:00:09. > :00:29.The European and the -- the European Union and the UK remain far apart.
:00:30. > :00:32.That's the verdict of the EU's chief negotiatior at the end of a third
:00:33. > :00:36.Michel Barnier says at the moment there's little common ground
:00:37. > :00:40.How can we build trust and start discussing the future relationship.
:00:41. > :00:42.But David Davis urged the EU to be more imaginative
:00:43. > :00:45.We'll have the latest live from Brussels.
:00:46. > :00:48.Theresa May dismisses criticism of her plans
:00:49. > :00:51.to lead the Conservatives at the next election.
:00:52. > :00:57.There's a long-term job to do, there's an important job to be done
:00:58. > :01:00.in the United Kingdom, we stand at a really critical time.
:01:01. > :01:03.There's an anxious wait as a chemical plant in Houston,
:01:04. > :01:07.flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey, suffers two explosions.
:01:08. > :01:10.The surrounding area has been evacuated.
:01:11. > :01:13.Millions of people are hit by heavy flooding right across South Asia,
:01:14. > :01:24.during the worst monsoon rains in decades.
:01:25. > :01:32.I live at Kensington Palace. On this day in 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales
:01:33. > :01:36.was killed in a car crash in Paris. Today Flowers have been laid at the
:01:37. > :01:39.gates of her former London home is just as they were 20 years ago.
:01:40. > :01:40.And buying success in the Premier League,
:01:41. > :01:43.as the transfer window closes on more than a billion
:01:44. > :01:46.Also in the sport on BBC News: Will Riyad Mahrez be
:01:47. > :01:50.The Premier League's 2016 Player of the Year has left Algeria's
:01:51. > :02:11.international camp to formalise a move.
:02:12. > :02:15.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:02:16. > :02:17.The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says that the EU
:02:18. > :02:20.and Britain have made no substantial breakthroughs, at the end
:02:21. > :02:24.of the third round of talks between the two sides.
:02:25. > :02:27.Speaking at a joint news conference in the past hour,
:02:28. > :02:28.Michel Barnier said both parties remained far apart,
:02:29. > :02:30.and that there is little chance of starting negotiations
:02:31. > :02:34.on a possible future trade agreement.
:02:35. > :02:37.But the Brexit Secretary David Davis urged the EU to be "more imaginative
:02:38. > :02:48.Our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from Brussels.
:02:49. > :02:54.Round three and Brexit talks are in trouble. The chief negotiator has
:02:55. > :03:03.emerged to say that on the biggest issues things have stalled.
:03:04. > :03:08.TRANSLATION: At the current state of progress, we are quite far from
:03:09. > :03:12.being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. Sufficient
:03:13. > :03:17.for me to be able to recommend to the European Council that it engaged
:03:18. > :03:24.in discussions on the future relationship between the UK and the
:03:25. > :03:29.EU at the same time. Both sides frustrated with each other, thinking
:03:30. > :03:33.they are inflexible. It is only through flexibility and imagination
:03:34. > :03:39.that we will achieve a deal that works truly for both sides. In some
:03:40. > :03:44.areas, we have found this from the commission side, which I welcome,
:03:45. > :03:49.but there remains some way to go. The two big sticking point is our
:03:50. > :03:53.first big UK's financial obligations. The UK is questioning
:03:54. > :03:58.the legal basis for what the EU says it does and although it has
:03:59. > :04:03.obligations it won't say what they are. On the trade deal, the UK says
:04:04. > :04:09.it must settle the separation first and won't even discuss one. David
:04:10. > :04:15.Davis himself hasn't been in Brussels for most of the week. He
:04:16. > :04:20.returned last night, leaving the negotiations to his officials. He
:04:21. > :04:24.hoping he can twist the arms of the EU's 27 member states so that they
:04:25. > :04:30.will talk trade. They have insisted there must be sufficient progress on
:04:31. > :04:36.the separation first. Any progress on the divorce Bill first. So the UK
:04:37. > :04:42.won't get to move forward until it satisfies that demand? I think so.
