Sensational sounds it can only be the notting hill carnival. Good evening. The authorities in texas tonight said they were still very much in a search and rescue operation in the aftermath of Tropical Storm harvey which has brought devastation to many parts of the state. Aerial pictures today show the effect of the most powerful storm to have hit texas in more than 50 years. Nearly half a Million People are in need of help following severe flooding caused by torrential rains. Some 30,000 are temporarily homeless in houston the fourth largest city in the United States. Early estimates of losses are said to approach £2 billion at this stage. From houston, james cook sent this report. Wa ke wake up. Wake up. In texas today, every stranger is a friend. You made it. Exhausted, unable even to stand, but she is safe. You made it. Ok. All day long they have struggled to safety. Family after all day long they have struggled to safety. Fa m ily after fa m ily abandoning their homes to the water. Anything that would float became pa rt anything that would float became part of this makeshift armada. People are pulling together, but many say they had no choice. They had called for help, but no one came. We saw neighbours, we helped the neighbours, people came in with boats. But not enough help. None from the authorities . None, they have been useless. They have been overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis. Three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into the state, texans harvey smashed into the state, texa ns a re harvey smashed into the state, texans are still struggling. In the end it wasnt police or firefighter who came to the rescue here, but friends with a boat. They called 911 and there was no answer. You have a nswered and there was no answer. You have answered the call. We happened to be here and we had a boat and a truck. That is happening all over. here and we had a boat and a truck. That is happening all over. Y all over houston. In the cold and the rain, the helping hand was warmly welcomed. You must be grateful to those guys. Of course, grateful to the whole community, houston being together and helping each other out. That is touching and i was saying to my mom, i wish i had something to go out and hope at moments like this we need it. This frenetic activity as boats go up and down the river. These vessel has rescued 30 people and the situation is developing quickly. 0n the roof tops of flooded houses, many more are still waiting to be rescued. In desperation, all they can do is to cling on and call for help. In houston more than 20 helicopters are flying rescue missions, but pulling people from the floods is delicate and dangerous. As texas brings in the national guard, the state prepares for a president ial visit. National guard, the state prepares for a president ialvisit. It is national guard, the state prepares for a president ial visit. It is a historic amount of water. There has never been anything like it. So the people are handling it well and the people are handling it well and the people of texas have really persevered and when you watch the spirit and the enthusiasm and helping each other, the teamwork, it is something. Texas is now saturated and is struggling. Thousands have made to it safety. But the waters keep on rising. And the Lone Star State is swamped. Flooding has also been reported in towns in Central Texas where the Colorado River has reached levels not seen for a hundred years. Nada tawfik is in la grange where a mandatory Evacuation Order has been issued. Well it has been days since harvey has made land fall. But in communities here, theyre just has made land fall. But in communities here, theyrejust now feeling its impact. Here in la grange we are more than one hundred miles west of houston. 0ut grange we are more than one hundred miles west of houston. Out of storms path, but still within reach of its destruction. The only way into la grange today was on the back of an emergency vehicle. Authorities were left scrambling to evacuate those who were caught up in the storms wide range. More than 50 residents at this nursing home were moved to the safety of higher ground. Tropical storm harvey has turned this town into an island in the middle of the Colorado River. Is that your building . Its my best friends business. All people can do now is look on in disbelief as the water drags their belongings downstream. The roof of the house might be sticking out of the water, which is probably 10 or 15 feet back there. So your entire house is now submerged . Yes, everybodys house back there is submerged. How much do you think you have lost in the flood . Oh its, i couldnt put a price on it right now. Its going to be substantial. The devastation here has absolutely shocked residents of this small town. Now the Colorado River, not from far here, burst its banks and has absolutely submerged this small towns main street and in some cases people have lost everything. Mike thought the mandatory evacuation was unnecessary. It took just a few hours for his house to be swallowed by the rising waters. Well, nothing, i can rebuild it. Youre determined to rebuild it . Yeah. Tropical storm harvey has been unpredictable and merciless. Its left residents here numb and astonished in its wake. James cook is in houston. James President Trump is heading to texas tomorrow . Thats right. He will find a state thatis thats right. He will find a state that is in a real state of crisis. And in which a disaster continues to unfold. I dont imagine he will be able to visit houston, simply because the authorities here are finding it very difficult to cope with what is a continuing emergency andi with what is a continuing emergency and i dont really understand how they could manage to deal with a president ial visit at the same time. But maybe i will be wrong. We are being told he