situation" involving a chemical plant in houston flooded in storm harvey. millions of people are hit by heavy flooding right across south asia during the worst monsoon rains in decades. the online gambling firm that's been hit with a fine of nearly £8 million after it failed to protect vulnerable players. also this hour: 20 years after diana's death, we report on the tributes at kensington palace. flowers are laid outside herformer home, just as they were 20 years ago, after the princess died in car crash in paris. it's deadline day for premier league transfers. top clubs have already spent a record £1.2 billion this summer, good evening and welcome to bbc news. the latest round of brexit talks ended in brussels today with both sides suggesting the other was to blame for the lack of progress. a major sticking point is the so—called divorce bill, the amount that britain will have to pay as it leaves the eu. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said "no decisive progress" had been made on key issues. but the brexit secretary, david davis, warned that only "flexibility and imagination" would lead to a deal. from brussels our europe editor, katya adler, reports. trust building between the two sides. that's what the eu says this first phase of brexit negotiations is about. so by today, the end of round three of these first talks, how much trust is there? it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start discussing a future relationship? for his part, david davis said the uk couldn't blindly trust the divorce bill presented by the eu. the commission has set out its position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously. behind the smart suits, the stiff smiles, it was clear that both sides were talking at cross purposes today about what brexit subjects to tackle in what order, and whether and how much progress is actually being made. david davis painted the picture of a rigid, inflexible eu, while he argued... it's only through flexibility and imagination that we'll achieve a deal that works truly for both sides. michel barnier insisted the uk had to be more clear, and realistic about a brexit deal. the eu couldn't be flexibility, he said, if the uk didn't show its hand. translation: i'm not frustrated, but i am impatient. it's not that i'm angry, i'm determined. so where does that leave all of us? we know that brexit will have a big impact on our lives, butjust how huge will depend on the nature of a transition deal and the future permanent trade deal between the eu and the uk. we're nowhere near that yet and all this deal—making could still fall apart, though there's no need to panic just yet. the eu refuses to talk about the eu—uk future until there's substantive progress on the divorce deal. so where are we on the three core issues? both sides agree reassuring eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens in the eu is a top priority, but they still disagree still whether the european court ofjustice should have a role in guaranteeing the rights of individuals. on ireland, progress has made, especially around protecting the northern ireland—republic of ireland common travel area, but the so—called divorce bill is the biggest sticking point right now. the eu wants the uk to pay up to 100 billion euros in what it sees as financial obligations the uk agreed to while an eu member. the uk says, no, it will pay something, but refuses to specify. these brexit talks have been largely technical. political pressure to push for progress is unlikely to come from the uk or the eu until after the conservative party conference or the formation of a new german government after elections next month. meanwhile, as the eu likes to repeat, the clock to the end of the uk's eu membership is ticking. let's cross to westminster and speak to the conservative mp, john redwood, who is a longstanding supporter of brexit. good evening. thank you forjoining us. good evening. thank you forjoining us. good evening. i mean, it looks as though the eu has us over something of a barrel here. they are saying, no, you will pay. until you agree to a figure, as yet undisclosed, we will not negotiate what you want to negotiate on. it's a silly stance they are taking. what you want to negotiate on. it's a silly stance they are takingm may be silly, but they are sit—in rules ? may be silly, but they are sit—in rules? we owe them nothing. i hope oui’ rules? we owe them nothing. i hope our government has been strong in pointing it out. there is no basis for making leaving presents to the eu. our ministers need to have legal powers before they can authorise expend tours and there is no legal basis. the eu need to talk to us about their future trading. they sell us a great deal. i would have thought they would want to carry on tariff—free with no barriers. none of the member states have advocated going for tariffs or barriers. they are coming up with this idea we have to pay for access to their market where of course quid pro quo they would need to pay for access to our market as well. they are not. the divorce bill, that's a separate thing. that is not about access to the market. that is about saying that britain has signed up to responsibilities and commitments to pay for projects and the rest of the running of the eu, as you well know, for the next seven years or for this seven year financial period. there is, therefore, a bill to settle, is there not? no. itjust doesn't work like that. that isn't what the treaty says. the treaty doesn't make pro crucial vision for a member exiting to pay for years when it's no longer a ebb member. we know it isn't the way it, works. when we joined no—one gave us a discount or lump tom they had liabilities before we arrived uchl paid while you were around the table. if you joined you started paying immediately. if you leave, you stop paying immediately. that's the system. treaties are crystal clear. there would be no legal power for a british crystal clear. there would be no legal powerfor a british minister to give a payment above paying our full while we are in it. they got £9 billion due to the delay of sending the article 50 letter. they have done already. they will get money out of us until we leave. the talks will drag on until the very bitter end. so we won't be leaving until march 2019. isn't the british government's stance on this creating a prolonged period of uncertainty, as well as the eu stance, it's not what small and medium sized businesses across this country need? the eu is prolonging