at least 17 people have died after an air india plane 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 united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this week's explosion in the capital, beirut. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. at least 300,000 people have been made homeless. union leaders are threatening industrial action, after accusing british airways of naked greed, in forcing some cabin crew out of theirjobs. others will have to sign new contracts on lower pay. the airline says the changes are needed for its survival following the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, alicia

mccarthy looks back at how westminster has tackled the big stories like the budget, huawei, black lives matter and domestic abuse. hello there and welcome to westminster in review where the last few months have not all been about coronavirus. in the next half—hour we will take a look at the big story since december including a newly let did boris johnson gets his brexit divorce deal through parliament. johnson gets his brexit divorce dealthrough parliament. this will learn is the emphatic lesson of the last parliament and reject any further delay. labour elects a new leader who reckons the prime minister is all bluster. he has been found out. he either dodges the question or he gives dodgy

a nswe i’s. question or he gives dodgy answers. also on this programme, new chancellor gives a short lived budget. tensions rise with russia and china. the uk's colonial history comes under the spotlight and as new mps make their first speeches, one tells of her struggle to get into politics. i was laughed at and literally told that the chance of someone like me getting a job in parliament would be very slim and not to even bother trying. boris johnson took overfrom even bother trying. boris johnson took over from theresa may injuly johnson took over from theresa may in july 2019 johnson took over from theresa may injuly 2019 but the johnson took over from theresa may in july 2019 but the new conservative leader faced the same problem. a parliament with no majority to push through his version of the brexit divorce deal. attempting to break the deadlock he tried and failed to call an election but eventually opposition parties agreed to the ballot and got their fingers burnt as borisjohnson is what the victory with an 80 seat majority. many of his new mps won in areas traditionally held by labour in the north of

england, known as the redwall. scottish national party with the other big winners with 48 of 59 constituencies. but it was a dismal showing forjeremy corbyn‘s labour party down 60 seats. the liberal democrats, who had helped call the election, gained some but lost more including their leaderjo swinson who was rejected by voters. days later on december 19, the queen came to westminster for her 66th state opening of parliament. although this was a far more dressed down affair than usual. they dress and brief speech with no surprise what was at the top. my surprise what was at the top. my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom ‘s departure from the european union on january 31. departure from the european union onjanuary 31. my ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the united kingdom ‘s exit on that date. and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings for all the people of

the united kingdom. boris johnson promised voters he would make a start on getting brexit done by the time they sat down to christmas lunch. so he put his eu divorce bill to mps at the very next day paving the way for on january 312020. he said it was time to break the deadlock and reunite the country. this is the time when we move on and discard the old labels of leave and remain. the very words seem tired to me, as defunct as big and and little land, montague and capulet. although they would leave the eu on january 31 although they would leave the eu onjanuary 31 there would be a one—year transition in which things would remain pretty much the same, allowing time for negotiations on the future relationship full boris johnson insisted that unlike the divorce talks, the transition would not be extended. this bill learns the emphatic lesson of the last parliament, unlike members opposite, and reject

any further delay to the theresa may ‘s government was reliant on northern ireland's the credit union is to get votes through. not so boris johnson. his version of the divorce bill had different arrangements for northern ireland and the dup were not happy. you need to understand concerns about custom arrangements, tariff differentials, the potential for checks and the concerns we share because we want to ensure we leave as one nation to the with labour licking its wounds after its election drubbing, jeremy corbyn accepted that parliament could not go on debating the result but falling judgement calling the deal terrible leading the uk to deregulation. the choice we now face is tween keeping the highest environmental and food standards in order to get a future trade deal with the eu or slashing food standards to match those of the united

