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. no stone must be left unturned and getting to the bottom of what happened. who was on duty that morning? i live outside the prison in wandsworth where the terrorist suspect daniel khalife escaped with the very latest. another by—election looms for rishi sunak�*s conservative party — mp chris pincher announces he's resigning after a parliamentary committe found him guilty of an "abuse of power" and "completely inappropriate" behaviour. 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. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk — where a manhunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife got out of 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. but the prison officers' association says that while it does not want to speculate about the issues surrounding the incident, it claims that wandsworth prison is overcrowded, and has chronic staffing shortages — which it is blaming on cuts to the prisons budget. we'll be speaking to them live shortly. in the last few minutes thejustice secretary alex chalk has given an update in the house of commons — announcing an independent review.

we will hear that shortly. but first... live now to the bbc�*s mark lobel who is outside wandsworth prison in south london. what is the latest? nearly 30 hours on, the manhunt continues and gives us her new details about what happened from thejustice secretary who said at 730 am yesterday morning, wednesday, the delivery van left the kitchen inside that prison where the terrorist, suspected terrorist daniel khalife was working as a chef and they found strapping underneath the truck which was found there and it was stopped and searched, that truck. suddenly there was a search on for the former member of the british army who was meant to be facing a court case on the 13th of november where he has been accused of planting fake bombs and collecting information useful to

and collecting information useful to an enemy. this manhunt, as i say, continues and all police forces in border points have been asked to help around the country and there have been no sightings reported to us so far but the metropolitan police say they he probably remains in london and that update was given over 20 hours ago, around 20 hours ago. so we've nowjust heard from the british prime minister who's been speaking in the last few minutes and this is what he has had to say about this escape. sorry about that, mark, it's actually the justice secretary we will be hearing from, we will of course be bringing viewers the clip of rishi sunak when that comes in but for now let's hear from the justice that comes in but for now let's hear from thejustice secretary. at approximately 7:30 yesterday morning, a vehicle which had made a delivery to the prison�*s kitchen left hmp wandsworth. shortly afterwards, local contingency plans for an unaccounted prisoner were activated and in line with standard procedure, the police were informed.

the prison was put into a state of lockdown while staff attempted to determine daniel khalife�*s whereabouts. the vehicle was stopped and searched by police after the alert was raised. strapping was found underneath the vehicle, which appeared to indicate that daniel khalife may have held onto the underside of it in order to escape. as has been made clear by the metropolitan police, there is no reason to believe he poses a threat to the wider public. no stone must be left unturned in getting to the bottom of what happened, who was on duty that morning, in what roles ranging from the kitchen to the prison gate? what protocols were in place? were they followed ? second, i have ordered an investigation into the categorisation decision by hmpps, where all relevant matters taken into consideration in determining where in the custodial estate daniel khalife should be held. i've ordered two urgent reviews, first into the placement and categorisation of everyone held in hmp wandsworth and second into the location of all those in the custodial estate charged

with terrorism offences. madam deputy speaker, daniel khalife will be found and he will be made to facejustice. so, as we head tojust so, as we head to just then, so, as we head tojust then, the justice secretary alex chalk speaking to parliament asking lots of questions about how this escape could have happened and also promising an independent investigation. well, the prime minister rishi sunak has been asked about this prison escape while on a visit earlier today and let's have a listen to what he had to say. i know --eole listen to what he had to say. i know peeple will — listen to what he had to say. i know peeple will be _ listen to what he had to say. i know people will be concerned _ listen to what he had to say. i know people will be concerned about - listen to what he had to say. i know people will be concerned about this| people will be concerned about this news on the first thing i want to say is thankfully these incidents are extremely rare. i cannot give too many details because there is an ongoing police investigation but i do want to say it is our paramount responsibility which is what you want to focus on. the justice secretary has focused on an internal inquiry into the specific

circumstances around this individual and this case for the most important thing now is for anyone with any information at all they think is relevant to please contact the police. relevant to please contact the olice. �* ,., , relevant to please contact the olice. �* , _, police. but the government is coming under pressure. _ police. but the government is coming under pressure, the _ police. but the government is coming under pressure, the prison _ police. but the government is coming under pressure, the prison officers' i under pressure, the prison officers' association calling for an urgent review and they say they are waiting for the results of that internal investigation but they also say that cuts have consequences and budget cuts have consequences and budget cuts coming earlier have had consequences, they are implying, and how the kind of police... prison officers work can be handled within those four walls and we've heard a lot about that for many people this morning not least the opposition and here is what the shadowjustice secretary who has just started their new job, secretary who has just started their newjob, had to say. this secretary who hasjust started their newjob, had to say.— newjob, had to say. this is an extremely _ newjob, had to say. this is an extremely serious _ newjob, had to say. this is an extremely serious matter, - extremely serious matter, catastrophic with multiple failures not just catastrophic with multiple failures notjust in respect of this case but of our wider criminaljustice system. it simply beggars belief that a man being held on suspected