:04:43. > :04:48.The EU has been very consistent on this point. The EU is obligations
:04:49. > :04:54.must be honoured and the UK is questioning them. We have a duty to
:04:55. > :05:00.our taxpayers to interrogate the position rigorously. At this round,
:05:01. > :05:10.we presented our legal analysis. After this week, it is clear the UK
:05:11. > :05:13.does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after
:05:14. > :05:21.departure. How can we build trust and start discussing the future
:05:22. > :05:27.relationship? We need to address together the issues seriously and
:05:28. > :05:31.rigorously. For now, the EU says it's not satisfied decisive progress
:05:32. > :05:36.has not been made, and Brexit countdown is ticking.
:05:37. > :05:40.Chris Morris from the BBC Reality Check is here.
:05:41. > :05:48.Pretty frank words from Michel Barnier, no real progress it seems,
:05:49. > :05:54.so where does this leave the negotiations? Yes, a pretty gloomy
:05:55. > :05:58.atmosphere there. Two words which are crucial, sufficient progress -
:05:59. > :06:02.that is what the EU said must be made on these initial issues before
:06:03. > :06:06.we can talk about trade. The trouble is the words are deliberately vague
:06:07. > :06:13.and the British side seem to think they made abroad declaration of
:06:14. > :06:17.principles whereas the EU wants more detail. In particular the big
:06:18. > :06:22.sticking point will be money, surprise surprise. And we don't know
:06:23. > :06:28.exactly how much the EU thinks the UK should be paying as its
:06:29. > :06:33.obligation on withdrawal but you can estimate the figure of roughly 60
:06:34. > :06:37.billion euros from what it said. The EU said there is a seven-year budget
:06:38. > :06:42.period at the moment and the UK has made obligations to make payments,
:06:43. > :06:47.some of them in the future. The UK seems to have gone through that line
:06:48. > :06:51.by line and say hang on a minute, we are not committed to these things
:06:52. > :06:56.after we have left. We only accept actual payments made in every single
:06:57. > :07:01.budget year and that's a big difference of approach. Both sites
:07:02. > :07:05.will keep talking, word of the negotiations go from here? Michel
:07:06. > :07:08.Barnier it seemed to indicate he might be willing to meet more
:07:09. > :07:12.frequently but at the moment there's a fairly rigid structure for the
:07:13. > :07:17.talks and there will be one round of talks each month, the next two
:07:18. > :07:22.starting on the 18th of September and the 9th of October and they need
:07:23. > :07:27.to make progress because later in October there is an EU summit on the
:07:28. > :07:31.20th and it is there that the other 27 EU leaders will make the decision
:07:32. > :07:36.on whether sufficient progress has been made so we need movement on the
:07:37. > :07:41.money. Where will it come from? It is difficult to see at the moment.
:07:42. > :07:45.The talk is of a transition period because if there were to be a
:07:46. > :07:51.transition agreed after we have left in March 2019 for a couple of years,
:07:52. > :07:53.say, it could be that we still pay into the budget during that
:07:54. > :07:57.transition period and that money could meet some of the commitments
:07:58. > :08:01.the EU says we have made and size of the bill could get smaller. But
:08:02. > :08:05.there are some people around the Cabinet table saying what they are
:08:06. > :08:08.asking for is way too much sale at the moment they are very far apart.
