31/08/2017 BBC News at One

The European and the -- the European Union and the UK remain far apart.

That's the verdict of the EU's chief negotiatior at the end of a third

Michel Barnier says at the moment there's little common ground

How can we build trust and start discussing the future relationship.

But David Davis urged the EU to be more imaginative

We'll have the latest live from Brussels.

Theresa May dismisses criticism of her plans

to lead the Conservatives at the next election.

There's a long-term job to do, there's an important job to be done

in the United Kingdom, we stand at a really critical time.

There's an anxious wait as a chemical plant in Houston,

flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey, suffers two explosions.

The surrounding area has been evacuated.

Millions of people are hit by heavy flooding right across South Asia,

during the worst monsoon rains in decades.

I live at Kensington Palace. On this day in 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales

was killed in a car crash in Paris. Today Flowers have been laid at the

gates of her former London home is just as they were 20 years ago.

And buying success in the Premier League,

as the transfer window closes on more than a billion

Also in the sport on BBC News: Will Riyad Mahrez be

The Premier League's 2016 Player of the Year has left Algeria's

international camp to formalise a move.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says that the EU

and Britain have made no substantial breakthroughs, at the end

of the third round of talks between the two sides.

Speaking at a joint news conference in the past hour,

Michel Barnier said both parties remained far apart,

and that there is little chance of starting negotiations

on a possible future trade agreement.

But the Brexit Secretary David Davis urged the EU to be "more imaginative

Our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from Brussels.

Round three and Brexit talks are in trouble. The chief negotiator has

emerged to say that on the biggest issues things have stalled.

TRANSLATION: At the current state of progress, we are quite far from

being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. Sufficient

for me to be able to recommend to the European Council that it engaged

in discussions on the future relationship between the UK and the

EU at the same time. Both sides frustrated with each other, thinking

they are inflexible. It is only through flexibility and imagination

that we will achieve a deal that works truly for both sides. In some

areas, we have found this from the commission side, which I welcome,

but there remains some way to go. The two big sticking point is our

first big UK's financial obligations. The UK is questioning

the legal basis for what the EU says it does and although it has

obligations it won't say what they are. On the trade deal, the UK says

it must settle the separation first and won't even discuss one. David

Davis himself hasn't been in Brussels for most of the week. He

returned last night, leaving the negotiations to his officials. He

hoping he can twist the arms of the EU's 27 member states so that they

will talk trade. They have insisted there must be sufficient progress on

the separation first. Any progress on the divorce Bill first. So the UK

won't get to move forward until it satisfies that demand? I think so.

The EU has been very consistent on this point. The EU is obligations

must be honoured and the UK is questioning them. We have a duty to

our taxpayers to interrogate the position rigorously. At this round,

we presented our legal analysis. After this week, it is clear the UK

does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after

departure. How can we build trust and start discussing the future

relationship? We need to address together the issues seriously and

rigorously. For now, the EU says it's not satisfied decisive progress

has not been made, and Brexit countdown is ticking.

Chris Morris from the BBC Reality Check is here.

Pretty frank words from Michel Barnier, no real progress it seems,

so where does this leave the negotiations? Yes, a pretty gloomy

atmosphere there. Two words which are crucial, sufficient progress -

that is what the EU said must be made on these initial issues before

we can talk about trade. The trouble is the words are deliberately vague

and the British side seem to think they made abroad declaration of

principles whereas the EU wants more detail. In particular the big

sticking point will be money, surprise surprise. And we don't know

exactly how much the EU thinks the UK should be paying as its

obligation on withdrawal but you can estimate the figure of roughly 60

billion euros from what it said. The EU said there is a seven-year budget

period at the moment and the UK has made obligations to make payments,

some of them in the future. The UK seems to have gone through that line

by line and say hang on a minute, we are not committed to these things

after we have left. We only accept actual payments made in every single

budget year and that's a big difference of approach. Both sites

will keep talking, word of the negotiations go from here? Michel

Barnier it seemed to indicate he might be willing to meet more

frequently but at the moment there's a fairly rigid structure for the

talks and there will be one round of talks each month, the next two

starting on the 18th of September and the 9th of October and they need

to make progress because later in October there is an EU summit on the

20th and it is there that the other 27 EU leaders will make the decision

on whether sufficient progress has been made so we need movement on the

money. Where will it come from? It is difficult to see at the moment.

