:00:00. > :00:09.This is BBC World News Today. I'm Alpa Patel - Our top stories:
:00:10. > :00:11.Flooding across South Asia is affecting more
:00:12. > :00:15.Our correspondent has been to Bihar, one of the worst-hit
:00:16. > :00:32.The water was above his head and came washing through here. You can
:00:33. > :00:37.see that it is absolutely terrible, the mud left behind.
:00:38. > :00:42.President Trump has made another visit the Houston Texans to talk to
:00:43. > :00:47.some of the flood victims. The UN says nearly 60,000
:00:48. > :00:49.Rohingya Muslims have fled into Bangladesh from Myanmar
:00:50. > :00:57.in the past week - bringing So many people were killed. They set
:00:58. > :01:02.fire to everything. I just ran. They were shooting at us. I got hit.
:01:03. > :01:05.There were some people whose throat was slashed with knives.
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:01:10. > :01:26.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:01:27. > :01:31.Aid agencies say around 45 million people across South Asia are now
:01:32. > :01:33.affected by catastrophic flooding. More than 1400 people
:01:34. > :01:35.are known to have died is warning that the floodwaters
:01:36. > :01:39.are becoming a breeding ground for deadly diseases -
:01:40. > :01:41.including malaria. The aid agency says many remote
:01:42. > :01:44.communities are completely cut off - are now sleeping on roadsides
:01:45. > :01:56.and in makeshift shelters in India, The BBC's Justin Rowlatt,
:01:57. > :01:59.sent this report from Bihar Where we're going can
:02:00. > :02:12.only be reached by boat. The only dry place for miles around
:02:13. > :02:15.is on top of this great embankment, but the embankment that now protects
:02:16. > :02:18.the villagers is the reason the floods had such
:02:19. > :02:25.a catastrophic impact. The torrential rains transformed
:02:26. > :02:27.the normally placid river, So what happened, the embankment
:02:28. > :02:30.holding back the river breached and the water came crashing in here,
:02:31. > :02:33.sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes,
:02:34. > :02:46.devastating their lives. TRANSLATION: It felt
:02:47. > :02:49.like we were hit by an ocean of water, I just ran for my life,
:02:50. > :02:52.taking my children with me. This man showed me what the floods
:02:53. > :03:07.had done to his home. So, he said the whole place
:03:08. > :03:22.was flooded with water. The water was above his head
:03:23. > :03:24.and came washing through here. You can see, it's just left
:03:25. > :03:27.absolutely terrible mud behind. So, he says for three
:03:28. > :03:29.days they had no food at all and then some people
:03:30. > :03:31.came, bringing food. He said there wasn't enough room
:03:32. > :03:44.to stay on the embankment so he had to bring his family down here,
:03:45. > :03:46.including his three-year-old child. It is Eid today, one
:03:47. > :03:50.of the great festivals of Islam. Like most of the village,
:03:51. > :03:52.this family is Muslim. For the first time since
:03:53. > :03:54.the catastrophe they are having meat, but there was little
:03:55. > :03:59.appetite for celebration. Tens of thousands of communities
:04:00. > :04:01.across South Asia have similar stories of horror
:04:02. > :04:08.and destruction to tell. The only good news here, is that
:04:09. > :04:11.everyone in this village survived. Well Justin Forsyth is from Unicef -
:04:12. > :04:21.he outlined the challenges Well, we have over 45 million people
:04:22. > :04:31.affected by these floods, and 16 million children in dire need
:04:32. > :04:35.of humanitarian aid. The biggest need is to make
:04:36. > :04:38.sure that the waterborne But we also need to be aware that
:04:39. > :04:49.many of the people in these areas, in remote areas of India and Nepal,
:04:50. > :04:52.Bangladesh, our farmers and they've So we have to look at nutritional
:04:53. > :04:59.needs as well, particularly for very I mean, this part of the world has
:05:00. > :05:02.monsoons every year. These monsoons are the worst ones
:05:03. > :05:05.that we have seen for decades It's going to get worse before it
:05:06. > :05:12.gets better by the end of October. Already, 45 million people
:05:13. > :05:13.are severely affected. In India, we know the Indian
:05:14. > :05:19.military has a strong But Nepal, for example,
:05:20. > :05:26.is still recovering after the earthquake,
:05:27. > :05:27.in Bangladesh a third I've been out in some of these
:05:28. > :05:33.remote areas in Bihar Communities are resilient,
