Which was planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. Police are investigating after a box of 70 fireworks was set off in a pizza shop in liverpool. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Lets go straight to houston and join laura trevelyan. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Look at the destruction and devastation the flooding and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has caused. In this neighbourhood were still seeing flooding even though the storm has passed, because reservoirs outside houston are so full with water they are over spilling so the authorities are over spilling so the authorities are doing controlled release of the water through the dams, which means water through the dams, which means water levels here are still rising. There are more than 10,000 people in shelters in houston, yet another shelters in houston, yet another shelter opened last night. It is a city in an emergency situation. My colleaguejohnny city in an emergency situation. My colleague johnny diamond has city in an emergency situation. My colleaguejohnny diamond has this report. Plucked from the flood water. Lifted from a rooftop, a mother and child. One of so many rescues in a city turned into an inland sea. From across the us have come volunteers with their boats, now the only way to reach many residents as the water has risen and risen and risen again. This is a bad storm. They said it was catastrophic, its catastrophic. As soon as it started to creep up to the front door we had to get out of there. Its overwhelming, ive been crying all morning. Thousands have left their homes in the city to find food and a drive floor in shelters. Even veterans of fierce weather are stunned by this storm. Catastrophic for everybody in houston, im from here and id never seen anything. I lived in South Carolina for years, went through a lot of hurricanes and ive never seen anything like this before. Empty homes have made a tempting target for criminals. The police are overstretched. The citys mayor announced a night time curfew. There are too many people from across our city, too many residents, out of their homes. And they are in shelters. I dont want them to have to worry about someone breaking into their home, looting, doing anything of that nature, while they are away. There was no forced evacuation of the city. Most stayed in their homes. Now those homes are underwater and help is desperately needed. The water, the current is very strong. And a lot of people dont want to leave their homes. Theyve got to keep coming back out here. When we come back they decide to leave. We try to get them out as quick as possible. 90 miles east, a city cut off by the water. Port arthur has gone into survival mode, says the sheriff, unable to receive help from outside. 0ne shelter had to be abandoned as 110w 0ne shelter had to be abandoned as now the citys Bowling Alley is home for some of its residents. The scale of the floods is breathtaking. Houses and roads, shops and hospitals, submerged. Reconstruction will be a huge task, but is now saving lives is the priority, with residents almost swept away by surging storm water. Johnny dymond, bbc news. And you can see the extent of flooding here in houston, and it has led to the creation of a volunteer navy. People have brought their boats from all over the United States just to be here to go out on patrol, to see if anyone behind me in these neighbourhoods still needs rescuing, if they need supplies. I talked to one of those members of this flotilla that sprang up a little earlier. Were trying to help the houston area anyway we can. So we we re the houston area anyway we can. So we were luckily spared the hurricane down the valley of texas, so we wa nted down the valley of texas, so we wanted to come to houston and be of help and help people get out of their houses and keep people safe. Whats in your boat . Supplies. Life jackets, gatorade, water, making sure people are safe. How long have you been doing this . We got in yesterday, just a day weve been here. How many people have you seen in that time . Probably around five. What circumstances where people in menu found them . Really high water in their houses, really trying to get out and keep themselves safe. 0ne get out and keep themselves safe. One of the many volunteers who has brought their boat to houston to help out in this catastrophic situation. The storm has passed but the water levels are still rising because of the controlled release of water from those reservoirs outside houston. People here still dont know if the worst is yet to come. Back to you in london. Laura trevelyan live in houston. North korea has described the firing of a Ballistic Missile overjapan as the first step in military operations in the pacific. The United NationsSecurity Council has unanimously condemned the test, and President Trump has responded this afternoon by tweeting the diplomatic unease coincides with theresa mays visit to japan. She told the countrys Prime Minister shinzo abe that the uk stands shoulder to shoulder with japan and urged china to put more pressure on north korea to stop its missile testing programme. 