this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: two police officers have been injured after arresting a man carrying a knife outside buckingham palace. both suffered minor injuries and weren't taken to hospital. the us state of texas is bracing itself for a life—threatening hurricane, which has been upgraded to a category 3 storm and is expected to be the worst to hit the us mainland since katrina in 2005. not only are we going to be dealing with the high winds that typically come with what should be a category three hurricane, but we are also going to be dealing with immense really record—setting flooding. a leaked report accuses royal bank of scotland of the systematic abuse of its business customers. hundreds of customers complained they were mistreated. rbs denies the accusations. and on newsnight, as the battle for raqqa rages, how might so—called islamic state react?

and could women really beat men at the marathon? good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested tonight in an incident outside buckingham palace. i think we have some pictures of the scene we can i think we have some pictures of the scene we can show you. i think we have some pictures of the scene we can show you. yes, that's it. not much happening at the moment because two police officers were injured as the man was detained for possession of a knife. joining me now is our correspondent, laura tra nt. the man was stopped by police shortly after 8:30pm outside buckingham palace. he had a knife

and as those police officers tried to detain him they sustained what's been described as minor injuries to arms. the london ambulance service was called. they treated the two officers at the scene and they weren't taken to hospital and nobody else was hurt in this incident. the man is being held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault. police say it's too early to know whether this is terrorism related. it is understood that no members of the royal family were it is understood that no members of the royalfamily were in it is understood that no members of the royal family were in the it is understood that no members of the royalfamily were in the palace at the time of this incident and it is worth saying that there are no links made between what's happening here and in brussels. remind us what we know about brussels. a man was shot by police earlier in the day. that's right. after taking two shoulders with a machete, but there's no link with this incident in london —— soldiers. there's no link with this incident in london -- soldiers. i heard the police in brussels couldn't say whether there was a connection to

terrorism there either. thank you very much. one of the most powerful storms to hit america for more than a decade is heading towards the gulf coast states of texas and louisana. hurricane harvey is gathering in strength as it heads towards the coast. it's expected to reach land in the next few hours with winds of around 120 mph. this is the satellite imagery of the category 3 storm, as it approaches the state of texas. thousands of residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland, following warnings that parts of the state could be uninhabitable for weeks. hurricane harvey is expected to huge amounts of rain, 35 inches of rain. the view from space as hurricane harvey barrels towards the united states of america. the storm blew up fast in the gulf of mexico, taking texans by surprise. now time is scarce to prepare for the worst. it is a hurricane that will prove more dangerous than many hurricanes. not only are we going to be dealing

with the high winds that typically come with what should be a category three hurricane, but we are going to be dealing with immense really record—setting flooding. in some coastal cities, though, evacuations were urged, not ordered. many people here are determined to ride it out. we're going to go ahead and stick it out here. we've got sand bags ready, food for about a week, we've got water, everything we need. but even before it arrives, harvey is threatening lives. here, ten critically ill babies are being evacuated from its path. getting out is not easy. the roads are clogged as tens of thousands of people seek shelter away from a dangerous storm surge. the oil industry is bracing for a battering as well. the area at risk produces some 7 million barrels a day. with production already slowing,

oil prices are rising and at the pumps there is a rush to fill up, meaning that supplies are running short. so too is food and water. supermarket stocks are dwindling amid warnings about catastrophic flooding from torrential rain which may linger for days. in neighbouring louisiana, those warnings send a shiver through new orleans. in 2005, it was devastated by hurricane katrina. the city was ill—prepared and disaster followed. and yet this time it looks exposed again, with pumping stations not at full capacity. this is the first big domestic urgency for president donald trump, but the white house rejects claims that his administration is understaffed and inexperienced. some may defy the storm for now, but not for long. the authorities say a major disaster is just hours away. as we mentioned a few moments ago, a man has been shot in brussels

after attacking soldiers who were on duty in the city. eye—witnesses reported hearing the sound of gunfire, the authorities believe it was a terrorist attack. 0ur correspondent kevin connolly gave us this update from brussels. this is of course brussels, one of those european cities where the sight of soldiers on patrol carrying rifles has become commonplace over the course of the last year or so. it's designed to reassure the public of course in the wake of a taxi and in paris and barcelona. but of course to some individuals those armed soldiers are target. at what happened here this evening. a man armed with a knife or machete attacks two solders in a busy district of shops and restaurants. he was then shot. we believe he has now died. the two soldiers were likely injured. authorities say they do consider it to have been a terror attack. they are investigating it in that spirit. it's worth saying of

course that these attacks do not happen all the time, but there is a consciousness in places like brussels that they can happen any time and that does produce a kind of persistent bubbling lower—level sense of anxiety in places like this. that report from brussels this evening. they were small businesses that found themselves in trouble, during the financial crisis. but instead of helping them their bank, the royal bank of scotland, has been accused of systematically mistreating many of them. a leaked report for the financial conduct authority and obtained by the bbc reveals the extent of that abuse. it shows that hundreds of companies which the bank said needed restructuring were treated inappropriately, in many cases deliberately. 0ne business owner has told the bbc he considered suicide. rbs denies the allegations. we bailed out rbs when it was in trouble, but when thousands of its business customers got into difficulties, the bank, in many cases,

