:00:00. > :00:11.Texas mobilises more resources to help those affected
:00:12. > :00:14.by Hurricane Harvey, the biggest storm to hit the US
:00:15. > :00:34.There is particular concern about Houston and also New Orleans, which
:00:35. > :00:44.suffered under hurricane country now.
:00:45. > :00:52.The King of Spain leads thousands of people in a march of defiance.
:00:53. > :00:54.And we countdown to one of the biggest, and richest
:00:55. > :00:59.boxing matches ever, as Floyd Mayweather and martial arts
:01:00. > :01:07.star Connor MacGregor face off ahead of their big fight in Las Vegas.
:01:08. > :01:10.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:11. > :01:13.It will take years to recover from Hurricane Harvey.
:01:14. > :01:17.That's the message from America's head of disaster relief.
:01:18. > :01:22.Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes,
:01:23. > :01:24.and though Harvey has now weakened to a Tropical Storm,
:01:25. > :01:28.there are warnings of deadly floods and storm surges to come.
:01:29. > :01:31.Rockport town, where it made landfall, is the worst hit.
:01:32. > :01:41.One person is known to have died there.
:01:42. > :01:43.So far, the only known fatality from the storm.
:01:44. > :01:45.Tens of thousands of homes are without power and there
:01:46. > :01:47.are warnings of flooding in several areas.
:01:48. > :01:50.Our correspondent James Cook is in the city of Corpus Christi.
:01:51. > :01:55.This is what a category four hurricane means in reality.
:01:56. > :01:57.Searching in the wreckage to find out if your
:01:58. > :02:10.It seems like Dan got out in time but others like Judy stage
:02:11. > :02:22.No, I stayed in my shaking bed, waiting for the roof to come.
:02:23. > :02:26.And then later quietened down and there was a tree in my yard
:02:27. > :02:31.On the shore front of Rockport, in the eye of the storm,
:02:32. > :02:33.these men who live in their boat are lucky to be alive.
:02:34. > :02:46.This is a really poor neighbourhood and a lot of people say
:02:47. > :02:51.they do not know how they will rebuild their lives.
:02:52. > :02:53.This is what they endured through the night.
:02:54. > :02:55.130 mph winds which left nearly 250,000 homes
:02:56. > :03:04.It was the strongest hurricane to strike Texas since 1961.
:03:05. > :03:06.It is still too early for a comprehensive assessment
:03:07. > :03:11.of the damage, but it will be costly.
:03:12. > :03:25.What is your worst-case scenario here?
:03:26. > :03:36.For a community the size of Victoria.
:03:37. > :03:39.We have never seen a forecast for that amount of rain, the worst
:03:40. > :03:44.The storm is inching inland, bringing huge amounts of rain.
:03:45. > :03:46.The flooding has begun and the information is that it
:03:47. > :03:54.In the last hour, the Governor of Texas held a news conference -
:03:55. > :03:56.he said "dramatic" flooding is now his primary concern.
:03:57. > :03:59.The state and various other agencies remain very active in the search
:04:00. > :04:04.and rescue process and that will be the foremost task that we undertake
:04:05. > :04:12.We have focused on working with and supporting evacuees,
:04:13. > :04:15.especially from around the Corpus Christi area,
:04:16. > :04:28.We saw James a little earlier - he told me more about
:04:29. > :04:35.the destruction left in the storms path.
:04:36. > :04:38.Conditions have improved since last night, when it was really dramatic
:04:39. > :05:00.and vicious, this storm rolled in. A building came clattering to the
:05:01. > :05:04.ground. Palm trees have come down and a tree has come down into this
:05:05. > :05:09.house. But further up the coast, where there is no mobile phones
:05:10. > :05:14.signal and no ability for people to get in touch with the emergency
:05:15. > :05:20.services, the damage is more severe, particularly in Rockport where the
:05:21. > :05:23.eye of the hurricane came ashore. There, quite a lot of houses have
:05:24. > :05:27.been damaged and some businesses have been damaged as well as have
:05:28. > :05:31.three homes for elderly people from which people had to be evacuated
:05:32. > :05:37.last night. For them, a very difficult night. A lot of people
:05:38. > :05:44.decided to stay put, many saying they had nowhere else to go. What
:05:45. > :05:48.kind of help was available to them? Resources are beginning to move in.
