welcome back to bbc news, turning to our main headlines here... a 26—year—old american woman has been shot dead in the occupied west bank, we will bring you more on those details as they come into us. ahead of as they come into us. ahead of a new early release scheme to ease prison overcrowding, the bbc gets special access to one of britain's most dangerous prisons. and desperate conditions in sudan as the un

—— warns of human rights violations with a special report coming up on good news in northumberland in the uk as they often population as the clear and stable after fears about bird flu, we will be speaking to a puffin ranger. let me turn to breaking news just as i was reading those headlines, a line coming in from kenya, from the deputy president, an update on that story with that dormitory fire in central kenya, we know 17 pupils dying but the latest and it is a disturbing update from the deputy president saying 70 children are missing after that steadily can your school fire, 70. we had expected the numbers to go up but a big, big jump in to go up buta big, bigjump in terms of to go up but a big, big jump in terms of the numbers of children missing and we know some children have already been taken to hospital, 17 pupils at least have died and he really distressing details at the

scene with parents arriving there to try to make identifications but they had warned us that the numbers would rise and they certainly have, so that is the latest from the deputy president saying 70 children are still missing after that fire in that school, a wooden building and the investigations of course already under way so we will bring you more on that as we get it. before we cross to sport, i mentioned that the us defence secretary was about to start speaking in germany after speaking with president zelensky, he is on his feet at the microphone so let's listen in. ., , ., in. to be confident we are building — in. to be confident we are building the _ in. to be confident we are building the right - in. to be confident we are | building the right structure in. to be confident we are . building the right structure to help ukraine succeed in the weeks, months and years ahead. you know, i always find it moving to look around the room at this type of contact. it is still so amazing to see the

from 50 countries, from all around the world, all sticking up around the world, all sticking up for what is right. and they are also standing up for our shared security in the 21st century. vladimir putin seeks a world of empires and autocrats, a world where it might makes right, a world where bullies get to invade their peaceful neighbours with impunity. and that would be profoundly dangerous for the united states. and for peace—loving people everywhere. so the united states and our allies and partners worldwide rallied together and today we stood up again for our values and our security. but members of the contact group understand what is at stake and we will not back down. with that, let me

turn over to general brown. thank you, good afternoon... the _ thank you, good afternoon... the latest _ thank you, good afternoon... the latest from the summit at ramstein. pledgers with more american money, short—range missiles from the uk. we will talk more about what is happening at the summit and president zelensky�*s lee again, and the long—range... which will talk about at some point later in the programme. pausing from those new stories and going across to catch up on the sport headlines for the day. adam has been patiently waiting for us to cross so good afternoon, adam. good afternoon. it's men's semi finals day at the us open. britains jack draper in the biggest match of his young career, taking on world number one

jannik sinnerfor a place in sundays final at fluishing meadows. the women's final line up though is already settled. world number two aryna sabalenka taking on home favouritejessica pegula. sabalenka through for the second year in a row after beating american emma navarro in straight sets to make it four consecutive grand slam finals on hard courts. pegula coming from a set and a break down at one point, to see off karolina muchova and reach herfirst grand slam final. it's a childhood dream. it's what i wanted when i was a kid. it's a lot of work, a lot of hard work put in. you couldn't even imagine how much goes into it, so it would mean the world to me, obviously. i'm just happy to be in the final but obviously i come here to want to win a title. so here is what's to come later on friday in the mens semis. world number one jannik sinner goes up against the new star of british tennis jack draper on the arthur ashe court. that will be followed by the all—american clash between the number 12 seed taylor fritz and frances tiafoe for a place in sundays us open mens final. at the paralympics in paris,

britain's sarah storey has won a record—extending 19th paralympic gold medal. she beat french rider heidi gaugain, 27 years herjunior, in a thrilling sprint finish to the cycling road race. storey is now 46. quite incredibly, she won her first paralympic gold medal way back in 1992 in barcelona. it's been a rather frustrating day so far at the oval in london, where bad light caused a long delay on the first day of the third test between england and sri lanka. it's englands final domestic test of the summer but really overcast conditions meant that play was brought to a halt before lunch. england with a solid start thanks to a quickfire half century from opener ben duckett. the players are now back out, with england moving on to 96—1. they already have an unassailable 2—0 lead in that series. another busy night of

