hello, this is bbc news, i'm ben bland. our top stories: scenes of devastation as more than a thousand people are rescued from the rising waters caused by tropical storm harvey. hundreds of others are stranded in their homes. texas continues to be battered by heavy rain with nearly 80cm falling over the last 48 hours. texans brace themselves as forecasters warn more is on its way. security has been tightened in several states of northern india ahead of the sentencing on monday of a self—styled guru convicted of rape. and austrian police step up their border checks in a bid to stop illegal migrants crossing from italy. and, back to brussels, round three of the talks to take britain out of the eu. and don't just leave it to the experts — in new zealand, you can build and design your own send—off box. welcome to the programme.

catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston — america's fourth largest city. weather forecasters say storm harvey is the biggest the state has ever seen. parts of houston have had 76 centimetres of rain in the past 48 hours. the governor of texas has asked residents to brace themselves for more heavy rain. so far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people — others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape the danger. james cook reports from houston. harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. rescuers in boats, helicopters and lorries have in bringing people to

safety. forecasters say it is on track to dump more than 50 inches of rain in texas, making it the largest on record. we want people to know in the city. if you are there and there is a need, we will get to you. i will simply ask that you remain calm, remain patient and we will get to you. anyone with a boat has been pressed into service. the city streets are to navigate. quran so swift and treacherous. in these conditions, making the wrong turn can quickly become a matter of life and death —— currents are swift. we are so thankful someone could get to us. the flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise. still the rain is coming down with no sign of stopping. the fourth—largest city in

the united states has ground to a halt. motorways are cut off, airports are closed and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised. president trump plans to visit tomorrow. he will find a city in crisis. sarwat and shakil nasiri join me from sugar land, part of greater houston area. trapped inside their house, flood waters have reached their driveway. it must be a frightening situation for you both to be in. it has been. we did stock up and water. we never thought it would get to anything like this, we were not expecting something this disastrous. we have got water right up to our driveway, if it continues to reign, our house might be flooded. we just brought

ourselves upstairs, it has been concerning an frightening. what has the advice being? to try and get out oi’ the advice being? to try and get out or to stay put for the moment? —— been? it has been a bit mixed, some people decided to come back up. our share of stock in going door to door, asking if anyone needed anything. we did mention that the water was higher. there wasjust one main door, and it was high water. they offered us to get out, but we decided to stay home and watch the weather and see how it goes. we must leave it there, thank you very much. we apologise about the slightly poor

quality of the wine there. —— line. that was because of the devastation and flooding in houston. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. what's described as a chemical haze has left hundreds of people on the south coast of england with streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. a mysterious cloud drifted in from the sea on sunday afternoon in sussex — but the nature of the mist has yet to be established. 0fficials appear to be ruling out chlorine. a truck driver from worcestershire in the uk will appear in court later in connection with the mi crash on saturday morning which killed eight people. he's charged with causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving. four people remain in hospital — three of them are in a critical condition.

eight mountain climbers have died in three separate incidents this weekend in the austrian and italian alps. five people were killed and another seriously injured after an accident on mount gabler on sunday. while in northern italy, two climbers died in the ademello brenta park and another close to the swiss border. a self—styled indian guru is due to be sentenced on two charges of rape later. gurmeet ram rahim singh‘s conviction triggered an explosion of violence in northern india on friday. 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured. thousands of police and troops have been deployed to try to prevent further violence. 0ur south asia correspondent, justin rowlatt is at his headquarters in sirsa. we are outside gurmeet ram rahim singh‘s huge temple complex. it is just on the other side of that wall to my left. we arejust just on the other side of that wall to my left. we are just driving just on the other side of that wall to my left. we arejust driving past the main entrance. we would like to get inside, a number ofjournalists and television crews have tried to get in. a couple of them were attacked and were quite badly beaten. our strategy is going to be

a —— approaching the officials. let's see if it works. it doesn't seem to be working too well with these guys. a bit further down the road, we did meet a friendly official. we have been allowed inside the temple complex. if we go along here, we can see the hospital, pa rt along here, we can see the hospital, part of the complex, it provides the officials free services for local people. if we, the corner, you will get a sense of the scale of this place. we are talking about 1000 acres it covers, there are 40,000 devotees here. this place has virtually everything you could imaginea virtually everything you could imagine a city would have, there is a hotel, a resort complex, a huge auditorium where the guru holds

