this is bbc news. the headlines at two. the european union and the uk remain far apart. that's the verdict of the eu's chief negotiatior, at the end of a third round of talks over brexit. it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to an air its obligations after the departure. we are committed to make as much progress on issues related to our withdrawal. but the uk's approach is more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu. theresa may dismisses criticism, of her plans to lead the conservatives, at the next election. i'm simon mccoy live at kensington palace, on the 20th anniversary of the death of princess diana. flowers and tributes are placed outside her former home just as they were 20 years ago, after the princess died in car crash in paris. today is not only remembering

a princess, but also a mother, princes william and harry, will mark the anniversary privately. also in the next hour... there's an anxious wait, as a chemical plant in houston flooded by tropical storm harvey, suffers two explosions. firefighters tackle hazardous smoke and authorities evacuated the surrounding area. the gambling website, 888.com, is fined nearly eight million pounds over its treatment of vulnerable customers. and buying success in the premier league, as the transfer window closes, on more than a billion pounds worth of business. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

the european union's chief brexit negotiator, says the eu and uk, have made no substantial breakthroughs, at the end of a third round of talks. speaking at a joint news conference, michel barnier said both sides remain far apart, and there's little chance of starting negotiations soon, on a possible future trade deal. but the brexit secretary david davis urged the eu to be "more imaginative and flexible," in its approach. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from brussels. round three, and brexit talks are in trouble. the chief negotiator has emerged to say that on the biggest issues, things have stalled. translation: at the current state of progress, we are quite far from being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. sufficient for me to be able to recommend to the european council that it engage in discussions

on the future relationship between the uk and the eu at the same time. both sides frustrated with each other, thinking they are inflexible. as i said at the start of the week, it's only through flexibility and imagination that we will achieve a deal that works truly for both sides. in some areas, we have found this from the commission side, which i welcome, but there remains some way to go. so the two big sticking point is are, first, the uk's financial obligations — money. the uk's questioning the legal basis for what the eu says it owes, and although it has obligations, it won't say what those are. and a transitional trade deal — the eu won't even discuss one. it says the uk must settle the separation first. anyway, tell me about the week? david davis himself hasn't been in brussels for most of the week.

he returned last night, leaving the negotiations to his officials. he's hoping he can twist the arms of the eu's 27 member states so they agree to talk trade. they've insisted all along there must be sufficient progress on the separation first. we certainly need progress on the divorce bill before we can say that sufficient progress has been made. so the uk's not going to get to move forward until it satisfies that demand 7 i think so. i think that's what the eu has been very consistent on this point. so, it's the money that's causing the biggest problems. the eu insisting obligations must be honoured, and the uk questioning them. the commission has set out its position. and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously. at this round, we presented our legal analysis. after this week, it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start

discussing a future relationship? we need to address together these issues seriously and rigorously. for now, the eu says it's not satisfied, decisive progress has not been made, and the brexit countdown is ticking. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. chris morrison on the bbc‘s reality check team is here. whether the sleepers? i do not think i've ever seen michel barnier said gloomy and i covered him when he was the economics commissioner at the height of the eurozone in brussels. this is not proving easy. there are two keywords we will hear a lot of over the last couple of weeks they are sufficient progress because sufficient progress because sufficient progress because sufficient progress is what you has said must be made on these initial

issues before we can move on to talk about trade. the trouble is, what the submission programme mean, it's been left vague, the british position thinks it is an expression of broad principles and then we can talk about the future relationship but the you want something more specific. particularly on money because proving very difficult. what you have said is that there is a seven—year budget period that the bit you and britain has made a series of financial commitments among them stretching into the future which has to honour. it is not put an exact figure on how much did think the uk is when it leaves but you can estimate it at roughly 60 billion euros which with comment exchange rates is about £60 billion! the uk says no way they are paying that much and what it is also done is going through, if you like, the eu's paper line by line in challenge the legal assumptions that. it is proving the most difficult issue to me over dog. against that backdrop

whether we gave them a? well, interestingly michel barnier said that he was prepared to increase the pace of negotiations here, it implied meeting more regularly. at the moment was scheduled to be one that the negotiations every month the next two rounds are on the weeks beginning the 18th of september nine of october. after that decision has to do be made because towards the end of october there is an eu summit and that is where the other 27 leaders of the you have got to decide, whether the base in progress has been made to me on to talk about trade. if they say no which was being the case in at the moment when michel barnier. then we're looking at perhaps waiting till a summit in december when there are talks about future trading relationships not starting until well into the new year. time is ticking. is it a

