes should not target those who aren't involved in the fighting. our team delivered medical supplies taken to 2 hospitals where some of the injured were taken and we also had a forensic specialist on site who will be helping now and today but this week with that body of management well it's clear that this building was full of about 170 detainees and 11 can say that generally speaking warring parties should not be targeting people who are not part of the fight and in this case these detainees in

in all likelihood are not part of the fight so. it's a. it's a target that generally speaking ships should not be targeted the death toll is there's more than 100. there were about 40 people taken to the hospital today. and there are still many bodies left to be recovered from the rubble that will be the works of both the yemeni red crescent were assistance from the i.c.r.c. and the next coming days are not also to come on the news hour including a heavy police presence brings an early and relatively peaceful end to protests in hong kong but the city is bracing for more disruption on monday we'll tell you why . and more details emerge about this weekend shooting in texas we'll get a live update from washington d.c. and in sport motor sport unites to pay tribute to a french racing driver who died in a crash on saturday. now

hurricane dorian has become the most powerful storm to make landfall in the bahamas with winds gusting up to 350 kilometers an hour the category 5 storm is battering the islands with torrential rain leaving some parts underwater the u.s. national hurricane center has described it as a life threatening storm set to cause extreme destruction dorian's expected to hit florida next the governor has warned the hurricane cannot be underestimated well and he gallagher joins us live now from miami and he so the storm has now made landfall in the bahamas what more do we know. well we're getting early reports that there has been devastating damage but the key thing here is just how powerful this storm is as he said historically the most powerful storm to hit the commonwealth of the bahamas with sustained winds of 30300 kilometers an hour and gusts of up to 350 kilometers an hour with coastal surges of up to 6 meters now the

big thing here is the storm is slow down to such an extent it's expected to stay over those islands of the bahamas remember the more than $700.00 islands that make up the commonwealth for the next 2 days here's the prime minister of bahamas talking about abaco island where the storm 1st made landfall. is already under water. the difference. is today beginning in the st louis is going to push and begin. the indian. banks just don't. have a choice at this point in time. and in. their. hands. and they're in a state of readiness and andy so what next then for durian do know where it's heading off to the bahamas. i mean that's the multimillion dollar question the

forecasters at the moment are all in agreement the models all show that dorian once it spent 2 days over the bahamas will take a right hand turn and go parallel to the east coast of florida nonetheless great many parts of the state is still in that cone of uncertainty so are again warnings have been put in place in places like palm beach county all the way north up into georgia and the carolinas low lying islands in places like palm beach residents have been told they're under a mandatory evacuation order because if this storm nudges even slightly westward you're talking about a potential landfall of a category 5 hurricane and this is an event that isn't going to be over in just a couple of days it's going to take a couple of days for it to even approach the coast of florida because the storm is getting slower but more intense the records show this is one of most powerful storms since those records began and the governors of all the states of georgia the carolinas and florida on taking any chances it's

a long term event everyone is just hoping and praying this model plays out and the eye of the storm continues tracking powell to the coast and doesn't come in because that is a nightmare scenario at the moment where all the models are in agreement that it will skirt up the coast when it gets up to georgia in the carolinas it should take a short run and turn and go back out into the atlantic but at this point anything could happen all right and to get to there in miami beach and thank you there's been a huge surge in support for a far right party into german state elections preliminary results show that the alternative for germany has made gains in both sanctioning and brandenburg at the expense of chancellor angela merkel's party and her coalition partner dominic cain has more now from potsdam in brandenburg. was the a if he had hoped it's far right agenda would persuade east germans to put it 1st in the event the party came a close 2nd but more than doubled its vote in the process and struck deep into the

mainstream parties heart yes i i would have hoped the cake we would become the strongest party but this result this exit poll shows one thing they have to has come to stay politics without us will no longer be possible their opponents in saxony with the center right christian democrats who governed there since 1990 but who lost more than 80000 votes to the f.t. and yet still emerge clear in 1st place for them there now begins the difficult process of trying to build a coalition with parties of the center and the center left out of this shaft we did it and this is a message that we send from saxony a large majority of people want to represent a state in a positive way and want to achieve things differently side of saxony has won. it was also a difficult night for the social democrats who are on the center left of german politics they've been pounding ever since the fall of communism 30 years ago yet on sunday they lost votes and were very nearly beaten by the far right as. it was

