and i can get out earlier with the good time that i received. i receive. they've got a very positive culture over here. see, you can lock somebody up — they call it corrections — but if you can set an environment to where you can help redirect, that's what i needed and that's what they helped me do. but interest in a scheme from this state is likely to raise eyebrows in the uk. more prisoners have been executed in texas than anywhere else in america. in fact, there are two inmates who are on death row at this very prison. so it might seem strange for the uk government to be

considering taking a leaf out of their book. the justice secretary, who's is visiting, says they've got an effective approach. i don't think that the fact that they have the death penalty here means we shouldn't be learning lessons from strategies that they've introduced that really work for the vast majority of prisoners who are not

sima kotecha, bbc news, huntsville, texas. we have much more on that story throughout the day on bbc news. appears to have softened his attitude towards ukraine's regarding ukraine's mineral wealth. washington jarred hill. we seen those public tensions between the two presidents. this is a key visit muir’a’iief” ’ 7 w , ukraine. can we expect for ukraine. what can we expect later on friday?— later on friday? when it comes to of later on friday? when it comes to - of hardcore _ to sort of hardcore deliverables of the meeting deliverables out of the meeting we expect for there to be

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many of those killed in the crash were students. a passenger train head—on near the city of larissa. cause the accident. we just want you some live pictures coming wejust want you some live pictures coming in from are the ongoing greece. theserare the ehgeihg large—scale protests in greece. we expected in greece. we have, what we is that what we understand, is that air controllers are of this. controllers are part of this. they are taking part in the 7 and 7 7 and that7 has 7 and that77has halted in strike and thathashalted in so that is the ongoing greece. so that is the ongoing protests in greece calling for

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frightening enough. come from the democratic republic of congo. they're using the current of the water to propel them trying to run away from forced military translation: i managed to flee drc safely - because i was crossing of the main road. and they are forcing us tojoin them. verify this claim.

to the nearest refugee camp, i2km away. he's among the lucky few. many others have been swept away — to take heart and say, "if i die or survive, so be it. god willing, i cross safely." that's how we help each other. let's go. to vacate the area. the river border.

camps like this one. translation: l have | fled to burundi so many times since i was young, before i turned blind. there have been times where i almost drowned. nomsa maseko, bbc news, rusizi river, on

the burundi—drc border. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

hello, you're left with bbc news. —— live with bbc news. force in kabul has deployed around 90,000 into action. the taliban's presence is palpable.

police surveillance room in kabul. this is the first time international journalists but critics say it is about power and control. "look, look, we can identify faces," he says. when it's clear, we can zoom in and see people kilometres away very clearly. like we can see features of someone sitting we are told that video and audio clips are

"a suspicious car?" this officer asks, "where?" as we left, i asked them to track us down in the city. and they did. in kabul, many afghan women feel from the new system. translation: many individuals, especially ex-military _ members, human rights advocates

and protesting women, struggle to enforce its strict morality code. is imported from china and is widely available in stores catering to both the taliban this salesman says, and these indoor cameras record sound. ensures security, mahjooba nowrouzi, bbc news, kabul. in new mexico say they are treating the deaths of the

0scar—winning actor gene are treating the deaths of the 0scar—wi and) actor gene are treating the deaths of the 0scar—wi and his tor gene are treating the deaths of the 0scar—wi and his wife ene are treating the deaths of the 0scar—wi and his wife betsy are treating the deaths of the 0scar—w as |d his wife betsy are treating the deaths of the 0scar—w as suspicious. etsy arakawa as suspicious. the couple were found dead at their cauplewerefaund' dea d' at'thei r in fe along cauplewerefaund' dea d' at'thei r in fe a lo ng o ne their 77 their dogs 77 their dogs and 77 their dogs and officers say of their dogs and officers say they ruled out foul they haven't ruled out foul play. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy correspondent emma va rdy reports. in the middle of 0scars week, hollywood awoke to the news that gene hackman had been found dead at home and their pet dog. in tributes, fellow actors have called him a legendary just one thing, how did you beat him? in his career.