moment to start panicking? i did think so because nobody thought it would be easy, we are talking about unravelling a0 years of history and partnership and it is an incredibly complicated business. but you could sense in that press conference that the two sides have come from very different positions, this week in particular. thank you. theresa may has attempted to dismiss criticism of her promise to fight the next general election, by insisting she's "not a quitter". some former ministers, including lord heseltine, say it would be difficult for her to continue as prime minister until 2022, following the recent disastrous election. but at a news conference in japan, where she's on a three day visit, she emphasised there was a long term job to do. ben wright is travelling with the prime minister, and sent us this report, which does contain, flash photography. steadying the ship. theresa may didn't come to japan to bolster her leadership back home. this visit is formally focused

on trade and security. and this morning, the two countries marked their close defence cooperation at a naval base near tokyo. but theresa may, back from her summer break, has faced speculation about her political sell—by—date since losing the tories‘ majority injune. her plan, revealed here injapan, to lead the tories into the next general election would see her stay in number 10 through brexit and beyond. if, of course, her party and mps agree. so, theresa may ploughs on with brexit, keen to reassure japan's political and business leaders she does have a plan for protecting their interests in britain. the uk, traditionally, has had very good economic relations with japan. but the uk of course has been a very important part of the european union, of the european single market. and for many japanese companies here in europe, the uk was actually almost like a gateway to the european market.

the japanese government has been public and frank in the past about its concerns. and, after talks with theresa may, japan's prime minister said he wanted the brexit negotiations to be as open as possible. translation: japan and the uk are mutually important countries. 0n brexit, our country would like to have the impact to companies minimised. we want predictability and transparency ensured during the negotiations. mrs may says she's listening, so that a smooth brexit transition is realised. if mr abe had learned more about the uk's negotiating aims, he wasn't letting on. but japan and the uk have agreed to start working on a new free trade agreement. and theresa may restated her determination to stay put. i said i wasn't a quitter. and there is a long—term job to do. there is an importantjob to be done in the united kingdom. we stand at a really critical time in the uk. it's the long—term issues of trade, the consequences of brexit, defence and security cooperation that have dominated

theresa may's talks here. but it's her strikingly blunt, unplanned declaration about her own political future that this trip to japan will be remembered for. ben wright, bbc news, tokyo. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster for us now. she is not a quitter, what reaction of you had to back? gallo range, i think it is important to know that theresa may did not get back on the aeroplane to japan to set up her ambitions to stay on as leader until 2022. she wanted to slap down a newspaper story and i think over a series of interviews her line on her future hardened and hardened. in the short term i think there is absolutely zero desire for another

leadership election amongst conservative mps. they worry that that could trigger another general election. in a sense theresa may's comments will not worry the party. the long—term issue is a completely different story because few in the party see her leading the party into the next general election. many say it is not if she goes but when. i would be very surprised if theresa may deep down really believes she would be still leading the party come the next general election. but, as one of our former advisers said, how could the prime minister have a nswered how could the prime minister have answered the question any differently in the middle of brexit negotiations. we have had the likes of the former education secretary, nicky morgan, sacked by theresa may saying she definitely doesn't want the prime minister leading the party in 2022. lord heseltine scoffed at the idea but borisjohnson of bomber leadership rival now foreign

secretary led the defence of mrs may saying he thought she could win the majority at the next election. i think it will depend on how brexit goes as to when theresa may leaves number ten and think that is there is it backbench mps decide her time is it backbench mps decide her time is up there will be very little she can do about it. thank you eleanor. there have been two explosions at a chemical works in texas, which was badly flooded by tropical storm harvey. the owner of the plant near houston, had warned that a loss of power, meant volatile chemicals could overheat. the surrounding area has been evacuated. this report from simonjones contains some flashing images. there have already been two at the arkema chemical plant near houston. the site is flooded. it's lost power. the volatile chemicals can't be kept cool. the owner had warned this was inevitable, and the concern is there could be more blasts to come. bus—loads of people have been told

not to return to the area. hundreds of thousands of people have now been displaced by harvey. some have paid with their lives. the bodies of four children and their great—grandpa rents were discovered in this van, which had been swept away by the floodwaters. the mexican foreign minister, on a visit to washington, has now offered to help with the relief effort. i want to thank the governor of mexico for its offer of assistance to the state of texas. they have offered a wide range of assistance, coordinating with the governor down in texas. the lieutenant governor of texas has praised the way people have come to the aid of their neighbours. dan patrick said hundreds of ordinary people turning up with their boats to search for survivors reminded him of the rescue operation at dunkirk during world war ii. he said the reconstruction in the city could cost up to $200 billion, and many still need urgent help. this is a nursing home in port arthur. tensions were at a very high level

