live from london... this is bbc news. the hunt continues for a former soldier accused of terrorism — who escaped from prison in london by clinging to the underside of a delivery van. after a russian missile strike kills 16 people in eastern ukraine, the kremlin says it has downed several ukrainian drones near moscow overnight. the british mp chris pincher is to resign after losing an appeal against a suspension over groping allegations. and as the civil war in yemen grinds on, we have a special report from orla guerin about the extraordinary resilience of some of its youngest citizens. hello.

i'm anjana gadgil. our top story... we start in the uk — where a manhunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife escaped from wandsworth prison on wednesday morning, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van. thejustice secretary has ordered an urgent investigation into what happened, and why the former soldier wasn't held in a higher security prison. our reporter simonjones has more. they have released a statement, saying cuts of consequences. they said you cannot reduce the budget and expect the prison service to operate as if nothing has happened.

the government has to take response ability for the decimation of the prison service with less staff and more prisoners and one is worth as a technology example of what life is like for serving prison officers operating in a stressful and violent workplace with staffing levels meaning you care for more than 100 prisoners and they are calling for urgent commission notjust for urgent commission not just for prisons urgent commission notjust for prisons but for the whole criminal justice system saying otherwise things are going to get worse. later this morning, or very shortly, we will here from the lord chancellor and the justice will here from the lord chancellor and thejustice secretary will here from the lord chancellor and the justice secretary who will here from the lord chancellor and thejustice secretary who will speak in the house of commons, responding no doubt to some of those things and statements being made by the poa. thejustice secretary has already ordered an urgent investigation into what happened and why the former soldier was not being held in a high security prison. 0ur reporter simonjones has more.

currently britain's most wanted man. the hunt for daniel khalife, facing serious charges of threats to the state, is being described as urgent and extensive. despite all the security that should have been in place here at wandsworth prison, the former soldier managed to escape from the jail�*s kitchen by strapping himself to the bottom of a food—delivery van. he was wearing his distinctive chef's uniform. he could be anywhere in the country at the moment and, yes, of course we're mindful of the risk of him potentially leaving the country. we're focusing our efforts in london at the moment. so we have counter—terrorism officers now deployed across london, working with colleagues from across the metropolitan police and our partner agencies to try and find him here. he has connections to the north west of the country, so we are also working with colleagues all around the country. the hunt for daniel khalife extended to the borders, too — additional security checks at airports and ports led to long queues forming for passengers. daniel khalifejoined the army in 2019. three years later, he became the subject of a counter—terrorism investigation. he's accused on the 2nd

of january this year of planting fake bombs at the barracks in stafford, where he was based. he was arrested later that month. the charges he face include preparing an act of terrorism, and collecting information that might be useful to terrorists or enemies of the uk. i'm surprised doesn't happen more often. you look at a place called wandsworth that is abject chaos on a day—to—day basis. there are not enough staff on the staff that there are not properly trained. the staff that there are not properly trained. there is also very vulnerable prisoners they are with mental health and drug problems that people have to deal with and it is exceptionally dysfunctional, the process of how they run the place is decades old. the justice secretary, alex chalk, has echoed those concerns, demanding an urgent investigation by the prison service into why daniel khalife wasn't being held in a high—security category a jail. but labour says the government

itself has explaining to do. we know that there are huge problems with prisons, and prison places in particular. and, as we've seen, there is now a terror suspect on the loose, having escaped from wandsworth prison. so big questions for the government to answer. in a statement, the prison service said... "an internal investigation is under way, and thejustice secretary is working to understand from operational colleagues both the categorisation decision, and the situation that led to the escape, what protocols were in place, and if they were followed." the police say although they don't believe daniel khalife poses a threat to the wider public, anyone who sees him should call 999 immediately. simon jones, bbc news. earlier this morning, the labour mp for tooting, the constituency in which wandsworth prison is based, told the bbc about the communication she'd previously had she'd previously had with the institution. i was made aware that there

were significant staffing shortages. so, i looked about investigating this and actually discovered that in december last year only seven members of staff turned up for a night shift to look after 1,500 inmates. the prison itself was also without water for six days. so there has been ongoing staffing issues at wandsworth prison. now what this meant was that on shifts like that that were so understaffed people were then asked to stay to do double shifts to make up the shortfall. now, undoubtedly, when you have situations like this, things are going to happen, mistakes are going to be made. it is really, really disconcerting that there is now someone on the loose who was able to escape. i actually raised this with thejustice secretary as well many months ago when i was alerted to this. live now to the bbc�*s mark lobel who is outside wandsworth prison in south london.

