welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: the governor of texas warns the worst is not over from the devastation triggered by tropical storm harvey. there will be ongoing challenges while the rain is falling and up to a week from now. president trump says talking to north korea is not the answer. so, what comes next in this international stand—off? the brother of the manchester bomber is to go on trial in libya in connection with the attack in may which killed 22 people. and 20 years on from the death of their mother, princes william and harry make a poignant appearance at a memorial garden dedicated to diana. hello.

the governor of texas says the worst is not overfor some parts of the state, as torrential rain continues to fall in the wake of tropical storm harvey. the flooding has forced a number of oil and gas refineries to shut down, affecting almost a quarter of america's fuel output. at least 20 people are known to have died. the storm has now moved on to neighbouring louisiana. from houston, james cook reports. this is what hurricane harvey did to houston. believe it or not, the water has gone down and still swathes of the city look like this. lives have been lost, homes have been ruined and people are still trapped. from the air, we spotted this couple, desperate for help. what's happening now is that we've seen these people in the water down below, they‘ re clearly in need of help. there's a boat, just a few blocks away, but it can't get to them. it can't see them, so we're going to use the helicopter to try to guide them in. slowly, carefully, we help them find one another. a helicopter directing a boat

along a leafy street, suburban america turned upside down. they made it. just seconds later we spotted this, fire and flood and no way in for the firefighters. this was a five—minute slice of the drama which has been unfolding in the skies over houston for days. and not just houston, this is port arthur in neighbouring louisiana where harvey has hit again. the hurricane may have been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it still packs a powerful punch. with a0 inches of rain here, they're taking what they can as they help their children escape. back in downtown houston, still dazed, but at least they're dry. the people of this city do now have a chance to take stock and they know there are struggles ahead. make some room.

thank you, guys. rodman young is now homeless in his own city after his house was flooded when two reservoirs spilt over. it's sad. it is sad and you feel a little bit hopeless because you're losing all your stuff and they only gave us, from the point we woke up, a couple of hours‘ sleep and we were fighting the waters at our house. here people formed a chain to help an elderly man who was trapped in his car. the human touch that has brought people together plain to see. as it moves across the southern united states the wake of this storm is widening and so is the damage. the bleak legacy of hurricane harvey will be felt for years to come. james cook, bbc news, houston. tropical storm harvey has been wreaking havoc on the heart of the us energy industry. at least 18 refineries in texas have been closed or partially closed, including the country's largest at port arthur, near houston. a short time ago i spoke with energy expert, andy lipow,

and began asking him what the latest picture is. the latest pictue is about 31% of the us refining industry has been affected. to put that in perspective, prior to this event, those refineries were processing about 6 million barrels a day of crude oil. today it is down to 1 million. as you can imagine, it is resulting in tightness in oil—based markets. obviously, water causes damage to electrical installations. how long does it take to get a refinery back up and running? we have experienced the most flooding in the port arthur area. if the water goes above electrical motors, it could take six—ten weeks. there is good news on the horizon.

down at corpus christi, we had a wind event, not a water event. those refineries said they are ready to start up. in houston, the issue has been the delivery of crude oil to the local refineries. we have seen some announcements in the previous 2a hours to preliminary start—up. are consumers feeling the impact yet? yes. we are seeing the wholesale price of gasoline into the pipelines rising 20 and 30 cents per gallon in markets east of the rockies. it is rising 3 cents a gallon every day and it will continue to do so for the next 5—7 days. and some concerns about jet fuel as well. that is correct. if you think about jet fuel, the only place it it comes from is refineries. with so much capacity on the gulf coast, airports

like atlanta, dc, they will see some tightness unless they can get back up and operating. we have seen a cargo ofjet fuel from the middle east diverted from europe into the us. as hurricane harvey moves to louisiana, what are your concerns? the biggest is the port arthur and lake charles area, where there are three refineries that have cut back. i am not concerned about the refining system on the mississipi. they have 14% of the nation's capacity. this storm is headed north through central louisiana and into tennessee. and we will keep you posted on that. for now, some other news for you. the red cross says bangladesh is suffering its worst flooding in decades and that it's being largely ignored by the international community. it says entire communities have been cut off and many are short of food and clean water. more than 1,200 people have

now died across india, bangladesh and nepal in the worst flooding to strike south asia in years. the us military has acknowledged that there are about 11,000 american troops currently in afghanistan, significantly more than previously disclosed. officials say the new figure includes temporary and covert units as well as regular forces. last week, president trump announced plans to send another 4,000 more personnel to fight taliban insurgents. the brother and son of guatemala's president have gone on trial for corruption, in a case involving several hundred fake food deliveries. the mother of the son's then girlfriend billed the government for $12,000 for breakfasts that were never delivered. the alleged episode took place two years beforejimmy morales became president, but it has damaged his popularity nonetheless. the european parliament's co—ordinator for the brexit negotiations, guy verhofstadt has said there's increasing evidence that eu citizens in britain and british citizens in the eu were being treated like foreigners.

