today at five — "no decisive progress" in the brexit talks after a third round of bargaining today. the brexit secretary, david davis, says some progress has been made made but michel barnier, leading the eu team, says the two sides are far apart on the key issues. we need to address together these issues seriously and rigorously. the commission set out it's position and we have a duty to our taxpayers we'll have the latest on the talks and we'll be talking to a former head of the foreign office. the other main stories on bbc news at five: on a visit tojapan, the prime minister theresa may repeats her claim that she has no intention of standing down before the next election. i said i wasn't a quitter

and there is a long—term job to do. there's an importantjob to be done in the united kingdom. we stand at a really critical time in the uk. officials in texas warn of an "incredibly dangerous situation" involving a chemical plant in houston flooded in tropical storm harvey. 20 years after diana's death, we report on the tributes at kensington palace. we will be assessing diana's legacy and asking what reaction to her death meant for the british monarchy andindeed death meant for the british monarchy and indeed for britain itself. in the premier league, the transfer window closes on more than a £1 billion worth of business. it's 5.00pm, our main story is that there's been "no decisive progress" on key issues in the latest brexit negotiations in brussels and that there are issues of trust

between the two sides. that's the assessment of the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, who says negotiations on a future trade arrangement between the uk and the eu are still quite far away. he said talk about trade would happen when sufficient progress had been made on issues including the so—called "divorce fee" that the uk would pay. our europe correspondent, damian granmaticas, has more details. 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're inflexible.

as i said at the start of the week, it's only through flexibility and imagination that we'll 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 points 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 agrees 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, 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 morris, from bbc‘s reality check team, is here. let us talk about this concept of progress, chris. what is meant by it and what is michel barnier referring to here? this has been built into the eu's negotiating mandate. there are two words we will hear a lot of "sufficient progress", that's what they say has to happen before we move on to the next phase of talks. it's been left deliberately vague. no—one says what "sufficient prog ress" no—one says what "sufficient progress" means. the british side clearly thinks it means broad declarations of principle. the eu wa nts declarations of principle. the eu wants much more detail. specifically, on what is probably the most difficult issue at the moment, the money. isn't it always

in any negotiation? you know, the eu has not yet said a specific figure. we wa nt has not yet said a specific figure. we want you to pay this much. there are estimations out there, you can do your own calculations. £60 billion at the current exchange rates. they are taking the seven—year eu budget period. the uk has all sorts of commitments in that which it has to fulfil. what british officials seem to have done this week is go through those proposals line byline and say, legally we don't think it adds up we are talking about each annual budget. once we've left, that's it. when we look at the next stages of the negotiations, which is when we go into the autumn and winter, this is the third round today, what therefore does it mean in terms of therefore does it mean in terms of the time scale, how do you read it now? it's interesting, michel barnier supped in the press conference today, i don't mind meeting more often. david davis didn't appear to respond to it in public. there is supposed to be one

round every month. one round on the 18th september and another one the week beginning the 9th october. that will be critical because later that month, towards the end of october, there will be an eu summit on the 19th and 20th october. at that summit that the other 27eu leaders, not mr barnier, it's autumn the 27 leaders together have to decide whether those words "sufficient prog ress" whether those words "sufficient progress" has been made. the eu has a looming big hole in its budget coming up. for the uk, a looming big hole in its budget coming up. forthe uk, if we a looming big hole in its budget coming up. for the uk, if we can't getan coming up. for the uk, if we can't get an agreement on moving forward, we will not be able to talk about the trading relationships, which we think are the most important thing. it doesn't necessarily mean it's time to panic. we have to remember this, we are unravelling a0 years of history. no—one said it would be easy. unravelling a0 years of history. no-one said it would be easy. who might be under most pressure when the summit comes up, could it be mr barnier who needs to see progress is being made, that his negotiation is

leading to a conclusion or will it be the uk that wants to move on to trade talks? there is pressure on both. it's being portrayed as being more pressure on the uk side. there is pressure on mr barnier as well. at the moment, what this negotiation is is legal and technical. in the end, when you talk about that money, it will have to be a political decision. sooner or later, theresa may and the other leaders will get their heads together and talk about it. the problem for mr barnier, if they do it too soon they are going over his head and ignoring his mandate. thank you very much. chris morris there from the bbc‘s reality check. the prime minister, who's on a visit to japan, has repeated her claim that she's in the post for the long term and is not quitter. it follows comments from some conservatives, including the former party chairman, grant shapps, who say it's too early to be talking about leading the conservatives into the next election after losing that majority earlier this year.

