skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in kerala. many of the injured have been taken to local hospitals. the aircraft with around 200 people on board broke in two afterfalling down a ravine, but didn't catch fire. the lebanese shia movement, hezbollah, has denied any link to tuesday's deadly blast at the beirut port. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster, with widespread medicine and food shortages. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. a record number of migrants has been stopped in a single day by coastguards in the english channel, trying to reach britain. 4,000 people including children and pregnant women, are known to have attempted the journey from the french coast this year. rescuers have praised a 10 year old boy who survived being swept out to sea — by using a technique he'd seen

on a bbc documentary. ravi saini, who was on a day out with his family in scarborough, survived for almost an hour after he was caught in currents — he copied floating on his back with his arms and legs spread out from what he'd seen on tv. hannah grey has been to meet him. reunited with the lifeboat crew who saved his life. and a gift for his extraordinary bravery. how did you get swept out to sea? me and my dad went to the water and then we accidentally went too far. ravi was enjoying a day out at scarborough beach. he went for a swim with his dad, but they got separated. and ravi was pulled away by a strong current. what was going through your mind while you are waiting for the crew to come and rescue you 7 i was petrified. i was getting separated and after, i was thinking that this is the end of my life, is it really happening?

his dad tried to go and rescue him, but the waves were too strong. he had to call the coastguard and feared the worst. if any accident happen, suddenly happen, and that day he is slowly, slowly going to die in front of my eye. and how i feel — i lost my brain that day. ravi had started paddling in shallow water in front of the scarborough spa bridge but he was dragged half a mile away to the other side of the bay, making him very difficult to find. luckily, he knew exactly what to do. the challenge now is getting these two men out of the water. he'd watched the bbc documentary, saving lives at sea, and remembered the "float to live" technique. but if theyjust float... he spent almost an hour floating in the water until the crew could find him. ..they'll be able to control their breathing and have a far better chance of staying alive. float to live, you're on your back and you're like a starfish.

stay calm and just shout "help". although it was the hottest day of the year so far, the lifeboat crew say the water was only around 10 degrees. he was obviously very cold and scared, and, you know, i reassured him. it takes a special type of person to actually pluck up that courage and remember what he'd learnt. i mean, it's an inspiration to us all. after such a terrifying day, ravi is now focused on sharing a positive message about how to stay safe at sea. hannah gray, bbc news, scarborough. now on bbc news we follow three expectant mothers from canada, argentina and the uk as they cope with the challenges and the uncertainty of being pregnant and giving birth during a pandemic. are you sure? this is my 3a week belly.

my partner lives overseas. baby is right here. a quarter of the world's population is now living under some form of lockdown due to coronavirus. more than three billion people in more than 70 countries and territories have been asked to stay at home. not seen that before. not that we have anywhere to drive to right now. my partner is supposed to be checking in. for his flight.

which obviously isn't happening. hold on, hold on. when you walk into this building we are going to have our baby with us. you ready? i've got the really short ones because we are having a summer baby. i expect it to be quite hot. my name is melinda and i am 33 years old. i live in london and my partner lives overseas. i am 38 weeks pregnant with my first baby. he lives in barbados. i go over there quite often so that is how we met. it is a long distance relationship that we are doing 0k. we thought we would have a baby just to spice a bit.

this is an exact side profile of daddy. i was like, yes, this baby looks like his dad 100%. my partner was due to fly out in a couple of weeks for the baby. due to the virus we have had to postpone his flight indefinitely. we speak every day but that helps to keep in contact but it is difficult. the first week of working from home is really difficult. i literallyjust had... that was when they were making announcements to change the excel centre near me into hospital. i thought it was something out of horror movie, the world is going to end. i am going to have start stock piling food. it was crazy. by the time we got to lock down, i was begging for it because it was getting really

scary. this is the baby's room. it was meant to be completed by now. but the floor isn't done. so it has become a bit of a dumping ground, waiting for this bed to be moved. but we cannot due to coronavirus, cannot get the flooring and due to coronavirus. you have an image of how it is going to look and now it is the stomping ground and baby stuff. had to cancel my baby shower, just lots of things that you are finding your looking forward... sorry! sorry, i didn't mean to get upset. it is just a really hard time. just kind of took away the enjoyment of having a baby and all the little things that aren't really a big deal by themselves. but i think once you get over that and like you realise, 0k,

this is out of my control. these are small things in the grand scheme of my health and my baby's l and some how you kind of adjust. i have got lots of parcels delivered randomly with lots of different gift. so it was still exciting, it was still fine, i still got spoiled, just in a different way. modern day social distancing cards meant that all my messages were printed. this book, my mum got me. baby's first year. this is a page from a newspaper on the day you are born. not entirely sure i want to put that in there. these things were in the news, coronavirus. this will be a really interesting thing for baby to look back on. because we are in a moment of history, aren't we? there is my mum bringing me some shopping. thank you!