0urfirst report is from yogita limaye, in the south korean capital seoul. This is the rocket that flew over japan on tuesday morning, according to north korean state television. Its believed to be a hwasong 12 medium range missile, the kind pyongyang has threatened to fire at the us Pacific Island of guam. And north korea has said tuesdays test was the First Step Towards that plan. Its leader, kim jong un, monitored the launch and has ordered more such missile drills aimed at targets in the pacific ocean. The threat is very serious. The indication that there are going to be more launches came from kim jong un himself, so its definite, they are going to launch more missiles. We should take it seriously because north korea has already said that its going to advance toward the capability of delivering a Nuclear Warhead to an american city. The tests that have been announced will be an important step along the way. North koreas fierce response came as the United NationsSecurity Council was meeting in new york. All 15 members of the group condemned pyongyangs actions. The world is united against north korea. There is no doubt about that. It is time for the north korean regime to recognise the danger they are putting themselves in. But no new sanctions were announced by the council. South korea has welcomed the un statement, but is pushing for tougher measures against north korea, as are the us and japan. But even the stringent sanctions passed by the Security Council earlier this month, banning major exports from north korea and putting economic pressure on the country dont seem to have worked so far. Prime minister theresa may is visiting japan a day after a missile flew over the country. The threat from north korea, high on the agenda. Well, i want to work with Prime Minister abe, to work with other International Partners, to do what we all want to do, which is to stop north korea from conducting these illegal activities. We want to work with International Partners to see what further pressure can be brought on north korea and, of course, particularly look at what china can do to bring pressure on north korea. Beijing has hit back at the Prime Minister for her comments, saying she should first ensure the country is fully implimenting sanctions. China has also blamed the us for escalating tensions and has heavily criticised the joint military exercises being conducted by american and south korean troops. Translation china stands opposed to any chaos or war on the peninsula. Enhancing war on the peninsula will not help towards achieving the goal of demilitarisation or regional stability. On tuesday, south korea also released video of its own missiles, a response to north koreas test. Both sides are caught up in a cycle of aggression. As youve been hearing Prime Minister theresa may has met her japanese counterpart shinzo abe during a three day visit to japan. Talks were focussed primarily on security and north korea but also touched on brexit. Theresa may has described japan as a like minded nation, and a natural trading partner though the country has been forthright in expressing concerns about the impact of britains departure from the eu on its uk based firms. A warning that this report from Rupert Wingfield hayes contains some flash photography. Arriving injapans second city 0saka today, theresa may has landed in the middle of a new north Korean Missile crisis. But it is primarily trade that japan wants to talk to the british Prime Minister about this week. And in particular the deal she is negotiating for britain to leave the European Union. Im going to be talking to my japanese counterpart Prime Minister abe this week about the future relationship between the United Kingdom and japan. About how we can build on what is already a good strong relationship, but build on that in the areas of security, defence and yes, trade. And look to the arrangements that we can put in place when weve left the European Union. Mrs may was greeted by the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe in the ancient capital of kyoto. At a buddhist temple she was treated to a cup of tea. A very japanese one. Despite mrs mays confident words, these two leaders are far apart on the issue of brexit. Japan is deeply concerned about britain leaving the European Union. It is by far the largest asian investor in the uk. Over the last 35 years over 1000 Japanese Companies have invested in britain, creating 150,000 jobs. Japanese Business Owners said their investments were made because britain is in the eu. We are probably the largest asian investor in this country and it all started when Margaret Thatcher promoted britain as the bridgehead into the european market. The Japanese Companies bought that and came in great numbers. There will be much talk here this week of the strength and depth of anglo japanese ties. But if britain is heading for a hard brexit, those ties are going to be put under severe strain. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. Earlier i spoke to the director at the brussels think tank European Centre for International Political economy. Hes a former diplomat and trade specialist. I began by asking if there is concern amongst Japanese Companies who invested the uk. This is one of the prime comparative advantages of the uk, it is a bridgehead for the japanese banks and japanese manufacturing industry. It gives access to the supply chains in the Single Market, provides a sta ble in the Single Market, provides a stable economy and very competitive economy to invest in. As far as the Japanese Companies are concerned, i think many of them did invest in the 80s, strictly on the grounds that the uk would be a part of the eu. That is the sole reason they are there. Weve already seen some companies, banks in particular, considering moving at least part of their operation out of the uk. How great is the risk of many of these