this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm: labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no—deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. the route will be by legislation because i believe there has got to be legislation in place to lock this and make it unlawful for him to take us out without a deal. the cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliament's orders if no deal legislation is passed. let's see what the legislation says. you're asking me about a pig and a poke. i will wait to see what legislation the opposition may try to bring forward. the eu's lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has now reached a "moment of truth".

he rejects borisjohnson‘s demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas — us forecasters describe the conditions there as "catastrophic". it's going to go hundreds of miles. we expect that most of the eastern seaboard will be ultimately impacted, and some of it very, very severely. pro—democracy activists in hong kong target the city's airport — after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks poland for forgiveness.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour says it'll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, it's likely to delay the date of departure. the cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to implementing such a change even if it's approved by mps — saying ministers would wait to see what happens in westminster this week. here's our political correspondent, susana mendonca. protesters took to the streets across the country this weekend to object to the government's decision to suspend parliament, which has been viewed by some as an attempt to block debate over brexit.

there will be more action from mps promising to bring in a new law to prevent no—deal at the end of october. but how do you get politicians from different parties, and with very different endgames, to work together? very simple. the route will be by legislation because i believe there has got to be legislation in place to lock this and make it unlawful for him to take us out without a deal. it's a very simple plan. but i was concerned that over the summer, lots of people were talking about different plans. there have been lots of plans. we needed one plan to come back. labour is working with other political parties, including the lib dems and the snp, to force an extension deadline. but the minister in charge of no—deal planning would not be drawn on whether the government would abide by any new law that the mps brought in. for a government to say we won't abide by legislation is impossible, surely? well, we will see what the legislation says when it is put forward. for me, the most important thing is to bear in mind, actually, we already have legislation

in place, which an overwhelming majority of mps voted for. we already have an eu withdrawal act, we already have the notice on article 50, the process by which we leave the european union. the overwhelming majority of mps voted to do that. the prime minister has insisted he is making progress with the eu. but that claim appears to have been contradicted by the eu's own chief negotiator michel barnier. he said the eu had already shown maximum flexibility on the issue of the irish backstop, which is the insurance policy designed to maintain an open border between the uk and ireland. more ad campaigns to prepare people for a possible no—deal brexit will start this week. but the government insists there will not be food shortages. there will be no shortages of fresh food. some prices may go up, other prices will come down. but that is unlikely to allay the fears of critics who have warned of shortages and delays at the border.

that was susana mendonca with the report. well, earlier, i spoke to susana. she explained that it wasn'tjust labour politicians who are angry at the idea of the government ignoring any new legislation, which might be passed to prevent no—deal. we have heard from a former tory minister, who said that mr gove‘s willingness to flout the rules was a disgrace to our democracy. quite angry reactions to that. the government is saying that labour is not giving detail on what the timeframe would be. if it wanted to stop a no—deal brexit on the 31st of october, when would be the date of brexit? it is criticising labour for that. this comes off the back of the protests we have seen over the weekend against the government's decision to suspend parliament, which the government says is about the queen's speech. but critics say that it's about

trying to stifle debate on brexit. the forefront of many people's minds is how it is going to hit them in the pocket. one of those things is the subject of food shortages. there has been a lot of concern about this. michael gove was asked about this in his interview and he categorically said he thought there would be no food shortages of fresh food. well, we have had a different response from the british retail consortium, who have said that is categorically untrue. that's the quote from them. they have rejected the claims, saying the government's own assessments show the flow of goods would be reduced by a0 to 60% on day one after a no—deal brexit. they are contradicting what we have heard from michael gove. michael gove said a pig and a poke, let's see what the legislation says this week. as far as the week ahead goes, what is coming up? this is going to be a pretty busy week. i think the key thing for the mps want to stop a no—deal brexit, is whether they have the number and the time to get it through parliament.

parliament is going to be suspended, it week on monday, potentially, or thereabouts. the time is very short. they are also looking at whether they will get enough tory rebels tojoin them. we understand some conservative backbenchers and former ministers are going to be meeting with the prime minister tomorrow. he will be wanting to outline to them where his negotiations with the eu are going, and whether or not that is enough to get them on side. we have seen from michel barnier today, talking about the idea of an irish backstop is not negotiable, as far as he is concerned. that, no doubt, will have an impact on mps who are thinking about going with the opposition. we are expecting more protests as well. there will be a couple of court cases. a very busy week. all the while, we have the government wanting to talk about its spending plans later this week and talking about education spending, wanting to focus on those domestic issues. that is the thing about prompting the idea that the government is going for a general election.

