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BBC News and Weather
Thursday 13 August 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 10 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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A train derailed in East Sussex on Thursday afternoon, with around 150 passengers on board; two were seriously injured and three carriages ended on their sides. Network Rail and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch began inquiries, and the line between Lewes and Haywards Heath was expected to close for some time. Elsewhere, multiple fires broke out across the West Midlands, including in Stourbridge, where a child and three firefighters were taken to hospital, as temperatures peaked above 38 degrees Celsius on the hottest day of the year. An amber extreme heat warning was expanded, and England's A&E departments faced record demand. In Europe, a Swiss mountain collapse and thawing permafrost highlighted the heatwave's effects, while in the UK, Wisley Common had gone 57 days without rain. A 102-year-old man died after an alleged assault at a pub in South Wales, and police arrested a 56-year-old man. In the Clacton by-election, triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation, a record 34 candidates stood, with counting underway.
Israeli military bulldozers flattened illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank village of Khuzra, but settlers returned and continued a siege on two Palestinian families; Israeli forces also raided the village and occupied several homes. Record numbers of 18-year-olds secured their first-choice university places after A-level and other results, though the regional gap in top grades reached its largest since 2010. A Romanian couple were jailed for 17 years each for spiking drinks to rob men, killing two. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner said the rule of law was in a precarious state after the sentencing of Simon Levy. Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov told the BBC that Russia could never claim victory in Ukraine, as he criticised the Kremlin while in Moscow. In the West, Perrows Bridge in Bristol suffered a major fault and was left hanging over water, and a gravestone was laid for a German airman shot down over Somerset in 1940.
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- 8:19 Story begins UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
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Charged quote UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
There's also an amber heat health alert for the whole of England until 9pm tomorrow. Well, Navtas Johal has the very latest on the fires in Stourbridge. The images are horrifying. West Midlands Fire Service says there are multiple houses on fire in Stourbridge. It initially described this as an extensive grass fire near Stourbridge Golf Course,
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 8:59-9:01
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Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
A fire in the Stourbridge area left two people injured.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 9:08-9:15
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Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
A fire in the Stourbridge area left two people injured.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 9:15-9:26
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Charged quote UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
About 100 firefighters have been tackling it, with flames spreading across roads in some places. The fire service says this blaze has several points of origin. Residents in the area have been left terrified for their homes. I was out with a hosepipe trying to damp the fence down, but it didn't make any difference.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 9:27-9:30
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Claim UK records hottest day of the year with 38.1C
A fire in the Stourbridge area left two people injured.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 9:59-10:05
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Claim Teenager killed in West Bank clashes as settlements reopen
Israeli military bulldozers destroyed settler outposts in Khusra, though settlers returned and the siege persisted.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 17:43-17:47
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Claim Teenager killed in West Bank clashes as settlements reopen
The US ambassador to Israel described settler violence in Khusra as Israeli terrorism.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 19:31-19:39
- 19:58 Story begins A-level top grades rise for third consecutive year
- 25:05 Story begins Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
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Contested quote Muratov says Putin cannot claim victory in Ukraine
Because what has been going on for almost five years, no matter how it ends, can no longer be considered a victory. It can be a victory when two Slavic nations have ripped a million people to shreds, or more than a million. It seems to me that the situation with Ukraine now is this. You can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 27:08-27:15
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- 30:11
Claim Dina Asher-Smith targets Olympic gold after European record haul
Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the women's 200m.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 30:11-30:15
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Claim Dina Asher-Smith targets Olympic gold after European record haul
Amy Hunt won the 200m gold, adding to her 100m title.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 13 August 2026, 30:11-30:15
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