Allies across the region it wants if it wants to prevent it from expanding its influence and hezbollah of course being an iranian ally so if israel continues to target for example iranian and iranian ally targets in syria and kills hezbollah fighters are we going to see a similar a similar response from the Lebanese Group so the situation is still tense in light of the developments in the region. Which has been another attack in afghanistan just as talks ended in catacomb between the u. S. And the taliban. 11 people were injured in the talibans latest offensive and Baghlan Province the Afghan Interior Ministry says the fighters have been battling Security Forces in the city of. 5 gunmen were killed while 2 fighters were arrested during a clearance operation the u. S. Envoy for afghanistan said washington and the taliban were on the brink of striking a deal to end the war here with the news hour live from london much more still ahead coop. The double blow for germanys governing coalition is the far right just to 2nd place in 2 elections as trump escalates his trade war with china we meet one golic farmer in california who stands to benefit from trumps punitive measures. And in sport the glasgow dobby lives up to its reputation as being one of footballs most fiercely contested getting us. The we. Were just as an all gong to have again targeted the citys disrupting travel in one of the worlds busiest terminals the demonstrations came a day off to some of the what worst violence the city has experienced since protests began nearly 3 months ago when he reports. This isnt the welcome people expect when arriving to check in at hong kong airport was. For the 2nd time in 3 weeks and to government protesters tried to block access to one of the busiest terminals in the world in some areas they succeeded confusing and worrying travelers and you cannot will that the diverse place where you wanted to go. And that people are afraid because of whats happening here i called in place designed to prevent just as coming anywhere near it clearly didnt was that legal action was taken after the last raid on the airport which people can put inside the terminal for several days. Or they do it all hong kong airport is very important to the economy and chose here to try to paralyze at a makeup point instead of randomly picking street talk e. P. I. Its most better to come up with a little i this time the site of the Police Moving in was enough to force a retreat for most and that those not quick enough were arrested it was in the end the protest to stay at the airport was a relatively brief one but again they proved they can strike at what they say is a soft target before the police moved in to retake the area. Still it would be a long time before transport began to return to normal meaning long walks for many travelers. The demonstrators may have moved on but they werent done seemingly frustrated by the closure of a neighborhood train station they vented their anger leaving it in disarray. As night falls to put those does fanned out to different locations and the police dont seem to be able to match the agility of those not trying to chase arrive there are and when its time for a police retreat loitering parties does and many people are living in areas where some of the ballance has taken place final group says again as the officers leave the not cheated as keepers of the peace instigated jihad as the enemy and symbols of a system many here are trying to challenge when hey al jazeera. In the u. S. A 17 month old baby girl is among 22 people wounded in saturdays mass shooting in texas officials are saying the child was shot in the face by the gunman who killed at least 7 people in attacks started when a man in his thirtys was stopped by police between the cities of midlands and adesa failing to signal a left turn the gunman then hijacked a mail truck and i can fire passes by it was like a shot dead by police u. S. President donald trump dismissed the role of background checks in preventing gun violence after the shooting which was the 2nd in texas in less than a month. When the fear that a lot of Different Things were looking at a lot of different. Ideas concepts that are going for a law are background check i will say that for the most part sadly if you look at the last 4 or 5 going back. 5 or 6 to 7 years for the most part as strong as you make your background check they would not have stopped any of. You know a big problem its a mental problem its a big problem. Lets get more on the story now with Heidi Jo Castro who is in washington and of course heidi we were just saying that 7 people were killed in this attack but also some 22. 00 injured including a 17 month old baby go any any updates on the injuries. Well the Texas Governor actually gave a press conference earlier and he said that according to the mother of this young toddler this child is expected to survive she was apparently shot through her lip and her teeth and her tongue undergoing surgery and very thankfully didnt the bullet didnt hit any vital organs but we do know that the death toll rose overnight to 7 people who are among the victims as for the shooter himself police have released his name as 36 year old seth at tor they dont they havent released any more information about him besides the he is a white man now we know that also mung his victims who are work hild was the postal worker whos van he apparently hijacked during this killing spree when he was shooting at random people who were passing on the Street Police are saying that they do not suspect terrorism as part of the motive here but theyre not sure exactly what drove this individual to commit this crime and in fact they were hesitant at 1st to release his name because as the police chief said he didnt want sefer torah to gain notoriety he didnt want other