Have a report about boxing pensioners in south africa. Welcome back to outside source. Lets begin by returning to our top story, the unfolding storm situation in texas, there is lots of attention on how donald trump will handle the biggest Natural Disaster of his presidency so far. He is due to visit texas on tuesday. Here is what he has been saying a little while ago. To the people of texas and louisiana, we are 100 with you. We are praying for you, working closely with your leaders and officials, and i will visit the impact zone tomorrow to ensure you are receiving full support and cooperation from the federal government, and on saturday we think we are going back to texas and also we will be going to texas and also we will be going to louisiana. As donald trump tends to do he tweets his thoughts. There has been quite a lot about hurricane harvey, like this one. Grey coordination, he says, between agencies and all levels of government. Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt with. Thousands rescued. In the past few days he has tweeted about the hurricane more than 20 times but it has been interspersed with things, nafta, trade deal, the Mexican Border and a recommendation for a friends book. It raised some eyebrows but this is a tweet from a conservative political commentator ben shapiro. If trump is doing well enough with federal hurricane response then all you can moan about artist tweets, he is doing fine. Lets go over to Anthony Zurcher who is in washington, who is from texas itself. How involved has President Trump been so far . We have seen insta nces trump been so far . We have seen instances of photo ups where he has participated in conferences, Disaster Relief efforts, the federal Emergency Management agency and he said he has been keeping a prized of it and he will go to texas tomorrow and go back to texas and louisiana, he just and go back to texas and louisiana, hejust said, later in and go back to texas and louisiana, he just said, later in the week. The federal government obviously has an oversight coordinating role in the initial stages of a Natural Disaster like this, a lot of the responsibility falls on local and state facilities but the federal government should serve as a backstop, coordinating agency, and to provide any additional supplies needed for the immediate response. Where the federal government really steps in his father down the line in the rebuilding and construction and bringing aid to the people affected. We will see what happens with the administration at that point which will be a big test. How big a test isa will be a big test. How big a test is a Natural Disaster like this for a president. We all remember what happened to george bush with Hurricane Katrina who just flew over the scene and that was met with condemnation by many. The problem with George W Bushs response was the apparent disorganisation at federal level, fema, the Emergency Management agency, was not doing a very good job of coordinating between the different state agency and government and there was an optics problem as well, George W Bush captured playing the guitar when the hurricane was hitting, flying over the disaster area, he appeared looking out of the window, not taking it as seriously as many people wanted him to. Its obvious donald trump has tried to learn from those lessons and been active on twitter with his comments today, going there twice, these are the sorts of things a president can do to reassure the nation that he is on top of the situation. We forget, though, that George W Bush earlier had overseen some successful Disaster Relief efforts in florida during the 2003, early 200a. 50 its not impossible to manage this, even for somebody like George W Bush. The potential for stumbling and potential for stumbling and potential pitfalls are great and we saw what happened and it essentially wrecked George W Bushs presidency. Is there a sense in washington that everybody for the moment is watching this on fold and being dealt with before the criticism of how the president might be handling it really begins . Thats right. I think we are hearing some criticism of local officials about whether houston should have been evacuated oi houston should have been evacuated or not. Mind you, houston is a city of upwards of 6 Million People and to introduce widespread evacuation in the city would have been difficult to impossible but that will not stop people from second guessing him. After any disaster they should be an amount of analysis on what did and did not work, how to improve force of the real test as i mentioned for the trump administration, however, will be the rebuilding re efforts, what to do with these people who have been evacuated and displaced and where to put them. That was the problem after sandy hit newjersey and new york, people were in trailers for a long time and it was a sore spot for the residents displaced. Anthony zurcher, thank you, with us from washington. The french president Emmanuel Macron announced that european and African Leaders meeting in paris have agreed a plan to curb the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. We have more details on that coming up. To put this into context first, 120,000 people are thought to have entered europe by sea so far this year according to the un. More than 21100 are thought to have died trying to reach europe like that. This map we can show you has been put together from the eu emergencies Response Coordination Centre and it shows the Central Mediterranean migration routes by many on their way into europe. To find out what came out of todays talks ive spoken to the bbcs regional europe editor. Todays talks ive spoken to the bbcs regional europe editor. M todays talks ive spoken to the bbcs regional europe editor. It is essentially a 3 point plan, some things we have heard before, they wa nt to things we have heard before, they want to tackle people smuggling may delete coming from libya, so they wa nt to delete coming from libya, so they want to tackle people smugglers in libya. The second point is to bolster security and the rule of law in libya as well. There are about 800,000 people in camps waiting for smugglers to take them across the mediterranean, and many of these camps are run by the smuggling gangs