thousands of people are told to leave their homes as tropical storm harvey continues to [ash the state of texas. people have been told to expect a year's rainfall in a week — up to 30,000 may need to be housed in rescue centres. we have a two—storey home, and on the first floor, it's up to here, and all the furniture‘s just floating. a lorry driver has appeared in court following a crash on the m1 motorway in which eight people died. the mysterious chemical haze in east sussex — more than 100 have been treated in hospital. the self styled guru jailed in india for raping two of his followers — his conviction led to dozens of people dying in violent clashes. and i am here at notting hill carnival where organisers are paying tribute to those affected by the

g re nfell tower tribute to those affected by the grenfell tower blaze here in west london. good afternoon. 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. it's expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned — but officials say they can't confirm figures until the floodwaters recede. thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. richard lister has the latest. taking only what they can hold, the people of houston are trying to escape the deluge. three days of torrential rain

and 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 2,000 people have been rescued so far, but the emergency services say they have had at least 5,000 calls from people who 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 that 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. the owner of this care home photographed the rising flood. her daughter tweeted it, pleading for help. she said within ten to 15 minutes, the water went from ankle—high to waist—high, so immediately they were under water and floating. the national guard saw the photo, and eventually everyone was led to safety. but there are many others still waiting for 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. thousands of people have been displaced. billions of dollars‘ worth

of property has been destroyed or damaged with, as yet, an unknown number of casualties. richard lister, bbc news. brexit secretary david davis and government officials return to brussels today, for the latest round of brexit negotiations. mr davis says he'd like the eu to show more ‘flexibility and imagination‘ in the negotiations. damian grammaticas is in brussels for us this lunchtime. how is that likely to go down? how is that likely to go down7|j think the eu side will be sticking to its position. david davis has said he wants flexibility and imagination as you say, part of the thinking behind that is that what he wa nts to thinking behind that is that what he wants to do is push the eu more towards looking at the future trading relationships, with the eu side i think will be more reluctant to do that, they cannot do that at the minute. at 4pm when things begin

here, michel barnier can only talk legally about what the 27 nations have empowered him to discuss around the table and he has said that on twitter, those are the issues of citizens rights, financial obligations of the uk, the irish border. what he wants he says is legal certainty and that is what the eu's legal certainty and that is what the eu‘s approach to the negotiations, but it‘s all so say they will only move on once they think there is sufficient progress on those areas andi sufficient progress on those areas and i think they will stick to that. thank you very much. a lorry driver has appeared in court following a crash on the mi motorway in which eight people died. two lorries and a minibus were involved in the collision near new pagnell on saturday. 0ur correspondent andy moore is at high wycombe magistrates for us now. andy. this was the first court appearance for rysza rd masierak this was the first court appearance for ryszard masierak who is 31 and lives in evesham in worcestershire,

he is originally from poland saw this court case lasted about half an hour and saw the proceedings go through an interpreter. he was denied bail and remanded through an interpreter. he was denied bailand remanded in through an interpreter. he was denied bail and remanded in custody to appear at aylesbury crown court next month. ryszard masierak blinked back the tears and was given a tissue as all 20 charges were put to him through an interpreter. afterwards, thames valley police made a brief statement. six men and two women died. four people who were injured remain in a serious condition in hospital. we‘ve had full cooperation from the two freight companies involved, and they are fully supporting us with our enquiries. our thoughts remain very much with those affected by this tragedy. mr masierak was driving an aim logistics lorry at the time of the crash. 12 people were in the minibus when the collision happened in the early hours of saturday morning. tributes have been paid to the driver, cyriacjoseph. he‘s been described as an extraordinary father and a great leader within the southern indian community in nottingham. his passengers were a group

of people from india about to start a tour of europe. three of the dead worked for an it company. the other lorry driver, david wagstaff, who‘s 53 and from stoke—on—trent, has been bailed to appear before magistrates next month. he‘s been charged with 12 counts of causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving. andy moore, bbc news. about 150 people have now been treated in hospital in eastbourne in east sussex afterfalling ill as a result of a mysterious chemical "haze" which drifted in from the sea late yesterday afternoon. amanda akass is at birling gap, the area near beachy head which was worst affected. amanda has anyone got any idea yet what this haze was? i have spoken to the emergency services and they are still unclear as to what exactly this toxic gas cloud was and where it came from. some speculation it could have come