that was susana mendonca. hurricane dorian has become the strongest storm in modern records to hit the northwestern bahamas, according to the national hurricane centre in the united states. the centre said catastrophic conditions were now occurring in the abaco islands, with sustained winds of up to 185 miles an hour. in the us, florida, georgia, and north and south carolina have declared states of emergency. residents have been urged to stock up with enough food, water and medicine to last at least a week. i spoke to nick miller from the bbc weather centre for the latest update. the i have that storm making an impact in the bahamas. you can see

the check of the system here, and it's moving towards the bahamas and the indication of where possibly it's going to be going next. we'll get to that in just a moment. i it's going to be going next. we'll get to that injust a moment. i came on shift this morning and it was to category four, strengthens to the higher category five, but it's rapidly intensifying further as a category five hurricane. you don't see that you often. it is something which is just incredible and it is bearing down right now on the northern bahamas, with, as the national hurricane centre said, catastrophic conditions, about as bad as it gets. what is it bringing? what are the bahamas experiencing? i talked about sustained winds of 185 mph. the national hurricane centre, which flies planes into the systems, measure everything else, recorded a wind gust over 200 mph. those are the gusts,

which are stronger than the winds. you've got those destructive winds. the winds will drop out, but as the other side of the eye moves in, the winds pick up again. that's only one part of it. there is rain to go along with that as well. 30 inches of rain, more than 750 mm, and that brings flash flooding. and then you got the storm surge. all of those elements made worse by the fact this is slow—moving at the moment, and still intensifying, though it may weaken with interaction of the bahamas. the winds last longer, the rain lasts longer, the storm surge because more of an issue too, with all those elements, you get the storm surge coming in with the eye. the rain can make out long ahead of the strong as winds moving in.

certainly, as that centre of the hurricane moves in and makes landfall, the conditions get absolutely much worse. let's talk about that track and where it is headed next. there have been a lot of questions about it lying off the coast of the us. if it does, will it still have the same disruptive power? you are right about the uncertainty — last weekend, it might have marched through florida. it is still sitting in the centre of it, in this forecast, off the coast of the carolinas. at some stage, it is going to take a turn to the north. the question is when it does that. and how close to the coast of florida will it get? what sort of impacts will be felt in florida? it may welljust parallel that coastline of the southeast of the usa, before we get to georgia

and on towards the carolinas. you can see the movement of this on the satellite picture is for the storm to be heading west at the moment. this is the track from the national hurricane centre. the line there indicating what the best idea is, but the blue shading shows the range of possibilities. it's still possible it could make landfall in florida before it starts to take that turn to the north, but this forecast track of rain and wind here has it not making landfall — but you can but you can see it's still rainy, very windy on the coast of florida. there have been storms that haven't made landfall in the southeast usa but still have been deadly storms. some uncertainty about the track but there will be certainly some

impact regardless of the track. well, in the last hour, president donald trump has been attending a briefing on hurricane dorian at the federal emergency management agency. let's take a listen to what the president had to say. i ask everyone in hurricane dorian positing paths to all warnings and evacuation orders and local authorities. we should watch. it's been looking. it's been building out there. it's moving really slowly. it's a bad thing, not a good thing. the slower it moves, the bigger it is in the bigger it gets. but we wa nt is in the bigger it gets. but we want them in mice any unnecessary risk to the public and... our first responders have been working very hard. getting fuel, gasoline brought m, hard. getting fuel, gasoline brought in, because they've never seen anything like it, the rush to get so much, and the coast guard and the army in the marines have been incredible. we have a tremendous man of gasoline brought in. americans are strong. determined, and resilient, and we were support each other and work very hard to minimise whatever the effect of what is

coming at us. we don't even know what's coming at us. we just know it is possibly the biggest i am not even sure i have heard of a category five. i knew it existed and seen some category four, but the category five is something that i don't of that i never even... that is what we have, unfortunately. president donald trump there with the latest, following a briefing on hurricane dorian. polls have now closed in eastern germany in two regional elections two states in the former communist east of germany — brandenburg and saxony — have been voting today. we are getting some exit polls from brandenburg. they suggest that the social democrats who currently lead a coalition governing the state are likely to emerge with around 27.5% of the vote. alternative for germany's vote has risen to 22.5%.