football ahead with more nations league matches taking place across europe. the pick of which perhaps is france taking on italy. both the french and the italians are looking for improvement after their rather lackluster performances at the european championship. kylian mpbappe of course back in paris after his move to real madrid. italy boss luciano spalletti saying he is confident that this could be the start of a new era. later in the same group belgium will meet israel, erling haaland's norway will play kazakhstan in league b group three. and wales will face turkey in cardiff. meanwhile us football legend alex morgan has been speaking about her decision to retire from the game. morgan, who's now 35, won two world cups and an olympic gold medal back in 2012, will play herfinal game for san diego wave in the national women's soccer league, on sunday. we are changing lives on the impact we have, on the next generation, is irreversible.

and i am proud in the hand i had. in making that happen. in pushing the game forward. in the leaving it in a place that i am so happy and proud of. the nfl heads to south america for the first time later on friday, as the green bay packers face the philadelphia eagles at corinthians arena in sao paulo. it's the first—ever regular—season nfl game in south america. there was a dramatic finish to the opening game of the season as the defending champion kansas city chiefs were pushed all the way by the baltimore ravens who had a last gasp touch down ruled. the chiefs hanging on a 27—20 to start the season with a win. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. now, the prison population in england and wales has reached another record

high, leaving jail is badly overcrowded and struggling to cope. ahead of a new scheme that starts next week where some inmates will be freed at an earlier point in the sentencing to try to bring the population down, we have had special access to pentonville prison in north london. alarm blares. chaos in hmp pentonville. we're the only broadcast journalists given access... it's a code red. ..to one of britain's most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. and some prison officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that we've had to blur theirfaces. hmp pentonville. staff are overstretched. another alarm here. and on the verge of breaking point.

you worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and making sure that they're alive — anything can happen. there's been deaths in prison. all right, what have we got - coming in this afternoon, then? each day, more bus—loads arrive, making this jail one of the most crowded in the country. can you stand in the middle of the black and yellow box for me? they undergo body checks. most of the inmates are on remand, so they're waiting for their trial or sentencing. others are doing time for crimes such as murder, robbery and rape. and anything can happen. alarm blares. there's an alarm gone off. yeah. i'm going to go and see. it's a code red. a code red alarm involves blood or burns. an inmate has self—harmed. a moment of apprehension as they assess the situation. can you talk me through what's happened? yes, we've got a prisoner who's self—harmed here. he's made superficial cuts to his arm. staff say overcrowding is leading to an increase in self—harm and violence...

..because of inmates' frustration with being locked up for longer. across the wing, michael's inside for drug offences. there are some people who simply don't care about prisoners. they're like, "they broke the law, they should be locked up. shouldn't be a hotel." but you are supposed to be rehabilitated inside. do you think prison is providing a rehabilitation? no. it's a punishment, it's not a rehabilitation. it's hard to rehabilitate yourself in a place where you've got gang violence, postcode wars, drug violence, money wars. if you've got beef there, violence there, drugs there, people collapsing here, the staff, they're outstretched. they're trying to do this, this, this and this. but now you want help, as well. moments later, another alarm.

the fifth of the day. yesterday, there were more than 30. they've just jumped on the netting. prison officers are running up the stairs to try and get them down. what the staff are saying is that it can turn really quickly. a quiet moment can become chaotic within a matter of seconds. as one prison officer said, it's like the flick of a switch. gang violence is an ongoing threat at pentonville and has had some serious consequences for staff. this prison officer broke both her wrists while separating two gang members during a fight. yeah, itjust gets really messy sometimes in that quite small space. stressful? stressful. yeah, stressful. sima kotecha, bbc news, hmp pentonville. let's cross to westminster as future political correspondent