terror charges was able to escape a prison by clinging to the bottom of a food delivery van. the simplest question for thejustice a food delivery van. the simplest question for the justice secretary todayis question for the justice secretary today is how on earth this was allowed to happen, how was such an escape even possible? nothing he has said to the house today so far gets as remotely close to a full answer to this central question. everyone speaking about this being careful not to prejudice themselves because of the trial expected if the suspect is found. g , . of the trial expected if the suspect isfound. g , . is found. the justice secretary insisted twice _ is found. the justice secretary insisted twice during - is found. the justice secretary insisted twice during his - is found. the justice secretary - insisted twice during his statement that he would be found, but the meantime this is opening up a wider debate about what will happen inside prisons and what type of reform may need to happen as a consequence of this very embarrassing, but politicians and the prime minister saying it there, very rare event

happening. thanks for the moment. we've also just heard from the labour leader circular starmer who has been speaking about the issue so let's hear about that. -- sir —— sir keir starmer. -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind — -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind bars _ -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind bars again _ -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind bars again as _ -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind bars again as quickly - -- sir keir starmer. we want to see him behind bars again as quickly as| him behind bars again as quickly as possible. this is quite damaging to is wealth, it is about staffing, i's wealth, it is about staffing, buildings, and that is the behaviour now under this government, whether this prison or other prisons or other infrastructure across the country and it certainly has not helped that in the last ten years we've had tenjustice secretary is and i know from my time as director of public prosecutions just how important stability is when it comes to criminaljustice. more on that story throughout the

programme including hopefully speaking to the prison 0fficers' speaking to the prison officers' association but we do have plenty more on all those latest developments particularly coming out of westminster and you can go to the bbc news website where we have a live page. 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 of danelo souza cavalcante 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, was involved in and 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.

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. there were no reports of any injuries. these are pictures of some of the damage — local residents say it's possible that the drones may have been aimed at a nearby airport. russia also says that at least two more were brought down over the southern rostov region. these buildings are not far from the region's military headquarters, but again, no casualties have been reported. it comes as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, continues a two day visit to kyiv — today he's been meeting with de—mining experts, who've had a key role in trying to clear the minefields set up by russian forces in front of the areas which have been occupied since the invasion began. mr blinken has already announced a new aid package of more than a billion dollars for ukraine. just hours before those details were made public, sixteen 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, the company which maintains much of the uk's railway network, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to of health and safety failings, following an aberdeenshire train crash in which three people died. train driver brett mccullough, conductor donald dinnie, and christopher stuchbury, who was a passenger, died in the derailment near stonehaven, aberdeenshire, in august of 2020. six other people were injured. 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. it you're live with bbc news. 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. maria elena navas from bbc mundo says the decision is an important step, but will still be controversial. proportion was already decriminalised in more than ten states including mexico city. there

was a ruling _ states including mexico city. there was a ruling last _ states including mexico city. there was a ruling last year— states including mexico city. there was a ruling last year in _ states including mexico city. there was a ruling last year in a - states including mexico city. there was a ruling last year in a northernj was a ruling last year in a northern state that said the proportion statement they were allowed to criminalise. it means proportion now has to be decriminalised in the whole country so all the states that had been slow in accepting the supreme court decision had now meaning it has to be provided on the 32 states of the country. it's going to be controversial. there's still a lot of people who opposed abortion and many conservative politicians as well. the head of one of the biggest male talent agencies injapan has resigned — over allegations of sexual abuse by its late founder. julie fujishima said she now wanted to help and care for all the victims ofjohnny kitagawa — who died four years ago. he is accused of abusing a large number of young men while running his �*johnny and associates' organisation — over more than six decades — before his death. earlier we spoke to our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil

who gave us the latest live in tokyo. we asked whether the resignation ofjulie fujishima is a new start for the agency. this is a hugely significant moment forjapan�*s entertainment industry. the fallout from the sexual abuse allegations scandal surrounding the country's most powerful talent agency has gone all the way to the top, forcing the current ceo to step down. for the first time, julie fukushima has admitted that sexual abuse of young boys had taken place in her uncle's agency. she apologised to the victims and said that the company will compensate them. she also announced her resignation. noriyuki nagashima, a household name here injapan, a veteran entertainer and one of the very first talents that the agency had recruited is now her successor. he is now the new ceo. one of the most significant moments today is when the local channels cut through pictures of some of the victims watching that press conference. and some of them looked visibly angry. it is very difficult to overstate the clout, the power, the influence that johnny kitagawa held over japan's entertainment industry.

