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As many as 2,000 people are rescued from rising floodwaters in Houston | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
Emergency services are pushed to the limit. | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
If you are there and there is a need, we will get to you. I would | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
simply ask that you will remain calm and remain patient. | :00:32. | :00:32. | |
Tropical Storm Harvey is the most powerful storm to hit | :00:33. | :00:35. | |
mainland US in a decade - destroying homes and businesses. | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims escape fighting in Myanmar, | :00:38. | :00:39. | |
only to be turned back by Bangladeshi border guards. | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
A sombre opening for London's Notting Hill carnival. | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
White doves released for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. | :00:47. | :01:03. | |
Hello and welcome to World News Today. | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
Emergency crews in Texas are battling to save thousands | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
of people from the massive floods caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
Hospitals have been evacuated, airports shut and many people | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
are trapped in their homes as waters continue to rise. | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
People have been told to stay off the streets. | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
Weather forecasters have called the situation unprecedented. | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
There's been extensive damage around the town of Corpus | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
Christi where Harvey - then a category 4 | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
Now it's Houston further north, that's bearing the brunt. | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
Harvey arrived in Houston with a vengeance. | :01:42. | :01:52. | |
No longer packing the full force of the hurricane but still deadly. | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
In just 24-hours, more than two feet of rain fell on the | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
fourth largest city in the United States. | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst floods Houston | :02:01. | :02:08. | |
We are measuring not in inches but in feet. | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
Houston has ground to a halt and with the | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
rain still teeming down, the waters keep on rising. | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
Police are urging people not to venture out, not to | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
Pedro told us he was almost swept away. | :02:23. | :02:30. | |
I have to walk all the way there and the rescue boats are over | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
there but I was helping somebody else. | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
There is a rescue happening up there? | :02:42. | :02:42. | |
The storm has crippled transport and left people struggling | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Right now it is hard to believe that this is | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
You get a sense of how quickly this situation | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
The flooding clearly caught these drivers by surprise and | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
still the rain is coming down with no sign of it stopping. | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
The authorities are struggling to cope. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
They are calling for more boats to be sent in. | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
More than 2000 people in need of rescue have called the emergency | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
services and the mayor is trying to stem a sense of panic. | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
If you are there and there is a need, we will get to you. | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
I will simply ask that you remain calm, | :03:26. | :03:26. | |
remain patient and we will get to you. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
16 years ago the city was devastated by the most serious | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
I spoke to James a short while ago. It is very difficult to operate here | :03:33. | :03:50. | |
for us. You can only imagine how difficult it is for the people who | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
are trapped. There are many of them. More than 2000 calls to the | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
emergency services by people who are asking to be rescued. They are | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
trying to prioritise those calls in order of those who are most at risk | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
first. The emergency services are being stretched to the very limit. | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
We have seen boats moving up and down the street and into the water. | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
I heard a helicopter overhead. There are rescue is being made by water | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
and the error. By any other means available as well. This is a very, | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
very serious crisis that is engulfing Houston at the moment. The | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
authorities are saying the worst is not over yet. That is right. I think | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
the concern is this rain is going to continue. It has been pouring with | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
rain and teeming down for many hours, if not days. As the remnants | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
of what was Hurricaine Harvey now sits across the country. That storm | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
is not moving very much at all. It is not that close to here, a couple | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
of 100 and mutters away from Houston at the moment. But the rain on the | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
eastern side of it is very, very intense. That is what is causing the | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
problem. We have just heard from the National Weather Service that this | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
may be a record setting rainfall for the entire modern history of Texas | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
and the entire recorded history. There could be 50 inches of rain | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
falling as a result of this storm. On the line is Majorie De Vries, | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
who's in her home in Houston. Her home is badly affected. Thank | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
you for talking to us. How bad are things where you are? Well, we have | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
been very lucky. Our house has not flooded. However, one street away | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
from us all the way down to the river, it is like a river. It is | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
incredible. I think there is one metre and a half of what. People are | :05:53. | :06:00. | |