ian watson. in terms of the government response to what referred today, again another record high in terms of numbers, what have they been saying? i numbers, what have they been sa in: ? ~ , saying? i think it is the latest figures - saying? i think it is the latest figures showing | saying? i think it is the - latest figures showing 88.5 thousand figures in the jails which is a very close to capacity and about 8000 more regarded to reasonable if prisoners will be in decent accommodation but there is huge pressure. the early release scheme starts next week so that could take come in due course, 3000 prisoners out of the system but demand is still very much there so... the problem for them as as they have some long—term solutions but some short—term extreme pressures so they are saying they will unveil a ten year strategy for prisons this autumn and what will that include? it has to address the issue of prison places, they blend the last government for providing far

too few of those but equally i think the review will have to go into areas such as whether too many people are being sent too many people are being sent to prison, what happens when they come out, the whole question of rehabilitation, these are issues which actually have been championed before lord timson became prisons minister, he was someone who spent some time re—employing former offenders when his shoe repair business for example, hasn't said a great deal at the moment but i think we will hear more from him in due course but what the government is also reassuring us is this early release scheme, some sir keir starmer said he does not want to do, violent offenders will not be amongst those set free next week, but nonetheless when it happens that, too, will be controversial so i think it can be made a case for saying we can get a grip on this in due course but in short term there is not many more ideas than what has already been announced and given what has happened over the summer with some of

the riots in england, they know they have to free up enough places so that just this they have to free up enough places so thatjust this can be served. might make you said there at the end of that answer, what has already been announced. 0ne answer, what has already been announced. one thing that has been talked about and reported on today is... the been talked about and reported on today is. . .— on today is... the government is said to _ is said to be considering outsourcing prison spaces to estonia because they have spare capacity but what are you hearing about that and the possibility?— possibility? yes, downing street has _ possibility? yes, downing street has been _ possibility? yes, downing street has been talking i possibility? yes, downing i street has been talking this option down. downing street sources say this is something considered by the previous government but from their point of view, they have no plans to send offenders to estonia and they will not be making any announcements. that is not a complete denial it has never been under consideration but they are stressing they have no plans and are not expecting to make any announcements but increasingly they said they were open to viable options that might provide value for money for the taxpayer so they

are not necessarily rolling out other options for the future but certainly they pour cold water on the idea that we might see people shipped off to estonia before too long. thank ou ve estonia before too long. thank you very much _ estonia before too long. thank you very much for _ estonia before too long. thank you very much for that, - estonia before too long. thank you very much for that, thankl you very much for that, thank you. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news.

welcome back. the bbc has seen first—hand the desperate conditions that civilians who are enduring in sudan, agency is warning the hunger crisis is of historic proportions. 0ur correspondent has gained rare access to the city port of sudan and a key labour area in chad. —— the city port to dan.

—— the city port sudan. here in sudan, 26 million people face acute hunger, one person tells me they only get one meal per day. in this displacement camp in the city of port sudan, they are safe from conflict but life is hard. nearby, people queue for water, the most basic right, but here it is a luxury. this person tells me she fled with her children from one city to ranelagh trying to escape the war before arriving in this displacement camp in port sudan. translation: gel might be fighting us was so intense, with the first two days, two members of my family were killed. then i watched as two of my neighbours were cut in 2—mac. —— then i watched as two of my neighbours were cut in

two. they have not heard from their father since january. we do not know where he is what happened to him. . , , to him. that is it. there is nothing — to him. that is it. there is nothing left. _ to him. that is it. there is nothing left. my _ to him. that is it. there is nothing left. my children i to him. that is it. there is i nothing left. my children are devastated.— devastated. the scale of suffering _ devastated. the scale of suffering here _ devastated. the scale of suffering here in - devastated. the scale of suffering here in sudan. devastated. the scale of| suffering here in sudan is unimaginable. i6 suffering here in sudan is unimaginable. 16 months of war has had a devastating impact on people's lives here and over 10 million people have had to leave their homes. if they have escaped the bombs and bullets, there is another killer, hunger. hunger is ravaging sudan. in neighbouring chad, aid trucks are lined up ready to go into sedan but it is an area held by the rapid support forces are fighting the sudanese forces. mons, supplies have been blocked getting through this key crossing and they say aid is being stolen by they say aid is being stolen by the rsf and weapons are being smuggled in as well. both sides in the conflict have denied