The talk is of a transition period because if there were to be a

transition agreed after we have left in March 2019 for a couple of years,

say, it could be that we still pay into the budget during that

transition period and that money could meet some of the commitments

the EU says we have made and size of the bill could get smaller. But

there are some people around the Cabinet table saying what they are

asking for is way too much sale at the moment they are very far apart.

Chris Morris. Theresa May has further attempted

to dismiss criticism of her promise to fight the next general election

by insisting she is "not a quitter". Some former ministers -

including Lord Heseltine - have said it would be difficult

for her to continue as Prime Minister until 2022

following the disastrous election. But at a news conference in Japan,

where she is on a three-day visit, she emphasised there was a long term

job to do. Ben Wright is travelling

with the Prime Minister, And a warning that his report

contains flash photography. Theresa May didn't come to Japan

to bolster her leadership back home. This visit is formally focused

on trade and security. And this morning, the two countries

marked their close defence cooperation at a naval

base near Tokyo. But Theresa May, back

from her summer break, has faced speculation

about her political sell-by-date since losing

the Tories' majority in June. Her plan, revealed here in Japan,

to lead the Tories into the next general election would see her stay

in Number 10 through If, of course, her

party and MPs agree. So, Theresa May ploughs

on with Brexit, keen to reassure Japan's political and business

leaders she does have a plan for protecting their

interests in Britain. The UK, traditionally,

has had very good economic But the UK of course has been

a very important part of the European Union,

of the European Single Market. And for many Japanese

companies here in Europe, the UK was actually almost

like a gateway to The Japanese government has

been public and frank And, after talks with Theresa May,

Japan's Prime Minister said he wanted the Brexit negotiations

to be as open as possible. TRANSLATION: Japan and the UK

are mutually important countries. On Brexit, our country

would like to have the impact We want predictability

and transparency ensured Mrs May says she's listening,

so that a smooth Brexit If Mr Abe had learned more

about the UK's negotiating aims, But Japan and the UK have

agreed to start working And Theresa May restated her

determination to stay put. There is an important job to be done

in the United Kingdom. We stand at a really

critical time in the UK. It's the long-term issues of trade,

the consequences of Brexit, defence and security cooperation

that have dominated But it's her strikingly blunt,

unplanned declaration about her own political future

that this trip to Japan Our Political Correspondent Iain

Watson is in Westminster. How serious is Theresa May after

what happened in the recent election about staying on as leader of the

Tories in 2022? The simple answer is I don't think she is entirely

serious. She went to Japan not to talk about her leadership ambitions,

she didn't talk about leading her party into the next general election

initially. She wanted to deny a very specific newspaper story that such

it was setting a timetable for her departure, but in a barrage of

broadcast interviews she hardened up that position so she has now indeed

said she will depart into the next election and has had a few ministers

coming out and publicly supporting her, not least Boris Johnson. On the

other side, there has been a few voices scoffing publicly at this.

Lord Heseltine one of them, Nicky Morgan, the former Education

Secretary, but the majority of MPs are not saying anything publicly at

all. But privately, they simply don't believe her. They don't put

any more credence on the fact she would fight the next election than

they did on her assurances that she wouldn't call a snap election this

year. They basically think nothing much has changed and she is still in

a relatively weak position but she couldn't have said anything else

when asked about her future in the press. The London Evening Standard,

edited by George Osborne of course who she sacked as Chancellor, has

today suggested she is somehow staggering on like the living dead.