angela merkel‘s party, the cdu, are on 15.5%. and the greens — whose vote share has also risen — are on 10%. and here's the exit poll from saxony. let's just take a look at those figures. chancellor merkel‘s cdu party look set to remain as the largest party there with around 32% of the vote. alternative for germany have made gains, however. they are on 27.5%. the greens are on 9%. and the social democrats are on 8%. let's get the latest from our correspondence in germany, damien mcguinness. it can be, at first glance, a quick confusing picture. there were two trends. firstly, the afd come that

far right oculus party you mentioned, how did they do? —— populist party. they have done well, but they have not done quite as well as they hoped because, in brandenburg, until today, they were neck and neck with the ruling ce ntreleft neck and neck with the ruling centreleft spd party, the party in coalition with angela merkel‘s government and the national government. they had hoped, the afd, to come first. that would have been an historic win for the afd. they would not have got into government but they will have gotten a real boost and it would have meant it would pave the way almost for future coalitions with the afd and other governments in the future. that did not happen, so in fact, the afd have done well but not quite as well as they wanted to. the other trend that we can pull out from this figures is how did the two ruling parties that govern together in angela merkel‘s national government, how did they do? that is the centreleft social democrats and angela merkel‘s

conservative. they will be breathing a sigh of relief because both of those parties have been running governments in these two states since german reunification. there had been fears, particular in brandenburg, they may be pushed into second place by the populist afd party. they are likely not to stay in power in both of the states. not a great result. they both take a bit ofa a great result. they both take a bit of a hit but considering how the poles were looking a while ago, they have done better than many people expected. ministers breathing a sigh of relief today. a sigh of relief, damien, but there are even talks of cracks in that coalition. yeah, it's not a happy marriage, really come a big is the centreleft spd —— really, because the centreleft spd... left—wingers in that party, they say they want to quit the coalition which could bring down the government. that was the worry about

the elections today. if the social democrats had done catastrophically badly in brandenburg, that pressure would have built on the left—wing party to split from angela merkel‘s conservatives and effectively bring down the government. because i did not happen, it really is a sign for the centre and angela merkel‘s party and in the centreleft social democrats the centre is holding on us. democrats the centre is holding on us. the cracks haven't gone away. they have just been papered over. for now committee coalition is not collapsing but the argument are still going on and that is likely to carry on for next few months now. will the afd returning their attention to the next election, in october? will be future and that's? that is right. these were the key ones because saxony as a homeland of the afd, brandenburg doing

incredibly well in the polls, so this will be a bit of a blow for them. as i say, they've made strong gains, they have done very well, a wave of 20%, but not quite as was they expected. they have not broken a barrier. if they had done a bit better, it would have pave the way for future coalitions in future governments and that is what they really wa nt. governments and that is what they really want. they have got their eyes on powerful stub that, for now it's not looking like it's going to be the case and it's still the case that no other party will work with them. there was no sign of them getting into government, either regionally for now or certainly not nationally. that was damien mcguinness speaking with me earlier, those election results coming out in saxony, germany. it is 19 minutes past six p:m.. the headlines on bbc news: labour's brexit spokesman, keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no—deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. the cabinet minister reponsible for no—deal preparations,

michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliament's orders, if no—deal legislation is passed. the eu's lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, rejects boris johnson's demands for the irish backstop to be scrapped. to business news. the trade war between the united states and china has intensified with the imposition of new tariffs or taxes on many consumer goods. the us has imposed a 15% tariff on over $100 million worth of chinese imports. china has responded with similar tariffs on us goods. our business correspondent katie prescott is here. this is important, isn't it? it really is, and this is the latest round ina really is, and this is the latest round in a trade war that's been going on for almost two years now as donald trump tries to push china,

really change the way it does business. and it's so significant as we are talking but the world's two biggest economies, america bringing in $550 billion worth of goods from china every year, it's biggest treating partner. and this is really, really different to tariffs before, things on aluminium and steel, things that hit business artifice of this is going to hit american consumers squarely in the pocket. these tariffs coming in on close, food, nappies. businesses saying they will have little choice but to pass these costs onto consumers, because it is far more than they could absorb. this could cost $800 or £650 every month. there is an awareness in the shop administer ration this going to cost consumers, and that is why they have split the way these tariffs are being introduced —— and awareness in the trump administration. after

black friday, christmas shopping out of the way, but that is to going to mean there were tariffs on everything that america imports from china by the end of the year. the big question is now, when might we see an end to all of this? and it looks like there isn't one insight, frankly. both sides refusing to back down, and although discussions are continuing in september, i'm afraid in the meantime, it truly american and chinese businesses and shoppers who are suffering for of this. 0k, katie prescott, inc. you very much indeed. —— katie prescott, thank you very much indeed. in hong kong, there've been fresh confrontations between police and pro—democracy demonstrators trying to bring hong kong's international airport to a standstill. last night, some protestors on the hong kong metro were beaten by police. with the latest from the airport, here's our correspondent stephen mcdonnell. activists have to an extent at least achieved their goal here at the airport in hong kong.