from some kind of chemical leak in northern france, something like that happened a few years ago and strong smells worse melt across the south—east but sussex police say the weather conditions yesterday make that unlikely. there have also been reports there was a ship seen offshore off—loading something that has been reported to the police and the coastguard say they are checking all the vessels in the area at the time. as to what the substance was, the fire service say they do not think it was chlorine but it was causing distress to people suffering from streaming eyes, sore throats, vomiting and people were queueing outside the eastbourne hospital through the night. but the hospital said when everyone was treated they we re said when everyone was treated they were mainly suffering from merely minor effects and nobody had to be admitted. thank you very much amanda a controversial religious leader in india has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping two of his followers. gurmeet ram rahim singh‘s conviction last week triggered large scale

riots by his devotees in which 38 people were killed. thousands of police have been deployed to the region where the guru‘s movement is based amid fears of further unrest. from there, justin rowlatt reports. the town where the controversial self—styled guru is being held was under a strict lockdown today. after the explosion of violence that followed his conviction on two rape charges last week, the indian authorities say they are taking no chances. but this is the real focus of concern today. the town in which the vast temple complex that serves as guru ram rahim‘s headquarters is based. this car was torched by an angry crowd within minutes of the ten year sentence being announced. are your troops ready to besiege the temple complex if necessary? we are fully equipped, fully ready and fully trained. whatever directions are given, we‘ll implement it. as of now, we are going step—by—step, and the first step is to maintain the peace and calm so that curfew is relaxed. people can go back to normalcy.

guru ram rahim is a flamboyant and controversialfigure, who stars in his own movies and command extraordinary support. his claim that he has 60 million followers worldwide may be an exaggeration, but perhaps as many as 15,000 hard—core devotees are believed to be holed up in the temple compound today. the army has been warning people to leave the temple. the authorities have ordered that the guru‘s assets, including the temple complex be seized, but from what we‘ve seen, the devotees are not ready to give it up without a fight, so a siege situation is developing here in north india. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sirsa. german prosecutors say a nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, may have killed 84 others. niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago — for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. investigators have exhumed

more than 100 bodies of patients who died in clinics where hoegel worked. a year ago today bhs closed it‘s doors for the last time after going into administration. 12 months on only 25 of the company‘s 160 stores have new owners including the likes of primark, tk maxx and morleys — and are trading again. our business correspondent emma simpson has been looking at the figures. bhs, one of the best—known names on the high street. it had its heyday, but this time last year, nearly 90 years of trading came to an end. and the question, who would fill this gap? at this shopping centre, a shiny new department store. and new jobs for these two former bhs workers. we couldn‘t get anyone in to fix anything for bhs, but now we‘ve got brand—new everything.

it is like moving out of a house, having it refurbished and moving straight back in. for us, it‘s‘s like a home from home. whatever was going on in in this building, we would be interested. the fact that we both work here is amazing. it‘ss a good outcome here, but what has happened to the other 159 bhs stores around the uk? more than half are still sitting empty. 35 properties have deals or plans in place. four stores have been demolished. only 25 of the former bhs stores have so far been reoccupied. that is about one in six shops. i am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied, many of them are very large and costly to reoccu py, and they are in marginal towns where there is a lot of competition from other locations. those retailers who would normally

have been there in the past have moved elsewhere. i have lived in stockport all my life, i remember being dragged around on a saturday morning with my mum. it would never be a complete visit without coming to bhs. but there is a big gaping hole now. the council is spending millions on improving the town centre. it‘s leader is convinced a solution can be found. it is a shame, because it is actually a successful shopping centre. about 95% of units are let. we feel there is a lot of potential interest in this building. i think there is an incredible opportunity. i think it can be easy let. but they may need to come up with something creative than just another shop. the same goes for many of the other former bhs stores sitting empty as well. ever simson, bbc news, stockport.