treating the deaths as suspicious. the autopsy is going to be key and the toxicology, but again, in my experience, you know, that could conclusions and i just say, just wait for the facts. off screen, gene hackman raced cars and enjoyed diving, which inspired his first novel. by millions around the world for his acting career, but that officials are now waiting for a postmortem examination but it could take some time to explain the strange

that by the bbc�*s emma vardy in los angeles. these that by the bbc�*s emma var live los angeles. these 5:7 that by the bbc�*s emma var live los ang we ;. these 5:7 that by the bbc�*s emma var live los ang we have 5se 5:7 the live pictures we have coming in from this is central the greek this is a major that is a major that is affecting the a c a 24—hour 7 a 24—hour ger71eral calling —hour ger7ieral calling foriur ger7ieral calling for an ger7ieral calling for an inq77uiry, strike calling for an inquiry, and investigations into the country's train crash killed 57 people. this that killed 57 people. this is bbc news. thousands of app users in the uk have �*35'% use affecting their ability to use them. platform outage monitored saw reports of affecting the technical issues affecting the bank rise to more lloyds bank app rise to more than 4000 on morning. than a000 an friday "towns aa aa a get more our let's get more from our technology correspondent graham frasier. what do we know about gyggier. what do we know about ln these disruptions? in this breaking _ these disruptions? in this breaking news _

these disruptions? in this breaking news story - these disruptions? in this breaking news story this. breaking news story this morning, lloyds banking morning, the lloyds banking group are experiencing issues with their app this area number of there are a number of customers, as say, have customers, as you say, who have made reports on the detector which tdawn'fletectarwhich measares across websites, and as outages across websites. and as say there is 4000 you say there is about 4000 on bank this morning. there "a“- “a”! thia "aa-"aa" thaa'a a a a a aa a also issues with halifax, is also issues with halifax, tsb, bank of and tsb, bank of scotland and other banks well. halifax and bank banks as well. halifax and bank of scotland are of course part -=——e the lloyds banking group. in of the—llayds—aankihg group. lh statement the of the—lloyds—aankihg group. lh statement the lloyds banking told the bibi: we told the ibibe we know some group told the bbc we know some customers are having issues with internet banking apps with internet banking and apps and are sorry and and we are sorry and working together back to normal soon. a bit of context, this is payday man --eole for many people across the uk today. on pay day injanuary a today. go pay day injanuary a of people had problems number of people had problems who the barclays that 7 77 that 77 7peo7p7le77777 77 that 77 7peo7p7le7d7id7n't access to their have access to their banking for a couple of days in that fora couple of days in,that that prompted an case. that prompted an at westminster, investigation at westminster,

the treasury committee are currently looking in to this situation and they have written to nine of the major banks which in uk use which customers in the uk use and those banks asked and those banks were asked to submit �*findings back to submit their findings back to the committee this week, we the committeethisweek; so we the committeethisweek; so we the committeethisweek; so we the committee to talk expect the committee to talk about those findings in the coming weeks as customers and will want know businesses will want to know that their banking will always work for them, especially on payday. work for them, especially on -a da . a , work for them, especially on tada,’ ., work for them, especially on adafy .,, work for them, especially on tada,a ., ,7fg7:- — mam -a—?a—:a — graham? we have customerslgraham? some reaction online from seen some reaction online from some taking to social such as x. i've media websites such as x. i�*ve as people seen myself as one people that they can't pay staff and others, their staff and others, saying that they can't their that they can't pay their bills. but as i say, this has only happened in the last hour �*so only happened in the last hour �* so and we only happened in the last hour �*so and we will gather a. aa aaa! aa a'a�*aaahaa "' " the day a. aa aaa aa a'a�*aaahaa "' " the day on aa aa aaa aa a'a�*aaaa�*aa "' " the day on the reaction through the day on the bbc website and elsewhere across the bbc. 64 bbc website and elsewhere across the bbc. indeed, a story we will continue _ across the bbc. indeed, a story we will continue to _ we will continue to follow. that's the bbc�*s graham fraser.