what's the latest on the search for daniel khalife?— daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after- daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after that l the manhunt continues after that unimaginable escape from the building which you can see behind me where daniel khalife, a terror suspect, crawled under a food delivery van and clung onto the underside as it drove out onto the main road. somehow bypassing checks that would normally have seen extended mirror balls ago under the vehicle and checks all round to check as it came out of an airlock unit before it came onto the main road so that escape happened, it is understood that the police officers inside, prison officers inside russia that the police officers inside, prison officers inside russia limerick searching around for a while and inform the police once they had done quick, routine checks and the public was in form just at the afternoon. the appeal from the police is notjust about the public but all police forces around the country and also to all border points such as at dover and airports

as well. but the police are still sticking with the latest information they gave us on wednesday afternoon which is that they do not believe, or have not had any reports of sightings of daniel khalife, no report she has left the country and they are working on the assumption at the moment that he is probably still remaining in the london area and of course there is huge scrutiny, as you've just heard, about what is going on inside the prison, how it is being run and the decision that was taken to put a terror suspect in a category b or lower security prison when there are high security options very close to here. . ~ ,, high security options very close to here. . ~' ,, , high security options very close to here. . ~ ,, , . we've heard from the prison 0fficers' we've heard from the prison officers' association this morning who say the government needs to take responsibility for the decimation of the prison service saying wandsworth is a typical example of what life is like for serving prison officers and at 1230 pm on bbc news, we will hear

from the prisoners association and the justice secretary alex chalk from the prisoners association and thejustice secretary alex chalk in thejustice secretary alex chalk in the house of commons. meanwhile, there's another ongoing manhunt — this time in the us. a convicted murderer is still at large, more than a week after he escaped from prison in pennsylvania. new footage has emerged. the individual seen here crab walking up a wall going through razor wire and escaping. he was sentenced last week to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend. here's the pennsylvania police department describing the risk posed by the fugitive. we do consider him to be a very dangerous individual.

he is convicted of homicide here. he was involved, i am told, in another homicide in brazil some years ago. it's somebody that we think poses a threat and needs to be taken out of the community, needs to be incarcerated. he has the option to surrender. that is what we hope he will do. here in the uk, the former conservative whip, chris pincher, ss standing down as an mp after losing his appeal against an eight week suspension from the commons over groping allegations, which allegedly took place at a club away from the houses of parliament. the decision will trigger a by—election in his tamworth constituency in staffordshire. live now to tim montgomerie, who was a socialjustice advisor to the former prime minister borisjohnson. thank you very much forjoining us. a by—election in tamworth in staffordshire, that must be the last thing the conservative government wants right now.— thing the conservative government wants right now. well, it ends what has been a — wants right now. well, it ends what has been a very _ wants right now. well, it ends what has been a very difficult _ wants right now. well, it ends what has been a very difficult week - wants right now. well, it ends what has been a very difficult week for i has been a very difficult week for the conservative party and there has been this controversy in britain about the use of concrete in schools and a general sense that the prison escape story that you've just been talking about reinforces the idea of

the tories not really being the competent party that they traditionally had a reputation for and now another by—election. they have been so many by—elections in this parliament, much more than normal, caused by the resignation of tory mps either through scandal or protest at the current prime minister rishi sunak�*s policies and although the tories have a majority of 20,000 in this seat, normally thatis of 20,000 in this seat, normally that is the kind of amount that you would say is safe, recent history suggests it is anything but safe and this could be yet another loss of a tory seat and another headache for rishi sunak. tory seat and another headache for rishi sunak— tory seat and another headache for rishi sunak. after chris pincher had monitors with _ rishi sunak. after chris pincher had monitors with mike _ rishi sunak. after chris pincher had monitors with mike lost _ rishi sunak. after chris pincher had monitors with mike lost his - rishi sunak. after chris pincher had monitors with mike lost his appeal. monitors with mike lost his appeal —— mac lost his appeal, did he have to resign? -- mac lost his appeal, did he have to resin? ., ., ., ., -- mac lost his appeal, did he have to resign?— to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism _ to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism is _ to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism is that _ to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism is that you - to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism is that you get - to resign? you did not have to but the mechanism is that you get a i the mechanism is that you get a large petition of local voters and

