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| Hello. Searches for dozens of missing people following deadly floods in Texas have entered their fourth day, but more storms are expected. We'll bring you the latest. As London marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings, a seriously injured survivor tells the BBC how he still sees one of the attackers everywhere. And finally, watch as members of a band treat stranded Eurostar passengers to a version of a song you just might know in the French countryside. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Texas floods death toll rises to 91, officials say, as storm warnings continue |
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| | Many flash flood warnings remain in place and new alerts have also been issued. Credit: EPA | Timelapse video from Texas shows just how fast water levels rose in flooding that has killed at least 91 people across the state. Searches for the dozens of people still missing are underway for the fourth day, and more storms are expected. Meanwhile, divisions are brewing about how much warning was given and how many people alerts reached, writes North America correspondent Nomia Iqbal, adding that some are questioning whether cuts to the National Weather Service played a part. US President Donald Trump - who is due to visit Texas this week - called it fake news, instead describing the floods as a "100-year catastrophe". Yet as climate editor Justin Rowlatt notes, these floods are exactly the type of extreme event we should expect as the planet warms. |
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| I looked into the eyes of a suicide bomber. I still see him everywhere | | Dan Biddle was the most seriously injured victim to survive the attacks. Credit: Tony Woolliscroft/Mirror Books | Two decades have passed since the 7/7 attacks in London, but the face of the lead suicide bomber, Mohammad Sidique Khan, has never left Dan Biddle's memory. He was in touching distance of Khan on a rush-hour Tube train when he saw the bomber detonate a device. The attack - which killed six others in the carriage - has left him with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. In total, 52 people died that day from four bombs detonated by Islamist extremists. Another 770 were injured. |
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| | Dominic Casciani, home and legal correspondent |
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| | "I can be in the kitchen and he is stood in the garden," says Dan. "He's there, dressed as he was on the day, holding the rucksack, just with his hand above it, about to detonate it again." Even if Dan looks away, the bomber is still there when he looks back. "I saw this guy literally disassemble himself in front of me, and now I'm seeing him again..."
"I wake up and [the bomber] is standing next to me," Dan says. "I'll be driving - he's in the back seat of my car. I'll look in the shop window and there's a reflection of him - on the other side of the street." Those flashbacks have led to what Dan describes as survivor's guilt. "I've replayed that moment a million times over in my head. Was there something about me that made him do it? Should I have seen something about him then tried to stop it?" |
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And finally... in the French countryside | Passengers on a Eurostar train from Brussels to London suffered a delay of several hours on Sunday due to a power failure along the tracks. A band that was travelling on the affected train took the opportunity to provide some entertainment for their fellow passengers. Watch their impromptu performance. | |
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