this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at midday. india's military intensifies its rescue operations in the flood—hit southern state of kerala. almost 200 people have died in the last 10 days. many people are still trapped in their houses in many places. i hope they get help very soon. we could not stay there any more and i'm thankfulfor the people who brought us out of there. a £1 million boost for the campaign for another brexit vote, after a donation from the boss of the fashion label superdry. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament earlier this week. the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. the government says they will investigate allegations that british world war ii shipwrecks in asia have been targeted by scavengers. also coming up, a baby boom with a difference at a hospital in arizona. 16 nurses, who all work in the same intensive care unit, fall pregnant at the same time.

coming up, the click team reminisce about a summer of sport. that's in half an hour's time on bbc news. indian rescuers in helicopters and boats have braved torrential rain to reach people stranded in flood waters in the southern state of kerala. nearly 200 people have been killed in the last ten days following the heaviest monsoon rains for a century. schools and community centres have been converted into relief camps. simon clemison reports. there is life here. you just have to find it. the houses not the only things waist—deep in water. others are high, but dry.

and by road, and by air, help is coming. even then, you might have to swim for it. there are many people who are still trapped in their houses in many places. i hope they get their help very soon. we couldn't stay there any more, and i am thankful to the people that brought us out of there. it is natural for kerala to get some of the country's highest rainfall during monsoon season, but this year there has been much more than expected. there is hope, though. intense activity was going on in kerala for the last so many days. however, the rainfall activity and its intensity has decreased. some comfort, but little, as officials say nearly a third of a million people are now living in aid camps. then there is the damage they will return to. kerala can't afford any more rain. simon clemison, bbc news. mary kattuman from cambridge has been visiting her mother in kerala.

she described the dramatic moment they escaped from the floods. the waters started seeping in at 5am on the 16th. we went upstairs. we took food, water and went upstairs. then we heard from an aunt that she was leaving her house. that was mid—morning. we tried to get people to rescue us because the water level outside the house was rising. by the time we were rescued, it was five feet high outside the house. we were rescued two at a time. there were six of us. my 76—year—old mother and a couple of kids, including an eight—year—old and a 13—year—old. we were rescued two at a time on makeshift rafts. we were taken to higher ground, then... we were told not to carry luggage or anything.

we literally got out with a couple of rucksacks. that was mary kattuman. a little earlier i spoke to randeep kumar rana, the deputy inspector general of the indian national disaster response force. he updated us on the current situation. the situation in kerala has been improving since last evening and onwards. there has been rainfall in some parts of the state but the rainfall hasn't been very heavy or extremely heavy. most of the rivers' water level has started receding. the worst—affected districts, barring two, the water level has gradually gone down and the worst affected districts today, there are only two and it is partial in these districts.

so i can say the overall situation in the state is improving very gradually and continuously. with the future forecast for today, tomorrow, and for the next week, there is no forecast of very heavy rainfall. so we are hopeful things will definitely start getting better and betterfrom now onwards. that is good news, certainly. what about the rescue efforts for those who have been trapped and stranded 7 you've been using helicopters and so on. tell us what you have been doing in terms of the rescue operation. the last week, we had what can be termed a herculean rescue operation.

yesterday afternoon onwards, the frequency of rescue calls has gone down considerably. some rescues have been undertaken yesterday night also. some of the rescue work is still going on in two or three places. but the frequency has come down considerably. given the water level situation in the state, we feel that the rescue phase will be over by today and the main purpose then shifts to relief and rehabilitation. in terms of the death toll, we gather that sincejune it's 357. do you fear the death toll will rise any higher? the state has had two spells of flooding during the monsoon season. the worst is since the last ten days. the number of deaths were 300 plus.

they might be slightly increasing. but we don't foresee too much increase in the death rate. that was randeep kumar rana, from the indian national disaster response force. a businessman who helped to found the fashion label, superdry, has donated £1 million to the campaign for a public vote on any final brexit deal. julian dunkerton said he was giving the money to the cross—party people's vote group because there was what he called a "genuine chance" to stop the process of leaving the eu. earlier, tom baldwin from the people's vote told me the money would be spent on polling. in this debate, you hear a lot of talk about the will of the people. this phrase is banded about. i think in this very important and fragile moment for our democracy, it is vital that political leaders know where the will

of the people is moving. what we will be able to do with this money, we can probably do the biggest polling exercise ever conducted by a political campaign to test the will of the people because this is a democracy and we need to know where the people are going. we think they are shifting, as they see what brexit will mean for them, theirfamilies and their communities. a lot of people watching this will say, yes, this is a democracy and that's why we had a referendum and a result. why are you trying to overturn it and why are people like this chap from superdry, a multimillionaire, why is he spending money trying to overturn the will of the people? we are a people—led campaign. democracy is not a single event, but a process. when facts change, like the £50 billion divorce bill we will have to pay to do nothing but leave, all of the broken promises we heard about the nhs or the fact that

