:00:00. > :00:08.A third round of Brexit talks and frustration on both sides
:00:09. > :00:15.The EU's chief negotiator says there's been "no decisive progress"
:00:16. > :00:19.while the Brexit Secretary says it's time for the EU to be "more
:00:20. > :00:23.The Commission has set out its position -
:00:24. > :00:31.and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously.
:00:32. > :00:33.It is clear the UK does not feel legally obliged
:00:34. > :00:39.to honour its obligations after departure.
:00:40. > :00:43.We'll have the latest on the talks and we'll be looking
:00:44. > :00:45.at the main obstacle the so-called Brexit Bill
:00:46. > :00:51.The rights of disabled people are not being fully honoured
:00:52. > :00:55.by the British government according to a United Nations Committee.
:00:56. > :01:09.In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, 100,000 homes are now affected
:01:10. > :01:12.in Texas and Louisiana -- the White House says it will ask
:01:13. > :01:16.A special report from West Africa where the religious cult
:01:17. > :01:17.of voodoo is thriving with millions of followers.
:01:18. > :01:20.And an hour before the football transfer window closes,
:01:21. > :01:28.a Premier League record already achieved.
:01:29. > :01:35.And we'll have the latest reports, results and interviews from the BBC
:01:36. > :01:51.Sports Centre in Sportsday. The latest round of Brexit talks
:01:52. > :01:59.took place in Brussels today, with frustration evident on both
:02:00. > :02:01.sides, and they blamed each other The biggest obstacle seems to be
:02:02. > :02:06.the financial settlement - the amount the UK will pay
:02:07. > :02:09.to settle its liabilities Michel Barnier, the EU's chief
:02:10. > :02:15.negotiator, said there'd been "no decisive progress"
:02:16. > :02:18.made on key issues. His opposite number, David Davis,
:02:19. > :02:20.urged the EU to show more Our first report is from our Europe
:02:21. > :02:29.editor Katya Adler in Brussels. Trust building
:02:30. > :02:34.between the two sides. That's what the EU says this
:02:35. > :02:36.first phase of Brexit So, by today, the end of round 3
:02:37. > :02:45.of these first talks, It is clear that the UK does not
:02:46. > :02:51.feel legally obliged to honour these How can we build trust and start
:02:52. > :03:01.discussing the future relationship? For his part, David Davis said
:03:02. > :03:04.the UK couldn't blindly trust and we have a duty to our tax payers
:03:05. > :03:18.to interrogate it rigorously. Behind the smart suits,
:03:19. > :03:23.the stiff smiles, it was clear both sides were talking at cross purposes
:03:24. > :03:27.today, about what Brexit subjects to tackle in which order
:03:28. > :03:29.and whether and how much progress David Davis pictured
:03:30. > :03:35.a picture of a rigid, It's only through flexibility
:03:36. > :03:41.and imagination that we will achieve a deal that works truly
:03:42. > :03:45.for both sides. Michel Barnier insisted the UK had
:03:46. > :03:48.to be more clear and realistic The EU couldn't show
:03:49. > :03:53.flexibility, he said, TRANSLATION: I'm not
:03:54. > :04:00.frustrated but I am impatient. It's not that I'm
:04:01. > :04:03.angry, I'm determined. We know that Brexit will have a big
:04:04. > :04:13.impact on our lives but just how huge will depend on the nature
:04:14. > :04:16.of the transition deal and a future permanent trade deal
:04:17. > :04:18.between the EU and the UK. We're nowhere near that yet
:04:19. > :04:20.and all this deal-making Though, there's no need
:04:21. > :04:28.to panic, just yet. The EU refuses to talk
:04:29. > :04:31.about the EU-UK future until there is substantive progress
:04:32. > :04:33.on the divorce deal. So where are we on the
:04:34. > :04:37.three core issues? Both sides agree reassuring