:05:49. > :05:52.But when we were in Rockport, it was just beginning to arrive. We have
:05:53. > :05:58.come directly from there just now. There were Sheriff's officers going
:05:59. > :06:02.door-to-door and checking whether anybody was in the houses. There was
:06:03. > :06:05.also some help coming from neighbours and friends. We spoke to
:06:06. > :06:10.people who were going door to door just checking to see if the people
:06:11. > :06:14.they knew had survived. Because quite a lot of people rode out the
:06:15. > :06:20.storm and there are probably two main reasons to that. One woman said
:06:21. > :06:25.she did not have the money to leave. It is a poor area, Rockport, with
:06:26. > :06:29.many trailer homes which have been damaged. And the other reason is
:06:30. > :06:35.that this storm intensified much faster than originally predicted.
:06:36. > :06:40.Forecasters did not expected to come ashore as a category four hurricane,
:06:41. > :06:45.the second most powerful category. And we are still expecting further
:06:46. > :06:50.flooding? I think that could yet be the most significant element of this
:06:51. > :06:57.hurricane. It is moving slowly across Texas but this fear is that
:06:58. > :07:01.it will stall, perhaps for several days. It will not remain a
:07:02. > :07:09.hurricane, but it'll be a serious storm with a lot of rainfall. That
:07:10. > :07:12.could cause very big rainfall. There is concern about Houston, the
:07:13. > :07:16.fourth-largest city in the United States which is prone to flooding
:07:17. > :07:20.and New Orleans, which under Hurricane Katrina and which still
:07:21. > :07:24.does not seem to be entirely ready for this kind of event.
:07:25. > :07:27.And don't forget, there's much more on our website.
:07:28. > :07:29.We've got an animated guide to Hurricanes,
:07:30. > :07:31.and a piece explaining what storm surges are, and why
:07:32. > :07:44.Thousands of people are marching through Barcelona to demonstrate
:07:45. > :07:47.their defiance after the recent attacks that left 15 people dead.
:07:48. > :07:49.The procession set off behind a banner bearing
:07:50. > :07:52.the slogan "I'm not afraid" the theme of the march.
:07:53. > :07:54.Demonstrators were joined by King Felipe, who's the first
:07:55. > :07:56.Spanish sovereign to take part in a rally since the monarchy
:07:57. > :08:10.Emergency workers took pride of place.
:08:11. > :08:13.This main avenue has been changed into a kind of Las Ramblas
:08:14. > :08:17.You can see the crowd stretching back into the distance that
:08:18. > :08:21.People are chanting in Catalan, I am not afraid.
:08:22. > :08:25.Some of the families of the 15 victims are here in the crowd.
:08:26. > :08:31.It is also about defiance, in the wake of those terror attacks.
:08:32. > :08:33.But there is political tension here, too.
:08:34. > :08:37.There are some Spanish flags behind me.
:08:38. > :08:41.And in the context of Catalonian politics, that is creating some
:08:42. > :08:45.tension because there is a referendum due to be held
:08:46. > :08:51.by the autonomous Catalan government in a month and the Spanish
:08:52. > :08:54.government says that referendum will be illegal.
:08:55. > :08:57.Yesterday, the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy,
:08:58. > :09:01.calling for political unity in the wake of the attacks.
:09:02. > :09:11.The atmosphere isn't upbeat, but it isn't downbeat or sombre, either.
:09:12. > :09:17.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
:09:18. > :09:19.The North Korean leader, Kim Jong un, has overseen
:09:20. > :09:21.a military exercise simulating an attack on islands
:09:22. > :09:25.Earlier, Pyongyang tested three more short-range ballistic missiles.
:09:26. > :09:28.The US said one appeared to have blown up almost immediately,
:09:29. > :09:32.while the others flew about 250 kilometres.
:09:33. > :09:35.Border guards in Bangladesh have accused Burmese troops of opening
:09:36. > :09:38.fire on Rohingya Muslims fleeing the escalating violence
:09:39. > :09:44.A senior Bangladeshi official told the BBC that he saw
:09:45. > :09:47.villagers running for cover when the firing started.
:09:48. > :09:51.It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured.
:09:52. > :09:58.Here in the UK, a man who attacked police officers close
:09:59. > :10:00.to Buckingham Palace drove directly at a police
:10:01. > :10:01.car before reaching for a four-foot sword.
:10:02. > :10:05.The 26-year-old man from Luton is said to have shouted
:10:06. > :10:08."God is great" in Arabic as he launched his assault,
:10:09. > :10:12.Political colleagues of the former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck
:10:13. > :10:16.Shinawat have confirmed reports she has flown to Dubai.
:10:17. > :10:19.Her departure from Thailand came just before a verdict was expected
:10:20. > :10:23.in a criminal negligence trial, linked to a rice subsidy scheme.
:10:24. > :10:43.Ms Shinawat could have faced ten years in jail if convicted.
