yogita limaye: in london, he stands tall.o and one of the greatest britons of all time. but in a colony he once presided over, many point to a dark legacy. he might be an icon in britain. but in india, he is seen actually as the precipitator of mass killing because of the policies that he activated and the policies that he followed in bengal in 1943. at the heart of the anger against him, a famine in bengal. it was triggered by a cyclone and flooding. but many blame winston churchill and his government for making the situation worse. it's a painful chapter in india's colonial history. only a few surviving images show the horror of hunger. those who didn't die in villages went to cities in search of food. every day, bodies had to be removed from kolkata's streets. at least three million died — more than six times the british empire's casualties in world war ii, raging at the same time. chitta kumar has lived through it. british troops had been forced to retreat from burma by the japanese. and, fearing they could also invade be

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.eff guzzetti is the former director of the air accident branch of the american federal aviation authority. jeff it is good to speak to you. what are your initial thoughts? good to be with you, james. well, it appears to be a straight up runway excursion. these to happen from time to time especially in challenging weather situations. typically these types of acts occur due to problems with preparing for the approach and that the actual technique of landing in these types of conditions on a ru nway these types of conditions on a runway at this type. we have read recently that this was a so—called table top runway. can you swing to our viewers with a table top runway is and why that might be risky? a table term used in the united states but it is in india and other places. basically it means that at the end of the runway, there is nothing left except a cliff. and there are a few airports like that around the world. in the united states, there is a requirement to put what they call an e—ma

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.n thomas is a bbcjournalist who knows the area well — she's been describing to me what the airport's like. on top of a hill on top of a plateau and it kind of falls sharply away at the side. normally when i make the landing because i fly into my hometown regularly, you can kind of see greenery as far as i can see and then you see the valley beneath you and it is kind of scary and quite terrified. it makes for really beautiful views but obviously in this case, it can go very badly wrong. and another big thing that's important here is the weather and i have landed many times during monsoon season when the weather has been really, really terrible. so, very foggy, heavy weather conditions makes it very hard for the pilot to land. and so that makes a very big difference here. there have been many times where i have been on the flight and the pilot has had to make a few approaches, once or twice. and so we come down into land and we go up again, and we circle around the airport, we can see t

our correspondent yogita limaye has more.s 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. both pilots are among those dead. that seems to have skidded off the runway and we must remember it's a table top runway. so it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place. and because of that impact, there seems to have been a breaking of the fuselage into two and the aircraft, the front portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. locals were among the first to respond. the injured, taken to hospitals in taxis and private cars. families, searching for loved ones they've waited months for. many on board are believed to have been migrant workers who'd gone overseas to earn a living. the crash is yet another blow for a region that is grappling with landslides and the covid crisis. yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai. a former director of the air aviation b

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.he 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. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville has this report. singing. the lebanese are used to taking matters into their own hands. singing their national anthem, they came from all over the country to clear up their capital. you've come all the way here to beirut? why? yes, for volunteering. to support all the people who are damaged and they are homeless right now. and meet the ladies of the tripoli cleaning squad, from just up the coast from beirut. they told me, "we remain united no matter how much "they try to separate us. "muslim, sunni, shia, druze, christian — "we're all one band." it seems like every second person in beirut is carrying either a shovel or a broom. there's a massi

thank you very much, yogita limaye there in mumbai.lockdown rules across britain today. one of the biggest is thought to be near neath in south wales. officers believe up to 3,000 people from across the uk travelled to the event. tomos lewis reports. for this quiet village at the edge of the brecon beacons, it wasn't a typical peaceful bank holiday. it's estimated that some 3000 people from all across the uk came here to party — through the night and into today. nice, peaceful, everyone's just having fun, basically. evidence of the rave was clear to see in the village of banwen this afternoon. coronavirus restrictions here in wales only allow for up to 30 people to meet outdoors, and many locals were furious with revellers for flouting the rules. when i phoned the police, she said, "how many cars are there?" i said, "50 if not more." i said, "don't lie," and i said, "i'm not lying," i said. "50 if not more was going up and down the street." there was helicopters everywhere. people being really ignorant, passing here, throwing litter ev