they can then force a by—election and what he said is that recent experience including rutherglen in a scottish constituency suggests that the voters are angry enough at the moment to put that petition together and forced the by—election to happen, and i think probably from the prime minister's perspective, he already has a by—election in mid bedfordshire caused by the resignation of nadine dorries. so there will be possibly two defeats for the conservatives in one night but that is probably better than having one defeat and then a month later another defeat, so it gives a chance to clear them out of the way perhaps by the middle of october. and potentially a strange situation for a successor to chris pincher in tamworth because of boundary changes. tamworth because of boundary chances. ~ , , tamworth because of boundary chances. , ._

changes. absolutely. boundary chan . es changes. absolutely. boundary changes still _ changes. absolutely. boundary changes still gives _ changes. absolutely. boundary changes still gives the - changes still gives the conservatives an advantage at the next election of probably another 10-15 next election of probably another 10—15 seats in these boundaries that have been decided by boundary commissions and been in operation since 2019, if so they would have had an even bigger majority of maybe 100 but it's a complicated situation.— 100 but it's a complicated situation. ., ~ , ., , . situation. thank you very much. that's tim _ situation. thank you very much. that's tim montgomery, - situation. thank you very much. that's tim montgomery, former situation. thank you very much. - that's tim montgomery, former social affairs adviser to borisjohnson. let's turn to the war in ukraine, because russia says it has downed several ukrainian drones overnight. one was reportedly intercepted close to moscow, and at least two more were brought down over the southern rostov region. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, continues a two day visit to kyiv — he's already announced a new aid package of more than a billion dollars for ukraine. just hours before the us announcement, 16 people were killed in what ukraine says was a russian missile strike on a crowded market

near the front line of the fighting in the eastern of the country. another 32 people were wounded. and just a warning you may find some of the images in paul adams report disturbing. explosion close to ukraine's eastern front lines, death falls from the sky without warning. two o'clock in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here, but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. . at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. ukraine's president, as he has so many times before, sounded outraged.

translation: we understand what they are doing. _ they did the same in the past. whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraine's defence forces, russia targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support. president zelensky, fresh from visiting troops at the front, gave his visitor a positive account of ukraine's recent advances. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. that may be, but this grinding conflict continues to exact a terrible price.

pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. network rail has pleaded guilty over charges related to of health and safety failings, following an aberdeenshire train crash in which three people died. train driver brett mccullough, a5, conductor donald dinnie, 58, and passenger christopher stuchbury, 62, died in the derailment near stonehaven, aberdeenshire, on august 12 2020. six other people were injured, the train hit a landslide and the driver was filled to be warned. network rail says they have introduced more safety measures since the incident.

—— the train struck a landslide, which appeared to have been caused by heavy rain. network rail admitted failing to impose a speed resriction or warn the driver, and several other failures over the maintainance of the area. it says it has introduced a number of new safety measures since the incident. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. pet—owners are being invited to contribute to a review of the veterinary industry being carried out by the competition and markets authority. the watchdog is warning that the cost of animal care is rising at a faster rate than other goods and services and people may not be getting value for money. a scheme that provided free heating on prescription to people with underlying health conditions has found it reduced the need to see a gp. sheffield hallam university said it was too soon to say if a wider scheme would save the nhs money. the uk government said it would "keep options under review to further help vulnerable households". the bp—funded scheme has ended. royal mail has unveiled a collection of stamps to mark 70 years since the start of dame shirley bassey�*s career. they include a picture of the welsh singer's performance at the opening ceremony of the 1999 rugby world cup in cardiff. she is the first solo female music artist to be honoured

with a dedicated stamp issue. you're live with bbc news. for almost a decade a civil war has been grinding on in yemen — pushing the arab world's poorest country to the brink of collapse. there has been less violence since a temporary ceasefire last year but there is no sign of a deal to end the conflict. yet in the midst of all the death and destruction, there is also resilience. 0rla guerin has returned to the city of taiz in the southwest to see an extraordinary 11—year—old boy she first met two years ago. smiling through. this is ahmed. he's 11 years old and he doesn't let much get in his way. he's heading to the river to get water, a daily ritual. life was tough here, even before the war.

