In texas. The immediate area has been evacuated. This is happening north east of houston, which has been badly damaged by Tropical Storm, harvey. We have pictures of the plant. You can see the fire and the plant. You can see the fire and the smoke there that is rising. The problem is that the plant lost power, so that means that refridge raters keeping the chemicals coal are not working. The question is whether or not we can get in to assess the full scale of the impact from an environmental stand point to infrastructure stand point so. That is ongoing. The bottom line is we do what is called plume modelling. That is what we base the evacuations on. So by all means, yes, the plume is incredibly dangerous. This is a spokesperson for the company that runs the plant. These materials have to be maintained cold. If they start to warm up, they become unstable and they will decompose. When they decompose they generate heat and when they generate heat, there is the possibility of a fire and possible explosion. We do have nine containers, the materials are stored in these box containers, like you see over the road storage containers. One of those containers have been involved and the product in the container started to degrade. That happened this morning. We fully expect that the other eight containers will do the same thing. Water is in our facility and preventing us from accessing the facility. And in texas, the authorities are saying that at least 33 people have died. That figure is certain to rise as the houses are searched. Trevor nya kane certain to rise as the houses are searched. Trevor nyakane has been reporting in and close to houston all week. Today she is in richmond, south west of the city. Laura south west of the city. Laura re alien. Trevalenne. Laura, tell us where you are today . This is richmond, texas. An area thatis this is richmond, texas. An area that is expected to have further problems with more rain to come. All of this area has been covered in water after her her her. It is taken a while for the rivers to swell and they are here going to experience they are here going to experience the peak of the flooding. So people here, im talking from a mobile home park, people who experienced flooding last year, which was traumatic for them, they are now going to get worse flooding. They are concerned about the debt for them. What it will do to the homes to the walls, to the floors, they cannot get possessions. So a very traumatic time as they wait for the waters to rise. Are they relying on state or federal help, or is it enable assistance that is helping the people to manage the situation . It isa the people to manage the situation . It is a bit of both. People have had to leave their homes, they cannot sleep. Some have gone to higher homes, to families, to friends, to motels. There has been an official here earlier, a bilingual official, she was speaking of the assistance that they could get but one man spoke about the assistance from last year, spoke about the assistance from last yea r, after spoke about the assistance from last year, after the flooding then, it was short of what it was to cover the cost of his repairs to the trailer, he went into debt then and is expecting to go into debt now. Laura, in the area where you are now, are there people still stuck in their homes, or is everyone out . Here, i dont think so. It is not like houston, so densely populated. This is a much smaller area, a smaller mobile home park. Everybody seems accounted for. Everybody got out. There was a mandatory Evacuation Order here. What is extraordinary is that in other areas of the county where i am speaking from, there was a mandatory Evacuation Order issued this morning. So people who did not think that they would be in a situation where they would have to evacuate their homes, this morning they were having to. This is the danger from the river fall, the having to. This is the danger from the riverfall, the rivers are swelling, they are bursting their banks. This will go on for a council of days yet. I appreciate the update. Lets switch from laura in texas, to brussels. The third wound the brexit talks ended. Here is the assessment of the eus chief brexit negotiator. We did not get decisive progress on the principle subjects. The discussion about ireland was fruitful, though. The uk wants to take back control. Wa nts to the uk wants to take back control. Wants to adopt its on stand outs and regulations but it also wants to have these standards recognised automatically in the eu. That is what the uk papers are asking for. This is simply impossible. You cannot be outside the Single Market and shape its legal order. One view, here is another. Here is the uks brexit secretary. One view, here is another. Here is the uks brexit secretarylj one view, here is another. Here is the uks brexit secretary. I think it is fairto the uks brexit secretary. I think it is fair to say we have seen concreate progress. Our discussions have exposed that the uks approach is more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu. It avoids unnecessary disruption for the businesses and consumers. We propose Pragmatic Solutions and we urge the eu to be more flexily in their approach to the point. One of the main differences is on sequencing, or in other words, which negotiations happen when, the uk wishes to begin trade talks but the eu says that will happen when details of the withdrawal are agreed. There are different views on how this is going. David allen green says. Ortim David Allen Green says. Or tim montgomerie, until recently a columnist for the times saying. And there he is referring to the so called divorce bill, the money that the eu wants in exchange for the uk to be freed from