:08:09. > :08:10.Chris Morris. Theresa May has further attempted
:08:11. > :08:13.to dismiss criticism of her promise to fight the next general election
:08:14. > :08:16.by insisting she is "not a quitter". Some former ministers -
:08:17. > :08:18.including Lord Heseltine - have said it would be difficult
:08:19. > :08:20.for her to continue as Prime Minister until 2022
:08:21. > :08:25.following the disastrous election. But at a news conference in Japan,
:08:26. > :08:28.where she is on a three-day visit, she emphasised there was a long term
:08:29. > :08:32.job to do. Ben Wright is travelling
:08:33. > :08:34.with the Prime Minister, And a warning that his report
:08:35. > :08:38.contains flash photography. Theresa May didn't come to Japan
:08:39. > :08:42.to bolster her leadership back home. This visit is formally focused
:08:43. > :08:49.on trade and security. And this morning, the two countries
:08:50. > :08:51.marked their close defence cooperation at a naval
:08:52. > :08:54.base near Tokyo. But Theresa May, back
:08:55. > :08:56.from her summer break, has faced speculation
:08:57. > :08:58.about her political sell-by-date since losing
:08:59. > :09:03.the Tories' majority in June. Her plan, revealed here in Japan,
:09:04. > :09:06.to lead the Tories into the next general election would see her stay
:09:07. > :09:09.in Number 10 through If, of course, her
:09:10. > :09:15.party and MPs agree. So, Theresa May ploughs
:09:16. > :09:18.on with Brexit, keen to reassure Japan's political and business
:09:19. > :09:20.leaders she does have a plan for protecting their
:09:21. > :09:27.interests in Britain. The UK, traditionally,
:09:28. > :09:29.has had very good economic But the UK of course has been
:09:30. > :09:33.a very important part of the European Union,
:09:34. > :09:35.of the European Single Market. And for many Japanese
:09:36. > :09:37.companies here in Europe, the UK was actually almost
:09:38. > :09:39.like a gateway to The Japanese government has
:09:40. > :09:43.been public and frank And, after talks with Theresa May,
:09:44. > :09:48.Japan's Prime Minister said he wanted the Brexit negotiations
:09:49. > :09:56.to be as open as possible. TRANSLATION: Japan and the UK
:09:57. > :09:59.are mutually important countries. On Brexit, our country
:10:00. > :10:01.would like to have the impact We want predictability
:10:02. > :10:05.and transparency ensured Mrs May says she's listening,
:10:06. > :10:10.so that a smooth Brexit If Mr Abe had learned more
:10:11. > :10:16.about the UK's negotiating aims, But Japan and the UK have
:10:17. > :10:22.agreed to start working And Theresa May restated her
:10:23. > :10:28.determination to stay put. There is an important job to be done
:10:29. > :10:35.in the United Kingdom. We stand at a really
:10:36. > :10:37.critical time in the UK. It's the long-term issues of trade,
:10:38. > :10:39.the consequences of Brexit, defence and security cooperation
:10:40. > :10:41.that have dominated But it's her strikingly blunt,
:10:42. > :10:47.unplanned declaration about her own political future
:10:48. > :10:49.that this trip to Japan Our Political Correspondent Iain
:10:50. > :11:09.Watson is in Westminster. How serious is Theresa May after
:11:10. > :11:15.what happened in the recent election about staying on as leader of the
:11:16. > :11:20.Tories in 2022? The simple answer is I don't think she is entirely
:11:21. > :11:24.serious. She went to Japan not to talk about her leadership ambitions,
:11:25. > :11:29.she didn't talk about leading her party into the next general election
:11:30. > :11:33.initially. She wanted to deny a very specific newspaper story that such
:11:34. > :11:37.it was setting a timetable for her departure, but in a barrage of
:11:38. > :11:42.broadcast interviews she hardened up that position so she has now indeed
:11:43. > :11:47.said she will depart into the next election and has had a few ministers
:11:48. > :11:56.coming out and publicly supporting her, not least Boris Johnson. On the
:11:57. > :12:01.other side, there has been a few voices scoffing publicly at this.
:12:02. > :12:08.Lord Heseltine one of them, Nicky Morgan, the former Education
:12:09. > :12:11.Secretary, but the majority of MPs are not saying anything publicly at
:12:12. > :12:15.all. But privately, they simply don't believe her. They don't put
:12:16. > :12:19.any more credence on the fact she would fight the next election than
:12:20. > :12:24.they did on her assurances that she wouldn't call a snap election this
:12:25. > :12:28.year. They basically think nothing much has changed and she is still in
:12:29. > :12:31.a relatively weak position but she couldn't have said anything else
:12:32. > :12:35.when asked about her future in the press. The London Evening Standard,
:12:36. > :12:41.edited by George Osborne of course who she sacked as Chancellor, has
:12:42. > :12:44.today suggested she is somehow staggering on like the living dead.