a tough election campaign it was an intensive discussion and i would like to thank all of you that we succeeded in showing that the state has one party which people trust and that remains brandenburg. one of the key factors for voters in this election had been nostalgia 30 years since the fall of the burning wall how did people view the past 3 decades of democracy and there was the role of immigration even though these 2 states have relatively small immigrant populations compared to the rest of the country this result shows the a.f.d. is now a force to be reckoned with across east germany and although it will not enter government its presence will make coalition building difficult and it throws. up one more central question with so many voters now desert ing the 2 main parties how long can their grand coalition continue at a federal level dominant came out just in brandenburg. hong kong is set for more

disruption on monday unions have called for a 2 day general strike as part of the ongoing demonstrations against beijing's influence secondary school and university students are expected to join in it follows a weekend of violence after protesters targeted the city's airport as it was wayne hale reports. this isn't the welcome people expect when arriving to check in at hong kong airport was for the 2nd time in 3 weeks and government protesters tried to block access to one of the busiest terminals in the world in some areas they succeeded confusing and worrying travelers and you cannot go back to the place where you wanted to go. and that people are afraid because of what's happening here i called orders in place designed to prevent protesters coming anywhere near here it clearly didn't was that legal action was

taken after their last raid on the airport which saw people camp inside the terminal for several days. all they do is all hong kong airport is very important to the economy we chose here to try to paralyze it a make a point instead of randomly picking street talk e.p.i. it's much better to come here with all. this time the sight of the police moving in was enough to force a retreat for most arabs those not quick enough were arrested was in the end the protest to stay at the airport was a relatively brief one but again they proved they can strike at what they say is a soft target before the police moved into retaking you're. still it would be a long time before transport began to return to normal meaning long walks for many travelers the demonstrators may have moved on but they weren't done seemingly frustrated by the closure of a nearby train station they vented their anger leaving it in disarray as night

falls the protesters fanned out to different locations and the police don't seem to be able to match the agility of those done trying to chase was and when it's time for a police retreat loitering protesters and many people living in areas where some of the violence has taken place find their voices again as the officers leave they're not cheered as keepers of the peace instead jeered as the enemy and symbols of a system many here are trying to change wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. police in the u.s. have identified the man responsible for a mass shooting in adesa texas that killed 7 people on saturday the 36 year old hijacked a mail truck and opened fire at passers by after being stopped by police for offending to signal at a left turn he was eventually shot dead by the police investigators say they haven't found any links to terrorist organizations or u.s. president donald trump has again dismissed the role of background checks and

helping reduce gun violence despite it being the 2nd major shooting in the state of texas in less than a month. so we're looking at a lot of different things we're looking at a lot of different. ideas concepts. that are going to grow over background check i will say that for the most part sadly if you look at the last 4 or 5 going back even 5 or 6 or 7 years for the most part as strong as you make your background jack they would not stop any of it oh it's a big problem it's a mental problem it's a big problem how does a castro joins us live now from washington d.c. heidi so president trump that has been saying that background checks would not have prevented this shooting houses all playing out politically. well there on what the president just said is widely expected in fact it's what the national rifle association the gun lobby has always positioned itself it's very influential

specially among republicans but it's unclear exactly what trump was referring to the police for this shooting hasn't said how the shooter acquired the automatic rifle that was used in this killing so it's unclear how trump sure his conclusion but if he was referencing that previous shooting that you also mentioned which happened 4 weeks ago in the texas city of el paso taking the lives of 22 people well perhaps he was thinking of that or what happened the next day in ohio when an additional 9 people were gunned down after those 2 major events there was a initial push in washington for gun reform there was some pressure on republicans who control the senate to take up legislation that had already cleared the lower house that would have expanded background checks and firearm purchases however the republican leadership there did not take up that item citing the likelihood that