thejohn going responsibilities. Ive been speaking with chris morris from the bbcs reality check about the perspectives and which could be said to be right. No one said this would be easy. Sometimes we are involved in looking at the detail of what happened today, yesterday, what is negotiating. We are unpicking a0 yea rs of negotiating. We are unpicking a0 years of history. When somebody joins the eu, there is about 80,000 pages of rules and regulations to go through before they can join. We are taking that and unpicking it. So the idea it can happen in three rounds of negotiations is absurd. On the other hand there is the article 50 period, the two year period before the uk is due to leave, the timetable is tight. In terms of the divorce bill, some would say it is unfair that the eu will say this is what you signed up for . That is emerging clearly, that the two sides see the issue as the most difficult issue to resolve. They come at it from very different angles. The eu is saying that there isa angles. The eu is saying that there is a seven year budget period, where we have made all sorts of financial commitments, including on a credit card, which is a bill to be settled before we leave it is a large amount. The uk is saying, hang on, they have been going through this with the eu negotiators, and they are saying you cannot have financial commitments stretching into the distance, we make a budget, one we leave, we have left. So a big gap between the two sides. And the idea of a transition period is that being discussed in the talks, or is itjust the idea hovering in the background . Talks, or is itjust the idea hovering in the background7m talks, or is itjust the idea hovering in the background . It is hovering in the background . It is hovering but it could hold the key to several things, including a compromise on the financial arrangements. There is a seven year budget period, if the eu leaves to the beginning of 2019, there is a big hole in the budget. If during the transition, the uk was willing to pay into the budget, it would help the eu out of a hole and make the exit bill smaller. So a lot of people are hoping that the transition is the key to unlocking the puzzle but it is still explosive. And when talking about tens of billions of pounds, politicians dont wish to be seen to be backing down. Now, this statement came through a couple of hours back from the us state department. It was ordering russia to close firstly, this conlate in San Francisco and two an exes in washington and new york. The state Department Said it was a response to russia reducing the Us Diplomatic mission there. Here is the state department saying that this is all in the spirit of parity. It goes on to say that the us is prepared to take action as is necessary and warranted but perhaps just wanting to be positive, it also including a line that it tweeted out that america hopes to avoid further retaliation and move forward with improved relations and co operation with russia. Lets see if it comes to pass. Here is the bbc russian correspondent, on what we know about the latest decision by the americans. It is unclear at the moment, if the diplomatic staff will be cut. The representative of the state Department Said that they are not insisting for diplomatic personnel to be cut. They are only asking the russians to close the consulate. I cant maginn the russians are surprised this happened . Well, yes and no. Russians claim that they only react, that they retaliate because americans were the first to cut the number of diplomatic personnel in december a few days before the new year. Then the russians decided to respond but to respond only later on this summer. Now the americans are responding to russian response. But of course probably the russians were not expecting the consulate to be closed. What is really sad in the story is that now both sides are competing in who bites the other side in the most creative way. It is not helping both sides at the moment when relations at their lowest since the start of the cold war. Often, there is a talk about the fact that america and russia do not agree, what is happening to drive the escalation diplomatic tit for tat . The problem is that they keep disagreeing. There was hope from both sides that the election of donald trump could twist the situation some were afraid of it, the russians were looking forward to it. But nothing happened. The american president ial camp is not taking steps as there is the involvement of alleged ties between donald trump and the russian intelligence. So they cannot do much. The state department is acting on its own there. Are huge diplomatic disagreements but there is news that there will be a meeting seen. So there is some good news. Now, ina so there is some good news. Now, in a few minutes on outside source, we are to hear of 300 new species discovered in the amazon. The monkeys are one of them. In the last two years they have been discovered. Bbc brazil will help us with this. From today, parents of three and four year olds in england are to apply for 30 hours of Free Childcare apply for 30 hours of Free Childcare a week. That doubles the current 15 hours allowance with parents eligible if they earn less than £100,000 a year. The cost will be paid for by the government but critics, including labour say that the funding is not enough. The ministers say that the schemes show it is able to work and funding has been increased where necessary. We have upped the funding there. Is £1 billion a year going into it by 2020. And additional funding £1 billion a year going into it by 2020. And additionalfunding in response to the nurseries that said it was not efficient. We have piloted and delivered 15,000 places, bodes well for the 200,000 parents that have signed up to the scheme. We have been warning the government that the scheme is not properly funded. There is the risk of the expectations of parents who will worry that they cannot get the Free Childcare but also the quality. Im ros atkins with outside source we are live in the bbc newsroom. There are live in the bbc newsroom. There are warnings that there could be an explosion at this Chemical Plant in texas. Problems caused by flooding that the Tropical Storm harvey brought to texas. And from the bbc world service, coverage in iraq. The Iraqi Government says that the province it is in, has been fully reclaimed from the Islamic State group. That is on bbc arabic. 