trying to get out of their houses by boat with their pets and any kind of | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
belongings that they can take. We are looking at the film that you | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
have taken yourself and sent us. It is truly remarkable. It is a | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
completely outside of your house. Yes, it very much is. Like I said, | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
people from other neighbourhoods have come over with boats. It is | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
incredible. It is a lovely neighbourhood to be living in and we | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
have not seen any of the emergency services as yet. I think they are | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
all struggling just to get into the area. How long did this flooding | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
take to appear and rise to such a level? Very quickly. We arrived and | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
got back last night at quarter past nine. What I heard from the | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
neighbour at who said that 230 in the morning it really started to | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
flood and people were evacuating their homes. We just had a break in | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
the rain but it is kicking off again. All the way up to Monday | :07:04. | :07:10. | |
evening they are saying now. Is it clear what you are being told to do? | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
Whether you are being told to stay where you are are to leave, is that | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
information coming through to people clearly? It is. I think a lot of | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
people are saying to stay in your house. That is what we are all | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
doing. However, the people who have been badly flooded, they are all | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
going around to neighbours houses who have not been flooded. I think | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
the biggest problem is that the whole city has stopped. They could | :07:38. | :07:45. | |
continue for days on end. Is it difficult to stay indoors and remain | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
there when you know there must be people who need help? Yes, and we | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
work this morning just to try to help people. We're lucky with our | :07:56. | :08:03. | |
house. We are higher. We have been helping as much as we can. It is a | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
disaster, actually. I know you only moved to Houston at the beginning of | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
this year. The people who have lived in the neighbourhood all of their | :08:14. | :08:15. | |
lives have never had anything like this. No, never. I spoke to one of | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
my neighbours who has lived here for a 40 years. He has elderly parents | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
just a couple of streets down from us and they moved all of their | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
furniture up as much as they could. Everybody is gobsmacked. We do not | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
understand what is going on. I getting a sense that when the rain | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
is going to stop and the worst will be over? Are you getting a sense is | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
mac tomorrow evening they say it. . To get all of the cars and this will | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
have a major affect over the next months. Lots of people need people | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
to fix their roots and all sorts. We really appreciate talking to us. -- | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
fix their roofs. Thank you very much. We will have plenty more on | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
that and there is more on the BBC website. | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
Thousands of people have left their homes after two days | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
of violence in a deepening crisis in the Myanmar's Rakhine state. | :09:19. | :09:20. | |
People from the Muslim Rohingya minority have escaped | :09:21. | :09:22. | |
But Bangladeshi border guards there are turning them back. | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
Bangladesh has said it will turn back Muslim Rohingyas trying | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
Some though have managed to cross the border, as fighting | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
This morning, there was a huge number of fighting, | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
What I think is the reason this morning - Rohingyas again came down | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
Looks like they are running for fear of their lives. | :09:52. | :09:59. | |
The clashes began on Friday, when Rohingya militants attacked 30 | :10:00. | :10:01. | |
People are being told to stay indoors. | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
4000 non-Muslims are being evacuated from their villages | :10:09. | :10:10. | |
Six people were killed when they strayed into the wrong area. | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
The government in Myanmar led by Aung San Suu Kyi has blamed | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
Bengali is the derogatory name given by the government to the Rohingyas, | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
Just last week, the former Secretary General of | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
the United Nations, Kofi Annan, said more needs to be done | :10:40. | :10:41. | |
Those words were spoken just before this latest round of fighting, | :10:42. | :10:51. | |
which will make a political solution to the problems more urgent, | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
Let's take a look at some of the other stories | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
Five mountaineers have died in a climbing accident in the Austrian | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
Officials say the climbers were in an area below | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
a glacier near Krimml where there is a heightened | :11:16. | :11:18. | |
Some of the eight people killed in a crash on Britain's M1 | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
They include several Indian visitors travelling in the minibus that | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
The drivers of the trucks have been charged with causing death | :11:27. | :11:37. | |
A deal has been agreed in Lebanon that allows so-called Islamic State | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
fighters to leave an enclave on the border with Syria. | :11:42. | :11:43. | |
The Lebanese army launched its much-awaited ground offensive | :11:44. | :11:45. | |
Here in the UK the opposition Labour party has for the first time, | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
committed to keeping the UK in the single market | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
union during a transition period after leaving the EU. | :11:58. | :12:00. | |
