From the floor of the b.b.c. News room and major damage side Houston has began over spilling a storm Harvey continues to wreak havoc in Texas u.s. President Donald Trump is expected to land in Corpus Christi in the coming hour we're going to speak to people in this state also during the program we also have a White House statement responding to the missiles fired by North Korea over Japan Mr Trump has warned all options are on the table also saying a line just coming in from the u.s. Ambassador to the u.n. Nikki Haley who says that something serious has to happen many of you Cameroon I have been getting in touch on our What's up number to tell us about clashes them by Mendez between store owners and the police b.b.c. Africa will be here plus preaching a computer they can smell or what about a dish of neurons living on your desk we're going to go to a Ted Conference taking place in Tanzania. B.b.c. News with Sue Montgomery officials in Texas who warned that a reservoir in the city of Houston that's become to overflow as the authorities struggled to cope with designs to the flooding brought by a huge storm that 1st struck in Friday a flood control official for Harris County Jefferson in or said the likely impact was unclear because that was an unprecedented event this is something we've never faced before so we're trying our best to answer I am not exactly sure what is going to do as it interacts with subdivisions roadside to churches on the boundary of systems because we understand there is a lot of anxiety and there's a lot of fear and if we do it I think you're going to flood we want to let you know that President Trump is on his way to Texas to assess the damage caused by the storm so far. The u.s. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said something serious has to happen following North Korea's decision to fire a missile over Japan South Korean and American troops have been conducting joint drills near the North Korean border which Pyongyang says are around her still for a military invasion Nikki Haley's spoke at the United Nations in New York she said enough was enough what happened yesterday is absolutely unacceptable and irresponsible the United States along with Japan and South Korea have called for an emergency Security Council meeting this afternoon we are going to talk about what else is left to the North Korean No country should have nestles flying over them like those 130000000 people in Japan the head of the European Commission John Clode younker has accused Turkey of taking giant strides away from Europe against a background of stalled accession talks Mr Yong Kroto to gathering of ambassadors who represent the European Union that the responsibility for the breakdown of negotiations lay entirely on the Turkish side meanwhile the German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she'd like better tallies with Turkey but there are concerns about the rule of law there and the ongoing detentions of 2 German citizens made that difficult position if in the flick of the I mean you personally I will say in light of the 3000000 people of Turkish origin living in Germany that we would like to have better relations but this also has something to do with respecting the rule of law and we currently see no guarantee for that in Turkey. The provincial council in the Iraqi province of cougars voted in favor of taking part in a referendum in Kurdish independence next month Cook is outside the semi autonomous region of Kurdistan and as long been a flash point between Kurds and Iraq central government the proposed Kurdish independence referendum is controversial with many countries opposing it world news from the b.b.c. . Sierra Leone's opposition Aline's Democratic Party says its headquarters have been set on fire and the leader of the party come out I mean by months or a set of petrol bomb gutted 2 floors of the building in the capital Freetown he said the attack was politically motivated and that he had received threats after criticizing corruption in Sierra Leone tens of thousands of people in India's business capital Mumbai are struggling to get around the city after heavy monsoon rains through transport systems into chaos roads in low lying areas are flooded waist deep divin a group that has moved from Mumbai whether officials expect heavy rainfall for the next 24 hours they have urged people to stay indoors in order to schools to close one hospital in central mom by has also flooded forcing doctors to vacate the pediatric ward Mumbai is trying to build itself as a global financial center but parts of the city struggled to cope during and will monsoon rains Mumbai is particularly vulnerable to flooding due to construction on course to Lydia's as well as what are ways getting clogged by plastic garbage and aging drainage system the ride sharing service Goober has returned to the roads in the Philippines after paying a multi-million dollar fine the authorities suspend the company earlier this month accusing it of ignoring an order to stop accepting new applications from drivers who has also agreed to pay a total of nearly $6000000.00 in compensation to drivers affected by the stop Ange . A leading cosmetic surgeon in Lebanon has been charged with negligence in the death of one of his patients during an operation a prudent preliminary investigation was launched 2 months ago after a woman died often liposuction surgery at the clinic a doctor not a sob just outside Beirut the case is attracted winds present tension in Lebanon where cosmetic surgery is a booming industry b.b.c. News. Oh yes from the b.b.c. World Service a very welcome to the program from the middle of the news room here at this desk that I sit out every weekday afternoon it Bernie Edwards from focus on Africa we're going to speak about Cameron in a few minutes time with her she is from that country we also have our Asia Pacific editor Syria happen sitting with me but before we go into all that we want to talk again about Texas and also Louisiana now as the floodwaters from storm Harvey continue to rise the line we've been watching is that a major dam outside the city has begun spilling over as strong Harvey pushes its reservoir past capacity we started talking about this yesterday about what the Army Corps of Engineers have planned to do was looking at some pictures of u.s. President Donald Trump with the air 1st lady of millennia Trump they were getting on Air Force One and they're on their way to Texas church view the damage caused by the storm into Corpus Christi is going to actually have a couple of stops and also same pictures of people waving it true at almost waist high water another area that's a shelter that people have been collecting clothes that have been donation and other items so the so many strands of course to this conversation in the u.s. The coverage as you can imagine is wall 'd to wall high water rescues continue in and around Houston as rain continues following probable storm Harvey thousands have been rescued from home. Farther. Thousands more in need of rescue according to the mayor and the Coast Guard this storm is generating an amount of rain that normally would be seen only one more than a 1000 years according to the Army Corps of Engineers now there are we had 3 confirmed deaths so far in the storm until last night when we learned that a family of 6 from Pasadena perished in the storm and the Pasadena put out a statement confirming that this warning saying their hearts are heavy that they have just learned that residents in Pasadena and the kids went to Pasadena. All drowned they try to get out in a van and couldn't make it but we can tell you that for many the roads and highways just like this one did.