:04:38. > :04:40.EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU,
:04:41. > :04:43.is a top priority but whether the European Court
:04:44. > :04:47.of Justice should have a role in guaranteeing the
:04:48. > :04:49.rights of individuals. On Ireland, progress has been made,
:04:50. > :04:52.especially around protecting the Northern Ireland-Republic
:04:53. > :04:57.of Ireland common travel area but the so-called divorce bill
:04:58. > :04:59.is the biggest sticking The EU wants the UK to pay up
:05:00. > :05:07.to 100 billion euros in what it sees as financial obligations the UK
:05:08. > :05:11.agreed to while an EU member. The UK says - no, it will pay
:05:12. > :05:14.something, but refuses to specify. These Brexit talks have
:05:15. > :05:19.been largely technical. Political pressure to push
:05:20. > :05:21.the progress is unlikely to come from the UK or the EU
:05:22. > :05:24.until after the Conservative Party Conference or the formation
:05:25. > :05:27.of a new German government Meanwhile, as the EU likes
:05:28. > :05:42.to repeat, the clock to the end of the UK's EU
:05:43. > :05:44.membership is ticking. The amount of money Britain will pay
:05:45. > :05:48.to leave the EU is likely Chris Morris from the BBC's
:05:49. > :05:52.Reality Check team is The biggest fights
:05:53. > :05:55.in the European Union are always about money -
:05:56. > :05:58.so there was never any reason to suppose that the Brexit
:05:59. > :06:05.negotiations would be different. Last year the UK paid
:06:06. > :06:08.about ?13 billion to the EU - Some of which then
:06:09. > :06:13.gets spent in the UK. But the Commission argues
:06:14. > :06:16.that the UK has also made a series of big financial commitments as part
:06:17. > :06:18.of the EU's current seven-year budget, that need
:06:19. > :06:20.to be paid on exit. The EU also says the UK
:06:21. > :06:23.needs to settle its share of what amounts to
:06:24. > :06:25.the EU credit card. Here's the problem for Europe -
:06:26. > :06:28.the less the UK agrees to pay, the more other countries will have
:06:29. > :06:31.to fill the gap. That means either net
:06:32. > :06:33.contributors to the EU budget, like Germany or The Netherlands
:06:34. > :06:36.will have to pay more. Or net beneficiaries,
:06:37. > :06:38.like Poland or Greece, So, when the UK argues that the EU
:06:39. > :06:44.is being unreasonable in its demands, it has no
:06:45. > :06:47.allies at all. In fact, it was the other
:06:48. > :06:50.member states that pushed European Commission negotiators
:06:51. > :06:53.into taking a hard line. The EU hasn't publicly put a figure
:06:54. > :07:03.on the amount but many estimates come up with a gross figure
:07:04. > :07:06.of about ?100 billion The UK says it won't pay anything
:07:07. > :07:10.like that and British officials spent several hours during this
:07:11. > :07:12.week's negotiations questioning the legal basis
:07:13. > :07:16.of the EU's proposals. But they haven't put forward
:07:17. > :07:18.counter-proposals of their own, which, in turn, is frustrating
:07:19. > :07:21.European officials. "How can we negotiate", they argue,
:07:22. > :07:24."when we don't know what you want?" One possible route out
:07:25. > :07:42.of the impasse is talk If the UK Government signals a
:07:43. > :07:45.willingness to pay into the EU budget during the transitional
:07:46. > :07:53.period, two to three years, it will resolve an immediate political
:07:54. > :08:05.challenge the EU is facing in 2019-2020, where there will be a
:08:06. > :08:07.hole in the budget given the UK's exit.
:08:08. > :08:10.could reduce the UK's final exit bill considerably.
:08:11. > :08:13.It's also worth remembering that compared to what's at stake
:08:14. > :08:16.in renegotiating the UK's trade deals with the EU and the rest
:08:17. > :08:18.of the world, even ?100 billion isn't a huge amount.