but ahmed is a fighter. he's been blind from birth, along with four of his siblings. we've come back to meet him at his home near a front line river. —— we've come back to meet him at his home near a front line. it's very scary, he tells me. we're afraid of gunshots. when fighting starts, we can't go to the park or the valley or anywhere. when was the last time you heard fighting and explosions as well? last night, he says. for ahmed, school has always been a refuge of sorts. this was our first glimpse of him injanuary 2021, leading morning assembly at al wahda primary. it was bombed by the saudi led coalition when it was occupied

by houthi forces. ahmed was leading the class atjust nine years old. he had a wish list of repairs for the school, and viewers responded. thanks to him... so this is the new school. ..much has changed. a yemeni donorfunded a new block and a british charity refurbished classrooms. saudi arabia, after years of bombing yemen, is building another school nearby. ahmed is pleased with the results and has plenty of big plans. translation: the rest of the year i want to be a teacher, pilot, engineer, driver or a doctor. do you think you'll be able to do all these things? ha! "sure, i'll do everything. and i'll marry a beautiful city girl

and she'll make me biscuits." "the girls here in the village don't know how to make good biscuits." back at the river, ahmed has a few moments of fun. but childhood in yemen is short. he is full of hope, full of promise, and he has already overcome so much. but he is still a child of war. the supreme court in mexico has decriminalised abortion nationwide. the decision comes two years after the court ruled that abortion was legal in one northern state. in a post on social media, the court said abortion being a crime was unconstitional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the uk government has announced it will be rejoining the european union's horizon science research programme after striking a post—brexit deal. it left the e100 billion —

or £85 billion — programme when it left the eu block. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said: "the eu and uk are key strategic partners and allies, and today's agreement proves that point. we will continue to be at the forefront of global science and research." with more on this we can speak to our uk political correspondent rob watson. what does this mean for scientists both in the uk and across europe? both of them are absolutely delighted and i don't think, since 2016, the brexit referendum, i've heard british scientists quite so excited or indeed business or academia in general which is a reminder of how wistful they are about britain's decision to leave the european union but the short answer to your question is that both here and in europe, there is a huge

amount of relief and excitement that they will be able to cooperate, sheu they will be able to cooperate, shell funding, share research as before. almost as before. with; shell funding, share research as before. almost as before. why has it taken so long — before. almost as before. why has it taken so long for— before. almost as before. why has it taken so long for this _ before. almost as before. why has it taken so long for this to _ before. almost as before. why has it taken so long for this to come - taken so long for this to come about? yell about politics, right? it was always intended britain should be a part of the eu's horizon research science research programme after leaving the european union but because of the disagreements between the eu and the uk over the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, horizon was one of the casualties. and how is it being viewed in europe? generally our european academics and scientists flees the uk is back on board or is it seen a special dispensation for a country that has already gone through brexit?— country that has already gone throu~h brexit? ., , , . through brexit? no, it is very much the former. — through brexit? no, it is very much the former, both _ through brexit? no, it is very much the former, both of _ through brexit? no, it is very much the former, both of you _ through brexit? no, it is very much the former, both of you look- through brexit? no, it is very much the former, both of you look at - the former, both of you look at european scientists and european politicians, they are just relieved at the sort of signs that the era of what might be called, i don't know

