click hits the road as the team heads to india to see how the country keeps connected. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ten of thousands of people living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes as flooding caused by tropical storm harvey continues to cause devastation. meteorologists say conditions are "unprecedented", describing the storm as the biggest to have ever hit the state of texas. so far more than two and a half feet of rain has fallen in houston, with the city warned to expect to be deluged by up to a year's worth within the week. five people are reported to have died in the rising floodwaters. emergency services in the area are overstretched and 3000 soldiers have been mobilised to help people to safety. 2000 people have been rescued, some plucked from rooftops by helicopters. president trump is due to visit the city tomorrow, to survey the damage. richard lister reports. taking only what they can hold, the people of huston are trying to escape the deluge. three days of torrential rain after the most powerful hurricane in 50 years have left this city struggling to cope. an armada of rescue boats is patrolling the streets. more than 2000 people have been rescued so far. but he emergency services say they have had at but the emergency services say they have had at least 5000 more calls from people who fear they are trapped. we have a two story home, and on the first floor, it's up to here, and all the furniture is just floating. everything. mattresses, all. with the roads flooded and dangerous, people have been told to stay in their homes and way to rescue there, but inevitably many have been trying to flee on their own, risking their lives to find higher ground. but those at the edge of the floods reach know they will be next as the rain keeps falling. they are getting out while they can. 0ne lady won't come out. she is handicapped. she's over here on the left side. so we know she's there. we know a couple of houses saying they are going to ride it out, so we are not sure exactly how many people. a woman took this photo of people trapped in a nursing home. her daughter tweeted it, asking for help. she said within ten to 15 minutes, the water went from ankle high to waist high, so immediately they were underwater and floating. the national guard saw the photo, and eventually everyone was led to safety. but there are many others still waiting to rescue, perched on rooftops, calling for help. helicopters are patrolling the city to coordinate the rescue effort. they have been pulling people from the flood, too, but it is a slow and dangerous process. and houston's problems are only going to get worse. parts of those regions will continue to receive incredibly heavy rain that will lead to even more flooding and more danger for texans. these floods are turning into some of the worst in america's history, with billions of dollars in damage, and at the moment, an unknown number of casualties. richard lister, bbc news. so how have texans been dealing with these unprecedented floods? the bbc‘s been speaking to both the authorities and residents about their experiences. this likely is going to be a historic rainfall, if not an all—time record in the amount of rain that is sustained in certain regions. right now, my apartment complex is surrounded by water so we could not leave, even if we wanted to. so with an eight—month—old in my household, i am kind of worried about just how long this is going to persist. roofs have been blown off their homes, buildings have been destroyed, cars, vehicles, rvs, you name it, they have been flipped over, flooding really has taken place where ever there are rivers the houston area, they are really the ones who are at this moment dire need of rescue. she said within ten to 15 minutes, the water went from ankle high to waist high. so immediately they were underwater and floating. the ordeal that we went through this morning between 7am when we first started seeing the water rush in to the garage at first daybreak here and then deciding should we leave, should we not go, should we stay? and by ten o'clock, when it started rolling into the house, we were like, 0k, we've got to scramble, get the kids up, get them out. we have received over 2000 phone calls throughout the greater houston metropolitan area requesting assistance. they are calling from their homes, rooftops, we have rescued folks off the road from their vehicles, they have been stranded. we are seeing a variety of rescue attempts. breaking news from india. a court in northern eds has sentenced a controversial guru to more than ten yea rs controversial guru to more than ten years for raping two goals. his conviction triggered large scale riots. thousands of riot police have been deployed to prevent any fresh violence after the sentencing today and indian police have previously warned that they would use all necessary force to maintain order of date the sentencing which has just come through. he has been sentenced to ten years in prison. so we are keeping an eye on what is happening at the court. thousands of his supporters have been out around this court case so we will stay across what is happening there and we will get the very latest from corresponded correspondent who is there shortly. —— from our correspondent. more than 130 people have been treated at a hospital in east sussex, and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted along the south coast of england. beaches between eastbourne and birling gap were evacuated as people complained of streaming eyes, sore throats and vomiting. police say they're investigating what caused the haze but the beaches will be open as normal today. simonjones reports. this is the moment a strange haze began rolling in off the sea as people were trying to enjoy a day at the beach. with streaming eyes and sore throats, many decided to leave before it was evacuated by emergency services wearing gas marks. —— gas masks. the mist quickly spread further along the coast. we all had really sore eyes, and then my partner had a sore throat. i had a bit of a dry chest, and then as we came off the beach, it really kind of hit and we were all coughing a little bit, and my children were really upset because their eyes were really painful. and it lasted, i was coughing until ten o'clock, woke up this morning still with a dry cough, but fingers crossed, nothing