:08:19. > :08:21.And three months after these negotiations finally began,
:08:22. > :08:23.under pressure of time, it has become the
:08:24. > :08:30.Thank you. Chris there with thoughts on the figures and the potential for
:08:31. > :08:34.trade deals. Let's talk more about the aftermath of the talks in
:08:35. > :08:37.Brussels, with Katya Adler, our Europe editor. Following today's
:08:38. > :08:43.session, what is your reading then of what is likely in the weeks to
:08:44. > :08:46.come now? Well, if you look at previous joint press conferences,
:08:47. > :08:51.they were attempts at jovial banter. The mood today was frosty. There
:08:52. > :08:54.were barbed comments on both sides and weary shakes of the head but
:08:55. > :08:59.honestly at this stage of negotiations, you would expect a
:09:00. > :09:01.certain amount of bluster with both David Davis and Michel Barnier
:09:02. > :09:06.largely speaking to their own domestic audience. So they want to
:09:07. > :09:09.stand tall and sound very tough, so if in the end there are compromises,
:09:10. > :09:13.they can say they were hard-fought. We know, for example, already that
:09:14. > :09:18.EU countries are divided amongst themselves as to how hard and how
:09:19. > :09:24.far they should push the UK as to the size of the divorce bill, but
:09:25. > :09:28.the big pick tu, - the two sides are very divided, and what is worrying
:09:29. > :09:31.is the likely success of the talks is each man, Michel Barnier and
:09:32. > :09:36.David Davis think they can simply wear the other one down and win at
:09:37. > :09:39.the end of the day. But the EU is highly likely to indulge in the kind
:09:40. > :09:44.of creative thinking that David Davis is demanding if it feels that
:09:45. > :09:47.will break its own rules and regulations and diluting the
:09:48. > :09:50.integrity of the single market. Whereas the Government will be
:09:51. > :09:56.hard-pushed to say to the people of the UK - we didn't tell you about
:09:57. > :10:03.this but we're going to pay up to 100 billion euros to leave the EU
:10:04. > :10:08.even though we don't know what sort of deal we can have in the future.
:10:09. > :10:12.It is a question of which side will blink fist. -- first.
:10:13. > :10:14.The Prime Minister, who's on a visit to Japan,
:10:15. > :10:17.has again asserted that she's in the post for the long term.
:10:18. > :10:18.It follows comments from some leading Conservatives,
:10:19. > :10:22.who say it's too early for Mrs May to be talking about leading
:10:23. > :10:24.the Conservatives into the next election after losing her majority
:10:25. > :10:27.Our political correspondent, Ben Wright, is travelling
:10:28. > :10:30.His report does contain flash photography.
:10:31. > :10:33.They're two Prime Ministers in tune, Shinzo Abe has rolled out a very
:10:34. > :10:37.warm welcome for Theresa May on this three day trip.
:10:38. > :10:42.Whether Mrs May's reception will be quite so generous when she gets back
:10:43. > :10:44.to Westminster is another matter, after the surprised pledge to lead
:10:45. > :10:47.Britain and her party into the next general election,
:10:48. > :10:54.I said I wasn't a quitter and there's a long-term job to do.
:10:55. > :10:57.There's an important job to be done in the United Kingdom.
:10:58. > :11:00.We stand at a really critical time in the UK.
:11:01. > :11:02.This fighting talk comes only three months after Mrs May
:11:03. > :11:05.called a snap election and lost her party's majority.
:11:06. > :11:10.But with Brexit negotiations under way and no obvious
:11:11. > :11:13.rival in sight, most, but not all, Tories seem willing
:11:14. > :11:18.We've made a decision, we want Theresa May to get on with the job.
:11:19. > :11:22.It's critically important for the country that we get
:11:23. > :11:29.I don't see any immediate change, but I think it's unrealistic to plan
:11:30. > :11:32.on the assumption that Theresa May's going to be fighting
:11:33. > :11:36.the next election as leader of the Conservative Party.
