A crucial week for westminster, three years after britain voted to leave the eu. Boris johnson faces a showdown with opponents of a no deal brexit. And the tiny organism with a tasty future. How micro algae could revolutionise mealtimes for millions. We look at the economic fallout of the hong kong protests forfinance, tourism and retail, with the longest running political demo in the territory since the handover in 1997. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Finger lickin good . Kfc sells out of plant based chicken in atlanta in an experiment to measure appetite. Beyond Fried Chicken could be rolled out nationally and then internationally if Customer Feedback is good. So wed like to know are you trying to eat less meat . If so, why . Get in touch on bbcthebriefing and tell us what you think. The most powerful storm to hit the caribbean islands of the bahamas since records began has torn roofs from buildings and caused severe flooding. Hurricane dorian is pounding the abaco islands and grand bahama with winds of up to 290km h. Parts of the florida coast are also forecast to be in the path of the storm later on monday. Gareth barlow reports. High winds and high waves as Hurricane Dorian going to hit the bahamas. The low lying islands are being pummelled by the storm, the strongest ever recorded to hit the area. Parts of it are already underwater, and some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street and where the ocean begins. And they have not yet been hit by the brunt of the storm. Residents of grand bahama have been ordered to evacuate a threatening storm surge. Despite its devastatingly strong winds, dorian is slowly crawling across the ocean, exposing communities to hours of ferocious winds and rain. In the United States, people in the part of the storm are preparing for the worst, with evacuation orders in place, the National Guard deployed, and even Prison Inmates helping to fill sandbags. The strength of this time cant be underestimated. We will see Tropical Storm force winds within the next 48 hours. The National Hurricane centre reports dorian could merely stall over the bahamas. Across the region, people are doing all they can to weather the storm. The harsh reality is, with such power, devastation is a very real prospect. A two day general strike is beginning in hong kong, after a weekend of some of the worst violence of recent pro democracy demonstrations. On saturday police were seen hitting people with batons in metro stations following a huge protest. On sunday, thousands of protesters blocked roads to the territorys main airport. University classes are due to resume after a summer break but students, who make up a large part of the protest movement, are planning a two week boycott. Lets go live now to hong kong, and the bbcs sharanjit leyl. This two day general strike is expected to begin today. What is happening at the moment . Well, thats right. As you can see behind me, sally, it is a stormy day here in hong kong, the first of this two day general strike has been called, and of course this is something we have seen before. It happened a few weeks ago as well, when a general strike was called. This is unusual in the city. It is a big financial hub, unions do not hold a massive sway in hong kong. But this is increasingly a way that many people feel they can get their message across to beijing. Of course, all of this began about three months ago now. We have had 13 weekends off protests, and essentially hong kongs saying but they want more freedoms. Hong kongers saying. It is a city with a deal of autonomy, in the sense that there is the one country, two systems situation going on here, in principle. But hong kong is saying they want more freedoms from beijing. It all started with an extradition bill which is currently suspended, however, as you say, we saw more violent protests over the weekend. This morning we have reports yet again of the subway system being disrupted, protest is trying to target some of the subway stations. Protesters. Reports have suggested riot police were at the ready to act quickly as they tried to disrupted by ringing on the bells and the emergency alarms, trying to disrupt traffic flows, which they have done, as we saw over the weekend, particularly with the airport. Now, sunday is when we saw airport. Now, sunday is when we saw a great deal of disruption happening at the airport. Rail and road links we re at the airport. Rail and road links were blocked by protesters. The key express train which takes passengers from the hong kong airport to the city was actually suspended, as protesters put debris on the tracks. So they have tried to disrupt as much as possible in their calls for greater freedoms from china. Much as possible in their calls for greaterfreedoms from china. We much as possible in their calls for greater freedoms from china. We are being told today, of course, you mentioned the strike by students, organisers are suggesting some 10,000 students will be boycotting school today. It is the first day of term, they are supposed to be back at school, but lots of the students, who formed the back one of those protesters, they have said they are going to boycott school for two weeks. Backbone of those protesters. There will be a rally kicking off shortly, in fact there are two rallies which have been given the go ahead to take place today. So we are going to monitor those and see just how many people turn up and whether they turn violent, as they have done over the last few weekends. Sharanjit leyl, thank you so much. Mps from britains governing conservatives have been told theyll be suspended from the party if they vote to block a no deal brexit. That would mean theyd be unable to stand as conservative