this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 9.003m: the eu's lead brexit negotiator rejects borisjohnson's demands for the irish backstop to be scrapped. michel barnier says the uk has now reached a "moment of truth". the prime minister tells conservative rebels they have a fundamental choice — to back him or side with jeremy corbyn. pro—democracy activists in hong kong target the city's airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. at least five people are dead in the second mass shooting in texas in a month. police describe the lone u the government says schools rated outstanding will no longer be exempt from inspections by ofsted. commemorations are under way in poland to mark the moment germany invaded the country, sparking the start of the second world war.

our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am. this mornings reviewers are clare cohen, women's editor at the telegraph newspaper and the spectator‘s fraser nelson. the eu's lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has come to a "moment of truth" on how it will leave the european union. he again rejected borisjohnson‘s demand to remove the irish backstop, the policy intended to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland, and said he wasn't optimistic about avoiding a no deal scenario. his comments come after thousands of people took to the streets across the uk yesterday to protest

against the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament. joining me now is our political correspondent, susana medonca. michel barnier has given an interview today, but he is not the only one. lots of people are talking to the newspapers today. michel barnier is throwing cold water on the claims we have been having from borisjohnson the claims we have been having from boris johnson about this the claims we have been having from borisjohnson about this idea that there is some movement with brussels, some moves towards changing the key issue of the backstop. from michel barnier we are getting that there is no movement on that, the backstop is in there. this is what michel barnier has said today. he said that the backstop is the maximum amount of flexibility that the eu can offer to a nonmember state. the eu is ready to explore

all avenues that the uk government represent and that are compatible with the withdrawal agreement. this is clear from with the withdrawal agreement. this is clearfrom him. borisjohnson will be pointing to the conversations he had during the g7 meetings with various european leaders and pointing to that in terms of areas where he feels progress can be made. for him, it is a difficult time. tomorrow, we understand that he is going to be meeting with conservative potential rebels, so former ministers and backbenchers who are considering siding with the opposition in terms of trying to block the new deal break to forcing boris johnson of trying to block the new deal break to forcing borisjohnson into legislation that would mean he would have to ask the eu for an extension. in terms of that, what we understand is that those former ministers will be asking what evidence is there the progress has been made? this intervention by michel barnier at this moment for boris johnson intervention by michel barnier at this moment for borisjohnson next that a difficult sell. in terms of

borisjohnson himself, that a difficult sell. in terms of boris johnson himself, he that a difficult sell. in terms of borisjohnson himself, he too has been speaking to the newspapers. he has talked about how the different sides of the tory party need to choose what side they own, they are either going to be backing jeremy corbyn‘s side, as he sees it, or sticking with the government. there have been reports, not confirmed but not denied by downing street, that those tories who might side with the opposition parties in terms of trying to block new deal —— no—deal, they might not get the opportunity to stand in a general election. one of the things that has marked this parliament above all of the other recent parliaments is the lack of discipline. as philip hammond dryly pointed out in his response to that suggestion of blocking mps from standing, he said quite a lot of the current cabinet rebelled against the

governments and kept theirjob. now, pulling the discipline threads might be too late because presumably some of the people like philip hammond might not even be thinking about standing at the next election. he might be thinking just to stick with his principles are not particularly ca re his principles are not particularly care about the impact on any future career. philip hammond pointed out that eight of the current cabinet members had voted against theresa may does ‘s deal. describing it as hypocrisy. they are making the point that they did the very thing that the government now is saying that it's an mp shouldn't be doing. it will be difficult to see how downing street would actually manage to convince those people to stick with them if those tory backbenchers believe that borisjohnson is

heading for a new deal brexit. the government says it doesn't want to know deal brexit, but wants to do a deal with the european union. when you have michel barnier sang he thinks a new deal brexit is likely, it suggests, and also saying he will not go down the route of getting rid of the backstop, it suggests that a new deal brexit is more than likely to happen in that scenario. for those tory rebels, former government members, it is difficult to see how they would believe... how they would stay onside. thank you very much. pro—democracy activists in hong kong are planning to shut down key parts of the territory's transport network in the latest wave of protests. five people remain in a serious condition in hospital after yesterday's demonstrations descended into some of the worst violence seen since the protests began in march. our china correspondent stephen mcdonnellsent this update.

