welcome to bbc news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: a mass shooting at two locations in texas leaves five dead and many more injured. police describe the lone u running battles and brutal violence in hong kong in some of the worst clashes yet between police and protestors. it is the very centre of hong kong, and look at it. they warned them not to protest today. the government buildings under siege and it is complete mayhem. french formula two driver anthoine hubert is killed in a high—speed crash at the belgian grand prix.

hello and welcome to bbc news. five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. it happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. the gunman has been shot dead by the police. our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. the latest information is that the police believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. at one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. it seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. it seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman,

and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. it's a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is safe. what we do know is that 21 people have been injured, it is not entirely certain that they were all shot. some of those people might have been hurt in the confusion. they were driving vehicles, they might have been injured simply trying to get away from the scene. so what isn't quite known yet is the precise number of people who were shot. and as i say, the investigation into the circumstances is continuing. yeah, it's very sad, but this is by far not the first mass shooting in texas. what's the response been to this latest one? well, the response is that this is another shooting tragedy, this is yet more gun violence, it is just a few short weeks since the shooting in el paso, it seems rather different

circumstances, nevertheless, it was a mass shooting. and, of course, once again, people are talking about gun control, there was a tremendous amount of debate after the last spate of shootings just a few weekends ago and calls for tougher restrictions on guns and a lot of politicians at a very senior level, including president trump, responding to that, but in that time, there has been no significant action and no real sign of anything constructive happening that will change the laws as they apply to gun ownership, and background checks, which is one of the key issues. riot police have stormed a metro station in hong kong, using batons to beat passengers in the latest round of clashes with pro—democracy campaigners. the authorities confirmed that two officers fired live rounds into the air during operations to clear protestors from the streets. beijing has condemned the protests,

asjohn sudworth reports now from hong kong. tear gas from the roof of hong kong's government offices met with utter defiance. hong kong's political deadlock is growing increasingly violent. the only way, some now believe, to secure this city's freedoms under chinese rule. by nightfall, this giant fire was raging in the central business district. but with scenes like these, china is also in no mood to compromise. hu xijin is editor of one of beijing's ultra—loyal communist party—run papers. translation: america and britain are interfering in hong kong's affairs. you are inflaming the situation. not all these irrational emotions come from this society. most come from foreign support.

but most protesters are peaceful. despite the risk of arrest, this unauthorised march earlier in the day was joined by thousands. despite what beijing says... as well as one british mp here to observe, he says. big change is happening in the world, and we need to understand them. i know we're all obsessed by brexit, but we've got the growing power of china and we've also got a growing authoritarian china as well. are you meddling? no. and if one mp is going to get blamed for this, that's simply nonsense, no. and this is clearly an indigenous protest that's coming from the people here. a few hundred activists, though, are intent on violence. and for the first time, the police used water cannon with coloured dye to make identifying them easier. this is the very centre of hong kong, and look at it. they warned them not

to protest today. the government buildings under siege, and it's complete mayhem. the day ended with running battles spilling into the subway stations. a global clash of values. freedom versus stability and control is being played out in this city in increasingly brutal form. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. a french racing driver, anthoine hubert, has been killed in a formula two crash at the belgian grand prix. hubert who was 22, struck a barrier on one of the fastest sections of the track, before being hit by another car. a statement by the motor racing authorities said that he later died at the nearby medical centre. gareth barlow reports. anthoine hubert was a rising star of motor racing, a driver, he was the reigning gp three champion.

and part of renault fi's young driver programme. but at the belgian grand prix on one of the fastest sections of the course, hubert was involved in a fatal collision while racing at speeds of around 270km/h. in a statement, motorsport‘s governing body said, "as a result of the incident, the fia regrets to inform that the driver of car number 19, anthoine hubert, succumbed to his injuries and passed away." motor racing is inherently dangerous, but safety has improved. the frenchman's death is the first driver fatality at a formula 1 race weekend since ayrton senna was killed “119911. anthoine hubert‘s death has left motorsport shocked and saddened with numerous teams and drivers posting condolences on social media. a sport mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars.

he was killed at the age of 22. let's look at some other stories in brief. the taliban says it carried out a suicide bombing in afghanistan which killed at least ten people. the attack in kunduz followed hours of fighting which began when the militants attacked from several directions. dozens of militants were killed when the government responded with air strikes. police in france say a young man has died and several other people have been injured in a stabbing attack in a suburb of lyon. the mayor said the man seemed to indiscriminately stab people waiting for a bus. reports say police are hunting for another man, carrying a metal spike, who is believed to have fled the scene. the us military says it has carried out an attack on al-qaeda militants tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations across the uk in protest at boris johnson's decision to prorogue, or suspend parliament for five weeks in the run—up to brexit. the british government insists it's acting properly but critics say it's an attempt to bypass democracy. mark easton reports. if you shut down our parliament... chanting.