but the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has said mrs may is capable of winning an absolute majority next time. our political correspondent, ben wright, is travelling with the prime minister and sent 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 ten 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. on 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 learnt 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's 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. let's speak now to the conservative mp, jacob rees—mogg. hejoins us from his home in north somerset. good of you to join us. good of you tojoin us. your response first of all to the prime minister's assertion again today that, she's there until, well, we assume, the next election, she thinks? i think this is extremely welcome. mrs may is going to do her duty. she's going to carry on leading the country, and i'm very pleased she's made this so clear. how widely held is that view among

your conservative parliamentary colleagues? the conservative party is at its strongest when it's colleagues? the conservative party is at its strongest when its loyal to its leader. i expect many people will share my view, not only in the parliamentary party, but in the party up—and—down the country. we need strong leadership of the country throughout the brexit talks and beyond. this is really good news today and should be welcomed by conservatives and those who have the national interest at heart. could i ask what you think maybe has changed in the last few months? clearly, after the election, there was lots of very critical talk among your own collea g u es of very critical talk among your own colleagues where mrs may was concerned. what has changed in the last few months to bring forward this new attitude, do you think? well, i think immediately after the election result people were surprised and disappointed and they looked at the campaign, which unquestionably had its faults. people are taking a more balanced perhaps level headed view and seeing that the natural interest depends on clear leadership and mrs may had the

highest conservative share of the vote that the party received since 1983. there has been a change in the structure back to two—party politician, the conservative party's vote did well and increased. the doom and gloom that fold the result immediately has passed. tempers have cooled and senses prevailing. do you think there would be someone in the party with the skill set that would be more promising for the party come the next election? i think mrs may is the obvious person to be doing it. the desperation has been highlighted in the summer when people started talking about me. which is about an unlikely possibility as you could have come up possibility as you could have come up with. i think mrs may is the right person, in the right place. we noted your modesty, jacob, thank you very much. can i take you on to brexit today. there has been lots of talks about those negotiations today. who, for you, do you think is responsible for the fact that there seems to be little progress again in this third round of talks?”

seems to be little progress again in this third round of talks? i think the eu is faintly unrealistic. it's not answering the question of legal are responsibility. this question needs to be put to them — if a member state who received money from the eu is leaving rather than one that pays one in, would the eu be saying, we must work out how much we must pay you to leave? i think you know the answer to that. it shows what thin ice they're on in trying to extort money out of us. are there no questions about british liabilities going into the future beyond 2019, what about concepts of british liabilities at that time and the sense of british fair play if this involved another state that was withdrawing and we were staying in, i'm sure we would take that view? there's an excellent report by the house of lords european committee that explains that our responsibilities under international law, european law and uk law do not require us to pay anything if we leave without a deal. so that's the

starting point of no legal obligation. you then mentioned fair play and that it's still the cricket season and we want to play cricket and we don't want the eu to collapse and we don't want the eu to collapse and its budget to be up in smoke. do we wa nt and its budget to be up in smoke. do we want to make a contribution to projects we wish to continue to be involved with? that's perfectly reasonable, but it's not a question of strict legal liability. that has been answered. we don't owe them anything. in which case, why would david davis be negotiating any kind of payment? well, because there are some projects we may wish to continue with and because we may feel that we have a moral obligation to help smooth the eu's passage when we leave. bear in mind, the eu has legal personality and the obligations of the european union are of it on its own, not of its member states. that's a very important point. the eu wanted legal personality as part of the creation ofa personality as part of the creation of a single state. having got it, it

now seems not to like it because it makes it harder to present the british with a bill. the figure being edges mentioned today again is £a0 billion or euro. they are virtually the same. would that seem to be excessive or reasonable? outrageous. they are asking for us to pay debts to the ukraine. it's a propostous figure. i don't any british government could accept that. good of you to join us. thank you very much. it's a great pleasure. thank you. there's been an incident at the oval cricket ground. police are responding to an incident at the oval following reports that a crossbow bolt of some kind landed on the pitch. images from the scene, including the umpire there holding the arrow in question. apparently,

it's a metal tipped arrow. it came from outside the ground. that the arrow was fired somewhere from outside the ground in the oval. there are no reported injuries. i'm told that there's been a process of controlled evacuation at the ground where surrey was playing middlesex andi where surrey was playing middlesex and i think that, at the moment, police are preparing to give us a few more details. the match has been abondoned. we're not surprised about that. police are searching the ground. i'm told there are armed police at the oval as well. the crowd is now leaving. there was a lockdown involved, but now the crowd is being allowed to leave the ground. clearly, if we have any more details on the incident, thankfully no—one injured, we will bring them to you right away. the united nations has criticised the uk over the way people with disabilities are treated here. the un has raised serious concerns over the numbers of disabled people who are living in poverty or are institutionalised.