:10:44. > :10:51.Eight people have died and many are injured after a crash involving two
:10:52. > :10:53.lorries and a minibus on the M1. A five-year old girl has
:10:54. > :10:55.life-threatening injuries. The minibus carrying
:10:56. > :10:58.around a dozen people, many believed to be from the same
:10:59. > :11:01.family, was travelling Also involved in the accident,
:11:02. > :11:04.two large trucks. Images suggest the minibus
:11:05. > :11:07.was crushed between the two huge lorries and broken up
:11:08. > :11:11.into at least two pieces. It happened in the early hours
:11:12. > :11:13.on the M1 motorway southbound carriageway between junction 15
:11:14. > :11:17.for Northampton and junction 14 for Milton Keynes,
:11:18. > :11:20.and caused huge delays Fresh marks on the road reveal
:11:21. > :11:25.the desperate attempt The six men and two women
:11:26. > :11:31.who were killed were all travelling in the minibus, as were four others
:11:32. > :11:34.who were seriously hurt, All but one have
:11:35. > :11:39.life-threatening injuries. Both lorry drivers have been
:11:40. > :11:42.arrested on suspicion of causing One is a 53-year-old man
:11:43. > :11:47.from Stoke-on-Trent, and the other is a 31-year-old man
:11:48. > :11:49.from Worcestershire, who is also being held
:11:50. > :11:52.on suspicion of drink-driving. Police say some of the victims may
:11:53. > :11:57.not have been from the UK. Some of those involved
:11:58. > :12:00.were visiting the UK from India. We're working to keep
:12:01. > :12:04.the families abroad informed. The scene facing officers
:12:05. > :12:06.who attended was complex and the recovery operation
:12:07. > :12:09.was particularly challenging. Tragically, eight people
:12:10. > :12:12.have lost their lives. It's our duty to
:12:13. > :12:14.establish what happened. The M1 motorway, one of Britain's
:12:15. > :12:17.busiest sections of road, was closed here for ten hours
:12:18. > :12:21.on a bank holiday weekend that was always going to see high
:12:22. > :12:24.levels of traffic with people visiting friends or family
:12:25. > :12:27.or major events like the Notting Hill Carnival
:12:28. > :12:31.or the British MotoGP at nearby Both lorry drivers
:12:32. > :12:37.remain in custody. It is not known if the driver
:12:38. > :12:40.of the minibus is among the dead. Exactly what caused this devastating
:12:41. > :12:50.crash remains under investigation. In the Philippines, hundreds
:12:51. > :12:53.of people have been to the funeral of a teenager who died
:12:54. > :12:55.after being arrested Officials say Kian de los Santos
:12:56. > :13:00.was involved in the drugs trade, But video evidence seems to show him
:13:01. > :13:06.being dragged away by plain clothes police officers -
:13:07. > :13:08.and his supporters are Our Philippines correspondent
:13:09. > :13:18.Howard Johnson reports. Raw emotions on display at
:13:19. > :13:30.the funeral of Kian de los Santos. Around 1,000 people packed the small
:13:31. > :13:33.church in the north of Manila close to where the high school
:13:34. > :13:37.student grew up. Hundreds of others lined the streets
:13:38. > :13:39.on the approach to the church, some holding placards denouncing
:13:40. > :13:44.the President's war on drugs. 17-year-old Kian was killed
:13:45. > :13:46.in a police raid last week during an upsurge
:13:47. > :13:52.in anti-drug operations. The official police report
:13:53. > :13:55.at the time of the killing said Delos Santos resisted arrest
:13:56. > :13:58.with a gun. But this was later contradicted by
:13:59. > :14:03.CCTV footage and eyewitness reports. A Senate committee hearing
:14:04. > :14:06.into the killing last Thursday heard how the police force responsible
:14:07. > :14:09.for the operation only confirmed the boy's alleged drug
:14:10. > :14:12.ties after his death The parents of Kian Loyd delos
:14:13. > :14:17.Santos have filed murder Three other official
:14:18. > :14:36.enquiries into the killing Stay with us on BBC World News.