:05:34. > :05:36.but they've been knocked sideways This is about eight times the scale
:05:37. > :05:43.of Harvey in America. We've seen the terrible shots
:05:44. > :05:46.and pictures, I live here in the US and it has really moved all of us,
:05:47. > :05:52.the scale of that. But this is much, much bigger,
:05:53. > :05:57.with with weaker capabilities. So it is going to take a big effort
:05:58. > :06:01.to make sure we meet the basic needs of millions andmillions of children
:06:02. > :06:03.and their families. And on the subject of Harvey -
:06:04. > :06:08.President Trump and his wife Melania It's their second visit
:06:09. > :06:12.to Texas in a week. They have been spending the day
:06:13. > :06:15.speaking to survivors and also meeting some of the emergency
:06:16. > :06:18.workers helping with the rescue Here's a little of what
:06:19. > :06:21.the President had to say Really, I think people
:06:22. > :06:31.appreciate what's been done. It's been done very
:06:32. > :06:33.efficiently, very well, We are very happy with the way
:06:34. > :06:36.everything has gone. As tough as this was,
:06:37. > :06:47.it's been a wonderful thing. I think even for the country to
:06:48. > :06:50.watch, and for the world to watch. I'm going to be doing
:06:51. > :07:06.a little help over here. Mr Trump mentioned he was about to
:07:07. > :07:12.start helping. And here he is serving meals at a shelter. During
:07:13. > :07:15.his first visit to Texas on Tuesday, this week come he came in for some
:07:16. > :07:20.criticism when he only met officials. Our correspondent is in
:07:21. > :07:22.Houston and gave us more details about the President's second visit.
:07:23. > :07:25.When he came at the beginning of the week he didn't come
:07:26. > :07:28.to Houston, he went to a different part of Texas, because then
:07:29. > :07:30.Houston was underwater, in the midst of this great
:07:31. > :07:32.emergency, he didn't want to disrupt that.
:07:33. > :07:35.Now that the waters have receded, he is here to visit survivors,
:07:36. > :07:38.He stopped at an evacuation or relief centre.
:07:39. > :07:41.He visited parents and children in a play area.
:07:42. > :07:43.He went to the food line, he handed out some food.
:07:44. > :07:45.The response, you know, people welcomed him.
:07:46. > :07:52.The whole tone of this trip, I think, is to show a real kind
:07:53. > :07:55.of hands-on, personal presidential approach to the suffering that has
:07:56. > :08:04.been caused from this storm come on the one hand.
:08:05. > :08:06.-- been caused from this storm, on the one hand.
:08:07. > :08:10.But also to reinforce the fact, what he has been saying all week
:08:11. > :08:12.is that the Government will support the victims and will come
:08:13. > :08:18.He has just come to Houston off the back of having asked Congress
:08:19. > :08:20.for the first tranche of what is going to be billions
:08:21. > :08:23.and billions of dollars to deal with the result of the hurricane.
:08:24. > :08:26.And Barbara, will they be able to free up that money,
:08:27. > :08:28.given the debt ceiling is an issue here?
:08:29. > :08:30.Well, yes, the problem with that is that the Government
:08:31. > :08:33.runs out of the ability to borrow money at the end of September,
:08:34. > :08:41.That has to be raised, and that is often quite
:08:42. > :08:46.If it's not raised, even the money that is allocated
:08:47. > :08:49.Alongside the request to Congress for the money,
:08:50. > :08:52.the nearly $8 billion, the White House did say we want
:08:53. > :08:54.that debt ceiling raised and we want this bill,
:08:55. > :08:56.this legislation passed as quickly as possible.
:08:57. > :08:58.Don't link them together in any sort of political battle.
:08:59. > :09:01.There is quite a responsive attitude in Congress in terms of allocating
:09:02. > :09:03.this initial amount of money at the very least.
:09:04. > :09:16.I think we will see a vote on that next week.
:09:17. > :09:23.We can stay in Houston. There you can see President Trump. He is just
:09:24. > :09:28.about to board Air Force One. He'll be travelling from Houston to
:09:29. > :09:32.Louisiana, another area affected by Harvey. We shall see in the coming
:09:33. > :09:39.hours what he has to say there. Let's get more on this. We can speak
:09:40. > :09:44.to Peter Daly, a flood risk expert in the US, who joins us now from
:09:45. > :09:48.California. Thank you for joining us. Flooding, undoubtedly the
:09:49. > :10:02.biggest challenge here. How do you assess and calculate the damage?