gps in england reached an gps in england have reached an with the government ggreement with the government a new contract which could 9233 new contract which could some practices ending a see some practices ending a work protest. ministers say the deal could help to end the morning rush for early morning rush for the british appointments while the british medical says medical association says will now be able to patients will now be able to access treatment more easily. 0ur health correspondent hughes reports. going through7777 7 77 7 going through the just going through to the interim. . just going through to the interim. , ., , “aa" the front door to .the front door to the as the front door to the nhs but for years now, gps have m1 mei! mm aaah aaffi'fifi aaa“? aaa efaaaafa their §§§fi §§ffilfi§ $53“? efiég §f§§§ef§ their service §§§fi §§ffilfi§ §§fiee efiég §f§§§5f§ their service is under. have " ehaveifel’ti ' have felt it, too, patients have felt it, tee, , , facing long waits for e and and a survey e and a survey last appointments and a survey last year suggested satisfaction levels were at a record low. , (it , , 7 iit hoped? 7 ' 7 it hopedthis ' ' (it hopedthis would now it hoped this deal would kick—start improvements. the kick—sta rt improvements. the new kick—start improvements. the new gp agreement for the next financial year will see the fi na n’siai. ifsa r gig. at e'ns: value ei n5 n’5i5e e52 r 555. =55 e'n5 value of the contract total value of the contract grow by more 25:5 that $555 55 mfim efiaflfiithae almost $555 5? mfim efiaflfiithae almost £800 in'clgdesalmnst'isfifl'mitlipn ed �* rising costs such as cover rising costs such as staff wages more patients.

staff wages and morep'atients. �* measures staff wages and mara'p'atiants. �*measures include cher measures include greater , for surgeries to flexibility for surgeries to employ different health care flexibility for surgeries to emp�* and ifferent health care flexibility for surgeries to emp�* and what nt health care flexibility for surgeries to emp�* and what are ealth care flexibility for surgeries to emp�* and what are described as staff and what are described as first steps towards the first steps towards ending atm scramble for an appointment. 155555 :a do appointment. 15555515 do mark appointment. “5555555555 - do mfi appointment. “5555555555 - do mark a turning i changes do mark a turning point, and what we want we want to see is enough financial resource practices can resource meaning practices can �* look to advertise for now look to advertise for extra, new gps and �* practice —— 8am scramble. nurses —— 8am scramble. in bringing in more staff to �* more e �*emore appointments �* more appointments so deliver more appointments so that can more easily that patients can more easily get the appointments they need. e leaders say this doctors leaders say this contract a good start but it contract is a good start but it depends the depends on the government agreeing to talks on a new national completely new national contract for gps. and after a decade in which services decade in which gp services have faced tough financial 5:5 2555 etfie’y 7:1 77 1th say they say further and they say further and they sayf funding is reform and long—term funding is needed to secure their future. dominic hughes, bbc news. dominic hughes, bbc news. dominic will have much more on that story for us at 10:30am.

now it's for a look at the with matt taylor. hello. we leap into meteorological spring tomorrow, but whilst the weather is looking fine for most of the time by day, continued risk of frost and fog. high pressure is firmly ruling the roost certainly today. really, for the vast majority, it is a sunny afternoon but of course, that sun is getting a bit stronger, we go into this evening and overnight, the frost forms quite quickly for england and wales. in western scotland and northern ireland, eastern scotland should stay largely dry but increased cloud and breeze means

largely frost—free here. and wales into the start of the weekend. we start with it across southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland, cloud, outbreaks of rain and drizzle. it edges its way into northern england and north wales later it brightens up to the north of it. is there towards the south. north of scotland. could not rule out the odd isolated shower,

maybe temperatures nudging up a little bit. but for most of the uk, next week, we go into spring of the uk on the bbc weather app.

live from london. this is bbc news. unveils a large investigation against child exploitation.

the israeli military publishes a scathing report police in new mexico say they're treating the deaths of the hollywood a—lister gene hackman and his wife as suspicious. hello. this is bbc news. we start with breaking news that start with a breaking news that the eu anti—crime agency said e said 25 e j said 25 people have europol said 25 people have been arrested in connection with al sex with al generated child sex abuse the suspects abuse material. the suspects were engaged with the of images of distribution of images of minors fully generated by artificial intelligence. one of first e first cases involving ai child sexuale generated child sexual abuse material. more from our maecr'al ht": far-155? holligan correspondent anna holligan covering the hague where europol is headquartered,

europol is headquartered. she in scotland at moment. is in ssdtla-ndat themamsnt. more do we