thousands of people are descending on west london for the second day of the notting hill carnival. 0rganisers 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. chi chi izundu is in notting hill. a million people are expected to come here over the next two days, yesterday carnival was opened with the ceremony, multi—faith prayer at was given and doves released as a mark of respect to those affected by the grenfell tower will blaze back injune. a minutes silence was held at three o‘clock yesterday and the same will be done again today at 3pm but as you can see behind me organisers are very much about mixing the visit of the these and fun, colourful costumes and masquerades as well as marking tributes to those affected by

g re nfell tower. tributes to those affected by grenfell tower. metropolitan police so grenfell tower. metropolitan police so far 122 people arrested but the london ambulance service are saying they treated 422 people, 70 of which we re they treated 422 people, 70 of which were taken to hospital and the are urging people to drink lots of water. some cricket and england have lost the prize wicket ofjoe root on the morning of fourth day of the second test against the west indies at headingley. the england captain was caught for 72, as england attempt to extend their slender lead over the tourists. at lunch england are 251—11, a lead of 82. now it‘s certainly not cricket but it‘s terminology can be just as confusing — with it‘s ‘quaffle‘, bludger and ‘snitch‘. you may have thought the game of quidditch was confined to the pages of harry potter. but it‘s actually been brought to life as a real sport and this weekend the british championships were held in hull. we put colin paterson on a broomstick and sent him along. quidditch.

created byjk rowling, and very much harry potter‘s favourite sport. and now, very much a real thing. eight teams battling it out for the quidditch premier league championship. we‘ve got lots of the general public coming down today, and getting to see them come along, watch the sport and be like, wow, quidditch is a real sport. quidditch has three main rules. this is a quaffle. i'm using it to score goals. each hoop is worth ten points. so this is the bludger. when you get hit by it, you have to go and tag into your hoops before you can do anything useful. he laughs that‘s the golden snitch. if you catch it, your team gets 30 points and ends the game. and for the players, all this is done with one of these between their legs. if you get hit by a bludger, or if it comes from between your legs at any time, then you have to go tag back in at your hoops. how much easier would it

be if you could fly? so much easier, but i think health and safety would have a field day! you know what you need to be doing? it was clear to see just how seriously teams were taking it. this is a quidditch pre—match team talk. what colour are roses? all: white! i said, what colour are roses? all: white! who are you? all: roses! many of the players were attracted to the sport by a certain boy wizard. probably like up the top end of fans. like, i‘m a massive harry potter fan. but it‘s so separate now. quidditch is this, and harry potter is this. but that‘s not true of everyone. i've never read the books, and i'm the age as well. it surprises quite a lot of people i play with. not even the quidditch sections? not even the quidditch sections! and so to the final — west midlands revolution versus southeast knights. and the revolution were presented with a trophy that was bigger than ron weasley. quidditch‘s long—term goal?

well, one day, it could be a case of harry potter and the olympic sport. colin paterson, bbc news, hull. that‘s it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6pm — until then do enjoy your afternoon. hello, you‘re watching the bbc news channel. i‘m joanna gosling. let‘s get more now on the floods which have caused devastation in parts of the us state of texas. officials have been holding a new conference on the emergency response effort so far. speaking in washington, the acting secretary of homeland security warned that although the hurricane force winds had diminished, storm harvey was still posed a serious threat. i know everyone in this room and on the president‘s team has been moved by the images and stories of people who are suffering in texas. we want to make sure you all know we are working right now to provide assistance as quickly as we can. right now we are focused on rescue operations and we will move into recovery operations

later in the week. but today we are deeply concerned with those in houston and surrounding areas who are stranded and in need of immediate assistance. people need help and we are working to provide it. while the hurricane force winds have diminished, i want to stress that we are not out of the woods yet. not by a long shot. harvey is still a dangerous and historic storm. according to the national weather service, who you will hear from shortly, rainfall amount as much as two feet have occurred in the houston metro area and life threatening flooding will occur over a large portion of south central and southeast texas in the coming days. rivers will not crest until later this week. also speaking at the press conference, brock long from the federal emergency management agency said the scale of storm was unprecedented.

helping texas overcome this disaster is going to be far greater than fema coordinating the mission of the entire federal government. we need citizens to be involved. texas, this is a landmark event. we have not seen an event like this. you could not draw this forecast up. you could not dream this forecast up, it has been a very challenging effort for the national weather service who has been putting out great information, we have been telling people that this was coming, it is still ongoing, but you could not draw the situation up. the bottom line is is that it is 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. cbs correspondent don champion is in houston and gave me an update on the current rescue effort. we have been seeing off and on brief but heavy downpours 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 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. one of the incredible things also has been to see the community response here. in the neighbouring state of louisiana, some 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?