it's also worried about cuts to many benefits, including for those disabled people living independently. the government has responded by saying the uk is "still a world leader" when it comes to disability rights. this is bbc news at five, the headlines: the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier says there's been ‘no

decisive progress‘ in the brexit talks after a third round of bargaining today. the brexit secretary, david davis, says some progress has been made. n a visit to japan the prime minister theresa may repeats her claim that she has no intention of standing down before the next election. officials in texas warn of an ‘incredibly situation‘ involving a chemical plant in houston flooded in storm harvey. manchester city have made a second bid, for arsenal‘s alexis sanchez — and it‘s thought, to be around the 60 million pounds mark. the chilean‘s contract, at the emirates, is finishing

at the end of the season. news of a deal, that has gone through. liverpool have completed the signing of alex oxlade chamberlain from arsenal, for an initialfee, of 35 million. chris froome, has crashed at the vuelta a espana, but he got up, to finish stage 12, and still leads the race by 59 seconds, with nine stages to go. a plume of fumes from a chemical plant in texas, flooded as a result of tropical storm harvey, is being described as "incredibly dangerous" by officials. two explosions have been reported at the site in the town of crosby after it lost power, meaning it could no longer keep its volatile chemicals cool. the surrounding area has been evacuated. this report from our correspondent simonjones contains some flashing images. our correspondent, laura trevelyan, is in texas. hurricane harvey was six days ago but river levels are still rising.

the river will peak tomorrow, so people here are bracing for even more flooding. my colleague simon jones remembers now. his report does contain flash photography. this plant is flooded it‘s lost power. the chemicals can‘t be kept cool power. the chemicals can‘t be kept cool. the owner had warned this was inevitable. so the bottom line is that we do what‘s called plume modelling. that‘s what we base a lot of the evacuations on. so, by all means, the plume is incredibly dangerous. bus loads of residents had been moved out you about the authorities that remain are finding it difficult to move into the chemical plant to find out exactly what‘s happened. they now say rather than large explosions, what people may have heard was the sound of containers rupturing. may have heard was the sound of containers rupturinglj may have heard was the sound of containers rupturing. i want to apologise for the impact on the local community. we appreciate all

the work the responders are doing to help protect the safety of those in the area and that‘s our primary objective and we will continue to do that. hundreds of thousands of people have now been displaced bihar are you. some have paid with their lives. the bodies of four children and their great grandparents were discovered in this van which had been swept away by the floodwaters. the mexican foreign minister, on a visit to washington, has offered to help with the relief effort. visit to washington, has offered to help with the relief effortlj visit to washington, has offered to help with the relief effort. i want to thank the governor of mexico for his offer of assistance to the state of texas. they‘ve offered a wide range of assistance, co—ordinating with the governor down in texas. the lieutenant golf nor of texas has praised how people came to the aid of their neighbours. hundreds of ordinary people turning up with their boats to search for survivors reminded him of the rescue operation at dung dirk during world war ii. he

said the reconstruction could cost $200 billion. this is a nursing home in port arthur. good intentions were high when i came into this vicinity from the relatives and the volu nteers from the relatives and the volunteers who had tried to come and ta ke volunteers who had tried to come and take these people out. the authorities are warning the worst is not yet over. with flooding expected to continue for many more days. simonjones, bbc to continue for many more days. simon jones, bbc news. to continue for many more days. simonjones, bbc news. here they are brazed for that flooding. if we look at the extent of what they are enduring. that is normally a street you can see in front of us. you can see the level of the water from the mailboxes. these are mobile homes here. people here don‘t have much to begin with. now, they‘re experiencing this, that people are going back to their homes to try to retrieve what they can in anticipation of the even greater flooding that they‘re going to experience in the next 2a—hours as that river, just behind us, is