when i came into this facility. from the relatives, and even from some of the volunteers who had come to try and take these people out. and the authorities are warning the worst is not yet over, with flooding expected to continue for many more days. simon jones, bbc news. cbs reported don champion gave his more from the story in houston. some of the floodwaters have begun to recede across this region but the devastation is still all around the area. some of the hardest hit areas of flooding might not proceed from there while over two months. yesterday we got our first aerial view of the devastation across this region. it wasjust view of the devastation across this region. it was just breathtaking and incredibly sad to see how many large swa ps incredibly sad to see how many large swaps of land literally underwater.

yesterday with the first day we saw the return of the sun above houston and more than five days. more than 30,000 people are still seeking safety a nd 30,000 people are still seeking safety and shelter. more than 200 are open here in texas at this hour. some families are leaving the shelters and going elsewhere with family members in other cities but certainly the waters are starting to recede but there is a big concern as the waters recede this tragedy will beat them even more as offices and first responders begin to find some bodies in the water. a man has been charged after an incident near buckingham palace where three police officers were injured. the 26 —year—old from luton. was charged under the terrorism act 2006. he will appear at westminster magistrates‘ court later today. police said a man brandished a aft sword outside the palace last friday.

a man was later arrested at the scene. no members of the royal family were in buckingham palace at the time. david davis has called on the eu to be more imaginative in their brexit discussions. his eu counterpart michel barnier, said that there had been no decisive progress on several key issues theresa may repeats have vowed to stay but some tory backbenchers question whether she can fight the next election as prime minister. explosions heard coming from a chemical plant near the flooded us city of houston, more blasts are expected. and in sport manchester city have made a second bid for alexis sanchez, it is thought to be around the £60 million mark. the chileans contract at arsenal is finishing at the end of the season. liverpool have completed the signing of alex 0xlade—chamberlain from

arsenalfor around of alex 0xlade—chamberlain from arsenal for around 35mm ones and spurs have acquired the paris saint—germain defender but 23 premium pounds, that had been her dog due to work permanent complications. —— that had been held up complications. —— that had been held up due to work permanent publications. 20 years ago today diana, princess of wales died in a car crash in paris after being pursued by photographers. a range of public events have been organised to remember her death and flowers, cards and other tributes are again being laid outside kensington palace. her sons, princes william and harry, will mark the anniversary privately. simon mccoy is at kensington palace. thank you. a range of emotions on display here. rather distinct groups have spent some time here on this 20th anniversary. there is the hard—core 20th anniversary. there is the ha rd—core fans of

20th anniversary. there is the hard—core fans of byam who followed her in light around the country have been here dressed in their union flag outfits and cutting cakes and drinking champagne. a celebratory mood from than others ofjust perhaps been going for a walk in an english part realised what has been going on and spend some time reading the tributes on the gate. also, tributes to dodi fayed and henry paul, because three people were killed in that car crash. then there we re killed in that car crash. then there were the people striking more closely the mood of 20 years ago came here for a quiet moment of reflection spending a moment at kensington palace with their own private thoughts. an period 20 years ago which turned to weep at the loss of the woman, tony blair described as the people's princess, then turning to anger at the paparazzi in the press and then in time anger at the press and then in time anger at

the monarchy and the queen herself. a remarkable week. bond with the funeral. royal correspondence looks back on a remarkable week in british history. the news had come in the early hours of the morning. diana, princess of wales had been involved in a serious car accident in paris. as the world waited for news, the then british ambassador to france, lord michaeljay, was at the hospital with france's interior minister, jean—pierre chevenement. as time moved on, it became clear it was more serious than we thought, and then chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came back in tears, really. he came up to me and said, "i'm afraid she's dead." later in the day, the prince of wales arrived at the hospital to bring diana's body back to britain. it had been charles who'd had to break the news to william and harry that their mother had been killed. 20 years on, lord jay recalls the conversations with charles very clearly. he was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked a little bit about what it had been like in balmoral that morning.