trump would veto the law and instead congress went off on recess and we know exactly what happened yesterday with another mass shooting in texas and the police have now identified the shooter in the death so what more they've been saying. that's right so they were actually hesitate at 1st to say the name aloud of the shooter 36 year old seth after they did release that name later in print they say that he did have a criminal record appears to be trespassing but as far as motive is still unknown they did say they do not suspect terrorism police also released some more information about the victims 7 people were killed they ranged in ages from 152-5722 others are injured they include 3 police officers as well as a one year old girl who was shot through the mouth her mother has said that she

does expect the child to recover daryn how deep. still to come here on al-jazeera including who ever said a trade war is bad for business we meet one garlic farmer in california who's laughing all the way to the bank plus. i was in mosul and i'll tell you how changing waffle levels led to the discovery of one of the most ancient cities that iraq has found and now high water levels of submerged it once again. on in sports find out if gold's world number 2 could claim a 2nd title win and 7 days more in that state that's. ahead of them all scattered showers across the south of the united states and some storm systems working their way through the upper midwest but it is this we are focusing on for now this is dorian

a category 4 hurricane very strong very powerful and extremely dangerous now this storm system as we go through monday will continue to very slowly its way towards the southeast of florida it is not expected to make landfall it works its way gradually and eventually along that east coast but it will certainly produce some torrential downpours and hurricane force winds along the coast of tropical storm force winds further inland elsewhere we've got the rain pushing through the great lakes region how much is the overall off a typical for this time of year so here's a closer view of that hurricane now sunday through monday it will just work its way very very slowly through the northern bahamas and this is the concern we're looking at 6 meters all storm surge we're looking at rainfall totals 402600 millimeters of rain certainly in the combined few days ahead because it's moving very slowly and of course we have these damaging winds who wins this sunday sustained at 240 kilometers an hour and it could actually get a little bit stronger as it continues its own would journey elsewhere across the

cow being cloudy skies it's got a thunderstorms and working on that storm for you. a modern and open minded woman who feels ethiopia is poised to develop a map of al-jazeera goes on a journey with the 1st woman appointed to the position of chief justice in ethiopia i knew sad as this was going to be a difficult assignment 15 expect that to be corrected in the once a change from tomorrow they want to be seen by ethiopia on al-jazeera. meet.

our jews in iraq and. with every. book about a quick amount of our top stories here this hour the u.s. says it fully supports israel's right to defend itself a lot of fighting between the israeli military and the lebanese based on group hezbollah the group says it targeted and israeli military vehicle joining forces hit back up all of an age in southern lebanon. as strikes by the saudis and the rot in that coalition in yemen have left at least 70 people dead the strikes hit

a detention center early on sunday of the coalition says it targeted a site story. dorian's become the most powerful storm to make landfall in the bahamas a category 5 storm is battering the island with torrential rain expected to move towards the southeastern coast of the united states. the new tires imposed by the u.s. and china have come into effect in the ongoing trade war almost $200000000000.00 worth of goods have been subjected to higher tariffs and shoppers in both countries are likely to start feeling the pinch you as. shoppers come to beijing sun you only market to buy all kinds of imported food including american greg cherries but it's fast becoming a casualty of china's trade with the u.s. tariffs have already gone off twice pushing the price of a killer to around $25.00 and from to temper the 1st tariffs on u.s.

cherries will be raised from 50 to 60 percent then it is looking for cheaper alternatives to what the chinese fruits are very good the price is much cheaper than american products the quality is also very good so more and more people are choosing local foods higher prices are the only reason shoppers are considering buying less from the u.s. . for me being pretty arctic is something more important for me to consider than the price we are trainees and we are all affected that by the time to us treat war cherries may be the most popular american product at this market but it's not the only for it that will receive higher tariffs new jersey's will also apply to things like american palms grapes and apples $75000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods will see tariffs of between 5 and 10 percent china also reinstate import taxes of 25 percent and u.s. cars in december the hikes are the chinese government's response to the trumpet ministrations latest trade and over 10 percent tariffs on 300 $1000000000.00 worth