people are seeing political leaders in westminster making an abysmal mess of brexit, when those facts change... a lot of people would dispute that they are facts. they are facts that most people seem to agree on, according to the polls that we have done. nine out of ten people think that brexit is a mess. it's very british to say, get on with it anyway. i don't think that is right. i think it's the most democratic thing in the world that when political leaders are failing and making a mess of something, the people say they want to take back control of this decision and have their democratic voice heard before we leave the eu. a lot of people would say your version of democracy is to keep on asking the people until you get the answer you want to hear. i don't see it like that. we are campaigning to give people the chance to vote on the deal or the outcome of brexit negotiations if there is no deal. in the 2016 referendum, there was a vote in principle to leave the eu, we respect that

and the government was given a mandate to negotiate our departure from the eu. they are coming back with the results of those negotiations and it's a car crash. in those circumstances, let the british people in on the decision. don'tjust take it by yourselves in westminster. let the people's voice be heard. what are brexiteers scared of? that you don't have the will of the people or you don't represent the will of the people? 0pinion polling is not at all clear that opinion has changed. a lot of recent polls has said there is a majority for leave. we conducted one of the largest polls so far with the money from julian dunkerton last week, of 10,000 people, and it showed that by a majority of 45—34% people want their voice to be heard and if there was a referendum, they would vote to remain

by a six—point margin. i think opinion is shifting, and it's important that people are aware of other people changing, too. this can generate its own momentum. but the government have said there will not be a second referendum, that you need legislation for it and it will not happen, whatever you want. when the government brings back this wreckage of a deal, it has to be put to the house of commons. if the commons rejects that, what will they do? we can'tjust slide out of europe without a deal and with all the consequences that means. what will mps do? would they say go back and fix that? no. the place where lots of mps will alight on, they cannot fix this mess and there is no majority in this house for theresa may's proposals or a no—deal brexit, let's hand it back to the people and let them make up their mind.

they started this process, so let them finish it. tom baldwin, communications director for the people's vote, talking to me earlier. a 29—year—old man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, after a car hit people outside the houses of parliament on tuesday. salih khater, who was born in sudan and was living in birmingham, will appear before magistrates tomorrow. three people were injured when the car crashed into security barriers in westminster, hitting pedestrians and cyclists. 0ur correspondentjon donnison gave us the latest from westminster. this incident happened tuesday morning atjust about 7:30am at the height of the rush hour. we had a car coming down this road bang in front of the houses of parliament. it then veered off the road into a number of pedestrians and cyclists and then started heading towards some police officers, before crashing into one of those black security barriers behind me. three people were injured. police now say that a 29—year—old manfrom birmingham, salih khater, has been charged. he's been charged on two counts. firstly, attempting to murder members of the public.

secondly, attempting to murder police officers. police say they are treating this case as terrorism—related on the basis of the methodology, they say, of the iconic location, and the fact that civilians, members of the public and police officers were targeted. salih khater is due to appear at westminster magistrates' court on monday. jon donnison reporting. downing street has confirmed that a series of briefing papers will be released this week, informing people and businesses what to do in the event that britain leaves the eu with no agreement. brexit secretary dominic raab will travel to brussels on tuesday to meet with eu chief negotiator michel barnier, to "pick up the pace and intensity of discussions" before giving a speech outlining the government's "no deal" plans. earlier, our political correspondent

susanna mendonca gave us more detail on the government's briefing papers. we understood that we would be getting them at the end of august and also september, so over the next month or so we should be getting these papers. the first of those, we understand, we will be getting on thursday. there are around 70 in all. they will set out the strategy for a no deal in different sectors, so from different departments. the idea is that it would give businesses and people an idea of what to do in the event of no deal, and what preparations have been made. what the brexit department have said to us is that extensive work has been carried out in the last couple of years surrounding a no deal. they are not unprepared and the money has been allocated, £4 billion has been allocated by the treasury to facilitate that. dominic raab will be meeting michel barnier on tuesday, and we will have a speech from him on thursday setting out no deal potential plans. the government have said they want a deal with the eu but setting

out their plans in the event that we do not get a deal. susanna mendonca, there, our political correspondent, talking to me earlier. a british paraglider has been killed in a mid—air collision during a competition in macedonia. 54—year—old innes powell, who had decades of experience as an instructor and competitor, collided with a ukrainian competitor who also died. it's thought he was thrown off course when he travelled into a patch of warm air. the headlines on bbc news. india's military intensifies its rescue operations in the flood—hit southern state of kerala. almost 200 people have died in the last 10 days. a £1 million boost for the campaign for another brexit vote, after a donation from the boss of the fashion label superdry. a man has been charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament earlier this week. the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. sport and for a full round up,