he said how prince william had wanted to go to church that morning — which was not, he said, something prince william always wanted to do on a sunday morning — so they had been to church. but throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had lost their mother rather brutally. it was a week when many people struggled, not least, says lord jay, the monarchy itself. the nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me, with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief with was the queen. lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it's diana's sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody the style of monarchy people want for the future. yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother which had been placed outside kensington palace. 20 years on, diana's impact is still very real. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

with me now is when as biographer, andrew morton. ijust with me now is when as biographer, andrew morton. i just want your personal memory of when you heard?” was at edinburgh with the part about it clock i could absorb the news i was heading with the airport. got on the plane to london. the most poignant moment probably a bad day was when a frenchman recognised me and came up and he scribbled a note any handed it to me and it said, "i would like to apologise on behalf of the french nation. " would like to apologise on behalf of the french nation." because at that time everybody thought the french paparazzi had driven her to her death. i want to talk about her process about the book, u2 never

actually met directly during the process ? actually met directly during the process? we met on numerous occasions on royal tours as you know perfectly well, we had a light, bright, trite rapport. but i had been writing numerous books and had got no friend in fergie's circle and's circle. and i didn't realise she was looking for a voice because she was looking for a voice because she felt totally constrained in alive and living a lie. the tape arrived, you put on your headphones and hit the play button and what was your reaction? it was in a working men's club open norsk bracelet and all around me all these guys were in their overalls eating bacon and ed talking about the football and i put on these headbands and the chap who was the intermediate who had pressed the button and i was transported into another world. it is like narnia. my personal wardrobe was listening to diana talking about her

eating disorders her suicide attempts and also this woman i had never heard of called camilla. i we nt never heard of called camilla. i went home that night and i stood away from the edge of the platform of the underground because, i was infected with the same paranoia that... gayle i was around at the time and! that... gayle i was around at the time and i remember it you have larger self —— time and i remember it you have larger self -- i was around at the time. people realisejust how important this book would be not just in her history but best of the monarchy. it changed things, didn't it? it made people look again at the monarchy and i always think it was awaking minke mean britain from its team of monarchy and the best time ina team of monarchy and the best time in a generation, i remembertimes newspaper had a weekend debate on the page of the monarchy. i think the page of the monarchy. i think the ultimate consequences of it are that we now look at the monarchy in a far more human way, we accept their human, we are human, we don't put them on so much of a penistone.

i think there are still respect, not quite the reference but we are now citizens not subjects. personally, a lot of people will look at the publication of your book the first time around is the moment the fairy tale was firmly destroyed, do you feel any responsibility for what that did to the public sense of, gosh, that fairy tale is over and we have entered a grim time? it happened to come out in a grim year, also the separation of prince and the the divorce of princess ad and the the divorce of princess ad and the windsor castle fire. so it came ata the windsor castle fire. so it came at a bad time but it did for speed for to look at the idea of monarchy, what is monarchy fall? it is treated asa what is monarchy fall? it is treated as a civil religion and in a way diana maintained her position of the high priestess of the common touch.

why did she pick you?” high priestess of the common touch. why did she pick you? i think she trusted me, she pestered me out, she gave me a couple of stories but what ididn't gave me a couple of stories but what i didn't realise was she was desperate. —— she tested me out. the key thing was i didn't work for the bbc or itv, i was independent and so was my publisher. i do think any organisation, news organisation on the planet could have done what we did because you had to be small, nimble and it depended on absolute trust. the aspect of deniability men she could go to the queen and the duke of edinburgh is vast and say, i did not meet andrew morton. as she did not meet andrew morton. as she did do, it was her mantra and i would say the same thing, i did not meet the princess of wales by spectra friends and family. people talk about the tapes, yes i made the tapes with diana but she was also on the phone all the time talking to

the phone all the time talking to the intermediate and myself so we we re the intermediate and myself so we were getting all kinds of i was also interviewing her friends and family so interviewing her friends and family soi interviewing her friends and family so i was getting a real sense of who she was unless question was coming from. did you at any time think about how william and harry would feel when they read it? their mother was the one who judged feel when they read it? their mother was the one whojudged it because she read it before it was published as prince charles met the manuscript about him what he can best his adultery so both parents of william and harry felt that this material should be in the public domain. and what do you think her legacy, 20 yea rs what do you think her legacy, 20 years on, is? you can see the people here today i think she is treated with great deal of affection, and warmth. i think the diana that we now remember is the new normal inside the royal family. she is the high priestess of the common touch. she is the woman who made compassion actionable. —— fashionable. we no

longer have this white glove, do not touch, big hatted monarchy. you look at william and harry when they speak to people and they get down on any distort people in a hospital bed. it isa distort people in a hospital bed. it is a different style, different substance and i think it is healthier than it was 25 years ago. finally, you were out well correspondence the years and she is to help these drinks parties that those who followed her around the world, do have any memories of checks you had with her that make you laugh now. there is something.” remember in vancouveron you laugh now. there is something.” remember in vancouver on a tourjust before the wedding of andrew and fergie andl before the wedding of andrew and fergie and i had found out that the ferguson family were vaguely scottish and i had vaguely scottish roots and i said to her, i am vaguely related to their games looked at me up and down and said, i am sure sarah will be thrilled.