he told a committee of meps that such behaviour was against the law, while britain remained part of the bloc. president trump has said "talking is not the answer" to the north korea missile crisis. pyongyang warned tuesday's missile test overjapan was "the first step" of military operations in the pacific. despite the president's comments, the american defence secretary, james mattis, insisted there is still room for diplomacy in dealing with north korea. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. these are the first pictures of north korea's latest and most provocative missile launch. as expected, kim jong—un was on hand to give his personal guidance. the north korean dictator gazes skywards as the missile flies towards japan. and along with the pictures came this statement from north korea's state media. north korea's statement shows the ultimate target of yesterday's test was not here injapan, but the us pacific island of guam, with its huge military bases, and that north korea intends more such tests. so what can be done to stop it?

last night in new york, the un security council members, including china, were unanimous in condemning north korea. today, the cracks have already begun to appear. from president trump came this tweet, ruling out any prospect of talks. here injapan, prime minister theresa may said china must now do something. we want to work with international partners to see what further pressure can be brought on north korea. and of course particularly look at what china can do. in beijing, china's foreign ministry

spokeswoman had this rather caustic response. translation: some countries dash forward when it comes to imposing sanctions but hide away when it comes to asking for peace talks. this is not the attitude of a responsible nation. there is growing suspicion that north korea could not have developed this new missile so fast by itself. there is also agreement that it must be stopped. but there is none on how to do it. china wants talks. the us, britain and japan, more sanctions. meanwhile, north korea is almost certainly preparing for its next test. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the brother of the manchester bomber will go on trial in libya in the next two months in connection with the attack in may which left 22 people dead. hashem abedi was arrested in libya shortly after the suicide attack carried out by his brother salman.

but in an exclusive interview with the bbc‘s 0rla guerin, the prosecutor in the case said their father has been released. this is hashem abedi just after he was taken into custody by a counterterrorism unit in tripoli. the bbc has learned he's been directly questioned here several times by british police. libya's chief investigator told us the authorities here believe he played a key role in the attack. translation: all the signs point to hashem being directly involved, assisting his brother and collecting the materials for the suicide bombing, which took a lot of innocent lives in manchester. do you expect to see hashem abedi on trial here this year? of course, all the investigations will be completed in two months at most. anything needed from the general prosecutor or the police will be

ready for the court. the authorities here have detained another relative of the abedi brothers, mohamed younis abedi. they say his credit card was used to buy ingredients for the bomb and they have given police a list of others in the uk they want to be interviewed. translation: these people should be questioned to get more information about the suspects, their movements, their ideologies, if there were any sign they were going to carry out the attack. they're not necessarily suspects themselves but it's important to get information from them. but libyan investigators have now finished with ramadan abedi, the father of hashem and salman. we went to his home on the outskirts of tripoli. he's already back here with his family but we were told he was tired and did not want to comment. well, we have tried to speak to ramadan abedi but he's been unwilling to see us. the authorities have told us they have no reason to hold him any longer in this case. he is now a free man but not free to leave the country. they want him to remain in libya

in case they have any further questions and he'll have to check in with police from time to time. a relative told us ramadan abedi was shocked at what his son, salman, had done. no father wants his child to be a suicide bomber, he said. he told us the family was now happy at the release of an innocent man. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tripoli. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a land dispute between the tanzanian government and the masaai people escalates, with herdsmen saying they'd rather die than leave their land. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and dying in india's slums.