:12:45. > :12:46.Thank you. There have been two explosions
:12:47. > :12:48.at a chemical works in Texas, which was badly flooded
:12:49. > :12:50.by Tropical Storm Harvey. The owner of the plant near Houston,
:12:51. > :12:53.had warned that a loss of power meant volatile
:12:54. > :12:55.chemicals could overheat. The surrounding area
:12:56. > :12:57.has been evacuated. This report from Simon Jones
:12:58. > :13:02.contains some flashing images. Two explosions already,
:13:03. > :13:04.with the warning there The Arkema plant in Crosby
:13:05. > :13:10.is flooded, it's lost power. The volatile chemicals
:13:11. > :13:13.can't be kept cool. The owner had warned
:13:14. > :13:16.this was inevitable. Bus-loads of residents had
:13:17. > :13:18.already been moved out, fleeing not just their homes
:13:19. > :13:22.but the danger of blasts. They're being told not
:13:23. > :13:27.to return to the area. Hundreds of thousands of people have
:13:28. > :13:30.now been displaced by Harvey, The bodies of four children
:13:31. > :13:34.and their great-grandparents were discovered in this van,
:13:35. > :13:36.which had been swept The Mexican Foreign Minister
:13:37. > :13:43.on a visit to Washington has now offered to help
:13:44. > :13:48.with the relief effort. Particularly I want to thank
:13:49. > :13:50.the Government of Mexico for its offered assistance
:13:51. > :13:52.to the state of Texas. They have offered a wide
:13:53. > :13:55.range of assistance, coordinating with the governor
:13:56. > :13:58.down in Texas. The lieutenant governor of Texas has
:13:59. > :14:04.praised the way people have come Dan Patrick said hundreds
:14:05. > :14:08.of ordinary people turning up with their boats to search
:14:09. > :14:10.for survivors reminded him of the rescue operation at Dunkirk
:14:11. > :14:13.during World War II. He said the reconstruction
:14:14. > :14:15.in the city could cost up to $200 billion, and many
:14:16. > :14:20.still need urgent help. This is a nursing
:14:21. > :14:23.home in Port Arthur. Tensions were at a very high level
:14:24. > :14:26.when I came into this facility, from the relatives and even
:14:27. > :14:29.from some of the volunteers who have come to try
:14:30. > :14:34.to take these people out. And the authorities are warning
:14:35. > :14:36.the worst is not yet over, with flooding expected to continue
:14:37. > :14:38.for many more days. Let's talk to Don Champion,
:14:39. > :14:56.a reporter for CBS We heard a report suggesting things
:14:57. > :15:00.will get worse in other areas, I just wonder what's happening where
:15:01. > :15:06.you are in Houston, aren't the water is beginning to recede? Good
:15:07. > :15:10.afternoon, Clive. Certainly some of the floodwaters have started to
:15:11. > :15:15.recede across this region but the devastation is still all around this
:15:16. > :15:21.area. Some of the hardest hit areas here, the flooding might not recede
:15:22. > :15:25.from there for well over two months. Yesterday we got our first aerial
:15:26. > :15:31.view of the devastation across this region. It was breathtaking, and
:15:32. > :15:36.incredibly sad to see how many large swathes of land in this area are
:15:37. > :15:41.literally still under water. Yesterday was the first day we saw
:15:42. > :15:47.the return of the sun above the Houston area in more than five days.
:15:48. > :15:53.More than 30,000 people are still seeking safety and shelter set up
:15:54. > :15:58.around this area. More than 200 are opened here in Texas at risk power.
:15:59. > :16:02.Some families are leaving the shoulders and going elsewhere with
:16:03. > :16:06.family members in other locations and other cities but certainly the
:16:07. > :16:12.waters are starting to recede. There is a concern that as they recede the
:16:13. > :16:17.tragedy will deepen even more as officers and first responders begin
:16:18. > :16:20.to find somebody's in the water. OK, thank you.
:16:21. > :16:23.Aid agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people affected
:16:24. > :16:24.by devastating floods across South Asia.
:16:25. > :16:27.More than 1200 people are believed to have lost their lives.
:16:28. > :16:29.It's thought to be the worst monsoon season in decades,
:16:30. > :16:32.with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes in India,
:16:33. > :16:41.Weeks after the worst flooding in decades,
:16:42. > :16:43.a third of Bangladesh is still under water.
:16:44. > :16:46.Many villages in the northern part of the country still cut off.
:16:47. > :16:48.Aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected.
:16:49. > :16:54.It's a similar situation across large parts of South Asia.
:16:55. > :16:57.The eastern Indian state of Bihar has been hit the hardest.
:16:58. > :17:01.Heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water.
:17:02. > :17:05.More than 500 people have been killed here in the past few weeks.
:17:06. > :17:08.Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes,
:17:09. > :17:16.There's a lot of people still out of their homes.
:17:17. > :17:21.People are surviving and getting on with things as they can,
:17:22. > :17:27.And India's financial capital, Mumbai, a city
:17:28. > :17:30.of more than 20 million, was brought to a standstill
:17:31. > :17:33.after torrential rain hit the city on Wednesday.