japanese firms deciding that britain is no longer the best place for them to interest, particularly if we end up to interest, particularly if we end up with what people are calling hard brexit. Talks dont seem to be going well at the moment. Here is the simple fact. 0nce well at the moment. Here is the simple fact. Once the eu and japan agreement will be signed next year, basically you will have better market integration betweenjapan and the European Union, between the uk and eu is hard brexit would happen. It allows for a number of opportunities. As well as if you look at some of the companies we are discussing here, that have invested in the uk, for example nissan, they have considerable supply chains and an existing capacity to manufacture already on the Single Market or in the customs union, with turkey. It means basically wants the next Investment Decision is going to take place for the next generation, vehicles, next generation of products, its not going to look very good for the uk. As texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey, the storm moves east, inundating the city of port arthur with more than 20 inches of rain, closing the countrys largest oil refinery. North korea says the firing of a missile over japan was the first step of its military operations in the pacific after the un Security Council unanimously condemned the country. President trump says talking is not the answer to defusing diplomatic tension. Prince william and harry visit a Memorial Garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. In sport, where will alex 0xlade chamberlain end up . Liverpool open talks with his club arsenal over a prospective move after the England International turned down a move to chelsea. Concern to the health and workload of male tennis players according to the president of the International Tennis federation. It comes as five top players missed the us open through injury. Ahead of the final and decisive test against the west indies, the ecb announced bowling coach 0tis gibson is to leave to become south africas head coach. Ill be back with more on those stories at just after ill be back with more on those stories atjust after half past four. The European Parliament brexit coordinator has said there is slow progress in general in the brexit negotiations. Diver hofstadter told a committee of meps he expected some progress but no breakthroughs. Michel barnier repeated his plea for more information from the uk government, saying we need to know their position, then we can be flexible. Adam fleming joins me now. Adam, i suppose we should think it might be quite positive at least fema indicates there seems to be progress at all. The words he used in front of his fellow meps here in brussels was the expected some progress but no breakthroughs. Those are the hints ive been getting from people with knowledge of the talks that have been going on for a couple of days in this third round. Its very much about clarifying positions, finding areas of agreement, identifying areas of disagreement and trying to nudge forward on the areas where there is disagreement. Guy verhofstadt went on to say it looks like if talks progressed at this pace it would be very difficult in his words, for him to say sufficient progress had been made in october, for the talks to move to the next phase, about trade and the future relationship. It is a judgment thatll have to be made by Michel Barnier, the eu chief negotiator for brexit, and the 27 leaders of the other remaining eu countries. Itll a really big deal, at what point do they say enough progress has been made in the first phase of talks to move to the next phase . Because there seems to be this problem that they cant even agree on the structure of the negotiations. With this insistence from the eu side that we solve these three priorities as far as they see it before moving onto the next stage. The uk says, we have to talk about everything altogether. You are right there is a disagreement about the timetable and structure of the talks, david davies arrived saying to Michel Barnier at the podium, could you be more flexible and imaginative, so we can talk about issues to do with the irish border, which could be considered brexit related issues for phase one, but also future trade related issues for phase two. David daviss point was that it would make more sense to talk about those things together rather than with a somewhat artificial division. Michel barnier bumping intoa artificial division. Michel barnier bumping into a journalist from the News Agency Bloomberg in the building behind me a couple of years ago said the uk still has to clarify its position is on a whole load of issues, which suggests not a lot of clarifying has been done in the last couple of days of talks and in terms of the substance of the issues, there still seems to be disagreement on the issues of citizens rights, primarily whether it is the European Court ofjustice that guarantees the rights of eu citizens living in the uk after brexit or whether the british courts would suffice, such is the british claim. Northern ireland and the irish border, there has been a big position paper published by the british government, described as magical thinking by european diplomats in private. The real Sticking Point is the so called brexit bill, the european demand that the uk has financial obligations it must stick to. What has been happening today, i understand, is british negotiators have been making a presentation about what they see as the rather shaky legal found