people out there to be motivated to want to copy what he has done and in fact the f. B. I. Says that every 2 weeks there is one active shooter incident in the United States right now as he was saying this is the 2nd mass shooting in texas in less than a month of course that was the mass attack in el paso as well texas has long had this aversion to any restrictions on that gun laws i dont suppose we can expect that to change. Right the indication is if you look over the last 3 years in fact including whats happened this month theres more than 70 people who have been the victims of these public Mass Shootings theyve happened in churches in schools on streets during protests and ironically rather than trying to restrict gun access the very opposite has happened today it so happens there were 8 new texas laws that took effect that now allow licensed gun holders in texas to bring weapons on to School Campuses on to School Parking lots into foster homes and into houses of worship now those slew of progun access laws were passed prior to these 2 ladies shootings in taxes but there have been some calls for the republican governor of texas to call back lawmakers and perhaps take a 2nd look at these he did not heed those calls in fact Governor Greg Abbott said today that he has convened a commission to look at how to stop these Mass Shootings in texas he didnt strictly rule out restrictions on gun access but he also said that he would remain focused on safeguarding 2nd amendment rights to bear arms for texans thank you very much from washington why did you castro. Following all the developments with the report suggesting Hurricane Dorian has inflicted devastating damage in parts of the bahamas often making landfall a few hours ago dorian is the most powerful storm to ever hit the go with winds of more than 295 Kilometers Per Hour a category 5 hurricane is expected to deliver 2 days of tarantula rain before very northwest towards florida and he gallagher joins us now from miami with the latest on this story what can you tell us about the position at the moment. Well its just started to hit the northeast islands of the commonwealth of the bahamas as you said this is the most powerful storm in history to hit that region and were talking about sustained winds of 300 Kilometers Per Hour with gusts of up to 350 kilometers an hour and at least surges in the region of 6 meters so the next few hours and even days because forecasters say this storm is going to linger over the bahamas for at least 2 days could be vital for people there i heard the leader of the bahamas talking earlier about how some people ignored the warnings to get to shelter he made a last minute plea for people to get to Higher Ground as soon as possible but we understand that some people are deciding to ride this storm out which Officials Say essentially puts their lives at risk whats in store for the days ahead. Well thats the big question at the moment the forecasters are saying once dorian passes slowly over the bahamas it should take a sharp right turn and go up against the east coast of florida and essentially go all the way up past georgia the carolinas and then twist back out into the atlantic but the cone of uncertainty something youve heard me talk about many times before is still over large parts of the state of florida so theyre taking no chances here in places like Palm Beach County they are putting mandatory evacuation orders orders in place for people in mobile homes in low lying areas but any deviation in this storm over the next few days could have catastrophic consequences for not just florida but also georgia and the carolinas because right now heres the coast of florida heres the eye of the storm if it deviates even slightly that could be a landfall impact and officials here are taking no chances whatsoever saying if youre not ready now you need to be ready over the next few days because remember the storm is intensifying but its actually slowing down its doing about 10 Kilometers Per Hour at the moment that could go down to virtually 0 which means this is an event is not going to be over in a few days it could last. Up to a week and remember its going all the way up to possibly even virginia so this is something that residents and officials are all watching very closely indeed. Predictable few days and possibly weeks ahead thank you very much from miami andy gallacher. The trade war between the worlds 2 largest economies is heating up United States has started imposing another round of tariffs on chinese imports and china has just raised import taxes on 75000000000. 00 worth of American Goods katrina you has more on this now from beijing. Shoppers come to beijing send you and lee market to buy all kinds of imported food including american greg cherries but its fast becoming a casualty of chinas trade with the u. S. Tariffs have already gone up twice pushing the price of a killer to around 25. 00 and from to temper the 1st tariffs on us cherries will be raised from 50 to 60 percent then it is looking for cheaper alternatives to what the chinese fruits are very good the price is much cheaper than American Products the quality is also very good so more and more people are choosing local foods higher prices are the only reason shoppers are considering buying less from the u. S. For me being pretty arctic is something more important for me to consider than the price we are trainees and we are all affected that by the training us treat war cherries may be the most Popular American product at this market but its not the only for it that will receive high its harris new jerseys will also apply to things like american palms graves and apples 75000000000. 00 worth of u. S. Goods will see tariffs of between 5 and 10 percent china will also reinstate import taxes of 25 percent on u. S. Cars in december the hikes of the chinese governments response to the trumpet ministrations latest trade was over 10 percent tariffs on 3 100000000000. 