states where there are so—called acceptable levels of red hair in paprika, maggots in orangejuice to red hair in paprika, maggots in orange juice to it red hair in paprika, maggots in orangejuice to it is red hair in paprika, maggots in orange juice to it is true! this england and wales voted leave, they will leave. northern ireland is getting a special deal and the right to decide their own future. the prime minister offers scotland nothing. the lib dems, the most avowedly anti— leave party accepted it was time to move on. my passionate belief that the uk is better off as a proud member of the eu rather than being an irrelevant outsider has not melted away overnight. i will not cease to voice this opinion here and outside parliament that i understand now the battle to stop brexit is over. the bill passed its first commons vote for filling boris johnson's first commons vote for filling borisjohnson‘s christmas lunch per ledge. but when it got to

the lord, the piers inflicted defeats. but the biggest row was over unaccompanied child refugees. a labour peer who himself came to britain as a child fleeing the nazis was an company —— unhappy that it would no longer allow children to come to the uk to be reunited with their families. the minister said the child refugees would be project bile other legislation. lord dobbs was not satisfied. by giving young people legal routes to safety we are 1a the traffickers as well as being humane in terms of giving them an opportunity to join family members here. the minister said the government was committed to protecting vulnerable children. we received over 3000 asylum claims from unaccompanied children in 2018. the third—highest intake of any eu member state. but the piers we re member state. but the piers were not persuaded in the government was defeated.

content, 300, not content to hundred and 20. but that and all the other objections of the lords were overturned in the commons and the divorce bill passed one week before brexit onjanuary passed one week before brexit on january 31. in accordance with the royal assent act 19 seven, the majesty has signified her royal assent to the following act european union withdrawal agreement act 2020. order! and with that it was time to start talks with the eu onjust what was time to start talks with the eu on just what the was time to start talks with the eu onjust what the u.k.'s relationship with its biggest trading partner would be when transition ends on december 31. those negotiations continued fitfully with the two sides seemingly far apart before inching a little closer together as the summer went on. so having flexed his majority to get brexit through, boris johnson moved to put his stamp on his cabinet, reshuffling his

ministers in mid february. that produced an immediate shock when sajid javid quit as chancellor, rejecting the prime minister is ordered to fire his tea m minister is ordered to fire his team of aids. he was replaced by the little—known reissue sooner by the little—known reissue sooner who scarcely one month later found himself delivering one of pa rliament‘s later found himself delivering one of parliament's big events. -- rishi one of parliament's big events. —— rishi sunak. there was plenty else in his speech. he announced rises to the national insurance threshold, a freeze on alcohol and fuel duties, £600 billion for transport investment, tax and plastic packaging and an end to the tampon tax. this is the budgeted of a government to get things done. creating jobs, cutting taxes, keeping the cost of living low, investing in our nhs, investing in our public services, investing in ideas, backing business, protecting

the environment, building roads and railways and colleges, building houses, building our union. a budget that delivers on our promises. a people's budget from a people's government and i commend it to this house. while tradition it is the leader of the opposition who responds. having ruthlessly forced down the living standard and life chances of millions of our people for a decade, the talk of levelling up is a cruel joke. the government are trying to pretend that this is a budget that will take action on climate change. let's look at it. a fuel duty freeze again. £27 billion on 4000 miles of road. that does not sound like a green transport policy to me. and then they announce, as if it will make any difference, £1 billion on green transport measures. this is completely absurd. as the debate

continued, opposition reviews did not get any warmer. we have been told for years that there is no money but yesterday, rishi sunak found a is no money but yesterday, rishi sunakfound a magic bunch of gold rings and we will not argue on these benches but i am concerned it is not focused enough to help us recover from austerity. jeremy corbyn's appearance at the budget was one of his last appearances as leader, adding said he would stand down after labour disastrous election result. it is the honour and the privilege of my life to be elected as leader of the labour party. with coronavirus at its height, the announcement of the victory of sir keir starmer, came by video. and with borisjohnson hospitalised with covid—19, the two needs of —— did not face each other until early may. at a time of national crisis,

