this is bbc world news today. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the most powerful storm ever to reach the bahamas has made landfall. islanders are warned of "catastrophic conditions". please, of "catastrophic conditions". please heed the warni there please, please heed the warning. there is last—minute transportation thatis there is last—minute transportation that is being provided to get out. germany's far—right celebrates gains in two state elections — but exit polls suggest they've failed to gain overall control in either place. more disruption, more protest. hong kong pro—democracy activists continue their weekend of action, after violent confrontations with police on saturday. and missiles fly in both directions across the border between israel and lebanon. hezbollah says its rockets

destroyed an israeli tank. hello and welcome to world news today. hurricane dorian has made landfall in the bahamas as the worst ever storm to hit the islands. the latest pictures we're getting show the hurricane‘s effects already being felt on the bahaman abaco islands. the us national hurricane centre has warned of "catastrophic conditions" with winds of 260 kilometers an hour, and storm surges of up to seven metres high. here's bbc weather‘s nick miller. it looks like the worst case scenario for the bahamas as hurricane dorian moves in with its destructive winds. of course, it has strengthened. you can see the eye on the satellite picture, always an indication of the power of a hurricane. it's slow moving, too, and that means its destructive winds

last longer, along with the rain. huge amounts of rainfall. and a storm surge. the amount of water above normal tide level coming to the bahamas, particularly the northern islands, the abaco islands into grand bahama. now, after the bahamas, where does it go next? well, continues west but then it looks like it is going to take a turn to the north. this is the forecast track from the usa national hurricane center. along this line here — if it follows that track, it would not make landfall in the usa. but look at the range of possibilities in the blue shaded area. it may still head a little bit further west than this. and it's a distinct possibility that it could still make landfall in florida or anywhere into the south—east of the usa towards the mid—atlantic. as we take a look at the forecast rain and wind after the bahamas, as it takes a turn to the north, eventually, look how close it comes to florida. even if it doesn't make landfall in the usa, it is close enough along this coastline here to bring some significant impacts before eventually it starts to move a little bit quicker and then back out into the atlantic.

but all of these ingredients come with hurricane dorian. it is truly a devastating storm as it stands right now. and all of this is being felt by the bahamas. that was nick miller with that analysis. i've been speaking tojoyjibrilu, the director general for the bahamas ministry of tourism. we are deeply, deeply concerned, and from the photos and images that are coming through, the level of devastation and of course the flooding, the surges, it has given us flooding, the surges, it has given usa flooding, the surges, it has given us a great cause to worry for the island of abaco and grand bahama specifically. there are over 700 islands in total in the bahamas. most won't be affected. what are the main ones you are worried about? i'm glad that you made that point, you are absolutely right. our main island, nassau, with rain and

intermittent wind, is not impacted to the level of abaco and grand bahama, and of course they are our second and third largest island respectively, and huge tourism centre is for us, so deeply, deeply worrying from that standpoint as well as the standpoint of residents, population size and visitor arrival size. but if i can quickly add and say the majority of visitors have actually left the island, so we know that they got off safely. absolutely. you talk about the visitors there. what is your message to tourists who have remained? visitors there. what is your message to tourists who have remained ?m they to tourists who have remained?“ they have remained and they are in those islands, and the numbers are small. in grand bahama, ithink there are only 14 visitors who remained. abaco, there are quite a bit more, over a remained. abaco, there are quite a bit more, overa hundred, but for the most part, they are second homeowners, so resident. but the

same with locals as with visitors. if they are in a low—lying area or close to the shore, we have pleaded with people to go to hurricane shelters and to higher ground. it may be too late now if they haven't done so, and so they would have to weather the storm, but i think most people from all accounts heeded the call to go for shelter. that was joy jibrilu, director—generalforthe bahamas ministry of tourism speaking to mea bahamas ministry of tourism speaking to me a little earlier. polls have now closed in eastern germany in two regional elections. projected results according to an exit poll show the far right alternative for deutschland making gains in the former east german states of brandenburg and saxony, but failing to win the largest vote share in either area. the poll shows victories for establishment parties, with the centre—left social democrats winning brandenburg, and angela merkel‘s cdu maintaining control of saxony. our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness has been assessing the significance of the exit polls