seminars, sessions, services for his faithful, he performs and plays music. behind that, a meditation area to my left. behind the meditation area is a palace complex which is the kura's home. the administrator who let us in describe this as a city with in a city. we have just penetrated the first layer of security —— guru's. we discover just how much security the indian authorities have put in place as we we re authorities have put in place as we were leaving. as well as the police, there is a huge army presence. authorities have ordered that the guru's assets including the temple be seized, but the deputies don't be —— appearto be be seized, but the deputies don't be —— appear to be ready to give it up without a fight, leaving it a dangerous stand—off here ——

devotees. we expect the sentencing to be happening in the next few hours and we will bring the outcome to you here. jamie is here with all the business news. the third round of brexit talks gets under way this week in brussels, with the deadline for the uk's exit now looking increasingly tight. the phrase "the clock is ticking" is almost an eu mantra now, with the uk set to leave at the end of march 2019. so what's on the agenda? well both sides are keen to secure the rights and interests of the 3.2 million non—british eu citizens living in the uk, and the 1.2 million uk nationals living in the other 27 eu member states. more controversial is the uk's divorce bill. there is there is no agreed formula yet and figures being discussed range from zero to 100 billion euros

— with that money going to pay for eu projects the uk had previously committed to. one thing that isn't yet part of the negotiations is the uk's future trade relationship with the eu. these talks will only begin when the eu's chief negotiator decides "sufficient progress has been made" on the other issues. in world business report, we will have a final instalment of our business of death series. for most people, organising a funeral is an expensive formality that is left to the professionals. but groups in new zealand are now changing that mentality. the coffin club teaches people how to make and decorate their own caskets. not only is it much cheaper, it lets people personalise their funerals while breaking down taboos associated with death. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @bizrobertson. let's return to our main story now,

the devastating floods in texas. kenneth craig is a reporter from cbs news in houston. bring us up—to—date with the latest on the flooding and the forecast? the latest is that this flooding is still very much under way. we are nowhere over it when it comes to this event. the rain is expected to continue for the next couple of days. it may look dry right now, but don't let that for you. just a few minutes ago, we went to another very heavy band from harvey, lightning and torrential downpours. i am standing in the middle of a usually very busy parkway, floodwaters go for hundreds of yards behind me. this is originating at the buffalo by you, that has overflowed into a park and into a parkway behind me.

the underpass is 15— 20 feet deep and it is completely filled. —— parkway —— bayou. and it is completely filled. —— parkway -- bayou. how our rescue effort is shaping up? they are still very much under way. 0fficials effort is shaping up? they are still very much under way. officials have received more than 2000 emergency calls. at that point, they had another 1000 still on the list. they we re another 1000 still on the list. they were trying to get to everybody. they said, we are going to get you one by one, but it will take some time. later in the day they put out a warning that said, if you have a family member or friend who a warning that said, if you have a family member orfriend who has already called for emergency services, please do not call again. you are only going to slow things down. we have seen some amazing and pretty dramatic rescues. some

elderly folks have been sitting in waist high water in and assisted living facility, waiting for emergency workers to arrive. we have seen neighbours helping each other with their own boats. we have seen huge trucks drive into floodwaters and people have to swim to safety. still a long way to go when it comes to this flooding in those rescues. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: europe's oldest traditional west indian carnival celebrates its fiftieth anniversary today. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky.

an orange, glowing disc that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to re pair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: thousands of people are rescued from rising floodwaters as houston bears the brunt of tropical storm harvey.

the american national weather service has described the flooding as "beyond anything experienced". officials say there are more tornadoes and rain on its way. security has been tightened in several states of northern india ahead of the sentencing on monday of a self—styled guru convicted of rape. austria is stepping up spot checks on goods trains coming from italy. 70 soldiers have been deployed to help the police near the brenner pass border. the police say although the overall migrant streams haven't changed much, the number of people hiding on the trains to travel north to austria and germany is on the rise. bethany bell reports from matrei am brenner, tyrol, near the border with italy. and alert at an austrian roll a station. a group of migrants has been discovered at the bottom of a goods train from italy, clinging to

a small little platform just above the wheels. the right to make women and four man from nigeria, burkina faso, and ivory coast. it's dangerous. in november, two migrants died ona dangerous. in november, two migrants died on a free train in this region. they tried to hide and conceal themselves and spaces under the train, in between, but there are sometimes only metal girders which they try to hold on to as the train travels. if someone slips or falls off, it is certain death. it's an election year in austria and migrants hot topic. the government has now deployed soldiers to help the police near the border. but army officials wouldn't comment the politics. we have orders to carry out. we're only strong together. police said the overall number of migrants travelling north is stable.