candidates in the next general election. A group of mps is planning to introduce legislation this week to stop the uk leaving the European Union without an agreement. The plan can only succeed if some conservatives rebel against their own government. With me is Oliver Cornock whos editor in chief of oxford business group. Good morning. It is going to be quite a week for westminster, isnt it . Absolutely. We keep saying this, dont we . This is the story that really does keep giving. Back to school, but also back to parliament this week, after the recess, and of course this probing, the suspension of parliament, announced by Boris Johnson and signed off on by her majesty the queen. Proroguing. Extraordinary times. This weekjust prolongs the uncertainty. Some will argue this isjust prolongs the uncertainty. Some will argue this is just a tactic mr johnson is using to persuade the eu partners they need to give a little bit on the deal. They are saying they will not budge. He is saying, give mea they will not budge. He is saying, give me a chance. You have to back me here. Otherwise, we will not stand a chance if you take no deal of the table. Of course, no deal is not this leap into freedom that some people think. Its just prolongs the uncertainty. Uk businesses are really worried about that, and i have just got back from the middle east where foreign businesses are really worried about it. Everybody is feeling the pinch of a much lower pound, if you are brit. Overseas, of course, many people trade with the uk. What do you make of this move on the part of borisjohnson and his government to say to the rebels, actually, if you choose to rebel this week, i. E. Go with other mps in parliament to prevent a no deal brexit on the 31st of october, we are going to discipline you . You may not be able to run in the next election . He is saying they are going to be whipped, they will have the whip removed, i. E. They will not be able to vote. I think this is predictable. It does seem to be stretching convention a bit further. It seems quite a hard line move. You see in the press, the more liberal press around the world is saying, is britain sliding more towards authoritarian rule . I am not entirely sure. Part of me thinks this mightjust entirely sure. Part of me thinks this might just be entirely sure. Part of me thinks this mightjust be a negotiating tool, one hope so. But all the time that our uk parliamentary president is strained, it is difficult to then go back, isnt it . And that is a concern. go back, isnt it . And that is a concern. Precedent. The uncertainty of business now is really a challenge. We all know now that no deal would reallyjust to be a continuation of uncertainty. It is not going to be the sunny uplands of freedom. Some would argue an extension of article 50 is also a continuation of uncertainty. But all the time that it is extended, we can trade with the eu. After all this, project fear might be right to some degree. Well, we shall see. We will talk about this later in our news briefing. As you can imagine, that is dominating the british media today. But we will look at other stories as well, of course. A fleet of five japanese ships has set sail to resume the first commercial whale hunt carried out by the country in over 30 years. In june tokyo officially withdrew from the International Whaling commission and said it would restart commercial whaling in its own waters. And Rupert Wingfield hayes joins us now live from kushiro, on the northern japanese island of hokkaido. Rupert, just tell us more about why japan has made this decision, and today, i understand, they have already caught a whale . Thats right, sally. They have. You might be able to see this little whaling boat behind me would be covered up harpoon on the front of its power here. Its bow. This boat went out with four others this morning, and it came back a few hours ago, carrying the carcasses of two minke whales which they harpooned about 20 nautical miles off the coast this morning. So they resumed behind. It began in july, they morning. So they resumed behind. It began injuly, they took a rest during august, now they are out again at the start of september and they have already now court or rather harpooned two minke wahles here this morning that we have seen. Minke whales. I have a resumed commercial whaling after a 30 year hiatus . The reason is, when the whaling moratorium went into effect in the 1980s, the japanese went along with it, theyjoined the International Whaling commission, and what japanese Officials Say to me is that it was a temporary moratorium, it was supposed to be reviewed and when whale stocks had become healthy again, like they claim they are now, then we assumed that this moratorium would be lifted. But it has become very clear that the rest of the world, or most of the rest of the world, does not wa nt of the rest of the world, does not want this ban lifted. A few countries, japan is one of them, iceland and norway are others, they wa nt to iceland and norway are others, they want to continue whaling. Finally japan, at the end of last year, they said ok, we have had enough, we cannot deal with this anymore, were going to pull out and go back to whaling. That is what they are doing here today. What do the general public injapan here today. What do the general public in japan think here today. What do the general public injapan think about this . Is there a real appetite for whale meat . Well, that is the real conundrum of what is going on here injapan. Conundrum of what is going on here in japan. Actually, if conundrum of what is going on here injapan. Actually, if you ask, they have not been many recent opinion polls, but the most recent one, conducted a number of years