:17:34. > :17:36.It left commuters stranded, transport services ground to a halt,
:17:37. > :17:45.We're in the middle of the annual monsoon season and it's been raining
:17:46. > :17:47.intensely across India, but also neighbouring
:17:48. > :17:49.Nepal and Bangladesh, for the past several weeks.
:17:50. > :17:53.It's caused the worst flooding in decades and it's led
:17:54. > :17:58.to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region.
:17:59. > :18:02.South Asia is not unused to floods, especially at this time of the year,
:18:03. > :18:07.but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant the authorities
:18:08. > :18:17.A doctor has appeared in court, charged with more
:18:18. > :18:22.Manish Shah, who's 47, from Romford in Essex,
:18:23. > :18:25.is accused of sexually assaulting more than 50 people, at a medical
:18:26. > :18:32.Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has the story.
:18:33. > :18:35.This was the first time that the 47-year-old east London GP
:18:36. > :18:38.has had to attend court and answer the 118 charges of sexual
:18:39. > :18:45.Manish Shah has been charged with so many offences against 54
:18:46. > :18:48.of his patients that it would have taken too long to read them
:18:49. > :18:53.all in court, so the deputy district judge just heard a summary.
:18:54. > :18:55.The doctor said he would plead not guilty to all the charges,
:18:56. > :18:59.one of which involves a child under 13.
:19:00. > :19:02.Throughout the time Dr Shah is accused of committing
:19:03. > :19:05.the offences, he was living here in a detached house not far
:19:06. > :19:13.The GP practice is in the London Borough of Havering,
:19:14. > :19:16.but for legal reasons the media have been asked not to name it.
:19:17. > :19:20.The alleged offences all took place between June 2004 and July 2013,
:19:21. > :19:28.Manish Shah was released on bail and told he would stand trial
:19:29. > :19:33.on the 118 sexual offence charges at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
:19:34. > :19:35.The General Medical Council suspended him from working
:19:36. > :19:43.Daniel Sandford, BBC News, at Barkingside Magistrates' Court.
:19:44. > :19:49.The EU's chief negotiator says both sides remain far apart,
:19:50. > :19:55.at the end of a third round of talks over Brexit.
:19:56. > :20:04.until midnight to sign up for 30 hours of free care,
:20:05. > :20:06.but some nurseries warn they'll struggle to cope.
:20:07. > :20:09.Coming up in sport: Premier League clubs are amongst those battling
:20:10. > :20:11.to do last-minute deals, on the final day of
:20:12. > :20:23.Could Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez be making a move to Manchester City?
:20:24. > :20:26.It was 20 years ago to the day that Diana, Princess of Wales died
:20:27. > :20:30.The vehicle she was travelling in was being pursued
:20:31. > :20:34.Well, several public events are taking place
:20:35. > :20:37.to commemorate the anniversary, and members of the public have been
:20:38. > :20:42.gathering outside Kensington Palace, leaving cards and floral tributes.
:20:43. > :20:44.Her sons, Princes William and Harry, are marking
:20:45. > :20:48.Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has been recalling
:20:49. > :20:51.events of that day in Paris, with new insights from the then
:20:52. > :20:58.The news had come in the early hours of the morning.
:20:59. > :21:01.Diana, Princess of Wales had been involved in a serious
:21:02. > :21:05.As the world waited for news, the then British ambassador
:21:06. > :21:08.to France, Lord Michael Jay, was at the hospital
:21:09. > :21:13.with France's Interior Minister, Jean-Pierre Chevenement.
:21:14. > :21:17.As time moved on, it became clear it was more serious than we thought,
:21:18. > :21:22.and then Chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came
:21:23. > :21:27.He came up to me and said, "I'm afraid she's dead."
:21:28. > :21:32.Later in the day, the Prince of Wales arrived at the hospital
:21:33. > :21:34.to bring Diana's body back to Britain.
:21:35. > :21:37.It had been Charles who'd had to break the news to William
:21:38. > :21:39.and Harry that their mother had been killed.
:21:40. > :21:41.20 years on, Lord Jay recalls the conversations
:21:42. > :21:47.He was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked
:21:48. > :21:52.a little bit about what it had been like in Balmoral that morning.