but freight trains are the new frontline. the number of stowaways they say is on the rise. austria has threatened to deploy troops directly on the italian border if there is a big surge in migrants arriving. that suggestion has angered italy. these checks are taking place inside austria, we are about 15— 20 drive from the italian border here. italy has made it very clear he doesn't wa nt has made it very clear he doesn't want border controls. the brenner passis want border controls. the brenner pass is a key transit route at italy has warned austria that border controls would mean breaking eu rules on freedom of movement. the migrants are taken off for questioning and fingerprinting. some could try to apply for asylum in austria, others may get sent back to italy. with the third round of brexit talks beginning in brussels later, adam fleming has been thumbing through the story so far, and it's a pretty weighty document.

everywhere i go, my brexit binder comes to. it is every document published by both sides since the process officially started in march. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. today my task is to propose a draft, guidelines on brexit. at first, mainly what i had to read, yes, sometimes in the pub, with papers from the eu who complained that the uk wasn't giving them enough information. we have published nine eu position papers so far. under different issues. and eu positions are clear. since then the folder has filled up with a flurry of documents from the uk government on a range of subjects, or example customs where

they say they want to keep the system as similar as possible for an interim period, northern ireland, the government wants to avoid the return of so—called hard border with the republic of ireland, and the european court of justice the republic of ireland, and the european court ofjustice may have some influence in british life after brexit, itjust went be a direct influence. so for the european officials i talk to and not particularly impressed by the position papers coming out of the british government. they think that the british government is trying very ha rd to the british government is trying very hard to unify itself around a common position which is fair enough andi common position which is fair enough and i think the british government is sticking to a british audience trying to show it is making progress in the talks but on substance as far as the eu is concerned the british papers are not substantive enough to really m ea n papers are not substantive enough to really mean that the talks could move ahead. but is because the eu wa nts to move ahead. but is because the eu wants to focus on its priority issues of agreeing a way to calculate the uk's debts, protecting the rights of eu citizens living in post— brexit britain, and what to do about the irish border. so far, no

agreement on any of them. behind the scenes, british officials say it is all going to be very technical this week and a stepping stone to more progress later in the year. eu officials say there are still big but are unlikely to be closed soon and that matters because talks can't move to phase two of our trade and future cooperation at all the issues of phase one are settled. we're a long way of printing off a final deal to stick my folder. i cannot believe his left is drink! shopping! —— shocking! in the english premier league, liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at anfield to beat arsenal 4—0. two goals in either half forjurgen klopp's side moves them second in the table, two points behind manchester united. first half efforts from roberto firmino and sadio mane put the home side in a strong position. then mohammad salah and daniel sturridge both scored in the second half.

it means liverpool have kept four clean sheets in a row at anfield in the premier league for the first time since september 2013. we were really well organised, if you give arsenal a little bit of space and time, the opportunity to do what they want to do, you are lost before the game starts. so i don't think arsenal could do today of times what actually wanted. and that's all, all the credit to the boys because they worked really hard. title holders chelsea put two goals past everton at stamford bridge to make it back—to—back wins. after a disappointing opening day loss to burnley, the blues have struck back heading into the international break with goals from cesc fabregas and alvaro morata moving them sixth. tottenham saw a late equaliser deny them all three points at wembley as burnley salvaged a 1—1 draw. delle ali had put spurs in front but mauricio pochettino saw his side's woes at the national stadium continue as chris wood scored in injury time.

tottenham have now won just twice in 12 matches at their temporary home while white hart lane is being rebuilt. west london's notting hill carnival gets most of the attention. but further north, the leeds carnival, also known as the chapeltown carnival, is one of the longest—running west indian street festivals in europe. this weekend's celebrations marks its 50th anniversary. lara rostron reports. this is the leeds west indian carnival, a jawdropping parade which last year attracted by the 100 60,000 visitors. it's been running every august bank holiday mondays since 1967, celebrating live's caribbean community for five decades. —— leeds‘. the man behind,

