thousands of people are told to leave their homes as tropical storm harvey continues to [ash the us 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 is up to here. and all the furniture is just floating. the ‘catastrophic‘ flooding is only expected to get worse — and there are now concerns for neighbouring louisiana. also on the programme; another round of brexit talks get underway in brussels — as britain asks for flexibility and imagination. a lorry driver charged over a crash on the m1 motorway which killed eight people has been remanded in custody after appearing in court. jailed for 20 years for two rapes — the self—styled indian guru who claims millions of followers worldwide. and sizzling sun and sensational sounds — it can only be the notting hill carnival. good evening, and

welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston — as waters continue to rise in the wake of hurricane harvey. the area's expected to have received a year's rainfall within a week. helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops as roads have been turned into rivers. and the flooding — already described as ‘catastrophic‘ in texas — is not only expected to get worse, it's also expected to spread — with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. this disaster never seems to end. three days after hurricane harvey smashed into their state, texans are still struggling in its wake. in this suburb of houston,

they called for help all night, but no one answered. in the end, it wasn't police or fire fighters who came to the rescue, but some friends with a boat. they say they called 911 and there was no answer. but you've answered their call? well, we just happened to be here, and we had a boat and a truck, so here we are. and that's what's happening all over texas, isn't it? yes, it is. all over houston. texans have formed their own armada, offering a helping hand to friends and strangers alike. you must be grateful to these guys here? 0h, of course. grateful to actually the whole community, seeing houston coming together and helping each other out. that's really touching. i was saying to my mom yesterday, i wish we had something to go out and help. and my mom was like, we all need it. it was extremely scary, we didn't expect this to happen at all. have you ever seen anything like this before? not at all. this neighbourhood really doesn't flood, so this was a first for us. well, there is frenetic activity here as boats buzz

up and down the river. this little vessel alone has rescued 30 people so far, and the situation is developing very quickly. even at 75 years old, this is something she has never seen in all her life. for a fora time, for a time, this picture seemed to sum up the desperation, it is a care home and the owner ‘s daughter treated it to plead for help. she said within 15 minutes, the water went from ankle height to waist height. immediately, they were under water. the national guard saw the photograph and everyone was led to safety. many more are still waiting to be rescued and in desperation all they can do is cling on and call for help. we have a two story home and oi'i help. we have a two story home and on the first floor, it is up to here

and all the furniture isjust floating. everything. mattresses, all of it. in houston alone, more than 20 helicopters are flying rescue missions but pulling people from the floods is delicate and it is dangerous and the city's troubles may yet get worse. parts of those regions will continue to receive incredibly heavy rain, that will lead to even more flooding and more danger for texas. texas is now saturated and it is struggling, more than 2000 people have been rescued, 6000 have called for help, this is a disaster on an epic scale. james is in houston for us now. james, there seems to be no let up in the rain. the rain is still coming down, not as intense, but there is still a huge amount of water coming out of

the sky and you can see the result of that behind me. vehicles coming out, bringing people out in the past hour or so. now the authorities i think here in texas are frankly stretched to breaking point at this stage. they had suggested that they had rescued more than 2000 people and perhaps just a had rescued more than 2000 people and perhapsjust a couple had rescued more than 2000 people and perhaps just a couple of hundred remain to be taken from their homes, but i must have seen 100 people being taken out must have seen 100 people being ta ken out here must have seen 100 people being taken out here in this tiny slice of the state in the last hour alone. clearly, the crisis is on a much bigger scale than that. there has not been significant loss of life that we know of, but it is the scale of the flooding and the disruption and what we are left with here, as president trump prepares to visit is a staple of refugees. james, thank you. formal brexit negotiations have resumed in brussels this afternoon, with british officials calling on the european union to show "flexibility and imagination".

brexit secretary david davis wants to broaden discussions to include trade. but the eu says there has to be progress on the issues of citizens' rights, the irish border and the "divorce bill" before talks can widen. 0ur correspondent, damian grammaticas is in brussels. how high should expectations be for these talks? i think they should be pretty low. when you listen and you see that beginning today, you see i think that there is a gulf between the sides and there is a chilly this as well. david davis talking about flexibility and imagination, what he means is that he hopes that the eu ‘s side can be persuaded to lean toward some of the ideas that the uk has been putting on the table about ways of dealing with the irish border and the rights of citizens and also to broaden the talks to talk about the future trading relationship. michel barnier, his response, i think it was pretty cutting. he said that he wanted detailed papers, and enter ambiguity, he said if there could be any real progress in negotiations. dismissing some of those papers that have been produced and the eu side