impeding the delivery of humanitarian relief. as ade prepares to go in through this border, families are causing it to escape the war. —— as aid prepares to go through this border. hunger drove them to thejohnny. it border. hunger drove them to the johnny-— the johnny. it is very hard, so dangerous— the johnny. it is very hard, so dangerous to _ the johnny. it is very hard, so dangerous to come _ the johnny. it is very hard, so dangerous to come here - the johnny. it is very hard, so dangerous to come here but i dangerous to come here but all the shops were closed. there was no food any more, nothing to drink, nothing to feed my children. there is to eat, it is all war and know to hide. she told me there was no help, no food supplies reaching her and her six children. aid agencies are relieved to see these trucks go into day but they say a constant flow of aid is needed to deal with the horrific situation in sudan were already one location has been declared a famine and 13 others are at risk of famine. the un warned that if the supply is not increased, the consequences could be dire. there is much suffering, these are not statistics, these are

mothers, daughters, kids, people will die, simple as that. children, they already are. women, more gender—based violence that they will not recover from. violence that they will not recoverfrom. this is ultimate suffering. ext; recover from. this is ultimate suffering-— suffering. by repeatedly spurning _ suffering. by repeatedly spurning peace - suffering. by repeatedly spurning peace talks - suffering. by repeatedly| spurning peace talks and impeding aid, the two sides are effectively putting millions of people at risk of starvation and many respect you have the world will take notice and action before it is too late. now, china has announced it is ending the practice of allowing children to be adopted overseas, at least 150,000 chinese children have been adopted abroad in the last three decades with more having gone to the united states than anywhere else. explaining the decision, a spokeswoman said the decision was in line with the decision was in line with the spirit of international agreement. translation: the

government _ agreement. translation: tie: government has adjusted agreement. translation: ti9: government has adjusted its intercountry adoption policy henceforth except for the adoption of children and stepchildren from collateral relatives from the what of the same generation or three generations of foreigners coming to china, china will not send children abroad for adoption. this is also in line with the spirit of relevant international conventions. we express our gratitude to foreign governments and families who wish to adopt chinese children for loving—kindness. chinese children for loving-kindness. chinese children for lovinu-kindness. :, , loving-kindness. the latest there, loving-kindness. the latest there. and _ loving-kindness. the latest there, and let _ loving-kindness. the latest there, and let squeeze - loving-kindness. the latest there, and let squeeze in l loving-kindness. the latest i there, and let squeeze in one more story because a pot —— a puffin population has been declared stable with bird flu possibly having a more severe effect. just off northumberland in uk it has been revealed endangered species has effectively increased by 15% from 2019 with are now thought to be 50,000 breeding pairs on

the site which is cared for by the site which is cared for by the national trust so let's speak to the national ranger for the national trust. welcome to the programme, tom. how surprised are you an account has done under the numbers gone? it has done under the numbers one? :, , has done under the numbers one? ., , ., , has done under the numbers one? :, , , gone? it was a very pleasant surprise- — gone? it was a very pleasant surprise. we've _ gone? it was a very pleasant surprise. we've not - gone? it was a very pleasant surprise. we've not done - gone? it was a very pleasant surprise. we've not done a i gone? it was a very pleasant l surprise. we've not done a full count for five years, since... well, before covid, really. it has been a hard time for seabirds around the whole country with things like disease and bad storms on climate change, many of them declining so we are just overjoyed that our numbers are doing pretty well. um? overjoyed that our numbers are doing pretty well.— doing pretty well. why do you think the puffins _ doing pretty well. why do you think the puffins in _ doing pretty well. why do you think the puffins in terms - doing pretty well. why do you think the puffins in terms of i think the puffins in terms of all those threats, the numbers have been sustained?- have been sustained? well, i su ose have been sustained? well, i suppose it — have been sustained? well, i suppose it is _ have been sustained? well, i suppose it is a few _ have been sustained? well, i suppose it is a few factors. i have been sustained? well, i i suppose it is a few factors. we lost many birds, of other species, due to bird flu. over 9002 years and i suppose the