the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting. hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: the governor of texas says the us state has not yet seen the worst of the flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey. president trump has said talking is not the answer to the north korea missile crisis. a land dispute between the authorities and the masaai community in loliondo in the north of tanzania has taken a new twist. the government wants to move the masaai out of the area bordering the serengeti national park, well—known for its wildlife. it says human settlement there threatens important natural resources and the movement of wildlife. but the pastoralists say they'd rather die than move from the land. the bbc‘s sammy awami has been to the area. structures torched to ashes. this family lost everything after authorities came the night before and burnt down their house

and everything inside. they spent the night on that rock. translation: we have lost almost everything that we've had, a couple of stuff i was able to rescue is there on that rock. that's all i managed to save. some of our animals are also missing. we don't know where they've gone. many other families share her story. village authorities say over 500 families have been left homeless and hundreds of their animals are missing. herding is an integral part of maasai cultural identity, and the loss of indigenous traditions like this cannot be compensated by either cash payments or promised of development. at the centre of this conflict is a 1,500 square kilometre piece of land that the government says is crucial for conservation and tourism. this area is a source of water for the river. 60% of its water contributes

to the water requirements of the serengeti national park. it is also a breeding area of the wildebeest and other animals. the maasai, on the other hand, claim this is their ancestral land, and they're willing to die defending it. translation: our resolve is to die, because we don't have anywhere to go. where will we go? and we don't have a country we know we'll run to. we don't know any other place. we have been born here, our ancestors left us here. where will we go? we will die here, we don't have any other way. this meeting has made a unanimous decision, fight to the end. the maasai are devastated. they even wonder whether this experience is punishment for their sins against their creator, hence a repentance prayer to god. a couple of months ago prime minister kassim majiliwa

formed a commission to investigate the dispute, but its report is yet to be made public. this is the latest example in east africa of the growing tensions between wildlife conservation, which attracts tourists, and the need for locals to have pastoral land, especially during droughts. sammy awami, bbc news, in northern tanzania. thursday marks 20 years since the death of princess diana in paris. her sons, the princes william and harry, have visited a memorial garden, created at london's kensington palace, in memory of their mother's life and work. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the flowers and the tributes are back at the gates of kensington palace. a very small echo of how it was 20 years ago, but a reminder of feelings which the years have not erased. and this afternoon, william and harry came to view the tributes. they took their time, they looked, and they read. they laughed at some

of the photographs showing them as small children with their mother. it was impossible not to be reminded of how it was 20 years ago when, aged 15 and 12, on their return to london, they'd come out, still numb and bewildered, to meet the people who'd gathered there and to see for themselves the many thousands of bouquets which had been left. diana's boys are both in their 30s now. william's settled, and about to begin full—time royal duty. he was accompanied by catherine this afternoon to view a memorial garden to diana. and harry, not quite so settled yet, but not far off, one suspects. and both at this anniversary, one must assume, reassured by the enduring regard people feel for their mother. she gave us so much. we were so privileged to have her. she meant so much to so many people. she touched everybody, and it shows by how many people are here today. william and harry took some of the flowers people had brought

and placed them at the palace gates, replaying some of the moments from two decades ago, and acknowledging the desire that many still have to hold onto diana's memory. today, briefly, they've put on their public, princely faces, to view some of the tributes. tomorrow, though, william and harry will remain in private, remembering the mother they lost in such tragic circumstances, 20 years ago. nicolas witchell, bbc news, at kensington palace. the us has approved a procedure to treat childhood leukaemia, using removed themselves from the child's immune system and reprogramming them to seek out and destroy cancer before putting them back. a computer hard drive containing all the unfinished works of terry pratchett has been crushed by a steamroller. those were his wishes — he didn't want his incomplete novels finished by any other writer.

laura westbrook reports. this is all that remains of terry pratchett‘s unfinished works. steamrolled, just as he wanted. his long—time assistant, rob wilkins, tweeted he had fulfilled his obligation to flatten the hard drive. it contained at least ten incomplete books. the broken machine will go on display as part of a new exhibition about the author's life and work. he created the hugely popular and internationally successful discworld series, a vast satire of modern life and the human race. the author revealed he had alzheimer's disease in 2007. it worries me that i might be a poster boy for dementia, because i make it look good. it didn't affect his writing to begin with, but he struggled to contain his anger at the disease in interviews and became a campaigner for more

spending on alzheimer's. people don't want to go near it, or, at least, many don't want to go near it, they don't want to think about it. i do think about it. it was a bright, sunny day... his final novel, the shepherd's crown, was published a few months after he died, and it will be his last. terry pratchett did not want his unpublished works completed by anyone else. i've got one half done and that's been there for quite a long time, which is not unusualfor me, and it's got some wonderful characters and other things... and other things like that. and i was working it for a lot of time and i thought, "this has really got everything, except a plot!" unfortunately for his fans, time ran out. his unpublished works may be lost