the uncertainty because they won't talk about trade, which is what business wants to know about. one model is that there is no agreement and we go on to world trade terms. we know what they are like. that is how businesses trade with all the rest of the world from a british base and it would just be that they will trade with france and germany on the same basis as they trade with the rest of the world am we know what it is like. the average tariff is low. we roll over the current arrangements, which are tariff—free and relatively barrier—free and regster that as a free trade agreement at the wto. there is time to do. that we need the much u to tell us which they want. i think they should want the second. we are are rousely offering the second. it's more in their interests than ours they have many more items sold into britain that will attract high tariffs in the agricultural field will attract high tariffs in the agriculturalfield than will attract high tariffs in the agricultural field than would attract the other way. the value is more for them than for us, yet percentage wise of course it is a bigger percentage of our trade that relies on our relationship with the eu as opposed to the french or the germans or the slova ks eu as opposed to the french or the germans or the slovaks or whatever. a lot of that is tariff—free services which will remain tariff—free under wto rules. i'm making a specific point. only area where you could have damagingly high ta riffs where you could have damagingly high tariffs under the wto rules would be in agriculture. that is where they have a large surplus with us and we would have other options for sourcing, preraribly from home production, but also we would have the opportunity to lower tariffs elsewhere in the world and get cheaper food from elsewhere in the world if they insist on very high ta riffs world if they insist on very high tariffs on danish pork and french dairy and irish beef into the uk. uk. john redwood, we will leave it there. thank you very much for joining us this evening. thank you very much. one of the stories developing this evening is happening at the oval in london. a county cricket match has been abandoned after a projectile was fired into the oval ground in london. the item, believed to be a crossbow bolt, landed very close to the umpires while middlesex were playing surrey in a county championship match. the players very quickly left the field and supporters were all asked to move indoors. match officials took the projectile to the stewards for examination. a police investigation is under way. let's speak to adina campbell who is at the oval, in south london. can you bring us up—to—date on the latest? yes. well, latest news we have here is that this is incident isn't terrorism related. as you say, play was stopped between the surrey and middlesex game here earlier this afternoon after this security scare. police say they were called after a.30pm after reports that an object was thrown on to the pitch. believed to bea was thrown on to the pitch. believed to be a crossbow or an arrow of some kind. they are investigating exactly what it was. now, at the moment we know no—one has been arrested and no—one has been injured, but an investigation is still ongoing and people have now been taken away to safety. a short time ago i spoke to richard goode, the chief executive of the surrey county cricket club. he told me about the security measures in place. for championships days we had 25 stewards on site. as sooi'i days we had 25 stewards on site. as 50011 as days we had 25 stewards on site. as soon as the umpire saw what happened he took the players off the pitch. our security team then ensured that all spectators were moved to a position of safety. which is effectively indoors. how have you been reassuring spectators and staff here? by acting professionally, quickly and making sure that we communicate as quickly and effectively as possible. life resumed to normal fairly quickly afterwards. the police have been completing their protocols going forward , completing their protocols going forward, what since. happens in terms of trying to get back to normal? we will review and understand what has happened. we do not know if it was a deliberate act where we were targeted or whether in fa ct where we were targeted or whether in fact this was an accident. not an accident, someone has fired it, extremely irresponsiblibly, we happened to be the place where the bolt landed. we simply don't know. we will act on the assumption that, in the first instance, it was done with malice and take all measures appropriate. well, we've been told between 600—8000 people have been taken outside the venue as part of the evacuation process here. one of those watching the game earlier was the test match special commentator daniel, norcross, what ask did you see? we were watching the game peter out into the draw. the umpires slowly ca m e out into the draw. the umpires slowly came together. we thought, they are complaining about the ball 01’ they are complaining about the ball or something. something that would be cricket related. they pointed at something on the ground. this thing was sticking in about four or five inches into the ground. they pulled it out. we couldn't see what it was from 100 meters away or so, we were in the gods looking down. the players nearest to what we now know to bea players nearest to what we now know to be a crossbow bolt they started running at some pace and made it back to their changing rooms. the other players hadn't cotton on. the umpires without any fuss, it was extraordinarily calm and typically like a extraordinarily calm and typically likea game extraordinarily calm and typically like a game of cricket. the other players gently moved off the field. the spectators were crumbling. they didn't know what was going on. is it rain, have they gone off for good light or any of the things that cricket stops with. they were showing what we could see now was an arrow. about 18 inches long, a red arrow, yellow quiver and a shop point. i've seen it subsequently. if that had hit someone it could have proved absolutely catastrophic. it landed between england's jason roy, who opens the batting for england and nick compton. it was unlike anything i've ever seen in my life. how quickly were people taken away from the pitch? like i say, initially the players who were closest to it took themselves off very quickly. once it was confirmed what it was, the guys who were near it went off. the call went out to the rest of the players who then started moving with a little bit more haste. it was pretty slow. it was very. . . more haste. it was pretty slow. it was very... you didn't really sense the terrible urgency of it. we got an idea as players started running up an idea as players started running up to theirchanging an idea as players started running up to their changing rooms. no, there was nothing like panic. thank you very much forjoining us. as i say, police have confirmed in the last hour or so that this incident is not terrorism related. everyone has now been led outside. the evacuation process is over. police are continuing to investigate exactly what happened here. thank you very much. remarkable eyewitness testimony there, bringing home exactly what happened at the oval this afternoon. the headlines. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says there's been "no decisionive progress" in the brexit talks. the brexit secretary, david davis, says some progress has been made. a cricket match at the oval is abandoned after a crossbow bolt was fired onto the pitch. the crowd was evacuated from the stadium. officials in texas warn of an "incredibly dangerous situation" as a chemical plant in houston is flooded by the waters of storm harry. —— storm harp are you. we will stay with storm harvey. —— harvey. a chemical plant in texas, which was flooded by hurricane harvey, has caught fire and people living nearby are being told to leave their homes immediately. several small explosions have been reported at the arkema facility in crosby. our north america correspondent, james cook, has been there. it is an unsettling sight, a fire smouldering in the water. this plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool, but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. they planned for this, but not well enough. police have a simple message — get out, now. already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. max del la rosa's car was trapped by the floods inside the danger zone, but he was told he had to walk out. i guess something went on because then ijust heard the alarms. i was like, "oh, man, it's so serious now." then my mum was trying to get me, my dad was trying to get me, they wouldn't let nobody come in. i know they've got all kind of chemicals and ijust don't know which ones is in the water and coming down into my house, it means i've got water in the house right now. so it's going to be pretty nasty. as specialist teams roll in, the messages coming out are confusing and contradictory. reports of explosions are now being denied. federal officials say the smoke is incredibly dangerous, the firm tells a different story. this isn't a chemical release, what we have is a fire, and when you have a fire where hydrocarbons, these chemicals burning, sometimes you have incomplete combustion and you have smoke. and any smoke is going to be an irritant to your eyes or your lungs or potentially your skin. the company which operates this plant says there's only one thing to do now and that is to let this fire burn itself out. in the meantime, being are being warned to stay back as there may be further explosions. in houston, with the floods receding, frank rogers is heading home to count the cost. you can see the water mark. when he escaped, the water in here was up to his chest, and this scene is being repeated today in thousands upon thousands of homes. upset, all the work we've got to do to get back up. it's going to be a long, trying time. a long, trying time, man. and still this storm is not stopping. the rain and the rescues are continuing to the east, on the border between texas and louisiana. and she wants to know, everyone wants to know, when this will end. james cook, bbc news, crosby, in texas. donald trump went to the region earlier in the week. today it was the turn of the vice—president, mike pence. he has been visiting the area and he has been speaking to flood victims in rockport in texas along local politicians. it's an honour to be with you today. thank you governor. we're here today, president trump will be back in texas with the first lady on saturday. we promise you, we're going to stay with you every step until we bring south—east texas back bigger and better than ever before. thank you very much. applause that's the us vice—president giving his support. we can speak now to our correspondent, laura trevelyan, who is in richmond, in texas. the weather behind you, it's sunny, not raining. what is happening to all that water? matthew, it's only going to rise, which seems extraordinary, doesn't it? almost a week after hurricane harp are you made landfall. because of the excessive rainfall, the rivers are swelling. the river behind us has broken its banks, it still hasn't crested. there were more mandatory evacuations here in texas this morning. the water levels here are due to rise another couple of feet and not fully speak until friday afternoon. people here can't get back into their homes. people are incredibly anxious. a difficult time. these are mobile homes. people who don't have much to begin with. they are worried to see what they will find when they get there. one mani will find when they get there. one man i spoke to said it will mean more debt for him. the government will help. there have been officials here, by lingual officials, it is a hispanic community here, telling people about the assistance on offer. this is a hugely anxiety inducing time. in other communities they are being warned that threatening, life—threatening and devastating flooding can continue through friday. which is astonishing to think. we are looking at another 24—hours of waters rising at the least. can you give us a sense of the geography. you look to be in a relatively rural area. in larger urban areas, and in houston specifically, do you know if we are seeing if they are seeing there any respite from the flooding that they've had over the last few days? i was they've had over the last few days? iwas in they've had over the last few days? i was in houston yesterday, we are south—west of houston in richmond, towards the gulf coast. they are beginning to see the floodwaters recede now in houston. that's something. they have a spell of dry weather ahead. it's a tremendous relief. rainfall next week, but nothing like they have seen. it's a good moment for houston. it's a moment to realise the enormity of what's happened. if you think that almost 30% of the greater metropolitan area of houston has flooded. it's an