yogita limaye, bbc news, mumbai.ti chandra is a journalist at the hindu, india's national newspaper. she's been covering the story for the paper. what more do we know about the passengers on board the plane? the casualty figures have been confirmed. in all our injuries. of the kind of damage evident from the photos, the aircraft slid —— split into two and the clock pit brawl the bore the brunt of the accident and that is why the kind of injuries on the pilots were very serious. the latest date are that there will be... relief flights of air india leaving delhi and mumbai to reach... iam leaving delhi and mumbai to reach... i am afraid your line has gone down, i am so sorry. we will try to establish that line a little later. let's get some of the day's other news. the united states is placing sanctions on hong kong's chief executive carrie lam and 11 other officials, arguing they were responsible for suppressing democratic processes in the chinese territory. it follows an announcement last week from ms lam that septem

here's our correspondent yogita limaye in mumbai with a breakdown of those figures.day and just to sort of compare that, the us, for example, is testing about 750,000 samples a day. so the government is certainly trying to say we have more people testing positive because we are testing more. however, even with that number, 41 million samples tested so far, that's really a fraction of india's population of 1.3 billion people. and along with the fact that the counting of deaths in india is not watertight, i think most people in india ——i think most people agree that the data we are seeing from india right now is underreported. what the government is though saying is that the death rate, which is the number of deaths as a percentage of the population is low in india. i've spoken to several doctors and public health experts over the past several weeks who agree with that. no—one really is able to explain why that's happening, but i think the worry for india is clear. india's coronavirus graph, the curve is growing, it's rising. there is no indication about when that curv

here's our correspondent yogita limaye in mumbai with a breakdown of those figures.sort of compare that, the us, for example, is testing about 750,000 samples a day. so the government is certainly trying to say we have more people testing positive because we are testing more. however, even with that number, 41 million samples tested so far, that's really a fraction of india's population of 1.3 billion people. and along with the fact that the counting of deaths in india is not watertight, i think most people agree that the data we are seeing from india right now is under—reported. what the government is though saying is that the death rate, which is the number of deaths as a percentage of the population is low in india. i've spoken to several doctors and public health experts over the past several weeks who agree with that. no—one really is able to explain why that's happening, but i think the worry for india is clear. india's coronavirus graph, the curve is growing, it's rising. there is no indication about when that curve will begin to flatten. you know, and we look

also watching was our own yogita limaye. the prime minister laying the foundation for that sample.or that sample. his national bjp party's or election promise. many see the country moving away from its secular identity. it in behind the decorations, remnants of a violent past. in 1992, a mosque that stood here was torn down by hindu mobs led by the bjp, which triggered religious riots around the country. that criminal case has not been resolved, but last year, india's top court allowed a hindu temple to be built here. translation: just like our independence struggle, generations four indians have for centuries worked tirelessly to realise this day. -- generations of indians. many muslims don't agree with the country's decisions and the country's decisions and the country's actions. moody once —— india is now becoming a theocratic country. india will become a hindu majority country with goals contrary to the constitution. it is 75 years since a us air forces plane called the enola gay dropped an atomic bomb on the city of hiroshima in western japan. three days later, another bomb wa

aircraft with 191 people on board broke in two after falling 35 feet down a ravine. 0ur correspondent yogita limayemidst heavy rainfall, on what many say is a challenging runway, the plane couldn't stop in time.

our india corresponent, yogita limaye has been following the story.t the police acted, participated, in the violence, alongside rioters, they committed custodial torture, used excessive force against protesters. they also found that when people from the muslim community called for help, the delhi police responded in a mocking way. they say that their report is based on scrutinising videos that emerged on social media at the time, and they are gathering testimony from dozens of riot survivors, eyewitnesses and activists. that we covered in february this year in north—east delhi, it started off as, sort of, clashes over india's controversial new citizenship law, which critics see as anti—muslim, but what we saw increasingly on the ground was that it took the form of religious violence between hindus and muslims. more than 50 people were killed, people from both communities died, but two thirds of those killed were muslims. and our own report from that time, we investigated the delhi police's role as well and we uncovered evidence from some of those vide

