this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at seven: the retired field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late lord brittan receive compensation from the police, overfalse child abuse accusations. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump and the first lady touchdown in texas for the second time this week, to visit those affected by the us flooding. he praises the people of texas.” think it is then a wonderful thing for the country only want to watch, although it has been hard. a campaign group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in one village — as tens of thousands head to bangladesh. investigators say the chemical cloud that affected parts of east sussex last weekend, may have been caused by emissions from shipwrecks. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has confirmed, it's paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. here's tom symonds. they were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. child sexual abuse and murder. after a m month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britain's most senior former military figures. lord brittan, the former

home secretary, who had died. and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility. applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies. and the investigation went on too long. it's thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed and very unintelligent way that they went about it. i mean, i think they could have said... if they'd taken any trouble to put their effort onto questioning the so—called victim, i think they would have found it was very unlikely. but harvey proctor has not settled.

he lost hisjob and his home when he became embroiled in operation midland. negotiations between mr proctor‘s lawyers and the police continue. the man who made the original allegations is himself being investigated, to see whether he deliberately misled the police. tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard. the un now says as many as 41 million people have been affected by heavy monsoon rains across south asia, leading to the worst flooding in the region for several years. whole communities have been uprooted across india, bangladesh and nepal, and at least m00 people have lost their lives. 0ur correspondent, justin rowlatt, has just sent us this report from the city of katihar, in one of the worst affected regions, bihar state, in north east india, where hundreds of people have died. where we're going can only be reached by boat. the only dry place for miles around

is on top of this great embankment, but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason the floods had such a catastrophic impact. the torrential rains transformed the normally placid river, the pressure grew and grew. so what happened, the embankment holding back the river breached and the water came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. translation: it felt like we were hit by an ocean of water, ijust ran for my life, taking my children with me. i didn't have time to save anything. everything i own has gone. this man showed me what the floods had done to his home. 0h! look at this.

so, he said the whole place was flooded with water. the water was above his head and came rushing through here. you can see, it'sjust left absolutely terrible mud behind. so, he says for three days they had no food at all and then some people came, bringing food. some relief for them. he said there wasn't enough room to stay on the embankment so he had to bring his family down here, including his three—year—old child. to live amongst this filth. it is eid today, one of the great festivals of islam. like most of the village, this family is muslim. for the first time since the catastrophe they are having meat, but there was little appetite for celebration. tens of thousands of communities across south asia have similar stories of horror and destruction to tell. the only good news here, is that everyone in this village survived. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar.

and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, who's the political editor at the sunday mirror and people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. the united nations says nearly 60,000 rohingya muslims have fled from myanmar to bangladesh to escape spiralling violence since rohingya militants attacked police positions a week ago. according to the campaign group, human rights watch, new satellite imagery shows more than 700 homes have been burned down in a rohingya village. sanjoy majumder sent this report from a refugee camp on the bangladesh—myanmar border. exhausted and traumatised after escaping death.

many of these rohingyas have walked for hours across hills, and wading through paddy fields to avoid border patrols before making it here. these are fresh arrivals, rohingyas who have just arrived after crossing the border, and with every passing hour, there are more and more of them coming. there is absolutely no space left any more, so they are just living on any piece of open ground they can find, and many of them have the most disturbing testimony to share. i meet a man who is nursing a bullet wound in his foot. he tells me that his village, just across the border, was attacked, allegedly by the myanmar military and armed mobs. translation: so many people were killed. theyjust set fire to everything. ijust ran. they were shooting at us and i got hit. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. there had been reports of villages being torched and hundreds of

rohingyas being killed in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the violence kicked off after a rohingya militant group attacked dozens of police posts in the area last week. rights campaigners say the use of force has been huge and discriminate. the situation is rapidly sliding towards a breath tests, you have a situation where many people are under significant areas and are on fire. those who can have fled the fighting, building temporary shelters and trying to make a home for themselves. bangladesh, after initially trying to stop them coming, is now letting them in. so, for now, this represents freedom. it has come at a cost and they are

still uncertain about what lies ahead. with me now is 0lof blomqvist from the human rights campaigners amnesty international. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. how thank you very much for being with us. how concerned are thank you very much for being with us. how concerned are you? we are extremely concerned. it is very difficult to know exactly what is going on inside myanmar, it has been com pletely going on inside myanmar, it has been completely sealed off from the outside world almost. no one is allowed to enter. stories like we have just heard from your report are gradually coming out from refugees who made it across to bangladesh. it sounds like it is a very horrific situation going on across the borders, we are hearing stories about people being killed, burning whole villages and people are pointing the finger at myanmar