that gate there is where passengers would normally come out to reach buses — 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. and here are the protesters, the pro—democracy activists, who have again defied the authorities, defied warnings that to have a rally like this risks arrest, risks the potential of being charged with illegal assembly. and they are moving around the airport from place to place, trying to block various parts of the transport infrastructure. the protesters are running in that direction and that's because police have just arrived. and it had to be only a matter of time, given the transport chaos we have seen here today.

so this is the movement in action. they have a discussion and then work out what to do. the most important thing for them is to try and escape the airport area without being arrested. they have deployed delaying tactics, including building barricades and the like, to try and slow the police down. that is to give these people enough time to walk out of the airport area. but as i say, the priority now in this hit and run strategy, they have done the hit bit — now they need to run. that was stephen mcdonnell. at least five people have been killed — and more than 20 injured — by a gunman in the us state of texas. the gunman, a white man in his 30s, was later shot dead by police in the town of odessa.

john mcmanus has the report. the terrifying moment a gun suspect crashed his vehicle into a police car, filmed by a bystander in texas. a road chase ended with police officers confronting him at this cinema complex then shooting him dead. the chase began after an officer who stopped the man's car for a traffic check was shot. the suspect then drove off, hijacking a us postal van and randomly shooting at other vehicles. just driving around, normal day, and then i hear gunshots. it was at least ten shots, ok. i got one on my door and one went through, ricocheted right here through my wrist. can't get it out yet, because it's a piece of metal. a two—year—old was amongst those injured. as the authorities broadcast warnings, the public were cleared from this shopping mall. there's something, there are people running through the mall. we're not sure why. we need to see what this is. come on, everybody. and this local tv station had to hastily evacuate their studio. 0k, we're going to leave the set—up, we're going to slip awayjust for a minute. we don't know what's going on.

he is a white male in his mid—30s. as far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims. 21 shooting victims. and at least five deceased at this point in time. there's no sign of a let—up in american gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been hundreds of gun attacks. john mcmanus, bbc news. we are hearing from our north america correspondent that the number of dead following that has risen to seven. the international committee of the red cross says it believes that more than 100 people have been killed in a saudi—led coalition air strike in yemen. the attack hit a detention centre run by the houthi rebels in the western city of dhamar. the red cross said teams were searching the rubble, but that the chances of finding anyone alive were very low. a man has died after two stabbings in basingstoke, which police have described as potentially linked and targeted. he was found injured after police

were called to an address last night and died later in hospital. another man was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds after being found nearby shortly afterwards. a 16—year—old is among four people to have been arrested. police investigating a fatal hit—and—run in birmingham have named the victim and appealed for public help to trace an audi estate car. 29—year—old rajesh chand was crossing a road in handsworth in the early hours of yesterday, when he was hit by a vehicle that failed to stop. west midlands police said a 30—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the incident. he remains in custody. the president of poland has warned that that the world has not the president of poland has warned that the world has not fully learned the lessons from the the nazi occupation of europe during the second world war. speaking during a day of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the conflict, andrzej duda said imperialism

had returned to europe. earlier, a ceremony took place in the town of wielun, which was the first to suffer aerial bombardment during the conflict. the german chancellor, angela merkel, and the us vice president, mike pence, were among those who observed a military parade in the polish capital, warsaw. while the hearts of every american are with our fellow citizens in the path of a massive storm, today, we remember how the gathering storm of the 20th century broke into warfare and invasion, followed by unspeakable hardship and heroism of the polish people. that was us vice president there. our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, gave us this update on today's speeches. the vice president mike pence

from the united states was very complimentary of the polish resistance, polish refusal to give in, to surrender, to the notjust one but two brutal occupations at the start of the second world war — the nazis and the soviet union. he also referenced contemporary poland, howjohn paul ii came here and inspired the solidarity opposition movement to get together, to feel his support, to overcome and overthrow the communist regime. it was actually the polish president during his speech who was most striking. he talked about the absolute terror the nazi occupation launched here in poland. he said that poland and the world has not fully learnt the lessons from that absolute terror. he said that imperialism is on the rise again in europe today.