The shift in policy would mean continuing to accept the free | :12:01. | :12:03. | |
It is a softer position than the Conservatives. | :12:04. | :12:12. | |
Labour campaigned to remain but since the result of the EU | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
referendum in favour of leaving, the party has faced criticism that its | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
policy on Brexit was unclear. Now Jeremy Corbyn and Kia Starmer had | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
agreed on their version of the way forward. A transitional period is | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
this the centre. Writing in the Observer, Mr Starmer criticises the | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
Government of constructive ambiguity and says they should be no mixed | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
messages. A credible solution is needed to one of the most takes to | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
the important issues. Labour has not said how long the | :12:48. | :13:00. | |
proposed transitional period should last. Only that it should be as | :13:01. | :13:11. | |
short as possible they may find themselves torn between supporting | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
what many will see as a soft Brexit policy and representing their | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
constituents, a lot of whom voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU. Here | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
Starmer has suggested keeping the benefits of the single market with a | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
effective management with migration. Some pro-Europe Labour MPs want the | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
party to go further. What people would like to see building on this | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
important step forward is for the Labour Party to commit to single | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
market membership and custom union after the transitional period. The | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
Government has dismissed Labour's policy saying the party has no | :13:49. | :13:53. | |
vision for Britain Post Brexit. Their plan for a transitional period | :13:54. | :13:55. | |
is now set. Stay with us on BBC | :13:56. | :14:03. | |
World News, still to come... All the sport as Hamilton wins the | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
Grand Prix. The latest headlines... The city of | :14:07. | :15:36. | |
Houston in Texas bears the brunt of tropical storm Harvey. 2000 people | :15:37. | :15:39. | |
are rescued. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims escape | :15:40. | :15:46. | |
fighting in Myanmar, only to be turned back | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
by Bangladeshi border guards. A self-styled Indian guru, | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, is due to be sentenced on two | :15:55. | :15:57. | |
charges of rape on Monday. News of his conviction trigerred | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
an explosion of violence 38 people were killed | :16:01. | :16:02. | |
and more than 200 injured. Thousands of police and troops have | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
been deployed to try Some of his followers | :16:07. | :16:08. | |
are travelling to Rohtak, Our South Asia correspondent, | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
Justin Rowlatt is at his headquarters in Sirsa | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
and sent this report. Behind this wall is the vast temple | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
complex that is the headquarters of the sect run by the man | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
who became known As well as this cinema, | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
there is a hospital, But today, his followers were in no | :16:26. | :16:32. | |
mood to welcome visitors. Other journalists have been attacked | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
and their vehicles burnt. Guru Ram Rahim is a flamboyant | :16:38. | :16:49. | |
and controversial figure who stars in his own movies | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
but he commands His claim that he has 60 million | :16:56. | :16:57. | |
followers worldwide, may be an exaggeration, | :16:58. | :17:05. | |
but one army officer told me he thinks there are at least 40,000 | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
devotees inside the compound Driving away from the temple | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
complex, you get a sense of how The local town has been under | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
a strict lock down for days. The shops are closed | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
and there are many roadblocks. We were turned back when we asked | :17:28. | :17:34. | |
for permission to pass. Guru Ram Rahim is due to be | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
sentenced on Monday in a town The fear is, it could | :17:40. | :17:42. | |
spark yet more violence. All day, there has been | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
a steady stream of devotees We all love him, God has gifted him | :17:50. | :17:52. | |
with special powers. These guys have all | :17:53. | :18:08. | |
left the compound. They are heading away, | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
getting into vehicles I asked them if they are going | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
to the town where the sentencing They said no, but whether it is true | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
or not, I don't know. Local people have retreated | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
into their homes, The authorities have | :18:28. | :18:29. | |
ordered the Guru's assets, including the temple | :18:30. | :18:37. | |
complex, be seized. But the devotees don't look ready | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
to give it up without a fight, Now it is time for sport. Thank you | :18:42. | :19:03. | |
very much. We will start with the English Premier League. | :19:04. | :19:04. | |
Liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at Anfield | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
Two goals in either half for Jurgen Klopp's side moves them | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
second in the table, two points adrift of | :19:15. | :19:15. | |
First half efforts from Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
put the home side in a strong position at half time at a ground | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
that hasn't been kind to Arsenal in recent years. | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
Mohammad Salah compounded the Gunners woes | :19:27. | :19:27. | |
and Daniel Sturridge added a fourth but more importantly for Klopp | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
perhaps is that Liverpool have kept four clean sheets in a row | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
at Anfield in the Premier League for the first time since September 2013. | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
We were really good organised. If you give Arsenal space and time they | :19:39. | :19:46. | |
will do what they want to do. Also you are a loss before the game | :19:47. | :19:54. | |
starts and so I do not think that they did what they wanted today and | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
that is all for the credit to the boys because they worked really | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