if you are a young japanese teenager who wanted to become a pop star, who wanted to break through. his agency was your gateway. and yet allegations of sexual abuse had marred his careerfor decades. these allegations resurfaced earlier this year in a bbc documentary where victims spoke about their experiences. there were also claims thatjohnny kitagawa was power discouraged people from coming forward and stifled the reporting on these allegations. after the documentary aired, more people spoke publicly. last week, an independent investigation found that kitagawa had abused many young boys repeatedly for decades and said that ms.. fukushima's claims that she had no knowledge of her uncle's actions were alive. the organizations will try to make amends. they're talking about structural changes, but there are questions about what this change will look like. there are also questions about the future of a brand that has been synonymous

with entertainment, with fame and with glamour, and has now been very badly and very publicly disgraced. now an update on our top story, some breaking newsjust now an update on our top story, some breaking news just coming now an update on our top story, some breaking newsjust coming into now an update on our top story, some breaking news just coming into us from our home affairs team and that is that the man who has escaped from wandsworth prison, daniel khalife, has been accused, had been accused i should say of trying to gather information for iran. that is just coming in from our home affairs team, the man who accused the team of trying to gather information for iran, information it could be useful to an enemy and it is noted that the enemy refer to is iran. he was due to stand trial in november so a bit more information, we had been referring to him as a terror suspect

but we now have some more specifics and that is that he is accused of trying to gather information for iran, collecting information which might be useful to an enemy and just to say of that comes shortly after we had from thejustice secretary alex chalk who had been speaking to the house of commons over the escape of daniel khalife from wandsworth prison saying no stone would be unturned when it came to investigating how daniel khalife, on remand at wandsworth prison, was able to escape. he has promised an independent investigation but labour, the shadowjustice secretary saying they were extremely serious, catastrophic and multiple failures. we will have more on that developing story throughout this programme but that latest update for you there.

here in the uk, the former conservative whip, chris pincher is 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. 0ur political correspondent rob watsonjoins me now. first of all, just remind us who chris pincher is and how significant he was because many say that this whole saga actually led to the downfall of borisjohnson. absolutely, chris pincher will occupy what you might describe as a rather dubious footnote in more than british political history because i think you will be considered as the final straw that broke the camel's back of borisjohnson was �*s premiership because he had been accused of groping... what

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is the kind of see the conservatives currently hold with a pretty large majority, labourwould currently hold with a pretty large majority, labour would require something like a 19 or 20% swing to overturn it so if they are winning in places like tamworth and the west midlands, a place that voted more towards brexit in the average —— than the average of the uk, it will tell you of the conservatives lose that they are in the whole world of trouble when it comes to the next general election. find trouble when it comes to the next general election.— general election. and another by-election — general election. and another by-election as _ general election. and another by-election as well _ general election. and another by-election as well after - general election. and another. by-election as well after another by—election as well after another loyalist to former prime minister borisjohnson nadine dorries said she will leave. boris johnson nadine dorries said she will leave.— boris johnson nadine dorries said she will leave. yes, you never get far away from _ she will leave. yes, you never get far away from boris _ she will leave. yes, you never get far away from boris johnson - she will leave. yes, you never get far away from boris johnson in - far away from borisjohnson in british politics and it is ditto for this constituency, mid bedfordshire, which as far as i know has been conservative since 1931, it utterly typifies a wealthy rural middle england, a part of the blue wall as it is known. so if the conservatives

were to lose that, it would sort of fit into that general sends of impending doom if you're a conservative, if opposition parties can overturn the huge majorities they have in both brexit places like tamworth or middle england, rural, wealthy places like mid bedfordshire, you are, as a conservative, any whole world of trouble. ., ~ , ., ., conservative, any whole world of trouble. ., ~' ., , conservative, any whole world of trouble. ., ~ ., , , trouble. thank you for bringing us u . trouble. thank you for bringing us u- to trouble. thank you for bringing us up to date- _ trouble. thank you for bringing us up to date- it _ trouble. thank you for bringing us up to date. it will _ trouble. thank you for bringing us up to date. it will be _ trouble. thank you for bringing us up to date. it will be an _ up to date. it will be an interesting autumn with those elections coming up. the uk government has announced it will be rejoining the european union's horizon science research programme after a post—brexit bilateral deal. it left the 100 billion euro — or 85 billion pound — programme when it left the eu bloc. 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. " 0ur science correspondentjonathan amos explains more.

it is one of the biggest if not the biggest science and research of the new world and it's something the uk did very well out of when it was a member of the eu. it runs a grant process, you apply to do some research and get some money to do that, funding, and the uk was always at the top of the table, jostling with the other sign superpower in europe germany and often out competing it, and when it fell out of the horizon programme because the uk left the european union, then the uk left the european union, then the uk kind of retreated from its collaborations with the rest of europe and that was a lose— lose situation for the united kingdom but also for the eu and london and brussels have now they've got a win— win. more on that story later in this hour. that was our science

correspondentjonathan amos. more on that on the bbc news website. 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 and 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 coasts there. 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 coasts 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 we start 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. 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 will shunt 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the hunt continues for a former soldier who escaped from prison in london by clinging to the underside of a delivery van. daniel khalife had been accused of trying to gather information for iran. and a bbc investigation finds that dozens of young people with autism in england and wales have died after serious failings in care — despite repeated warnings. the uk will rejoin the european union's flagship science programme — horizon — under a new deal, after months of talks. more now on the manhunt for terror suspect daniel abed khalife, who escaped from wandsworth prison in london on wednesday morning.