live from london. this is bbc news. new cctv of the lorry that terror suspect daniel khalife used to escape a londonjail and the moment police search the vehicle. the united states says it will arm ukraine with �*depleted uranium' tank shells, as the us secretary of state continues his visit to kyiv. world leaders are gathering in new delhi this weekend for the 620 summit, where india's year—long presidency will come to an end. hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to the daily global, with the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk where an independent investigation

has been ordered into how a terror suspect was able to escape from a london prison. daniel khalife is still on the run, after breaking out of wandsworth jail yesterday morning, strapped to the bottom of a delivery van dressed as a chef. the van was later caught on cctv, you can see it here at the top of the screen, moving from left to right. this image of the delivery van has been given out by the metropolitan police. we should stress they are not suggesting any involvement in the escape from the driver or the company concerned. and we've just received this footage of the moment police searched the vehicle on the upper richmond road, just a few miles away from wandsworth prison. it's understood that it was at this point police found straps underneath the van, alerting them to the way daniel khalife may have escaped. the 21—year—old is accused of terrorism and gathering information for iran. tonight, police say he's not been seen. we begin with our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford.

wandsworth prison this afternoon, the day after the infamous escape, and a clear view of the kitchen block and the short route to freedom that daniel khalife took yesterday while strapped to the underside of a food delivery truck. khalife was in the prison while awaiting trial for charges that included allegedly trying to spy for iran or "obtain information useful to an enemy", to use the exact words. yesterday morning, daniel khalife was working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison. this is around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7.32, a food truck that had been making a delivery drove out of the prison through that gate. it will have passed through the airlock, where it should have been stopped for a security check. soon afterwards, it became clear that khalife was missing. the prison went into lockdown, and when there was no sign of him, the police were called. the police stopped and searched the truck. they found strapping underneath which he is thought to have used to hold himself under

the vehicle, but there was no sign of khalife. this is the kind of truck that he was hanging under as he made his escape, and this the journey that the vehicle took across south—west london before being stopped at 8.37. khalife must escaped somewhere on this route. we have some of the highest trained military in the world here in the uk, and daniel khalife was trained by the uk military. he will be a resourceful individual. that's important to remember when trying to find him. as the police continued their manhunt, thejustice secretary launched an immediate independent inquiry. 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 prison to the kitchen gate, what protocols were in place? were they followed? yesterday's escape raises fundamental concerns about the security culture at wandsworth prison. some people are kept in prison ahead

of their trial in order to protect the public and to make sure they don't run away. but lax checks here seem to have allowed khalife to do exactly that. there's no doubt something went catastrophically wrong with the checks on the truck and the counting of prisoners working in the kitchen before it was allowed to leave. but union officials say individual officers shouldn't be blamed in a jail that is woefully short of staff. i'm sure one of the things they will be looking at is how wandsworth has been left so depleted of staff. i hope it doesn'tjust focus on pointing the finger at a prison officer or prison officers. a year ago, daniel khalife was still working at this barracks in staffordshire, the base for some of the uk's high—tech forces. police today described him as a very resourceful individual who had shown some ingenuity in his escape. tonight, he is still on the run.

that's our home affairs correspondent daniel sanford with the latest as we know it so far. let's bring in nowjohn podmore, who governed belmarsh and brixton prisons and has been an inspector of prisons. thank you for being with us. there is a lot i want to ask you, because this story is fascinating. talk to me first of all about why this prisoner was in this prison. the short answer — prisoner was in this prison. the short answer is _ prisoner was in this prison. the short answer is i _ prisoner was in this prison. tue: short answer is i don't prisoner was in this prison. tte: short answer is i don't know. i was governor of belmarsh, i was responsible for a lot of category a terrorist prisoners, that is where he should have been, pure and i don't understand why, he should have been there as a cat a or a cat be. he was charged with very serious offences, the maximum sentence of which would be about seven years, and belmarsh is particularly designed, suited, managed and can operate to deal with people who pose the greatest risk to the public. so

that needs to be examined, and questions need to be asked. what also needs to be asked is why he was working in the kitchen. remand prisoners tend not much in the way of work at all because they might be attending court, they are here, there and everywhere, you can't be sure they will be around for very long, so they don't get much in the way of employment generally. and there is little in the way of employment in prisons, there is insufficient activity, working in the kitchen is a job, it is one of the kitchen is a job, it is one of the most sought after jobs the kitchen is a job, it is one of the most sought afterjobs in the system, because you have got freedom of movement, you have access to food, and you have got a lot of autonomy. so you only choose prisoners to work in that environment that you know that you have got to know that you have assessed. the problem with remand prisoners, you don't really know who they are, they have not gone through