will go to corpus christi, about 30 miles from where Hurricane Harvey came ashore. But to give you an update here, people here are still being brought out. That has been happening all day. Hours and hours and hours has gone by and they keep coming. The scale of this is really enormous. There is more rain to come and it has rained very heavy all day. This is not over. Thank you. End the ambiguity that was the seemingly frustrated message to the uk from the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, as he sat down for a third round of talks on brexit. He expressed concern about progress made so far and warned that uk ambiguity must be removed and progress on separation issues made. For his part, brexit secretary david davis said both sides had to show flexibility and imagination. From brussels, Damian Grammaticas reports. Gliding into eu head quarters, david davis, the summer almost over, it is now that the brexit stakes get serious. Dont be fooled by the smiles between the negotiators. Serious tensions are brewing. To be honest im concerned. Time passes quickly. From the eus michel barnier, frustration. We must start negotiating seriously. We need uk papers that are clear, in order to have constructive negotiations. Papers that are clear, in order to have constructive negotiationsm is money that he means. The uks brexit bill. From david davis a combative response. We want to lock in the points where we agree. Unpick the areas where we disagree and make further progress on the whole range of issues. But in order to do that, we will require flexibility and imagination from both sides. David davis and his team stung by accusations they were unprepared the last time have prepared a raft of papers, but the eu say these lack detail and magical thinking they could them and they stay these are aspirational and not to do what is being talked about now. David davis wants to get on discussing the future relationship with sea, but the eu will only for now addressed separation issues. It is eu leaders who have set these conditions. Today, Angela Merkel was meeting Emmanuel Macron in paris, seemingly in lockstep. They insist the uk must agree to pay its dues before trade talks will begin. And another congregation for david davis, the shifting politics back home, labour now backing continued membership of the Single Market and Customs Union for a transition, a clear contrast to the governments position. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. A lorry driver has appeared in Court Following a crash on the m1 motorway in which eight people died. Two lorries and a minibus were involved in the collision near Newport Pagnell on saturday. Ryszard masierak is charged with 12 counts of causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving and eight counts of causing death by drink driving. Experts are still trying to work out what caused around 150 people to be treated in hospital after being affected by a chemical haze that drifted in off the sea on the south coast late yesterday afternoon. Amanda akass sent this report from birling gap the area near beachy head in east sussex which was worst affected. Theyd come to the beach for a Bank Holiday Day out at the seaside. But around five oclock yesterday, the area was engulfed by a toxic chemical cloud which led to the evacuation of a whole stretch of coastline and 150 people needing treatment in hospital. We all panicked, everyone, you know, anxiety was high, and we were all shaking and getting really nervous and everything but just didnt really know what to do. We had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head and nausea. The fumes also affected the lifeboat crews sent out to help. We actually went straight into this cloud, which we werent aware about at the time, and we could feel our eyes burning straightaway. So we advised the coastguards, and we were told to stay inside the lifeboat, close all the doors and conduct our search from inside. This morning, Sussex Police announced the gas cloud had completely dissipated, but the authorities still dont know what was in it. As to what caused the haze, well, the coastguards say that the English Channel was particularly busy with shipping at the time, and they re currently looking into all the vessels in the area yesterday. While investigations continue, though, people on the beach today didnt want to let anything stop them getting their dose of august sunshine. Amanda akass, bbc news, birling gap. Now to india, where a controversial guru has been jailed for 20 years for raping two of his followers. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singhs conviction last week triggered large scale riots by his devotees in which 38 people were killed. Thousands of police have been deployed to the region where his movement is based amid fears of further unrest. A nurse serving a life sentence for murdering two patients in germany is now a suspect in at least 84 other murder cases, according to the police. Niels hogel was convicted and jailed two years ago for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. If found guilty, it could make him germanys worst post war killer, as jenny hill reports. They trusted him with their lives, in 2015, niels hogel was jailed for two murders. Today, Police Revealed they have evidence he killed around 90 other people in his care, and they suspect, though they cant prove, he murdered dozens more. Translation if the clues had been duly investigated at the time, even in delmenhorst hospital, then the deaths of many patients, in ouropinion, could have been prevented. Hogels apparent motive to impress his hospital colleagues. He would overdose patients, triggering a heart attack, and then resuscitate them. Hard to imagine such a deadly pattern could go unnoticed. Translation the current circumstances lead to the conclusion that the former management