area the size of new york and chicago combined it's quite extraordinary. in this county, 800 square miles, 170 square miles are under water at this point. the damage that has been done, it's really very difficult to comprehend. we have thousands and thousands of people in shelters. we have nearly 200,000 people asking for government assistance. with more flooding yet to come, we haven't even reached the peak of the people who need help. laura, thank you very much indeed for bringing us up—to—date for that. you will be around for several more days to come, doubtless telling us in the coming day about how thoses effo rts in the coming day about how thoses efforts to recover proceed. for now, thank you very much. aid agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people affected by devastating floods across south asia. more than 1,200 people are believed to have died. it's thought to be the worst monsoon season in decades, with nearly a million homes damaged or destroyed in india, nepal and bangladesh. sanjoy majumder sent this report. weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. many villages in the northern part of the country still cut off. aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. it's a similar situation across large parts of south asia. the eastern indian state of bihar has been hit the hardest. heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water. more than 500 people have been killed here in the past few weeks. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes, and are staying in temporary camps. there's still a lot of water. there's a lot of damage. there's a lot of people still out of their homes. people are surviving and getting on with things as they can. and india's financial capital mumbai, a city of more than 20 million, was brought to a standstill after torrential rain hit the city on wednesday. transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade home. we're in the middle of the annual monsoon season and it's been raining intensely across india, but also neighbouring nepal and bangladesh for the past several weeks. it's caused the worst flooding in decades and it's led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods, especially at this time of the year, but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant that the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, is due to make a speech setting out her party's attitude to the next round of negotiations on restoring devolution. injune, talks between the main parties failed to restore a power—sharing executive at stormont. let's speak to chris buckler in belfast. chris, any indication of what arlene foster is likely to say? yeah, matthew. since january there has been no devolved government in northern ireland. that gives us a sense of just the northern ireland. that gives us a sense ofjust the time and the difficulties that there are between sinn fein and the dup. throughout this time, we've had the two parties really at each other‘s throats calling each other names sometimes, saying this they don't want to do a deal. each saying that about the other. tonight, arlene foster, the dup leader, is going to be speaking to members of her own party. but make no mistake, the speech that she gives is intended for the ears of sinn fein. they wants to see her party and sinn fein go back into a power—sharing executive shechl made no secret of that. sinn fein have said they are not prepared to d do a deal unless a number of issues are dealt with. they include same—sex marriage and one of the big issues is this call for legislation that would give official status to the irish language. tonight, arlene foster will give a speech in which she sets out what she believes is possible. centrally in that message will be a suggestion that sinn fein and the dup need to go back into power and they can sort out some of those problems. some of the dup members have been suggesting there could be a parallel process. that they could potentially go into government together and sort out those deals separately. what she says specifically is going to be very important. sinn fein will be listening. they're expected to respond tomorrow morning, but really you get a feeling that if this next round of talks doesn't work out, then, really, you are left with the situation where direct rule will be likely. that is where westminster will take over the running of northern ireland, at least for a time, while the parties sort themselves out. frankly, there are things that are not being dealt with. real concerns here among the population about health service problems not being addressed properly. the government is running in this limbo period while the dup and sinn fein remain divided on some of these key issues. sinn fein will be listening closely and we'll hear from arlene foster in the next hour or so. chris, thank you. a quick one from you. you talk about this limbo period. is anybody actually governing in northern ireland at the moment? is anybody running things? if so, who? it's a very good question. we do have a northern ireland secretary, james broken shire. he's made clear that westminster are not prepared to step in at this time we do have civil serva nts in at this time we do have civil servants running government departments are operating. people are not making decisions. there are no new decisions or addressing the big issues. the health service is a big issues. the health service is a big one as far as budgets are concerned because they want to be in a position where they can deal with historical problems in the health service, waiting lists are longer here than any other part of the uk. that is causing public anger. is taking big decisions and new decisions. there is only so long that can go on for. the conservative government, who rely on dup support, they are starting to recognise that, too. thank you very much. we will come back to you as we get more details from arlene foster this evening. thank you. it was 20 years ago to the day that diana, princess of wales, died in a car crash in paris. the vehicle she was travelling in was being pursued by paparazzi photographers. well, several public events are taking place to commemorate the anniversary and members of the public have been gathering outside kensington palace, leaving cards and floral tributes. her sons, princes william and harry, are marking the anniversary in private. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has been recalling events of that day in paris, with new insights from the then british ambassador to france. the news had come in the early hours of the morning. diana, princess of wales, had been involved in a serious car accident in paris. as the world waited for news, the then british ambassador to france, lord michaeljay, was at the hospital with france's interior minister, jean—pierre chevenement. as time moved on, it became clear that it was more serious than we thought, and then chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came back in tears, really. he came up to me and said, "i'm afraid, she's dead." later in the day, the prince of wales arrived at the hospital to bring diana's body back to britain. it had been charles who'd had to break the news to william and harry that their mother had been killed. 20 years on, lord jay recalls the conversations with charles very clearly. he was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked a little bit about what it had been like in balmoral that morning. he said how prince william had wanted to go to church that morning — which was not, he said, something prince william always wanted to do on a sunday morning — so they had been to church. but throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had lost their mother rather brutally. it was a week when many people struggled, not least, says lord jay, the monarchy itself. the nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me, with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief with was the queen. lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it is diana's sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody the style of monarchy people want for the future. yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother which had been placed outside kensington palace. 20 years on, diana's impact is still very real. nicholas witchell, bbc news. scenes from a sunny kensington palace. let us take a look at the weather no. good evening. bolasie of summer has been one of sunshine and heavy showers. those showers will be easing away this evening and overnight. into friday morning, clear skies and light wens. a few showers in the south. temperatures, ten or 11 degrees in the south but colder in the countryside, a fresh start. through the day, the showers will develop but not as frequent as today. the heaviest of the showers will be in the east and in the south east of scotland, at the pennines and lincolnshire. temperatures at around 15 to 21 degrees. average for the time of year. most of us will avoid showers. the weekend is shaping up, saturday looking like a fine day. wet and windy for sunday. hello. this is bbc news. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier says there's been ‘no decisive progress‘ in the brexit talks — after a third round of bargaining today. the brexit secretary, david davis, says some ‘concrete' progress has been made. a cricket match at the oval is abandoned after a crossbow bolt was fired onto the pitch — the crowd was evacuated from the stadium. officials in texas are warning of an ‘incredibly dangerous situation', after two explosions at chemical plant in houston which was flooded in storm harvey. people living near the plant have been told to evacuate their homes. millions of people are hit by heavy flooding right across south asia, during the worst monsoon rains in decades. more than 1200 people are believed to have died. more now on our main story and the latest round of brexit negotiations have come to an end in brussels. during the joint news conference michel barnier and david davis suggested that they had disagreed over the uk's financial settlement — when it leaves the eu. translation: as i said before, time is pressing if we want to get what we want, which is a global agreement. at the current state of progress, we're quite far from being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. sufficient for me to be able to recommend to the european council that it engage in discussions on the future relationship between the uk and the eu, at the same time as we would during the course of 2018 go on working on finalising the exit and withdrawal agreement. we remain committed to making as much progress as possible on these issues as solely related to our withdrawal, but our discussions this week have exposed, yet again, that the uk's approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu, in that it avoids unnecessary disruption for businesses and consumers. we propose pragmatic solutions to prevent this disruption, and we urge the eu to be more imaginative and flexible in their approach to withdrawal on this point. however, i remain of the view that on this, as in many areas, there is an unavoidable overlap between withdrawal and the future, and they cannot be neatly compartmentalised. what needs to be achieved no? you can here from that press conference they are poles apart. two words going to here, sufficient progress, thatis going to here, sufficient progress, that is what the eu says has to be achieved before we can about trade. they do not see what sufficient progress actually means. the uk as soon as it means are very broad agreement of principles. the eu says no, we have to have more detail, specifically as we heard on the money. it is always about the financial settlement. the eu position is that as a seven—year budget. the uk has made all sorts of financial commitments. the eu says it is different, they do not agree. the eu says it wants some big estimates and the net figure could be as high as 60 billion euros. the uk says we will not be anything like that are made of money but until this is bridged somehow, you heard michel barnier, they will not talk about trade until we address this problem. where do we go from here? it was interesting, michel barnier said that he was more willing to meet more often. the schedule is to meet more often. the schedule is to meet once a month, david davies did not publicly agree to any of that. there are two more meetings scheduled for september and one in the 9th of october. that will be critical because later in that month there is an eu summit on the 19th of october. the 27 leaders of the eu will get together and decide whether those two words, sufficient progress, has been made. a lot of complaining from the uk side about michel barnier, he is not being flexible enough but if they get a mandate from the other 27 leaders, he is doing what they wanted to do. is there anyway to read if this is just part of the negotiating strategy, of course the eu is going