00 worth of chinese goods also coming into effect in september and december analysts say the u. S. President has been a confusing and unreliable negotiating partner i dont think the president trumps remarks here is the chorus for is changing here are some very the stick figure in order to push through lets talk there you must give you. Much big stick. Chinas comus Ministry Says it doesnt want to escalate tensions and is open to more talks with the u. S. But its would against underestimating chinas willingness to dig its heels in for the long fight if you fight through a fog if your talk good theres talk but we have principles we will never yield on principle by weakening its currency and developing new trade partnerships china is taking steps to ensure its economy is less vulnerable to any new moves by truck in the trade. And as demand for things like the u. S. Cherry slower china is finding cheaper alternatives from countries such as pakistan and chile are ripe for the picking katrina you aljazeera beaching. Lets just take a look then at the background for these latest attack tariffs that we in the u. S. And china which theyre imposing on each other last year total trade between the 2 countries amounted to just over 7 137000000000. 00 since then its dropped considerably despite trumps stated aim to rebalance trade the gap has actually widened with chinese imports from the u. S. Dropping more than 30 percent in june the targeted items in the new round of tariffs ranged from cheese to clothing and accessories its estimated to cost the average u. S. Household an extra 800. 00 a year the trade wars also putting pressure on the Global Economy the International Monetary fund is cut its projections for Global Growth to 3. 2 percent this is its lowest level since 2009 of course when the financial crisis hit well done why is a china unless of economics Intelligence Unit she says that chinas Economic Growth is mainly relying on its own market. Well if we look at the trade or impacts us so far the direct impact is actually very small so part of the reason is that the negative impact is mitigated by the devaluation of r. And b. If we look at a regional economy we can see that some of the regional impact have already started to show especially for coastal exports or province like. Food in so a lot of the smaller factories in those areas are consolidating and its speeding up but fortunately a lot of those laid off workers are actually absorbed by the growing Services Sector so the paying of unemployment caused by the trade war is actually not as painful as president trauma suggested im not too pessimistic about this prospect to yet at least not in the next 2 years the main reason is that chinas demand and a growth is mainly relying on its domestic consumers and domestic investors so so far we have observed that some of the longer Term Investment how they halted mostly from Foreign Investors because they dont want to place a plant and then it stopped then its subject to a tariff but overall the consumption pattern suggest the tariff resulted reduction in consumption is relatively small. Still ahead for you on the news hour are. Gearing up for a decisive week and westminster in which dozens of members of parliament will try to force the governments hand on bricks it. Will have that story will also reporting on the brazilians who are trying against the odds to preserve the amazon rain forest and protect the dozens of species that live in sight and in sport find out if the world number 2 could claim a 2nd title win in 7. Plenty of warm sunny weather across much of South Eastern Europe and across eastern sections meanwhile the central areas out across the west this is where the storms are continuing to push in however having said all that the old the suspension catalonian some very very nice sunshine just to round out the weekend for most people before of course they have to head back to work this is a situational monday weve got that widespread rain across the central areas its also trading down into the Central Mediterranean this is where we could see some thunderstorms really anywhere along this line weve got some woman ahead of this system across into the southeast a little bit cooler and fresh it very nicely behind this system another system there pushing in to the northwest of the u. K. Pushing across tools on the navy some pretty brisk winds in the annals of that rain is fairly stepan so staying in the same place really for the next couple of days meanwhile that system across Central Regions it is edging further east was pushing through much of central and Southern Spain as we head through tuesday now the same system though that is also bringing the rain showers across northern sections of africa also the chance of a few showers across into morocco as we go through monday and as i say we could see some showers even a thunderstorm into northern algeria and tunisia monday but by choose day is a Carriage Drive day that woman to the. As a weapon of war leaves the very deep a scar those. Scars so rule that the victims men and women can barely talk about. They are the only witnesses who can help bring about justice. Just 0 tolerance human rights campaigners in libya investigation right since the 2000. Unspeakable crime on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Every youre. Welcome back you with the news hour a quick look at the headlines stories now the u. N. Secretary general special envoy to yemen Martin Griffith has condemned in as strike that has killed thousands of people and saudi that Coalition Says it targeted who see rebels in the city but the say the facility was a prison housing inmates loyal to the u. N. Recognized go