:11:37. > :11:42.I don't think Theresa May will stand down of her own accord,
:11:43. > :11:45.she would need to have a challenger to go forward to her.
:11:46. > :11:49.She's very resilient, and she will be there for as long
:11:50. > :11:50.as the Conservative Party want her to be.
:11:51. > :11:53.Given North Korea's latest missile test over this island,
:11:54. > :11:56.defence was a focus of talks here, as was Brexit, with Japan anxious to
:11:57. > :12:00.TRANSLATION: On Brexit, we would like the impact
:12:01. > :12:04.We want predictability and transparency ensured
:12:05. > :12:09.Mrs May says she's listening, so that a smooth Brexit
:12:10. > :12:14.It's the long-term issues of trade, the consequences of Brexit,
:12:15. > :12:19.defence and security cooperation that have dominated Theresa May's
:12:20. > :12:23.talks here, but it's her unplanned, strikingly blunt declaration
:12:24. > :12:25.about her own political future that her trip to Japan
:12:26. > :12:36.Britain's record on protecting the rights of disabled people
:12:37. > :12:39.has been criticised by a committee of the United Nations.
:12:40. > :12:42.It's raised serious concerns about the number of disabled
:12:43. > :12:44.people living in poverty and the effects of cuts
:12:45. > :12:50.The Government responded by saying the UK was "still a world leader"
:12:51. > :12:52.when it came to protecting the rights of people
:12:53. > :12:56.Our disability affairs correspondent, Nikki Fox, reports.
:12:57. > :12:59.This day centre in Stockport is a place where people
:13:00. > :13:02.with all kinds of disabilities can come to socialise but many
:13:03. > :13:09.face barriers when it comes to living their life.
:13:10. > :13:11.My biggest problem is getting to work when I want
:13:12. > :13:15.If I want to go somewhere, I should be able to get
:13:16. > :13:26.I need support to enable me to be independent.
:13:27. > :13:28.These barriers, which are among the many others
:13:29. > :13:31.have been highlighted by today's report from the United Nations.
:13:32. > :13:35.It's the result of a widescale investigation looking at the UK's
:13:36. > :13:39.progress in implementing the UN Convention on disabled people's
:13:40. > :13:45.rights which the Government signed up to in 2009.
:13:46. > :13:47.In what was the longest list of recommendations ever
:13:48. > :13:50.given to a member state, the committee said the UK must
:13:51. > :13:51.improve on accessibility to public buildings,
:13:52. > :13:56.Provide free or affordable legal aid to improve access
:13:57. > :14:04.And to better support disabled people to live independently.
:14:05. > :14:11.Half a million people had reduced benefits,
:14:12. > :14:13.the social protection entitlements in a way that they were
:14:14. > :14:18.There were people who committed suicide because of that.
:14:19. > :14:20.We had was evidence in front of us saying people were pushed
:14:21. > :14:29.This is April, she cannot live independently in her own home.
:14:30. > :14:31.Even if I could get in because of the foot plates,
:14:32. > :14:45.To have to wee into a bottle in this day and age because you don't
:14:46. > :14:49.April used to be the chair of a charity and still would be now.
:14:50. > :14:52.Changes to her care package have made it impossible for her to do
:14:53. > :15:10.All right, I'm not able to work but I still want to be part of that
:15:11. > :15:13.society and do what I always used to do, and I have been
:15:14. > :15:17.Such a critical report does not paint a good picture
:15:18. > :15:19.of disability rights in the UK, however the Government says it
:15:20. > :15:22.doesn't accurately reflect the evidence it gave to the UN
:15:23. > :15:24.and says it is disappointed the committee failed to realise
:15:25. > :15:29.But the UK Government will have to be back in Geneva in 12 months
:15:30. > :15:32.to report on how the recommendations from the UN have been implemented.