expected to crest tomorrow. extraordinary levels of suffering here. people will have to pick their lives up. many of them didn‘t even have flood insurance. the spirit here is so strong, huw, people here so kind, handing bottles of water out to a visiting tv crew as they try to cope with with the impact of this flooding and wait for what is to come. thank you for the latest there, laura. 20 years ago, on the 31st august 1997, diana, princess of wales, died in a car crash in paris. the vehicle she was in was being chased at high speed by press photographers. today, several public events have been taking place to commemorate the anniversary of her death and members of the public have been gathering outside herformer home, kensington palace, leaving cards and floral tributes. her sons, princes william and harry, are marking the anniversary in private. my colleague, simon mccoy, is at

kensington palace this evening. thank you very much. yes, a strange mood through the day, it started off very sombre, then a morsel celebratory feel. they cut a cake, opened a body of champagne to celebrate 20 years from her death. others confused, they have been reading the letters and for others a reflective time. there was anger and shock at the loss of a princess at such a young stage of her life. this whole area around kensington palace, as we all remember, those of us who we re as we all remember, those of us who were here, was a sea of flowers. that anger initially focused at the paparazzi and the press then changed in the following few days on the monarchy itself and on the queen. it

was a very strange time. overseeing all that was the sense of grief. the loss of a young woman, a woman described by the then prime minister, tony blair, as "the people‘s princess." our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. 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 that 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 is 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. for many people the shock of what happened 20 years ago is also still very real. let us go to paris now. huw scenario feel is at the pont delalma where the accident happened? this flame was put up many years before she died, but this is where she died, in the tunnel that passes underneath us. they left the ritz hotel heading for a flat and with the driver, with alcohol in his blood, speeding too fast down the

tunnel. the car went out of control. this place became a sclooin and pilgrimage. it was teeming with people and tributes, like it is now. it faded away. in the last years this has been nothing. you see people coming and remembering occasionally. a lot of the people behind me are tourists who have come off by the river, seen the cameras, come over, it does still mean something to them. there‘s a memory here. in a way, you can see how diana has entered the world‘s collective memory as the beautiful, tragic princess. hugh schofield in paris. arthur edwards followed diana for perhaps more years than anyone else as the royal photographer. when you had to photograph this girl going out with the prince of wales. what did you make of her as a

photographer she was very co-operate i. wheni photographer she was very co-operate i. when i discovered her at this polo match in sussex i said, "excuse me are you lady diana spencer?" she said "yes." i asked, "can i take your photograph"? she said, "yes." i never chased her through the streets. that is the photograph where the sun shone through the skirt. that was an accident. i put her in that position. i promise you, the sun came out halfway through doing the pictures. you probably followed her more than anyone else around the world. yeah, i did almost every tour, almost every tour. maybe a couple i missed because of family occasions. it was brilliant. when people say that, you know, charles never loved diana, itake people say that, you know, charles never loved diana, i take exception to that because i did that first tour to australia. when we were away for five weeks to australia—new zealand they couldn‘t keep their hands off each other. they were

looking at auto each other like great people in love. that was a brilliant tour. they took william with them. it was one of the best tours i‘ve ever done. one of the paradoxes of diana was her relationship with the photographers was a difficult one and yet there was a core group of photographers, you were one of them, whom she seemed to trust intently. well, mainly the people who worked for the newspapers. worked for the serious newspapers, the papers that covered the royal seriously, that had a proper team. covered the royal seriously, that had a properteam. she covered the royal seriously, that had a proper team. she respected the fa ct we had a proper team. she respected the fact we had to get pictures every day. some days it was difficult. i remember one time at great ormond street she was in a terrible mood. i thought we were going to get nothing. and as she left the building a couple of workmen opposite gave her a wolf whistle, and she gave them a smile. that‘s all you needed. she knows that. so

for me, she like worked with you, and you could reason with her and ask her to do something and have a jeb with her. i remember once i said to her —— a joke with her. i said to her, with her haircut "if you get that haircut any shorter, you‘ll look like sin aid o‘connor." she looked at me and said "at least i‘ve got some hair arthur." she could give as good as she‘s got. she was a very special wo. i‘m in the surprised to see people here after 20 years. do you think it'll be the last time? i don't think we'll see it in 30 years. it has gone crazy. every magazine and media outlet in the world has run story after story of the princess. there is not a picture of her that has not been published. you know, rightly so. she was probably one of the greatest wi. 20th searching —— greatest women of