activists had to an extent at least achieve their goal here at the airport in hong kong. that gate there is where passengers would normally come out to reach bosses. you can see it is closed. here is a barricade that has been built to stop them coming in or out. the idea was to cause transport chaos. here are of the protesters, the activists who defied the authorities, defied warnings that having a gathering like this risks arrest, the potential of being charged with illegal assembly. they are mooning around the airport from place to place trying to block various parts of the transport infrastructure, for example the airport express train service had to be stopped as well. it can only be a matter of time

until the police try and clear them away from here, but you can tell that this problem is going to keep going for many hours at the airports u nless going for many hours at the airports unless protesters are forced to go. now we can speak to a pro—democracy protestor yu—chek cheng, who was at the protests yesterday, but has stayed at home today. thank you for speaking to us. i'm sure you're monitoring very carefully what is going on through the course of the day. what is the intention behind targeting the airport? well, the airport certainly is probably the most important transport facility in hong kong. of course, the airport will attract a lot of international attention, a

lot of international attention, a lot of international media attention. there is a certain sense that the endgame is approaching. it is now clear that the administration will not respond to the demands of the pro—democracy movement. there are suggestions that perhaps the administration will pass ordinance that will give the government widespread powers to deal with the demonstrations and protests. there we re demonstrations and protests. there were arrests of three pro—democracy legislators on friday, plus some prominent student activists. there is the sense that the final showdown is the sense that the final showdown is coming. there will be a student strike and workers strike starting on monday and tuesday. strike and workers strike starting on monday and tuesdaylj strike and workers strike starting on monday and tuesday. i suppose in a sense this is a critical week. it is the start of the school year. a

lot of people returning to work. if you can effectively bring a lot of that to a standstill. that will have a greater impact than many of these we can protests have had so far. are you not concerned that if the hong kong authorities were to use the emergency ordinance that i think the british used back in 1967 which gave them such sweeping powers, that would be the opportunity to use the kind of crackdown that could be extremely bloody. exactly. there is an awareness that since beijing is relu cta nt to an awareness that since beijing is reluctant to mobilise the army the ordinance may be another option. such an option will also seriously damage business confidence in hong kong and seriously affect hong kong's functioning as an

international financial centre. nonetheless, it seems that the protesters are prepared for the worst. there is a certain feeling that when there is an opportunity for hong kong people to take a stand, then they will choose to do so. otherwise, the opportunity may not come again. people are saying that they are willing to make a certain sacrifice to demonstrate at this point, although they don't have high expectations that the demands will be met. that is the really worrying stage we have reached, that many of the protesters are pessimistic that somehow the hong kong authorities or the government and beijing will back down over this. the authorities are worried about the imminence of the anniversary of the foundation of the communist state. they want to be a time ofjoy celebration. these two

people things are running against each other and the resolution looks rather bleak. yes. the vast majority of hong kong people are now worried that they can see no satisfactory outcome. they don't know what will happen in the future and they are very worried about the effectiveness and legitimacy of the government in the years to come. it is generally understood that the chinese leadership will not bow to the demands of a mass movement, that they are worried about the impact of hong kong and other parts of china. the president is in difficulty. he is most reluctant to be seen to be wea k is most reluctant to be seen to be weak in dealing with the crisis in hong kong. in those circumstances...

in those circumstances, why continue with the protests? aren't you laying the ground for a massacre? the general concern is that people don't wa nt to general concern is that people don't want to give up. it is too late to give up. there is a certain sense of solidarity with those who have already made the sacrifices, been arrested and so on, so people believe that they should continue. we are most grateful for used speaking to us and we will watch the events today with great interest and respect. thank you for your time. at least five people have been killed and many more injured in the second mass shooting in texas within a month. three police officers are among the injured in the cities of midland and odessa. the suspect was shot dead in a stand—off with police, as andy moore reports. five killed, that is confirmed by the police chief... at first it was thought two gunmen were on the loose. panic spread far and wide.

people were evacuated from this shopping centre, including the presenter at the local tv station. there are people running through the mall, not sure why. are we going to go back to programming? no, we're going to leave and slip away, we don't know what is going on. as the gunman was finally cornered near a cinema complex, people were urged to take cover. police said the gunman had started his shooting spree after a simple traffic stop. several police officers were among the injured, and a child under two. he is a white male in his mid—30s. i don't have a positive identification on him yet. i have an idea who he is, but i won't release that information until we are absolutely positive. the vice—president said the white house was being fully briefed on the incident. the president and i and our administration remain absolutely determined to work with leaders

of both parties and congress to take such steps that we can address and confront the scourge of mass atrocities in our country. there have been 140 victims of such mass atrocities so far this year. the same as in the whole of last year. the headlines on bbc news: the eu's lead brexit negotiator michel barnier says the uk has now reached a ‘moment of truth‘ — and rejects demands for the irish backstop to be scrapped. the prime minister's message to his own party — he tells tory rebels to back him or side withjeremy corbyn. at least five people are dead in the second mass shooting in texas in a month. schools in england rated ‘outstanding' by ofsted will no longer be exempt from inspections under new government plans. the department for education says

that, as of last summer, this almost 300 schools hadn't been assessed for more than a decade. it said the changes would give parents up—to—date information about their child's education and ensure standards remain high. alexandra mackenzie reports. it's the beginning of a new school year. time for the education secretary to unveil what he calls a raft of new measures for schools in england. high performing schools will receive funding to provide more support for ones that are struggling. top—rated schools will no longer be exempt from routine ofsted inpections. some have not been inspected for a decade. and to turn around the most challenging schools, a new specialist academy trust is to be piloted. this will help those that have been underperforming for some time. this comes just after the pm's announcement of billions of pounds of extra spending for primary and secondary schools in england over the next three years.