:10:03. > :10:06.What we do is to provide estimates of potential economic and insured
:10:07. > :10:10.losses for major events such as Harvey. The way we go about that is
:10:11. > :10:15.the first assess the hazard, which would be the level of flooding you
:10:16. > :10:20.would expect in the Houston area. As well as the winds and the storm
:10:21. > :10:24.surges that we got along the coastline. Combined with our
:10:25. > :10:27.knowledge of the relationship between the floodwaters and the
:10:28. > :10:33.amount of damage that will cause. INAUDIBLE
:10:34. > :10:37.We will have calculations for all of the properties across Texas. We
:10:38. > :10:43.developed an estimate of the total insured damage. We start with the
:10:44. > :10:47.economic damage. Which would be the amount of property lost and the
:10:48. > :10:50.amount of money it would take to reconstruct those properties. We're
:10:51. > :10:55.having some trouble with your line. We will stick with it for the
:10:56. > :11:03.moment. It estimated 80% of people affected by these floods don't have
:11:04. > :11:11.insurance. Could you tell us why? In the US the private flood insurance
:11:12. > :11:16.INAUDIBLE Most people in the US purchase their
:11:17. > :11:17.flood insurance from the National programme, which is offered by the
:11:18. > :11:24.government. Part of the reason for the low
:11:25. > :11:27.take-up rate, which would be the amount of insurance purchased by
:11:28. > :11:32.homeowners and business owners, which would be as a result of the
:11:33. > :11:37.recognition of the risk. Unless you live in a high risk zone, and in
:11:38. > :11:41.some places you are required by the bank to purchase flood insurance for
:11:42. > :11:46.your mortgage, a lot of people don't recognise the amount of flood risk
:11:47. > :11:49.they have. They are not living on the coastline or near a river, so
:11:50. > :11:56.they don't recognise that a storm like Harvey can cause significant
:11:57. > :12:01.damage from a flood. What will happen to the people in this
:12:02. > :12:06.scenario who don't have insurance? That is a concern. As was mentioned
:12:07. > :12:11.by your earlier interview. The programme is up for reauthorisation
:12:12. > :12:15.at the end of this month. For the people who don't have flood
:12:16. > :12:19.insurance, they will have other areas they can resort to. For
:12:20. > :12:25.example, a small business not covered by flood insurance may have
:12:26. > :12:28.the ability to take out a low interest loan with a small business
:12:29. > :12:34.Administration. There will be other forms of help. But the fact the
:12:35. > :12:42.flood insurance take-up is relatively low means the recovery
:12:43. > :12:46.rate could be slow, given the fact they won't be ready to make the
:12:47. > :12:52.repairs straight from the proceeds of flood insurance. Experts are
:12:53. > :12:57.saying we are likely to see more and more of these intense storms hitting
:12:58. > :13:03.parts of the US. Given what you are saying do you think people should be
:13:04. > :13:10.made to have flood insurance? This will be a debate that will be in
:13:11. > :13:15.Congress this month as they re-evaluate the programme. From a
:13:16. > :13:21.scientific point of view, what we are really interested in is
:13:22. > :13:28.understanding the best way to get the word out to insurance companies
:13:29. > :13:31.of what that is. You will see more private flood insurance offered in
:13:32. > :13:38.states like Florida and Texas where the risk is high. Consumers and
:13:39. > :13:41.homeowners will have the ability to purchase flood insurance more
:13:42. > :13:47.readily from the open market. They will have more options in terms of
:13:48. > :13:50.insurance products. With a storm like Harvey it brings to the
:13:51. > :13:57.forefront of the real issue of flood risk. What we would expect is for
:13:58. > :14:01.the take-up rates to increase. And so hopefully when the next major
:14:02. > :14:05.flood occurs there will be a more direct transfer of risk to the
:14:06. > :14:12.insurance market. And more of a return to the insured. So that will
:14:13. > :14:15.allow for the recovery to move a little bit more quickly. I am glad
:14:16. > :14:17.the line improved us that interview went on. Thank you very much for
:14:18. > :14:18.being with the BBC. Let's take a look at some of
:14:19. > :14:27.the other stories making the news. Some militants have died during an
:14:28. > :14:32.attack at a power station. The assault began in the early hours
:14:33. > :14:35.when armed men wearing explosives entered the plant and took workers
:14:36. > :14:40.captive. Several civilians also died. The group which calls itself
:14:41. > :14:41.Islamic State is believed to be behind the attack.