ago, asked people how they felt about whaling, and most japanese asked people how they felt about whaling, and mostjapanese people, i think about 65 , they said they supported it because it is part of Japanese Culture and japan should be allowed to continue capturing wales. If you dont ask, do you eat whale meat, it is a tiny number. Between 596 meat, it is a tiny number. Between 5 and 10 of people injapan have ever eaten whale meat in their lives, and a very small number eat it regularly. It is only like, i think they catch about 3000 tons of meat a yearfrom think they catch about 3000 tons of meat a year from this whaling. It is a tiny, tiny fraction of the japanese diet. Most young people are not interested in eating whale meat. And so, you know, but then begs the question, why did they carry on . And it really is about the older generation and some politicians who believe that japan has to maintain this tradition. Rupert wingfield hayes, thank you very much, live from kushiro. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come Ferraris Charles Leclerc wins his first ever formula one grand prix, dedicating the win in belgium to anthoine hubert, who was killed in a tragic crash on saturday. She received a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in indias slums. The head of the Catholic Church said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. 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 as 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. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines Hurricane Dorian has caused widespread damage in the bahamas, ripping rooves from buildings and causing severe flooding. The Prime Minister said it was the saddest day of my life. Theres been a day of chaos at Hong Kong International airport, as protestors blocked road and rail links and forced dozens of flights to be cancelled. Preliminary results from state elections in eastern germany suggest theres been a surge in support for the far right alternative for germany, the afd, but not enough to overtake the mainstream parties. The christian democrats of chancellor Angela Merkel remain the Biggest Party in saxony, with about a third of the votes. The Centre Left Social Democratic Party have won most votes in brandenberg. The afd finished second in both states. Lets speak to sir peter torry, who was former British Ambassador to germany. He joins us from berlin. Welcome to the briefing. Do you think politicians in berlin are breathing a sigh of relief . |j think politicians in berlin are breathing a sigh of relief . I think they are breathing a sigh of relief because these elections could have been a lot worse. The afd could have one in both states and some of the poles suggested they might well do that. They have not one but, nonetheless, we have reached a point in germany where 20 plus has become normalfor in germany where 20 plus has become normal for this extreme right wing party and that must be a course for concern. Going forward for now, at least, it means Angela Merkels party, the cdu s are still able to govern and has its majority or coalition in place . Yes, and the other concern about this election had been if the socialist party, the s bd, they could have pulled the plug on the coalition. They did do extremely badly in saxony, only 7. 596, extremely badly in saxony, only 7. 5 , but it did well enough into brandenburg and i think assumption has got to be the coalition in berlin will continue for certainly the rest of this year and probably next year as well but it remains an u nsta ble next year as well but it remains an unstable situation for mrs michael, that her Main Coalition partner is in such electoral distress at the moment. Mrs Angela Merkel. What do they need to do to wind . Despite 30 years of reunification in his germany, there is a feeling that there is this sort of divide between there is this sort of divide between the east and west that you get in britain between the north and south and we saw that reflected in the brexit vote and more has got to be done to overcome this divide. Part of the problem is that a lot of the young people in east germany have left because employment prospects are so poor left because employment prospects are so poor theyve got to west germany or other European Countries and what you have left behind in east germany are the older generation and the unemployed and that gives you photo ground for a protest party like the afd to work with. Thank you for your time and analysis on those Regional State elections in eastern germany. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im marc edwards, i hope you had a good weekend. Here is your monday briefing. Ferraris Charles Leclerc has won his first ever formula one grand prix and has dedicated his victory in belgium to formula 2 driver, anthoine hubert, who died on saturday. Leclerc led from pole 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 ferraris first team win since the United States grand prix last year. Sadly the idiots are at it again. Inter milan striker, romelu lukaku, was racially abused by cagliari fans as he scored from the penalty spot to give his club a 2 1 victory in serie a. Lukaku stepped up on 72 minutes, tucking the ball away. The belgian then stared at fans behind the goal, where monkey chants had come from. Last season, evertons moise kean suffered similar abuse when playing against cagliari forjuventus. While back in 2017, pescara midfielder, sulley muntari, walked off the pitch after being racially abused again by a moronic section of cagliari fans. Arsenal came from 2 0 down to rescue a draw in the north london derby. Pierre emerick aubemeyang grabbed a second half equaliser, after first half goals from Christian Erikssen