for those establishment parties. there are two main themes here, one of which is how did angela merkel‘s party, the main party, do in the election is? the incumbents are likely to stay in government. angela merkel‘s conservatives who have ruled in saxony since reunification, are likely to stay, and the social democrats in brandenburg who have also ruled since reunification. there had been fears in those parties at the populist would push them both out of government. that would have been disastrous for either party, and would have sparked a crisis in the national government, in angela merkel‘s coalition, because both parties are struggling

with various internal rows at the moment, and they are both trying to find out which direction they are going to go in, both have leadership issues. and if either had suffered a really poor result and been pushed out of government in either saxony oi’ out of government in either saxony or brandenburg, that undoubtedly would have sparked some sort of crisis in the national government, and that hasn't happened, so there is definitely a sigh of relief here in berlin, and the other big stories of course the big gains for the afd, but again not quite as, they have not done quite as well as they had hoped, because certainly in brandenburg, leaders there were hoping to win the most votes. that would have been something historic for the afd, that would have opened the floodgates possibly for future coalitions and regional governments and possibly in the future in the national government, and that is what they were hoping for and it didn't happen. so even though they afd has done well, the party has

done quite as well as it was hoping. that was damien mcguinness speaking from berlin. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the international committee of the red cross says more than a hundred people have been killed in a saudi—led coalition air strike in yemen. the air strikes hit a detention centre run by the houthi rebels in the western city of dhamar. the saudi—led coalition said its attack had destroyed a site where drones and missiles were stored. at least seven people are now known to have died and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. it's the state's second mass shooting in a month. it happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. the gunman has been shot dead by the police and the motives remain unclear. here in britain the cabinet minister reponsible for no—deal preparations has refused to be drawn on whether the government would accept any new legislation that was designed to stop a no—deal. michael gove said the government would wait and see what the legislation said. the opposition labour party said no government was above the law.

the israeli army says it has fired around a hundred shells into south lebanon — targeting positions of the militant group, hezbollah. the army was responding to an attack on one of its bases on the frontier, which was hit with what it said were anti—tank missiles. these images from hezbollah television allegedly show the aftermath of the attack in which the shia militant group claim its fighters destroyed a military vehicle. but this hasn't been confirmed, and the israelis deny they suffered any casualties. our correspondents injerusalem and beirut gave us the latest update on the situation. israel had been anticipating even expecting an attack from hezbollah for the last week, and had been on full alert on the northern border. israel says that has about four o'clock on sunday afternoon, two or three anti—tank missiles were fired from hezbollah positions across the border at an israeli military base and israeli military vehicles.

israel said it responded with helicopters and artillery fire, firing around 100 artillery shells at hezbollah positions in southern lebanon. the most important thing from the israeli perspective is that according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, according to prime minister benjamin neta nyahu, no according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu, no one was injured, not even a scratch, as you say, but israel remained on full alert, and was prepared for any scenario. of course, as i say, israel had been anticipating this since it was accused last sunday of a drone attack in the lebanese capital beirut against what is thought to have been a hezbollah position in the city. israel hasn't confirmed or denied it carried out the attack, but in the last week it had warned hezbollah that it wouldn't allow the militant sheer group to assemble and manufacture of precision guided missiles in lebanon with support and parts from its key backer, iran, and thatis parts from its key backer, iran, and that is the israeli position at the

minute, there was a war between israel and hezbollah back in 2006 in which thousands of people were killed, but for the time being, this incident appears to be over, and nobody on either side seems to want an escalation to what we saw back in 2006. it is likely we have two different points of view here. martin patience is in beirut. hezbollah have claimed the attack. what more have they said, and why did they carry this out? hezbollah felt that it needed to carry out this attack, it was talking about the mysterious drone attack in southern beirut, the hezbollah stronghold, and the lebanese militant group felt that if it didn't respond to that attack, then that would give israel a freehand to carry out other attacks in lebanon. so in many ways, hezbollah saw this attack is resetting the rules of engagement in the region. the danger always is, though, that a miscalculation from either hezbollah

or israel could lead to a major escalation. i think what is significant is we saw that hezbollah came out very quickly and said, we carried out this attack. israel responded by shelling a number of villages in southern lebanon, but hezbollah did not respond. and i think that's because neither side wants to see a major escalation. we saw that in 2006, and here in lebanon, more than a thousand civilians were killed, and it led to large—scale destruction in the country. but from hezbollah's point of view, this attack was about sending a message to israel, and i think hezbollah in the last few hours will believe that that message has been delivered, and that hopefully there will be a degree of calm on the border between israel and lebanon tonight and going into tomorrow as well. martin patience speaking there.

stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: poland marks the moment germany invaded the country 80 years ago, triggering the second world war. we have to identify the coffins and ta ke we have to identify the coffins and take them back home. hostages appeared, some carried, some running. trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today.

described by all to whom she reached out is irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc world news today. the headlines: the most powerful storm ever to reach the bahamas has now made landfall. forecasters are predicting "catastrophic conditions". exit polls in eastern germany indicate the right—wing populist afd has gained support, coming second in the two states voting. thousands of pro—democracy protesters brought chaos to hong kong international airport on sunday — 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. 0ur 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. the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event marking the eightieth anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war. he was speaking in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to suffer german aerial bombardment during the conflict. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports from warsaw: sudden and violent, the attacks came from air, land and sea. 80 years ago, nazi troops stormed into occupied poland, an act of aggression which triggered the deadliest conflict in human history. before dawn this morning, sirens to commemorate the first civilian casualties of the second world war.

german bombers destroyed the town of weilun. speaking in polish, the german president said he was sorry. translation: i bow my head before the victims of the attack on weilun. i bow my head before the polish victims of germany's tyranny, and i ask forgiveness. in warsaw, a chance to reflect on the horrors of conflict pass, but among the leaders and heads of state, two notable absences. donald trump cancelled his attendance at short notice, and the russian leader vladimir putin wasn't invited. the leaders who came here today came to commemorate notjust war but here at‘s hard—won peace, yet they themselves are deeply divided over the very values on which post—war europe is built. there was a sense at times today that the unity those leaders are

supposed to represent is in fact rather fragile. jenny hill, bbc news, warsaw. helen patton is the granddaughter of the famous world war two us general george patton. shejoins me live from paris. helen, the 80th anniversary, a lot of world leaders attending. why is it so important that we continue to commemorate these kind of occasions? well, i think that any time that we can be brought right to the place where something has happened on the day, it becomes heightened in our mind and becomes a milestone for all of us who either witness it live or witness it on the television or on the radio. it gives an occasion for us the radio. it gives an occasion for us to consider where this was on the stage in history and where it was at the time. do you think people appreciate the scale of the

sacrifice that people made in world war ii? it is difficult. i make it my business and joy to a certain extent, if you can call it that, to really try to step on those places, to be with those people, or descendants of those who were part of the siege or victims, and that has taught me that there is nothing that compares to actually seeing it all first hand. but i do think obviously we have hollywood and your news programmes, and hopefully good education to bring it forward, but again there is nothing like really getting into the nitty—gritty of the details, and i think that if more people could understand the details of what the peoples have gone through, and in each nation, so

differently affected, even among the allies, so differently affected, you know how different it was for england than even america. we need to really take the time to understand it. you started the patton foundation to support the vetera ns. patton foundation to support the veterans. it is enough support given to you? it never will be! because there is no price tag that you can put on anyone who is willing, even if they don't, willing, to give the ultimate, to defend freedom. but we have got to keep trying! helen patton, thank you very much for coming on and talking to us. helen patton, granddaughter of the general george patton of the us.

connie has all the sport. thank you very much. hello and thanks forjoining us. ferrari's charles leclerc has won his first ever formula one grand prix — and has dedicated it to formula 2 driver anthoine hubert, who died on saturday. le clerc led from pole in belguim and after his team—mate sebastian vettel fell out of the top three, he managed to repel the mercedes of lewis hamilton, who finished second but still extended his lead at the top of the standings. it was ferrari's first team win since the united states grand prix last year. on the one hand i have got a dream since being a child that has been realised, and on the other hand it has been very difficult weekend yesterday, we have lost a friend first of all, but it is very difficult in this situation, so i would like to dedicate my first went to him. we have grown up together, my first ever race i did it with athoine when we were younger, and it was just a shame what happened yesterday. arsenal fought back from two goals

