Texas Steps Up Emergency Response to Flooding

The state's governor has authorised the deployment of the entire National Guard to deal with the worsening impact of the flooding. More than thirty-thousand people have been made temporarily homeless. Also, the Israeli Prime Minister has accused Iran of building military sites in Syria and Lebanon; African and European leaders discuss ways of stemming the migrant flow across the Mediterranean, and the computer that can smell explosives.

(Photo: Stranded vehicles sit where they got stuck in high water during Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. Credit: Getty Images).