the government says it will now focus on standards in education, and supporting the teaching staff. labour says this is an embarrassing admission, but the education policies of successive tory governments have failed. and too many of its offered solutions just offer more of the same. i'm joined now by laura mcinerney, former editor of schools week and guardian education columnist. you follow this on a great deal of detail. what was the government sang ten yea rs detail. what was the government sang ten years ago? at the time, the reason for the outstanding exemption coming in was about autonomy, rewarding the best school leaders and saying they could be free to do whatever they needed to do as long as they were doing it well. at the

same time, were staring down the barrel of austerity. it was a way of saving money, as well. the consequence has been that there are schools that were rated as outstanding a decade ago that nobody from outside has been into sense. that's right. in fact, more than a decade. this rule was brought in at 2011 and some of them hadn't been seen for three orfour 2011 and some of them hadn't been seen for three or four years. it's probably unlikely that anything bad was going on, if there was a warning flare in the data people would have gone back, but we don't know if there were schools had started to slip. once you ease the inspection regime, people will take the right of the bill. perhaps other priorities to the government inspectors. presumably, it doesn't mean suddenly inspectors will start appearing in every school. the national association of head teachers are ofsted has had a fair

amount of austerity over the last ten years. has it got the inspectors to suddenly go marching back in to inspecting schools? ofsted has had significant budget reductions and has taken on a bigger brief. it is likely that there will be a hassle over resources . likely that there will be a hassle over resources. also, will there be legal changes needed ? over resources. also, will there be legal changes needed? how quickly the government will be able to do this is open for debate. they are committed to trying. it looks like schools will turn into one of the electoral battle ground for the general election, which most people think is coming sooner rather than later. schools in england are the only bit of the uk that have direct responsibility to whitehall. gavin williamson hasn't had any previous connection to the education world. what are the challenges for the government? the big one is funding.

over the last couple of days they have come out blazing saying we need to put more cash into schools. in 2017, one of the education ministers last thursday because local people stood up against him talking about school funding. they have learned from that. schools that have struggled for quite a long time, back eight or nine years ago, the big view from the government was let's make the schools into academies. some of the schools now are struggling to get an academy just to take them over, so the government is doing more to encourage schools to take over those that are struggling. thank you very much. hurricane dorian is drawing ever closer to the bahamas and the south—eastern coast of the united states. it's a category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 145mph. dorian's route has been very difficult to forecast but with heavy rain and severe storm surges are expected, its potential to cause huge damage remains high. gareth barlow reports.

seen from space, hurricane dorian is scything through the atlantic ocean. with the storm's path therein, communities from florida to georgia and the ca rolinas communities from florida to georgia and the carolinas are preparing for the might of mother nature. dorian will head the bahamas first. the bahamas are going to get absolutely levelled by this thing because it is a strong storm. the bahamas are flat, they have no defence to the storm and it will churn over there, done perhaps two feet of rain. as the hurricane head then, the ship still out. the united states navy moving away from the storm's path. it isa moving away from the storm's path. it is a similar message for communities and the caribbean. we are moving as many possible. still, there are many residents who are refusing to move. we sent this final plea asking them to kindly move themselves to safer ground. the caribbean and the southern states are ready for the wind, rain and

storm surges. the region is more than use to severe weather. all that is left now is to hang tight and be hopeful. let's take a look at some more of today's top stories. figures compiled by the bbc show that more migrants crossed the english channel in small boats to enter the uk in august than any other month on record. the home office says 66 people made the journey yesterday alone. home secretary priti patel met her french counterpart in paris on thursday to discuss a joint response to the rise in crossings. elections in two states in eastern germany are set to yield a surge in support for the far right. angela merkel‘s christian democrats are expected to lose support to the far—right alternative fordeutschland party in brandenburg and saxony. exit polls are due late this afternoon. tributes are being paid to formula 2 driver anthoine hubert, who was killed in a crash at the belgian grand prix yesterday. former f1 driver fernando alonso