themselves and criminals, and they wa nt to themselves and criminals, and they want to do something about that. The third element would be providing more Development Aid to the countries downstream of libya to stop the migrants coming through libya in the first place, and that means places like nigeria and chad whose president s were both present at todays meeting. We didntjust have european leaders, we also had African Leaders present as well listening in and helping to make decisions new they were pressed into the big Europe Africa summit in valletta when they came up for another plan for Development Aid. The fact they we re for Development Aid. The fact they were there to really stressed that matter that youve got to tackle the problem at its root, and that means, as president of niger said, youve got to give the people who do the smuggling another means of living otherwise why would they give it up . When you consider the state a country like libya is in it is a difficult situation. They have the government in tripoli and the alternative government controlling most of Eastern Libya and they have not really reached a solution yet. That is a major problem. You have also got the problem that if they do institute some kind of centres to process asylum applications in niger and chad, wont the migrants simply try and evade those if they realise they have no chance of being accepted and find even more dangerous routes of getting across the mediterranean into europe . Mike sanders. Now, lets start the sport on outside source with tennis because the us open is under way at flushing meadows. On the mens side of the draw rafael nadal is number one seed. In the womens Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic is the number one player at the tournament and all eyes will be on this player, maria sharapova, who ta kes to this player, maria sharapova, who takes to the court in a few hours time. What is herfirst grand slam appearance since serving a drugs ban. It is a really big occasion for her, isnt it . It is a big occasion for maria sharapova. Back to sunday before we get a maria sharapova. The world number seven Johanna Konta before we get a maria sharapova. The world number sevenJohanna Konta has been knocked out in the first round by aleksandra krunic, beating her in three sets. Konta r1 the opening set but lost the next two, krunic ranked 78 in the world, only the second time ever she has beaten a player inside the top ten. After making the wimbledon semifinals last month Johanna Konta has gone out in the first round in new york at the us open. Maria sharapova has form at the us open, in 2006 she won the event and plays world number two simona halep in a couple of hours time. Coming back from those 15 month drugs ban, this is herfirst grand slam. She pulled out of wimbledon with injury, the french open did not give her a wild card, so this is going to be herfirst grand slam of the season. The last couple of years after coming back from the 15 months drugs ban. Garbine muguruza went through beating Varvara Lepchenko in straight sets rather easily. She moves through to the second round and will play two and Ying Ying Duan stop in the womens game plenty to look forward to, no doubt whatsoever. Thank you very much from the bbc sports centre. Boxing is a tough sport, not one you would normally associate with pensioners but in the south african township of cosmo city one local gym is working hard to train grannies how to protect themselves while improving their fitness. Take a look at these ladies. One, two. If somebody tried to attack me i would punch them really, really i would punch them really, really i would hit him badly. Just go one, two, one, two. Right fiow we just go one, two, one, two. Right now we have more than about 30 ladies, we take them from 60 and above. On yourguard. Ladies, we take them from 60 and above. On your guard. On your guard. I have never trained somebody that old. I have always thought they are fragile, only to realise there is more to them and more to what they wanted to do so i gave them the opportunity and they ended up training me instead of me training them because their energy level was just too high. You know, i have found the team helped me a lot because i have diabetes, and i have asthma, high blood, and ifound my diabetes and my high blood coming back to normal. I would like to say, support your elders, they need your support, wherever you see them, encourage them because at home that they are more than what you think they are more than what you think they are more than what you think they are and the more life you give them to give you fulfilment within yourself as well. Lets move. Lets move. Do not mess with them, that was brilliant. Stay with them, that was brilliant. Stay with us on outside source. Still to come we will take you to iraq where Government Forces say they are on the brink of defeating so called Islamic State in one of the last remaining strongholds. Its been the hottest Late August Bank Holiday for 50 years in parts of the uk, which means hundreds of thousands of revellers have been enjoying the sunshine at the Notting Hill Carnival in london. Even as some people were enjoying festivities today, some carnival participants were already planning for next years revelries. Elaine dunkley has been in west london all day soaking up the atmosphere there. Music. Everyone can be a king or queen at carnival. Its flamboyant, eccentric, extravagant. A spectacle of imagination. And, there is the soundtrack. Roots reggae music. Its earth music. The heroes of the sound system, playing to crowds in their thousands. There was fierce competition amongst the djs. This sound system, were giving a message, yeah . A message of love and unity for everybody. But, as i hear the music, and that bass line resonates through my body, like i say, its a spirit that wakes up, and itsjust higher, higher, higher, untilyoujust go, oh and then im alive again. Carnival is the caribbean, with its culture and music. A celebration born out of the struggle of the west indian immigrants living in london in the 19605. They refused to be beaten, and so, with colour and pride, they marched proudly through the streets of notting hill. Today, its the biggest street party in europe. In terms of visitor numbers, notting hill is ten times bigger than glastonbury. There are 70 performing stages, and a0 sound systems. Iam from i am from rio dejaneiro. We celebrate carnival in february. But, yeah, i really enjoy carnival here. I recommend them to come over here. It isa it is a one year thing, the people that make the costumes. People plan it in advance. Weve been doing it for 2h years now, its part of our life. We wouldnt ever miss it. We live for it. Literally, we live for carnival. Once this is done, we start planning next year. It is a year thing. And so, as the sun sets on another Notting Hill Carnival, preparations start all over again. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. Youre watching outside source live from the bbc newsroom. The top story and there is already catastrophic flooding in the us state of texas, being described as unprecedented, and the water level is expected to rise even further over the coming days. Lets move to iraq, because the government says it is preparing to reclaim the city of tal afar from so called Islamic State after a week of intense fighting. It lies to the north of the country near the syrian border, it is one of the militant groups last remaining strongholds and we can show you the latest pictures from the Battle Ground and you might be able to see some of the Government Troops making a v shape with their fingers indicating victory. Military officials said they faced tough resistance from is on monday and say they are being slowed by snipers, booby traps and roadside bombs. I have been speaking to bbc arabics reporter about the difficulty of getting tal afar back under government control. Tal afar, according to the Iraqi Government, is already back to the iraqi army. The important thing now is that the battle has moved from tal afar to another smaller town and that town is basically 15 kilometres from tal afar, it is smaller but it is more important as it is closer to raqqa, the town in syria considered to be the town in syria considered to be the caliphate of so called Islamic State. The importance of that is according to the Iraqi Government, tal afar has fallen under the Iraqi Government in one week, which considers to be very fast falling back under the Iraqi Government. If this proves to be right it will be like a landmark for the Iraqi Government given that its 2000 fighters of isis being defeated in one week. Because battles in other strategic towns and cities we have heard the news they were about to reta ke heard the news they were about to retake it and then it has been a big delay and weeks or months before they actually did. Yes, the iraqi army say they have been using light r , army say they have been using light weaponry, which is very strategically important for them to be using that, but there is one factor that we might be looking into with importance, which is that most of the fighters of isis ran from mosul, especially western mosul, two tal afar, where foreigners running from this town to that town, so foreigners are really easy to define from the iraqi turkmen is living in tal afar. That was one point that made it easy to target them if that proves to be right. When these towns fall, as they continue to do, where does this leave so called Islamic State . Does this leave so called Islamic State . Thereafter two ways for them to go. Eitherfor them to run into the tunnels and reappear in raqqa in syria, which is a little difficult for them to do now, because the way to do that is really not easy, or appear somewhere else in iraq, which is very difficult for them to go. So we can say that by the end of the battle in mosul, the end of the Islamic State in, we cannot say that it already ended, but it is about to end. By the end of Islamic State in, in mosul, tal afar and a few other pockets in iraq, the end of Islamic State in is about to happen in probably a few months. The problem is, they can form other pockets under other names of the Islamic State, and probably with different strategies, if youd like to name it. So these people might pop up with a different flag that still prisoners and colour problem for the Iraqi Government . Absolutely, and with different strategies as well. The problem is, according to a report that we played on bbc news on bbc arabic a few years ago a few days ago, they are changing their strategies and reappearing in europe, which is really dangerous now, because they are using different tactics. They might change their tactics and reappear in europe, which means that the preparations in europe and in the United States are going to increase, like their defences in those places, because they cannot follow the same strategies that they have been following since 2014 in the middle east. Bbc arabics newsnight presenter. To south africa now where five men appeared in court facing murder and conspiracy to murder charges in the story of alleged cannibalism that has gripped the country. They were arrested after one of them believed to bea arrested after one of them believed to be a traditional healer handed himself over to police told them he was tired of eating human flesh. Our correspondent was in court. Five men appearing in a south African Court facing murder and cannibalism charges. The family of the young woman they allegedly murdered wantsjustice. The young woman they allegedly murdered wants justice. The suspects are accused of killing 25 year old Zanele Hlatshwayo, cutting her up, and eating parts of her body. A p pa re ntly and eating parts of her body. Apparently to make themselves wealthy. One of the suspects, a traditional healer, went to the local Police Station and confessed to being tired of eating human flesh. He showed the Police Officers a hand and a foot as evidence. It had been days since zanele hlats hwayo had been days since Zanele Hlatshwayo disappeared and her dismembered body was found here, buried under these rocks. South africas Traditional Healers Organisation has condemned these a cts organisation has condemned these acts saying ritual killings are not pa rt acts saying ritual killings are not part of healing. It is shocking to the country and it is not healing, of course not, it is cannibalism, if anything is associated with cannibalism should be criminality. This