whole spread of parliament, 3 whole spread of opinion, parliament, a whole spread of opinion, is that the uk really needs to do more. they aren't satisfied the uk has delivered enough detail are enough progress. there's a deadline coming up month for sorting, or at least in october, for sorting, or at least in october, for sorting a lot of these issues out. what happens if that deadline isn't that? yes, it's not a hard deadline. in october, that's the next time those 27 other eu countries other leaders, will meet here in brussels and that is the first opportunity they would have to say they are happy with what the uk is proposing for the separation agreement and that they would be prepared to move onto talks about a future trade deal. but if they aren't happy at that point, or if the commission is not happy and doesn't even recommend that they consider moving forward, then you have to wait until december as the next chance to do that. so the problem for the uk side is that the problem for the uk side is that the lease will start to happen and as that will see in the pressure will mount and the stakes will get

higher. titled newsnight now. stop. —— now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. this programme contains some strong language. tonight, the strongest hurricane to hit the us for 13 years. and it's also a test for their president. as thousands evacuate their homes amid rising floodwaters, donald trump makes landfall in texas. this was of epic proportion. nobody‘s ever seen anything like this. gabriel gatehouse has followed one family — as they try to evacuate the most vulnerable from the middle of the floods. we were in evacuating patients for around three hours. and we ask the texan national guard what measures are being put in place to contain the damage. is borisjohnson in trouble? the pm has defended her foreign secretary. butjust how popular is he? i've spoken to one figure who said that working with boris johnson is like walking a few feet behind a horse shovelling its shit. as japan awakes to nuclear sirens,

we look at the country's complicated history of militarization. will america rush to defend it now in its hour of need? the japanese embassy‘s gates open in washington after almost ten years and the key is handed to mr takeuchi and once again the flag of the rising sun flies as japan re—enters the community of free nations. and they call it whitewashing — white actors have been playing ethnically diverse roles to please hollywood for a long time. but is it what the audiences really want? good evening. response to natural disaster can make or break a president. we know that. the shadow of katrina in 2005 loomed large over the remaining years of the bush presidency. his slowness then spoke notjust of incompetency — but of priority — a failure to help the poor and the black communities whose

lives were most at risk. president trump may or may not have studied the lessons of katrina. it's hard to know. but when he landed at corpus christi this evening, he kept his remarks short. there was no talk of ratings, no attempt to re—live the electoral campaign he fought a year ago. he sounded like a man who didn't want to speak too soon — or indeed at all. i won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want to congratulate. we'll congratulate each other when it's all finished. but, you have been terrific. really terrific. the rising floodwater of houston has left thirty thousand seeking emergency accommodation — another a0 centimetres of rainwater is expected tomorrow. and the fear is that the risk of flood may now stretch to louisiana — even mississippi. gabriel gatehouse is in texas for us — what's the latest? emily, this is the sixth day in a row that houston has been consumed by harvey.

the rain has abated a little bit but it is still spitting and raining hard elsewhere and as you can see behind me the rivers are still rising. we are expecting the rain to stay over houston until tomorrow and then move on to louisiana. this is a record for rainfall from a single cyclone in the continental united states ever. some places already recorded 50 inches and they are expecting more. a levy south west of houston has been breached and residents were told to get out immediately and there have been other mandatory evacuations which have been made difficult by the conditions on the roads which we saw ourselves, they are often flooded. texan authorities have said at least 13 people have been killed including a policeman who was killed while driving to work. the biggest challenge is the sheer number of people who need evacuating. we reached here last night and ever since then we have been watching those rescue operations in action.

the rescue efforts continue day and night. the highways are a good place to be, out of the water. out of the darkness, they bring another boatload of people. they are evacuating an old people's home, just the last few elderly residents to go now and the rest of the staff. we are going to take you back off this thing and put you back on the ship. they have seen floods before, but not like this. these are some of the those fragile people, uprooted in the dead of night, in the cold and the wet. still, this is texas. people are strong and mostly cheerful. we waiting long? i am one of the nurses, we were evacuating

patients for three hours. it sounds scary. it is fine, we were coordinated and got the patience out and now we are safe and everyone is fine. daybreak reveals more deluged neighbourhoods. —— patients. thousands of people had already fled their homes before the waters rose, but many stayed put. what was it like watching the waters rise? it was the scariest thing we have ever seen. just, there are no words for it. this isjust devastating for everyone, it is so sad for everybody. you know. but... you going to be all right now? yeah. and all the family is ok? yes, sir. so, an amateur flotilla has come to get them. boat owners from across texas and beyond. some have been called out on a specific mission. where are you going? we are trying to get some elderly