a trial, they haven't been sentenced and convicted and haven't had a presentence report or summons, so you don't know much about them. so while they may need and may warrant having some form of employment and activity, something is a vulnerable as the kitchen, where there is a lot of traffic coming and going, and goods moving to and fro, and close to the gate, it is a very vulnerable situation. of course there are the issues of searching, that is a bog—standard, fundamentaljob of bog—standard, fundamental job of people bog—standard, fundamentaljob of people in the gate is to search vehicles coming in and obviously going out to ensure there is no one inside or on the top or underneath. and talk to me about some of those logistics. as you said, one would assume that those vehicles are searched thoroughly going in and out for obvious reasons. also talk to me about what sort of plan deploys the minutes of the officers realise someone is missing.— minutes of the officers realise someone is missing. once they susect someone is missing. once they suspect someone _ someone is missing. once they suspect someone is _ someone is missing. once they suspect someone is missing, . someone is missing. once they i suspect someone is missing, they would have what is known as a standstill role check. it is what it

says on the tin, basically you freeze all movement, you stop all movement around the jail, if doesn't mean everyone gets back in their cells. it is everyone stay where you are, stay in education or training or in their cells, and then you count up to 1500, and if there is one missing, you then say, "ok, go back to yourselves," which takes a little while, and then —— to your cells, then you check who is actually missing. that can take a little while. 0nce actually missing. that can take a little while. once you realise someone has gone, you alert the police and then you try and give as much information as possible in the heat of the moment as to how it might have happened. find heat of the moment as to how it might have happened. and when it comes to how _ might have happened. and when it comes to how it _ might have happened. and when it comes to how it might _ might have happened. and when it comes to how it might have - might have happened. and when it - comes to how it might have happened, what is your assessment on how difficult it is to get out of this sort of prison? and whether, perhaps as as has been suggested today, this was an insidejob?

as as has been suggested today, this was an inside job?— was an inside “ob? well, i think there — was an inside “ob? well, i think there are two— was an inside job? well, i think there are two possible - was an inside job? well, i think- there are two possible explanations, one that this guy, he is military trained, intelligent, articulate, well motivated, however this was opportunistic —— whether this was opportunistic —— whether this was opportunistic and he got lucky is one suggestion. the other is that this was long—term planned, orchestrated, from which there was collusion from other people involved. my interpretation around how quickly he is or isn't found. if he is found in the next couple of days, that reflects the normal pattern you get with escapes which are opportunistic and people get lucky, they get out of prison and then realise, "now what do i do? how do i surviving this high—tech world where i can't reveal myself?" but the longer it goes on, if in the next 72 hours or week or so we haven't found him, it would tend to suggest this was planned and

orchestrated, there may have been some solution. we can't rule that out. that is not to cast any aspersions here, that is the matter for the inquiry, and am absolutely delighted that alex chalk has acquiesced to the demands of myself and many others that the inquiry be independent. because the prison service marking its own homework is not appropriate, and it tends to be a secretive organisation about which you can find very little. tt a secretive organisation about which you can find very little.— you can find very little. it also raises questions _ you can find very little. it also raises questions quite - you can find very little. it also raises questions quite clearly | you can find very little. it also - raises questions quite clearly about the state of the uk's prison service, doesn't it? we hearfrom the shadow home secretary suggesting there is a real problem at wandsworth, saying it has for many years held 60% or 80% more prisoners thanit years held 60% or 80% more prisoners than it was designed for, it has long been known, she said, for its overcrowding and staffing issues. could that have contributed to this problem? could that have contributed to this roblem? ., , ,., , ,., , ., problem? oh, absolutely. prisons are overcrowded. — problem? oh, absolutely. prisons are overcrowded, they _ problem? oh, absolutely. prisons are overcrowded, they are _ problem? oh, absolutely. prisons are overcrowded, they are under - overcrowded, they are under resourced, understaffed, badly let and badly managed. it is an

unfortunate incident, but i'm glad that we are now looking at prisons. i wrote a book many years ago, " 0ut i wrote a book many years ago, " out of sight, 0ut i wrote a book many years ago, " out of sight, out of mind", and that is of sight, out of mind", and that is it. this is about wider issues, yes, it. this is about wider issues, yes, it is a security breach at wandsworth and it has manifested itself in an escape, and they are sexy and interesting, but i'll give you an example of a wider security, the chief inspector of prisons inspected a prison called woodhill last week. a modern, high—tech, well resourced, not overcrowded prison, it was in absolute dire straits. he had to issue what he called an urgent notification. within that prison, he identified that 38% of the prisoners were testing positive for drugs, in one of our most secure prisons, one of our high—tech, well

