headlines. a hurricane is travelling towards the coast of texas and has developed into a category for mac storm with sustained winds of 215 kilometres an hour. thousands of residents have boarded up their homes and fled. up to one metre of rain is expected to fall on texan cities. at least 23 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in northern india. the victims are believed to be followers of the self—styled spiritual guru. the united nations has condemned the saudi led coalition forfailing to has condemned the saudi led coalition for failing to avoid civilians deaths in yemen following an airstrike on an apartment block. at least 1a people were killed in macro three buildings have been destroyed. —— killed in sanaa. a former rock star who has been jailed former rock star who has been jailed for multiple cases of child abuse

could have been caught years earlier if the police had investigated properly. ian watkins, the lead fisted —— lead singer of the band lost profits has been sentenced to prison for mac is ago, but south wales police missed a series of opportunities to stop him. a rock star and a hero to his fans across the world, but in private ian watkins was a paedophile, his behaviour was described as "having plumbed the depths of depravity." his sexual interest in children was reported by his former girlfriend. watkins had sent indecent images tojoanne mjadzelics‘ mobile phone, but when she took it to the police, her allegations were not followed up. the police watchdog, the independent police complaints commission, has found officers‘ bias against her meant watkins was able to carry on abusing children. joanne mjadzelics spoke today of the toll it's all taken. she said...

south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children. he was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here, in pontypridd. what they then found on his mobile phones and computers showed that those earlier warnings should have been acted on. in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up. south wales police missed opportunity after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get

access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. now it's time for click. this week, click is back in india, we're hitting the road, the rail, and the water. there will be dancing. and singing. sort of. driving in india is an experience. the roads are cramped,

the horn is omnipresent and the rules are... well, the rules are here somewhere, i'm sure of it. and that's why we won't be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india travels in the car, that's not true by any means, many people choose to travel by train instead. but, if you think that's any less intense, think again. yeah, about those rules. mumbai central station is a massive heaving hub connecting the city to the north and east of india. but, if you look closer you'll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anyone with an indian phone number.

it has been provided by google which at the moment says about 2.5 terabytes are being downloaded here every day. and here's the interesting part — this is notjust about this station, along india's railway tracks lie 115,000 kilometres of optic fibre and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 114 other train stations as well. i caught up with the man overseeing the project while he was waiting for his train. if you had to take one place in the country where you want tremendous fibre and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking power is a challenge across the country and you had to have an entire country walking there at that one place, there is only one place that is the railway stations. can you guarantee that all services on google‘s wi—fi will be treated equally? absolutely, i think the whole

motivation for us, if you look at the reason why we did this, was to see if we can provide an open internet, completely open with access for the entire web, the way the web was designed. so, there is a fibre—optic network that's rolling out from train stations like this to the vast global areas of this enormous stations like this to the vast rural areas of this enormous country and david reid hopped on a train to find out what affects that's having elsewhere in india. it's hard not to be romantic about india's railways. british colonial rulers laid tracks for control, shifting resources mostly out and prising open markets. now, it's about moving people,

millions a day thanks to optic fibre, data. i took the train here to jaipur to investigate, it has proper broadband and it's free. people are filling their boots. apart from some controversy at another station where commuters were using free wi—fi to download hard—core pornography, the provision of high—speed wi—fi has been almost universally praised. 90,000 people pass through jaipur station every day. i'm using my wi—fi for entertainment, the news, the office work. ifind it quick, yeah. for this studentjournalist it means she can keep tabs on breaking stories. in the morning the world

changes like... there are so many things that have changed so i have to come and check. indian stations are full of thriving businesses feeding off, or simply feeding the thousands streaming through them every day. free wi—fi has actually been a boost to local businesses here, this man runs a tea store on the station platform, he's making more money now that his customers can make online payments to him. translation: i use the wi-fi when my ag signal doesn't catch. when that's not working i used the wi—fi. especially when a customer is paying through digital payments, i needed to confirm that i have received the payment. digital payments are worth about 40—50% of my takings. this is music to the ears of people managing india's railways, a nationalised industry that runs at a loss. they are thinking that high—speed