the 20th century. william and harry have said wise words this week — enough is enough now. we have to remember her, never forget enough is enough now. we have to remember her, neverforget her enough is enough now. we have to remember her, never forget her but probably let her lie in peace. arthur, always a pleasure, thank you very much. arthur edwards from the sun. plenty on the website. for now, back to you. thank you very much. thank you to arthur et edwards there. now the weather with weather arthur et edwards there. now the weather with nick. sunshine in many parts of the uk but still heavidown pours in parts of the south—west for example which will continue for a couple of hours yet. once we lose the sunlight they‘ll die away quickly and largely dry and clear overnight which will allow temperatures dip away. as we go from august into september, single figures, the town ape city centres may cling on to double figures but certainly a cool, fresh

start to friday but with plenty of sunshine. like today, clouds are going to build but a not as many. we‘re dotted about here and there but south—east scotland, pennines, north—east midlands into east anglia. this could be slow—moving and under thisry. elsewhere few and far between, many will avoid them and stay dry and like today, in the sunshine it‘ll feel pleasantly warm. after a cold start on saturday, dry, sunny weather around but by sunday look at the change, wetter and windier weather from the west. this is bbc news at 5. the headlines: the eu‘s chief negotiator, michel barnier says there‘s been ‘no decisive progress‘ in the brexit talks , after a third round of bargaining today. the brexit secretary, david davis, says some progress has been made. on a visit tojapan, the prime minister, theresa may,

repeats her claim that she has no intention of standing down before the next election. police say they‘re responding to an incident at the oval cricket ground in london, following reports that an arrow or crossbow bolt landed on the pitch. officials in texas warn of an ‘incredibly dangerous situation‘, after two explosions at chemical plant in houston flooded in storm harvey. people living near the plant have been told to evacuate their homes. so time to catch up with all the day‘s sports news, with mike. good evening. it‘s five and a half hours until the premier league transfer window closes. there‘s already been a record amount spent this summer and no doubt more deals to be done in the next few hours. so let‘s cross straight to olly foster at the emirates stadium, arsenal are involved in a couple of

the big ones. alex oxlade—chamberlain has moved from arsenal to liverpool for $35 million. they could lose another player, the gunners, manchester city have made a second bid for arsenal‘s forward alexis sanchez. what is the situation and any sign of anyone coming in? that's it, the clock is ticking. it seems to be a theme developing here. oxlade—chamberlain into the last year of his contract, so arsenal let him go for £35 million. so, too, alexis sanchez if they wanted if that £60 million from manchester city is pucker, they could double the money on the chilean they bought from barcelona three years ago, £30 million then. it is all about time now, as you mentioned. can they have the time to replace them? another name bubbled up replace them? another name bubbled up in the last hour or so, thomas lamar, the monaco forward but he is in paris playing against the netherlands tonight s ——. —— is

there the time to get him in. the sum of £92 million is being mentioned as a bid from arsenal. : we‘ll have to leave it there, more later. here‘s a quick round—up of the other transfer stories today so far. spurs have signed the ivory coast right—back serge aurier from paris st germain for around £23 million. portugal international midfielder renato sanches has signed for swansea on a season‘s loan from bayern munich. that could be one of the big deals of the day. the most successful one. swansea have also accepted a bid from spurs for this striker fernando llorente, and they‘re looking to re—sign wilfred bony from man city to replace him. and liverpool striker divock origi, is going on a season—long loan, to german club wolfsburg. plenty more to come in sportsday at

6.30. that's plenty more to come in sportsday at 6.30. that‘s all the sport for now. a little more on the incident at the oval cricket ground. police reporting an arrow or crossbow bolt had been fired into the ground from outside the ground and the umpire demonstrating what had been fired into the ground. no—one was hurt, we should stress that. the match was abandoned between i think surrey and middlesex. kevin hand from bbc london was there and joins us now. we are looking at the arrow, tell us what happened. well, quite unbelievable scenes, really. it took sometimes for us to work out. we we re sometimes for us to work out. we were in the middle of cricket commentary of the match when all of a sudden two umpires started to point at something in between them, we had just resumed after tea out on the field of the play, a couple of