was aware that niels h had an unlawful and deadly impact on patients. Tonight, difficult questions who suspected, who knew, and by turning a blind eye, for how long did they facilitate the murderous ambition of a man who may yet emerge as post war germanys deadliest serial killer . Jenny hill, bbc news. There are thought to be around 2,000 languages spoken across africa. But globalisation has increased concerns that languages that have held communities together for centuries could soon disappear, as people try to assimilate in the modern world. In the first of a series looking at changing africa, Pumza Fihlani has spent time with the san indigenous hunter gatherers who were the first inhabitants Southern Africa to ask why dying languages should be kept alive. Speaks own language. A race against time. A language on the brink. Catriona is one of the last three fluent speakers of njuu. At 84, she and her older sisters are trying to preserve the language of their childhood now acknowledged by the un as severely at risk. Committed to this promise, catriona has turned her house in the Northern Cape into a school. For a few hours a week, local children come here to learn the 112 distinct sounds and 45 different clicks of njuu. Like many other african languages, its been passed down orally through generation and that has threatened its survival. To stop it being consigned to the history books, catriona and her family have joined with linguists to create an alphabet and basic rules of grammar the beginnings of a documented language. She is working hard to make sure that their language outlives them. But her reach is restricted to these walls. About three hours from here, though, another Indigenous Community is looking to modern means for the answer. Here in springbuck, dinas radio show connects 70,000 nama speakers across the continent. The era of apartheid left the people splintered, and today nama is not recognised as one of south africas 11 official languages. The white man come in, and they say, you dont speak nama, and we have no power, because we cannot fight back, and there is the shame come in. We must speak afrikaans. As traditional societies fight to remain relevant in a modern world, what is it about language that makes so it critical to the survival of a culture . If you dont have language, you dont have identity. That it what is really important. That is nama, but im talking in english to you. What am i, am i english, scottish, what am i . So i want everybody to recognise me as a nama. A shared identity. A personal identity. A sense of belonging, and therefore a legacy forfuture generations. Tennis now, and the british number onejohanna konta has been knocked out of the us open in the first round. She was beaten 2 1 by world number 78 Aleksandra Krunic. Earlier in the day, there was better news for britains kyle edmund and cameron norrie, who reached the us open second round, but compatriot Heather Watson is out. Well, its been the hottest august late bank holiday for 50 years in parts of the uk, and hundreds of thousands of revellers descended on notting hill to enjoy the sunshine on the final day of carnival. And as Elaine Dunkley reports, europes biggest street festival didnt disappoint. Music plays. Everyone can be king or queen at carnival. Its flamboyant, eccentric, extravagant a spectacle of imagination. Theres the legendary soundtrack. Im going to say roots reggae music is earth music. Heroes of the sound system playing to crowds in their thousands. Through this sound system, were giving a message, yeah . A message of love, hope and unity for everybody. But as i hear the music, and that bassline resonates through my body, like i say, its a spirit that wakes up, and itsjust higher, higher, higher until itjust go boom and then im alive again. Carnival is the caribbean, with its culture and music. Archive this street festival in notting hill is itself part of a voluntary social service. It was a celebration started by west indian immigrants facing racism and inequality in london in the 1960s. Now 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, at least ten steel pan bands and a0 sound systems. Im from rio dejaneiro, im from rio, and there we celebrate carnival in february and yeah, but i really enjoy carnival here, i recommend them to come over here. Its a year thing, like the poeple that make the costumes, they plan it in advance. Weve been doing it for 2h years now, it is part of our life, so we wouldnt ever miss it, we live for it. And so as the sun sets on another notting hill carnival, preparations start all over again. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. Thats all from me, stay with us on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Good evening. Notting hill carnival has drawn to a close this year with arrests at a similar level to last year despite heightened concerns over security. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded into the streets of west london and for the second day running, respects were paid to the victims of grenfell tower, as dan freedman reports. Music plays. Its carnival day two, and were stowaways on board one of the loudest floats in the parade. Well, the carnival is now in full swing. Were on board smoky joes roadshow float. The noise is deafening, the bass is shaking my chest. But the view is Something Else hello, imjohn hello, im john watson welcome to sports day. An upset at the us open. Anaconda is not going the first round. Kyle edmund is true. England fightback in the second test. And, news tonight that alex 0xlade chamberlain is on the verge of moving from arsenal to london rivals chelsea. The us open has produced an upset on day one. The british number one and world number seven is out. The final grand slam of the year has produced an upset on day one johanna konta, the british number one and world number