security forces and local violence in general. 0ne security forces and local violence in general. one thing that is worrying is that there is a real sense of history repeating itself in the worst possible way. last year, we saw a similar response by the myanmar military. they responded with a month—long campaign, they burnt villages, they raped and killed people. there is a real sense that the same events are unfolding again. what you say that highlighting the fa ct what you say that highlighting the fact that there has long been an abuse, one might say, of the rohingya muslim community. can you explain a little bit of context about whether this historically has come from? this is not a situation that has come out of anything, this isa that has come out of anything, this is a majority that have lived under very severe discrimination in myanmar said many decades. they are denied citizenship. they find it

incredibly difficult to go to schools, to go to hospitals. to gain employment. they are being trapped ina very employment. they are being trapped in a very harsh cycle of poverty and repression. these are some of the root causes behind what we are saying and several examples of ways of violence against rohingya by the myanmar army. tens of thousands of people living in campaign desperate conditions, long—standing rights abuses going on. what about the role of the international committee? there has been condemnation of the de facto head of the government, the government situation we know is quite complex. absolutely. you are almost talking about two governments

in myanmar, you have a military, be s0 in myanmar, you have a military, be so forces, a lot of important part of the government. to almost different parts of the same government. it is clear that he has failed in political and moral obligations. even if it is ultimately the military is responsible for these abuses. we need to see much more concerned for the situation to end as soon as possible because it really risks wiring out of control. in the meantime, why the political situation is looked out, what about the immediate help for those people who have we have seen, refugees fleeing a dreadful situation? yes, absolutely. bangladesh has closed its border but as we saw from your reporter, there's a huge amount of

compassion. a lot of border guards seem compassion. a lot of border guards seem to look the other way and let people come into the country. having said that, we are looking at the potential of a humanitarian crisis. this is one of the poorest parts of bangladesh already, hundreds of thousands of refugees and the fact that so many people have poured across the border in such as short space of time which means the few resources other are being strained even further. we want to see is the bangladesh, to do everything it can to allow aid groups to access refugees and do what they can but it is also clear they will need international support in doing this. thank you very much for making time to speak to us. president trump is visiting texas for the second time in a week in the aftermath of storm harvey. mr trump faced criticism for not meeting survivors when he travelled to the state four days ago. he is meeting people at our belief

centre. —— relief centre. last night, the white house asked congress to approve £6 million in emergency funding. the president said those affected by the treasury had found bones. the president said those affected by the treasury had found bonesm the president said those affected by the treasury had found bones. it has been beneficially and very well. we are happy with everything has gone. a lot of love. they were just happy, the family, a lot of happiness. it has been really nice. a wonderful thing, as tough as this was, it has been a wonderful thing, i think even for the country to watch and even for the country to watch and even for the country to watch and even for the want to watch. it has been beautiful. have a good time, everybody. i'm going to be helping over here. the president speaking a short time ago. our correspondent is in houston. watching that clip, he was setting an upbeat tone about how well it is all going. if that reflected on the ground?m

well it is all going. if that reflected on the ground? if you look at the response to the emergency itself, generally people gave a good marks. i mean, it was chaotic, a huge disaster are very very large area so huge disaster are very very large area so people were scared, they felt under pressure but i think the sense was that all levels of government were working together quite well, competently to address the issue. now the big problem ahead is the rebuilding and the reconstruction so we are kind of in the middle of those two phases and mrtrump is the middle of those two phases and mr trump is giving signals, he's trying to send messages that the garment will be there by them at that time too. he is after $8 billion in initialfunds and he has asked congress to approve up quite quickly which seems it will do. that has been his message, we are there to support you. i think the assessment in the short hole, people feel bad if the case but over the long hall, they will have to demonstrate that is the case because

it is notjust good to be $8 billion, the governor has said they will need six times the map for taxes and a lobby political battles over that amount of funding in congress. in terms of the president's in response, his agenda on this visit a bit different because of some criticism that he came infor because of some criticism that he came in for about who he met last time. yes, the last visit when he came on tuesday, he did not come to houston because it was completely in the midst, anime once part of the disaster. he did not want to interrupt the recovery efforts. he went somewhere else. he has come to houston now, when he first came, i think he wanted to show quite quickly that is a decision was on top of what was going on and he met first responders. he did not meet people who are suffering from the storm, victims and survivors and thatis storm, victims and survivors and that is what people like to see from their president. they like to see their president. they like to see the president comforting the nation when it is going through a difficult time and so he got some criticism for that. this trip he is making up for that. this trip he is making up for it, he is there any relief centre, he met children and parents, he handed out food, we believe he is

going to visit an affected area. we do not have details on that. he is coming to have a much more personalised message this time than he did last time. barbara, thank you very much indeed. the headlines on bbc news: the retired field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late lord brittan receive compensation from the police, overfalse child abuse accusations. more than 11100 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries. president trump praises the people of texas as he meets those who have been affected by flooding there. a grammar school which forced pupils to leave half—way through their course because of their exam results has reversed its decision. parents at st 0laves in south—east london began legal action, after students who did not get at least a b—grade at as—level were told they could not continue.