will stick to that particularly on the one issue that the uk has not addressed, money, how much will be paid. damien, thank you. 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 newport pagnell on saturday. 0ur correspondent andy moore reports. twelve people were in the minibus, heading down towards london in the early hours of saturday morning. the driver was a man from nottingham, his passengers were a group of people from india, about to start a tour of europe. lorry driver ryszard masierak, who lives in worcestershire, but comes from poland, blinked back tears and was given a tissue as a total of 20 charges were put to him through an interpreter. that process took some time. court proceedings lasted about half an hour. mr masierak was denied bail. he will appear before a crown court in aylesbury next month. afterwards, thames valley police gave a short statement. 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 the driver of this lorry. he has been charged with 12 counts of causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving and eight counts of causing death by drink—driving. it was alleged he was about one and a half times over the legal limit. of the four people seriously injured, three of them are said to be fighting for their lives, one is a five—year—old girl. the driver of this lorry, david wagstaff, who is 53 and from stoke—on—trent, has been bailed to appear before magistrates next month. he is charged with 12 counts of causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving. andy moore, bbc news. a controversial guru in india has been jailed for 20 years 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 his 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. the normally flamboyant god man was subdued as the 20—year sentence was read out. the victims said that was too light and they will appeal. after the explosion of violence that followed his conviction, the indian authorities say they are taking no chances. 16,000 paramilitary police and troops have been deployed. this town is the focus of concern today. the is where the vast temple complex that serves as the guru's headquarters is based. 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. guru ram rahim is a charasmatic and controversialfigure, who stars in his own movies and has millions of followers. many devotees say, despite the rape

convictions, they have not lost faith in the man they regard as a living saint. translation: he is a true guru. the accusations are all false. i was deeply hurt by the verdict. his blessings will always be us. it doesn't matter if he is in jail. a guru is always a guru. tonight, the guru's temple complex is effectively under siege, surrounded by heavily armed police and troops. inside, there are reckoned to be 15,000 hard—core disciples. the fear is, what happens when the authorities try to get them out? justin rowlatt, bbc news. experts are still trying to work out what caused 150 people to be treated in hospital after being affected by

a chemical haze that drifted off the sea on the south coast yesterday. this report is from birling gap near beachy head in east sussex, the worst affected area. we all panicked. everyone, you know, anxiety was high, and we were all shaking and getting really nervous and everything. like, just didn't really know what to do. we had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head, and nausea. they come to the beach for a bank holiday day out by the sea. but around 5pm, they were engulfed by a chemical cloud which led to hundreds of people being evacuated. the toxic fumes even affected lifeboat crews sent out to help with the rescue effort. we actually went straight into this cloud, which we weren't 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 the doors, and conduct our search from inside. but it hasn't stopped people coming back to the beach today. we'd planned to come down yesterday. so, no, it didn't put us off. no, it's such lovely beach. as soon as we heard that it was fine and that the beach

was open, we came. we'd looked at other beaches that hadn't been affected, but this is a favourite spot for us. as to what caused the haze, well, the coastguard say that the english channel was particularly busy with shipping at the time, and they are currently looking into all the vessels that were in the area yesterday. while investigations continue, though, people on the beach today didn't want to let anything stop them getting their dose of august sunshine. amanda akass, bbc news, birling gap. german prosecutors say a nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering two patients may have killed as many as 90 people. niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. investigators have since exhumed more than 100 bodies of patients who died in clinics where he worked. from berlin, damien mcguinness reports. this man could turn out to be the deadliest serial killer post—war germany has ever seen. in 2015, former nurse niels hogel was sent to jail for murdering two patients.

but police now say they've found evidence that he murdered around 90 other patients, and that there are dozens of other suspected murders that can't be proven. translation: if the clues had been duly investigated at the time, even in delmenhorst hospital, then the deaths of many patients, in our opinion, could have been prevented. the nurse injected patients at this hospital with drugs to cause heart failure. his aim was to then resuscitate them and win recognition from colleagues. there are now allegations that some in the hospital knew what was happening. translation: the current circumstances lead to the conclusion that the former management was aware that niels h had an awful and deadly impact on patients. that means that german authorities are asking questions about whether hospital staff turned a blind eye, and about why it took so long for the murders to be uncovered.