we will shut down the streets! calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. several thousand people had gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnson's move to shut down parliament ahead of britain's scheduled exit from the european union on october 31. stop brexit! the crowds were diverse — cutting across class, age, ethnicity and traditional party politics. today's protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. bankers and corporations who get richer while the workers get poorer. as well as london, there were similar demonstrations in towns and cities across the country, from yorkshire to belfast to bangor. in london, the apparent unity of the crowd disguised divisions over what they were opposed to. the government's suspension of parliament orjust the government?

opposed to a no—deal brexit or leaving the eu at all? is this about proroguing? is it about brexit or conservatives? yeah, a bit of both, really. i mean, mainly proroguing and brexit, but a bit of both. are you a supporter of the european union? i am not in support of a bosses club, i am in support of the european workers of greece, spain and italy, but i don't support what is, in effect, a bosses club in europe. so, you're anti—eu? i am anti the european union, yes. i am opposed to a no—deal brexit. brexit with a deal would be ok? iwould prefer we remain, but i could live with a brexit with a decent deal, yes. you are a french national. why are you here today? why am i here today? because i am one of the eu 27 who has been living for decades here. it is about a no—deal brexit, it's about the hatred and it is about hindering democratic processes. deeply held feelings are on display as thousands take to the streets.

but it is worth reflecting on the people who are not here, people with equally passionate views on the other side of the brexit debate. public opinion and the country are riven as to what democracy should mean. this evening, there was disruption around westminster bridge. the organisers of today's demonstration say it should be seen as the beginning of a campaign of civil disobedience against the government's treatment of parliament. mark easton, bbc news, whitehall. our political correspondent jessica parker weighed up the likely impact of saturday's protests. there's been a lot of anger, a lot of noise today, but will boris johnson be looking out of his window, worrying about what he's seeing and having second thoughts? the evidence so far from this administration as it isn't exactly afraid of a bit of confrontation. and on that note, this coming week of because we're going to see battles a nd of because we're going to see battles and an almighty showdown here at westminster as well, as a cross— party here at westminster as well, as a cross—party group of mps try to

legislate against the possibility of a no—deal brexit with a now limited amount of time left before parliament is due to be suspended. there'll hope today's protests whose their cause, injected with some energy. but i think those who back boris johnson's approach to energy. but i think those who back borisjohnson's approach to brexit, today's anger, today's noise falls on deaf ears. more than 60 people have been detained, after several migrant boats were intercepted in the english channel. it comes a day after the british home secretary said urgent action was needed to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. so far this year more than 1,000 illegal migrants have been detained. tony smith is a former head of the uk border force. it is relatively new that we have seen this sort of number of migrants crossing the english channel. it only really began in any number in october last year, but it's now an almost daily occurrence that we are seeing reports of significant numbers of people, many women and children as well in small vessels coming across, and increasing resource

requirement upon the french authorities and ourselves, the border force, to make sure they don't drown, we have had a couple of drownings, that they are properly treated and obviously brought ashore and then we have the ongoing issue of processing. this is international organised crime essentially, and it is essential that we continue to work with law enforcement agencies, both in france and in other countries as we have done for many years now to share intelligence, share interventions capability, share resources and work together. because nobody really wants people drowning, nobody really wants human smugglers to succeed, whether you are on the french side, eu side or uk side. soi so i think we really need to make sure whatever happens along the way, we maintain that international collaboration that's been there in the past.

that was tony smith, the former head of the uk border force. this is bbc news. the headlines: a mass shooting at two locations in texas has left at least five people dead and many more injured. police have described the lone u there've been more violent clashes in hong kong between police and protestors after tens of thousands of people defied a ban to march through the city. the us national hurricane center says storm dorian poses an immediate threat to the bahamas, as well as millions of people along the southeast us coast. nasa has released these images of the storm, which were taken from the international space station.