resourced presence, that was the level of breach of security. security across the prison estate is in meltdown, prisons are also not doing thatjob which they are primarily designed for, which is protecting the public. prisons are making people worse. prisons are not protecting the public, and your average politician will turn round and say, "well, at least while they are in prison they are not committing offences." they couldn't be talking more toss, there is no offence that i have seen committed outside a prison which hasn't been committed inside. serious organised crime is seriously well organised in prison, and it may well be that this escape has relied on that kind of capacity. i don't know. all i'm looking at is that possibilities, an independent investigation will find that out. but let's be in no doubt, our prisons are in crisis, it is not just about funding but overcrowding, ministers come and go in all departments, but the management of the prison service has been static

for the last two decades. i think alex chalk needs to have a look at that. tt alex chalk needs to have a look at that. , ., ., , ., that. it is one thing to escape a rison of that. it is one thing to escape a prison of whatever _ that. it is one thing to escape a prison of whatever degree - that. it is one thing to escape a prison of whatever degree of i prison of whatever degree of security, it is another to stay on the run with, as we are reporting, no confirmed sightings. we know that all police forces and the uk border point have been asked to look for him. how difficult is it to stay on the run? tt him. how difficult is it to stay on the run? , , ' . ., the run? it is very difficult, and unless you _ the run? it is very difficult, and unless you have _ the run? it is very difficult, and unless you have got _ the run? it is very difficult, and i unless you have got considerable outside resources, you won't last very long. and there are many examples of people who have done some fairly ingenious escapes and been quite lucky, but as well as very clever, they are very quickly caught. there is nowhere to go. escaping from prison, it is not because of the security of the prison system that not many people escape, it is not the efficiency or the security of the present system is... �* , ., . ., is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras. — is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras. all _ is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras, all of _ is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras, all of the _ is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras, all of the cheques - is... all the surveillance and cctv cameras, all of the cheques on i is... all the surveillance and cctv| cameras, all of the cheques on the things we see in the movies, credit

cards and all of those sorts of things, how is he still able to be out there without any sightings? well, it is early days, and as i said, if it is opportunistic, if he has done this on his own, he won't last very long, he will be captured within the next few days. if there are outside resources, and it is very alarming that he had some kind of contacts with iran, and i know no more than i have read in the papers, that isn't something we need to bear in mind. but be in absolutely no doubt that escaping is relatively easy, staying out and staying free and actually getting out of the country or adopting a new identity is exceptionally difficult. very, very few people will do it. so we will see what happens. tt very few people will do it. so we will see what happens.— very few people will do it. so we will see what happens. it has been fascinatin: will see what happens. it has been fascinating to _ will see what happens. it has been fascinating to talk _ will see what happens. it has been fascinating to talk to _ will see what happens. it has been fascinating to talk to you _ will see what happens. it has been fascinating to talk to you tonight. l fascinating to talk to you tonight. thank you very much for sparing us the time. ex governor of belmarsh and brixton prison and has been an

inspector of prisons. thank you for your insight. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. five former metropolitan police officers have pleaded guilty to sending grossly offensive racist messages on whatsapp. some of the messages, which came to light after an investigation carried out by the bbc�*s newsnight programme, were about the duchess of sussex and the prime minister rishi sunak. all of the men had already retired from the police. the conservative mp chris pincher is standing down 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. network rail has admitted a series of health and safety failings connected to a train derailment in aberdeenshire, in which three people died. the rail operator said a number

of errors had contributed to the crash at stonehaven in bad weather in 2020. the rail operator also admitted it hadn't warned the driver that part of the track near stonehaven was unsafe. you're live with bbc news. the head of nato says ukrainian forces are continuing to make progress, retaking lands occupied by russian forces. butjens stoltenberg said progress was slow, estimating an advance ofjust 100 metres a day. 0vernight, suspected ukrainian drone attacks were reported on the russian city of rostov—on—don and near moscow. these buildings are not far from the region's military headquarters, but again, no casualties were reported. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinkin continues a two—day visit to kyiv. mr blinken has already announced a new aid package of more than a billion dollars for ukraine, including shells to be used on us abrams tanks. they're made of depleted uranium,

which is a by—product of uranium enrichment but has stripped of most radioactive material. 0ur diplomatic correspondent is paul adams, he has more for us on those recent statements byjens stoltenberg and antony blinken. well, i don't thinkjens stoltenberg was telling us anything we don't already know. he's the latest figure to acknowledge that progress is being made. antony blinken, during his visit here over the last couple of days, has also been saying that he's encouraged by signs of progress. i think there's a general desire, perhaps on the part of ukraine's western backers, to recognise progress when it is there, because we've had weeks now of a general sense of things not moving as quickly as everyone would like. the ukrainians, about a week or so ago, started saying that they had broken through the first set of russian fortifications in the south. they've had a chance to brief both antony blinken and, presumably, jens stoltenberg on that progress.