:15:33. > :15:38.A man has appeared in court after an incident near
:15:39. > :15:40.Buckingham Palace where three police officers were injured.
:15:41. > :15:42.It's alleged Mohiussunnath Chowdhury drove his car
:15:43. > :15:46.at police officers, before reaching for a Aamurai sword.
:15:47. > :15:49.The 26-year-old, from Luton, was remanded in custody
:15:50. > :15:56.Surrey's County Championship cricket match against Middlesex at the Oval
:15:57. > :15:59.had to be abandoned after someone fired a bolt from a crossbow
:16:00. > :16:03.The match was eventually declared a draw and spectators
:16:04. > :16:06.Police say no one was hurt and the incident
:16:07. > :16:14.The DUP leader Arlene Foster has called for the immediate restoration
:16:15. > :16:16.of Northern Ireland's devolved government, alongside a parallel
:16:17. > :16:22.process to deal with outstanding areas of disagreement.
:16:23. > :16:24.Speaking to party members tonight, she warned Northern Ireland
:16:25. > :16:28.could face direct rule from Westminster if a new agreement
:16:29. > :16:36.on a power-sharing administration could not be reached.
:16:37. > :16:39.The White House says it will ask Congress for emergency funding
:16:40. > :16:41.to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey,
:16:42. > :16:44.The number of homes affected is now 100,000.
:16:45. > :16:47.In the town of Crosby, Texas, a chemical plant
:16:48. > :16:51.flooded in the wake of the storm, caught fire.
:16:52. > :16:52.Our North America correspondent, James Cook,
:16:53. > :17:12.We have just heard that 1.75 million people either fled or had to be
:17:13. > :17:17.rescued from their homes as a result of this hurricane. The President is
:17:18. > :17:22.coming here again on Saturday to show solidarity with victims. The
:17:23. > :17:25.White House has also announced he plans to spend $1 billion of his own
:17:26. > :17:30.money helping with charity relief efforts. But this in emergency is
:17:31. > :17:32.far from over, least of all here in Crosby.
:17:33. > :17:35.It is an unsettling sight - a fire smoldering in the water.
:17:36. > :17:37.This plant makes organic peroxides which must
:17:38. > :17:40.be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the power failed and now they
:17:41. > :17:45.They planned for this but not well enough.
:17:46. > :17:47.Police have a simple message: get out, now.
:17:48. > :17:49.Already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid
:17:50. > :17:55.I know they got all kinds of chemicals,
:17:56. > :17:57.and I just don't know which
:17:58. > :17:59.ones are in the water and coming down into my house,
:18:00. > :18:02.which means I got water into the house right now.
:18:03. > :18:04.It's going to be pretty nasty.
:18:05. > :18:06.As specialist teams roll in, the messages coming out
:18:07. > :18:10.The reports of explosions are now being denied.
:18:11. > :18:13.Federal officials say the smoke is incredibly dangerous, the firm
:18:14. > :18:18.This isn't a chemical release, what we have is a fire.
:18:19. > :18:21.And where you have a fire where hydrocarbons, these
:18:22. > :18:24.chemicals are burning, sometimes you have
:18:25. > :18:25.incomplete combustion and you
:18:26. > :18:32.The company which operates this plant says there is only one thing
:18:33. > :18:35.to do now, and that is to let this fire burn itself out.
:18:36. > :18:37.In the meantime, people are being warned to
:18:38. > :18:39.stay back as there may be further explosions.
:18:40. > :18:45.In Houston, with the floods receding, Frank
:18:46. > :18:46.Rogers is heading home to count the cost.
:18:47. > :18:52.When he escaped, the water in here was up to his chest and this scene
:18:53. > :18:56.is being repeated today in thousands upon thousands of homes.
:18:57. > :19:05.All the work we got to do to get it back up.
:19:06. > :19:14.And still this storm is not stopping.