70,000 people to be evacuated from their homes on sunday after an explosion unexploded Second World War bomb was discovered in frankfurt. It was a british bomb nicknamed block dp buster for its ability to wipe out whole streets. And this video, is about a vet who goes into war zones to save animals left behind. At least 21 people have died in mumbai after a residential build collapsed. Though has to are the pictures of the aftermath. The building was six storeys high. About a0 peopled inside at the time it happened. Our correspondent from the bbc was at the scene. It was a routine warning for the residents in south mumbai. At the time they heard a loud crash. It is a congested area, when they came out, this is what they saw, rubble and remnants of what was runs a residential building. About a0 people were inside the building at the time of the collapse. Right now, the time of the collapse. Right now, the rescue operations are under way. Three teams from the National DisasterResponse Force have been deployed. The locals are helping in the effort. This is the third building collapsed in one month in mumbai alone. It is the monsoon season as well. On tuesday several parts of mumbai were flooded with water. It is in this time that Old Buildings are vulnerable. The challenge for the rescue efforts now is the congested areas. All of the buildings are stacked against one another and over narrow lanes. They are hoping that there will be no more showers and that they can rescue more people from here. Thats from mumbai on the west coast of india. Also millions of people in south asia are affected by flooding. The worst monsoon season in decades. The worst monsoon season in decades. The region of 1200 people in india, nepal and bangladesh have lost their lives. Weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is under water. Villages in the northern part of the country are still cut off. Aid agencies are trying to reach those affected. It isa similar trying to reach those affected. It is a similar situation nahki over large parts of south asia. The eastern india state of bihar has been hit the hardest. Heavy rain and overflowing rifrts have hit large areas that are under water. More than 500 people have been killed here. Tens of thousands of people have lost their homes and are now staying in temporary camps. There is a lot of damage. A lot of people are out of their homes. People are surviving and getting on with things as they can. But there has been a lot of damage. Indias financial capital, mumbai, a city of more than 20 million, was brought to a stand still after the rain hit the city on wednesday. It left the commuters stranded, transport Services Ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade home. We are in the middle of the monsoon season, it has been raining intensely, that is in india but also nepal and it has caused the worst flooding in decades. It has led to a massive humanitarian situation. South asia is used to floods especially at this time of the year but the scale of the disaster this time around has meant that the authorities are struggling to cope. For the first story in os business we are looking at the Indian Economy. The level of growth was not expected. Predictions were 6. 6 . And the reality is that the economy is growing at 5. 7 . A lot of reasons, and a huge crackdown on Money Laundering could be one. 90 of banknotes were ta ken laundering could be one. 90 of banknotes were taken from circulation, that has had consequences. The latest Economic Growth figure clearly suggests that the economy is still to recover from the cash ban decision introduced last year. The government banned 90 of the cash in circulation, almost overnight. Since then, expansion plans have been affected, sleaze investments and small and medium sized businesses have been affected. However, there are small sectors and some of the economic output that are not taken into account, so that means that the slowdown could be slower than the figures suggest. On wednesday, it was said that 99 of the banknotes banned have already returned to the system. That makes the cash ban a failure. The exercise was aimed to weed out unaccounted wealth or black money. But the worst of the Indian Economy could not be over after the tax that came into effect in july. Over after the tax that came into effect injuly. It over after the tax that came into effect in july. It was over after the tax that came into effect injuly. It was supposed to overhaul the way that businesses pay tax. Small businesses are finding it difficult to adapt. This will delay expansion plans. The world bank and the imf has said that indias economy could grow up to 7 . But this target looks difficult to achieve. 888. Com, a british Online Gambling firm had to pay a record penalty of 10, as it failed to protect customers. 7,000 of them voluntarily banned themselves from the site but they could still access it and gamble. This is the chief executive of the uks gambling commission. 