house was rented by the traditional healer accused of cannibalism. Translation tenants often complained of the foul smell which came from the traditional healers house. I was shocked by his arrest, i still cannot believe that my brother is also implicated. And today, hundreds protested outside the court demanding to see the five suspects. The accused who abandoned the place were taken to a nearby prison for their own safety. Some of these protesters are demanding that the suspects be denied bail. They say it is time for them to take the law into their own hands, and yet not too far from here the family is grieving the loss of one of their own. Translation her bloodied clothes showed that she died a horrific death. I can only imagine how she begged her killers to spare her life. Bbc news, kwazulu natal. More on that story on the bbc website and also more on the situation in texas as the fallout from storm harvey continues. The flood levels unprecedented are still rising and expected to keep doing so over rising and expected to keep doing so over the next few days. I will be back at the same time tomorrow. From me and the rest of the team in london, goodbye. Hello, some mixed weather on the way over hello, some mixed weather on the way over the next ten days. We are unlikely to break records whether it be for rainfall or temperatures, an unusual start of the week, not the 18 degrees in scotland but 28 in lincolnshire, record temperature for Late August Bank Holiday monday. The warm airahead of Late August Bank Holiday monday. The warm air ahead of this weather front, cooler and fresh air behind it in the north, on the weather front we have seen notjust pick a cloud but also some rain and drizzle but that is fading away. We will have cloudy skies running across yorkshire into lincolnshire, across the midlands towards the south west of england, so in much cooler day thanit of england, so in much cooler day than it was on monday. Brightening up than it was on monday. Brightening up in wales and Northern England, sunshine and showers and more of a breeze for scotland and Northern Ireland, the last of the warmth in east anglia and the south east, though it wont be as hot as it was on monday, there will be more cloud around and it will still be there in the evening. Overnight into the early hours of wednesday morning there is a chance of catching showers from the near continent, and at the same time we see a line of rain developing in Northern England and wales. You get the sense the weather is starting to change around the middle part of the week. We have two areas of low pressure and their attendant weather systems converging on england and wales on wednesday. Scotla nd on england and wales on wednesday. Scotland and Northern Ireland still seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers, and blustery winds in the north west. Like winds for england and well is, slow moving rain across wales, the west indians, south west england, increasing risk of catching heavy rain, perhaps thundery, coming in from the near continent in the south east coast. That will put a lid on the temperatures and will be a cooler day than it has been over the cooler last couple of days. The really cool air is on the other side of the atlantic in the near continent and this is where we may see the heaviest of the rainfall, those weather fronts slipping away on thursday, maybe starting the day with one or two showers east of london, though should push through and they will be decent spells of sunshine. The showers more out to the west across Northern Ireland and western scotland, perhaps later in the day for the western fringes of wales and far south west of england. Temperature is disappointing for this time of year. A flabby area of low pressure and that weather front responsible for the showers on thursday and everything very slowly drifting into england and where is come as you can see not many isobars on the chart, like winds again, everything slow moving. The showers and more cloud drifting into england and more cloud drifting into england and wales on friday, the showers are and wales on friday, the showers are a bit hit and miss, and wales on friday, the showers are a bit hitand miss, turning and wales on friday, the showers are a bit hit and miss, turning dryer for scotland and Northern Ireland. Though showers continued drifting south east, there could still be one or two into saturday, but otherwise many places probably having a dry day, with some sunshine and light winds, and in the sunshine it will feel quite pleasant. We start with High Pressure close to the uk on saturday, the centre is drifting up to scandinavia, though, and we will allow stronger winds coming in from the atlantic and the weather fronts too. But it is a slow process. Into next week the higher pressure tends to push away, we start to see weather fronts coming in, to push away, we start to see weatherfronts coming in, together with lower pressure from the atlantic, although it will takes in time for these weather fronts to moving across the uk. Perhaps the south east will hang onto some warmerair south east will hang onto some warmer air but with the risk of thunderstorms here we get a more from the near continent, whereas the rest of the uk turning more u nsettled rest of the uk turning more unsettled over the next few days, bands of rain coming in together with stronger winds as well. Thats it from me, more details online. A disaster of historic proportions as americas fourth largest city is hit by a years rainfall in one week. Up to 2,000 people have been rescued many plucked to safety from rooftops by helicopter as the entire Texas National guard are called in to help. We arejust beginning the process of beginning to deal with this storm. As thousands flee Tropical Storm harvey, forecasters warn that worse is to come and neighbouring louisiana could be hit next. Well be analysing the scale of the disaster, as donald trump announces hell be visiting the region tomorrow. Also tonight frustration in brussels as the third round of brexit talks get under way, the eus chief negotiatior tells the uk to remove ambiguity. Experts are investigating a mysterious gas cloud which left 150 people needing hospital treatment after it hit the east sussex coast