to say we're in trouble here in britain has to do what we want and britain has to do what we want and britain will see the opposite? that is correct. we have to remember no one thought this would be easy. we are trying to unravel a0 years of conjugated history. we have had a few rounds of negotiations so far, three weeks to settle a0 years, it will not happen that quickly. we are the ones who were talking about changing our relationship but there is pressure on michel barnier as well, he is trying to do the legal and technical work. but when it comes to money, the decisions in the end will be political. so, the —— the uk once it sooner and the eu is not in such a hurry. so it will be theresa may and the other leaders sitting around seeing what can we achieved and let's talk to the scottish national parties europe spokesperson peter grant who joins me on the line from dundee. david davis is giving michel barnier a hard time? and negotiator has to listen to what the other person is saying and there is no evidence that david davies or anyone else from the uk government has listened to what is coming back from the other members of the european union. that is not surprising because they are not listening to messages from the elected government of scotland and wales. they are not listening to a lot of their own backbenchers. david davies must stop acting like he is a colonial governor general, telling people what to do. he must act like he is ina people what to do. he must act like he is in a difficult negotiation and it is difficult because his party made it difficult. he is not acting like that, he is presenting a solid british negotiating position, as face of the british negotiating team, both outwardly and inwardly and he is fishing michel barnier as ha rd and he is fishing michel barnier as hard as he can to get the best deal for britain, surely that is what you want? we do not know what deal he is pushing for because the government have not been forthcoming as to what is going on in negotiations. after three rounds of negotiations, we are five months into a process which could last 18 months before we need to have the agreement finalised, after five months since article 50 was triggered, the only thing we have agreement on is a timetable for negotiations. even then, the uk delegation tried to change that today. there has to be flexibility on both sides. when david davis talks about flexibility from the eu, like theresa may talked about flexibility from other parties in the uk parliament, the opposing eve ryo ne the uk parliament, the opposing everyone else has to be flexible to do what we ask for but we will not listen to requests coming from anybody else. if the government continues to do that, they will please their own hardline supporters but they will land us in a position where that is a serious danger we will be out of the eu in 18 months without a deal which is the worst possible result from all of us. we a lwa ys possible result from all of us. we always knew it would take until october, the german elections, before meaningful talks on trade could begin, when the next german chancellor is confirmed. we always knew that and we had to sort out these first three parts of the deal. we are told today's significant progress has been made on northern ireland. really the divorce bill is the last part so progress is being made and within the time frame we we re made and within the time frame we were always told we were working towards. both parties have said there has been some progress, the language they used shows they cannot agree as to how much of an agreement we have so far. even on the three fundamental issues, which have to be agreed before a trade deal, we do not have them agreed. we are one third of the way through the effective timetable for negotiations and we have not agreed on anything of substantial nature. perhaps agreements. the fallen to place at the last minute but i would like to see and what most people in the uk would like to see i suspect is some clear indication that both sides are prepared to negotiate. we have to remember and the government has to remember and the government has to remember that you did not ask for this negotiation, they did not tell us this negotiation, they did not tell us to leave, the uk decided to resign. if you decide to resign, you cannot dictate to the remember —— the remaining members what the terms of your departure will be. you have to find an agreement. we want an agreement with 27 other member states and it will be difficult to get something all 27 can agree on. if the uk government continues to try and present the idea that somehow britain will get everything at once and everyone else will negotiate away the national interest to keep the uk happy, that will not happen. the longer they believe this will happen and try to pretend to people in britain that it will happen, the longer they continue with that pretence, the greater the risk we reach the end of the process and we do not have a deal which will be bad news for the eu but catastrophic news for jobs be bad news for the eu but catastrophic news forjobs and the economy and prosperity in the uk. thank you very much indeed. thank you. theresa may has said she's "not a quitter" — and repeated her pledge to lead the conservatives in the next general election. speaking injapan, mrs may said the public wanted her to get on with the job. she's supported by some senior conservatives, but others have questioned whether she will still be leader in five years time. our correspondent ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister, his report contains flash photography. they're two prime ministers in tune, shinzo abe has rolled out a very warm welcome for theresa may on this three day trip. whether mrs may's reception will be quite so generous when she gets back to westminster is another matter, after the surprised pledge to lead britain and her party into the next general election, a vow repeated today. i said i wasn't a quitter and there's a long—term job to do. there's an importantjob to be done in the united kingdom. we stand at a really critical time in the uk. this fighting talk comes only three months after mrs may called a snap election and lost her party's majority. but with brexit negotiations under way and no obvious rival in sight, most, but not all, tories seem willing to let her carry on, for now. we've made a decision, we want theresa may to get on with the job. we think it's an importantjob. it's critically important