men who cannot walk. we're trying to get to him. is he a personalfamily member? no, my daughter is a schoolteacher. it is the family of one of her students. it seems that the water is still rising. so many people have to get out and i hope everyone is listening. they got to get out and not drown. it's not worth it. your property is not worth it, your family is the only thing that is worth it. others are working as very men. get ready to hop on. spending hours in the water taking complete strangers across particularly deep and treacherous stretches. where's the board? it is further up. it is difficult work with hidden debris submerged beneath street turned into torrents. the rain is carrying on, the water levels are rising and these streets have now got crazy cross currents that we have to speed across in order not

to get swept sideways. as the waters continue to rise, the authorities have been swamped by calls for help, hence the community effort, with all manner of craft, jet skis, inflatables, even a paddle boards. hurricane harvey reveals texans are the most resilient. —— at their. this man in his kayak? not fleeing home, just off to do some shopping. you're going to get gas and then going back? yes. we need gas. brave business. you don't want to evacuate? no, we need gas and some more food. even as the waters advance, it is not easy to leave your home. we heard some people screaming, from our neighbourhood. people still going out at 11pm.

we were woken up by the screams of people who were trying to get out because they got stuck. his street may have turned into a river, but wilhelm alejandro will take his chances for now. we did not know if they were going to open the dam, but i am not sure and then we thought the water was going to come into the house and i don't know, we woke up and we saw the water was down a little and we were happy. in these politically turbulent times, america can seem desperately divided. the disunited states. but it does not feel like that here in houston, as people help each other through this crisis. let us go back to gabriel. it is hard to tell on the individual level, but does it feel like crisis on the same sort of scale as katrina? gabriel, does this seem like a crisis on the scale

hurricane katrina ? not at the moment. even though an anniversaryjust past of katrina in 2005, i think this feels different. for one thing, we have only had 13 people killed, reportedly so far, katrina had over 1800. whether that was something to do with infrastructure or to do with the fact that the authorities have learned from it. there was some criticism that the mayor of houston did not order a more general evacuation and i think people have pushed back from that and what we are seeing is that this has been quite well dealt with by the authorities, as we can see from the relatively low numbers of casualties. obviously, still very big, but relatively low compared to katrina. then there is the political element. you mentioned donald trump being very restrained and guarded in what he said. he said when he came to corpus christi where hurricane harvey first made landfall, he said we want to do this better than before and this suggest that he has katrina in his mind and he wants to do a betterjob.

we should say that hurricanes are unpredictable, this is early days, this president is also unpredictable, so let's watch him. thank you. we are joined now by colonel steven metze from the texan national guard. it sounds like things are getting harder now, not easier, is that your assessment and how are you coping? we are definitely seeing the situation changed so much that that is one of our biggest issues right now. i talked to some people, some of our troops on the streets right now and they said you can literally drive down a street that is fine and come back one hour later and it is under six feet of water. the fact that it keeps changing, we are far from out of danger. we still have people who need to be rescued and i think we still have a long way to go. what would help but now

in concrete terms aside from the elements? the biggest thing, we are here to support state, local and federal agencies where they need us. if people are in imminent danger, that they call 9—11 and that is life limo or eyesight, if they otherwise go to one of the other sites that put you in the other cute, —— other sites that put you in the other cue, and you don't call the national guard directly, we are taking our cues from them. as long as people continue to communicate their needs through the right channels then we will get the message the right way and be able to prioritise where we move people. there was a lot of discussion about whether mandatory evacuation would make things easier or more difficult, do you think the choices made fee like the right one or do you think more should have been done earlier? that is a complicated decision, made by the local authorities.

our focus is the texas military department is what we can do now. our number one security is safety, security and protection of life. texas, i know, has a large number of people who are clinically obese, has that had an impact on how fast you and the rescue workers can work? i have not heard anything on that issue in particular, i know that we are rescuing people with health issues and that is where a lot of our focus is, people who cannot get to shelters on their own for whatever reason. i do not know how much of it is that issue or others, i have heard about diabetics

with that the medicine and people with broken legs, elderly people, people on rooftops, from my point of view, we are hearing that a lot of people need to be rescued because they cannot move on their own, but i do not know how many people have that issue. in louisiana, they are telling people tuesday in their homes, does that feel like the right call to you now? if the local authorities have not said to evacuate, then staying in the home is the thing to do until you proceed a threat to your life, limbs or eyesight. going out into waters where you do not know where the danger spots are, where there might be electrical lines or other dangers, put you and your family at risk. take your cues from the local responders, they know the area and they know where it is safe to go. we were talking about president trump landing in your state earlier, what is the most helpful thing that he can say or do right now for you? i think what we have seen across the board is an incredible amount of support for our chain of command. everyone has been supportive, everything...