seven is out, beaten in the first round by Aleksandra Krunic of serbia. Konta could have moved to the top of the womans rankings if results were to go her way at flushing meadows. Instead shes left to rue a shock defeat on day one of the championships. Nick parrot watched it all unfold. At first it looked like world number 78. Instead of pressing on the britain was tied back before taking the opening set. Those watching might have expected that to thank the confidence and. Quite the opposite, letting a break point slip was the start of a downwards by will. She couldnt find home made chanting hell opponent the second set. The simplest shots became the ha rd est to set. The simplest shots became the hardest to pull off. She couldnt find any consistency while the serbian held her nerve to pull off one of her biggest victories. She inflicted a shocking defeat. And the disappointment didnt end there. The british womens number two Heather Watson is also out, beaten in straight sets by alize cornet of france. Watson has never won a match at flushing meadows this the seventh successive year shes lost in the opening round. 6 4, 6 4 it finished. In the absence of andy murray, kyle edmund is flying the british flag in the mens draw, and he is safely through. After beating the 32nd seed robin haase in straight sets. The second set, by far the toughest for the 22 year old, who reached the fourth round of the us open last year. He went on to take the match in just under two hours and will play Steve Johnson of the United States next. And the british youngster cameron norrie, whos ranked outside the worlds top 200, made it a good opening day for the british men after beaing beat Dmitry Tursonov after the russian retired through injury in the third set. Norrie, who came through three rounds of qualifying, was leading by two sets to love at the time. England will look to bowl out the west indies tomorrow to secure victory in the second test at headingley. In whats been an intriguing days play today, england built a lead of over 300 runs, before declaring in the final session. Patrick gearey reports. England had not found any offer on wicket. Today. Straightaway on sunday morning by one get one free. Jimmy anderson was just three from 500 in tests. Jermaine blackwood nearly threw himself in with englands deal, straight moeen ali. No, no. England could not afford mistakes. Jason holder helped the pose but by the time they were bowled out his team held a lead of 169 that england must follow. Concentration was required at the cost of stimulation. Alston three matter hours to cook was dogged from the crease. Alastair cook was jolted from the crease. Not much you could do with this one. England were reliant on joe could do with this one. England were reliant onjoe root himself was relied on fortune, drop, reprieved, survived but at headingley it can fall apart without warning. It was nice time to go out and back, they were pretty tired and we cou ntera ct they were pretty tired and we counteract the back. I did not let them settle with the ball, especially the seamers. There was a bit of is won spin now but it was just nice. I play spin all right sometimes so it was all right. Football news tonight that alex 0xlade chamberlain is on the brink ofjoining chelsea from rivals arsenal. The engladn midfielder has started every game for the gunners this season. But with his contract due to expire in the summer, hes refused a new deal to remain at the emirates, with arsenal looking to make some money from his transfer now, as opposed to losing him for nothing. The 2a year old, joined arsenal from southampton six years ago. With the football transfer window closing in three days time clubs are finalising deals. Liverpool have agreed a Club Record Fee to sign leipzig midfielder naby keita, with the player officially joining on onejuly 2018. The reds have agreed to pay the £48 million release clause that will allow him to move next summer. The fee will easily surpass the £36 Million Pounds liverpool spent on mo salah this summer. Frenchman 0usmane dembele has become the second most expensive footballer of all time after he joined barcelona today from Borussia Dortmund for an initial £96. 8 million. The 20 year old France International has signed a five Year Contract with the club. And the deal could rise to £1355 million barca spending some of the £200 million they received from Paris Saint Germain for neymar. Hearts have appointed craig levein as their new manager to replace ian cathro who was sacked before the start of the premiership season. Levein, the former scotland manager, was the director of football at tynecastle. Hearts have lost twice and won once in the league under caretaker boss jon daly who will remain at the club as a coach. The cyclist chris froome has revealed he is considering competing in the time trial events at the World Championships in norway next month. Froome, who is currently leading the vuelta a espana, said he is considering both the team and individual time trials. He last rode in the World Championships in 2013 when gb won bronze in the team event. The Team Sky Rider is looking to win the grand tours of spain and france in the same year. Great britains Ashley Mckenzie was eliminated at the first hurdle on day one at the world Judo Championships in budapest. The two time 0lympian lost by a hold down ippon to japans under 21 World ChampionNagayama Ryuju in the 60kg category. Britishjudo has sent a team of 12 athletes to the event in hungary including rio 0lympic bronze medallist sally conway who fights on friday in the 70kg class. Thats the thing with judo, as soon as you make one mistake its over andi as you make one mistake its over and i made that mistake. I tried to doa and i made that mistake. I tried to do a move and it was all over from there, he kind of pinned me and i tried my hardest to get