early exchanges were low—key but as the weeks passed, the new labour leader increasingly pressured the prime minister over policies such as rates of child poverty. a report last week from the government social mobility commission concluded that there are now 600,000 more children living in relative poverty than in 2012. the report went on to say that child poverty rates are projected to increase to 5.2 million by 2022. what does the prime minister think because that? i think he is completely wrong and what he says about poverty. absolute positive, relative poverty have both declined under this government and there are 400,000 fewer thousand —— families living in poverty in 2010. this but sir keir starmer was unhappy so we raise the figures again. there isa raise the figures again. there is a theme to these exchanges. last week i asked about two claims about child poverty. he

said absolute child poverty and relative child poverty both declined under this government. 0n declined under this government. on monday, the office of the children's commissioner ruled that the prime minister ‘s a nswer that the prime minister ‘s answer was mostly —— mostly false. he has been found out. he either dodges the question gives dodgy answers. 500 500,000 children falling below threshold is of low income and material deprivation, this government, as he knows, is increasing universal credit. £7 billion more to help the poor and neediest families in our country. boris johnson reckoned it was the labour leader who kept changing his mind. away from westminster after a three—year deadlock, the devolved government was finally restored to northern ireland. ‘s‘s power—sharing coalition led by the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january 2017, initially over a green energy row. a deal was brokered

.it . it was a short lived secretary and five weeks later he was fired in the boris johnson reshuffle. the initial meeting of the northern ireland assembly appointed the dup's arlene foster as first minister and sinn fein minister as her deputy. members of the scottish parliament voted 64—54 for a new referendum on scottish independence. the first minister wants to hold the pole this year but for that to happen, the prime minister borisjohnson has to agree, something he has rejected. nicola sturgeon set out her case. today i asked parliament to endorse a basic but fundamental principle, the principle that scotland's future should be decided not by politicians at westminster who have not won a general election in scotland since the 1950s but instead by all of us who live here and call scotland home. let's be upfront about why we're here today. not because

the first minister thinks will hold a referendum this year. she knows that will not happen. the reason we have been called here today is because she needs to convince the yes movement behind herand to convince the yes movement behind her and beyond that something is happening. 0r something is happening. 0r something isn't actually happening, don't worry it will be happening soon. what must be understood in this parliament, in this debate this afternoon is that the people of scotland do not want another independence referendum anytime soon independence referendum anytime soon stop we need to move on, unite the country, we need to tackle the challenges that we all face and if we do that we will have a better scotland and a better united kingdom. there were muted celebrations when the national assembly for wales changed its title to the welsh parliament. the 60 elected members are now known as members of the senate or ms or asn wells. it is estimated the new name will cost £290,000 over five years. the change

wasn't just cosmetic though, the law that brought it and also lower the voting age for elections from 18 to 16. but elections from 18 to 16. but elections at whatever age when the answer for elections at whatever age when the answerfor 100,000 the answerfor100,000 antiracism demonstrators who took to the streets across the uk following the death of african—american george floyd, killed by us african—american george floyd, killed by us police. 0ne african—american george floyd, killed by us police. one of the biggest gatherings was in london, where the met lisa said after mainly peaceful protests offices faced entirely unacceptable scenes of violence and disorder —— met police. 27 police officers were injured. in bristol, a statue of edward colston, a prominent 17th—century slave trader, was ripped down and thrown into the docks. the attacks on police we re docks. the attacks on police were strongly condemned the home secretary. there is no excuse for throwing those brave officers, 3mb a police forces. attempting to disrespect the cenotaph or vandalising the

statue of winston churchill. does the home secretary recognise that there is structural inequality, discrimination, and racism in our country? does the home secretary recognise that people wa nt secretary recognise that people want to see action from this government? my son turned three yesterday. they do not want to have to wait until he is a teenager before we see changes in this country so by the home secretary used graphic language to recall racism she had faced. i'm really saddened that the honourable lady has effectively said that this government doesn't understand racial inequality. 0n doesn't understand racial inequality. on that basis, madam deputy speaker, it must bea madam deputy speaker, it must be a very different home secretary who as a child was frequently called a lackey in the playground. who was advised to dropa the playground. who was advised to drop a surname or user husband's to advance her career. when it comes to racism, sexism, tolerance, social justice, i will