overs into the final evening of the match. the umpires stopped and pointed at a projectile, we could see it once they pointed at it, that it landed in between them. and it landed one track to the right of the actual track that was being used for play. so, obviously up here we had no idea what happened at the time. to some extent, you know, the ground was completely ta ken to some extent, you know, the ground was completely taken aback by what was completely taken aback by what was happening in the middle. the umpires picked up the projectile, as we can see it and carried it back, handed it to a couple of stewards who walked immediately to the top of the stand we were sat n one of the players pointed to the top of the stand. —— sat in. a picture came through to us that it was a crossbow bolt, is what it is believed to be. they have the evidence now. and it landed a couple of tracks. it is believed it was fired from outside of the ground, this transpired after the last hour, as news came in and we are piecing it together from the police. they think it came from outside of the ground. immediately

when it was realised it was an arrow, everybody inside the ground about 2,500 spectators inside this capacity were told to get under cover. obviously this had been fired from some range. whether it was inside of the ground — the first belief — or outside, which was the first belief. it did come from outside the ground. armed police we re outside the ground. armed police were called straightaway to help with the situation. everybody was told and we were kept under cover for some time, including the corporate boxes, players were removed into dressing rooms and kept behind the doors. as it transspires we have spoken to the surrey chief executive, it was fired from the famous gas cylinder, i‘m sure many will be aware of that sits on one side of the ground. so it came in from there. so the point b the tra ject —— being that the trajectory it came from, is it passed over the players‘ head. it is incredible and

massively relieving that nobody was hurt. incredible that nobody was hurt, if that was the trajectory. so what is the position at the ground right now? the police have now evacuated the ground. at first, i mean, 2,500 people inside, there is not a great police presence at the ground. the stewards to look after that. there was an announcement and there was disbelief. when it turned out the arrow landed on the field of play. two of the players, i remember at the time because i was on air doing commentary, ran it the pavilion, which obviously suggested it was quite serious. the majority walked slowly, including the umpires who picked it up and walked. i think it was surprise, disbelief. was it some sort of accident? which clearly it can‘t have been. while we were on the commentary we thought it came from the top of the stand, maybe it

blew off the large four storey stand down on to the field. for those who aren‘t familiar with the oval it is an open bowl, a large cricket area, one of the largest in the world, so for something to drop in the middle, the two who sprinted off, that made us the two who sprinted off, that made us think there was something u ntowa rd. us think there was something untoward. everybody was told to get under cover inside of the ground. that was obviously worrying for those who were outside. we were in the boxes up here with not a great deal of security as we say because there are only stewards inside the ground. we locked the door in the boxes where we were working because it was believed at first the project ile came from this stand. the police then arrived within five or ten minutes, armed police and they have now, after some time, evacuated the ground. they were keen to keep everybody under cover, obviously it has come from in the ground at some height or outside the ground so in case anything else was fired everybody was kept under cover for

some time. so for about 20 minutes or so the police evacuated the ground. they have gone up to the top of the stand to look around and if i look around now one or two stewards are monitoring things. they didn‘t conduct a thorough search of this stand which suggests to me they are confident the oar yes was fired from outside of the ground. ok thank you. good for you to update us. more on the main story we were talking about earlier: the latest round of brexit negotiations have come to an end in brussels. during the joint news conference michel barnier and david davis suggested that they had disagreed over the uk‘s financial settlement, when it leaves the eu. i‘m joined by someone who knows the system back—to—front. lord ricketts, former permanent secretary at the foreign office

and a former british ambassador to france. i think we are still in skirmishes. we haven‘t got down to the hard issues. david davis said some progress on technical areas but two key areas where they are stuck. the money, which will be the most difficult, and the other is — web with can he move on to the second phase, about the future partnership between the eu and uk. the commission are saying you cannot do that until you settle first phase issues, including money. ithink that‘s unrealistic. issues, including money. ithink that's unrealistic. when they talk about sufficient progress, who defines, that who decides when sufficient progress has been made?” think it‘ll be the heads of government at their october summit where they will take stock and decide has enough gross been made to move on to the next stage. we cannot expect the british government to signa expect the british government to sign a big cheque, billions of pounds, without knowing something about what the future will look like. where will the compromise come? what did you read into the

body language? i think michel barnier was negotiating through the press as you would do and was putting pressure on david davis to move on with the money. david davis was making clear things had gone well in some areas but he wanted to move on and talk about the future. i think the eu have a point in getting impatient with the e uk government we are still at the stage of eat having our cake and eating t we want a frictionless border, but we want to go out into the world and negotiate free trade agreements. well if we have those that don‘t align with the eu we will be into customs, duties and hard borders, we have to chose at some point between our various objectives. what are your thoughts on the were spects of getting —— prospects of getting a protest divri probust principle in place by that summit in october?m looks challenging at the moment. i cannot think of a big eu negotiation