damian mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. a year ago today bhs closed its doors for the last time after going into administration. 12 months on — only 25 of the compa ny‘s 159 stores have new owners. including the likes of primark and morleys — as our business correspondent emma simpson has been finding out. 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 were coming to an end. and the question, who would fill this gap? at bexleyheath‘s shopping centre, a shiny new department store. and new jobs for these two former bhs workers. we couldn't get people in to fix anything for bhs. but now we've got brand—new fixtures, brand—new walls, everything's decorated. it is like moving out of a house, having it refurbished

and moving back in. moving straight back in. it's like a home from home. for us, it's like a home from home. so whatever was going on in this building, we'd clearly be interested in, and the fact that we both work here... yeah, brilliant. it's amazing. it's 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 to see that a vast majority of these stores are unoccupied, because many of them are very large and very costly to reoccu py. and secondly, they are in quite marginal towns where there is a lot of out of town competition from other locations. therefore 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, i might use that word, dragged around stockport on a saturday morning with my mum. it would never be complete a visit without coming to bhs. so yes, i do remember what it was like. but there is a big gaping hole now. the council is spending millions on improving stockport town centre. its leader is convinced a solution can be found. what makes it a real shame, because this is actually a successful shopping centre. about 95% of units here are let. footfall is very high. we feel there is a lot of potential interest in this building. i think there is an incredible opportunity here. i genuinely believe it can be relatively easy let. but he and the owners may need to come up with something more creative than just another shop. the same goes for many of the other former bhs stores sitting empty as well. emma simpson, bbc news, stockport. cricket now,

and england's moeen ali scored a crucial half—century on the afternoon of the fourth day of the second test against the west indies at headingley. he was caught for 84, as england recovered from losing early wickets to extend their lead over the tourists. england have declared for 490—8, setting the west indies a target of 322 to win. well, it's been the hottest august late bank holiday for 50 years in parts of the uk, which means hundreds of thousands of revellers have been enjoying the sunshine at the notting hill carnival. elaine dunkley has been among them. elaine. year—on—year, this carnival has grown. it's now generates £97 million for the economy, but putting ona million for the economy, but putting on a party of this size isn't easy. it's a labour of love for the organisers. so far this weekend,

ambulance crews and attended 500 people and there have been 150 arrests, but bearing in mind that this event 1 arrests, but bearing in mind that this event1 million people per day let's look at the highlights of the notting hill carnival. everyone can be a king or queen at carnival. it's flamboyant, eccentric, extravagant. a spectacle of imagination. and, there is the soundtrack. roots reggae music... its earth music. the heroes of the sound system, playing to crowds in their thousands. there was fierce competition amongst the djs. this sound system, we're giving a message, yeah? a message of love and unity for everybody. but, as i hear the music, and that baseline resonates through my body, like i say, it's a spirit that wakes up, and it'sjust higher, higher, higher, untilyoujust go, oh! and then i'm alive again. carnival is the caribbean,

with its culture and music. a celebration born out of the struggle of the west indian immigrants living in london in the 1960s. they refused to be beaten, and so, with colour and pride, they marched proudly through the streets of notting hill. today, it's the biggest street party in europe. in terms of visitor numbers, notting hill is ten times bigger than glastonbury. there are 70 performing stages, and a0 sound systems. we celebrate carnival in february. iam from i am from rio. but, yeah, i really enjoy carnival here. i recommend them to come over here. people plan it in advance. we've been doing it for 2h years now, it's part of our life. we wouldn't ever miss it. we live for it. literally, we live for carnival. once this is done, we start planning next year. it is a year thing. and so, as the sun sets on another notting hill carnival, preparations start all over again.

elaine dunkley, bbc news. we are back with the news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. more now on our top story. tens of thousands of people in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as the flooding caused by tropical storm harvey continues. up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters as floodwaters continue to rise. meteorologists say conditions are "unprecedented", and say the storm is the biggest to have hit the state. so far, more than 2.5 feet, or 70 centimetres, 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. a little earlier, we spoke to our correspondent laura trevelyan in la grange in texas, one of the cities that has been flooded. you can see just how fast the water

levels are rising and just how fast they are moving here. joining me now to talk about all of this is an reddan, who has lived in the town all her life, a retired teacher. welcome to the bbc. can you describe what the last 2a hours have been like? it's been really scary for a lot of people. a lot of people have businesses here, they've been evacuating. everybody in the area has been coming together to help people get out of their homes, save as much as they can. can you give us some sense of how much the water levels have risen here? this is a street normally behind us. i've lived here my whole life, and i'm almost 60, and it's never been this high. we've seen devastation on the golf course before, because that's right by the river, but never up this high. i think in the 305 it had gotten up to the square. but this is like never anything that we've seen. and you've had mandatory evacuations