the last two weeks is now back into the almost nine months pregnant mode of i'm glad i'm at home, i just want to sleep. so my mum lives nearby, we have been cooking for each other. all right. see you later. i get people doing all my shopping for me, so i am able to sit at home and rest which is what i should be doing anyway. what a weird time. basically, this video has is because i have been thinking a lot about how one day i am going to try and explain to my kids what was going on in the world a month before they were born and it is not even going to make sense. i am not going to know how to explain it. i thought i will blog as much

as possible so one day i can just turn this video on and show them what things look like, what daddy and i went up to and sadly what the world look like a month before they were born. today we are going to install our car seat. isn't that cute? locked, loaded and ready to go. ready to roll! you feel like a dad yet? yes, this is normally full of people. everywhere you look around and it is quiet. there is somebody over there. unfortunately, andy works in the restaurant business. every restaurant in vancouver has been forced to close. just like many other places in the world right now, which is so crazy

when you think about it. and andy was likely one of the very few that got to work until the very end. but now... it's time. it's time to be unemployed for a little bit. i'm going to practice social distancing now. yeah! we had to empty out the colours and clean the place out and now we are sitting alone in an empty restaurant. hopefully it will not be much longer until you are back in here. hopefully not long. put them out. not 0.99. not seen that before. not that we have anywhere to drive before. but i have never seen gas that cheap. it's been years since

it's been that cheap years and years. speaks spanish.

so how is your first day of unemployment? i'm technically still employed today. this is a vacation day. tomorrow is my first day of unemployment. we laugh because we are trying to make light of things after i literally finished crying because i am so overwhelmed.

this is pretty much that is happening just now. we wake up,... we breakfast. we clean—up. we lunch. we clean—up. we make dinner. having my husband home has been kind of like a blessing. he has been keeping me calm through all of this. this is my 3a week belly. getting ready to leave for what is going to be a very unique midwife appointment, this is the first appointment since all of the coronavirus, self isolation has been going on. for the first moment of our appointment, we are going to be sitting in a car going over how i am feeling. hello? hello. have you any advice on women who want to

have their family close by? no, i would encourage them not to. they are being quite restrictive. so even if they are close by, it is going to be disappointing. you would be much better off connecting with them on facetime. all right. telephone call is done, now we are going to go into the clinic to check the ba by‘s heartbeat. but the news about the family literally broke my heart. hello. hello mum. so the appointment was good? heartbeat was good, everything was good. between 150 and 155. she said it was fast because the baby had kicked and was moving around. my belly. looking very big!

very big, so this is me at 39 plus one. strange waking up this morning thinking this could be the last morning i wake up pregnant. these could be the last kicks and stuff i feel. so, yeah, quite nerve—racking and exciting as well. i had a couple of chats with a dog a few months ago. your life will change. you will feel like... on his head and he doesn't move at all. hejust sits there. it is like the bbc and get off me. and he is like, no. dog snores baby's head is right here. dog snores haven't really been out of the area, so it is

strange going out now. it is the first time i have in getting on a bus since we have been allowed back outdoors. today we have passed the highest death toll in europe, so we do now have the highest death toll in europe which is concerning. newham has one of the highest death toll‘s in the country. so... very scary. to be going out of my little bubble of protection. there is the nhs nightingale london. i'm waiting to pass on peoplejust... the one place you would expect

social distancing to be happening, literally has stopped. people walk past me at the doorway, this is what i don't like. this is when i start to get anxious. anyway... i'm here. finished at the hospital. told you it ramps up every time, so this time they gave us a face mask to wear. so literally every appointment it has escalated a bit more. but, yeah, everything is ok with baby, heartbeat is fine. another appointment for next week when we look at possibly booking an induction. this is the first time since the pandemic that i've actually been in a shop with actual baby clothes! i'm so excited! i have been looking at stuff online, but you don't feel the excitement because you're just clicking on a picture.