wi—fi could be a good pull for a station like jaipur, they plan to build a huge concourse and attract retail and service businesses. it mightjust be an earner. as wi—fi expands and becomes taken for granted then i think people will transact more and more of their business. jaipur is a kind of domestic, tourist hub and an international hub of high refuge. hub of high repute. people are coming out here from all parts of the world so now when you have a huge concourse it becomes an area where you can have shops, entertainment spots... for google, more people online is more people to sell to, india's railway is the country's backbone, its public wi—fi is poised to be as least as far reaching. the rosier in india are... well,

utterly chaos. —— roads here. it is more astonishing when you consider that flow —— so few people own a car. there are just 32 motor vehicles per 1000 vehicles —— people in india. in the united states are 797. but that number is changing, and let me tell you a secret, not going down. on these roads, that's a pretty scary thought. one solution could be to make better use of the cars that are already on the road. enter 0la cabs, india's biggest taxi hailing app, orthe uber of india, if you will. or as they would rather we say... uber is the 0la of india. right, right. founded back in 2010, three years before uber launched in india, 0la has taken full advantage of its head start.

0la has historically been number one in india, but uber has said that that's changing. looks like the battle that india's cab cash is onlyjust beginning. these are 0la's head offices in india's silicon valley. bangalore. india is not designed to have a car in that shape, not even 10%. what are the specific needs of customers and drivers in india? they need an inclusive platform that is notjust about cabs... it's rickshaws, tuk—tuks, the black and yellow medallions, the buses that we have, the minibuses, bikes, electric rickshaws, et cetera. it is an inclusive platform for mobility. you have different transport options, and different prices for different cases.

that brings in a lot of options for users. 0la says it's better because it's local and it knows what works in india. that means offering things like walk—in—centres for drivers and being the first to allow customers to pay by cash. uber is coming into the indian market, how you different from uber and how would you stay ahead of them? there is a fundamental difference in the way in which we operate. we believe in what we want, not in what we have. in terms of, plugging in things. you need to build it from the ground up. it is about the connection that you make notjust about transactional relationship to have with the drivers. part of that connection is offering incentives like this, here drivers can talk face—to—face with 0la, for example when theyjoin the service, training or if they have a problem. if there's an issue with their wages for example. but 0la doesn't actually employ any of these people, they call everyone here a partner —

in reality they're self—employed. that means they don't get things like holiday pay and they are responsible for maintaining their car and paying for fuel. the flip side is that drivers can, in theory, set their own schedule and work when they please. it is a controversial system that 0la, uber and also transport companies around the world have used to keep costs down. despite this, 0la really, really wants drivers to drive, a lot. so much so that there are carrots if you stay on the road and sticks if you don't. what india really needs to focus on is to enable mobility for a billion people with the infrastructure that we have, we need

to leapfrog road constructions, highways, that don't take as to where we want to go. we need to promote shared mobility, with things that are sustainable and don't produce the pollution that we have here. electric vehicles are something that... the government wants all the tools to be elected by 2025, 20 30. 0la is one of the most successful start—ups to come out of india's education system in the last few years. called indian institute of technology, or iits, these top level universities are dotted across india and they are the driving force behind many of india's tech successes. getting into one of these universities is an incredibly competitive business, only a tiny fraction of applicants get in in any one year, but if you do you get to work in incredible campuses like this. my first appointment is at the olympic sized swimming pool. although it's not me who is taking a dip. this is matsya named

after the avatar of vishnu that takes the form of fish, it's an multipurpose, underwater robot that can operate autonomously without a human controller locate sounds and recognise grab and manipulate objects. the team tell me that it might be used to find flight recorders from crashed aircraft although they are also pitching it to the military to fire torpedoes. the project is in its fifth year at the team leader tells me the work is hard but can be massively wide ranging. can ijust say, like a racing car or satellite... brilliant.

it is one of 100 projects that are being supported by the iit bombay‘s society for innovation and entrepreneurship since 200a. it is an umbrella for start—ups and as with incubators everywhere you'll find all kinds of ideas bubbling away behind its doors. as you might expect there are aerial ideas, there are medical ideas, but there are also musical ideas. which is why you found me making strange noses with my face. # do dee do#. very good, so you got some score over here. i got some score. if you do it better you can get more score, your score will be increasing. yes, the worst karaoke india has ever had but then this singing training at is so much more then normal karaoke style games. # do dee dee #. most karaoke apps have a very cursory evaluation of your singing, they don't even value your singing, you just open your mouth,

and you get a good reading, what we do is a multidimensional evaluation of your singing on different aspects of music, pitch, rhythm, falsetto, dynamics, timing. you asked for a hard exercise. he sings. if my singing went right through you, well, i've got something upstairs that will really cut to the bone. the algo search team are working on a system to help surgeons to plan surgery. they've created software that is learned to create a 3—d model of bones from just two two—dimensional x—rays. i can imagine after a lot of experience, if ijust look

at an x—ray come i can imagine it in 3-d. can we do the same thing with computers? a surgeon can do it because they have learned a they have seen during surgeries. so we use the same logic to develop the software. we have a machine learned algorithm, which has learned the 3—d shape of bones across the population. so we have created a lot of 3—d models from these scams. we use these as a, kind of, data base. and we get them to understand the database in a particular way to predict a 3—d model from an x—ray image. these 3—d models also allow for tools and guides to be designed to the patient‘s specific dimensions. for example, if a surgeon was preparing to cut and realign legs. we have this patient‘s specific information, which uses the bone surface in 3—d, and it is like a negative of the bones. if you make that part and print it. and put it on the real one. it will exactly fit on the real

one in the patient. so what we do is we use that concept to cut, to make the surgeon cuts more accurately. so this part will be the exact fit on the bone. but also have a slit which will align with the cutting plate. so it can be used during the surgery to guide with cutting, too. two x—rays are, of course, cheaper than a full 3d or mri scan. it means patients can be assessed who cannot get to a fully kitted hospital. it's no surprise many of the projects here and concentrate on low—cost, rugged solutions to developing world problems. you may have come across braille displays before which allow you to connect via bluetooth to your android tablet. and whichever menu item is highlighted on the screen the text is mirrored on the braille read out here, and you can control navigation using up

and down buttons here. this is a prototype braille display called braille me, which works in a slightly different way. the braille displays currently on the market are based on electric technology. because of that very thing the cost of these devices are around two, $3000 each. so we developed a completely new technology based on magnetics through which we are able to reduce the cost ten times. so we can sell it to the user at a price point around $300—$400. but this machine needs to work for at least 10 million cycles. it has to be quiet. low power. all of those features make it very difficult to make such a compact and rugged device. so that is the challenge. this is the anjuman—urdu primary school in the town of kundapur in kamataka. my name's spencer. this 155 kids here from grades one

through to seven and a whole bunch of dedicated teachers. and this is how they start their day. over in this classroom things are a little more serious. at the back of the projector there is a device which is plugged in and is running videos on english, maths, and science. the videos are made for the entire region, but then they are dubbed in different dialects, different languages, depending on where they are being sent to. today we are learning about fractions. it is a great teaching tool as long as there is electricity. but there are plenty of times when there isn't. translation: this is a new school.

earlier it would have been difficult to teach due to power cuts. we would get electricity in the mornings, but as the day passed by in the afternoon we would have power cuts for more than two hours. that's why the projector and tablet are hooked up to this box, which is itself attached to a solar panel on the roof. together they can provide up to five hours of electricity a day, meaning that classes don't have to be interrupted or cancelled if the power cuts out. translation: then we started using solar power as it is an easy and natural source of generating electricity. we have introduced the study of generating power through solar energy to our students and are teaching them the importance of working with it. we also explained to our students that this process will help us in the future to generate electricity. this whole system has been provided by the selco foundation, an indian charity with the hope to alleviate poverty by improving access to energy. with this students can get better education.

and then there is no problem of electricity. at any time they can take their students to the classroom, they can teach through this medium. selco and other ngos they work with pay for half of the cost of installing the projector and solar system. the other half comes from local schools or local government. how important is the projector? translation: before this project came into use it we had very few students. but since we have started using the solar power, our number of students has increased in a good way. we have students coming to us from different villages to learn. and not only students, we have other schools coming down to our institute for smart classes. the smart class is a good way of teaching kids these days. they seem to enjoy and learn more than usual. after we introduce smart class our school stands proudly in the educational sector. we plan to grow large as the years pass by. cool

0h! chuckles the same system is already in hundreds of rural schools and they are aiming to add hundreds more this year. and it's notjust key for schools. across rural india businesses can be helped massively by having a reliable power supply. sumana is a seamstress who lives a short drive from kunapur. she became the main breadwinner for the family after her father was taken ill. the more clothing she can repair the more she gets paid. with her old hand operated sewing machine she could fix a couple of items a day, but thanks to the solar panels on her roof her electric machine can whizz through five or six clothes per day. plus, she has a fan, a tv, and a light, so she can work earlier and later. 0ne quarter of india's rural population lives below the official poverty line. that's 216 million people whose livelihoods could be improved by the addition of basic

facilities like electricity. and, of course, one key way of helping people out of poverty is education. it's always such a privilege to come to a place like this and see how the simplest technology can make a world of difference. that's it from india for the moment. you can see plenty of photos and more backstage gossip on twitter. thanks for watching. see you soon. cheering hello.

i'll get to the uk weekend forecast in just a moment, but first of all, what a night in texas. dealing with a major hurricane. this is it on the satellite picture, here. it is a hurricane going to hang around for several more days to come, which means the rain willjust keep on coming. this is how it looks during saturday, bright colour showing the intensity of our rain. but sunday into monday, as well, it's still close by. we're talking hundreds of millimetres here. catastrophic, life—threatening flooding could well be taking place over the next few days in texas. we'll keep you updated. 0nto our weekend weather, and some warm, sunny spells on the way for many of us. the chance for catching a shower. but for saturday and sunday, even though there is some around, for most of us it will not. sun for england to begin with on saturday. some showers one 01’ two even in northern england. most places will avoid those and stay dry. if you do get shower in scotland,

it could be on the heavy side, maybe with a rumble of thunder. pleasant when the sun makes an appearance, and some spots with temperatures into the mid—20s. the cricket at headingley, as it continues for the next few days, things will warm up. it is a mainly dry pitch. broken cloud and sunshine, turning breezy by the time we get to monday. as to the women's rugby world cup far north in belfast on saturday evening, some cloud around, but is likely dry, and temperatures will ease away after the warmth of the day. this is a picture through saturday night. dry for most of us. mist and fog developing after a clearer night on saturday night in sunday morning. temperatures for some of us will be a little bit lower. a fine start to sunday. a bit more breeze in scotland, some patchy light rain to be had, here. but the vast majority will be dry. i don't expect necessarily expect clear blue sky. eastern scotland, temperatures will get to 20 celsius,

but the higher temperatures will be in england and wales, low to mid—20s. that will continue on monday. ahead of the weather system, more outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern ireland on monday. if it is a bank holiday where you are, there are big contrasts across the uk on monday. so you see the rain moving across scotland gales in northern ireland, but that sunshine for many across england and wales. and quite a range of temperatures, too. it will be on the cool side in the wind in scotland and northern ireland, but becoming very warm for a time in south—east england. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: thousands forced to evacuate as hurricane harvey heads towards texas — the category four storm could be the biggest to hit the us in more than a decade. the united states says north korea

has fired three short—range missiles — but they pose no threat to the us territory of guam. 0ne missile blew up almost immediately, and two failed in flight. protests turn deadly in india after a self—styled spiritual guru is convicted of rape, curfews are in place across several northern states. and counting down to the most—hyped fight of the year — mayweather versus mcgregor, it could be the richest in boxing history.