we are seeing a constant influx of people and equipment, we are seeing it from localagencies, red cross, other agencies, all of them are all working together right now and the level of cooperation that we have seen and the level of support from our chain of command has been amazing across the board. i appreciate your time, thank you. the prime minister has had to defend her foreign secretary after scathing criticism declaring him a national and internationaljoke. asked if theresa may had full confidence in boris johnson, downing street simply replied, yes. but the briefings around his competency, his commitment and his trustworthiness have been rumbling all summer. could today's devastating column in the times, or any of the other voices joining the chorus, embolden the pm to sack a man she is known to have little time for? here, with some bad language, is our political editor, nick watt. boris johnson, a showman

for the cameras, although usually with mixed results. our foreign secretary's habit of ending up in scrapes his —— is prompting questions about how long he can last. but is borisjohnson a hopeless buffoon or is he actually a statesman of the new world order who acts and communicates in a way befitting these times? we are now able to fly the union flag once again. and perhaps that new style is all too much for diplomatic grandees from the past, most of whom can never forgive his role in taking the uk out of the eu. one withering assessment was penned last week. the intervention by the former head of the foreign office unleashed a flurry of criticism. over in brussels, they have long

memories of the man they remember is the daily telegraph's troublemaking correspondent. it is always wonderful to talk to him and he is a very intelligent man, we like in germany his churchill biography. but we are not very clear that we can really rely on what he will do next day. he sometimes has in europe the image of a gambler. and that he is taking this question sometimes not so seriously. when we note that in a discussion about the referendum and after david cameron's negotiations in brussels that nobody was sure, probably he himself,

that he would be for brexit or against brexit. boris johnson inspires mixed emotions here at the foreign office, he does have a fan base among some officials who love having a star as foreign secretary, who is instantly recognised in chancelleries across the world. detractors say those counterparts lightning got for his autograph —— lining up for his autograph don't take him seriously and in fact snigger behind his back. that is not all. there are some in the foreign office who say borisjohnson is a liability as foreign secretary. i've spoken to one figure who said working with borisjohnson is like walking a few feet behind a horse, shovelling its shit. no doubt that arresting metaphor will register with a thoroughbred wordsmith like boris johnson. allies of borisjohnson blame remain supporters in government for seeking to undermine

the foreign secretary by leaking highly damaging and what they regard as erroneous stories that he cannot be trusted with intelligence. one old friend insists that criticisms are wholly without foundation. the reality is if you talk to the iraqi prime minister, the kurdish prime minister, the libyan politicians, south america, asian politicians, all our ambassadors around the world say, actually, he is one of the finest foreign secretary we've ever had. i have worked with him closely in the middle east, he's a master of brief, literally in half an hour and get off a flight and engage with our friends and partners and allies in a very constructive way and, when making them feel really good.

one great thing boris can do is make people feel good and he has done that on the world stage, i think. as a politician who sees himself as a fine figure of a statesman, borisjohnson will continue to bestride the world in his own unique manner. others are braced for incessant clearing up operations. nick is with me now. before we go on, some breaking news from labour. scottish labour leader kezia dugdale has just announced her resignation, a bit of a surprise. yes, one of the youngest party leaders to resign, kezia dugdale in her mid—30s, has announced she is going to be resigning with immediate effect to pass on the baton to another generation. this is an interview she has done with bbc scotland, brian taylor. now, at one level this is a shock. kezia dugdale is symbolic of that new generation, that new way of communicating in scotland. we had ruth davidson the leader

of the scottish tories, the snp leader, they tease on twitter. they communicate in a new way. the labour party in scotland had a much better expected result in the general election and came back from nowhere to get 11, or 12, seats and are they could be on their way to another bounce back? you could say kezia dugdale surely has had a success at some supporters ofjeremy corbyn have said, you are incredibly critical ofjeremy corbyn and that election result we had injune, that was down to jeremy corbyn and not you. do you think that is what this is about, a falling out, or is it more subtle? i think there is interesting politics going on, there is an assumption that maybe her successor will be neil finn lay, who is more on the left, although allan smith won the labour leadership contest in scotland againstjeremy corbyn. kezia dugdale recently announced she is in a relationship with an snp msp and that was greeted as a wonderful story.