lingering. more than 100 people headed to hospital in eastbourne where they went through a decontamination process. others were urged not to go to hospital unless it was an absolute emergency. the haze prompted a huge response from the ambulance service, the police, the fire service, the coastguard and the rnli. residents were told to stay in doors and keep their windows closed. what caused the chemical cloud is still unclear. it appears to have come from the coast somewhere. i know in previous incidences we have had here, it has come from an industrial unit in france and stuff like that. we will work with our agencies to try and find out where this has all come from. the gas now seems to have blown away, and as thousands prepare to flock to the beach again for bank holiday monday, the police believe it is isolated and it is not expected to happen again. simon jones, bbc news. back to the news in india. i guru has been given a prison sentence of ten years. gurmeet ram rahim singh, who claims to have million followers, was found guilty of two charges of rape on friday. his conviction sparked an explosion of violence in north india in which 38 people were killed more than 200 injured. what is happening there? the sentencing announced a few minutes ago. this sentence was pronounced in the special court inside the prison in which gurmeet ram rahim singh has been held since friday, simply because of the law and order situation that has prevented, the authorities decided to fly thejudge prevented, the authorities decided to fly the judge in by helicopter into the prison. during the hearing, lawyers for the prosecution asked for the maximum prison sentence possible, which is life in prison. the defence lawyers said that gurmeet ram rahim singh was, in their words, a social reformer and therefore should be given a lenient sentence and then the judge came out with his sentence which was ten yea rs with his sentence which was ten years in prison. a lot of security ahead of the sentencing, the prison itself surrounded by several thousand security personnel. mobile internet data services were suspended, mobile text messaging services were suspended and door entry into the town itself restricted. in another nearby location, the headquarters of the sect, sprawling estate, my colleague is there an reporting that several thousand six deep as now have also taking up positions there. this includes army soldiers. it is believed that five to 10,000 of its hard—core supporters are inside the premises and we understand that soon after the sentence was announced, the police and the soldiers are preparing to go inside. tell us more about him and how popular he is. i think he claims he has 10 million followers worldwide. all 50 million followers. that is right. he is a self—styled spiritual guru, one of a number that you find in india but he is a mix between an evangelical preacher with the demeanour of a rock star. he is a very popular. a lot of his supporters derived from poorer communities, underprivileged communities. people who find themselves either excluded from mainstream religion or belief that mainstream religion or belief that mainstream religion or belief that mainstream religion has failed them. they gravitate towards him, he is a tremendous or, if you look at some of his public meetings, they often resemble a rock concert. it is this ability to attract people to his side that has given him this extremely power which, of course, led to the scenes we witnessed on friday when something like 200,000 of his followers had gathered near the court before he was convicted and soon after that conviction was announced took to the streets and started writing. thank you very much. we will stay across this one. —— they started rioting. police say a crash which shut the m4 for seven hours last night was caused by a driver heading the wrong way between chippenham and swindon. a black audi a3 was travelling the wrong way along the eastbound carriageway of the m4 between junction 16 and 17. it's thought to have collided with several vehicles before hitting another car head on. the driver of the car going the wrong way has died. it collided with is being treated at bristol's southmead hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life threatening. a 17—year—old boy has died at the reading festival. emergency services were called to a tent in the campsite shortly before 2am this morning. thames valley police say the death is being treated as unexplained. the teenager has not been formally identified but his family have been informed. brexit secretary david davis and government officials return to brussels today, for the latest round of brexit negotiations. british negotiators are urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. this is the third round of talks since june. 0ur political correspondent chris mason can join us from westminster. what is the message they are going in with? lots of detail, lots of nitty—gritty in the negotiation seems to be the mood music emerging from both sides. those big three topics that are on the table, the border between the uk and the european union, between northern ireland and the republic as it will be after brexit. hugely contentious issue. the whole business of the divorce settlement, the financial settlement, how much the uk pays to brussels on departure. and then citizens rights, brits abroad elsewhere in the eu and poles and others here in britain. the eu is absolutely of the view that those three have to be negotiated and agreed on first before there's a discussion about the ongoing future relationship between the uk and the eu. david davis in that statement calling the flexibility hopes that fairly soon there will be movement towards discussing the other stuff. there has been the mood music over the summer to suggest that that could be pushed back as late as christmas. as i say, overall, the sense from these talks starting this morning and carrying on through until thursday afternoon is that they will be quite technical, no big bang expected, no breakthrough, but no sense of the whole thing breaking down either. the talks there are a lwa ys down either. the talks there are always against the backdrop of what is going on here politically and disunity, labour's position now is shifting on brexit. what is the sense that about the message that oui’ sense that about the message that our sense of how much it does impact on what is going on in the talks?|j was talking to the director of the centre—right think tank and he has a way of describing the significance of labour's shift, suggesting that it brings politics back into brexit. brexit is politics 100% of the time, what is he on about? what he means by that is that labour and the conservatives up until now have had a position on brexit that has been relatively similar and what could be significant about labour's shift, this idea that the uk should stay in the single market and in a customs union ina the single market and in a customs union in a transitional period after brexit, with the potential of maintaining the membership of those two arrangements in the long term as well. is that it creates an alternative political voice of significant number on the opposite side of the commons chamber to the government who is articulating something different and when you assemble labour, the scottish national party and the liberal democrats, you have a lot of mps who could be articulating a view that they would like to see a brexit rather different from the one that theresa may is advocating. through into that there are plenty of conservatives who voted for remains and perhaps a smaller number of months back digit who would like to see what they see the hard edges of theresa may's brexit plan knocked off, there could be some interesting comments moments because of cost theresa may does not have a majority of her own conservative mps and is seen as of her own conservative mps and is seen as pretty weak, pretty vulnerable in her position as prime minister. the shift from labour which answers some questions and leaves u na nswered which answers some questions and leaves unanswered about their long—term vision for the uk's relationship with the european union politically could be quite significant. thank you very much. tens of thousands more people have been ordered to leave their homes as floodwaters continue to rise after tropical storm harvey hit the area. more than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more have been affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. a controversial guru has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping two of his women followers. time for the latest sport. england are back out in the middle trying to build up a big lead over the west indies in the second cricket test at headingley. captainjoe root is at the crease as he looks to become the first man to hit 13th consecutive half—centuries in test cricket. he's level with a—b devilliers. a short time ago england were 179 for 3. route trying to get england in front. west indies did a greatjob on theirfirst front. west indies did a greatjob on their first day. commentary on 5live. the fallout form arsenal's a—nil beating at liverpool yesterday continues, arsene wenger labelled his side's performance as "not acceptable" and admitted they had been an "easy opponent". he has though asked the fans to keep the faith. midfielder mezut 0zil took to instagram to post an apology to fans for his side's abject performance. he said "blame us, shout at us, criticize us, but i'm also very disappointed about today's game." he went on to claim: "i'm sorry, especially for the fans who travelled all the way up to liverpool to see us fighting." former arsenal defender martin keown had his say on match of the day two last night — he was critical not only of the team's performance but also, some of the manager's decisions. and in £30 million of players sitting on the bench. —— one 30. some of the russian for the decisions today, i am scratching my head. gabrielle is the best defender at the football club. he has been allowed to leave for £9 million. i am not sure now about some of the decisions that are being made. johanna konta leads the british contingent in action, on day one of the us open in new york. andy murray isn't playing after his withdrawal with a hip injury. konta is one of four british players in action as she takes on serbia's aleksandra krunic. konta has only ever been as far as the fourth round at flushing meadows. she's one of eight women who could become world number one at the end of the tournament. he's 15 years old, jumps off cliffs in his school holidays and next year could make history for wales at the commonwealth games. aidan heslop is a young diver with genuine aspirations of getting to the gold coast next year. if he does, he'd be wales's first international diver in two decades. tom brown has been to meet him. it is dangerous, daring and not for the faint—hearted. if you are afraid of heights, look away now. when did you first decide you want to throw yourself off a cliff? it was about five years ago, it was just different to what every other diver was doing, it is the be danger that makes me want to do it. from a 24 metre high platform, he is already making an impression in the sport. this summer, he won the international cliff diving championship in sweaters and —— switzerland. the first time i watched him, i had my hands over my eyes. he is starting to go off 24 now and my heart goes a little bit with the 24 but another year, i'm sure i will get used to that as well. this is very much the jaw—dropping version of what eden does but for next year's commonwealth games, he's hoping to compete for wales in something a little bit more familiar. at tom daley‘s old pool in plymouth, he's hoping to follow in the olympic diver‘s footsteps. he could be the first welsh diver at the commonwealth games since robert morgan in 1988. going to commonwealth games next year would be amazing, but i have a lot more opportunity in not just be amazing, but i have a lot more opportunity in notjust next year but the four years after and maybe the four years after that really proud to be welsh and i am as well. he is training a times a week to achieve his commonwealth stream and with his gcses in the same year, ha rd with his gcses in the same year, hard work is not over yet. an inspirational story. hard work is not over yet. an inspirationalstory. england, hard work is not over yet. an inspirational story. england, 189 43. they lead by 20 runs. joanna, back to you. aidan is amazing. it was one of the most familiar names on the high street, but today marks a year since the last bhs stores closed, after the retailer went into administration. it brought to an end nearly 90 years of trading for the famous chain. so what's happened to all those shops? our business correspondent, emma simpson has been finding out. bhs, one of the best—known names on the high street. it had its heyday, but last year, nearly 90 years of trading came to an end. and the question, who would fill this gap? at this shopping centre, a shiny new department store. newjobs for these two former bhs staff. we couldn't get anyone in to fix anything for bhs, but now we've got brand—new everything. it is like moving out, having it refurbished and moving straight back in. for us, it's's like a home from home. whatever was going on in in this building, we would be interested. the fact that we both work here is amazing. it is a good outcome, but what has happened to the other 159 bhs stores around the uk? more than half are empty. 