a very difficult decision. 0vernight we do know that a controlled release started at two major reservoirs here in the houston area, basically officials say 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. don champion reporting. 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, east of innsbruck, in austria on sunday. while in northern italy, two climbers died in the ademello brenta park near trento. and further west in the valtellina valley near the swiss border, a climber died after being hit by rocks. sarah corker reports. this is a remote area of the zillertal alps in austria. 3000 metres above sea level, six climbers were roped together here attempting to cross this icy slope when one of them slipped. they all fell 200 metres before landing in a crevice. all five of those killed were believed to be in their 60s and from germany. the lone survivor was flown to hospital in a stable condition. the accident is believed to be the deadliest so far this season in austria. translation: the group of six has accessed the mannlka rscha rte. this is a glacier with a 45 degrees gradient. the group on the ropes stopped and started to discuss if it was too dangerous to go on.

in this situation, one of the climbers slipped and has taken the others with him. and it has been a deadly weekend in the european alps where scores of climbers die every year. in northern italy, two italians were killed after falling on this glacier near trento, seven others were injured, including two teenagers. flowers were laid in the town where rescuers brought the body of one of the victims. translation: we fear these things because every year something happens in these mountains. the risks of mountaineering are well known, but the unpredictable climate and geography in the alps can be deceptively dangerous. sarah corker, bbc news. a british family have been rescued from their stranded catamaran after it ran aground on a reef in the south pacific in heavy seas. the rescue coordination centre of new zealand received their distress call and coordinated with a nearby yacht to retrieve the couple and their two children. officials said the family were very

lucky that a nearby yacht, the only vessel in the area, was monitoring the emergency channel and able to rescue them from the reef. let us catch up with the weather 110w. well, it is a warm one out there today. not everywhere, there are areas where it is a little on the cool side, cloudy and rainy but for many of us, it is a very warm bank holiday monday. possibly it might end being the warmest end of august bank holiday on record because temperatures in the south—east could actually be nudging close to 30 celsius. whether we make 30 celsius or not, not sure about that but certainly the high 20s, 28 or 29 celsius. so, let us start with the fine weather. this is where all the sunshine is today. a little on the hazy side. temperatures at this stage at least the high 20s there in london, a bit fresher as is often the case around the coastal areas but quite hazy skies, i think.

so maybe those hazy skies will stop those temperatures in the south. then we have a weather front across northern areas here, pushing through off the atlantic, hence more cloud, those low grey skies, little bits and pieces of rain, that sort of thing across northern parts of the country. and behind this weather front is also fresher air off the atlantic and that fresher air will be moving into scotland, northern ireland and the north of england overnight. to the south of this weather front, we‘ve still got that very, very warm air sitting across the midlands and especially the south—east. so this weather front will very sluggishly drift southwards during the course of tomorrow, probably end up around the midlands during lunchtime, so north of that, we have got the fresher air with some showers, a bit breezy then scotland, it is only 16 in glasgow. to the south of the weather front, still very warm in london, we are talking about 26, maybe even 29 for places like kent and sussex.

then it does all change for many of us on wednesday, we have weather fronts sitting across southern portions of the uk, say the southern half of the uk, so we are expecting some rain in wales, the midlands, the south—east, could even be heavy rain at times and cooling off quite dramatically there in london, you can see back down to 19 celsius. beyond that, the weather might improve in some areas a little bit, possibly go downhill in other areas, but overall i think it is a mixture of sunshine and showers during the course of thursday and friday. briefly before i go, here is harvey, tropical storm harvey still dumping a lot of rain across texas. that is the latest satellite image. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: us authorities say 30,000 people will need emergency accommodation — after more than 30 inches of rain caused floods in and around the city of houston. extra security forces are being sent to the area to help. 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. more than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. the third round of brexit talks take place in brussels this afternoon, with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. a self—styled holy man in northern india has been sentenced to ten years in prison, for raping two of his women followers. next on bbc news — weather world. this time on weather world, we‘re at the highest point of the uk‘s biggest city, uncovering the secrets