:14:37. > :14:38.Still to come, all the sport for you as Las Vegas prepares for one of the
:14:39. > :16:06.biggest boxing bouts ever. This is BBC World News. The top
:16:07. > :16:13.stories. American authorities are warning of the possible continued
:16:14. > :16:18.impact of the Hurricane Harvey. Spain's King Felipe has led
:16:19. > :16:19.thousands of people on a march of defiance in Barcelona in the face of
:16:20. > :16:22.attacks by militant Islamist. After victory in Mosul,
:16:23. > :16:24.Iraqi forces have been trying to re-take the city of Tal Afar,
:16:25. > :16:27.one of Islamic State's last And it seems that victory
:16:28. > :16:31.could be in sight. Tal Afar is in the North of Iraq,
:16:32. > :16:33.near the Syrian border. Elite forces are believed to have
:16:34. > :16:36.raised the Iraqi flag After six days of fierce battle
:16:37. > :16:43.in the IS holdout of Tal Afar, the Iraqi army has raised its flag
:16:44. > :16:48.from the top of the citadel. Commanders here say they have
:16:49. > :16:57.cleared 70% of the city from militants, forcing
:16:58. > :17:00.them to leave behind weapons and evidence of how
:17:01. > :17:03.they tried to escape. The resistance of snipers,
:17:04. > :17:13.there also be the chance, mortars. -- there are also booby-trapped
:17:14. > :17:16.cars, mortars. Tal Afar lies in a strategic
:17:17. > :17:20.position, sitting on a supply route from the former IS stronghold
:17:21. > :17:22.of Mosul to Syria. US and Iraqi military say
:17:23. > :17:24.as many as 2000 militants The Iraqi army is fighting
:17:25. > :17:28.neighbourhood by neighbourhood to clear the final pockets
:17:29. > :17:30.of resistance. Reminders of the terror the group
:17:31. > :17:34.left behind in graffiti, but troops tear down
:17:35. > :17:36.the symbols where they can. The offensive here follows weeks
:17:37. > :17:38.of coalition air strikes, while visiting soldiers in the area,
:17:39. > :17:41.the Iraqi Defence Ministry The enemy is no longer able
:17:42. > :17:48.to face up to our troops. God willing, the liberation
:17:49. > :17:58.of Tal Afar shall be announced soon. Between 10,000 and 20,000 civilians
:17:59. > :18:06.are still thought to be in Tal Afar. Even if this battle is swift,
:18:07. > :18:09.it won't be the last. There are still more cities
:18:10. > :18:11.near the Syrian border Much of northern India
:18:12. > :18:18.is still on high alert after widespread violence which left
:18:19. > :18:20.at least 30 people dead It was sparked by the conviction
:18:21. > :18:27.on rape charges of a popular guru or holy man, Gurmeet
:18:28. > :18:30.Ram Rahim Singh. Thousands of his supporters went
:18:31. > :18:33.on the rampage after the verdict. Justin Rowlatt has more from Sirsa,
:18:34. > :18:50.near the guru's headquarters. This is effectively the front line.
:18:51. > :18:54.What you see out here is a convoy of Indian Army soldiers. They are
:18:55. > :18:59.ensuring the security of the spiritual headquarters of the guru,
:19:00. > :19:06.which is two kilometres away from where we are standing. It is a vast
:19:07. > :19:11.complex, 800 acres or more. I was baking trade journalist who spent
:19:12. > :19:15.time in there yesterday. He described a palace as the
:19:16. > :19:22.headquarters of the guru. He said there is a hotel, a resort, a huge
:19:23. > :19:28.auditorium, where the guru's followers could gather to year him
:19:29. > :19:32.speak. He said there are thousands of people inside there. -- to hear
:19:33. > :19:40.him speak. The RA reckoned that there are 40,000 followers in there.
:19:41. > :19:44.-- the Indian Army reckon. They have sticks and other weapons. There are
:19:45. > :19:50.other layers of security to protect the central core of the compound.
:19:51. > :19:53.They are so well organised, the user 's virtual currency, this token as a
:19:54. > :20:01.means of exchange inside the compound. What we have at the moment
:20:02. > :20:04.is the Army that you see here containing the people within the
:20:05. > :20:10.compound. They want to stop them getting out and causing the kind of
:20:11. > :20:14.trouble we saw yesterday. Obviously, there is a lot of tension. The guru
:20:15. > :20:18.will be sentenced on Monday and they don't want any more violence. They
:20:19. > :20:23.want to know where his supporters are and make sure they are not
:20:24. > :20:27.causing any trouble. That is why you see a great show of strength of the
:20:28. > :20:32.Indian Army here in this town in northern India.