:21:53. > :21:55.He said how Prince William had wanted to go to
:21:56. > :21:58.church that morning - which was not, he said,
:21:59. > :22:01.something Prince William always wanted to do on a Sunday morning -
:22:02. > :22:07.But throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do
:22:08. > :22:11.what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had
:22:12. > :22:18.It was a week when many people struggled, not least, says Lord Jay,
:22:19. > :22:24.The nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me,
:22:25. > :22:27.with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief
:22:28. > :22:33.Lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it's Diana's
:22:34. > :22:36.sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody
:22:37. > :22:40.the style of monarchy people want for the future.
:22:41. > :22:42.Yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother
:22:43. > :22:44.which had been placed outside Kensington Palace.
:22:45. > :22:49.20 years on, Diana's impact is still very real.
:22:50. > :22:57.In a moment we'll hear from my colleague Simon McCoy
:22:58. > :23:00.But first let's talk to our Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield,
:23:01. > :23:03.who's by the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, where the crash
:23:04. > :23:18.How are the French marking the anniversary? Well, if you've been to
:23:19. > :23:24.Paris at all in the last 20 years you will notice flame has become the
:23:25. > :23:27.almost official memorial for the Diana tragedy, because it was in the
:23:28. > :23:34.tunnel underneath where I'm standing now that the limousine crashed 20
:23:35. > :23:36.years ago, driven by Henri Paul, pursued by the paparazzi. Then
:23:37. > :23:40.starting the whole process of warning and the investigation and
:23:41. > :23:45.the conspiracy theories and so on. -- the process of mourning. Normally
:23:46. > :23:48.this place is deserted, frankly. There are a few pictures that are
:23:49. > :23:53.kept there but the rush of people that we are used to seeing in the
:23:54. > :23:55.early years has long since dried up, but today, it's different. I don't
:23:56. > :23:59.know if it's the presence of television cameras or the fact the
:24:00. > :24:02.news is being reported on international media, but there's an
:24:03. > :24:08.awful lot of people passing along here today. Mainly tourists, it has
:24:09. > :24:13.to be said. The river ride ends on the quayside here, I get the
:24:14. > :24:17.impression people are coming over and saying, oh, yes, of course, it's
:24:18. > :24:22.20 years. That's what happened. Other more faithful people have been
:24:23. > :24:28.here as well, because there are more floral tributes, 20 year anniversary
:24:29. > :24:38.cards and so on, all to show that the mess and the legend and the
:24:39. > :24:40.memory of her does live on asked myth lives on.
:24:41. > :24:52.We are getting a reminder of the scenes we saw in 1997, at Kensington
:24:53. > :24:55.Palace? We are a bit but it's a mix of people. There are those who
:24:56. > :24:59.followed Diana around in life, who held a very English ceremony behind
:25:00. > :25:02.me, putting a cake and handing out champagne. Then there are those who
:25:03. > :25:13.are walking through a London park on a sunny day, who may take a look at
:25:14. > :25:16.the tributes and read the tributes on the gates behind me. Then there's
:25:17. > :25:19.that other group of people, those bringing flowers to lay at the gates
:25:20. > :25:22.to have a private moment or two as they remember Diana 20 years on.