adam easton there. the hand of god would have been a welcome intervention for the pope this morning, who was running late for his weekly mass at the vatican. he eventually arrived at his balcony overlooking st peter's square, where he explained himself to his anxious congregation. translation: before anything, i need to apologise for being late. there was an incident. i was stuck in the lift for 25 minutes. there was a problem with the power and the lift stopped. thanks to god, the fire brigade came. and thank you very much to them. and after 25 minutes of work, they managed to get going. a round of applause for the fire brigade. in a few minutes' time, viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round—up of the day's news with mishal husain. before that, time for a look at the weather with nick miller. it may have turned cooler today, but there has been a fair amount of sunshine, a few passing showers,

though many places stay dry. cloud after a sunny start to the day. this is eastern scotland. it's parts of eastern scotland and north—east england that have seen heavy showers, some thundery. high pressure to the south—west of the uk. the flow around that is introducing cooler air. showers which have been moving southward through the day. tonnight, a few showers to be had. cloud and showers moving away from northern ireland this evening at across scotland, northern england, parts of wales. but away from that, lots of dry and clear weather. that allows temperatures to dip, cooler than it was last night. in rural spots temperatures could be mid to low single figures. into tomorrow. mostly starting dry with sunshine. cloud and rain into northern ireland. that will move across scotland, northern england too. patchy rain affecting wales and south—west england. the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, even though cloud will increase,

will stay dry. temperatures here a little higher than they have been. beyond monday, there is an atlantic influence, so there will be further weather systems coming in. tuesday, you can see the cloud moving in. some outbreaks of rain. the further east you are in england, likely to stay dry. a few sunny spells. the temperature a little higher, as high as 24. midweek temperatures coming down again. we have a cold front moving southwards as we go into wednesday. isobars turning around. we all feel a chill in northern scotland by the end of wednesday. early rain clearing away from the south—east. further showers moving in across scotland to northern ireland and into northern england. northern scotland only around 12—13. 28 best in the south—east. for much of the uk, sticking around the mid—teens.

after the start of the week, temperatures will be at or below average for the time of year. some rain at times, some sunny spells. and some chilly nights.

mps opposed to a no—deal brexit say they'll try to push through a law this week to prevent it. they return to westminster on tuesday, meaning there are just a few days available before parliament is suspended. the purpose of the legislation is clear, and that is to prevent us leaving without a deal. obviously, if we're at the 31st october, that will require an extension. but the government's refused to commit — at this stage — to implementing such a law. also on the programme:

president trump's latest tarrifs on chinese goods come into effect, as he urges americans to buy from elsewhere. in texas, seven people are now known to have died after a mass shooting — the second in the state in a month. chaos for passengers at hong kong airport as protestors cause flights to be delayed and cancelled. and... the painters putting coastal erosion in the frame on the cliffs of cornwall. good evening. opponents of a no—deal brexit say they'll present a bill in parliament this week, aimed at preventing the uk leaving the eu without a withdrawal agreement in place. labour's sir keir starmer told the bbc that if the legislation

is passed, it is likely to mean a delay to the current departure date — the 31st of october. cabinet minister michael gove refused to commit the government to implementing such a law, saying it would wait to see what happens in westminster this week. here's our political correspondent iain watson. hey, ho, borisjohson's got to go! a weekend of protests on the streets. a week of rebellion at westminster lies ahead. save our democracy — stop the coup! these demonstrators want the suspension of parliament later this month lifted, but the politicians will still meet this week. opposition mps and some conservative rebels will attempt to stop borisjohnson taking the uk out of the eu without a deal. but how? very simple. the route will be by legislation, because i believe there has got to be legislation in place to lock this and make it unlawful for him

to take us out without a deal. but this could lead to a further delay to brexit. obviously, if we're at the 31st october, that will require an extension, but i think this should be a very short, simple exercise. so, if the opposition parties pass a law to stop no—deal, will the government to respect it? this cabinet minister refused repeated invitations to say that the government would abide by the will of parliament. we will see what the legislation says when it is put forward. let's see what the legislation says. you're asking me about a pig in a poke. let's see what the legislation is that he puts forward. so, what could happen if borisjohnson's defeated? the prime minister has argued that if mps rule out no—deal, it will weaken his hand in negotiations with brussels. so, rather than accept mps' instructions to delay brexit, he may well try to call an early general election instead. but that would need the agreement of two thirds of mps at westminster