:19:15. > :19:16.To the east, the rain and the rescues are continuing on the
:19:17. > :19:26.Trapped by the flooding and running out of food, dozens of
:19:27. > :19:30.residents had to be rescued from this care home in Port Arthur.
:19:31. > :19:33.Tensions were at a very high level when I came into this facilities
:19:34. > :19:36.from the relatives and even from some of the volunteers who have come
:19:37. > :19:42.The weakening storm is still capable of inflicting misery, and she wants
:19:43. > :19:56.to know, everyone wants to know, when will this storm end?
:19:57. > :19:59.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
:20:00. > :20:01.Doctor Manish Shah has appeared in court charged with more
:20:02. > :20:05.The 47-year-old from Romford in Essex is accused of sexually
:20:06. > :20:08.assaulting more than 50 patients at a medical centre in east London.
:20:09. > :20:16.The online gambling firm 888.com has been fined a record ?7.8 million,
:20:17. > :20:18.for allowing vulnerable customers to continue betting.
:20:19. > :20:20.The Gambling Commission found people who though they'd excluded
:20:21. > :20:22.themselves from playing could still access their accounts,
:20:23. > :20:36.In one case, a person ran up debts of over ?1 million.
:20:37. > :20:38.Daniel Kaye has appeared in court, accused of launching one
:20:39. > :20:41.of the largest ever cyber attacks against UK banks, with Lloyds
:20:42. > :20:44.The 29-year-old, originally from Egham in Surrey,
:20:45. > :20:47.was extradited from Germany to face 12 charges, including blackmail
:20:48. > :20:57.In France, President Macron's government has published
:20:58. > :20:59.its controversial plans to reform the country's labour laws.
:21:00. > :21:02.The planned changes include limiting the power of the trade unions,
:21:03. > :21:03.and giving companies more flexibility to employ
:21:04. > :21:09.The President's ability to enact the reforms is likely to be seen
:21:10. > :21:12.as a prime test of his presidency, as Lucy Williamson
:21:13. > :21:20.There's nothing like electing a start-up politician as President
:21:21. > :21:25.Last month Emmanuel Macron marked the transformation of an old Paris
:21:26. > :21:28.railway station into a vast campus to support start-up entrepreneurs.
:21:29. > :21:34.It's the kind of thing the new President wants
:21:35. > :21:39.France to do more of, and companies here say his election
:21:40. > :21:47.This is something that's changed in the past few years and even more
:21:48. > :21:51.And to find that President Macron supports a lot the entrepreneurs
:21:52. > :21:59.shows that you're not alone when you're an entrepreneur.
:22:00. > :22:01.Today's labour reforms are meant to help French companies
:22:02. > :22:05.With the election of resident Macron seen by his government
:22:06. > :22:13.TRANSLATION: Nobody can seriously say that our labour laws
:22:14. > :22:16.help people get jobs, or help companies grow sustainably.
:22:17. > :22:20.For a boss or a foreign investor, our labour laws
:22:21. > :22:26.Mr Macron is not the first French President to attempt
:22:27. > :22:30.The last time it was tried, a year ago, this was the response.
:22:31. > :22:34.Only the hard-line CGT union has so far called for a strike again,
:22:35. > :22:36.but others say the door is still open if the
:22:37. > :22:47.As the economy is improving, it doesn't give real
:22:48. > :22:55.If in fact it's only a matter of asking all people
:22:56. > :22:59.to tighten their belts, when at the same time
:23:00. > :23:02.the economy is improving, of course people wouldn't understand
:23:03. > :23:10.The gloss is coming off France's new pro-business President.
:23:11. > :23:14.In the months since his election a sharp fall in approval among
:23:15. > :23:16.voters has exposed the tensions over his reforms.