Thank you. There have been two explosions

at a chemical works in Texas, which was badly flooded

by Tropical Storm Harvey. The owner of the plant near Houston,

had warned that a loss of power meant volatile

chemicals could overheat. The surrounding area

has been evacuated. This report from Simon Jones

contains some flashing images. Two explosions already,

with the warning there The Arkema plant in Crosby

is flooded, it's lost power. The volatile chemicals

can't be kept cool. The owner had warned

this was inevitable. Bus-loads of residents had

already been moved out, fleeing not just their homes

but the danger of blasts. They're being told not

to return to the area. Hundreds of thousands of people have

now been displaced by Harvey, The bodies of four children

and their great-grandparents were discovered in this van,

which had been swept The Mexican Foreign Minister

on a visit to Washington has now offered to help

with the relief effort. Particularly I want to thank

the Government of Mexico for its offered assistance

to the state of Texas. They have offered a wide

range of assistance, coordinating with the governor

down in Texas. The lieutenant governor of Texas has

praised the way people have come Dan Patrick said hundreds

of ordinary people turning up with their boats to search

for survivors reminded him of the rescue operation at Dunkirk

during World War II. He said the reconstruction

in the city could cost up to $200 billion, and many

still need urgent help. This is a nursing

home in Port Arthur. Tensions were at a very high level

when I came into this facility, from the relatives and even

from some of the volunteers who have come to try

to take these people out. And the authorities are warning

the worst is not yet over, with flooding expected to continue

for many more days. Let's talk to Don Champion,

a reporter for CBS We heard a report suggesting things

will get worse in other areas, I just wonder what's happening where

you are in Houston, aren't the water is beginning to recede? Good

afternoon, Clive. Certainly some of the floodwaters have started to

recede across this region but the devastation is still all around this

area. Some of the hardest hit areas here, the flooding might not recede

from there for well over two months. Yesterday we got our first aerial

view of the devastation across this region. It was breathtaking, and

incredibly sad to see how many large swathes of land in this area are

literally still under water. Yesterday was the first day we saw

the return of the sun above the Houston area in more than five days.

More than 30,000 people are still seeking safety and shelter set up

around this area. More than 200 are opened here in Texas at risk power.

Some families are leaving the shoulders and going elsewhere with

family members in other locations and other cities but certainly the

waters are starting to recede. There is a concern that as they recede the

tragedy will deepen even more as officers and first responders begin

to find somebody's in the water. OK, thank you.

Aid agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people affected

by devastating floods across South Asia.

More than 1200 people are believed to have lost their lives.

It's thought to be the worst monsoon season in decades,

with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes in India,

Weeks after the worst flooding in decades,

a third of Bangladesh is still under water.

Many villages in the northern part of the country still cut off.

Aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected.

It's a similar situation across large parts of South Asia.

The eastern Indian state of Bihar has been hit the hardest.

Heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water.

More than 500 people have been killed here in the past few weeks.

Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes,

There's a lot of people still out of their homes.

People are surviving and getting on with things as they can,

And India's financial capital, Mumbai, a city

of more than 20 million, was brought to a standstill

after torrential rain hit the city on Wednesday.

It left commuters stranded, transport services ground to a halt,

We're in the middle of the annual monsoon season and it's been raining

intensely across India, but also neighbouring

Nepal and Bangladesh, for the past several weeks.

It's caused the worst flooding in decades and it's led

to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region.

South Asia is not unused to floods, especially at this time of the year,

but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant the authorities

A doctor has appeared in court, charged with more

Manish Shah, who's 47, from Romford in Essex,

is accused of sexually assaulting more than 50 people, at a medical

Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has the story.

This was the first time that the 47-year-old east London GP

has had to attend court and answer the 118 charges of sexual

Manish Shah has been charged with so many offences against 54

of his patients that it would have taken too long to read them

all in court, so the deputy district judge just heard a summary.

The doctor said he would plead not guilty to all the charges,

one of which involves a child under 13.

Throughout the time Dr Shah is accused of committing

the offences, he was living here in a detached house not far

The GP practice is in the London Borough of Havering,

but for legal reasons the media have been asked not to name it.

The alleged offences all took place between June 2004 and July 2013,

Manish Shah was released on bail and told he would stand trial

on the 118 sexual offence charges at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

The General Medical Council suspended him from working

Daniel Sandford, BBC News, at Barkingside Magistrates' Court.

The EU's chief negotiator says both sides remain far apart,

at the end of a third round of talks over Brexit.

until midnight to sign up for 30 hours of free care,

but some nurseries warn they'll struggle to cope.

Coming up in sport: Premier League clubs are amongst those battling

to do last-minute deals, on the final day of

Could Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez be making a move to Manchester City?

It was 20 years ago to the day that Diana, Princess of Wales died

The vehicle she was travelling in was being pursued

Well, several public events are taking place

to commemorate the anniversary, and members of the public have been

gathering outside Kensington Palace, leaving cards and floral tributes.

Her sons, Princes William and Harry, are marking

Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has been recalling

events of that day in Paris, with new insights from the then

The news had come in the early hours of the morning.

Diana, Princess of Wales had been involved in a serious

As the world waited for news, the then British ambassador

to France, Lord Michael Jay, was at the hospital

with France's Interior Minister, Jean-Pierre Chevenement.