:14:42. > :14:43.The Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto, says
:14:44. > :14:45.he wants to continue talks with the United States
:14:46. > :14:49.But he says he will not accept any proposal that goes against Mexico's
:14:50. > :14:52.It was his first state of the union address
:14:53. > :14:56.since President Trump came to power, who promised to build a wall along
:14:57. > :15:08.the southern US border and to make Mexico pay for it.
:15:09. > :15:14.The authorities in the German city of Frankfurt have been evacuating
:15:15. > :15:22.patients from two hospitals and head of the planned disposal of a huge
:15:23. > :15:28.Second World War bomb. Several thousands of people will have to
:15:29. > :15:31.evacuate their homes after it was discovered on a building site.
:15:32. > :15:33.The United Nations says nearly 60,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled
:15:34. > :15:35.from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape spiralling violence.
:15:36. > :15:37.It's after Rohingya militants attacked police
:15:38. > :15:40.According to the campaign group, Human Rights Watch,
:15:41. > :15:42.new satellite imagery shows more than seven hundred homes have been
:15:43. > :15:50.Sanjoy Majumder sent us this report from a refugee camp -
:15:51. > :16:02.Exhausted and traumatised after escaping death.
:16:03. > :16:04.Many of these Rohingyas have walked for hours
:16:05. > :16:05.across hills, and wading through paddy fields
:16:06. > :16:07.to avoid border patrols before making it here.
:16:08. > :16:10.These are fresh arrivals, Rohingyas who have just arrived after
:16:11. > :16:12.crossing the border, and with every passing hour, there are
:16:13. > :16:23.There is absolutely no space left any more,
:16:24. > :16:26.so they are just living on any piece of open ground
:16:27. > :16:28.they can find, and many of them have the most disturbing
:16:29. > :16:34.I meet a man who is nursing a bullet wound in his foot.
:16:35. > :16:36.He tells me that his village, just across
:16:37. > :16:38.the border, was attacked, allegedly by the Myanmar military and
:16:39. > :16:49.TRANSLATION: So many people were killed.
:16:50. > :16:53.They were shooting at us and I got hit.
:16:54. > :17:05.There were people whose throats were slashed with knives.
:17:06. > :17:12.From inside the state, the scars of violence.
:17:13. > :17:21.This is where the Myanmar military has been carrying out a
:17:22. > :17:31.Following an attack last week and dozens of
:17:32. > :17:36.The situation seems to be one where it is rapidly sliding towards a
:17:37. > :17:42.Significant areas of the state are on fire.
:17:43. > :17:45.As for those who have managed to flee the fighting, they
:17:46. > :17:47.are building temporary shelters and trying to make a home for
:17:48. > :17:55.Bangladesh, after initially trying to stop them, is
:17:56. > :17:59.For the survivors, this represents freedom.
:18:00. > :18:02.It has come at a cost, and they are still uncertain
:18:03. > :18:17.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come...
:18:18. > :18:22.Grand slam motherhood, the tennis world congratulates Serena Williams
:18:23. > :19:34.as she gives birth to her daughter. This is BBC World News Today -
:19:35. > :19:48.The latest headlines: Flooding in South Asia has left 1400
:19:49. > :19:53.people dead and 45 million displaced or homeless.
:19:54. > :19:57.President Trump pays another visit to Texas, this time calling on
:19:58. > :20:04.Congress to approve nearly $8 billion in aid. Kenya's deputy
:20:05. > :20:08.president has called on the Electoral Commission to set a date
:20:09. > :20:12.for fresh presidential elections after the Supreme Court overturned
:20:13. > :20:15.last month's vote. It's the first time a legal challenge to a
:20:16. > :20:20.presidential vote has been successful anywhere in Africa.
:20:21. > :20:26.President Kenyatta also lashed out at the court's decision, calling the
:20:27. > :20:33.judges Crooks, and said the country has a problem with its judiciary.
:20:34. > :20:35.Our correspondent is following developments from Nairobi and gave
:20:36. > :20:40.this assessment of President Kenyatta's reaction.
:20:41. > :20:44.That news has not gone down well. He has called the judges Crooks. He
:20:45. > :20:49.even said after the elections are done he will come back and deal with
:20:50. > :20:54.these judges. It isn't clear what that means. But he isn't happy. The
:20:55. > :20:58.Supreme Court judges have gone against the will of the people, he
:20:59. > :21:03.said. He said the people voted for him and the supreme judges have
:21:04. > :21:07.stood in the way. Looking at the way the previous elections were
:21:08. > :21:11.organised, there was a lot of strain and scrutiny when it came to the
:21:12. > :21:15.Electoral Commission. They have two months to put these collections
:21:16. > :21:20.together. I think they will feel like even those two months will not
:21:21. > :21:24.be enough for them. They will try to maximise on that little time to be
:21:25. > :21:28.able to put it together. Looking at the system, is it going to be a
:21:29. > :21:33.repeat of the electronics system which has been blamed for what we
:21:34. > :21:38.have just seen, or will the electoral system revert to a manual
:21:39. > :21:41.system, or even a mix of the two, it remains to be seen how that will go.
:21:42. > :21:52.Lewis Hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th
:21:53. > :21:57.career pole. Breaking the previous landmark set by Michael Schumacher
:21:58. > :22:00.in treacherous conditions. He was more than a second quicker than his
:22:01. > :22:04.nearest rival. He will be hoping to take over Sebastian Vettel's in the
:22:05. > :22:16.championship. Back in June, before the Azerbaijan
:22:17. > :22:20.Grand Prix, he said he could easily continue in the sport. Possibly
:22:21. > :22:29.until the age of 40. He is now 32. He said he wants to hunt down more
:22:30. > :22:33.records, including Michael Schumacher's, who has seven titles.
:22:34. > :22:36.If he went on for another eight years he would pretty much have to
:22:37. > :22:41.win the world title every other season to beat Michael Schumacher.
:22:42. > :22:45.There are not any big records a good imminently break. The other one of
:22:46. > :22:52.interest is race wins, held by Michael Schumacher, who has a 33
:22:53. > :22:57.more than Lewis Hamilton. If he got ten a year it would take another
:22:58. > :23:01.three years. He is expected to sign a new contract with Mercedes. He
:23:02. > :23:07.could achieve the title of getting the most race wins, but I'm not sure
:23:08. > :23:10.he will get to those seven. Because you have other drivers like
:23:11. > :23:14.Sebastian Vettel who has four world titles. He could get more because he
:23:15. > :23:17.is staying at Ferrari for three years. It would be very difficult
:23:18. > :23:25.for the Lewis Hamilton to break the other records of Michael Schumacher.
:23:26. > :23:38.Shane Duffy opened the scoring for Ireland early on, but things were
:23:39. > :23:42.level not long after. Ben Woodburn has just scored from a strike from
:23:43. > :24:10.the edge of the area. The match between Croatia and Kosovo
:24:11. > :24:19.was abandoned because of bad weather. Riyad Mahrez was missing
:24:20. > :24:26.from played today. He was released by Algeria early in the week to try
:24:27. > :24:29.to serve out his possible transfer, but he wasn't even on the bench as
:24:30. > :24:39.Zambia move into second place. At the US Open in New York Rafael
:24:40. > :24:46.Nadal and Roger Federer are due to play their third round matches
:24:47. > :25:06.later. Top seed Rafael Nadal will play Maya. Action is well underway.
:25:07. > :25:14.The world number eight will next face either Roberta and Mr Battut or
:25:15. > :25:33.Juan Martin Del Potro. The 23 time grand slam champion,
:25:34. > :25:39.Serena Williams, has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida.
:25:40. > :25:43.Sports stars and celebrities have sent their congratulations. No name
:25:44. > :25:48.yet. She says she plans to return to tennis for the Australian Open. What
:25:49. > :25:50.are the odds on her winning that? Back to you.
:25:51. > :25:51.Thanks very much. Don't forget you can get
:25:52. > :25:54.in touch with me and some of the team on Twitter -
:25:55. > :25:57.I'm @AlpaPatel. That is it from me and the team.
:25:58. > :26:14.Goodbye for now. A lovely start to the weekend with
:26:15. > :26:20.the exception of some sharp showers in East Anglia. Most places dry with
:26:21. > :26:22.sunshine. Sunshine will be harder to come by tomorrow.