laughter i remember that look as well. very good to talk to you. there is continuing coverage of this on the bbc website... head online to bbc.co.uk/news and we'll be live at kensington palace throughout the day on the bbc news channel. thank you, sunderland. time to check on the weather forecast. —— thank you, simon. there will be some slow moving, heavy thundery downpours this afternoon. also a risk of hail. but some fairly warm sunny spells and some fairly warm sunny spells and some places may miss the showers. a warm feeling day certainly the east anglia and south east england compared with yesterday. some showers in the evening but after dark they die away. the most the

night it is dry, clear and quite chilly again. like last night temperatures will be lower away from town and city centres. so, chilly but sunny start to friday. some clouds building but more will avoid thing get the showers tomorrow but there will be some tomorrow particularly in the pennines, north—east england, the east midlands and east anglia. and again some slow meeting thundery downpours. away from the showers and pleasant, sunny spells. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: europe's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier says "no decisive progress" has been made on key issues in talks with the uk. the prime minister has repeated her statement that she's "not a quitter" after backbench mps and some former senior conservatives questioned her intention to lead them into the next general election. a mass evacuation is under way in the town of crosby in texas as explosions are heard from a flooded chemical plant. reports say that chemicals have been released into the atmosphere.

a doctorfrom romford has appeared in court charged with 118 sexual offences. dr manish shah was granted conditional bail at barkingside magistrates‘ court. and tributes are being paid to princess diana, who died in a car crash in paris 20 years ago today. time for a check on the sport. we are rapidly approaching the end of this summer's domestic transfer windows. things are beginning to hot up as premier league clubs add to the a record amount they have already spent this summer. 0ur sports reporter david 0rnstein has had his eye on events. david, we start with that alexis sanchez saga. manchester city have come back with a second bid for him?

that's right, and it's clear something is happening. we understand that bid is in the region of £60 million and manchester city are keen for arsenal to accept that, but they will not unless they have a replacement. there are reports that that replacement, they hope, will be thomas lemar at monaco, with speculation suggesting that they have made a £90 million offer. so this is getting very tense for arsenal. manchester city have wanted to reunite him with pep guardiola, he worked under at barcelona. this deal they now happen, but not guaranteed. yeah, it has been a day of speculation. we think riyad mahrez may be moving away from leicester city. nothing confirmed, but he has been travelling around. he has allegedly been spotted in barcelona, and they of course need to bring in replacements for neymar,

who left them in that world record tra nsfer who left them in that world record transfer earlier in the window. there is no firm indication of which clu b there is no firm indication of which club riyad mahrez willjoin. arsenal area club club riyad mahrez willjoin. arsenal are a club he will not bejoining, but where he does end up remains to be seen. neymar needs to be replaced. for a long time, barcelona have been linked with felipe coutinho of liverpool. but coutinho is not for sale according to liverpool. the spanish window remains opened along the —— the spanish window remains open for longer, so it is possible. a fourth bid is yet. materialise. it looks bid is yet to materialise. it looks like liverpool will have a huge attacking weaponry, because they have also added alex 0xlade—chamberlain from arsenal. that was confirmed for 35mm pounds ona that was confirmed for 35mm pounds on a five—year contract. he will

earn £120,000 a week, less than what he would have earned if he had signed a new contract at arsenal. he turned down a move to chelsea, which will be seen as a coup for liverpool. now another deal involving a north london club, a player going in this time, and a bit ofa player going in this time, and a bit of a steel for spurs. yes, the p56 ). there was some speculation that this deal would not happen because he faced charges for assaulting a police officer in france, but he was granted a work permit by the home 0ffice granted a work permit by the home office and that deal has now gone through. spurs will be pleased because it means they left the north sca rle because it means they left the north scarle —— they replaced the other player. very good timing for them. going further down the league for swa nsea going further down the league for swansea city, there is a bit of a coup for them today, a player from munich? yes, sanchez. he is