As time moved on, it became clear it was more serious than we thought,

and then Chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came

He came up to me and said, "I'm afraid she's dead."

Later in the day, the Prince of Wales arrived at the hospital

to bring Diana's body back to Britain.

It had been Charles who'd had to break the news to William

and Harry that their mother had been killed.

20 years on, Lord Jay recalls the conversations

He was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked

a little bit about what it had been like in Balmoral that morning.

He said how Prince William had wanted to go to

church that morning - which was not, he said,

something Prince William always wanted to do on a Sunday morning -

But throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do

what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had

It was a week when many people struggled, not least, says Lord Jay,

The nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me,

with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief

Lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it's Diana's

sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody

the style of monarchy people want for the future.

Yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother

which had been placed outside Kensington Palace.

20 years on, Diana's impact is still very real.

In a moment we'll hear from my colleague Simon McCoy

But first let's talk to our Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield,

who's by the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, where the crash

How are the French marking the anniversary? Well, if you've been to

Paris at all in the last 20 years you will notice flame has become the

almost official memorial for the Diana tragedy, because it was in the

tunnel underneath where I'm standing now that the limousine crashed 20

years ago, driven by Henri Paul, pursued by the paparazzi. Then

starting the whole process of warning and the investigation and

the conspiracy theories and so on. -- the process of mourning. Normally

this place is deserted, frankly. There are a few pictures that are

kept there but the rush of people that we are used to seeing in the

early years has long since dried up, but today, it's different. I don't

know if it's the presence of television cameras or the fact the

news is being reported on international media, but there's an

awful lot of people passing along here today. Mainly tourists, it has

to be said. The river ride ends on the quayside here, I get the

impression people are coming over and saying, oh, yes, of course, it's

20 years. That's what happened. Other more faithful people have been

here as well, because there are more floral tributes, 20 year anniversary

cards and so on, all to show that the mess and the legend and the

memory of her does live on asked myth lives on.

We are getting a reminder of the scenes we saw in 1997, at Kensington

Palace? We are a bit but it's a mix of people. There are those who

followed Diana around in life, who held a very English ceremony behind

me, putting a cake and handing out champagne. Then there are those who

are walking through a London park on a sunny day, who may take a look at

the tributes and read the tributes on the gates behind me. Then there's

that other group of people, those bringing flowers to lay at the gates

to have a private moment or two as they remember Diana 20 years on.

That's the bit that reminds you most of all of what happened here 20

years ago, when the sea of flowers spread across in the gardens in

front of me, but also the shock of what happened 20 years ago when the

news broke of the car crash in Paris. The shock that gave way to

anger, as people focused on the paparazzi and the press, and that

anger in turn as Nicholas Witchell was explaining, turning onto the

monarchy and the Queen herself. It was a very strange week. Above it

all was the grief, the grief of losing a woman who later on this Day

20 years ago the new Prime Minister, who had been in office for four

months, Tony Blair described as the people's Princess and if you talk

about a legacy here, it's summed up as William and Harry. Indeed, Simon

McQuoid at Kensington Palace and Hugh Schofield in Paris -- Simon

McCoy. A special court in Pakistan has

cleared five men of conspiring to murder the former

Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, She was assassinated shortly