of chinese goods also coming into effect in september and december analysts say the . u.s. president has been a confusing and unreliable negotiating partner i don't think the president trumps remarks serious recording his stories change here are some very the stick figure in order to push through let's talk there you must get. much bigger stick china's comus ministry says it doesn't want to escalate tensions and is open to talks with the u.s. but it's would against underestimating china's willingness to dig its heels in for the long fight if you're fighting will fight back if you're talk good let's talk but we have principles will never yield our principles by weakening its currency and developing new trade partnerships china is taking steps to ensure its economy is less vulnerable to any new moves by truck in the trade. demond things like the rest cherry slow china's finding cheaper alternatives from countries such as and

chile are ripe for the picking. al-jazeera. well many american farmers are suffering because of the dispute between the world's 2 largest economies but not godly grabbers in the u.s. they're actually profiting from the standoff with china rubber nose but the one farmer in gilroy california the heart of the country's got it growing region. actually feels the the darling king of california can christopher is the 3rd generation to run his family's garlic ranch in the town of gilroy christopher ranch is the united states largest producer and processor of the pungent bulbs so essential to so many of the world's cuisine it employs a 1000 workers earn $15.00 an hour good wages for agricultural and food processing work christopher took us to his cavernous warehouse just before harvest time but we

are currently standing in what will soon be the largest concentration of garlic on the north american continent so when we start loading this room which is starting this week we're going to about $50000000.00 pounds in this space alone that's 22000000 kilos and any way you crush slice dice or sauté it that's a lot more like for decades cheap chinese garlic imports undercut domestic producers now garlic growers are smelling the sweet scented punitive tariffs effective june 15th the garlic terrapins now in effect at 25 percent and that's impacting all inbound garlic now we have an opportunity to expand acreage grow more garlic than ever before invest in new employees new infrastructure for gerlach growers here in california the tariffs have been great news but other farmers across the country complain they are the real victims of the china trade war the vast horn soybean and hawgs farms of the us hartley. and have watched prices plummet as china stopped buying in retaliation for the trump administration's

terrorists to limit the economic and political damage president donald trump promises a $16000000000.00 handout to affected farmers but even the garlic king admits a prolonged trade battle loom good for the economy we understand that this trade we're it could stand to hurt a lot of americans if it drags on for too long economists' and central bankers are watching with a large missed global trade flows slow manufacturing shrink sent confidence sags over trumps trade war and the longer it goes on the economic outlook for workers consumers and yes even garlic farmers will start to stink rob reynolds al-jazeera gilroy california the british government minister in charge of no deal brags that palming has refused to guarantee that any law prohibiting leaving the e.u. without an agreement would be adhered to michael gove's comments were attacked by

the opposition labor party their budget spokesman can says no government is above the norm and that his party's focused on stopping a no deal breakers it on saturday demonstrations took place across britain against prime minister barak's johnson's decision to suspend parliament on his promise to deliver bags it with or without a deal. bolivia's military has joined thousands of volunteers across south america to battle wildfires the blazes in the amazon tropical forest have been burning out of control for weeks doubling in size since thursday latin america and its atmosphere newman has more from some ignacio in eastern bolivia. soldiers arrived in sunday to help combat wildfires. famous colonial settled by jesuit missionaries in the late sixty's hundreds has been converted into an operation center for the firefighting effort. night in the wildfires are spreading out of control fanned by strong winds

a prolonged drought and extremely high temperatures. with you'll start to see how the animals in the forest are burning but we are proud to be able to help these soldiers are going off again to fight the fires but as you can see they're not very well equipped they don't look like firemen they don't have the equipment of firemen their boats have rubber soles that can easily melt in the flames and in the intense heat and they also don't have the proper masks to protect them from the 6 smoke and from smoke inhalation. thousands of young volunteers are joining them coming. in to leave it out from ecuador. but i have never fought fires before but we will use the nerves of steel and other knowing to do it this fire isn't just the bolivian problem it's all of ours because the tropical forest is fundamental to our survival. this part of eastern bolivia is cattle country nearly 2 months ago the

government signed a decree authorizing ranchers to expand the grazing frontier using fire to clear the tropical forest cattle is good business says the mare. depressing and send the karine the presence of the leaders of the cattle ranchers didn't take into account the weather or the fact that a drought makes it very dangerous. cleared the land which fired they don't care and this is the result. the decree hasn't been rescinded despite more than 1500000 hector is livia's amazon and she get on a tropical forests destroyed so far by fire. tears pray for god to send them rain. 7 and for a time it seems their prayers are answered. the mare is jubilant the night shower is insufficient to stop the catastrophe but given the circumstances people here believe every drop counts you see in human sun ignacio bolivia.