posted on twitter saying, "i have no words. it hurts the heart". lewis hamilton wrote on instagram: "this is devastating. god rest your soul, anthoine". plenty more on this story in our sport bulletin shortly. the trade war between the world's two biggest economies has intensified with the united states imposing new tariffs on a range of chinese goods. $100 billion dollars' worth of chinese products are being hit with an extra 15% charge from sunday. items affected include food, clothes, text books and smart watches. china has started to impose retaliatory tariffs on american imports worth about $75 billion. let's talk to our business correspondent katie prescott. good to have you with us this morning. this looks very straightforward like tit—for—tat.m it? i think what is really interesting about the tariffs coming

in today as they will hit american high schools for the first time. whereas previous rounds of tariffs have been on things like steel, these are on things that are tangible, the people buy every day. things like nappies, textbooks, paint brushes, pencils. they will start to see price rises. retailers say there is very little they can do to stop passing that on to the consumer. it is a 15% rise in tariffs. some people say that the cost of the average american household every year could be $800. so it is the potential to make this seem less of an argument for the executives, the manufacturers, the big folk of the top. this will hit on the high street. will that change policy or affects the progress of the talks between the two sides? they say they will talk again this month. they don't seem to be anywhere near a resolution. there is

anywhere near a resolution. there is a real dilemma here. this will hit the american voter, the people who could put a lot of pressure on donald trump. i spoke recently to one of his former trade executives who said the president willjust keep going. what he really wants to do is change the way that china does business, but also bring more manufacturing back to america. those are his and ghouls. peoplejust keep going until he achieves that. although the site may come together again in september, people are talking about a resolution in 2020, even beyond. what impact does this happen since we have had this process of tariffs? what impact is that having on their respective economies? does it make any dent at all? is it stopping people importing goods? absolutely. it is interesting because it is likely reshaping global trade. for example, american farmers who sold a huge amount of

soybeans to china are now finding that that market is less open to them because it is far cheaper for them because it is far cheaper for them to buy soybeans from brazil. abercrombie and fitch said this week there will cut the amount of clues that the manufacturer in china from 2596 that the manufacturer in china from 25% to 20%. we are talking about the world's two biggest economies. china is american because my biggest trading partner. it is not simple to move supply chains that have been there for a very long time to india, for example, or vietnam. there are signs that businesses are thinking about it, but it would be easy. events are taking place to mark 80 years since hitler's invasion of poland. two days later, britain and france declared war on germany. ceremonies began in the early hours of this morning in the polish city of wielun where the bombs first fell. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, willjoin more than a0 world leaders at commemorations in warsaw today.

as war beckoned eight decades ago, britain began evacuating 1.5 million people, most of them children, from cities to the countryside. operation pied piper was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in britain's history. hannah gray has been speaking to some of those wartime evacuees. sun in the sands, where i first had my alcoholic drink at the age of ten. the age of ten? a glass of cider. roger is 91. he's brought his granddaughter to the village he was evacuated to 80 years ago. ten years old, nearly 11 and of course i was evacuated to the beautiful village of lamberhurst. can you remember the date that you got evacuated? yes, friday the 1st of september 1939. this building here is the former butcher's shop where i stayed for the first five months.

roger was one of 1.5 million people evacuated at the outbreak of world war ii. newsreel: so it's goodbye to the cities and danger areas. labelled and loaded and not forgetting their gas masks, the children head for the special train, and they're not worrying, they're off on a holiday. how were you feeling? were you afraid? no, it was great, we loved it because the battle of britain was being fought over us, the skies full of vapour trails, planes coming down in flames, parachutists coming down, we thought it was quite exciting. and this was the kitchen. stone floor. reg and mary remember it vividly too. they were only nine. we stayed in london through the blitz and then we went to, i think, north devon then, and my mum took seven children because the youngest was a baby in arms,

so we were all separated. we took condensed milk, a big bar of cadbury's chocolate but i'm afraid that got eaten before we got to paddington station! so we got to the village and then you're in front of all these people standing there, you get picked out like prize cattle. really did. the good—looking ones, in the end, and this other boy from paddington who i've never seen since, we was the last two. i remember the children being very nasty to us, calling us bomb dodgers and "go back to where you live" and all that. later on, every evacuee wants to run away. i had a mate, a fellow i knew up at the recreation club, he run away three times. the police took him back. and a word of advice for younger generations. not to take everything for granted

because you never know if war breaks out and the next one would be... god knows, you know? but i always tell people, i'd never die on a monday. it's pension day. hannah gray, bbc news. that report on operation pied piper and we will be hearing later from the polish ambassador to london about commemoration is taking place there. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers claire cohen and fraser nelson — that's coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. the first day of september, the first day of autumn for meteorologists so it feels apt that there is a cool feel to our weather

today, sunshine but