hard. The performance was from back to forward was not at the level and | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
they took advantage of it. It raises many questions and I still believe | :20:12. | :20:18. | |
that you have not to think that these parents are not good. They are | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
good players but it was sure to date we were not at the level. | :20:24. | :20:25. | |
Title holders Chelsea put two goals past Everton at Stamford Bridge | :20:26. | :20:27. | |
After a disappointing opening day loss to Burnley | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
the Blues have struck back heading into the international | :20:32. | :20:34. | |
break with goals from Cesc Fabregas and Alvaro Morata | :20:35. | :20:36. | |
Tottenham saw a late Chris Wood equaliser deny them all three points | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
at Wembley as Burnley salvaged a 1-1 draw. | :20:45. | :20:46. | |
Delle Ali had put Spurs in front but Mauricio Pochettino | :20:47. | :20:48. | |
saw his side's woes at the national stadium continue as the New Zealand | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
international Wood grabbed the goal to deny his side victory meaning | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
they've now won just twice in 12 matches at their temporary home | :20:59. | :21:01. | |
while White Hart Lane is being rebuilt. | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
Spanish Champions Real Madrid have just kicked off at home to Valencia | :21:05. | :21:07. | |
in their first home game of the Primera Division season. | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
It is goalless in that one after six and a half minutes. In other news... | :21:13. | :21:24. | |
Lewis Hamilton held off the championship leader - | :21:25. | :21:26. | |
Sebastian Vettel - to win a thrilling | :21:27. | :21:28. | |
and led without much incident - until the 30th lap - | :21:29. | :21:38. | |
when a safety car was brought onto the track which | :21:39. | :21:40. | |
Hamilton in his 200th race managed to hold his own though and claim | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
the win and he's now within seven points of the German in the drivers' | :21:45. | :21:47. | |
standings as they head to Italy and Monza next weekend. | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
England will take a two run lead into day four of the third | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
test against West Indies at Headingley on Monday. | :21:54. | :21:55. | |
Captain Joe Root remains unbeaten on 45 | :21:56. | :21:57. | |
with his side set to resume on 171 for 3 after the tourists had made | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
Floyd Mayweather moved past the great Rocky Marciano to make it | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
50 wins and no losses after his 10th round stoppage of Conor | :22:05. | :22:07. | |
The 26-year-old Irishman who's the current lightweight UFC champion | :22:08. | :22:10. | |
struggled to keep pace after the opening few | :22:11. | :22:12. | |
rounds but his opponent still had praise for him. | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
I told you guys in would be blood, sweat and tears and I've told you he | :22:20. | :22:27. | |
is a hell of a fighter standing up. He shocked me. Our game plan was to | :22:28. | :22:34. | |
take our time, to keep rocking him down. It took as longer than we | :22:35. | :22:37. | |
expected but we did what we said we were going to do. I guarantee the | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
fight was not going to do the distance, I was going for the knock | :22:43. | :22:45. | |
out with going straight ahead you have to take contact, I understand | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
that. Money you and I can only dream of. Thank you very much. | :22:52. | :23:00. | |
Europe's biggest street party the Notting Hill carnival in London | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
has opened with the release of doves in memory of those | :23:04. | :23:05. | |
who died in the Grenfell Tower disaster in June. | :23:06. | :23:07. | |
The carnival takes place in west London, | :23:08. | :23:09. | |
Carnival-goers have been asked to wear something green, | :23:10. | :23:12. | |
to remember those affected by the tragedy. | :23:13. | :23:14. | |
# When you are down and out. When you are on the street. It started | :23:15. | :23:30. | |
with a song to heal broken hearts. A promise of strength. Grenfell be | :23:31. | :23:40. | |
united. And then... With the joyous sounds of vibrant colours of | :23:41. | :23:47. | |
carnival they celebrated the lives of those taken by tragedy. Many wore | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
green, the colour of growth and renewal. It is to honour the | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
victims. My own relatives died. We love the carnival and she loved the | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
carnival. We participated every year, go to their house, people | :24:08. | :24:11. | |
would come from Europe. Her house to be full of 16 people sleeping on the | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
floor. We are bringing back, life. At times, those watching were | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
overwhelmed, sad and for those who once had a front row street the | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
biggest carnival. With laughter and love, Carnival paid respect in the | :24:29. | :24:31. | |
way it knows how. To bring us all together in a shearing community | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
that we are one love and one community and together we are much | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
more successful and together we celebrate the best of Britain. There | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
have been moments of reflection, stillness and solitude as well as | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
gratitude for those who saved lives. Carnival has always had its roots | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
firmly within this community. It started in the 1960s by west Indian | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
immigrants who were facing racism, inequality and poor housing. Many of | :25:02. | :25:04. | |
this resonates on the streets of Notting Hill today. It is important | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
we have a sense of team unity. We have had a minute 's silence for | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
them. In the moment of madness, everyone heard that minute. It is a | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
good spirit right now. Good vibes. Notting Hill Carnival will always | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
symbolise celebration but in the shadow of Grenfell Pitt has a new | :25:27. | :25:34. | |
purpose, the voice of a committee trying to heal. -- Grenfell it has a | :25:35. | :25:39. | |
new purpose. He became interested in film using | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
his father's camera. The Texas chainsaw massacre was banned in the | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
UK for being too violent in 1974. His other films included the fun and | :25:56. | :26:00. | |
poltergeist. Thank you for watching. Goodbye. | :26:01. | :26:07. | |
It has been a fine Sunday across much of the British Isles. Our | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
Weather Watcher pictures are coming | :26:14. | :26:14. |