bayern munich? yes, sanchez. he is highly rated and not many people will have seen him joining swansea city. but the link with their manager paul clement, formerly of the assistant manager at bayern munich, has paid dividends. that could be one of the steals of the summer. they could be losing fernando llorente as well. plenty to keep our eye on across the afternoon. david, thanks forjoining us. that is all we have got for the moment. i will be back in an hour. a doctor has appeared in court, charged with more than 100 sexual offences. manish shah, who's a7, from romford in essex, is accused of sexually assaulting more than 50 people at a medical practice in east london. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the story. this was the first time that the a7—year—old east london gp has had to attend court and answer

the 118 charges of sexual assault he faces. manish shah has been charged with so many offences against 5a of his patients that it would have taken too long to read them all in court, so the deputy district judge just heard a summary. the doctor said he would plead not guilty to all the charges, one of which involves a child under 13. throughout the time dr shah is accused of committing the offences, he was living here in a detached house not far from the surgery where he worked. the gp practice is in the london borough of havering, but for legal reasons the media have been asked not to name it. the alleged offences took place between 200a and 2013, when the police investigation began. manish shah was released on bail and told he would stand trial on the 118 sexual offence charges at snaresbrook crown court. the general medical council suspended him from working as a doctor three years ago.

daniel sandford, bbc news, at barkingside magistrates‘ court. aid agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people, affected by devastating floods across south asia. more than 1,200 people are believed to have died. it‘s thought to be the worst monsoon season in decades, with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes in india, nepal and bangladesh. sanjoy majumder has more details. weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. many villages in the northern part of the country still cut off. aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. it‘s a similar situation across large parts of south asia. the eastern indian state of bihar has been hit the hardest. heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water. more than 500 people have been killed here in the past few weeks. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes, and are staying in temporary camps.

there‘s a lot of damage. there‘s a lot of people still out of their homes. people are surviving and getting on with things as they can, but there‘s been a lot of damage. and india‘s financial capital, mumbai, a city of more than 20 million, was brought to a standstill after torrential rain hit the city on wednesday. it left commuters stranded. transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade home. we‘re in the middle of the annual monsoon season and it‘s been raining intensely across india, but also neighbouring nepal and bangladesh, for the past several weeks. it‘s caused the worst flooding in decades and it‘s led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods, especially at this time of the year, but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. let‘s return to events being held

to remember the 20th anniversary of the death of princess diana. flowers, cards and other tributes are again being laid outside kensington palace. her sons, princes william and harry, will mark the anniversary privately. simon mccoy is at kensington palace for us now. yes, 20 years ago today, the nation woke up to that shocking news of a car crash in paris and the confirmation of the news that diana, princess of wales had been killed along with dodi fayed and the chauffeur, henri paul. what followed we re chauffeur, henri paul. what followed were a mixture of emotions from the shock at losing the woman described by tony blair as the people‘s princess, turned quickly to anger at the paparazzi and the press who many people blame for the crash in the tunnel in paris. then the anger transferred onto the royal family itself and on to the queen. it was a remarkable week. let‘s have a look

back at how it was covered 20 years ago. we are getting reports that diana, princess of wales has been badly injured ina princess of wales has been badly injured in a car crash in france. short while ago, buckingham palace confirmed the death of diana, princess of wales. the princess died following a car accident in paris. she was 36. they regarded her as one of the people. she was the people‘s princess. and that‘s how she will stay, how she will remain. in our hearts and in our memories, for ever. at 2:20 this afternoon,

the one basic thing people in the crowds here had been calling for all week took place. the queen came back to buckingham palace. as the queen and the duke of edinburgh came out to meet the crowds soon afterwards, it must have been one of the most difficult moments of her entire reign. silence from the mourners watching, the million who have come here to london. tears as it goes past.

applause. the union flag raised, and then lowered to half—mast. another example of a breach of protocol in response to the public mood. earl spencer: diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty. she proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic. singing. this is the last everybody will see of diana, princess of wales. of paris match magazine.