down as tottenham were held to a 2—2 draw in the north london derby. aubameyang got the all—important equaliser with little under 20 minutes to go. lacazette had pulled a goal back for arsenal at the end of the first half. tottenham had looked in control when harry kane doubled their lead from the penalty spot. but in the end the points were shared. spurs haven't won now since their opening game of the season. obviously i feel like we are coming off the pitch a little disappointed, being two goals ahead, you expect to see the game out and do better, obviously the goal before half—time hurt the momentum, and in the second half arsenal came out and made it tough for us. and then, yeah, it was end—to—end stuff, we still had chances to get that third goal and finish it off, we made some good saves and had one or two of the post, so it was an end game, especially the last ten or 15 minutes. it was a big game, i think everybody enjoyed the games this afternoon,

players, fans, everybody. we wanted to win today, but at the end, a point is good. in the day's other premier league game, everton twice threw away the lead before finally beating wolves 3—2. richarlison got two, including the winner. the visitors had wily boly sent off in the final minute of injury time. we deserve the three points. we started well the match, they reacted well, they where they conceded, they score the goals, i didn't like, and it is something we have to keep working on, but we showed always a good fantastic reaction. we reacted, when they drew again, we reacted again. and i think the result was fair. tennis now. second seed ashleigh barty has been knocked out of the us open by china's wang chang in the fourth round. french open champion barty was out of sorts throughout,

making 39 unforced errors and failing to convert all nine of her break points. she lost 6—2, 6—4. wang chang will now face serena williams in the next round — williams beat petra martic 6—3, 6—4 despite seeming to suffer an ankle injury during the match. and roger federer has eased into the quarterfinals. he thrashed belgium's david goffin 6—2, 6—2, 6—0 injust 78 minutes. federer will face grigor dimitrov in the last eight. that's all the sport for now. thank you, connie. the pope was late making his sunday appearance at st peter's square after getting stuck in a lift. pope francis was inside the elevator for 25 minutes before a team of firefighters managed to start it again. once he made it on to the balcony the pontiff announced he would be appointing ten new cardinals next month.

that is just about it from me for now. don't forget you can get in touch with me and my team on twitter. thank you for watching. hello there. a cooler, fresher feel for all of us today, pleasant in the sunshine and across south—eastern parts of england in the sunshine, temperatures as high as 21 celsius. further north we saw quite a few showers, some heavy ones and thunder in there as well, those pushing away, but a few showers will continue overnight. this high pressure is going to be crucial over the days ahead. we currently have a north—westerly breeze, but as we head into monday, it will be a south—westerly that will bring in some mild, cloudy weather. ahead of that, showers continuing over night for the northern half of the uk, but clearer skies for eastern scotland and many parts of england and wales, and many parts of england and wales, and it will be quite chilly once

again. those are the temperatures in will feel cooler. as the south—westerly wind fractions, so we will introduce a bit more cloud around some of the western hills a few spots of drizzly rain, most of it coming into northern ireland, northern england and particularly across western scotland, and four northern parts of the uk, 16, 17 at best, touch higher than today, and likewise we should see temperatures degree also hire for the south, where it is largely dry. a similar picture on tuesday, still a south—westerly breeze, probably not quite as strong on tuesday, eastern areas of the uk may well stay dry with a little brightness at times, most of any rain and drizzle coming in across western areas, and temperatures similar to monday. the weather starts to change again as we move into the middle part of the week, a lot of weather fronts on the scene, this one perhaps the most significant because it will bring some rain across south—eastern parts

of the uk, perhaps as much as half an inch overnight, lingering into wednesday morning. we look to the north to see some showers and sunshine, a burst of heavy rain coming down across scotland and northern ireland into northern ireland, could contain a few thunderstorms in there as well. but we are changing the wind direction, getting back to a north—westerly, so temperatures will be dropping, and northern parts of the uk will be back to 15 degrees is best. fluctuations in the wind direction from north—westerly to south—westerly over the weekend, but that will essentially keep it u nsettled that will essentially keep it unsettled with some showers or some long spells of rain.

this is bbc new. i reckon dorian has become the worst storm to hit the islands of the hamas with forecasters warning of catastrophic conditions with winds of 60 kilometres per hour. exit polls in two states in eastern germany indicate that the right—wing populist afd has gained support at the expense of middle—ground parties. but it's predicted not to have taken overall control in either state. israel and the militant group hezbollah have exchanged missile fire over the border with lebanon. hezbollah says its rockets destroyed an israeli tank. tensions have been rising since israel launched a drone strike last week. protestors in hong kong have disrupted the territory's airport as part of their ongoing campaign for more democracy.

there's no sign of political moves to end the demonstrations,