was much less generous. the uk's biggest business bank has admitted that it mistreated many small firms, but now we have learned about the scale of this mistreatment. tracy standish was the former owner of the bowlplex chain and had been an rbs customer for decades. tunbridge we opened in december ‘98. when profits fell during the recession, his bowling business was placed into rbs's restructuring unit, grg, supposedly to get the company back on its feet. it was like the gestapo walking in. their aggression, their divisiveness, the whole way in which they'd talked. they would bang tables, shout, point fingers. the whole thing was, like, they weren't in anyway here to help us through a difficult time. they were trying to subjugate us. mr standish says grg loaded additional debt on the company and tripled the interest rate to 15%. in the end, his family had

to surrender 80% of the company. i had to be referred to a counsellor for treatment, i was prescribed antidepressants and i became suicidal. he's now suing rbs for breach of duty and conspiracy. rbs said that the case was currently the subject of litigation and that the bank would be vigorously defending these claims. hundreds of rbs customers had long complained of mistreatment by grg by 2013, so the financial conduct authority commissioned its own independent report which it received last year, but only published a limited summary of, but now the bbc has acquired the full report and it highlights the extent of the widespread inappropriate treatment faced by rbs's own customers, some of which was systematic or orchestrated from within the bank. and crucially for rbs, the report said that the bank had shown "narrow compliance" with the investigation

instead of co—operating fully, as it said it had. rbs disputes this, though. it says it provided the investigators with more than 300 gigabytes of data. the report for the financial conduct authority found that 92% of viable or otherwise healthy companies experienced some form of inappropriate action by rbs, such as hiking up lending costs and fees unnecessarily. 0nly10% of those companies placed by rbs into grg returned intact to the main bank. many of the rest are either sold off, forced to hand over substantial sta kes to off, forced to hand over substantial stakes to rbs or liquidated. even in the midst of the recession, the restructuring group was earning a profit of 1.2 restructuring group was earning a profit ofi.2 ue restructuring group was earning a profit of 1.2 ue and pounds for rbs. the bank said it had not only handled customer complaints well and apologised. it has put in place for 100 million compensation fund to be

overseen by retired high courtjudge and the issue of mistreatment of rbs customers has already been examined by mps, who urged the fca to publish the full report. the bank used inappropriate behaviour, forced lots of companies that could have survived and went out of business because they were mistreated, was the bank simply wanted to make rockets out of them. we have to learn that lesson. we have to have a system where small companies are protected against big tax. the fca said: for the bank, which is 73% owned by uk taxpayers, this is yet another obstacle uk taxpayers, this is yet another o bsta cle o n uk taxpayers, this is yet another obstacle on the road to full health. being accused of wholesale mistreatment of its own customers may delay that rehabilitation. millions of people have been on the

move today for the traditional bank holiday getaway. but there are more problems than usual because of major engineering work planned on the railways over the weekend. the south—east of england will be badly affected, with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool st station, and limited services from others. and in the north—west of england, engineering works will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. that is a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now it's time for newsnight. the battle for raqqa is raging and the us backed coalition is closing in on the so—called islamic state. but as its grip on the caliphate weakened, how will the group retaliate? in the early years of the self—declared caliphate, the message

was all about travelling to syria to help build islamic state. another message to supporters in the west is to stay away and attack the disbelievers at home. violent clashes at home leave at least 23 deadin clashes at home leave at least 23 dead in northern india, as a religious leader is convicted of rape. we'll hear from an religious leader is convicted of rape. we'll hearfrom an indian journalist who spent years investigating him. also, the government announces the first steps to self driving lorries. so what does the future hold for those who drive for a living? i think it's going to be dangerous. i don't think it'll work. why not? well, they might kill somebody. and a study suggests that women have more stamina than men, so could there be female domination in endurance sport? grieving. for more than three years,

the black of islamic state have cast a bloody shadow. —— good evening. but soon they may wait for the last time. the battle is on for raqqa. but there are concerns that they could increase their efforts to terrorise europe's shores. we can also talk about how islamic state control in iraq and syria pete in 2016. since then, the collapse has been swift. —— peaked. data from the global terrorism database at the university of maryland show that between 2013 and 2016, there were 211 terror attacks outside

iraq and syria by is and is inspired individuals. since 2013, five such attacks were in the uk. security sources say that in the last four years, 18 attacks have been foiled. just tonight, a couple of hours ago, metropolitan police reported a knife attack by a man outside buckingham palace. the metropolitan police have said it is too early to know if it is terrorism. either way it shows that britain is on high alert. it begs the question, if is is weakened in syria, where will it turn attention to next? richard watson takes a look. explosions and gunfire