also watching was yogita limaye in mumbai. stayed here was torn down by them who triggered religious rights around the country. that criminal case is been resolved by last year india‘s top ports allowed a hindu temple to be built here. just like our independence struggle, generations of indians have for centuries worked tirelessly to realised this day. the prime minister declared. but many muslim indians don‘t agree with the country‘s decision and the governments actions. he wants to send out to the country and to the whole world the message thatindia‘s now heading towards becoming a targeted country. india is now going to become a hindu majority to the indian constitution. and there are questions over the choice of that date, it marks one year indian administered kashmir, the countries on the muslim majority states was stripped of its relative autonomy. another political party promise. you might remember these pictures from august last year. protesters cashmere or some of them violent. they were clamped down on and indian tro

you guidolin my there in mumbai. —— yogita limaye.says schools should be the last places to close in any future lockdowns — after pubs, restaurants and non—essential shops. anne longfield's comments come amid fears of a second coronavirus spike — with all pupils in england set to return to the classroom in september. pupils in scotland will return to school next week. anne longfield says children have a right to an education. of course, i want life to be normal, like anyone else, but the fact of the matter is, the virus is with us. we have to find ways to adapt. we have to find ways to manage it. and children have been out of school now for six months. it has been the biggest disruption since world war ii. we know that they have been struggling, many children, in terms of home learning. many won't have been learning at all. and the most disadvantaged children are the ones who are falling further behind. the education minister nick gibb has insisted that all pupils will return to school in england in september. schools are our priority

yogita limaye is in mumbai and told us more about the rescue operation.re was a big cloud of dust that accompanied this. a woman who was actually a resident of the building told the reuters agency, how it started shaking and she was barely able to run out with her three daughters before it collapsed. indeed, you can see the pictures, the structure looks completely destroyed. in the early visuals, you could see corrugated tin sheets that appear to have been on the roof of the structure lying amidst a pile of rubble. rescuers have been working through the night, they have been using machines to dig, earth movers as well. but i have also seen pictures of disaster response personnel using bare hands to try and sort of sift through the wreckage and reach out to people. and they have managed to rescue scores of people in there, but dozens are still feared trapped. dog squads are at the location as well to help reach out to people who might still be trapped. what we have been told is local policemen, as well as residents actually reached the spot quite early and

for the latest on the crash, here's our india correspondent yogita limaye.ou been told by the authority that it landed and then overshot the ru nway it landed and then overshot the runway and the runway in the airport is elevated. it is over a hilltop runway, that is how it is been described by aviation experts. it overshot the runway and it fell into a valley. that is with the authority is saying. the boss of the national disaster response is that is the reason why the impact is expected to have been quite massive and that is why we have seen injuries and almost all passengers. dozens of them have been taken to at least two hospitals nearby. we know the national disaster response team is doing checks to ensure that there was no one still stuck inside that aircraft so we are one still stuck inside that aircraft so we are waiting to hear whether eve ryo ne so we are waiting to hear whether everyone who was on board is accounted for. there was 191 people in total, passengers and crew on that aircraft and it was landing and at about a quarter to eight in the ev

yogita limaye, our correspondent, joins us now.ight 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 this flight, it civil aviation authority is this flight, it landed, and then overshot the runway, and the runway in the ellicott airport is elevated. —— calla airport. it is a hilltop runway, that is how it is being described. it overshot that runway and it fell into a valley. that is what the civil aviation authority is saying. the boss of the national disaster response team has said that thatis disaster response team has said that that is the reason why the impact is expected to have been quite massive and that is what we have seen injuries and almost all passengers, dozens injuries and almost all passengers, d oze ns of injuries and almost all passengers, dozens of them taken to at least two hospitals nearby. we know that the national disaster response team is do

argues that the fatality rate in india is among the lowest in the world. 0ur india correspondent, yogita limayeas been reached, as well. we reached 1 million about 20 days ago and it's only taken about... so, you know, it took months to reach that number and it's only taken less than three weeks to reach 2 million cases. and all through the last week, we've had 800—900 people die every single day from this infection in the country. on some days, india has had the highest number of new coronavirus cases and deaths in the world. so, this infection continues to spread rapidly. the government, of course, says that the death rate, relative to the size of india's population, is still a fraction of what we're seeing in countries like the uk, spain or italy. there is, you know... we have had evidence from front—line doctors and workers over the past several months that there is under reporting, as far as covid—19 deaths are concerned. sometimes on the death certificate, co—morbidity is written, instead of saying the person was infected by the virus. sometimes people who have been brought dead to hospit