brazil's handling of those fires in the amazon has strained its relationship with the e.u. at least 2 european countries of frozen donations to what's called the amazon fund mysteries a bone are reports it's a move that could impact dozens of environmental projects. every day the his who somebody see there goes into the national park to look for seeds he's trying to preserve the rain forest and the dozens of species that live in it. the threat of deforestation has become a major problem and then goes like this there are fighting back and what do we. what we are seeing is really bad and they are burning the pores so our work looks into encouraging farmers to enroll in comic alternatives i don't destroy the forests have environmental impact or killed over. there that is growing fountains of trees every year and help locals make

a living while also caring for the environment the ngos funded by what's called the amazon fund handled by the government the fundraising is donations to help fight deforestation in amazonia deforestation and the fires have already destroyed large sectors of the amazon rain forest but there are projects like this one that are trying to preserve and re forest the areas that have been already devastated there are more than 40 species here of trees and crops the problem is that projects like this one are now at risk. germany and norway are crucial sponsors of the fund that helps over $100.00 projects like this one but they have halted all payments to condemn president jade also now those environmental policies. well we are better has managed to reforest $800.00 hectares of trees this year. alexandra gatos fears a drop in donations will impact their work. but we're very concerned but we've been

working on our projects through the amazon fund and petrobras for a long time that being said sir t.g. clee we're already looking for other sources of funding we want to find ways so that the funds don't go through the government. a long time skeptic of environmental concerns wants to open the amazon to more agriculture and mining. even a lot of those who has been working to protect indigenous groups living in london for years she has been threatened by loggers and miners but international funding has allowed her to do her work but there's a. we have much more work now because the local environmental authorities are committed to the cause but feel alone threatened and without support from the government so we are trying at least to show the world there are people who care about the environment but we don't have any support instead we are being weakened by the government's narrative. and she'll say they're ready to fight attempt to

commercialise the rain forest but need international aid to do so they say they can protect what brazil's president will not be. brazil the u.n. secretary general has praised the bravery of communities battling the bone the outbreak during a visit to a treatment center in democratic republic of congo and don't have good old survivors and medical staff at their efforts were proving the disease can be defeated the spread of the bono has been difficult to contain because of on groups operating in north kivu and it to every province is and violence between rival ethnic groups. mexico's president has vowed to tackle violence and corruption in the 1st state of the union address of his presidency despite an increase in violence and a weakening economy and this money and lopez obrador still enjoys a high approval rating. has more now from mexico city.

during his 1st speech about the state of the nation mexican president and. said the mexican people are pleased with his accomplishments the spar. a majority of people support our efforts and they're happy happy with the work we're doing but as he was speaking hundreds of people were marching in protest down mexico city's main avenue right up the. demonstrations criticizing the president also took place in several other mexican cities at the same time i was there many places where insecurity is extreme the president says we're happy but i'm not happy with the report the president is boasting all he has done but really leaves much to be desired the top complaint among critics of president lopez over the other is the country's deteriorating security situation $2900.00 is expected to be a record setting year for violence in the country surpassing the nearly $35000.00

homicides that took place the year before what we're hearing from people on the streets of mexico city apart from concerns over escalating violence nationwide is the general distrust of the president's rhetoric and criticisms over how the government is managing a stagnant national economy mexico central bank forecasts economic growth at 0.2 percent for 2019 barely avoiding recession despite the many challenges president look is a bit of work on an approval rating between 67 and 72 percent according to the latest national polls presidential fact checkers like then you see the president's popularity could be linked to. rhetoric that often misrepresents the facts especially when it comes to the economy. i can tell you the oil 40 percent of the president's statements are very fired 60 percent of what he says is either false or misleading the president refers to his administration as mexico's 4th transformation placing.