from the bbc sport centre, here's will perry. including the cricket, how is it going? we will start with that. day two of the third test against india is under way and what a start for england. they were held up by the weather at trent bridge this morning but play got under way at 11.30. the tourists resumed on 307—6 but conditions have suited england's bowlers stuart broad and jimmy anderson with two wickets apiece, england getting the last four batseman out in just over a0 minutes — india all out for 329. both manchester sides are in action in the premier league today, both looking to maintain a perfect start to the season. at lunchtime, city take on huddersfield, who lost heavily to chelsea in their opening game. but city manager pep guardiola doesn't make any assumptions about

beating the less experienced sides. in this part of the season, like, all the teams, especially the teams like they had a lot of players in international events like the world cup, you need time, a month, a month and a half, and in that period, these kind of games are so dangerous. the players may be more focused when you play against arsenal commune, because big stage, big game. and when you come to games like now, cardiff, fulham, we need... i prefer to take these teams in october or november. manchester united know all about losing to teams at the lower end of the table. they're away to brighton in the late kick—off, and they'll be cautious, after a defeat there at the end of last season. i think the best way to look at it is to remember that, i don't know, three months ago, maybe, we lost there. we lost 1—0. great coach, chris, good players, good team, beautiful stadium. a difficult match for us but we are confident that training was really good all week and we go

to win, obviously. that is our objective. and there's one more game today. it's burnley against watford, with burnley manager sean dyche likely to rotate his squad again, following thursday night's win in the europa league. watford started their campaign with a win at home to brighton. tyson fury has promised to knock out deontay wilder in their wbc heavyweight title fight after that bout was confirmed minutes after his latest comeback victory last night. he beat the italian francesco pianeta on points in belfast, and he's likely to face wilder in las vegas at the end of this year. i boxed to a good plan and i shook a couple of cobwebs off. back down on my weight and i'm ready. we're going to have a great training camp and go to america and put on a show. the fight hasn't happened yet but one thing i do know is i have been to america before and conquered it. i beat steve cunningham in new york and frank sinatra said if you can make it there,

you can make it anywhere. i'm sure las vegas will be a doddle. don't worry about that. frank sinatra is not wrong! carl frampton has set up a ibf world featherweight title fight againstjosh warrington after stopping australia's luke jackson in the ninth round. that made safe his interim wbo crown. promoter frank warren says the fight will definitely happen this year we're into the final day of the european para swimming championships in dublin, with 15 british competitors through to tonight's finals. northern ireland's bethany firth will be chasing her third gold, after qualifying third quickest in the 200 metres individual medley sm14 class, behind her team—mates jessica—jane applegate and louise fiddes. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. ten british ships, sunk during the second world war and designated as war graves, have been plundered for scrap metal by chinese pirates, according to the mail on sunday. it says vessels providing the final resting place for more than 1,00 sailors have been smashed

to pieces and looted by salvagers off the malaysian and indonesian coasts. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu told me more about the claims. according to the mail on sunday, this investigation leads to some expert divers who go into that part of the world to look at the wreckages at the bottom of the sea. a lot of these ships were sunk around 1941 and 1942. and what they're alleging is that some barges, with 50—tonne crater anchors, plough into the sea to smash up the wreckages and then take the steel. and the steel is important because it has less radiation on it, so therefore can be turned into equipment used in the sea. however, they are also alleging that getting this wreckage could cost up to £1 million, or gain the pirates up to £1 million.

but it's notjust the steel they're after. in 2014, according to officials in australia, someone managed to get a morse telephone from hms repulse, which is one of the ships alleged to have been plundered in the south asian seas. and what have the ministry of defence been saying about this? gavin williamson says it is wrong that people should try and disturb the designated war graves of sailors that have died in that area. he is very concerned and is therefore working with the indonesian and malaysian governments to investigate these claims further. chi chi izundu reporting. the indonesian island of lombok has been hit by another powerful earthquake, measuring magnitude 6.3 it comes measuring magnitude 6.3. it comes just two weeks after an earthquake killed 460 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. there are no reports of any injuries after the latest tremor although landslides have been triggered in the east of the island. a scottish man accused of running a precious metals fraud scheme

in the united states has been placed on the fbi's "most wanted" list. 65—year—old james ward is alleged to have offered investors bogus deals involving precious metals. the fbi allege he received more than £300,000. he's been on the run since 2012. non—smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to us research. the study said childhood passive smoking was "likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non—smoking adults dying annually". experts say the best way to protect children is to quit smoking. it's being claimed the nhs knew a type of syringe pump, used to administer drugs to patients in england and wales, was dangerous. the sunday times is reporting that health bosses failed to remove the equipment from use in a bid to save money. the nhs has confirmed