forever but his legacy lives on. at least he left many other wonderful characters. for many years now, a debate has been raging in america about economic inequality — the so—called 1% versus the 99. this row has been held in many venues between many types of people. but now it has taken on a whole new form and an unusual shape. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. new york's guggenheim museum has been the venue for some provocative work down the years but there has perhaps never been an exhibit quite like this. # gold, always believe in your soul! it's called "america," a fully functioning toilet made out of 18 carat gold. i think it's just turned out to be kind of fun for the public and for the museum, for people to kind of be here and discover that

it's, "oh, look, it's in a typical bathroom," and then you have this solid gold toilet. so i think it's been more fun than anything. created by an italian artist, it's described as an extravagant luxury seemingly intended for the 1%, available to the public. more than 100,000 visitors have queued up to spend a few moments, and maybe the odd penny. i think he's very provocative and it's... especially with houston happening right now, the, like, concept of what waste is and what we put our resources into feeds into this experience. there are many artworks i've seen over the course of time that i would've liked to have used in a similar manner. it's definitely the first golden toilet i have seen. and if you want to see this golden throne for yourself, don't hang around. "america" will be removed next month. the occupied sign will be put up permanently. failing to think of a joke team

hasn't already used! just finally, these pictures have emerged of a kind of slow—motion nightmare for the occupants of a car in central china, that started heading backwards into a river. it's thought the driver accidently hit the acelerator instead of the brake. a mother and daughter amazingly suffered no serious injuries. the entire accident tookjust 11 seconds and was noticed by a swimmer who, along with another pedestrian, pulled them out of the car. just briefly, the main news again that the governor of texas as the state has not yet seen the worst of the flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey. it is still affecting the energy supply. more companies are shutting pipelines and refineries. the storm has now made la ndfall refineries. the storm has now made landfall in louisiana. much more all of the news on the bbc news website anytime. thanks for watching. hello there.

we're moving into the last day of august, but in some places, yesterday, it felt like september had already arrived. because there was a lot of cloud, there was some rain around, and temperatures across some south—eastern areas only got up to 13 degrees. but further north and west, the day brought brighter skies and some spells of sunshine. just a few showers. and that's the sort of weather that we will take with us into thursday. the cloud has now been chased away to the east. we've got some clear skies following on behind, with just a few shower clouds. and during the day ahead, we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and showers. the showers quite heavy from the word go in western areas. and then extending eastwards as the day goes on. but with some bright or sunny spells between those downpours. so, let's take a closer look at 4pm in the afternoon. across the south—west of england, we'll see quite a few showers in places, with some sunny spells in between. temperatures around 16—17 degrees. some of those showers stretching across the south—east and into east anglia. but a big improvement in temperatures here. 20 degrees in london, 19 for ipswich. some heavy showers across the midlands,

up into northern england. some of the showers could contain the odd rumble of thunder. and for scotland, it is that mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers. 1a degrees in aberdeen for the middle of the afternoon, 17 in glasgow. for northern ireland, some decent sunny breaks between the showers. i think some places will avoid the showers and stay dry all day long. and a similar story for wales. sunny spells, the odd downpour coming along here and there. some of those showers could be heavy, but they will then tend to fade away as we go through the evening. through the night, into the early hours of friday, we'll see clear spells, the odd fog around, and a chilly night. towns and cities 9—12, but in rural areas, one, two, three, four degrees. quite a cool start if you're out and about early on friday morning. but the prospects of friday are fairly promising. a lot of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. still the chance for a shower, particularly for central and eastern areas, but many will stay dry. 17 in glasgow, 21 in london,

about where we'd expect to be. and then we get on into the weekend, and it is not bad news, especially if you like dry weather. because this area of high pressure will give us a fine start to the weekend. weather systems, you'll notice, out west, they won't make much progress into eastern parts, so, even on sunday, eastern areas of scotland, eastern england, should stay dry, with some spells of sunshine. further west, a fine saturday, a chilly saturday night, but then cloud and rain with some strong winds will work in from the west on sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines: the governor of texas is saying the worst is not over for some parts of the state. tropical storm harvey is still bringing torrential rain. at least 20 people are known to have died, many trapped in cars. flooding has affected more than 30% of us oil refinery capacity, and the storm has now moved into louisiana. president trump has said "talking is not the answer" to the north korea missile crisis. pyongyang has claimed tuesday's missile test overjapan is just "the first step" for military operations in the pacific. the us defence secretary, james mattis, has insisted

there is still room for diplomacy. thursday marks 20 years since the death of princess diana in paris. her sons, the princes william and harry, have visited a memorial garden, created at london's kensington palace, in memory of their mother's life and work. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.