if you look at the map of the particular area in question, south—east of zaporizhzhia, you begin to see a little bulge in the front line, which is growing, gradually growing by the day. it is, as mr stoltenberg said, sometimes extremely slow. it is trench warfare in some cases down there. and so any prospect of a rapid breakthrough is pretty remote. and that's why we're seeing the americans in their latest military assistance offering the kinds of things that they hope might help to accelerate this process. yes. and, paul, let's talk about that. that announcement from the us is a significant one, but they are controversial weapons, aren't they? i wonder what the response has been from kyiv tonight. just an air raid siren sounding. no immediate reason, i don't think, to take any action. this is, you know, it's the kind of thing the ukrainians want. these are the most effective weapons

for destroying tanks and other armoured vehicles. the british have already supplied them for the challenger tanks, which were supplied to ukraine earlier this year. the abrams tanks, the american tanks, about 31 of them are due to arrive later this month. so, presumablym they will be equipped also with depleted uranium shells when they get here. it is almost inevitable that the russians are using the same weapon on the battlefield, and that does slightly make the russian protests today and expressions of dismay somewhat disingenuous, to say the least. it is a weapon that has had an aura of controversy around it for a couple of decades through this possibility that the radioactive... ..the dust, the uranium dust that's that's left after these weapons have been used could in some way be inhaled and lead to poisoning. there is not a shred of scientific evidence to suggest

that that is the case. the debate goes on, but no evidence has ever been found. and so, you know, the bottom line is, just like cluster weapons, also controversial, these are extremely effective. and the west is recognising that if ukraine is to make progress quicker, progress between now and the winter, it needs those sorts of weapons. let's go live to santa rosa, california and speak to retired colonel brenden kearney. thank you for being with us. give us your assessment on the impact that these weapons and money which has been provided by the usa difference could this make to the outcome of the war? we have heard from nato suggesting that progress remains slow in retaking russian held land. good to be with you. the money and the buying in the provision, this is all sustaining ammunition for the main part to help the ukrainians continue to fight the same way they have. we are talking about 105

artillery rounds, millions of rounds of small arms ammunition, some demolitions packages which are very unsophisticated but extraordinarily effective in breaching obstacles. and it is breaching obstacles that is the thing that the ukrainians need to do right now against these russian defensive positions. i would slightly disagree with some of the statements here ahead of me, it is slow, it is methodical, plodding. i have done it during the first gulf war. but once you breach, once you get through, then it is one of those things where those armoured forces can really get going and they can open those roads that will lead to the sea of as of and really make life miserable for the russians. we know that these weapons are controversial, it is also a u—turn from what we heard from the pentagon backin from what we heard from the pentagon back in march saying they would not

provide these kinds of weapons to ukraine. talk to me about the significance of depleted uranium and why that is important in progressing the outcome of this war. the why that is important in progressing the outcome of this war.— why that is important in progressing the outcome of this war. the do you round date — the outcome of this war. the do you round date back— the outcome of this war. the do you round date back to _ the outcome of this war. the do you round date back to the _ the outcome of this war. the do you round date back to the cold war, i the outcome of this war. the do you | round date back to the cold war, the usa originally developed them and share that technology first with the brits and then with the rest of nato. the russians have got a very similar round, but it is the combination of that round and the capability for penetration and conducting what we call mobility kill, utterly destroying the target that other armoured vehicle, that you combine that capability with the targeted systems on an m1 a1 or on a challenger tank, the sophisticated armour that is being provided to the ukrainians that completely outclasses the russian armour. then you have got a game changer when it comes to those kinds of tactical

