tom burridge, bbc news. this is bbc news.st 18 people have died after an air india plane skids off the runway at an airport in kerala. the un is warning of a humanitan crisis after tuesday's explosion in beirut which killed 154 people. despite the desperate situation in beirut, stories of heroism and survival are emerging. 0ur correspondent carine torbey has been speaking to a nurse who managed to rescue three newborn babies after the explosion ripped through the city. this is normally a place ofjoy, but tuesday's explosion ripped through the neonatal intensive care unit. three premature babies were in their incubators. in the chaos, pamela, the only nurse on shift who was unhurt, picked them up. a picture that spread across the world. the only thing i could think of was the safety of the babies i had in the unit. the first thing i had to do was to rescue the babies and just carry them and get away with them. i thought that i can never leave them alone here and go away. pamela walked for over 30 minutes before finding safety,

tom burridge, bbc news.er of coronavirus cases in the united states. more than half of those who've died come from the state's hispanic community. latinos are four times more likely to be hospitalised than other groups. the bbc‘s larry madowo reports from houston. after more than a month battling covid—19, 0ctavio calderra's back at work as a mechanic. like many other latino texans during the pandemic, he was hit hard by the virus. "i had sensations that i'd never felt before. "i had to completely isolate and take care of myself to not spread to my family," 0ctavio told me. like 0ctavio, most of the other workers here are hispanic. the risk of getting infected hangs in the air, but if they don't work, they have no income. in thisjob, you can't work from home. blue—collar workers in texas have been especially hard—hit by the coronavirus. many of them work in places like this, a concrete plant. the work involves close contact with other people. there's pressure to show up for work that's available because ther

tom burridge, bbc news.7 years, as large parts of the country experienced high temperatures. people are being advised to avoid busy beaches as the warm weather continues through the weekend, as sangita myska reports. sun, sea, sand, and social distancing. this is british summertime in our new normal. the sun seekers of essex have today flocked to southend sea front as temperatures across england's southern coast have soared. the government is urging people to keep their distance from one another but with limited success. when we got here actually we suddenly realised there is a lot of people in a very small amount of space. so we're going to try our best to keep our distance from everybody else. with thousands of people now having to cancel their foreign holidays, public health england recognises that they will instead probably flock to beaches like this one in southend. even so, they are urging members of the public, particularly those invulnerable groups like the elderly and the very young, to limit their

tom burridge, bbc news.g at the impact of coronavirus on the tourism industry. for business owners in the south—west of england the lockdown has proved costly. the trade body, visit cornwall, says fewer holidaymakers will mean a loss of 800 million this year, almost half the region's annual tourism turnover. here'sjon kay. cornwall was not designed for social distancing. even on a damp afternoon, the narrow streets of st ives are heaving. a bit crowded! a bit crowded, yeah! hiding in a doorway, holiday—makers ed and margaret. there's that many people coming backwards and forwards, you don't know where to go. does it frighten you? it does frighten me, yeah, because i've got heart problems. so, you know... did you think about staying away? well, if i do that i'd never be able to go on holiday. there are clear warnings and restrictions in place. but some locals want more. none of them are kind of wearing masks... michelle and stephen live here but they're not going into town. she lost her retail job during lock

tom burridge, bbc news. there were few countries less prepared for covid—19 than venezuela. collapse, and the health care system was in a similar state. the government has struggled to contain the virus, and human rights groups say the authorities are going too far in enforcing a lockdown, as tim allman explains. lined up in rows, sitting in the heat of the daytime sun, these people are being punished. their crime? breaking the rules during a pandemic. there are claims others have been forced to carry out physical exercise and some have even been beaten. translation: this thing the authorities are doing is not right. i leave my house to work and get food for the day and they won't let us work. it is easy for the soldiers because they have food but how do we poor people do it? accurate figures are hard to come by, but so far the authorities have confirmed around 23,000 cases of covid—19 and more than 200 deaths. curfews have been imposed and there are strict limits on people's movement. the opposition says the response is heavy—handed and, in the end, self—defeating. translat