after returning to Pakistan from a self-imposed exile

ten years ago. Two senior police officers

were convicted of negligence The former Pakistani president,

Pervez Musharraf, who's also facing murder charges,

was declared a fugitive The online gambling company 888

has been fined a record ?7.8 million for failing

to protect vulnerable customers. The Gambling Commission found that

more than 7000 customers, despite opting out of playing,

were still able to It says there were "significant

flaws" in the firm's procedures to protect people

from gambling-related harm. Today is the deadline for working

parents of three and four year olds in England to apply for 30 hours

of free childcare a week. The extra costs will be paid

for by the government. But a leading educational

charity says the funding so far isn't enough,

and some nurseries will struggle Ministers say pilot schemes do show

nurseries are willing and able Our Midlands correspondent

Sima Kotecha reports. A promise from the Government -

30 hours of free childcare per week It just makes you feel

more worthwhile actually It'd be very easy not

to work and not to have to pay the nursery fees,

because it is a huge bulk of money But it makes you feel more empowered

to actually go and work full-time, because you've got the help

from the Government for 30 hours. It would just be beneficial

for parents that are trying We just want the minimal support,

just so that we can work and it not Tens of thousands of parents

are entitled to this childcare, which is double the number of hours

they used to get. However, some parents have told us

that ever since they've been able to sign up to the scheme,

there have been problems. At one point, its website

wasn't working properly, and that stopped parents

from receiving a code which is There have also been

concerns about how nurseries will pay for the service,

with some saying the money ministers Here, they say, they're

struggling to stay afloat. We cannot afford to

offer any totally free What we can do is offer

the subsidised element, and round that up with charging

for meals and the extras that we provide here

like French and drama and yoga The Government says the policy

is already having a positive impact in the areas that have trialled it

since last year, and that independent analysis shows most

providers were both willing and able There is ?1 billion per year

going into this by 2020, and we put additional funding

in in response to some of the nurseries that said

it wasn't sufficient. Indeed, you know, the fact

that we piloted it and delivered already in 15,000 places I think

bodes well for the 200,000 parents who've signed up already

on the scheme to start in September. But a survey out today suggests 40%

of nurseries are worried they'll have to close down because the cash

they're given, they say, isn't Sima Kotecher, BBC

News, Warwickshire. Tonight the Premier League's summer

spending spree ends, with the closure of what's been

the most expensive The clubs are expected to have spent

close to ?1 billion. It's the last opportunity

for signings, until January. Our sports correspondent

David Ornstein is at the BBC One wonders if it's all money well

spent? They've already passed that ?1.2 billion mark, quite eye

watering really, isn't it? The summer started with the likes of

Romelu Lukaku joining the Manchester United for ?75 million. Alvaro

Negredo to Chelsea, Alexander Lacazette to Arsenal. Today, the

done deal so far is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain leaving Arsenal

for Liverpool, the England international, an early deal worth

?35 million. What's still to come in the next 9.5 hours, well, Alexis

Sanchez also of Arsenal is the key name on every body's blips because

he is a target for Manchester City. He wants to go. Manchester City

wanting. It's whether Arsenal will let him go and find a replacement.

Nine and a half hours to go, ?1.2 billion already spent. David

Ornstein in Salford, thanks. Worth every penny, Nick Miller with the

weather. There's more rain around today. We

are squeezing out rain before the month is done. Today is the last

month of what meteorologists call summer, so provisional statistics

show some overall has been wetter than average. It's been a cool

August. But then again, June was quite warm. They are a bit offset.

Overall it Wood looks like summer will turn out to be slightly warmer

than average but more mediocre than marvellous memories of summer 2017.

Today, we are dodging the downpours. We are certainly seeing some really

heavy thundery downpours out there, slow-moving and light winds. They

tend to stick around. Some fairly warm sunny spells in between. As we

go through the afternoon, late afternoon and evening, or Western

Scotland and Northern Ireland, most showers will start to fade. Some

hefty ones in north-east England at the moment, some will continue.

They've eased in north-west England after a wet start of the day. Some

dotted about in Wales, thundery and developing more widely in south-east

England and East Anglia, the risk of hail in these as well. It will be

warmer for some in East England -- south-east England compared to

yesterday. Some places may miss the showers. Tonight they'll fade

quickly, after Darty -- after dark it will turn chilly. Temperatures

lower than this in rural spots, down to mid single figures in a few

places. Tomorrow, chilly start but plenty of sunshine to begin the day.

Some cloud will build, like today. The showers are not going to be

evenly distributed, mostly in the Pennines and north-east England,

East Midlands and East Anglia. Some slow-moving thundery downpours.

Elsewhere the chance of a shower but you are more likely to escape them

and stay dry and see some of the presently warm spells. This is

Friday evening, where we are seeing the showers develop they will

gradually fade, especially after dark. Friday night could be even

colder, some spots close to freezing Saturday begins. High-pressure

giving a fine start to the weekend. I'm hiding something behind me, a

weather front. They will come in later in the weekend. Saturday, a

lot of fine weather but the breeze picking up in Northern Ireland on

Saturday night, the moves in and it spreads east during Sunday. It may

avoid easternmost parts but even here it will cloud over after a

sunny start. Today is the last day of the three-month meteorologists

call summer. Why do they do that? It riles some people. Find an explainer

on our website. A reminder of our main

story this lunchtime. The EU's chief negotiator says both

sides remain far apart - at the end of a third

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