situations on the ground.- comes to those kinds of tactical situations on the ground. when you have used this _ situations on the ground. when you have used this on _ situations on the ground. when you have used this on the _ situations on the ground. when you have used this on the ground, i have used this on the ground, haven't you? you have first—hand experience of using these sorts of weapons? t experience of using these sorts of wea ons? . ., , ., weapons? i have, i have used them on round, it weapons? i have, i have used them on ground. it was — weapons? i have, i have used them on ground, it was used _ weapons? i have, i have used them on ground, it was used against _ weapons? i have, i have used them on ground, it was used against saddam i ground, it was used against saddam hussein's armoured vehicles, but they were all russian tanks, soviet tanks from the 1970s and into the 19805. tanks from the 1970s and into the 1980s. and those that do you round, the results of those rounds are catastrophic, both for the crew and the vehicle itself. tt is catastrophic, both for the crew and the vehicle itself.— the vehicle itself. it is really aood to the vehicle itself. it is really good to get _ the vehicle itself. it is really good to get your _ the vehicle itself. it is really good to get your insight i the vehicle itself. it is really good to get your insight and expertise them on, thank you for being with us. expertise them on, thank you for being with us— a police investigation is to be launched into dozens of baby deaths and injuries at a hospital trust. the maternity units at nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are already being examined in a review by senior midwife donna 0ckenden. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is in nottingham for us.

wiltshire police say that following a meeting with donna 0ckendon, the independent, the chair of the independent investigation to discuss what they called cases of significant concern, they decided to launch a criminal investigation. it is a development that many of the families harmed by the trust have been pushing for. they have long argued that the trust's inability to provide either safe maternity care or to improperly investigate when harm was caused is evidence of criminal behaviour. i've been talking to the hawkins family, whose daughter harriet died in 2016 due to maternity errors. i think the thing that really makes me emotional is that the families in nottinghamshire are the ones that are serving a life sentence, not the people that failed us, not the people that have conducted the cover—up. and there needs to be accountability for that. now, around 1,800 cases are going to be investigated by this independent review

into poor maternity care. but even before it finishes its work, we do know that dozens of babies died or were harmed because of poor maternity care. this police investigation, however, raises the possibility of individual clinicians being charged for some of that poor care. though it is likely to be a long and complex police investigation. tonight, the nottingham university hospitals trust say they would cooperate fully with the police and that they remain committed to improving their maternity services. michael buchanan there. there is much more on these stories on the bbc website, you can see there are top story that escaped from prison here in the uk, no confirmed sightings of that escaped terror suspect. we will also talk in the next half an hour about the us open in the heat and its effect on the players. stay with us on bbc news.

we've waited until september for it, but provisionally, today has been the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures getting quite close to 33 celsius. it continues a long run of hot days, in fact, the longest run of september days with temperatures above 30 degrees on record. and it looks set to continue at least for another couple of days. but there were exceptions. this was edinburgh earlier on this afternoon with a lot of cloud overhead and we will continue to see a fair amount of cloud and indeed some mist and murk across eastern scotland and eastern england overnight. we have seen some quite sharp showers and thunderstorms today across parts of northern ireland. those will continue to ease. so, as we start friday morning, it's going to be warm again — 13 to 17 degrees. and we will have some of this mist and murk and low cloud feeding across eastern and central parts

of scotland, down the east coast of england, but also coming quite a long way inland, say across parts of lincolnshire. as we go through the day, that murky weather will tend to retreat towards north sea coasts, but it could linger along the coast for a good part of the day. elsewhere, aside from just the small chance of a shower in the west, it's going to be another day with lots of hot sunshine. temperatures in the capital up to 31 celsius, close to 30 though in parts of the highlands. and then as we move through friday evening, we do start to see a greater chance of showers and thunderstorms drifting across the south—west of england. a sign of things to come on saturday. we will see more showers breaking out across western and north western parts. there's actually a frontal system approaching from the northwest. the further south and east you are, it should be pretty much dry with lots of sunshine. and again, some real heat highs of 32 or 33 degrees. but as we move into the second half of the weekend, we do start to see a change. 0ne frontal system pushing down

from the north—west, another clump of thunderstorms drifting in from the southwest. quite a messy transition, but we do start a transition to something more unsettled and something cooler. so, some showers and thunderstorms on sunday. the greatest chance of staying dry down towards the south and the east, still 30 degrees, but further north and west, 22 for glasgow and into next week, it does turn markedly cooler for all of us. and there will be some outbreaks of rain at times, temperatures closer to where they should be at this point in september.

new cctv of the lorry that terror suspect daniel khalife used to escape a london jail and the moment police search the vehicle. world leaders are gathering in new delhi this weekend for the g20 summit where india's year—long presidency will come to an end. and aome of the uk's biggest artists gather in london for the 2023 mercury music prize. favourites to win the prestigious award include raye, young fathers and jessie ware first it was schools — now it's theatres that are being forced to close their doors because of concerns over crumbling concrete. raac has been found in theatres in dartford, cardiff, northampton and carlisle — from where our north of england correspondent danny savage reports.

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