for the country that we get the right outcomes. i don't see any immediate change, but i think it's unrealistic to plan on the assumption that theresa may's going to be fighting the next election as leader of the conservative party. i don't think theresa may will stand down of her own accord, she would need to have a challenger to go forward to her. she is not a quitter. she's very resilient, and she will be there for as long as the conservative party want herto be. given north korea's latest missile test over this island, defence was a focus of talks here, as was brexit, with japan anxious to protect its investments in britain. translation: on brexit, we would like the impact on our companies minimised. we want predictability and transparency ensured during the negotiations. mrs may says she's listening, so that a smooth brexit transition is realised. it's the long—term issues of trade, the consequences of brexit, defence and security cooperation that have dominated theresa may's talks here, but it's her unplanned, strikingly blunt declaration about her own political future that her trip to japan will be remembered for. ben wright, bbc news, tokyo. now, it's the final day of the football transfer window — thirteen premier league clubs have already broken their transfer records. around £1.2 billion has been spent so far. oxlade—chamberlain has moved from arsenal to liverpool today. manchester city have made as second bid for alexis sanchez. let us talk to ollie forster who is that the emirates stadium. good evening. any latest on the alexis sanchez move? it is all looking very exciting. transfer deadline days can be dull with a lot of business already done but there seems to be this evening a lot of premier league clubs willing to do business, looking to strengthen their sides. one of those was manchester city, coming in with that second bid for alexis sanchez. it is the theme, which is why a lot of arsenalfans are the theme, which is why a lot of arsenal fans are quite angry because arsenal fans are quite angry because arsenal have let a lot of their contracts run down. alex oxlade—chamberlain you mentioned who has gone to liverpool. the same with arguably their best player, alexis sanchez who told his chilean team—mates, remember it is international week, that he would join manchester city. apparently there had been an agreement between there had been an agreement between the two clubs, arsenal looking to double their money on the chilean but the proviso was they could bring someone in to replace him otherwise it would be all outgoings. we thought they were after thomas lemar in monaco. some were in the region of £90 million but he was not prepared to come here so that deal has fallen down. international week has fallen down. international week has contributed matters as well because at the moment, thomas lemar is playing for france in paris against netherlands. this is the problem with leaving things so late and getting players in by 11 o'clock deadline, 12 o'clock and scotland. the spanish deadline does not close until tomorrow so barcelona could come in for thomas lemar. it is like a game of dominoes, once one player falls, another will fall into place. kylian mbappe, the big news of the day, another monaco player, paris st germain signed neymar from day, another monaco player, paris st germain signed neymarfrom barcelona but kylian mbappe is on his way from monaco to paris st germain. this will excite a lot of french fans. they call it alone otherwise uefa will look at the financial fair play records very carefully. we have taken him on loan with an option to buy next season to get around that financialfair buy next season to get around that financial fair play regulation. a few other deals have gone through, wilfried bony from manchester city back to swansea. that will have freed up fernando llorente possibly joining spurs. i leave you with this thought, a couple of dangerous floaters in the mix, ross barkley, he is looking for a club this evening as is riyad mahrez, the player of the year from two years ago at leicester but where they are we do not know so there could still bea we do not know so there could still be a few headlines over the next three hours. unnerving times from some players and their families. thank you very much indeed. a man has appeared in court after an incident near buckingham palace where three police officers were injured. mohiussunath chowdhury who is 26 and from luton, has been charged with planning a terror attack. it's alleged he drove his car at police officers before reaching for a samurai sword. he was remanded in custody until later this month. the online gambling company 888.com has been fined a record £7.8 million for allowing vulnerable customers to continue betting. the gambling commission found that due to a technical failure customers who had excluded themselves from playing were still able to access their betting accounts — with one of them running up debts of over a million pounds richard westcott reports. and you love to play free... the familiar numbers of one of britain's best—known gambling brands, handed a record—breaking fine of nearly £8 million for failing to protect thousands of addicted customers who'd asked for help. the most important thing that gambling companies have to do is get on the front foot. they have to track play. they have to identify customers who may be at risk, who may be getting themselves into trouble and they need to take action much earlier. 888 failed to do that, which is why we're imposing the penalty package that we are today. more than 7,000 customers specifically asked 888 if they could be blocked from using their sites. so the company did stop them playing casino games, poker and from betting on sport but, critically, they could still play bingo and over the course of a year they managed to gamble more than £50 million. one of those customers ended up in prison after stealing £55,000 from her employer to feed her habit. she gambled three to four hours every day, for more than a year, placing well over three quarters of a million bets and spending £1.3 million. the commission is highly critical of 888 for not spotting her problem sooner. gambling cost tony his home and his marriage. i was spending £1,000 a time on a roulette number. so losing vast sums of money that i couldn't afford to. he's now campaigning for tighter controls. if i go into the bank and i want to open a current account or take out a mortgage or a credit card product, the bank is obliged to do identity checks, to do money laundering checks, make sure that you've got a legitimate source of income. if they're going to lend you money, they're obliged to make sure that you can afford to make the repayments. these are the sort of measures that i would really like to see implemented within the gambling industry. 