racism, sexism, tolerance, socialjustice, i will not take lectures from the other side of the house. now, let's take a quick look at some of the bills that got through parliament this year stop legislation to reduce mudslinging between divorcing couples in england and wales became law. divorced dissolution and separation bill was the biggest shakeup in 50 yea rs. was the biggest shakeup in 50 years. previously, one spouse had to alleged adultery, unreasonable behaviour, or separation. now they will only have to say that the marriage or civil partnership has broken down irretrievably stop emergency legislation was passed to end the release of convicted terrorist halfway through the sentence. the measures were drawn up through the sentence. the measures were drawn up after tax including one at fishmongers' hall on london bridge in which two people were killed and stabbings in stratum, south london, which left two injured. in both cases, the attackers had been released halfway through their sentences. the move was rushed through parliament to prevent the release of a third man who was due to be freed at the end of february. while the uk was strengthening its anti— terror

laws, changes to give the chinese authorities more powers in hong kong brought protesters out in the thousands. in 2019, demonstrators took to the streets over a plan, eventually withdrawn, to allow extradition to mainland china. but in spring 2020 china went back on the offensive, with a new national security law. experts say is fundamentally changes the territory's legal system, introduces new crimes with severe penalties, and allows mainland security personnel to operate in hong kong with impunity. the decision sparked fresh protests in hong kong and condemnation around the world. the foreign secretary warned that if beijing pressed ahead the uk would extend these rights for hong kong's british national overseas passport holders. even at this stage a sincerely hope china will reconsider its approach. but if not, the uk will notjust look the other way when it comes to the other way when it comes to the people of hong kong. the other way when it comes to the people of hong kongm the other way when it comes to the people of hong kong. it is

increasingly clear that we need an alliance of democracies to ensure that we can maintain, as he says, a constructive dialogue with china on shared challenges, not least climate change, while standing up to aggressive behaviour and clear breaches of international law. due to coronavirus, some mps and peers contributed to debates via video link. being away from westminster didn't stop the last british governor of hong kong backing international action. the government itself should take a lead in putting together an international contact group which can keep in touch with developments there and continue to press china not to breach its international treaty obligations and not to breach the commitments is made for a high degree of water on —— autonomy in hong kong. meanwhile, a successful campaign by government back ranges forced users into a u—turn over chinese tech company huawei in building the uk's future 5g communications network. said to dramatically increase data speeds and

intimate capacity. huawei insists it is independent of the chinese government but the us lobbied hard for it to be excluded on security grounds. at the start of the mps began piling on the pressure.|j at the start of the mps began piling on the pressure. i hope the minister will see the concern that this whole house feels towards huawei and the idea that we should be nesting that dragon, the idea that we should be allowing the fox into the henhouse when, really, we should be guarding the wire. where is our alternative homegrown supplies? what is the government doing to build the sector? and does the minister acce pt sector? and does the minister accept the chronic lack of investment and leadership from the government has brought us to this parlous situation? and discontent grew when the government announced it would be allowing huawei a limited role in the uk's 5g network. it talks about huawei as though it is some kind of answer tojohn lewis. mrs and impact of the chinese communist party. it needs to be honest about that.