meteorologists say dorian is travelling with maximum sustained winds of 240 kilometres per hour, and could reach the maximum category 5 hurricane status. this is how the bbc weather centre expects the hurricane to develop over the next few days, hitting the northern bahamas on sunday. the storm has changed course slightly, putting itself on a possible track to make landfall in the carolinas rather than florida as previously forecast. keith rogers is the owner of dive abaco, and hejoins me now on the phone from marsh harbour on the island of great abaco in the bahamas where hurricane dorian is due to make landfall in the next few hours. thank you forjoining us. what are your fears for this hurricane? thank you forjoining us. what are yourfears for this hurricane? you have lived through a few already at how ferocious is this one expected to be? thank you for having me. it is kind of alarming to know it is similarto is kind of alarming to know it is similar to hurricane jane and that it is coming from the east so it is

pretty high water call breaks up it is eerie to see a totally empty... we are taking it seriously... apologies. i don't think we will be able to continue the interview because of the bad line but hopefully we can rejoin you in a few minutes when we have sorted out the technological issues. more now on the death of the french formula 2 driver anthoine hubert who was killed in a crash at the spa—francorchamps circuit in belgium. jordan king is a british formula 2 driver with the mp motorsport team. sorry, we don't have that yet he was behind hubert when the accident happened. he spoke to radio 5's stephen nolan. it is an emotional time for everybody in the sport and messages are flooding in from all over the world. it really shows you how tight—knit the community that most sport is. but to be literally metres away from it is...

is hard to put into words, as you can see. what memories do you have of him? this the first time i raced head to head with him and we had many great battles on the track. there have been a few races where we finished almost alongside each other. he always had a big smile on his face and happy to shake your hand afterwards. he is definitely one of the good guys on the grid and he will be sorely missed by everybody and i will definitely miss racing against him. there is a lot going through my head and the incident itself is playing on repeat. i will not comment on the exact details. i have got my own reservations of what happened. but, yeah, these cars are as safe as they can be and they are as

strong as they can be. it was a coincidence of three or four incidents that ended up with this final result. these situations you go over in your head and you go through every emotion. the last three or four hours i have gone through every emotion known possible to mankind and it does play over but as you say... there is nothing i can do now sitting here and you need to come together, hold your head high and give support to those who really need it. the use of foodbanks has become a common sight across the uk and rarely out of the headlines. but what about communities restricted by what they can eat — based on their religion or diet? one foodbank in east london, which provides halal and vegetarian food, says it has seen an increase in people from the asian community

asking for help. it also says the fear ofjudgement often prevents many from accessing its services. the bbc asian network's nalini sivathasan reports. forget baked beans and pasta. humdum is not your typical food bank. here, you're more likely to find vegetable rice and lamb curry. volunteers provide home cooked asian food, with halal and vegetarian options. everyone is welcome, but it caters in particular for barking's muslim, hindu and sikh communities. as well as taking donations, it needs to buy a lot of the food it needs, and for nighat bhola, one of the founders, it means shopping trips need careful planning. the process does take a bit longer because we have to check the ingredients — is this suitable for our vegetarian or halal clients as well as anyone else? back at base it is nearly time to eat.

across the country, food bank use has increased. the trusell trust, the uk's biggest food bank network, gave away 1.6 million packs of food in the past year. that is an increase of nearly 20% from 2018. humdum has had around 30 people who have come to the food drive, but volunteers here say for some people in the asian community they may feel embarrassed coming to a food bank. they are very shy. they don't want to go out and beg. i've dedicated my time to go out and deliver to their houses. yasmin, which is not her real name, comes weekly. the food is very nice. i am muslim so i especially eat halal food. they can speak with me punjabi so i can explain what i want and they are giving me. but for some the stigma is too great. nighat tries to encourage them in, not least for the social contact. they can come up here,

they feel lonely, they feel they can come up to a place on a saturday, sit down, have lunch, talk to people. we are like their humdum family. and the volunteers here say they benefit from the community feeling too, including 22—year—old nurse zara. once we have done our work, cleaned up, ourgroup, our team leader will sit us down and we all eat together, which is fantastic, because you're notjust coming here to volunteer, you're also here to make friends. with a stronger sense of community humdum hopes it will help asian people shake off the shame that some associate with food banks. let's get more now on the news of hurricane dorian. our correspondent from cvs said the public is still taking cautions. they are urging residents to not let down there

guide. the president was briefed on the hurricane earlier today again reminding folks not only here in florida but in other states as well such as georgia and the carolinas to remain vigilant. but it is a very difficult dilemma for many residents here simply because the track of this storm has changed so many times. at one point it looked like it would hit the state and linger over the state and many populated areas and major cities such as orlando, the latest track has a going up the coast and heading up potentially to the carolinas but as we know with these things, the storm is quite unpredictable and still ha rd to is quite unpredictable and still hard to tell exactly where it will go next. for that reason, residents and officials here are still taking the storm quite seriously. we are seeing some pictures of the storm in other places on its way to you. unbelievable wind and it looks