and the liberal democrats have said explicitly, and labour have hinted strongly today, that they would only allow this to happen if polling day comes before and not after we leave the european union. of course, all this could be avoided if borisjohnson gets a deal, but michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator, said brussels won't be poring over new plans unless they're very similar to the ones he previously agreed. and this week, the government will step up its campaign to get people ready for brexit. but how ready, really, are we for no—deal? for example, will food supplies be unaffected ? everyone will have the food they need. some prices may go up. other prices will come down. you know it's going to be a big week in parliament when the world's media sets up camp on its doorstep. the next few days could determine how, when and, indeed, if we leave the european union. iain's in westminster now.

how much pressure does all of this place on the prime minister and his brexit strategy? it puts a huge pressure on the prime minister, who is staring defeat in the face when he comes back here on the face when he comes back here on the 3rd of september, on tuesday. but interestingly, there is also going to be huge pressure placed on certain mps who are planning to rebel against the prime minister to try and prevent no deal. for example, at chequers today we had borisjohnson meeting example, at chequers today we had boris johnson meeting government whips, in charge of discipline and they were planning to turn the screw on mps planning opposition. iain watson, thank you. apologies for the distorted sound on that. the trade war between the united states and china has intensified with new tariffs, or import taxes, coming into effect on many consumer goods. chinese—made headphones and shoes are among the items now subject

to a 15% tariff in the us. china has introduced similar tariffs on american products. our business correspondent katie prescott is here. how far reaching is this, katie? this is just the latest round in a trade war that has been going on for two years trade war that has been going on for two yea rs now. trade war that has been going on for two years now. it's really significant because we are talking about the world's two biggest economies. america brings in about $550 billion worth of chinese goods every year. china is its biggest trading partner. what is really different about this round of ta riffs different about this round of tariffs compared to what's gone before is they will hit consumers squarely in the pocket. whereas ta riffs before squarely in the pocket. whereas tariffs before had been on things like steel and aluminium that have hit industry, this will be on things like food, clothes and nappies, things households by everyday. retailers have said they will have little choice but to pass these costs through to consumers because a 15% charge in bringing things into the country is far too high for them to absorb. the average american household could end up paying about

$800 more a year, that is about £650. there is a real awareness in the donald trump administration that this is going to cost consumers more and that is why he is bringing half the tariffs into day and half in december, once the black friday and christmas shopping period is out of the way. of course, the big question now is, when my descent? the two sides are getting together in september but there has been little sign ofa september but there has been little sign of a deal over the last two yea rs. sign of a deal over the last two years. this could run and run and in the meantime its american consumers, chinese consumers and businesses that are really suffering. katie prescott, thank you. schools in england which have been previously been rated as "outstanding" will no longer be exempt from inspection, following concerns about falling standards. around 300 schools haven't been assessed for more than a decade. the department for education said bringing inspections back would ensure parents had up—to—date information. chi chi izundu reports. tackling underperformance and ensuring standards continue to rise — that's what this plan

is all about, according to the department for education. it wants to improve underperforming schools with initiatives like piloting a new academy trust, to take on the most challenging of schools, funding top schools to support weaker ones, and increasing ofsted inspections because currently if a school has an outstanding rating, it's exempt from having another inspection. in a statement, ofsted said it's argued for exemptions to go because "schools must maintain the highest standards to keep the grade." it added that it had also highlighted "a group of stuck schools that have not been able to improve their standard of education for many years." a national audit report from 2018 found that 296 schools with a mostly outstanding rating actually hadn't been inspected in over a decade. schools like this one, that hasn't been inspected since 2009. some unions welcome the changes, but there are concerns that there's a shortage of ofsted inspectors.