how you describe it, adversity, rivalry, antagonism between uk and eu seems to be going away that we saw under borisjohnson and liz truss and has developed into something more cooperative so i think among scientists and politicians in europe, a vast amount of relief at that.— of relief at that. how important for --eole of relief at that. how important for people who — of relief at that. how important for people who do _ of relief at that. how important for people who do not _ of relief at that. how important for people who do not know— of relief at that. how important for people who do not know is - of relief at that. how important for people who do not know is horizon | people who do not know is horizon and the work it creates? i people who do not know is horizon and the work it creates?— people who do not know is horizon and the work it creates? i happen to live in oxford _ and the work it creates? i happen to live in oxford which _ and the work it creates? i happen to live in oxford which of _ and the work it creates? i happen to live in oxford which of course - and the work it creates? i happen to live in oxford which of course is - live in oxford which of course is home to one of britain present biggest universities and i have lots of contacts with scientists there and they will tell you, beyond 0xford, it is hugely important not just in terms of money and the amounts are huge, you talk about a project with funding of about 85 or £90 billion, the largest scientific research programme anywhere in the world but notjust in terms of money but the idea that you can have the exchange of people or the general

notion of cooperation for the sake of science and of course for economic spin offs but to give you a sense of the relief, you have the cancer research organisation saying this is fantastic news particularly for cancer patients that european and uk scientists can share research and uk scientists can share research and funding again.— and funding again. thank you. just time for one _ and funding again. thank you. just time for one more _ and funding again. thank you. just time for one more story... - and funding again. thank you. just time for one more story... from i time for one more story... from japan into space. the tanegashima space center has successfully launched a rocket carrying a small lunar lander. this is the moment the craft left the center, south of the island of kyushu. japan's hoping the mission will successfully touch down on the near side of the moon early next year. if it does, it'll become just the fifth country to reach the lunar surface.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello there, for many parts of england and wales we're on day four of this september heatwave. lots of sunshine first thing this morning across many areas. that was the scene in suffolk. but across western parts we've had quite a bit of cloud with that cloud, a few showers around south west england, wales, the midlands, into northern parts of england as well. some raindrops reaching the ground, but away from that, some sunshine and a bit of coastal mist and fog around the north sea coaststhere. that will burn back to the coast, but right on that coastal stretch, it could be a bit cooler here, temperatures 17, 18 celsius. a few showers still around the irish sea coast coming into south west scotland, the east of northern ireland. but widely with that sunshine, it's going to feel very warm, if not hot. temperatures up to 31 celsius in the south east of england.

but through tonight, this is a haar, it's called, low cloud, mist and fog coming in back off the north sea. so, again, could be quite misty and murky for some eastern areas first thing tomorrow morning. and again, it could well be another uncomfortable night for sleeping temperatures no lower than about 16 to 19 degrees. so it starts off friday morning for many of us on a dry and a sunny note. but again, we'll have that low cloud, mist and fog across eastern parts burning back towards those coastal areas. and we could see a bit of cloud, one or two showers coming into the far south west of england, but for most, again, another pretty hot sunny day. temperatures once again widely mid—to—high 20s, up to the low 30s in the south east, even up towards the north west of scotland. temperatures here, 23, 2a celsius. now, throughout the weekend, we start to see something a bit more unsettled with a weather front coming into northern and western areas that will bring a few showers around.

and you can see those showers coming their way in on saturday. but elsewhere, again, there could be a bit of cloud around first thing in the morning on saturday, but it's going to be another very warm, if not hot day. temperatures peaking perhaps on saturday at 33 degrees celsius. that will make it the warmest day of the year so far, but a little bit cooler, a bit fresher the further north and west you are. you can see that weather front as we go through next week, moves further south and eastward, it shunts away that very warm if not hot air. so we see some yellows returning to our air mass picture and that means temperatures will start to come down to 17 or 18 celsius next week from tuesday, really. and with that, some unsettled weather as well with some showers. bye— bye.

the uk will rejoin the eu's scientific research scheme, horizon, a relationship that was dismantled after brexit. re—charging britain's car industry — vauxhall�*s ellesmere port becomes the uk's first ev—only factory, after a £100 million investment. welcome to world business report. iand ben i and ben thompson. —— iand ben thompson. —— i i and ben thompson. —— i am iand ben thompson. —— i am ben thompson. the british government has announced

it is to rejoin horizon —