the lawyer representing the families says the school has changed its mind. 0ur correspondent angus crawford have more. it is almost like a policy of post selection, which, on the surface of it, is unlawful. st 0laves is an outstanding school, founded in the 16th century, a long history of academic achievement, this year it got 96% at a star to b at a—level and therein appears to lie the problem. it was an open secret at the school that if in your first year of a—level study you did not hit b grades in your subjects, you would be asked to leave. this year it appears that that happened to two pupils. very small numbers? very small numbers this year but clearly a policy of some years standing. what happened was that the parents of these children began to take legal action, they threatened to sue the school, claiming that the department for education's rules are clear, you cannot post—select at a—level, you can only be asked to leave a school for behaviour

or other problems. 0n the face of this legal action, the school has backed down and said those pupils can come back and also that policy will be abandoned. the us led coalition says it is carried out air strikes against more than 20 so—called allying the state vehicles tried to come to the aid of an is convoy trapped for day in the syrian desert. the is fighters recently surrendered an enclave on syria's border with lebanon under the deal struck with the remedies, they will be allowed to travel across syria to is held territory in the east. but the us led coalition is blocking their path. to explain more about this, i am joined by our correspondence. he is following what isa correspondence. he is following what is a complex story. tell us a bit about who the people in this convoy. we are talking about 300 is

fighters, they have been holding onto a stretcher territory in a barren mountains on the border between syria and lebanon and they we re between syria and lebanon and they were on the point of being defeated that when they managed to make a deal with the lebanon militia group and the syrian government and the terms of the deal whether they would stop fighting, they would surrender but in return, they would be able to gather up their families and head eastwards to the last problems in syria that is still under is control. that plan was put into action, they were gathered up and put into 17 buses which headed eastwards. the us—led coalition was no part of that deal. the us led coalition is very active in eastern syria and it did not want to see these battle hardened jihadis dump into that territory where they could fight again. the warplanes did everything they could to stop the

convoy reaching that is hailed problems. they blew up a red, blew up problems. they blew up a red, blew up bridge amounts to trap the convoy in the desert. what happens next? what are the americans proposing to do? we have an extraordinary stand—off. we have not seen anything like this in the many twists and turns of this terrible war in syria. if those buses contained only is fighters then there is no doubt at all that the us led coalition would have simply destroyed those buses. but of course more than half the people on board this convoy of the family of the fighters, the women and the children, the elderly, wounded people. you have a humanitarian drama unfolding. the latest we hear is that from the organisation which is overseeing the operation is that the convoy eventually split into and the bulk of the buses have now moved into some sort of man's land very close to is held territory by the us low

coalition warplanes have trapped it there again and according to the organisation, the us coalition is not allowing humanitarian relief to get to those buses stop you have a very difficult situation developing or wounded people, elderly people, children and so on on this buses.|j know you will continue to what is moving. thank you very much. —— a moving. thank you very much. —— a moving situation. the investigation into the chemical cloud which affected parts of east sussex last sunday is looking into the possibility that it may have been caused by emissions from known shipwrecks in the channel. the beach at birling gap, near eastbourne, was closed until the haze disappeared. the maritime and coastguard agency is now investigating as adina campbell reports. a mysterious mist which engulfed holidaymakers in east sussex. it led to birling gap beach, near beachy head, being evacuated, after people reported having irritated eyes, sore throats, and vomiting. i had a bit of a dry chest. and then, as we came off the beach,

then it really kind of hit, and we were all kind of coughing a little bit. and my children were really, really upset, because their eyes were really painful. coastguard rescue teams raced to help clear the area, but by the end of sunday evening, around 150 people had to be treated, with others reporting discomfort. sussex police said those who required treatment experienced mostly minor effects. monitoring equipment was used at the time to try and identify the cause, but the readings were inconclusive. the maritime and coastguard agency now think the gas may have come from one of the many shipwrecks in the english channel. it is also investigating discharges from passing ships or lost cargo as a possible cause. it is 23 minutes past seven.