pretty scary. how have residents prepared for this? i thought it was interesting that the government of florida asked us to pray for the bahamas because they are in the path of the storm and it packs powerful wind. residents there do not have as many places to evacuate as they may here in the states so there is certainly concern from floridians for the bahamas and what they may endure over the next 24—hour. as for residents here, some people we spoke to our conflicted and some are going to our conflicted and some are going to ride it out here. despite the fa ct to ride it out here. despite the fact for instance in this locality they are under mandatory evacuation orders now because dorian is moving so orders now because dorian is moving so slowly they move those evacuation orders and delay them by a day. there were due to start tomorrow but 110w there were due to start tomorrow but now they will be pushed back until monday because of the slow—moving nature of this storm. that does give residents time to prepare. a few

days ago we saw people who were definitely planning to leave but now more people we talk to today feel they are confident they can ride it out, especially if the storm stays offshore. do mandatory evacuations mean people have to get out? or is it up to them? again, it is a decision made by local officials and really this area where we are is one of the few that has issued these mandatory evacuations. obviously they want people to get out that ultimately it is a residents choice whether or not they are going to risk it and stay here. there are some other areas that have voluntary evacuation so there is a little more flexibility, if you will, but certainly again many people we spoke to will say that they feel co mforta ble to will say that they feel comfortable to ride out the storm. many have lived here for a number of

yea rs many have lived here for a number of years and have weathered numerous storms and they really do not seem phased by these mandatory evacuations. again, because they have been postponed it is possible it could happen again if the storm track changes. so we willjust have to see. the charity samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year—long partnership with a gambling company. staff at paddy power betfair, chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. critics say samaritans shouldn't work with the gambling industry. dan whitworth, from radio 4's money box programme, has more. if you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. let's be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. the man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well—earned reputation by working with paddy power betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa ny‘s money. the mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all—party

parliamentary group on gambling—related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. she calls it distasteful and appalling. others on social media, as well as the charity gambling with lives have voiced similar opinions. both samaritans and paddy power betfair have defended the partnership, though. samaritans says it will work with the company to: paddy power betfair, meanwhile, says the charity's expertise will help it develop existing safeguards for vulnerable customers. there are more than 400,000 problem gamblers in britain according to the gambling commission, defined as people whose gambling compromises, disrupts or damages family, personal or recreational pursuits, with a further two million people at risk. things even now can just hit you. it is just something stupid

that will set it off. you will hear something or see something or remember something and before you know it, you are tearing up again. it never goes away. it does get slightly better, but it doesn't go away. now the weather with darren bett. sunday is the first day of meteorological autumn. and for the early days of september it will feel a little on the chilly side. we have a band of cloud that swept across the country yesterday. it is behind that that we are drawing in a cooler fresher air on a north—westerly breeze and that will bring some more showers, particularly across northern ireland and scotland overnight. in between those showers there is still a chance of catching the northern lights for northern areas. further south across the uk we will have some longer clearer skies. with that cooler air coming down temperatures will drop away and it will be chillier than it was last night. 7—9 degrees in towns and cities, cooler than that in rural areas.

a sunny start for many parts of england and wales. scattered showers for a while in northern ireland, heavy thundery ones pushing eastwards across scotland and northern england and down towards the wash. very few showers for the midlands, good chance of staying dry in southern england with temperatures sneaking up to 20 degrees. further north with the showers it is a cool 15 or 16 but at least it will not be as windy on sunday. those heavy showers should clear away from eastern areas. another band of cloud and showers pushing through northern ireland and heading towards scotland. some breaks in the cloud overnight and another chilly one, particularly in north—eastern scotland where temperatures could be down to about three degrees or so. into the new week and we will replace the north—westerly wind with mild, cloudy west south—westerly wind. around the area of high—pressure and feeding in those weather systems, piling in the rain again for north—western areas. england and wales probably a dry start, chilly with sunshine, clouding over a bit

more from the west. we have rain coming into northern ireland, pushing into scotland, into cumbria with some wet weather over the hills late in the day. 15 degrees in glasgow, 22 in london in the south—east. a touch warmer on monday. similar sort of weather pattern really for monday into tuesday, we still have the brisk wind off the atlantic, a lot of weather fronts on the scene but essentially northern and western areas will have most of the cloud. a better chance of catching some rain and that rain could be heavy again over western parts of scotland. very little if any rain through the midlands, east anglia and the south—east and temperatures similar to those on monday. in the middle of the week the wind direction will change again with high pressure to the west of the uk, drawing down cooler fresher more north—westerly wind bringing sunshine and some showers.