being in a shop and seeing them, it was nice. it was just a nice bit of normality and because i am at the end as well, it was nice to have some of that i'm having a baby excitement back. look! that is just the cutest. yeah, i can only came in for milk. i came in and shivered immediately. if i was a key work and saw the amount of people out today, i would have been really upset. especially being in the borough that supposedly has the most deaths in london. today i could see why. everyone lives their lives the way they love it, it is not very to tell people how to live. it is just upsetting that if we carry on the way we are, the longer this goes on. the longer it is before flights resume, the longer it is before my baby

meets his or her dad. so i am going to show you what i bought. they are. it says, cuddles are my favourite thing. even though i will be the only one cuddling him while social distancing. so that is the bigger size. hopefully, if we are able to travel, this will be the age that baby will be when we go to barbados. for the first time. so, could actually be an aeroplane outfit. fingers crossed!

i have been in labour for over 2a hours now. i know this is going to be it. are you ready? not sure what to expect. there is a contraction.

hold on, hold on. take a second because the next time you walk out of this building, you are going to have our baby with us. come on, look. take it all in. ready? yeah. it's a girl! oh my god! i'm happy. i want to see her face, can you hold a there you go. where just about to the hospital. andy has been making runs back and forth to the car. 0ur families are outside waiting to meet us. it is going to be their first time meeting little indie. 0h! are you 0k?

excited to see them? very. hello! aww! look at her! hi, mum. we're going home now, indeed. are you 0k? it was just hard not to let anyone get close. my partner is supposed to be checking in for his flight. which obviously

isn't happening. so plan b. cameras out. we arejust going to have to film it. tomorrow is a new day, one step closer to me meeting my new person. one step closer to me being a mum. i'm very proud of her. i am the lucky one. she is lucky and i am lucky. well it's been a few weeks since we had our girl. she is doing really well.

hello there. for the second friday in a row, some of us have experienced some extreme heat drifting up from the near continent. in fact, the first friday of august saw temperatures peaking at 36.4 degrees in central london, and the heat was pretty widespread across the midlands, central and southern england. widely seeing those temperatures in excess of 30 degrees. that said, not for all. in parts of northwest wales and the outer hebrides we saw temperatures only at around 16 or 17 degrees, and here there were some shower he outbreaks of rain. so over the next few hours those temperatures will fall into single figures, by contrast in the southeast is going to be a very uncomfortable night for getting a good nights sleep. we wake up on saturday morning, perhaps low to mid 20s. so that means plenty of sunshine around, i'll be it's hazy for the weekend.

we keep the heat in the southeast for some very warm nights to come, and fresher in the far northwest. that's because we are under this influence of high pressure, but there is a weak weather front slicing across the high. now this is just a band of cloudy, really. maybe just of the odd spot of light drizzle, but it's the dividing line between the fresher air up into the northwest, and circulating around that high is a north easterly breeze that will just make it feel a little bit more comfortable, perhaps, along those exposed east coasts. at the same time, after that warm and sultry start, the temperatures in the south are set to climb once again. so widely we are going to see mid to high 20s, possibly into the mid—30s once again. further north and west, that's where temperatures should be, really, for the time of year. 17 to 22 degrees. that weather front could spark a few showers through the night, but generally speaking it will be a quiet night, and a quiet start to sunday morning once again. again it's going to be another uncomfortable night down into the south with low 20s to greet us first thing on sunday morning.

we could see a few isolated showers here and there across eastern england on sunday, but generally this weekend it's with a dry story with some hazy sunshine coming through. again, that north easterly breeze just peppering the feel of the temperatures, really, across the east coast. highest values on sunday afternoon are 32 degrees. now that heat is set to stay with us, and it could, as we go into next week, trigger off the risk of some sharp and sundry downpours. that's it, have a great weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories... an air india plane with around 200 people on board skids off the runway at an airport in kerala. 17 die and dozens more are injured. searching for survivors in the wreckage of the beirut explosion, many are still missing. hundreds of thousands are made homeless. there's a massive clear—up going on. they've come from all over the country. the devastation here is enormous. as it's revealed texas has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the united states, why the state's hispanic community suffers most. and strike action could be on the cards over british airways' plans to cut cabin crew, and their pay.