that hasn‘t gone through the stage of having a rou. i suspect we will have to have a row at some point that. might be in october, and perhaps getting to an agreement in december. right now, the body language from today, i wasn‘t obviously in the meeting, it looked like they were quite some way apart particularly between the twol sticking points. talking to jacob rees—mogg, and he represents a certain strand of the conservative party, he said £60 billion would be outrageous s it realistic for the uk to pay far less than that or not?” don‘t think it‘s realistic to think about not paying anything and saying we don‘t have a legal obligation. if we don‘t have a legal obligation. if we walked away. the point is we don‘t want to walk away, we want a productive, constructive fewer relationship with the eu, so there will be obligations we have to settle. the figure will be somewhere between zero and the rather exaggerated figures coming out of

£50 other £60 billion but we have to see what what that figure s otherwise we‘ll run into a brick wall. here is a potentially challenging question to ask you. what is your reading of the way that whitehall and the civil service, which has to work so hard to produce papers and to back—up ministers in these talks, what is your thought on any potential kind of, i suppose tension in that area? what is your reading in that? i think you can see in all the papers published in the last few weeks, good work, serious work published by my former colleagues, as i would expect but between the lines ministers have not made fundamental decisions, we want everything and are not yet choosing. do we want to stay close to the eu for the long term or do we want to go out into the world and take control and diverge from the eu and therefore have a less close retallicklationship with the single market. the papers are coming up

with options but it has to be decided at a political level at some point. very interesting. thank you for coming in to talk to us. lord ricket there giving using his reading in the round of talks today in brussels. as we‘ve already mentioned, today marks 20 years since the death of diana, princess of wales, in a car crash in paris. there followed a remarkable display of public grief as people travelled to kensington palace, the princess‘s home, where the area outside the gates was carpeted with many thousands of flowers, cards and candles. before i talk to my special guests, both of whom knew the princess, here‘s a sense of how those events were covered two decades ago. piano and string music we‘re getting reports that diana, princess of wales has been badly injured in a car crash in france. a 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. music continues 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 they go 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. some of the memorable scenes of 20 yea rs some of the memorable scenes of 20 years ago. of course those scenes are being shown on many screens today because people are reliving some of the events of 20 years ago. joining me now are two guests who knew princess diana well, the dancer wayne sleep, and vivienne parry, who worked closely with diana during her time as patron of the mother and baby charity, birthright. both of you with your own

perspective. it is great to have you with us. before we say anything, i will put wayne in the frame. we want to show viewers something rather special that you z wayne. —— you did, wayne. to do, with clearly dance. let‘s look at it. it was sort of upmanship. so i‘d do a pirouette like that. she‘d push me down like that, then kick over my leg like that and walk away. like that, you see. then she‘d do something, a jazz turn or one of these things and i‘d look at her and i‘d go — all right, go on then, and not do anything. then i got to the corner over here of the stage and i lifted her with one hand under her leg here, she did a lay out like that holding on to my shoulder and we were laughing as i ran across the stage and the finale bit was kicks, of course. the kick line. i took her hand like this and we did — da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, ba, ba.

and that was the finish of the dance. we did a pirouette and i bowed to her and they just went absolutely wild. you don‘t need to explain it. you have done it all. it was brilliant to see that. we‘ll come on, vivien to see that. we‘ll come on, vivien to the wonderful work she z viewers will be wondering how that came about. how did it happen. what did you say? i had not met princess diana before. i got a phone call to say she wanted to speak to me on the telephone. my ballet mistress was already teach her dance because i could do ballet, dance, and jazz and contemporary i got a call and she wa nted contemporary i got a call and she wanted to talk to me personally. i went along. there she was in her tights, leotard, went along. there she was in her tights, leota rd, head went along. there she was in her tights, leotard, head band and legwarmers. i looked up at that colossal beautiful woman. she said — i have an idea i want to dance with

you. i thought — oh my goodness she‘s so tall, we will be a laughing stock. as we talked i recognised a wonderful sense of humour, so i thought if we did something tongue in cheek it could work. boy, did it. i love the stills of the event. they are i love the stills of the event. they a re really i love the stills of the event. they are really magical, aren‘t they? i love the stills of the event. they are really magical, aren't they? she was a good dancer, too. that's the next question, how did you rate her? 0h, next question, how did you rate her? oh, great. she could have been a dancer in some field or other, easily. mind she, she was too tall, andi easily. mind she, she was too tall, and i was too small. you say that. there is a sense of mischief about that. she wanted to keep it secret and nobody to know about it. that was one of the great things she said on the night. she sent me a letter saying — i now understand the buzz you get dancing in front of a full house in covent garden. she took to it like a duck to water. she was thrilled none of the paparazzi got hold of it before it happened because we swroont been able to do —— we wouldn‘t have been able to do