looking back, what goes through your mind? she was in paris, being chased by the paparazzi, a business you we re by the paparazzi, a business you were in. i wonder what you felt when you heard what had happened?m were in. i wonder what you felt when you heard what had happened? it was a very shocking moment, first because people died in a car crash, and second because we didn‘t know what happened. there were photographers involved who were not sent by the magazine, but they were from the photojournalism world. not all of them were paparazzi, some we re all of them were paparazzi, some were agency photographers, having covered news and were on duty that we can. it was very difficult because there was that the death of princess diana and other people, and

also the thing in our mind of what happened? so it was a defining moment for a lot of people in any business at the time. and how has coverage of the british royal family changed in france and across europe asa changed in france and across europe as a result of this? i think the royal family realised that they had to organise the storytelling about what they do. nowadays, things are well organised and photo shoots are set up an there is organisation behind every member of the royal family schedule, making sure one doesn‘t overshadow the other. so it

seems that it pushed communication to be much more organised and not improvised between the photographer and a member of the royal family or and a member of the royal family or a journalist and the royal family. i think you interviewed trevor rees jones, the one person who survived that car crashed 20 years ago. how is he doing and what did you think when you spoke to him? yes, i interviewed him in 2000, when his book came out. he was a very easy, nice person who didn‘t make a lot of revelations about the actual crash, because he said he couldn‘t remember

anything because of the violence of the crash. he was badly injured and had a lot of operations. but what was interesting about him is that he said the security around princess diana was not as big as it should have been, given her status. that is one of the interesting things. why was she not protected by other people apart from mohammad doubtfire‘s team ? —— people apart from mohammad doubtfire‘s team? —— al—fayed‘s team. he was a nice person and he spoke highly of princess diana and how easy she was under some they spent together, which was a happy and free summer, hence the shock of the accident. we talked a lot about

diana‘s legacy. i wonder what the legacy of that crash is where you are in paris? is still a place where people come and put flowers. it really marked the area and a lot of tourists come here. i think it‘s bizarre that her last summer was filled with wonderful moments in st tropez and is horrible crash in paris. french people really loved diana and her legacy and they admire herfor diana and her legacy and they admire her for what diana and her legacy and they admire herfor what she diana and her legacy and they admire her for what she was doing at that time. i think a lot of people feel that her sons are important and have brought back happiness and modernity to the royal family. marion mertens,

thank you very much. we will be back later at kensington palace. for more on the life and legacy of diana, princess of wales, head online to bbc.co.uk/news and we‘ll be live at kensington palace throughout the day on the bbc news channel. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc news: david davis has called on the eu to be more imaginative in their brexit discussions. his eu counterpart michel barnier said that there had been no decisive progress on several key issues. theresa may repeats her vow to stay to fight the next general election, but some tory backbenchers remain sceptical about her ambition. explosions are heard coming from a chemical plant near the flooded us city of houston. more blasts are expected. in the business news...

0nline gambling firm 888 is to pay a record penalty of £7.8 million after it failed to protect vulnerable customers. the gambling commission said the site failed to protect 7,000 customers who had chosen to block themselves from the site voluntarily — and were still able to gamble. unemployment in the eurozone remained steady at 9.1%, according to the latest update. that‘s the lowest level since february 2009. at the same time, inflation across the 19 countries that use the single currency rose to 1.5% injuly, still well below the european central bank‘s target of 2%. a key member of the bank of england‘s interest rate—setting monetary policy committee has said "a modest rise" in interest rates is needed to curb high inflation. speaking in cardiff today, michael saunders said it would help ease rising prices and smooth the brexit process. over to the us now.... storm harvey has led to the loss of nearly a quarter of us oil

refining capacity and one of the country‘s major operators has been forced to shut down a key network of pipelines, threatening a supply squeeze across the nation and stirring up world markets as us retailfuel prices rose further. michelle fleury is at the new york stock exchange. how widely is the refinery shutdown across the us gulf coast? we are talking about a quarter of america‘s oil refinery capacity being shut down. this of course has knock—on effects. 0ne down. this of course has knock—on effects. one thing we have heard is that colonial pipeline is being shut down. this matters because it connects that region with the east coast of america, so you are looking ata coast of america, so you are looking at a huge swathe of the country suddenly facing potential shortages in the weeks ahead. part of the

reason this is exacerbated is that if you look at the area, it will obviously take days for refining capacity to get back online when things do come down. then there is theissue things do come down. then there is the issue of transportation. you have also got the ports. the port of houston is a crucial network, but the situation is made worse because even though that could open in a couple of days and did not sustain much damage, the channel into that pot still has to be cleared by the coastguard. they have to sweep it for debris to make sure big ships can pass through there, and that could take time. analysts are now speculating that you could have something of a crunch at the pump, certainly on the east coast, with people seeing prices starting to spike. how high have gasoline prices risen? depending where you shop, you are starting to see increases of ten

