As tens of thousands head to bangladesh. Lewis hamilton breaks Michael Schumachers record as he secures top spot. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The metropolitan police has confirmed, its paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. Both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, whos now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. Heres tom symonds. They were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. Child sexual abuse and murder. After a m month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. But not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britains most senior former military figures. Lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died. And Harvey Proctor, once a conservative mp. Names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still cant be named fo
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has been visiting texas for the second time in a week in the aftermath of storm harvey. Earlier he visited a Relief Centre in houston for the victims of the flooding. Mr trump had previously faced criticism for not meeting survivors when he travelled to the state four days ago. Last night, the white house asked congress to approve six Million Pounds in emergency funding. The president is now travelling to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit. Speaking from the Relief Centre in houston, the president said those affected by the tragedy had praised the response by authorities. Really, i think people appreciate whats been done. Its been done very efficiently, very well, and thats what we wanted. We are very happy with the way everything has gone. A lot of love. Theres a lot of love. What did the families tell you . They were just happy. We saw a lot of happiness. Its been really nice. Its been a wonderful thing. As tough as
To save victims of the fire injune in which at least 80 people died. And Lewis Hamilton wins the belgian grand prix, halving Sebastian Vettels championship lead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than 1,000 people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous cities, houston, in texas, as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn that the waters are still rising. 2a inches of rain fell in one day, and emergency workers are still trying to reach hundreds of people stranded in their homes. President trump will travel to texas on tuesday. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. This is the strongest storm on record. For the fourth largest city in the united states, the results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst fl
To save victims of the fire injune in which at least 80 people died. And Lewis Hamilton wins the belgian grand prix, halving Sebastian Vettels championship lead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than 1,000 people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous cities, houston, in texas, as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn that the waters are still rising. 2a inches of rain fell in one day, and emergency workers are still trying to reach hundreds of people stranded in their homes. President trump will travel to texas on tuesday. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. This is the strongest storm on record. For the fourth largest city in the united states, the results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst fl
To save victims of the fire injune in which at least 80 people died. And Lewis Hamilton wins the belgian grand prix, halving Sebastian Vettels championship lead. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than 1,000 people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous cities, houston, in texas, as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn that the waters are still rising. 2a inches of rain fell in one day, and emergency workers are still trying to reach hundreds of people stranded in their homes. President trump will travel to texas on tuesday. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. This is the strongest storm on record. For the fourth largest city in the united states, the results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst fl