Was destroyed by the flooding. Translation the flood came and completely washed away the valley, destroying everything around it. My life before was stable, everything was 100 good i had my house and my family, but now there is nothing, there is no life any more. Live now to beirut to speak to the bbc s middle east correspondent lina sinjab. Lina, what more are we hearing about how this happened, and also about what the recovery is looking like right now . It what the recovery is looking like riaht now . , what the recovery is looking like right now . Right now . It is really a devastating right now . It is really a devastating situation, i right now . It is really a i devastating situation, day right now . It is really a devastating situation, day in, day out, people are still shocked with the traumatic experience they have lived, with the loss that they have had, you know, everywhere around people are looking for bodies of their beloved ones, some families are counting, like, tends o
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The spread of coronavirus in the lancashire city. The department of health says the r number the rate that coronavirus is being transmitted in the community has risen slightly in the uk to between 0. 8 and 1. More countries could be added to the travel quarantine list, warns the government, after belgium and the bahamas were added last night. The leader of hezbollah categorically denies storing arms at the site of tuesdays blast in beirut. The met Office Records the hottest august day since 2003, with temperatures reaching 36. 4 degrees at heathrow and kew gardens. 0ur breaking news this hour an air india jet with 191 passengers has reportedly split in two, after crash landing at Calicut Airport in Southern India after arriving from dubai. A spokesman for air india said several passengers have been injured, after the expressjet overshot the runway as it landed. It was a flight being operated by Indias National carrier, air india, as part of the countrys Repatriation Mission for indians
Hello and welcome to bbc news. At least 18 people have died and more than 120 are in hospital after a deadly air india accident in the southern indian city of calicut. The boeing 737 passenger plane came from dubai and was repatriating passengers who had been stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. At least 190 people were on board. Alanna petroff has the latest. A mangled plane split in two. It landed intact but then overshot and fell into a valley at the end of the runway, splitting apart. This airport is known as a difficult spot to land in rainy weather. Its not unusualfor land in rainy weather. Its not unusual for pilots to fail in their first unusual for pilots to fail in theirfirst approach unusual for pilots to fail in their first approach and circle around to try again. In this case, in monsoon season, the landing was fatal. Both pilots died. Investigators will be poring over the wreckage to understand how this could have happened. We will have a group that looks at
Will be taking 23 people into our care, which is the biggest number we are aware of, certainly for many yea rs. Are aware of, certainly for many years. The uk recorded its hottest audit stay since 2003. Amateurs reaching 36. 4 degrees hottest august day. Temperatures reaching. Hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news. At least 15 people have died and many more are injured after an air india jet with 100 and 91 passengers on board crash landed at Calicut Airport in kerala after arriving from dubai. The plane split in two shortyl after impact. A number of passengers have been injured, after thejet overshot the runway. The flight was a Repatriation Mission for indians stuck overseas during the coronavirus crisis. Yogita limaye, our correspondent, joins us now. From flight radar that we are looking at, it looks as if this plan try to land twice and then crashed on the third attempt. And it is feared that the death pull could go up. What we have been told by the Civil Aviation authority is