it continued among conservative mps who formed a new china research group to try to shape government policy. we have no friends out there anymore on this issue, whether it's the canadians, the americans, the australians, the new zealanders, they all disagree with us. and in a boat on huawei's involvement the governments or its majority cut to just 24. 38 tory mps rebelled, including, as we saw there, the ex—tory leader sir iain duncan smith. just before the summer break the government announced it would be stripping out huawei, but at a price. today's decision to ban the procurement of new huawei fudge equip men from the end of this you will delay rollout by a further year and will add up to half £1 billion to costs. requiring operators, in addition, to remove huawei equipment from the 5g networks by 2027 will add hundreds of millions of pounds further to the cost and further delay rollout. oliver dowden. and

china wasn't the only nation rocking the government's boat. the long—awaited report by parliament ‘s intelligence and security committee on alleged russian interference in uk democracy was controversial long before it was even published. there had been anger that it hadn't been made public before december‘s collection and ina before december‘s collection and in a row about how long it was taking to reform the isc afterwards. when it did finally meet its members rejected the government's candidate for chairman, chris grayling, for fellow tory julian lewis, chairman, chris grayling, for fellow toryjulian lewis, who was properly booted out of the conservative parliamentary party. when the report was finally published it accused ministers of underestimating the threat of russian interference. it raised concerns about the prevalence of russian money in the uk and claimed the government had actively avoided investigating kremlin interference in the brexit referendum. the home 0ffice minister, james brokenshire, insisted the uk had a record of taking action against russian wrong doing. we

have been clear that russia must desist from its attacks on the uk and our allies and we've been resolute in defending our country, our democracy, and our values. is that the government was committed to new legislation on rennard, but the opposition was scathing. no wonder the government was so desperate to delay the publication of this report. sitting on it for months and blocking its publication before a general election was a dereliction of duty. the report concluded that russian money was being used for building influence across a wide sphere of the british establishment. and they are mystified that government ministers are still taking millions of pounds from dodgy russian oligarchs. we have to clean up our act and it has to start with the government. a conservative peer and former minister focused on and former minister focused on a reference to lord's who would —— worked directly for russian companies linked to the kremlin. simon noble lorde seem to be defending the

indefensible, namely the vladimir putin rating. by one of my noble friend could ensure that there is a closer investigation into one or two links that people have with the bittern regime. i think it is extremely important that we should be on our guard, all of us, against the activity of the putin regime —— putin. us, against the activity of the putin regime -- putin. finally backin putin regime -- putin. finally back in the commons, the general election brought in 140 new faces. a rite of passage for every newbie is to make their first for every newbie is to make theirfirst or maiden for every newbie is to make their first or maiden speech stop traditionally, they are lighthearted affairs, recognising their predecessor, their electorate, and the unrivalled beauty of the constituency. for many a chance to tell their story. i remember telling a careers advisor that they wanted to get into politics and know more about working for an mp. i was laughed at and literally told that the chance of someone like me having a job in parliament would be very slim and not to even bother trying. i won't

break parliamentary privilege of this house by naming him, but i hope is watching me now. laughter. another revealed she had been presented with some rather different career options. my mum, who has regularly said, catherine, i have been saying since you were two gummy will either be a stripper, a social worker, or a scientist. well, mum... laughter. given i have a biology degree and the nature of modern politics, there is a very good chance they have achieved all three. katherine fletcher, whose careers advice brings us to the end of the programme. please join us from september the first is the government at westminster finalises brexit and new mps face more of the tests a nd and new mps face more of the tests and dramas of westminster life. but, for now, from me, melissa mccarthy, goodbye. —— alysia mccarthy.

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 showery outbreaks of rain. so over the next few hours those temperatures will fall into single figures, by contrast in the southeast it's going to be a very uncomfortable night for getting a good night's sleep. we wake up on saturday morning, perhaps low to mid 20s. so that means plenty of sunshine around, albeit hazy for the weekend. we keep the heat in the southeast for some very warm nights to come, much 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 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 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 thundery downpours. that's it,

have a great weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds. 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. at least 16 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in the southern indian city of kozhikode the aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two after falling 35 feet down a ravine. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has more. this plane was bringing home indians who had been stuck abroad amidst the covid pandemic. landing in the dark amidst heavy rainfall, on what many say is a challenging runway,

the plane couldn't stop in time.