they have been on a trip to the united states and they fell in love and it was really touching. but there has been under the scenes criticism at holyrood from labour msps saying, wait a minute, you want to be candidate for first minister, labour first minister? tell us about this. and there are some people in the scottish labour party saying that kezia dugdale has faced quite a lot of pressure even though people were delighted about the romantic story. nick, thank you very much indeed. well, japan may have other things on its mind this week beyond the minutiae of a possible trade deal with the uk. although theresa may is arriving there shortly. residents in the northern island of hokkaido were awoken this morning by sirens warning of a ballistic missile launch from north korea. the first to fly over japan since 2009. within three minutes of the weapon being fired, prime minister shinzo abe had

gathered his officials. six minutes later, the missile, travelling at around 7,500 miles an hour, had hurtled beyond the island, out to sea. japan is, of course, no stranger to nuclear assault. so what effect will today's test flight have onjapan‘s own militarisation, and its ability to depend on others to protect her? it was in august 1945 that the us changed the history of warfare forever. the two atomic bombs dropped on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki killed an estimated 150,000 people. japan had no choice but to surrender. it came under american command. a pacifist constitution was drafted, as punishment for its role in world war ii. it prevented japan from having a military, even after it regained its independence in 1952. over the years, japan's self—defence forces have grown, as the perception of the outside threat evolved. the end of the cold war and rising

tensions with china in particular mean that tokyo now finds itself amongst the world's biggest military spenders. in may, prime minister shinzo abe set a target to modify the constitution‘s so—called ‘peace clause' by 2020. moves away from pacifism, though, are not accepted lightly. two years ago, when mr abe pushed through a law that would allow japanese troops to fight overseas for the first time since the second world war, it drew mass protests on the streets outside japan's parliament. nevertheless, japan is the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack — one that went deep into the country's psyche. in 2016, barack obama became the first serving us president to visit hiroshima. controversially, he offered no

apology, but said the memory of the bombing must neverfade. but at 6am local time, a missile was fired overjapan from near the north korean capital, pyongyang. it flew over the japanese island of hokkaido, before crashing into the sea. for the japanese, this may be a game—changer. the last time north korea did anything like this was almost two decades ago. then, it stymied any rapprochement with pyongyang. this time round, the sound of sirens in hokkaido will embolden military hawks injapan, and donald trump's refusal to play the role of world policeman may leave tokyo no choice but to listen. let's take it a little bit further. joining us now are: the uk's former ambassador to japan, sir david warren. and in washington, from shihoko goto, who is a senior associate at the wilson center's asia program.

shihoko, does japan still enjoy being a pacifist country? are the public still behind that? well, there is certainly a disconnect between what the prime minister ofjapan wants and what the public wants. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been pressing for changes in the constitution so that japan can play offence, especially in light of the new development in north korea that will only strengthen it. that said, there is a lot of public hostility, even today, aboutjapan increasing its military capabilities. you said earlier thatjapan has suffered a nuclear strike, it's the only country to come and a nuclear attack not just once, but twice. and japan is also perhaps unique in the world insofar as its forces have never faced any casualties since the end of world war ii, so no body bags have been returned to japan since 1945 and a lot

of japanese want to keep that. it's an extraordinary legacy for a country to have that. so if i asked you whether you think shinzo abe will now succeed in changing the constitution, bluntly, do you believe that japan is on track to go nuclear, what is your sense? there are two issues. the nuclear issue is highly unlikely, because under several international treaties, japan is unable to nuclear race. but in terms of increasing its military spending even further, increasing its ability to operate overseas and perhaps even strike down north korea's missiles going overhead, that is certainly something that will be entertained. the problem though is that abe's own support domestically has weakened rapidly over the last few months and so even though he has

said he wants to make changes in the constitution over the next few years, that is going to face a lot of difficulty. i say that because changing the constitution requires the approval not only of the upper house and the lower house, two thirds majority, but it also requires a public referendum and the majority of japanese need to support that. as we know from the british experience, public referendums are often difficult to gauge. david, japan, if it chooses to remain pacifist, relies on other countries to come to its defence. as america, in your opinion is the one of those? i believe that it is. i believe with goto san, that this may embolden talks in japan who like shinzo abe want to see japan's defensive forces become more militarily offensive. there is not a groundswell of popular support in japan