:23:17. > :23:22.As President, Emmanuel Macron wanted to remain aloof,
:23:23. > :23:27.But embodying the wishes of voters from both left and right is becoming
:23:28. > :23:30.harder as his campaign vision gives way to concrete choices
:23:31. > :23:32.between reforms that please business, or protections that
:23:33. > :23:47.The ancient religious cult of voodoo has more than 30 million
:23:48. > :23:49.followers around the world, and it's a thriving presence
:23:50. > :23:52.in parts of West Africa, where it originated.
:23:53. > :23:54.With its many deities and traditions of animal sacrifice, it is,
:23:55. > :23:56.according to followers, one of the most misunderstood
:23:57. > :24:02.In the last of our series on changing Africa, Pumza Fihlani
:24:03. > :24:05.has been investigating how this form of religious belief from the small
:24:06. > :24:15.West African country of Benin continues to thrive.
:24:16. > :24:25.Rooted in the worship of nature and ancestors,
:24:26. > :24:27.it's celebrated across the world and is an official
:24:28. > :24:34.The world is changing and old traditions are often pushed
:24:35. > :24:49.This is an annual ritual, a cleansing ceremony.
:24:50. > :24:53.Devotees come together to communicate with their gods
:24:54. > :24:57.by singing, dancing and making sacrifices.
:24:58. > :24:59.It's been a long day for the voodoo devotees,
:25:00. > :25:01.who've been performing rituals since this morning.
:25:02. > :25:03.It's now 6pm and this part of the ceremony
:25:04. > :25:09.This group are boiling rings of the type you wear
:25:10. > :25:12.on your finger, in the fresh blood of goats and chickens.
:25:13. > :25:14.They believe this process will bring protection
:25:15. > :25:21.Voodoo is often misunderstood because of what people have
:25:22. > :25:26.The high priest insists it's not harmful.
:25:27. > :25:33.TRANSLATION: Voodoo is not evil, it's not the devil.
:25:34. > :25:35.If you're a believer and someone thinks badly of you,
:25:36. > :25:50.Even if the devil exists, he's not here.
:25:51. > :25:53.There are no figures for the number of devotees but everyone in Benin
:25:54. > :25:56.Even those who follow other faiths often rely on it
:25:57. > :26:08.It is from this point that thousands of African slaves were sold off
:26:09. > :26:13.They left with nothing except their belief in voodoo,
:26:14. > :26:18.which they clung to as a reminder of home.
:26:19. > :26:24.And that's why it is as popular in New Orleans as it is here in Ouidah.
:26:25. > :26:26.For many from the diaspora of West Africa, voodoo
:26:27. > :26:32.has become a connection to a neglected identity.
:26:33. > :26:35.The younger generation want to loudly proclaim,
:26:36. > :26:37.be a part of the tradition, in a way that previous
:26:38. > :26:47.generations were more intimidated and more afraid.
:26:48. > :26:50.And in the sacred forest on the edge of town,
:26:51. > :26:53.an ancient place of worship, the government has made a monument
:26:54. > :26:56.to remind the locals of their voodoo heritage.
:26:57. > :26:58.It's seen as a sign of their commitment
:26:59. > :27:10.The flaming pots are the climax of the ritual.
:27:11. > :27:12.The fire is believed to give followers a surge of power
:27:13. > :27:21.With the government supporting it at home, and the descendants
:27:22. > :27:24.of slaves embracing it abroad, the ancient voodoo tradition has
:27:25. > :27:26.found a place in the modern world, where old beliefs often
:27:27. > :27:46.In football, the Premier League's wave of summer spending
:27:47. > :27:49.is coming to an end, with the closure of the transfer
:27:50. > :27:54.So far, clubs have spent ?1.2 billion, a new record,
:27:55. > :27:57.with the possibility of more major deals before tonight's
:27:58. > :28:05.His report contains flash photography.
:28:06. > :28:09.It has been a summer spending spree like no other.
:28:10. > :28:13.Big names, with even bigger price tags, as from Manchester to Chelsea,
:28:14. > :28:16.from Arsenal to Everton, across the Premier League clubs have
:28:17. > :28:22.been splashing the cash in record quantities.