what we worry about is that inspectors are being asked to do a lot more work, a lot more in—depth looking at schools and we are concerned that they simply don't have the resources to do that properly. so we would like to see ofsted properly resourced, so that their judgments are consistent and they're credible. the government says it wants mums and dads to have the most up—to—date information about the quality of the education their children are receiving and in order for them to have that, standards have to improve. chi chi izundu, bbc news. at least seven people have been killed and more than 20 injured by a gunman in the us state of texas. police have said he was a white man in his 30s, and was later shot dead in the town of odessa. john mcmanus has this report. oh, my god, he's fixing to shoot! the terrifying moment a gun suspect crashed his vehicle into a police car, filmed by a bystander in texas. a road chase ended with police officers confronting him at this cinema complex, then shooting him dead. the chase began after an officer who stopped the man's car

for a traffic check was shot. the suspect then drove off, hijacking a us postal van and randomly shooting at other vehicles. just driving around, a normal day, and then i hear gunshots, it was at least ten shots. i got one on my door and one went through, ricocheted right through to my wrist. can't get it out yet because it's a piece of metal. a two—year—old was amongst those injured. as the authorities broadcast warnings, the public were cleared from this shopping mall. there's something, people running through them all, the mall, we're not sure why, we need to se what this is. come on, everybody. and this local tv station had to hastily evacuate their studio. 0k, we're going to leave the set, we're going to slip awayjust for a minute, we don't know what's going on. he is a white male in his mid—30s. as far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims. president trump was clear about where he thought the blame lay. another very sick person.

so, ijust want to thank everybody involved and always you say, as bad as it was, it could have been worse. but it was certainly bad. but there's no sign of a let up in american gun violence. there's been nearly 300 mass gun attacks this year already. john mcmanus, bbc news. thousands of pro—democracy protesters brought chaos to hong kong international airport today, blocking road and rail links and forcing dozens of flights to be cancelled. police in hong kong have meanwhile been defending the use of force to subdue and arrest large numbers of protesters on the subway system. our china correspondentjohn sudworth reports from hong kong. hong kong airport, a vital part of an open, free trading economy under siege. fight forfreedom! with pilots having to clamber over the barriers... ..as the pro—democracy campaign tries to hit this city where it hurts.

well, this is the main airport approach road and, once again, this meandering, leaderless protest movement is showing its ability to take its message to the international community. they come, they disrupt, and, if necessary, melt away and there is very little the authorities can do about it. thousands turned up for the action, and although many flights were still getting away... ..with transport links brought to a standstill, passengers faced major problems. do you support what they're doing? i support what they're doing but there's means and ways of doing it, i don't think this is the right way. hong kong's never had democracy and it's certainly not going to have it in the future, so. what do you make of the disruption? it's bleep. i'm trying to go on my honeymoon. eventually, the police arrived in force, but, as predicted, the protesters had already vanished. moving on to this nearby metro

station, the service, now a target of violence and vandalism for closing stations, giving protesters fewer ways to escape. yesterday, similar acts were met by a fierce response, heavily criticised over accusations that innocent bystanders were caught up in it. it was anger over that incident, though, that helped fuel today's demonstration. with many walking home along the airport expressway, as this city's extraordinary escalating cycle of chaos continued late into the night. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. with all the sport now, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. hello. good evening, michelle. formula one paid tribute to anthoine hubert today, the french driver who was killed in a crash in formula 2 at the spa circuit just 2a hours earlier.

the belgian grand prix wasn't without incident, as ferrari secured their first victory of the season. patrick gearey reports. for a fora minute, for a minute, the engines fell silent. spa paused for the driver killed in the formula 2 race here yesterday, he was only 22. a tragic reminder of the risks drivers face as an occupational hazard. it's lights out and away we go! at the speeds anything can happen. many of the crowd had come to watch max verstappen, born in belgium and yet his race was over within a lap. most importantly, he was unharmed. meanwhile, lewis hamilton was chasing the ferraris. hamilton took longer in the pits than he might have but in his mercedes he knows he can make up time. he passed sebastian vettel into second and went after charles leclaire but the man from monaco had extra motivation to win his first grand prix. he'd race with his friend for many years.

difficult to enjoy the weekend like this. some achievement but one of the moments of his life had been put ina the moments of his life had been put in a sober context. some things are more important. patrick gearey, bbc news. celtic have won the first old firm match of the season, they ended rangers' unbeaten start with a 2—0 win at ibrox. jonny hayes secured the victory in the 93rd minute to see them move three points clear of their rivals at the top of the scottish premiership. rangers also had a man sent off at the end of stoppage time. there was also a big derby in the premier league, tottenham went 2—0 up against arsenal at the emirates stadium, but the gunners fought back for a draw. pierre emerick aubamayang with their equaliser. it finished 2—2. everton are up to 6th in the table. they beat wolves 3—2 at goodsion park in the day's other match in the premier league. their brazilian forward richarlison scored twice. the british fighter luke campbell lost his lightweight world title bout against the champion vasyl lomachenko at london's o2

arena last night. it went the full 12 rounds, which few had predicted, the ukrainian outclassing campbell and getting a unanimous decision from thejudges. the wba and wbo champion adding the wbc title to his collection. the british number one johanna konta is facing the third seed karolina pliskova in the last 16 at the us open. the last british woman to make it beyond the 11th round wasjo durie back in 1983. konta has just lost the first set on a a tie break. you can follow that match on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. about 1000 landscape painters took to the cliffs of cornwall this morning. their aim — to break a record, and help save the coastline's crumbling paths. our arts correspondent, david sillito, explains. i've never seen so many people on this path before, it's incredible.

