officer? was it that police officer? was it right that he was even put through that trial? and can you believe it? as the heads of commonwealth governments are due to meet next week, reparations, eye—watering sums for our part in slavery being demanded. but where does that leave our foreign secretary, david lammy? given his previous comments? first, though, let's get the news with sophia wenzler . news with sophia wenzler. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 8:00. it can now be reported chris kaba, who was shot dead by police in september 2022, was a major figure in one of london's most notorious gangs and was accused of being involved in two shootings just days before he died . court days before he died. court reporting restrictions have now been lifted , revealing his ties been lifted, revealing his ties to a nightclub shooting and a second incident with gunshot residue and a balaclava found on him when he died. police officer

martyn blake was cleared of the 24 year old's murder yesterday after a jury acquitted him in just over three hours. kaba's family say they are devastated over the verdict, vowing to continue their fight for justice. the independent office for police conduct is now considering whether blake will face disciplinary action. more than 1000 prisoners are being released early today as part of the government's efforts to free up spaces in jails. 1700 inmates were freed last month after warnings that as few as 80 prison places were available. currently, there are just over 2000 free spaces, but that number is expected to reach critical capacity again by next summer. meanwhile, our gb news nonh summer. meanwhile, our gb news north west reporter sophie reaper was outside hmp kirkham this morning where, along with prisoners being released, one prisoners being released, one prisoner escaped . in other news, prisoner escaped. in other news, now conservative mps have delivered 130,000 signature

petition to number 10, calling on the chancellor and the prime minister not to hike fuel duty in their october budget. over 70 tory mps have already written to rachel reeves calling for the freeze on fuel duty to continue. it comes after reports of a7p rise that could be on the way. if it goes ahead, it would be the first time fuel duty was hiked in 14 years. after successive tory chancellors blocked it every year. to austria, now, where the country's president has asked the leader of the conservative people's party and the incumbent chancellor to form a coalition government, despite the fact that the right leaning freedom party won the general election last month. the party, who take a strong stance against immigration, came top in the election with almost 29% of the vote. the party's leader said he should lead the next government. however, all the other parties have ruled out forming a coalition with him and tour to america. now , where the former

america. now, where the former ceo of abercrombie and fitch has been arrested on sex trafficking and prostitution charges. mike jeffries, along with his partner matthew smith and alleged middleman james jacobson, were taken into custody. this morning. the arrests follow an fbi investigation sparked by claims the couple coerced young men into having sex at parties thrown for the american fashion brand. lawyers for jeffries and smith have both previously denied any wrongdoing . those are denied any wrongdoing. those are the latest gb news headlines. >> more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> well, it was phase two of the early prisoner release scheme ,

early prisoner release scheme, with 1100 prisoners being released from jails all around the country, having served approximately 40% of their terms . approximately 40% of their terms. drug dealers, burglars, people like that. all of this was explained in the house of commons by shabana mahmood, the justice secretary. >> the crisis in our prisons was i believe, the greatest disgrace of the last conservative government. they left our prisons on the point of collapse , prisons on the point of collapse, a situation that would have forced us to close the prison doors, cancel all trials and force the police to halt their arrests. crime would have gone unpunished . victims would never unpunished. victims would never have seen justice done, and we would have witnessed the total breakdown of law and order. the former prime minister knew he had to act. his lord chancellor begged him to do so, but instead he called an election . he called an election. >> well, there you go. it's all the fault of the other lot. and we did, of course, once again see some celebratory scenes from around the country. i can show you here some pictures of what

was happening on the isle of sheppey in kent. and you know , sheppey in kent. and you know, it's the sort of thumbs up and everybody's incredibly happy that particular image we have taken, we have blanked out that particular fella shouting big up starmer. so keir starmer clearly very popular with that particular community. but is it a good idea. does it make sense . a good idea. does it make sense. you know it's pretty remarkable that of the 1750 people that were let out and this took place, if you remember, back in september, in some parts of the country, according to mark fairhurst, the national chair of the prison officers association, in some parts of the country, the recall rate is already as high as 50%. now , i think to be high as 50%. now, i think to be fair, to be fair, the justice secretary does have a fair point. the conservatives should have built more prisons, but he's releasing people on this scale, perhaps without any thought of where they're even

going to go. a good idea. your thoughts please. farage @gbnews dot com. personally, i'd have thought the 10,500 foreign prisoners should be the first to go. that would clear up some space. i'm joined down the line by sadiq khan, a former young offender and now motivational speaken offender and now motivational speaker. as you know. we're letting all these people out. it seems to me we've no idea where they're going to go. >> well, that's exactly it. i mean, i don't think anybody does. and i think i was watching the issue. we've got nigel is firstly, thank you very much for having me on the issue. we've got nigel is that we've got more prisoners than we have prison spaces, you see. and it's a big crisis. and the. it's not a funny thing to suggest at all. but what i am going to say is that when i was going, going backwards and forwards from my trial and to the prison, even at the age of 16, i could see that the age of 16, i could see that the numbers were increasing all the numbers were increasing all the time. it was very rare that this number was going to drop. there was always on the increase and year on year. after my seven

years in prison, i saw this number increase. so if the numbers are increasing and it's going up year in, year out for seven years consistently, and what do we go and do we actually we know we're heading towards a problem because sooner or later there is going to be a breakout moment. and what do we do? we go and we sell. we convert prisons and we sell. we convert prisons and we sell them, and now we change it to hotels. it's almost as bad as gordon brown's. when he sold 395 tons of gold. nigel, you see, at the 20 year low, you see, it's ludicrous what was happening. and this was i spotted this from being a prisoner. so this isn't i don't blame this government for it, i really don't. but what i do think needs to be done is that more attention needs to go on reform and rehabilitation and simply building more prisons and thinking that it's going to reduce crime and re—offending. it's just not going to happen. nigel. >> no. well, the evidence, as i said in some parts of the country, is 50% of those released. just a few weeks ago. but what happens, you know,

somebody comes out of prison . i somebody comes out of prison. i mean, they may not have a home to go to . to go to. >> nigel. exactly. and what happens if you don't have a home to go to? and one thing i'm really a little bit concerned aboutis really a little bit concerned about is that in order for a licence to actually work. so let's say when somebody is released and they release on licence in order for that to go ahead, there needs to be a home address. and if some of these guys have not got a home address to go to, it's already setting up for a fall. not only is it going to increase their risk of re—offending because they're on the street, but another thing it's going to do, they're not going to be able to abide by the licence, for one thing. and b, we all know in order for us to have a bank account, we need a home address. so if not a bank account, then how on earth are they going to be paid for account, then how on e