BBC News Briefing

7 July, 2025

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Alex Binley

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.

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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AT THE SCENE

London, UK

I looked into the eyes of a suicide bomber. I still see him everywhere

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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

"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..."

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"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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What happened?: Here's what took place in each of the four separate bombings across London.

The victims: These are the stories of the 52 people who lost their lives in the terror attacks.

Is the UK any safer?: Twenty years on, the British state has an evolved and sophisticated suite of powers and tools - but the shape of the threat has shifted, writes home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani.

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