and so lovely to see and it's a beautiful day. to be here with 1000 artists, it's quite an extraordinary and quite a weird thing, yes. welcome to lands end, one of the most familiar stretches of the british coastline and today, packed with painters. hundreds upon hundreds lined from here to sennen cove, both capturing the beauty but also reminding us of the threats to that beauty. i love it down here, all the granite and crystal clear water and white sand. to be amongst so many other artists as well, i'm usually quite a solitary painter, so i don't really mix with other people doing what i'm doing. there's a much bigger message here and it's trying to get people to understand that by coming to a beautiful place like this in cornwall, you do have a responsibility to look after the area. if anywhere's the front of changing weather patterns it's britain's coastline.

storms can carve out five years' of erosion in a single night. footpaths can turn into gullies, weakening cliffs that can easily give way. other areas have become clifftop deserts. oh, this is what the problem is, isn't it? this path should be narrow and, well, half the cliff has been eroded away. yeah, it's really clear to see the impact on the landscape here at this point, and with hundreds of thousands of people coming through here, the impactjust gets worse every year. an artistic reminder, then, of both the beauty and fragility of our coast. david sillito, bbc news, lands end. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

hello, you're watching bbc news. 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. the 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. archive narrator: 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, i had 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, me and this other boy from paddington who i've never seen since, we was the last two. and i rememberthe 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. there was a cool and fresh feel for all of us today. pleasant in the sunshine. across south—eastern parts of england, temperatures were as high as 21. further north, a few showers, some heavy ones, some thunder as well for across eastern scotla nd thunder as well for across eastern scotland and north—east england. those are pushing away but a few

showers will continue overnight. this high pressure will be crucial over the days ahead. around it, we have currently a north—westerly breeze, but as we head into monday it will be a south—westerly that will bring some milder and cloudier weather. ahead of that, showers continuing over night for the northern half of the uk but clearer skies for eastern scotland, many parts of england and wales. it will be quite chilly once again. those are the temperatures in towns and cities. in rural areas, we could be sitting at three or 4 degrees by the some early sunshine for these southern and eastern parts, but as the wind freshens, so will it introduce a more cloud. there may be a few spots of drizzly rain. most of the rain in northern ireland, northern england and western scotland. not much mean for easter in scotland. four northern parts of the uk, 16 or 17 at best. likewise we should see temperatures a degree or so higherfurther we should see temperatures a degree or so higher further south. a similar picture on tuesday. so with

a south—westerly breeze, not quite as strong on tuesday. eastern areas may stay dry or stop a little bit of brightness and sunshine at times. most rain and drizzle coming in over western areas. temperatures similar to those of monday. but the weather sta rts to those of monday. but the weather starts to change again as we move to the middle of the week. this weather front is perhaps the most significant, that will bring some rain across south—eastern parts of the uk. they could be as much as half an inch of rain overnight which will linger into wednesday morning. that clears away and we look to the north to see some showers and sunshine, a burst of heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland into northern england, could contain some thunderstorms. changing the wind direction on wednesday, go to a north—westerly so temperatures will be dropping. northern parts, back to 15 at best. over the week ahead, we will find fluctuations in the wind direction from a north—westerly to a south—westerly. but that is going to keep it unsettled with some showers or some longer spells of rain.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm: the most powerful storm ever to reach the bahamas has now made landfall. "catastrophic conditions" are forecast. it's been lurking. it's just been building out there. it's been moving very slowly. that's a bad thing, not a good thing. the slower it moves, the bigger it is and the bigger it gets. mps from multiple parties will try to push through a law this week to prevent a no—deal brexit. the purpose of legislation is clear, and that is to prevent us leaving without a deal. obviously, if we're at the 31st of october, that will require an extension. germany's far—right celebrates gains in two state elections — but exit polls suggest they've failed to gain overall control in either place. chaos at hong kong airport as protestors cause flights to be delayed and cancelled.