:20:33. > :20:43.Let's bring you up-to-date with all the sport. We are just hours away
:20:44. > :20:47.from the multi-million fight between Floyd -- Floyd Mayweather and Colin
:20:48. > :20:54.McGregor taking place in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
:20:55. > :20:58.Here Las Vegas, the hours and minutes counting down to one of the
:20:59. > :21:07.richest fights in boxing history. Conor McGregor set to earn $70
:21:08. > :21:12.million and Floyd Mayweather set to earn over $100 million. The build-up
:21:13. > :21:16.has been going on and some criticise it as a circus because of Conor
:21:17. > :21:20.McGregor's lack of boxing experience. That has not stopped
:21:21. > :21:27.bets going in on him. And all to make here has said the big money has
:21:28. > :21:33.gone on Floyd Mayweather, ?1.3 million has been bets on the
:21:34. > :21:35.American. If McGregor wins, will it be the biggest upset in sports
:21:36. > :21:38.history? We will find out. Now to the English Premier League
:21:39. > :21:41.where Manchester United have managed to keep a 100% start
:21:42. > :21:43.to their season. That's after a 2-0 win over
:21:44. > :21:45.Leicester at Old Trafford. Goals from Marcus Rashford
:21:46. > :21:58.and Marouane Fellaini kept the run I'm very happy. Our performance was
:21:59. > :22:04.very solid and the fact that we lost a penalty at 0-0 and we kept playing
:22:05. > :22:10.at the same level of quality makes me even happier because it is a good
:22:11. > :22:12.feeling. The team was solid emotionally.
:22:13. > :22:15.It was a bittersweet day for Manchester City's Raheem Sterling.
:22:16. > :22:17.He grabbed his sides 97th minute winner in their 2-1 win
:22:18. > :22:20.at Bournemouth, but was then shown a second yellow card
:22:21. > :22:24.He'll now miss City's next match against his former club Liverpool.
:22:25. > :22:38.Manager Pep Guardiola was far from happy after the game.
:22:39. > :22:49.We play 15 minutes plus 90 minutes. Today sent off the next game against
:22:50. > :22:56.Liverpool. He will not be able to play and I don't understand why so
:22:57. > :23:00.hopefully they can call me explain. After winning, I can say that. I
:23:01. > :23:03.cannot understand the second yellow card.
:23:04. > :23:05.In the day's other Premier League matches Crystal Palace
:23:06. > :23:08.are still without a win this season - they were beaten 2-0
:23:09. > :23:11.It was goalless between Huddersfield and Southampton.
:23:12. > :23:15.Newcastle secured their first win of the season over West Ham -
:23:16. > :23:19.Miguel Britos was sent off for a terrible tackle
:23:20. > :23:24.in the goalless draw between Watford and Brighton.
:23:25. > :23:27.World number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the US Open.
:23:28. > :23:30.He'd been struggling with a hip injury since losing his Wimbledon
:23:31. > :23:32.semifinal match to American Sam Querrey.
:23:33. > :23:35.We understand Murray travelled to New York last weekend
:23:36. > :23:38.and after a week of practice he decided he wasn't fit enough
:23:39. > :23:43.He went on to say his hip is too sore to win the tournament
:23:44. > :23:46.and ultimately that's what he aimed to do.
:23:47. > :23:51.No decision has been made about the rest of his year yet.
:23:52. > :23:54.Lewis Hamilton secured the 68th pole position of his career
:23:55. > :23:56.for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, equalling
:23:57. > :24:02.The British driver will be lining up his Mercedes,
:24:03. > :24:05.in his two hundredth Grand Prix in Spa on Sunday.
:24:06. > :24:07.World Championship leader Sebastian Vettel is also
:24:08. > :24:11.on the front row of the grid having posted the second fastest time.
:24:12. > :24:15.Vettel has also just re-signed with Ferrari,
:24:16. > :24:21.Finnish pair Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen were third
:24:22. > :24:27.West Indies are in control of the second Test after an impressive
:24:28. > :24:31.Centuries for Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope ensured
:24:32. > :24:35.that the Windies reached 329 for 5 at the close of play
:24:36. > :24:43.The pair put on 246 for the fourth wicket until Stuart Broad bowled
:24:44. > :24:49.Brathwaite late in the day as England toiled.
:24:50. > :24:56.Just a quick update from the Women's Rugby World Cup final.
:24:57. > :25:07.Between England and New Zealand. New Zealand are at the brink of being
:25:08. > :25:09.crowned champions. The lead England 41 to 25 with ten minutes to go.
:25:10. > :25:29.Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm Fitow but should
:25:30. > :25:36.-- officials are warning that there will be flooding as the storm moves
:25:37. > :25:42.inland. One person has died in a house fire in Rockport. The storm
:25:43. > :25:47.made landfall on the Texan coastline as a category four hurricane, the
:25:48. > :25:50.biggest is strike the US mainland in 30 years. Texas Governor Greg Abbott
:25:51. > :25:57.told a news conference that there had been 20 inches of rain in Corpus
:25:58. > :26:00.Christi and 16 inches in Huston, another 20 to 30 was inspected on
:26:01. > :26:17.top of that. Stay with us for all the latest.
:26:18. > :26:18.They weather is set fair for us for part two of the weekend. Not clear