:25:23. > :25:25.That's the bit that reminds you most of all of what happened here 20
:25:26. > :25:28.years ago, when the sea of flowers spread across in the gardens in
:25:29. > :25:32.front of me, but also the shock of what happened 20 years ago when the
:25:33. > :25:35.news broke of the car crash in Paris. The shock that gave way to
:25:36. > :25:40.anger, as people focused on the paparazzi and the press, and that
:25:41. > :25:43.anger in turn as Nicholas Witchell was explaining, turning onto the
:25:44. > :25:48.monarchy and the Queen herself. It was a very strange week. Above it
:25:49. > :25:53.all was the grief, the grief of losing a woman who later on this Day
:25:54. > :25:56.20 years ago the new Prime Minister, who had been in office for four
:25:57. > :26:00.months, Tony Blair described as the people's Princess and if you talk
:26:01. > :26:06.about a legacy here, it's summed up as William and Harry. Indeed, Simon
:26:07. > :26:09.McQuoid at Kensington Palace and Hugh Schofield in Paris -- Simon
:26:10. > :26:11.McCoy. A special court in Pakistan has
:26:12. > :26:13.cleared five men of conspiring to murder the former
:26:14. > :26:15.Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, She was assassinated shortly
:26:16. > :26:19.after returning to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile
:26:20. > :26:22.ten years ago. Two senior police officers
:26:23. > :26:24.were convicted of negligence The former Pakistani president,
:26:25. > :26:29.Pervez Musharraf, who's also facing murder charges,
:26:30. > :26:31.was declared a fugitive The online gambling company 888
:26:32. > :26:40.has been fined a record ?7.8 million for failing
:26:41. > :26:46.to protect vulnerable customers. The Gambling Commission found that
:26:47. > :26:49.more than 7000 customers, despite opting out of playing,
:26:50. > :26:51.were still able to It says there were "significant
:26:52. > :26:55.flaws" in the firm's procedures to protect people
:26:56. > :27:02.from gambling-related harm. Today is the deadline for working
:27:03. > :27:05.parents of three and four year olds in England to apply for 30 hours
:27:06. > :27:09.of free childcare a week. The extra costs will be paid
:27:10. > :27:11.for by the government. But a leading educational
:27:12. > :27:13.charity says the funding so far isn't enough,
:27:14. > :27:16.and some nurseries will struggle Ministers say pilot schemes do show
:27:17. > :27:22.nurseries are willing and able Our Midlands correspondent
:27:23. > :27:29.Sima Kotecha reports. A promise from the Government -
:27:30. > :27:32.30 hours of free childcare per week It just makes you feel
:27:33. > :27:36.more worthwhile actually It'd be very easy not
:27:37. > :27:40.to work and not to have to pay the nursery fees,
:27:41. > :27:43.because it is a huge bulk of money But it makes you feel more empowered
:27:44. > :27:47.to actually go and work full-time, because you've got the help
:27:48. > :27:52.from the Government for 30 hours. It would just be beneficial
:27:53. > :27:54.for parents that are trying We just want the minimal support,
:27:55. > :28:00.just so that we can work and it not Tens of thousands of parents
:28:01. > :28:06.are entitled to this childcare, which is double the number of hours
:28:07. > :28:08.they used to get. However, some parents have told us
:28:09. > :28:11.that ever since they've been able to sign up to the scheme,
:28:12. > :28:15.there have been problems. At one point, its website
:28:16. > :28:17.wasn't working properly, and that stopped parents
:28:18. > :28:20.from receiving a code which is There have also been
:28:21. > :28:24.concerns about how nurseries will pay for the service,
:28:25. > :28:27.with some saying the money ministers Here, they say, they're
:28:28. > :28:33.struggling to stay afloat. We cannot afford to
:28:34. > :28:37.offer any totally free What we can do is offer
:28:38. > :28:43.the subsidised element, and round that up with charging
:28:44. > :28:46.for meals and the extras that we provide here
:28:47. > :28:51.like French and drama and yoga The Government says the policy
:28:52. > :28:56.is already having a positive impact in the areas that have trialled it
:28:57. > :29:00.since last year, and that independent analysis shows most
:29:01. > :29:02.providers were both willing and able There is ?1 billion per year
:29:03. > :29:09.going into this by 2020, and we put additional funding
:29:10. > :29:12.in in response to some of the nurseries that said
:29:13. > :29:14.it wasn't sufficient. Indeed, you know, the fact
:29:15. > :29:16.that we piloted it and delivered already in 15,000 places I think
:29:17. > :29:19.bodes well for the 200,000 parents who've signed up already
:29:20. > :29:23.on the scheme to start in September. But a survey out today suggests 40%
:29:24. > :29:26.of nurseries are worried they'll have to close down because the cash
:29:27. > :29:29.they're given, they say, isn't Sima Kotecher, BBC
:29:30. > :29:38.News, Warwickshire. Tonight the Premier League's summer
:29:39. > :29:40.spending spree ends, with the closure of what's been
:29:41. > :29:42.the most expensive The clubs are expected to have spent
:29:43. > :29:48.close to ?1 billion. It's the last opportunity
:29:49. > :29:51.for signings, until January. Our sports correspondent
:29:52. > :30:05.David Ornstein is at the BBC One wonders if it's all money well
:30:06. > :30:08.spent? They've already passed that ?1.2 billion mark, quite eye
:30:09. > :30:14.watering really, isn't it? The summer started with the likes of
:30:15. > :30:18.Romelu Lukaku joining the Manchester United for ?75 million. Alvaro
:30:19. > :30:23.Negredo to Chelsea, Alexander Lacazette to Arsenal. Today, the
:30:24. > :30:26.done deal so far is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain leaving Arsenal
:30:27. > :30:29.for Liverpool, the England international, an early deal worth
:30:30. > :30:34.?35 million. What's still to come in the next 9.5 hours, well, Alexis
:30:35. > :30:37.Sanchez also of Arsenal is the key name on every body's blips because
:30:38. > :30:41.he is a target for Manchester City. He wants to go. Manchester City
:30:42. > :30:46.wanting. It's whether Arsenal will let him go and find a replacement.