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this evening. a man has been arrested, after a bolt from a crossbow, was fired into the oval cricket, ground during a match. it happened on thursday, as surrey played middlesex. armed police evacuated the stadium in south london, and the game was abandoned. the 35—year—old man who was arrested, has been released on bail. he'd been detained on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. labour has rejected claims by a former shadow minister that it's failing to confront the truth about gangs who groom and abuse children. sarah champion, the mp for rotherham, stepped down last month after claiming that the country had a problem with british pakistani men raping white girls. in a newspaper interview this morning, she said labour politicians in london had not been challenged by a reality different from what she described as their tolerant world. the northern ireland secretary of state james brokenshire is to meet the five main political parties at stormont on monday. it follows sinn fein's rejection of a dup proposal to restore power—sharing.

the executive, led by the two main parties, collapsed at the beginning of they year during a scandal over a botched renewable heating scheme. the first pedestrians have walked across the queensferry crossing, the new bridge over the firth of forth. by the end of the weekend 50,000 people are expected to have made thejourney, taking in magnificent views. the bridge, will officially open to traffic next week. 0ur correspondent catrina renton has more. this is something we won't see again, for two days only, 50,000 people are getting the chance to walk over the new queensferry crossing, chosen in a ballot from almost a quarter of a million people who put their names forward for this moment in history. this is something isaac can tell his family about. yes, we have taken lots of photos,

if he doesn't remember himself. the forth road bridge opened in 1964. this is a new crossing for the 21st—century, a chance to sample this feat of engineering, 1.7 miles long and the tallest in the uk. these are the people who have been lucky enough to walk over the bridge, they are taking every opportunity to relish this, this road will soon become a motorway so this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for these people to experience the bridge up close and personal. nine—year—old woody's family watched the bridge being built as they drove over the old one. there was a massive gap in the middle. and soon we will be seeing so many cars over it. i thought it was done, i was so excited, my heart was pounding. the first minister joined walkers, taking pictures and soaking up the atmosphere.

such a feeling of pride on the part of everyone i have spoken to, this is a scottish icon and it will become one of the most recognisable bridges anywhere in the world. today's memories will be passed down the generations. catriona renton, bbc news, on the queensferry crossing. the queen and members of the royal family including the duke of edinburgh have attended the braemar highland gathering. around 16,000 spectators turned up to watch the annual event on royal deeside which includes all the traditions of the highland games. the queen first attended the event as a seven—year—old child back in 1933. the queen arrived at the crown to baskin the queen arrived at the crown to bask in the braemar sunshine. the annual gathering is the highlight of the highland games calendar and one which the queen rarely misses. a company today by the duke of edinburgh, and the princess royal.

it isa edinburgh, and the princess royal. it is a marvellous day, beautifully weather, we could wish for nothing more than this. it is tremendous and you just hope for a dry day. any secretary at any event hopes fry dry day. in the arena, the competition is tough. spectators flocked from around the world to take it all in. icame to around the world to take it all in. i came to visit my sister and i am scottish, i dressed up. it is an experience i'd been looking forward to all year long. absolutely marvellous. you came here from australia, why would you not be enjoying yourself? australian weather. we just moved to the uk. we are brazilians trying to become aberdonians. it is really amazing. it was not known whether or not the duke of edinburgh with accompany the queen today but there are rival delighted the crowd. 0rganisers say there are thousands more visitors

than expected this year, thanks to the september sunshine. cis c is the weather is going to continue. today has been a lovely day. plenty of sunshine, temperatures as high as 22 celsius. to my‘s weather will have a different look to it. cloudy s0 have a different look to it. cloudy so many, wetter the sum as well. an atla ntic so many, wetter the sum as well. an atlantic with the system coming in and as the night goes on, pushing rain across the northern ireland. western fringes of scotland, west of wales and the far south—west of england. turning windy, gales developing through the irish sea. cloud increasing ahead of that system. thames is not going down as far as they have done on recent nights. the rain in the west in no hurry to move surveys. they will turn lighter, more patchy, the breeze even the little bit. some of rain heading to part of north—west england, south—west england, part of eastern scotland and england, you

will stay dry throughout. the cloud increases and the breeze picks up. 19, 20 celsius. when it is cloudy and wet, 15 and 16 celsius. some of that rain made to depart of east anglia and more stubby finger tomorrow evening. quite light and patchy as it does so. very different weather on the way tomorrow. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:30pm: the metropolitan police has paid compensation to the former head of the army, lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan, who were falsely accused of child sexual abuse. more than 11100 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries.