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. Its expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters, with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. Unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned, but Officials Say they cant confirm figures until the floodwaters recede. Thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. What began as a category four hurricane in the gulf of mexico has become a Tropical Storm, meaning that the winds are much less than they were, but the rains are still causing devastation. 0ur correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in la grange, 100 miles west of houston in texas for us. Welcome to la grange in texas. Look at the water levels. You can just see how fast the water levels are rising here. The Colorado River has broken its banks and this town centre is completely flooded. You can see businesses are submerged. Mailboxes are practically submerged. At one point i saw a deer floating down, carried by the current. In the two hours ive been standing here the water level has risen about i a foot. Its not expected to crest for another two to four hours. This is all happening in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Because there has been so much torrential rainfall following the hurricane, because it turned into a Tropical Storm and just hung around the area of houston of the were 100 miles west just hung around the area of houston of the were100 miles west of houston, if you can believe it. This is the scene here. Just think how catastrophic it is when you actually get to houston itself. Heres my colleague Richard Lister with a report on the latest developments. Taking only what they can hold, the people of houston are trying to escape the deluge. Three days of torrential rain and 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 2,000 people have been rescued so far, but the Emergency Services say they have had at least 5,000 calls from people who are trapped. We have a two storey home, and on the first floor, its 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 wait for 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 that they will be next as the rain keeps falling. They are getting out while they can. 0ne lady wont come out. She is handicapped. Shes over here on the left side. So we know shes there. We know a couple of houses saying they are going to ride it out. The owner of this care home photographed the rising flood. Her daughter tweeted it, pleading for help. She said within ten to 15 minutes, the water went from ankle high to waist high, so immediately they were under water and floating. The National Guard saw the photo, and eventually everyone was led to safety. But there are many others still waiting for 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. With respect to the number of people in our shelters, that number was about 5500, in all of our shelters. And houstons 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. Emergency centres have been set up for those forced out of their homes. The authorities estimate in coming days theyll need shelter space for some 30,000 people. More are being made homeless all the time and some are concerned about the governments response. We havent heard any official word from any official here. But we out here, mayor, were looking for you. City councilmen, were looking for you. Anybody of importance, were looking for you. These floods are turning into some of the worst in americas history. Thousands of people have been displaced. Billions of dollars worth of property has been destroyed or damaged, with, as yet, an unknown number of casualties. Back here in la grange, you can see the river behind me, normally running at about eight feet. Its 110w running at about eight feet. Its now at nearly 53 feet and expected to peak around 55 feet, thats extraordinary, catastrophic, devastating levelful flooding here. Joining me now is lee richards. Lee has lived here for a very long time. Tell me, what do you make of this flooding that were seeing in the wa ke flooding that were seeing in the wake of Hurricane Harvey . Well its the most water ive seen, even carla that came through in 61, wasnt this much water. Can you tell me, when the hurricane made landfall on friday night, did you have any idea the effect it was going to have on you here . No, not at all. I figured it would turn somewhere, houston or somewhere. I didnt think it would come here. The first that you really, that it really got bad was sunday morning, wasnt it . Is that when you woke up and realised the extent when you woke up and realised the exte nt tv . When you woke up and realised the extent tv . Extent of it . We picked up a lot of rain. There was a lot of wind. Can you describe, the scene behind us now, we have water flowing, its a torrent. What does this normally look like . Oh, well, its the highway. All those buildings behind us here are high and dry normally. You couldnt even see the river from and dry normally. You couldnt even see the riverfrom here and dry normally. You couldnt even see the river from here at all. Can you describe the impact on la grange. The nursing home has been evacuated, trailer parks too. Yes, its displacing a lot of people here which we didnt really expect, i didntany which we didnt really expect, i didnt any way. Theres a lot of activity going on trying to get in. Of course, its cut the town down to where you cant drive anywhere you wa nt where you cant drive anywhere you want to. You have to get round all of this, its difficult. I certainly get the sense that this is a Small Community thats really pulling together. 0h, absolutely. Yes. Everybody here will stick together, as you can see by the crowd thats here. Theyre all out here seeing whats going on and talking to each other about it all. They certainly are. What are your worries once the floodwaters finally recede . Are you just concerned about the damage and devastation that could be left behind . Absolutely. Theres businesses, a lot of businesses and many homes further down the river here that are in water, deep in water. Its displaced a lot of people and businesses here with a lot of water. Lee richards, thank you so much. You saw the effect of that hurricane in 1961, harveys being compared to that. Thank you for joining being compared to that. Thank you forjoining us. Sure. Thats an eyewitness view of the damage thats being done here in la grange in texas. Behind me the water levels are still rising. Deer have been carried past me, rubbish cans, all kinds of debris. Its quite extraordinary whats happening here. The water levels are expected to carry on rising for some hours to come. Back to you in london. The brexit secretary and government officials are arriving in brussels today, for the latest round of brexit negotiations. David davis has said hed like the eu to show more flexibility and imagination in the talks. We wa nt we want to lock in the points where we agree, unpick the areas where we disagree and make further process on the whole range of issues. But in order to do that will require flexibility and imagination from both sides, something i think the council asked for on some subjects. 0ur council asked for on some subjects. Our goal remains the same we want to agree a deal that works in the best interests of both the European Union and the united kingdom. Thats what david davis was saying prior to the start of those formal talks. 0ur correspondent gavin lee is outside the european commission, where the talks are actually taking place. Weve heard what david davis thinks, whats the general mood, how do you assess things . I think both sides we got it in the subtext from david davis tacitly hes saying expect no great shakes this week. This is almost an hors doeuvre for talks around 0ctober. What becomes a little like groundhog day, there are three sticking points that are pretty muddy at the moment, where the eu side are saying they cannot progress until they believe that satisfactory progress is made. They term it satisfactory. This goes back to the point of the irish border. A few weeks ago, the government put out a position payer to say there should be no hard borders. There should be no hard borders. There should be no infrastructure in place. There are ways round it. The eu described it as magical thinking. Theyve gone into the room, i think floor 13 behind me, to discuss this as one of the other two issues, one is how much britain has to pay. Theyre disagreeing on the methodology of that and the other is citizens rights, whether the European Court of justice citizens rights, whether the European Court ofjustice should have a say on that. There is minor trash talking. Its not mcgregor meets mayweather, but this is Michel Barnier as he entered the talks a short while ago. We need uk papers that are clear in order to have constructive negotiations. We must start negotiating seriously. Its its round three starting. The civil serva nts its round three starting. The Civil Servants will be locked in, trying to work out the nuances of where they can agree. There may be some kind of heads up. Both sides are saying theyre optimistic about that. I really wouldnt hold your breath this week. I think were going to close towards september, 0ctober, where both sides are looking for some kind of breakthrough on a potential deal for the next stage of the brexit talks. 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. 0ur correspondent andy moore reports. Ryszard masierak blinked back the tears and was given a tissue as all 20 charges were put to him through an interpreter. That process took some time. Court proceedings lasted about half an hour. He was denied bail. He will appear before a crown court in aylesbury next month. Afterwards, Thames Valley police made a brief statement. Six men and two women died. Four people who were injured remain in a serious condition in hospital. Weve had full cooperation from the two Freight Companies involved, and they are fully supporting us with our enquiries. Our thoughts remain very much with those affected by this tragedy. Mr masierak was driving an aim logistics lorry at the time of the crash. 12 people were in the minibus when the collision happened in the early hours of saturday morning. Tributes have been paid to the driver, cyriacjoseph. Hes been described as an extraordinary father and a great leader within the southern Indian Community in nottingham. His passengers were a group of people from india about to start a tour of europe. Three of the dead worked for an it company. The other lorry driver, david wagstaff, whos 53 and from stoke on trent, has been bailed to appear before magistrates next month. Hes been charged with 12 counts of causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving. Andy moore, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news the authorities in houston have warned that the severe flooding, thats forced thousands of people from their homes is likely to get worse. The third round much brexit talks are taking place in brussels this afternoon. The eu chief negotiator has called for britain to start negotiating seriously. A lorry driver has been remanded in custody in connection with saturdays minibus crash on the m 1. He was charged with 20 counts of drink driving and dangerous driving. In sport, ali makes 84 to put england if control of the second test at headingley. The hosts have built a lead of 285 and will hope to bowl out the visitors on the final day tomorrow to take a 2 0 lead in the series. Kyle edmund has won the first set in his opening round match the us open. Heather watson is a set down in her opener. Craig levine has been re appointed as the manager of hearts moving from his previously role of director of football. Im back with more on all those stories later. 6 german prosecutors say a nurse who is serving a life sentence 6 who is serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, may have killed 84 others. Niels hoegel was convicted and jailed two years ago for giving lethal drug injections to intensive care patients. Investigators have exhumed more than a hundred bodies of patients who died in clinics where hoegel worked. 0ur correspondent in berlin, damian mcguinness, told me how details of this case first emerged. As you said in 2015, this man was convicted to life sentence for the two murders. Now, evidence was shown that he had indeed murdered patients who were in his care, in this intensive care unit, but it later transpires that since that trial in 2015, prosecutors carried out an investigation. During that investigation, they exhumed and examined around 130 bodies of people who died while this nurse was working in the intensive care unit. They found traces of a drug in those bodies that. Was the drug which this nurse had administered through injection to patients, apparently his motive appears to have been that he wanted to create or he wanted to really ensure that these people would have a cardiac collapse, that then he would swoop in as a saviour and he would resuscitate them. All of that was really to attempt to gain recognition from his colleagues. It seems to have become quite an obsession. Of course, many of the people died. He didnt manage many of the people. Earlier today, prosecutors said, yeah, almost 90 people died in this way. But theres another 90 cases which they suspect also happened and they dont have evidence. They cant prove it. Thats because those bodies have been cremated. Its impossible to see the drug. Its likely well never know for sure exactly how many people were killed by this man. Dreadful for the families of these people whove suddenly had this news brought to them. Yeah, thats right. Thats one of the debates were seeing now in germany. 0n the one hand, this investigations been going on for a few years. The court case took a few years to come trial in 2015. There are questions about why it took so long. About how other hospital staff reacted at the time. Because the case only came to light because reporters started digging and because family members started asking a lot of questions. There are likely to be further trials now of hospital staff who are accused of looking away or turning a blind eye because it seems that people knew what was happening or suspected what was happening and that now there is talk here in germany of setting up a whistle blowing system in order for people to really calls the authorities attention when Something Like this happens. There is outrage of the murders themself but also why it took so long to uncover what happened to the people or the relatives of people who died. About 150 people have now been treated in hospital in eastbourne in east sussex afterfalling ill as a result of a mysterious chemical haze which drifted in from the sea late yesterday afternoon. 0ur correspondent amanda akass has been to birling gap, one of the affected areas, from where she sent this report. Making the most of the late august sunshine, this morning people have been back enjoying the beach at birling gap, despite the toxic cloud of gas which engulfed those here yesterday. My mum heard that people had evacuated, there was a gas in the air. I thought she was joking to start w we saw people with streaming eyes. We got back inside. I saw on the news that the roads were open again. Nothing strange is going on. So i decided to have a second try. Its such a nice weekend, we just want to have a walk and get on with it. People queued late into the night outside eastbournes district general hospital. In the end 150 people were treated here. We had itchy eyes, sore throat, throbbing head and nausea. We all panicked. Everyone, anxiety was high. We were shaking and getting really nervous and everything. Just didnt know what to do. Even the lifeboat crew sent out to help with the rescue were affected. We went straight into this cloud, which we werent aware of at the time. We could feel our eyes burning straight away. We advised the coastguards and we were told to stay inside the lifeboat, close the doors and conduct our search from inside. The hospital say in the end, most people only suffered minor effects. In a similar incident a few years ago, a gas leakfrom france could be smelled across the south east. Emergency services say they dont believe thats the case this time. Theyre still not clear, though, about what it was and where it did come from. That was the bbcs amanda akass reporting for us. We can get more now on the floods in parts of the us state of texas. Up to 30,000 people may need temporary, emergency shelters. We can speak to anneke green who is now a columnist at real clear politics. In 2005 she was a speech writer for george w bush, the president who had to deal with hurricane catriona, when it devastated new orleans. Good afternoon. Thank you forjoining us. Hi, yes, thanks for having me. This is becoming a huge challenge for city, state and indeed for the federal government to deal with. 0h, yes. Pa rt of federal government to deal with. 0h, yes. Part of whats so difficult is its not over yet. 0ne trick from katrina is that the rain is still falling. The storm is heading back towards the gulf. So, theyre continuing to deal with water rising and the rain wont stop. Katrina, they were able, once the storm hit and did its worse, to really start rescue efforts. At what point in circumstances like this, and talking principally to a uk audience who wont necessarily follow how american politics works in these situations at what point would the federal government get involved in Somethi