for that move. when you hear donald trump memorably talk about america first, how he didn't want to be the world's policeman and was quite critical of japan, certainly on the election trail. is he really now going to come to defend japan in its hour of need? i think prime minister abe has positioned japan skilfully with president trump, both as crucial to the president's economic agenda, because japan is a major investor in america, and as crucial to its security agenda in terms of maintaining stability in north east asia. the worry about president trump of course is that he is volatile and unpredictable and his tweets and public statements inspire as much concern and fear as they do reassurance. but i don't thinkjapan has many options but to double down on the alliance. is that right, shihoko? do you sense america is still the glue that keeps this region in its place, away from war? will

whether or not the united states and its commitment to that role —— whether or not the united states and its commitment to that role remains strong and trump remains to be seen. but certainly, expectations from asia and injapan as well as in korea, that remains very strong. david, british eyes very much onjapan now, with the arrival of theresa may, there. she is looking for presumably affirmation that there is a world outside of the eu for trade, will she finds that, will she be received well with that injapan? she will be received well by the japanese because our relations with japan warm and close. japan is a major trading partner for britain, we export £10 billion worth of goods and services a year and an even more important provider of investment in the uk with hundreds of thousands of jobs depended on japanese companies. —— dependent.

what the japanese will be looking for from theresa may is reassurance we will not fall off a cliff edge over brexit and that these japanese companies in the uk will continue to enjoy the same frictionless access to the single market and the customs union that they do at the moment. talk us through how the language will work. will they make her commit to something? the japanese government produced a detailed paper where they set out clearly what they wanted to see in the negotiations and they have pressed for transparency and clarity since then. they are worried about the principle of brexit if it means that britain does not have access to the single marker without friction. —— market. they frankly, although too polite to say so publicly, they are puzzled to why we have taken what they see as an act of self harm.

theresa may may want to pursue a free—trade agreement with japan when britain is able to do so when we leave the european union. but japan i think has higher priorities in that area, in terms of pushing the eu japan free trade agreement over the line and salvaging as much as they can from the pacific free—trade agreement that president trump has pulled out of. thank you. thank you both very much indeed. thanks. critics call it ‘whitewashing' — the hollywood practice of casting white actors in roles of characters of a different ethnicity. today, the british actor ed skrein announced he was leaving a remake of hellboy, after his appointment sparked fury it should have gone to an asian actor. he bowed out, saying he didn't want to continue a worrying tendency of obscuring ethnic minority stories and voices in the arts. and that seems pretty easy to understand. and yet, if we welcome the new female doctor who, or a black james bond, or a woman playing shakespeare's kings, then shouldn't — purists argue — we move past the confines of character and cast who we want? i'm nowjoined from la by comedian and actress jenny yang. and with me in the studio is metro's chief film critic

larushka ivan—zadeh. very nice to have you both. jenny, ed skrein dropped out of this, was at the right thing to do? definitely. ed skrein finally made the move we have all been waiting for. someone got a high—profile part that originally was a character for an asian character or a non—white character and a white person was cast and they finally said, i am not going to take this role because representation matters. he could have checked it on google before he accepted the role. it would not have been hard to find out. probably not. at this point when no one else has ever done this, when it came to recent history of asian characters, we will appreciate ed skrein for what he did and i hope you set an example for the rest of hollywood, both on the front end when you are making the deals and going through the casting process and also in the final moments when you are saying, yes, i will take this role. jenny, before i finish this, do you think there is a problem specifically

with asian characters in hollywood, rather than black characters, do you think hollywood has a particular asian problem if i can put it like that? you know what, i would say that hollywood like many other institutions of power has a lot of problems when it comes to representing bodies that are not typically able white male or straight. asians tend to be more invisible sometimes than you think. because of the power of hollywood in our global culture, i think it is so important that we really advocate for the kind of roles that will represent asian—americans or bodies as whole people. hollywood does this presumably because they think that is what audiences want, do they? i think we are realising that they do not want this. you have to look at the people making these films, hollywood is run by old white guys and they think that what everyone wants to what is them representing themselves and the audience, everyone always said, the only people who watch films are white

guys between 18 and 30 and that is because the films they been shown is like that. you have a film like wonder woman becoming a smash hit and it is finally giving women and little girls what they want. they want to see super—heroine. —— wonder woman. how far would you push this? the question i raised before, if we now accept that doctor who can be a female orjames bond can be black or fiona shaw can play richard ii, then don't you say, this is about a character? it is not about ethnicity race or gender? i take that on and i think lots of actors would agree but ethnic actors do not have the luxury of choice. there are very few parts available for them so them getting taken away by white actors, when they are supposed to be in place of equality, it is not equal. a reminder of that phrase that samuel ljackson used when he

criticised a british black actor for playing a black american cop. where does that end up when you are saying, you have to have the right race and colour and are white men allowed to play straight men, they are actors, right? let us be real. there is no one high council of people deciding what is ok when it comes to diversity casting. a lot of this is very negotiable. this is culture and art, some of the soft stuff we argue over and i would say, because of the rise of technology and twitter and facebook and youtube, we have a greater say, beyond the traditional gatekeepers to say we will not accept white folks only been

all of the characters. let's have some more colour or invoices or nuance and i think to argue over whether or not a british black actor can play an american black character, we are talking about crumbs here. what is the bigger picture? it is about more diversity in our stories, more actors getting more roles. is the bigger picture that you have to do this around the back of hollywood? i am thinking of something like big little lies where nicole kidman and reese witherspoon, from what i understand, got together and made that script themselves, because they wanted to see that themselves, is that the answer? there's a difference between people making their own films and you see this in hollywood with older female actresses like those actresses who have now got that credibility setting up their own companies and that will be the big change when you have black and ethnic minority

actors making films, notjust starring in them. does that actually shut hollywood out of the picture 01’ are we a long way from that? let us be real. just because ed skrein said i am not going to take this asian character part, it is not a radical move, he hasjust been a decent guy who says i think representation matters. above all of this, we have a whole movement of asian american creators, disable creators, queer creators and we are making our own work and hopefully someday, the rise in the tide of our creativity will affect hollywood properly. great to speak to. —— great to speak to you both. thank you for coming in. the guardian tomorrow has weaker pupils dumped by top grammar. schools accused of unlawfully throwing out sixth formers who did not get the required grades and as—level is to improve their results. it has got a picture of melania, near trump, in those shoes that no one on social media can

take their eyes from. apparently she did change their high heels before she landed. the daily telegraph, featuring michel barnier, the eu negotiator tells eu to behave. the times follows up on the story from yesterday, the judge ruling that the child must leave unless foster home the paper says it has been praised for exposing the tower hamlets —— the paper says it has been praised for exposing the tower ha mlets councilfailure. until recently, the country of georgia remained one of the last nations where drone pilots could fly in relatively unregulated skies. in a few days, they will adopt european—style flight restrictions, so photographer amos chapple took advantage of the final frontier of photography and took these images of the country. goodnight. . a .avery . a very good evening to you. you

did not collect some are everywhere today. some are damp. down towards the south—east, temperatures into the south—east, temperatures into the 20s, it touching 29 degrees in parts of kent. tomorrow, a different prospect. 15 or 16 degrees is the best you can expect, with outbreaks of rain, courtesy of this that of cloud. this is moved across scotland and northern ireland. these are already cooler and fresher. it is producing outbreaks of rain. as we go through to note, that rain will become a bit more widespread, particularly across the southern half of the country. tomorrow, that is where we will see outbreaks of rain, becoming more confined to the south—east. north and west, sunshine and showers. look at the temperatures you might see tomorrow afternoon if you get stuck under any really heavy and persistent rain. 12 01’ really heavy and persistent rain. 12 or 13 degrees. that could be at. if you get a dry or bright spell, you

could probably add a couple of degrees. north, it could brighten up as the day goes on. not a bad day in scotland. north—western scotland, some showers. 17 degrees in belfast. a wet entered the date for a family. —— end through the day. with the clear skies and light winds, it could be a chilly one. it could be chilly in rural spots. down into single digits. a bright day across the south—east corner. some spells of sunshine. if you show us as well. if you get a shower, temperatures could be chilly. —— a few showers as well. fewer showers on saturday and sunday, with more sunshine. before i

90, sunday, with more sunshine. before i go, more on tropical storm harvey. some places even takes us have seen at well over 1200 millimetres of rain. but it is showing signs of easing off across takes us. —— some places in takes us. notice the weather perking up a little for the likes of houston, but with so much floodwater around so much water still in the river systems, it is going to take a while for it to improve much. that is it from me for night. —— that is all from me. good night. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico

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