puffins did quite well on that front because they nest in burrows underground so an extent they can self—isolate for a bit. also islands here, there is very good habitat for them, the food stock seems to have held up very well and it has been a summer of quite good weather as well. this can affect species on a your by year basis of where there is too bad for them to fish effectively, it can really affect them.— effectively, it can really affect them. , :, , affect them. yes, and sometimes the weather _ affect them. yes, and sometimes the weather impacts _ affect them. yes, and sometimes the weather impacts in _ affect them. yes, and sometimes the weather impacts in terms - affect them. yes, and sometimes the weather impacts in terms of. the weather impacts in terms of seals being able to get further up seals being able to get further up the beaches and that represents a real threat. in terms of watching the sizes of population of athens and other seabirds, how important is that as a sort of barometer for the health of the seas?— health of the seas? you're ruite health of the seas? you're quite right- _ health of the seas? you're quite right. it _ health of the seas? you're quite right. it is _ health of the seas? you're quite right. it is important| health of the seas? you're i quite right. it is important to keep the track on these species and how they are doing. they really are indicators of the health of our seas, which we generally cannot really see...

we cannot see into the water. but with seabirds, we are talking about the long—term population trends so it is tricky to look into how a species might do on a year—to—year basis and sometimes this can be quite dramatic so we think we have lost 75% of our shags this year due to really heavy storms of winter so thankfully this small increase in the puffin population over five years is very encouraging. white we have to leave it they are about thank you very much for being here live on the programme. —— we have to leave it they are about thank you very much for being here live on the programme. we will take a short break but when you're back more on that kenya fire and the latest on that up to 70 children missing, more on that and other stories on bbc news when we come back.

hello. it's another afternoon of huge weather contrasts. now, there will be quite large parts of the uk that have lots of sunshine to look forward to, and it will feel warm, particularly across northern and western areas of the uk, with temperatures running well above average 25 in manchester and 26 in liverpool. parts of east anglia could get up to a humid 27 c. however, if you're stuck in the south of england, it's a different story. a lot of cloud and we have had some heavy downpours here through the day today. still1 or 2 left over into the afternoon, but i think more generally the rain will turn at least a little bit lighter for a time as you go through the afternoon. but the temperatures here nothing really to write home about away from that band of rain. yes, we've got that warm sunshine to look forward to, although there will be some areas of low cloud and mist that continue to linger and loiter across parts of eastern scotland and eastern england, just keeping the temperatures pegged back here. otherwise warm in the sunshine, 26 degrees there in liverpool. now, overnight tonight,

our weatherfronts will finally give up the ghost across southern counties of england so it will become drierfor a time. we'll see a return of low clouds and mist and fog patches, particularly across eastern scotland, eastern england. and with that comes the threat of occasional spots of drizzle as well. it'll be quite a humid night, the weekend still dominated by this area of low pressure. the low, if anything, will bring the threat of some heavy showers further northwards. with time now for england and wales here, where we'll see the lion's share of the showers on saturday. quite a clump of showers look set to come in through the morning, i think across parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire, maybe into northeast england too. so watch out for those further southwards. yes, you could see some thunderstorms break out, but i think it's across scotland and northern ireland that the weather should stay dry with the best

of the sunshine and some of the higher temperatures as well. for sunday, showers, perhaps some longer spells of rain still with the same area of low pressure. again, the majority of the downpours will be focused across england and wales, leaving scotland and northern ireland drier but potentially turning a little bit cloudier. temperatures here high teens to low 20s. then into next week, a change in the jet stream pattern will bring us some colder air moving down from the north, and with that, an area of low pressure that could bring some quite persistent rain for a time across northern areas. otherwise, showers, with the weather turning a lot cooler and fresher for all of us.

live from london, this is bbc news. 70 children are missing after a fire broke out

at a primary school in central kenya. 17 boys are known to have died. turkey condemns what they call the "murder" of a turkish—american woman shot dead in the west bank. we'll bring you the latest on this developing story. the uk home secretary chairs a meeting to tackle criminal gangs who smuggle people across the channel. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky calls for allies to allow the use of long—range missiles in russian territory, at a defence summit in germany. and success at last for the world's lowest ranked team, after they end the longest winless run in football.