there was a five—year delay in withdrawing the equipment while adequate alternative pumps were introduced. tom burridge reports. the sunday times says up to nine people died because the nhs continued to use a type of syringe pump which was known to be potentially dangerous. the graseby ms26 and the ms16a were used in the nhs for 30 years. the syringe pumps were used to administer drugs into a patient‘s bloodstream over an extended period of time. the two models looked similar, but released drugs at different rates, and that sometimes led to confusion and mistakes being made. the government is already investigating whether the equipment could have been withdrawn from use more quickly. now, the sunday times says health bosses decided to phase the pumps out over five years, from 2010 to 2015, partly because of the cost

implications of replacing them with modern, safer alternatives. in a statement, nhs improvement said the 2015 five—year deadline was set to ensure there was enough time to source an acceptable alternative device and ensure staff were properly trained. it is thought there are no more of the older—style syringe pumps in use in the nhs today. tom burridge, bbc news. the former conservative mp sir peter tapsell has died aged 88. sir peter was father of the house when he stood down as mp for louth and horncastle in 2015. he had served continuously in parliament since 1966, and also spent five years as nottingham west mp before losing his seat in 1964. at least 14 people have been injured at a backstreet boys concert in oklahoma. the ‘90s boyband was set to perform at a resort in thackerville when a storm struck and trusses holding up an entrance collapsed.

16 nurses at a hospital in the us state of arizona have found out that they're all pregnant at the same time. max gorden, a reporterfrom the local tv station, has the story. it wasn't like they planned it. it's something in the water. and they sure weren't counting on this. 0ne after another, after another, after another. 16 intensive care unit nurses at banner desert medical center in mesa all pregnant at the same time. did we have some kind of pact going on? the boon of burgeoning bellies has increased trips to the cafeteria. simple soups, making sure the kids all right. and it has some patients a little confused. he was like, "are you all pregnant?" there are a few limitations to the cases these nurses can treat. certain infections and also chemotherapy drugs can be very toxic to the foetus. but don't fear — a maternity—leave—induced nurse

shortage isn't on the way. we've been planning for this for months. it's left some of these nurses learning a lesson. you find out how supportive your co—workers are of you, and your management team. it's been a good experience. in mesa, max gordon, arizona's family. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. 0nce hello. once again, sunshine in fairly short supply, most of us are going to keep quite large amounts of cloud and for a time can outbreaks of rain continuing across parts of northern england, southern scotland and also parts of wales. that will $0011 and also parts of wales. that will soon clear away but we are going to be left with a lot of cloud which could still bring one or two showers through the afternoon. equally, the cloud will try to thin and break so a few bright or sunny spells coming through. the wind not as strong as yesterday, particularly in the western isles of scotland, much lighter winds here, and they extend down into northern ireland. still

some gusts for western and southern coast, starting to ease down through the afternoon. in the best of any brightness and sunshine, temperatures getting up to between 23-25. 18-22 temperatures getting up to between 23—25. 18—22 underneath the cloud and a cooler 15 or 16 across parts of scotla nd and a cooler 15 or 16 across parts of scotland and we should see some sunshine. you can't rule out the odd spot of rain trent bridge but for most of that age should be mainly dry with lots of cloud and maybe a few breaks this afternoon. this evening at overnight, similar, lots of cloud, thinning and breaking at times but equally, misty and murky conditions returning to western coast with patchy drizzle and another muggy night for northern ireland, england and wales with lows between 13 and 17, slightly cooler across scotland with clearer skies. this is the bigger picture as we start the new week. the isa buyers are quite wide apart by this stage. much lighter wind on monday. the front are still fairly close by and it looks like we will see a few showers. the shower distribution perhaps further southward than we

thought yesterday, affecting northern ireland, southern scotland and into northern england, maybe a few showers filtering across into parts of england and wales but many having a largely dry day, again, the cloud thinning and breaking to allow spells of sunshine and temperatures between 20 and 25 for england and wales, again, a bit cooler in northern ireland and scotland. into tuesday, it looks like showers will become more frequent across northern ireland, western and northern scotla nd ireland, western and northern scotland in particular, bringing heavy spells of rain for a time. a scattering of showers further south but for much of england and wales, mainly dry and probably a bit more in the way of sunshine on tuesday. still maintaining a warm and humid feel with temperatures up to 25 or 26. cloudy and humid to start the week, a mix of sunny spells and showers and slowly turning pressure from the north. —— turning fresher. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. almost 200 people have

died in the last 10 days in the indian state of kerala, but rescuers are continuing to rescue and repatriate survivors after the devasting floods there. many people are still trapped in their houses in many places. i hope they get help very soon. we could not stay there any more and i'm thankfulfor the people who brought us out of there. a million pound boost for the campaign for another brexit vote — after a donation from the boss of the fashion label superdry.