this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 12: with water levels rising fast in houston in the trail of tropical storm harvey — tens of thousands more people are told to leave their homes. this lady, she will not come out. she is handicapped. she is over here on the left—hand side. we know she is there, we know a couple of houses that are saying they are going to ride it out. one care home had to be evacuated after residents found themselves stuck in waist—deep water. a lorry driver has been remanded in custody in connection with saturday's minibus crash on the m1 — he was charged with 20 counts of drink—driving and dangerous driving. police in sussex they are mysteriously —— the mysterious gas cloud has cleared. and in the next hour — brexit talks resume in brussels. british negotiators will urge the eu to show flexibility and imagination.

a self—styled guru in northern india has been sentenced to ten years in prison, for raping two of his women followers. and in half an hour, plenty of colour and comedy, as we head to hull to check out the latest from britain's city of culture. hello, welcome to bbc news. ten of thousands of people living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as flooding caused by tropical storm harvey continues to cause devastation. meteorologists say conditions are ‘unprecedented', describing the storm as the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. so far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, where roads have been turned into rivers. the city has been warned to expect up to a year's worth of rain within the week.

five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, some plucked from rooftops by helicopters. in the past 30 minutes us army engineers have started releasing water from reservoirs in the city, after levels "increased dramatically" president trump is due to visit the city tomorrow to survey the damage. richard lister reports. taking only what they can hold, the people of huston are trying to escape the deluge. three days of torrential rain after the most powerful hurricane in 50 years have left this city struggling to cope. an armada of rescue boats is patrolling the streets. more than 2000 people have been rescued so far. but the emergency services say they have had at least 5000 more calls from people who fear they are trapped. we have a two storey home, and on the first floor, it's up

to here, and all the furniture is just floating. everything. mattresses, all. with the roads flooded and dangerous, people have been told to stay in their homes and wait for rescue there, but inevitably many have been trying to flee on their own, risking their lives to find higher ground. but those at the edge of the floods reach know they will be next as the rain keeps falling. they are getting out while they can. 0ne lady won't come out. she is handicapped. she's over here on the left side. so we know she's there. we know a couple of houses saying they are going to ride it out, so we are not sure exactly how many people. a woman took this photo of people trapped in a nursing home. her daughter tweeted it, asking for help. she said within ten to 15 minutes, the water went from ankle high to waist high, so immediately they were underwater and floating. the national guard saw the photo, and eventually

everyone was led to safety. but there are many others still waiting to rescue, perched on rooftops, calling for help. helicopters are patrolling the city to coordinate the rescue effort. they have been pulling people from the flood, too, but it is a slow and dangerous process. and houston's problems are only going to get worse. parts of those regions will continue to receive incredibly heavy rain that will lead to even more flooding and more danger for texans. these floods are turning into some of the worst in america's history, with billions of dollars in damage, and at the moment, an unknown number of casualties. richard lister, bbc news. cbs correspondent don champion is in houston. we will be live with him shortly. a lorry driver has appeared in court following a crash on the m1 motorway in which eight people died.

two lorries and a minibus were involved in the collision near new pagnell on saturday. 0ur correspondent has been following proceedings. this was first caught the periods for who is 31 and from each. —— rysza rd for who is 31 and from each. —— ryszard masierak. for who is 31 and from each. —— rysza rd masierak. the for who is 31 and from each. —— ryszard masierak. the charges were put to him through an interpreter and that was a process that took some time as all of these charges we re some time as all of these charges were individually put to him. eight charges of causing death by dangerous driving, four charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and then eight counts of causing death while over the prescribed alcohol limit and the charge said he would had 55 micrograms of alcohol in his breath, the legal limit is 35. ryszard masierak was the driver of the logistics truck that was involved in this crash. while those 20 charges we re this crash. while those 20 charges were put to him, a process that took

some time, he appeared to be blinking back tears and at one stage he was given a tissue. this court case was heard by three magistrates, there was no application for bail and rysza rd there was no application for bail and ryszard masierak was remanded in custody to appear before magistrates, sorry, to appear in crown court. that will be next month. we've had a brief statement from police within the last few minutes, they have given us an update on the four people who were injured in the crash. they are still said to be in a serious condition in hospital and police said the two haulage companies involved, the lorries that were involved in this accident, they are cooperating fully with their enquiries. the driver of the other lorry, david wagstaff, 53 from stoke—on—trent and he has been charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four

cou nts death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and he has been bailed, he will be appearing in court next month. andy moore reporting. brexit secretary david davis and government officials return to brussels today, for the latest round of brexit negotiations. british negotiators are urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. this is the third round of talks since june. 0ur correspondent is in brussels. last time, the british delegation was criticised for the photo shoot where there were no papers. how prepared are paid this time around? the british government were pretty angry about those allegations that they wonder prepared for the last round of talks. that famous photograph of david davis with only a notepad on his side of the table and opposite numbers of the eu with documents piled high. they say they've are considered how much work they've are considered how much work they have done in the last few weeks by releasing a flurry of position papers. documents that are related

to the talks that are happening right now on a range of subjects and also another set of documents that they call you to publish papers which are more discursive, ideas, documents for the future relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. there is a very clear strategy behind it in that david davis was the talks that are happening now to be broadened out to talk about the future relationship because at the moment, michel barnier, the uu chief negotiator wa nts barnier, the uu chief negotiator wants the to focus on things he has identified as priorities and we are getting pretty used to seeing them now, the rights of eu citizens living in uk after brexit, british people living abroad. the status of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland after brexit and the really thorny one that seems to be causing real problem is that these talks, how much money the uk's war over us commitments it made as a member. ——

the uk owes the eu. the way the position papers were seen by the people here it is a sort of confusion, cohering round of comic position by the british to the end we discussions of the transition period, what sort of transition period, what sort of transition period should it be. it seem that way from here. in terms of the unity of the 27, the other remaining states, it seems pretty strong at the moment and it is the design, the whole process, to maintain that in that the other 27 leaders wrote a set of guidelines for the negotiators that they gave to michel barnier to then work around the table with david davis on. the 27 member states are not really getting involved in this stage of the process. well we will be watching closely for unity or disunity is in the run—up to an eu summit in 0ctober because that is when eu leaders based on advice from michel

barnier will decide if so—called sufficient progress has been made in this first phase of talks to move to the next phase of talks which is the best of the uk government really wa nts to best of the uk government really wants to get into, trade and future cooperation on security and things like that. it will be intriguing to see if there is perhaps two different camps are among the member states, people who are keen to get bad judgment made and move on to phase two and those who may be wa nted phase two and those who may be wanted be a bit tougher with the 0k and what that the notion of sufficient progress is. thank you very much. don champion is in houston, being battered by the rain. tell us what it's like. good afternoon. brief but heavy downpours off and on here in the houston area, certainly people here are bracing for more rain and rescues here. an untold number of people across this region are still needing help. they are stranded in

their flooded homes and without power, they need food. some of them need medication. already more than 2000 rescues have taken place, not only by high water vehicles but also aircraft that have been brought in here. the good news for people who still need help here today is the fa ct still need help here today is the fact that overnight we did learn from the governor here in texas that another 1000 national guardsmen have been deployed here to help with the rescue. 0ne been deployed here to help with the rescue. one of the incredible things also has been to see the committee response here in the neighbouring state of louisiana, folks who called themselves the cajun navy came here yesterday with their boats and their boats to help in the incredible rescue efforts here in houston. the us army corps of engineers is starting to release water from reservoirs. what difference might that make? very difficult decision,

overnight we do know that a controlled release started at two major reservoirs here in the houston area, basically a fish is the those reservoirs will be inundated with water, all the flood water that has filled the city and the release is being done not only to protect dams in those areas but also to protect downtown which is very critical here. the sad part in making that decision is the fact that the controlled release is going to flood immediate neighbourhoods even more. 0fficials did warn residents in that area and prepared them and told them they should be prepared to evacuate that area starting today. with no sign that things are going to get better in the next couple of days at least, how are people there feeling? i think least, how are people there feeling? ithinka least, how are people there feeling? i think a lot of people are overwhelmed. you look at the rescues that have taken place here and these rescues that have taken place here and these rescu es a re that have taken place here and these rescues are broadcast often times on live television here in the houston

area and it is incredible, it is emotional to see these folks who literally woke up to a catastrophe yesterday and now face such an uncertain future. people losing their homes, theirfurniture, their clothing, i speak to a friend, her best friend just moved into a brand—new house and a chilly it has flooded. so you are hearing stories like that so i think a lot of people are overwhelmed right now that you are overwhelmed right now that you are starting to see the spirit of houstonians come out, the committee response here has just been incredible. and also the mayor here has just started a harry kane harvey relief fund and he says he's been getting calls not only from people outside of houston but also major corporations as well. a lot of help will be pouring in for the people here. thank you, john. -- don. more than 130 people have been treated at a hospital

in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast of england. beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. police say they're investigating what caused the haze but the beaches will be open as normal today. the gas cloud appears to have exacerbated. disappeared. a short time ago, our correspondent amanda akass sent us this update. well, the first reports of the gas cloud came in around five o'clock yesterday afternoon. 50011 emergency services were fielding dozens of calls of people reporting streaming eyes, irritated throats and vomiting. people were busy getting extremely worried and a mass evacuation was organised of the beaches and the coastline, which was extremely busy with everyone out enjoying the bank holiday sunshine. soon there were long queues forming outside the hospital here in eastbourne which lasted long into the night. in the end, they treated around 150 people although in the end they say that most of those were suffering from just fairly mild effects and they did not actually have to be admitted for treatment. still, thousands and thousands

of people here on the south coast yesterday so it was a really big evacuation that had to be organised. one of those who was involved in that operation was mark sawyer who is the coxswain of the eastbourne's lifeboat. so, tell us what happened to you yesterday afternoon. well, we were tasked at about 17:25 yesterday afternoon to a major incident taking place around at birling gap. the first reports were possibly some sort of chemical leak or chemical reaction and we were tasked to go round to stand—by to evacuate people from the beaches. as we launched the task, it then changed to searching from eastbourne round to birling gap for people in distress on the beaches or on small boats, people swimming, or possibly people out on small angling boats, checking for people in distress, needing medical attention and then to tie up with the new haven lifeboat that was coming round from the west doing the same. and as you actually launched, you came in with direct contact with the gas cloud itself. we did indeed, as we came out of sovereign harbour here, turned round towards

eastbourne pier, we actually went straight into this cloud which we were not aware about at the time and we could feel our eyes burning straightaway so we advised the coastguards and we were told to stay inside the lifeboat, close all doors and conduct the search from inside. the cloud went from sovereign harbour to approximately eastbourne pierjust up towards hollywell where it became apparent that the cloud had cleared and it was moving down along to the east, down towards pevensey bay and sitting down around the harbour here. and how bad was it, have you ever had anything like this before? no, we have had nothing like that at all. we could see it as a white mist and we could feel it but you could see it went out to sea about half a mile so we diverted outside of it and then ran up and inshore the other side of the pier. we could visibly see there were people moving away from the beaches and the beaches were clearing. we were lucky one of our crew members, doctor stephen litton, who is our lifeboat medical adviser was on board with us,

so we did take with us extra oxygen and extra water with us to deal with the mass casualties but luckily we do not get anyone who was in distress and basicallyjust working out where the cloud was, where it was going and just checking for people in any state of distress. well, thank you very much indeed, mark. so the latest advice from the police and public health england is that the cloud has now dissipated but they are saying anyone who does still feel worried that they are suffering from ill effects should wash their eyes out, wash their skin with soap and water and only if you are feeling really ill, to go to a&e. up up to date with how the emergency services are responding to the deadly storm harvey. there is a federal emergency management agency briefing underway right now. we can have a listen in. the partnership at every level of government has been exceptional and i want to thank the governors all they have done. we understand that there are challenges

before us, particularly in houston that we are committed to getting the re—sources, local officials need as soon as possible. finally i would like to thank the thousands of civil servants, first responders and volu nteers servants, first responders and volunteers in texas and around the country, including both here in dc who have worked tirelessly throughout the weekend and will continue to carry out our response and recovery efforts over the weeks and recovery efforts over the weeks and months to come. you have provided a tremendous service to your fellow americans and we thank you. with that, i would like to turn over to the ministry to to walk through our response efforts. thank you. emergency management is about purchasing. my goal is emergency manager, the federal demonstrated to unify the efforts of the agencies, but basically the firepower the

federal government and what we want to do is be able to have a unified effort coordinated and get the state of texas everything they need to fill gaps, to bolster their operations and capability. they said the mission priorities right now, we follow a line to support those. right now, this is still an ongoing situation. we are not a recovery yet. we are thinking and planning for recovery. we have recovery teams down in texas but right now this mission is very important that this isa mission is very important that this is a life safety, life—sustaining mission. we tried help bolster the efforts to do swift water rescue, search and rescue over a huge county jurisdiction over 30 to 50 counties possibly impacted in taxes will stop just because we see what is going on in houston, these impacts are not only across houston but 50 different counties within texas, we are going to see a tremendous amount of rainfall into south—west louisiana,

we asking citizens to still listen to their local emergency managers, cou nty to their local emergency managers, countyjudges or to their local emergency managers, county judges or parish to their local emergency managers, countyjudges or parish presidents or life safety warning communications. right now in addition to search and rescue, the next objective is to stabilise disaster survivors. once we move them, were able to extract them from different areas and rescue them, we have got to get them into shelters. the shelter mission is going to be in very heavy lift, we are anticipating over 30,000 people being placed in shelters temporary to basically stabilise the situation and provide for their care. to basically stabilise the situation and provide fortheir care. next to basically stabilise the situation and provide for their care. next we are ready and already deploying essential life—sustaining commodities. we have a tremendous amount of supplies in the state and the state is pulling our resources already to be able to put those out. it is occurring all over the state of texas. our partners at the army corps of engineers we working to restore power we are providing

medley genesis for critical infrastructure, to support things such as 911 centres or other critical infrastructure within the state of texas. finally we are also providing emergency communications. we are trying to help 911 centres but also make sure that we are inoperable between the several states and local responders that are out there on the ground. the goody is also an main concern. the state i do know is mobilised a huge amount of national guard but we have also, the secretary has been going forward , the secretary has been going forward, we have activated the home security search capacity falls. —— force. i need you to know, helping texas overcome this disaster is going to be far greater than

co—writing the mission, we need citizens to be involved. texas, this isa landmark citizens to be involved. texas, this is a landmark event, we have not seen an event like this, you cannot draw this forecast up. you cannot dream this forecast, it has been a very challenging effort for the national weather service dealers and putting out great information. we've been telling people that this was coming, it is still ongoing but you could not draw this situation up. the bottom line is that it's going to continue on, we need the whole community, not only the federal government forces but this is a whole community effort from all levels of government, it is going to require the citizens getting involved. this is what i want you to know are visited and if you want to help. we have a website, that is debbie debbie. nvoa. org. we have to

make sure that donations and volunteers are managed correctly to be effective down to the state and local levels. that is one way to start. underneath the president's disaster declaration, but we have individual assistance programmes, we are expecting, based on this event, novell forge and 50,000 potential registers of disaster victims. but asa registers of disaster victims. but as a huge number but we are ready to go to process, we have already processed nearly 15,000 calls over the last 24 hours. getting citizens registered. what we want to do is be able to get un, hopefully you qualify for disaster assistance and we will start processing un setting up we will start processing un setting up your case we will start processing un setting up your case management we will start processing un setting up your case management to go forward there. to do that, if you have access to a website, go to disaster assistance .gov. call one

861 fema. i'm asking disaster assistance .gov. call one 861fema. i'm asking for all citizens to get involved here. donate your money, work out how you can get involved as we help texas find a new norm are going forward after this devastating disaster. right now what i would like to do is also, i would like to push it over to the national weather service director. a short update here on what is happening and what we expect over the next five days. the circulation has been drifting south east towards the coast, it is currently located over the day. we can bring up slight one. the official track forecasts, up the coast of the texan louisiana area. there is still uncertainty in

dealing with this track, the storm itself is behaving in that circulation. the track situation is a difficult forecast for us. we have to pay attention as we move forward. very heavy rain is currently associated with an intense rainfall extending north and north—west. into south—west louisiana. earlier this morning, the reports of five to six inches of rain per hour associated with this band, some unofficial reports of up to eight inches. with respect to houston, we are in a lull right now. the bands that have been sitting over houston, one is now shifted off to the north—east, we have a report of over 30 inches of rain so far in near houston. broad area. if we can have the rainfall

map, yes, that one. this is 125 day forecast. as i know that houston is a lull right now, we will get back into the moderate to heavy rains later today and then into tomorrow and we will see how long that lasts, it depends on that tracked and it is about 15 to 20 inch rainfall, still forecast. notice also the shift towards the east, south—west louisiana and going into north—east texasis louisiana and going into north—east texas is included and watch that area very carefully. going to the last map, this is a map of the current flooding. we have a major flooding occurring already in the houston area, blossoming out of north and west houston. the peak

flow and depth of this flood will max out in a wednesday, thursday time frame. this does include the projected rental that we are expecting. —— predicted rainfall. currently, this was over 4am, when these heavy rain falls, the flooding will quickly change in those areas. we should emphasise in this case be flooding will be very slow to recede. we are seeing catastrophic flooding... a briefing by the fema warning of more to come and talking about needing to help texas find a new normal going forward after this disaster. there are more guardsmen going in to help, there are 30,000 people being put into emergency shelters and army corps of engineers

are working to restore power in critical infrastructure. it is a situation that is going to get worse because more rain is anticipated over the next three days, potentially more than two more feet of water to hit taxes. —— texas. thousands of revellers are descending on west london for the second day of the notting hill carnival. organisers are expecting a million visitors over both days. yesterday a minute's silence was observed in memory for those killed in the fire at grenfell tower, which is on the parade route. we can go live now to our correspondent chi chi izundu who is in notting hill. hello. yes, as you can see behind me, the whole point of carnival is to have the loudest sound system. boy, are they beading. masquerade coming up and down, as you see, a minutes silence yesterday. that's a minutes silence yesterday. that's a minutes silence yesterday. that's a

minutes silence will be marked today at three o'clock. they are expected to go quiet and people as a mark of respect to those who perished at g re nfell tower. respect to those who perished at grenfell tower. the london metropolitan police said that yesterday they had wondered and 22 arrest, mainly for drugs. whilst london ambulance treated more than 340 people, mainly due to having too much to drink and the thing because the weather is going to be about 29 celsius, drink plenty of water and get some sheet. in the heat and amid the noise. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. a scorching day? potentially looking at our warmest end of august bank holiday monday on record. the one we jihad was in1990, holiday monday on record. the one we jihad was in 1990, 20 8.2. we could be that today and 29 celsius is

possible today in london. it is not everywhere today, some cooler weather. it is going to be eventually turning cooler as we go over the next few days. this is what it looks like more or less right now. a lot of sunshine across many central and southern areas of the uk. these are fooled the temperatures we are getting. much cooler in the north. a lot more cloud here and some spots of rain. a hot one for the carnival. here is the weather front, the line that separates the warm air in the south, 17 now. around 11 celsius in the north. tomorrow, the weatherfront moves slowly across the midlands, bit more cloud, some spots of rain and the temperature is tomorrow, still warm in the studies, 26. many of us, a cloudier and cooler days.