here. but people were only told yesterday afternoon that they had to get out. that must have been a shock when you consider that the harry kane made landfall on friday. yes, people were waiting to see, as soon a5 people were waiting to see, as soon as they were told to evacuate, people were helping each other, we 5aw people were helping each other, we saw the love and coming together of out saw the love and coming together of our communities, but devastating for the people who had to go through thi5. the people who had to go through this. what do you think it will be like when the waters finally received? well, years ago a friend of ours wa5 received? well, years ago a friend of ours was on the backside of the golf course. and we went to help after the waters had receded. and thenit after the waters had receded. and then it was mud, you know, three feet high that is going to be have to be 5hovelled out. there is going to be 5hovelled out. there is going to be 5hovelled out. there is going to bea to be 5hovelled out. there is going to be a lot of labour and work and people coming together to help out the5e people coming together to help out these businesses. over in houston, there is a debate about whether or not there should have been a mandatory evacuation of a city of more than 2 million. do you think you were given enough warning to evacuate? i think we were constantly being updated, people were told. and

it'5 being updated, people were told. and it's been so gradual, so slow. so people had enough time to get out and get their stuff out. we were well aware, ye5. and get their stuff out. we were well aware, yes. anne, you are a teacher, we know that climate change is happening here, the water levels are getting warmer, meaning more moisture in the air. can we expect more moisture feeding more hurricanes? we certainly hope not. but it has the potential to be there. our 5chool5 but it has the potential to be there. our schools have been put off until thursday, for sure, for the kid5. so we're just hoping that everything will stop so that we can get to the clean—up 5tage. everything will stop so that we can get to the clean-up stage. anne, thank you so much. anne is a lifelong resident of la grange, texas. we are told that the water levels here, which already so high, are not due to peak for at least another 3—4 hours. and the situation here is just another 3—4 hours. and the situation here isjust a microcosm of what another 3—4 hours. and the situation here is just a microcosm of what is happening in the wider texas region

in the aftermath of harry kane hard and this catastrophic rainfall. now back to you in london —— of hurricane harvey. time for a look at the weather, with tomasz. 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 dreamy. but for many of us it is a very warm bank holiday monday —— cloudy and rainy. it might end up being even the warmest end of august bank holiday on record. because temperatures in the south—east could actually be nudging close to 30 degrees. whether we make 30 degrees 01’ degrees. whether we make 30 degrees or not, i'm not sure about that, but certainly the high 20s, 28 or 29th of fierce. that start with the fine weather. this is where all of the sunshine yesterday, a little on the hazy site. temperatures at least the high 20s in london, a bit fresher, as is often the case, around coastal areas. but quite hazy skies, maybe they waltzed the temperatures from rising too high in the south. then

we have a weather front across northern areas pushing through the atlantic, hence more cloud, low, grey skies with little bits and pieces of rain, that sort of thing across the atlantic. behind this weather front there is also fresher airoff the 20, weather front there is also fresher air off the 20, that fresher air will be moving into scotland, northern ireland and the of england overnight. to the south of this weather front we've got a 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, and probably end up somewhere around the midlands during which time. so, north of that we've got the fresher air with some showers, a little breezy in scotland. 0nly showers, a little breezy in scotland. only 16 in glasgow. to the south of the weather front, 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 a weather front sitting

across southern portions of the uk, the southern half of the uk, we are expecting some rain in wales, the midlands, the south—east, there could even be heavy rains at time, and cooling off quite dramatically in london. 19 degrees of years. beyond that, the weather might improve in some areas a little bit, possibly improve in other areas, but overall it is a mixture of sci—fi and chow was during the course of thursday and friday. briefly, before igo——a thursday and friday. briefly, before i go —— a mixture of sunshine and showers. harvey is dumping a lot of rain across texas, that is the latest satellite image. hello and welcome to sportsday. england and moeen ali put england in control of the second test at headingley. the final tennis major of the year is under way. the us open and kyle edmund is on top in the opening round. heather watson is out —

beaten in her opening match by alie cornet. england are in control of the second test against west indies at headingley, having built a lead of over 300 runs and will hope that they can bowl out the visitors on the final day tomorrow to take a 2—0 lead in the series. joe root helped establish a lead at the start of the day, as moeen ali produced a big score to build on that this afternoon. with a run down of the day's play today, here's patrick gearey. i think there is a good case for this being the best test match we have had all summer. momentum has switched both ways. this superb contest between the teams. tickets for today, some of them were £15. if you paid that, you would have got

very good value for money. roll—up for headingley‘s holidays sale. plus, withjoe root right now, you are sale. plus, withjoe root right now, you a re pretty sale. plus, withjoe root right now, you are pretty much guaranteed to see him past 50. it was a surprise to everyone when he faulted, including shady hope. this was a catch he dare not drop. determined to make good his escape, milan reined himself in. perhaps for the first