:30:47. > :30:53.Nine and a half hours to go, ?1.2 billion already spent. David
:30:54. > :30:54.Ornstein in Salford, thanks. Worth every penny, Nick Miller with the
:30:55. > :31:05.weather. There's more rain around today. We
:31:06. > :31:11.are squeezing out rain before the month is done. Today is the last
:31:12. > :31:14.month of what meteorologists call summer, so provisional statistics
:31:15. > :31:19.show some overall has been wetter than average. It's been a cool
:31:20. > :31:25.August. But then again, June was quite warm. They are a bit offset.
:31:26. > :31:29.Overall it Wood looks like summer will turn out to be slightly warmer
:31:30. > :31:34.than average but more mediocre than marvellous memories of summer 2017.
:31:35. > :31:39.Today, we are dodging the downpours. We are certainly seeing some really
:31:40. > :31:41.heavy thundery downpours out there, slow-moving and light winds. They
:31:42. > :31:46.tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny spells in between. As we
:31:47. > :31:49.go through the afternoon, late afternoon and evening, or Western
:31:50. > :31:52.Scotland and Northern Ireland, most showers will start to fade. Some
:31:53. > :31:55.hefty ones in north-east England at the moment, some will continue.
:31:56. > :32:00.They've eased in north-west England after a wet start of the day. Some
:32:01. > :32:05.dotted about in Wales, thundery and developing more widely in south-east
:32:06. > :32:10.England and East Anglia, the risk of hail in these as well. It will be
:32:11. > :32:14.warmer for some in East England -- south-east England compared to
:32:15. > :32:17.yesterday. Some places may miss the showers. Tonight they'll fade
:32:18. > :32:21.quickly, after Darty -- after dark it will turn chilly. Temperatures
:32:22. > :32:28.lower than this in rural spots, down to mid single figures in a few
:32:29. > :32:32.places. Tomorrow, chilly start but plenty of sunshine to begin the day.
:32:33. > :32:36.Some cloud will build, like today. The showers are not going to be
:32:37. > :32:40.evenly distributed, mostly in the Pennines and north-east England,
:32:41. > :32:42.East Midlands and East Anglia. Some slow-moving thundery downpours.
:32:43. > :32:47.Elsewhere the chance of a shower but you are more likely to escape them
:32:48. > :32:50.and stay dry and see some of the presently warm spells. This is
:32:51. > :32:53.Friday evening, where we are seeing the showers develop they will
:32:54. > :32:58.gradually fade, especially after dark. Friday night could be even
:32:59. > :33:01.colder, some spots close to freezing Saturday begins. High-pressure
:33:02. > :33:05.giving a fine start to the weekend. I'm hiding something behind me, a
:33:06. > :33:09.weather front. They will come in later in the weekend. Saturday, a
:33:10. > :33:14.lot of fine weather but the breeze picking up in Northern Ireland on
:33:15. > :33:16.Saturday night, the moves in and it spreads east during Sunday. It may
:33:17. > :33:20.avoid easternmost parts but even here it will cloud over after a
:33:21. > :33:27.sunny start. Today is the last day of the three-month meteorologists
:33:28. > :33:28.call summer. Why do they do that? It riles some people. Find an explainer
:33:29. > :33:30.on our website. A reminder of our main
:33:31. > :33:34.story this lunchtime. The EU's chief negotiator says both
:33:35. > :33:36.sides remain far apart - at the end of a third
:33:37. > :33:42.round of talks over Brexit. Now on BBC One, let's join our news
:33:43. > :33:48.teams where you are.