888 says it accepts the conclusion of the review and that it's committed to providing players with the responsible as well as an enjoyable gaming experience. the company will now reimburse the £3.5 million lost by those customers and pay more than £a million to organisations that help gambling addicts. richard westcott, bbc news. today is the deadline for working parents of three and four—year—olds in england to apply for 30 hours of free childcare a week. the extra costs will be paid for by the tax—payer. ministers say pilots have shown nurseries are willing to provide for extra places. but a leading educational charity is warning that the scheme is under—funded and some nurseries will struggle to stay in business. our correspondent sima kotecha reports. welcome news for working parents. 30 hours of free childcare a week for three and four—year—olds. it makes you feel more empowered to actually go and work full time because you've got the help from the government for the 30 hours. it willjust be beneficial for parents that are trying to go back to work. we just want the minimal support just so that we can work and it not be such a financial strain. more than 300,000 working families are entitled to this childcare, which is double the number of hours they used to get. however, some parents have told us that ever since they've been able to sign up to the scheme, there have been problems. at one point the government's website was not working properly and that stopped parents from getting a code which is needed to get the childcare. there have also been serious concerns about how nurseries will afford to pay for the service. here they are currently getting £3.97 per child per hour from the state, but say they need at least £5.22 to cover the costs. we cannot afford to offer any totally free 30—hour childcare places. what we can do is offer the subsidised element and round that up with charging for meals and the extras that we provide here like french and drama, yoga and all the rest of it. i love playing with lego, building robots and animals. the government says there is a variation on what local authorities pay nurseries in the area, but they are adamant the policy is having a positive impact in places where it's already been trialled. there's £1 billion per year going into this by 2020 and we have put additional funding in, in response to some of the nurseries that said it wasn't sufficient. indeed, the fact we have piloted it and delivered already 15,000 places i think bodes well for the 200,000 parents who have signed up already on the scheme to start. but a survey out today by an education charity suggests a0% of nurseries are worried they will have to close down because they say the cash they are given is not enough sima kotecha, bbc news. around two million muslims have been taking part in the annual pilgrimage, the hajj, in saudi arabia. hajj is the fifth pillar of islam. temperatures reached near a0 degrees celsius on day two of the hajj. pilgrims have been gathering at mount arafat. it's where muslims believe prophet mohammed gave his final sermon about 1a centuries ago, after leading his followers on a pilgrimage. muslims around the world will be celebrating the festival, eid—ul—adha, tomorrow. hull has been celebrating a year as uk city of culture — and the events planned for the last few months — the fourth season of the event — have just been announced. kofi smiles — who has been covering hull's year at city of culture for the bbc has the highlights. how good has this year been so far? the fourth tell the world season starts in october and all thejuicy details have just been announced. the exciting programme for the next 3 months includes large—scale public artworks like a hall for hull, an installation and venue in its own right. there is more excellent theatre in store including a brand—new adaptation of the bestselling novel a short history of tractors in ukraine. the hull of the future is the setting for a new series of short sci—fi films entitled 2097 we made ourselves over. the eyes of the art world will be firmly on hull as the winner of the 2017 turner prize is announced and a spectacular light show will run in hull's old town from december into january. so bring it on, let us tell the world how amazing hull is. it is looking pretty good there. visitors to one american museum are being invited to spend a penny in a solid gold toilet. an italian artist and sculptor has created the fully functional 18—carat gold lavatory at new york city's guggenheim museum. more than 100,000 visitors have spent a penny with the million—dollar work of art. time to look of —— at whether. bolasie of meteorological summer has been showers and sunshine. clear skies and light winds to come tomorrow, a few showers around coastal regions in the south. colder in the countryside. a fresh start for the 1st of september. lots of sunshine in the morning. the showers will develop during the day. not as frequent as today. heaviest of the showers in the east, especially the south east of scotland, the pennines and lincolnshire. temperatures around 20 celsius, average for the time of year. many of us will avoid the showers. saturday is shaping up to bea the showers. saturday is shaping up to be a fine and dry day, things will turn wet and windy for sunday. goodbye furneaux. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight o'clock. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. another round of brexit talks ends with frustration on both sides. the eu hits back after britain's team says it's being asked to pay too much to leave the eu. the commission set out its position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously. it is clear the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. a county cricket match at the oval in south london is abandoned after a crossbow bolt was fired onto the pitch. the crowd has been evacuated. officials in texas warn of an "incredibly dangerous situation" involving a chemical plant in houston flooded in storm harvey. millions of people are hit by heavy flooding right across south asia during the worst monsoon rains in decades.

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