that. you see that. it is howl remember her, laughing her head off. a wicked sense of humour. it was desperate being with here, if she caught my eye and i caught hers we would have to go somewhere laughing. two na ug hty would have to go somewhere laughing. two naughty schoolgirls. so you have that sense of humour and a really sense of wanting to help people and working with charities, as i mentioned in your contest as well. your sense of what she wanted to achieve? when i first met diania, she didn't know what she wanted to achieve. she was barely more than a child. 18. she became increasingly this very confident person who knew exactly what she wanted. she had a great gift. her great gift was being able to talk to people directly. i mean, you know how difficult it is when you go to see a friend in hospital, you never know quite what to say. diana knew what to say. you

see it in the boys, especially i think in harry. it is a real gift. to get straight in with people and talk to them and comfort them. she was really good at that. she had a great talent for putting people at their ease. everybody is so nervous when they meet her, a princess, and everybody says — she is just like ourfamily well she everybody says — she is just like our family well she is everybody says — she is just like ourfamily well she is not everybody says — she is just like our family well she is not really, because she would relax them. she would give them time. they would say, only 30 seconds. that was not enough. they would always come away saying — she spent so long with me, evenif saying — she spent so long with me, even if it was just 30 seconds. saying — she spent so long with me, even if it wasjust 30 seconds. i know she visited and she had dinner in your flat and you were friends. what was your sense of how many friends she had. she was immensely popular, friendship was a different thing. it wasn't until she died i

realised how few companions she had. i think we were as close as it really got in some ways, after she died. ifeel like she really got in some ways, after she died. i feel like she did really got in some ways, after she died. ifeel like she did confide in mea died. ifeel like she did confide in me a lot. but i thought there would bea me a lot. but i thought there would be a much deeper sense of that with other people. i think she was a bit ofa other people. i think she was a bit of a loner in some ways. do you think so? i think she had an extraordinary ability to compartmentalise her life. it wouldn't surprise me a bit if someone died in the next — i don't know, five, ten years, and a huge cache of letters from diana was discovered, describing most be intimate details of her life. she had these relationships with people... she kept them apart. yes interesting. she would come into my flat. kick her shoes off immediately, run around bearfoot. people would say what would you discuss? we would discuss things sometimes, but sometimes we would

just stare at the wall and each other and just relax. i think that‘s as nearest you can get in a he relationship without having it try. it is sad towards the end. she often described coming home at night and not having anybody to be with, which i think was corrosive for her. well, on this 20th anniversary of her death. it is nice to talk to people reflecting on those warm memories. thank you both for coming in. now we‘lljoin nick for the we‘lljoin nick for thank you both for coming in. now we‘lljoin nick for the weather. a few heavy showers and thunderstorms out there going into this evening, particularly across eastern parts of england. elsewhere, particularly across the west they have been fading. what we are left with overnight, once we get out of dark, few showers left behind, largely dry and clear for the rest of the night. it is going to be a chilly one as well. so temperatures will be dipping away, just like last night, away from town and city centres, easily into single figures.

a chilly but sunny start to friday. cloud is going to build again but fewer showers tomorrow. one or two. more likely to get some warm sunny spells tomorrow, talking high teens and will he 20s. similar weather on saturday with fewer showers even in the east on saturday after a chilly start but on sunday look what happens, we get an atlantic weather system, spreading wind and rain eastwards a cross system, spreading wind and rain eastwards across the uk. tonight at six:

another round of brexit talks ends with frustration on both sides. the divorce bill is at the heart of the row. the eu hits back after britain‘s team says it‘s being asked to pay too much to leave the eu. the commission has set out its position, and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously, it is clear the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. with the timetable slipping, we‘ll be asking if there is a way to break the deadlock. also tonight: theresa may says she‘s not a quitter, but some in her own party question whether she‘ll still be leader at the next election. the online gambling firm that‘s been hit with a fine of nearly £8 million. it failed to protect vulnerable players. still time to apply for an extra 15 hours of free childcare in england —