:28:23. > :28:24.And today has been their last chance.
:28:25. > :28:25.Among the movers, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
:28:26. > :28:27.swapping his Arsenal shirt for a Liverpool one,
:28:28. > :28:35.It has been a window of such staggering numbers,
:28:36. > :28:38.but fans of its biggest spenders, Manchester City, say it's worth it.
:28:39. > :28:42.That's why we pay the money, basically.
:28:43. > :28:46.We come here every match, we want to see success,
:28:47. > :28:50.Don't get me wrong, some of the fees are ridiculous.
:28:51. > :28:55.Five summers ago, Premier League clubs spent just under
:28:56. > :29:00.Last summer, the figure had more than doubled.
:29:01. > :29:02.But that record has already been broken.
:29:03. > :29:04.By this morning clubs had spent more than 1.2 billion,
:29:05. > :29:10.and by tonight's deadline, it'll be far more.
:29:11. > :29:15.Well, a 50% increase in TV money, which brought last year's
:29:16. > :29:19.title winners, Chelsea, some ?150 million.
:29:20. > :29:25.And some say that buying power could rise even further.
:29:26. > :29:27.I think we've talked for the last 20 years about the bubble
:29:28. > :29:29.potentially bursting, and it hasn't burst yet.
:29:30. > :29:31.What will happen to football rights if an Amazon,
:29:32. > :29:34.a Netflix or a Google decides that they wish to acquire
:29:35. > :29:37.the rights, we can't really predict that at the moment.
:29:38. > :29:42.But you'd expect that the value would go up even further.
:29:43. > :29:44.The summer's most jaw-dropping transfer was in France.
:29:45. > :29:48.Neymar's ?200 million move to Paris St Germain.
:29:49. > :29:50.But collectively, it's the Premier League that leads
:29:51. > :29:53.the pricing, or as some see it, the overpricing.
:29:54. > :29:56.It is mind-boggling, the figures that are about for players now.
:29:57. > :30:04.If ever it was time to be a professional footballer, it's now.
:30:05. > :30:06.And deadline day has seen yet more striking numbers.
:30:07. > :30:11.Sanchez has scored an absolute beauty!
:30:12. > :30:13.Manchester City offering 60 million for Arsenal's Alexi Sanchez.
:30:14. > :30:26.Whether he goes or not, it seems the trend to spend is here to stay.
:30:27. > :30:34.Yes, here at Manchester City they were very keen to sign Sanchez. In
:30:35. > :30:39.fact, they have made two offers over the last few days. At the moment, it
:30:40. > :30:45.seems as if the player is staying at Arsenal. We have not perhaps seen
:30:46. > :30:49.the megamoney moves we expected today but there is still half an
:30:50. > :30:50.hour until the transfer window closes, so is still time for
:30:51. > :30:54.last-minute drama. Today was the 20th anniversary
:30:55. > :30:56.of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the event that
:30:57. > :30:58.prompted a remarkable display of public grief
:30:59. > :31:02.in the late summer of 1997. People returned today
:31:03. > :31:03.to Diana's former home, Kensington Palace, to leave flowers,
:31:04. > :31:07.messages, and candles, and to insist that the princess and her work
:31:08. > :31:10.will never be forgotten. In a moment, we'll have the news
:31:11. > :31:13.where you are, but we leave you tonight with some of the day's
:31:14. > :31:16.words and images, two decades She was prepared to get stuck
:31:17. > :31:34.in and hold people and talk to them. And she wept with them
:31:35. > :31:39.as well, on occasion. She had a way of connecting
:31:40. > :31:41.with people, of all One she gave to people,
:31:42. > :31:48.and one for herself. She made me unafraid to reach out
:31:49. > :32:01.to people who were suffering, even though there was stigma
:32:02. > :32:09.attached to it. Before, I mean, it was unbelievable,
:32:10. > :32:12.the smell of the flowers.