to 20 cents, so from around 2.36 to 2.a6, depending where you are. that could get worse. i remember superstorm sandy, where because of disruptions to the refineries and distribution mechanism, there was a period of a8 hours when people were queueing up with jerry cans, trying to make sure they didn‘t run out of fuel. that hasn‘t happened yet and precautions have been put in place to try and avoid that situation, but this is reminiscent of that challenge. it shows the concern about supply if cargo ships are now being booked to take gasoline from europe to the united states. yeah, there are about 20 tankers that are a p pa re ntly there are about 20 tankers that are apparently readying to load up with refined fuel to send to the united states, more than usual. i even heard that in japan, states, more than usual. i even heard that injapan, there are also potentially looking at sending oil

products here because of the anticipated increase in price. it makes economic sense. but that takes time. how many weeks will it take to cross the ocean? as a result, that is why people are saying you are looking at a potential price increase at pumps. it is notjust the refining capacity, but with the distribution side also affected, thatis distribution side also affected, that is why analysts are talking about this. many thanks. in other business news... the new boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has told staff he will change the company‘s culture and may take it public in 18 to 36 months. the taxi app company is trying to recover from a string of crises that saw chief executive and co—founder travis kalanick ousted in june. mr khosrowshahi is the former boss of online travel company expedia. india‘s plan to crack down on illegal cash by banning high—value banknotes last year was a failure.

that‘s according to the country‘s central bank. it said 99% of the money it banned to prevent cash transactions and money laundering had made its way back into the banking system. ministers had hoped the move would make it difficult for hoarders of undeclared wealth to exchange it for legal tender. travellers buying their currencies at uk airports are being offered as little as 86 euro cents to the pound. foreign exchange broker fairfx, which carried out a survey for the bbc, said this rate, from moneycorp at southampton airport, was the worst at any airport bureau de change. the average euro rate across 16 big uk airports was higher, at 95 euro cents to the pound. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the financial markets. the ftse100 has climbed today, with miners the stand out performers so far. anglo american, glencore and rio tinto among the top gainers as the price of copper strengthened. mining companies have gained the most in august, with the sector set to end the month up about 8%.

across europe, stock markets have risen following positive sessions in asia. but but one notable heavy loss among individual companies was french supermarket giant carrefour. its share price dived 15% on the cac index in paris after the group published disappointing results for the first half and warned of a drop in earnings for the whole year. this is the latest position for the pound against the euro. that‘s the money market rate — not what you might get, as we‘ve been discussing at airport bureaux de change. sterling has again edged lower today over concerns about the direction of brexit negotiations, with investors ignoring comments from a senior central bank policymaker that interest rates need to rise soon, a policy which could support the currency. that‘s all the business news. from money to weather. the last day

of august. it‘s been a wetter than normal summer, with a bit more rain before we are done. but many of us have had some lovely sunshine today. but the clouds are building, a sign of things to come. north and west wales had intense downpours, but for most of us, it has been a dry and is sunny start. but the cloud is building, a trend continuing into the afternoon. there will be slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours around. by late afternoon, they will become few and far between, but through north—east england, we could see some of the heaviest downpours. western coastal parts will see increasing sunshine, with heavy showers dotted about. some of us will miss the showers and stay dry. it feels pleasant in the

sunshine, certainly compared with yesterday. after dark, the showers will fade away and then we are left for most of us and temperatures dipping away once again. turning quite chilly. a sunny start to friday. although cloud will build again on friday, the showers will not be as widespread. there will be a few dotted about, but especially through the pennines and the midlands and into east anglia, where there will be thundery downpours again. many places will stay dry. whether clouds build, there will be further warm and sunny spells. where the showers develop, they will gradually fade, particularly after dark, for another chilly night going into saturday morning. with a ridge of high pressure, saturday is fine for most of us, but this weather

system is waiting in the wings. so by the end of saturday, we will see the cloud increasing into northern ireland. the wind will pick up on saturday night and all of that spreads east as we go through the day on sunday. it will be late in the day before it reaches easternmost parts of the uk, but even here, the wind will pick up and it will cloud over. this is bbc news. i‘m julian worricker. the headlines at three. the european union and the uk remain far apart. that‘s the verdict of the eu‘s chief negotiator, at the end of a third round of talks over brexit. we are committed to make as much progress

on issues related to our withdrawal. but the uk's approach is more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu. theresa may dismisses criticism, of her plans to lead the conservatives at the next election, saying she‘s not a quitter. i‘m simon mccoy live at kensington palace, on the 20th anniversary of the death of diana, princess of wales. as the tributes are placed outside herformer home,