82 year rod arthur france, a student studying at leeds university. we're coming to bind us together in harmony. and you don‘t need an invite, you just come. harmony. and you don‘t need an invite, youjust come. he claims it was the first in europe. notting hill didn‘t have a carnival, the first carnival on the streets of europe, the first west indian carnival was leeds west indian carnival was leeds west indian carnival and we are still going strong and as we say, we are jumping still. now bigger and better, carnivals are still rooted in authentic tradition with three elements — costume, music and muscar rate profession. 2000 people are taking part in this year ‘s parade, many coming from all over the world, including the original carnival queen. it‘s the first time she has been back in 50 years and recreation of the original press forms the

display at the city‘s ellery. of the original press forms the display at the city's ellery. the first ever carnival queen in europe. royalty. it's fantastic, really nice to see. i remember being this beautiful young girl, slim, you know. being asked if i would represent my country. very relu cta ntly represent my country. very reluctantly i said yes and i am so happy and so proud that i did. just bring it over. the large—scale costu mes bring it over. the large—scale costu m es a re bring it over. the large—scale costumes are a major part of the parade around chapeltown which lasts for mark ellis and covers miles and behind every costume is an army of helpers. life at carnival is an alien concept, it avoids being a pa rt alien concept, it avoids being a part of it and i love it. there are people that are not my family but i feel exceptionally close to and that is only because carnival has done that and brought us altogether. it's just... an era ofjubilation, fun,

festivity. it is the feeling of euphoria thatjust festivity. it is the feeling of euphoria that just can't even explain. the king and queen posner costu mes explain. the king and queen posner costumes designed, the dancers fine tuned and that procession rehearsed. all they need is caribbean sunshine to make thousands of sequence sparkle on the street of yorkshire. i feel incredibly underdressed after seeing all of those costumes! don‘t forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i‘m @benmbland. this is bbc news, the headlines coming upfor this is bbc news, the headlines coming up for you in a few minutes the event. —— in a few minutes. see you then. hello.

temperatures are coming down in the week ahead, make the most of any warm sunshine you have on monday. across parts of england had lost because of scotland and northern ireland it will be windy and styles of rain moving southward as the weather front moves through cdma start right here but it will not last love as a move south of rain would produce for eastern scotland, just a bit here and there, and there, and quite windy without the cloud ahead of it across north—west england in the western parts of wales, producing drizzle into the hills but for east wales, the rest of england, largely funny. this is how it looks at four p.m.. a band of ram will pour on through and some of us ram will pour on through and some of us will brighten up by the time we get to evening, some showers into northwest scotland on the wind. a good chance of light rain or drizzle in the lake district. snowdonia from the cloud. east wales, the pennines, long sunny spells. an unbroken sunshine and some temperatures heading into the high 20s. maybe

around 30 celsius, anything above 28.3 will make it the warmest august bank holiday on record! through monday night, some of the wrangle. across northern england into wales and into the midlands, a weakening weather system working its way southwards, call and fresh to the north of it and wild and muddy to the south. as it continues to edge southwards during tuesday it would have a great deal of rain left on it and still some sunny spells in east anglia, south—east england as it turns warm and humid and once again before the cloud increases. scotland northern ireland are fresher feel, quite windy, some sunshine, a few showers, most running into northwest scotland. quite a range of temperatures. it will come down in south—east england by wednesday. a messy picture with some areas of low pressure threatening parts of england and wales on wednesday. some outbreaks of rain. they are gone by thursday as the high pressure builds backin thursday as the high pressure builds back in across the uk. for wednesday, the threat of some outbreaks of rain for parts of england and wales. a few showers

into scotland. a few more for scotla nd into scotland. a few more for scotland and northern ireland on thursday. the trend on the end of the week high pressure will build back in, settling the weather down. the main stories in our weather this week, warm to very warm starts for some of us, it will turn cooler but not cold, dry weather to come, some are infor not cold, dry weather to come, some are in for some on monday and wednesday and the high pressure settles things later in the week that will last into next week. this is bbc world news, the headlines. catastrophic floods are severely affecting america‘s fourth largest city, houston, in texas, which has been experiencing what meteorologists say is the biggest storm in the state‘s history. thousands of people have been rescued from rising the floodwaters and hundreds of others are stranded in their homes after nearly 80cm of rain fell over the last 48 hours. officials say there are more tornados and rain on its way. there‘s a heavy security presence in northern india, ahead of the sentencing of a controversial guru convicted of rape. 38 people died during protests

after gurmeet ram rahim singh was found guilty. austria is stepping up spot checks on goods trains coming from italy.