tom burridge, bbc news. this is bbc news. have died after an air india plane skids off the runway at an airport in kerala. the un is warning of a humanitan crisis after tuesday's explosion in beirut, which killed 154 people. let's stay with that now. steven cook is senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. he told us how the explosion has exposed a failing system in lebanon. it certainly seems that it is accelerating the end of this government and perhaps the regime in lebanon. the country has been rocked by protests since last fall. the covid crisis has only intensified an economic crisis and many lebanese have grown extraordinarily frustrated with the government and system itself. thus far, the government is holding — there have been no resignations — but certainly people are begging the international community when they do provide aid to lebanon to go around the government because this is a government of corrupt warlords and officials that date back many, many, many years who have siphoned

thank you very much, tom burridge. fiasco" ministers' last—minute changes to the way a—level and gcse results in england are to be decided. schools will be able to appeal on behalf of students unhappy with their grades and want to use their mock exam results instead. labour eader, sir keir starmer, said the government's response "smacks of incompetence. " this is a complete fiasco. it was obvious that this was going to be difficult, but it's been weeks or months in the coming, to have an 11th hour decision that's caused widespread chaos amongst teachers i've been speaking to, families and young people, it smacks of incompetence. you just touched on it there, is it something that has come far too late in the day? it is shambolic. it's hours to go before the results. the problem is obvious and it's been sitting there for weeks or months. we now face possibly a0% of young people having their grades change and downgraded possibly and this risks robbing them of theirfuture. should the government now be under pressure to do

our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. smoke billowing out of the valley below where a train derailed near stonehaven mid—morning. helicopters drafted in to recover the injured. the scale of this major emergency operation in a remote part of aberdeenshire clear early on. it's not a landslip after heavy rain might have pushed the train off the tracks. the scotrail passenger train derailed early this morning. emergency services are on site and a major incident has been declared. i've just major incident has been declared. i'vejust come off major incident has been declared. i've just come off a call with network rail and emergency services and although details are still emerging, i'm afraid there are early reports of serious injuries. my immediate thoughts are with all those involved in this incident. weather conditions in the area in hours before the train derailed had been described as atrocious. heavy rain caused flash flooding nearby, in the town of stonehaven. in recent yea rs, in the town of stonehaven. in recent years,

quarantine for 14 days if they arrive here after 4am on saturday morning. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridgecountries being added to this list? yes, i think these countries being added or taken off today are not massively significant on their own, but you have to look at the bigger picture. international travel was effectively shut down by the pandemic at the end of march, through the whole of april and the whole of may. june, there was a very slight recovery in hopes of something much more significant intojune and of something much more significant into june and july. really, of something much more significant intojune and july. really, the hasn't materialised. the government the quarantine on, took it off for a lot of countries and since then it has put the brakes on time on time and time again. ministers insist that it and time again. ministers insist thatitis and time again. ministers insist that it is crucial cases of the virus are not brought into the country. but the uk is taking a more cautious approach than france or germany. they brought in testing at airports, if you test negative

tom burridge, bbc news.nt ben philip is at the scene. as you have been hearing, this is a major emergency service incident in the north—east of scotland, in aberdeenshire. the scottish fire and rescue service confirmed earlier today that it responded to reports from pro—scotland about a train that had derailed near stonehaven. the national report was received at around 9:1i0am this morning. we know that it was a passenger train that was in for, but the number of injuries of those on board, and certainly the condition of those on board is currently unconfirmed and unknown. we know that the train that derailed was made up of the two locomotives at the front and the back, and i'm told there were four passenger carriages in the middle, and a number of these carriages are now fallen over and a button. to give you some context, we are about four miles from stonehaven, and between stonehaven and laurencekirk. it isa between stonehaven and laurencekirk. it is a very rural area, a very narrow country roads. emergency