35 properties have deals or plans in place. four are being demolished. only 25 of the former bhs stores have so far been reoccupied. that is about one in six shops. i am not surprised that a vast majority are unoccupied, many of them are very large and costly to reoccu py, and they are in marginal towns where there is a lot of competition from other locations. those retailers who would normally have been there in the past have moved elsewhere. i have lived in stockport all my life, i remember being dragged around on a saturday morning with my mum. it would never be a complete visit without coming to bhs. there is a gaping hole now. the council is spending millions on improving the town centre. its leader is convinced a solution can be found. it is a shame, because it is actually a successful shopping centre. 95% of units are let. we feel there is a lot of potential interest in this building. i think there is an incredible opportunity. i think it can be easy let. but they may need to come up with something creative than just another shop. the same goes for many of the other former bhs stores sitting empty as well. 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 new pagnell on saturday. 0ur correspondent andy moore is at high wycombe magistrates for us now. what happened in court? a first court appearance for ryszard masierak, who is 31 and from eves ha m. masierak, who is 31 and from evesham. he is originally from poland sue the charges were put to him through an interpreter and that was a process that took some time as all of the charges were individually put to him. eight charges of causing death by dangerous driving, four charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and then eight cou nts dangerous driving and then eight counts of causing death while over the described alcohol limit and the charge said he had 55 micrograms of alcohol in his breath. the legal limit is 35. ryszard masierak was the driver of the logistics truck that was involved in this crash. while those 20 charges were put to him, a process that took some time, he appeared to be blinking back tea rs he appeared to be blinking back tears and at one stage, he was given a tissue. this court case was heard by barry magistrates, there was no application for bail. ryszard masierak was remanded in custody to appear before magistrates, to appear in crown court, sorry, that will be next month. we've had a brief statement from police within the last few minutes. they have given us an update on the four people who we re an update on the four people who were injured in the crash. they are still said to be in a serious condition in hospital and police said the two haulage companies, whose lorries were involved in this accident, they are corroborating fillet with the inquiries. —— cooperating the lead. david wagstaff, he has been charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and he has been bailed, he will be appearing in court next month. eight people were killed in this accident, how much has been released about them ? andy, can you still hear me? we have lost our line to andy, u nfortu nately. german prosecutors as the nos may have killed a further 84. she had given lethal drug injections to intensive care potions at the hospital. investigators have exhumed more than 100 bodies of patients who died in clinics where they worked. a british family have been rescued from their stranded catamaran after it ran aground on a reef in the south pacific during heavy seas. the rescue coordination centre of new zealand received their distress call and coordinated with a nearby yacht to retrieve the couple and their two children. officials said the family were very lucky that a nearby yacht — the only vessel in the area — was monitoring the emergency channel and able to rescue them from the reef. thousands of revellers are descending on west london for the second day of the notting hill carnival. 0rganisers are expecting a million visitors over both days. yesterday a minute's silence was observed in memory for those killed in the fire at grenfell tower, which is on the parade route. we can go live now to our reporter noel phillips who is in notting hill for us now. i hope you can hear me over the noise. youjoin us i hope you can hear me over the noise. you join us as the parade is about to make its way down the street. this year's carnival has been like none other in its history. it has taken place here in the heart of the community. just a year ago in this area had pretty much a bird i is viewed as one of your‘s biggest street parties. the bar paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the grenfell tower disaster. they are having a dance, having a drink. look at those beautiful costumes. have a look down there. all those people about to make their way and once they set off, they will be going for hours down the street. as you expect, many people have, from across the capital and the country and indeed the world for the carnival 2017. i want to talk to two people who have come all the way from australia. hello. you came from australia, why have you come here today? i was here last year. i had to experience it again. it was amazing. really colourful. your first carnival ever, just ascribed to those who are watching at home the amazon are here today. incredible. i cannot believe it. at home the amazon are here today. incredible. icannot believe it. no words. enjoy the rest of your time. thank you so much. i have been coming since 1973.

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