7,000 customers, sought to bar themselves from 888. Com but that did not work as it should have done. As a result some were able to continue to gamble. On a second count an individual was gambling with the company over a long period of time. She was getting into debt and stole from her employer in order to fund the gambling, again, on both counts, the gambling, again, on both counts, the company did not spot the issues and the errors quickly enough. To the amazon and a two year stud cambria from the World Wildlife fund has found over 300 new species. They include these fire tail monkeys, no surprises for guessing where the name came from and a first new species of River Dolphin to be discovered since the end of the first world war. And this puff fish, a new species of bird that was found. People are surprised about the amount of biodiversity that they can find in the amazon. The 381 species of plants and animals were discovered only in the space of two yea rs. Discovered only in the space of two years. But the scientists are saying as there are so many species we still dont know, there is a danger we only find out, sorry, or that we never find out about them or only when they have been made extinct or near extinction. There will be a few viewers thinking is this a coincidence we found out about the study now as there have been a over a few days the row over the mining decree, which was quashed . This study has been conducted for some time now. But obviously this announcement came at a very important time. Because at least four of those species found, four of the species of fish, according to the scientists are in areas in the National Reserve that the government has just tried to open up for mining so. What the Scientists Say that the spreesis are in danger if the area is open to mining, then they could be in further danger. The government says that the conservation areas inside that the conservation areas inside that space will be protected but obviously Scientists Say it is very ha rd to obviously Scientists Say it is very hard to do this kind of protection over there. I guess that the question that all are asking is will there be another study to see what other species are there that we have yet to discover . Definitely. They are ongoing. If those over 300 species were discovered in only two years, over the past 16 years, ten years or so, they have discovered over 2,000. So those studies are ongoing. Scientists are rushing to find more about the amazon before human activity over there can endanger even more species. Im live with you here from the bbc news room in a couple of minutes time. Its been quite a week of weather. Notjust in north america but the floods in south asia. First, lets look at her her her. What is left of it it is a tropical depression. Still heavy rains there. But the re m na nts still heavy rains there. But the remnants pulling to the north east of the United States by a jet stream. Finally the end of harvey. To the south there is a Tropical Storm lydia. Impacting on thursday, friday and saturday. So here nasty weather with heavy rain and strong winds. So two tropical where are systems. And here on friday there are rains affecting the North Eastern area of United States. It is starting to turn into something that we see at the more temperate latitudes. Still heavy rains and gusty winds in places. The weather improving over texas but thatis weather improving over texas but that is just the weather, you dont need me to tell you how long it will ta ke need me to tell you how long it will take for the clear up operation and for things to improve in that part of the world. The caribbean, we have mentioned the Tropical Storm in california, so in the caribbean quiet but in the coming days there could be a threat of a hurricane, irma, that could be intensifying. It could swerve out to the north atla ntic could swerve out to the north atlantic and fade but it looks as though it is a big threat to watch the system carefully as it approaches the ireland. As far as the next few days it is looking quiet in places such as barbados. Now to the sores flooding situation across india, into nepal, bangladesh. All of the regions that have had relentless monsoon rains. Pouring in mumbai. Heavy rains in the south east of pakistan, the north of india, the whole sub himalayan region, it looks like the heavy rains are to continue on friday, saturday and sunday. So the areas stricken by the flooding rains areas stricken by the flooding rains are to receive yet more rainfall. In some instances in excess of 100 millimetres of rain. So getting very serious flooding. In some instances as serious as what we are seeing in texas for example. Over asia pacific. There is a tropical depression to the south of china. That could be affecting southern china. But a typhoon to the east of japan is swerving out to sea and should not be impacting japan at all. The weather for the uk all. The weatherfor the uk is all. The weather for the uk is coming all. The weatherfor the uk is coming up before 10. 00pm. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. There are warnings of a major explosion at a Chemical Plant in texas caused by floods brought by Tropical Storm harvey. Officials have been forced to evacuate the area plant after it lost power. Emmanuel macron has unveiled his plans to overhaul the countrys labour laws. Its the end of the third round of brexit talks but a row over the size of the uks so called divorce bill has prevented progress being made. A court in pakistan has acquitted all five men accused of conspiracy to murderformer Prime Minister benazir bhutto. Ill get the analysis of the bbcs owen bennettjones. Well hear from the team trying to reach the north pole by yacht about the record they believe theyve broken