bethany bell there in rome. with too much focus on punishment that these sentences often fail to rehabilitate them. successive governments under pressure those people who were from those people who were themselves in hospital. bethany, thank you very much for the update. bethany bell there in rome. an independent review of sentencing says the rising prison population in england and wales has been fuelled by successive governments wanting to appear tough on crime — with too much focus on punishment rather than reducing reoffending. the interim report, commissioned by the government, says people are being jailed for longer, despite evidence that these sentences often fail to rehabilitate them. frances read reports. a rising number behind every door, inside, locked up, successive governments under pressure to look tough on crime. but behind these walls, prisons are overwhelmed and ineffective. sentences have got longer, they have got tougher. we're sending more people to prison, and we're sending them to prison for

bethany bell with the latest.eye. let's to very close eye. let's return to our story. marco rubio leading those talks with sergey of russia. with sergey lavrov of russia. let's go live to kyiv and speak let's go live to kytvsmj speak: our james good waterhouse. good morning. of course, james. of course, president zelensky not there, not zelensky is not there, not at this stage involved at this stage of talks, which is said to be about peace. he's in a meeting turkey, through the in turkey, talks through the ahead. ~ . day ahead. well, president is this w: eastern trip wehere eastern trip where he is middteresstem trip where he is meet middteresstern trip where he is meet with president going to meet with president of turkey, he is e eteopics such e topics such as eiseussing tepiessushss missy’s”; aid, eiseussing tepiessuehss~r ; ~ ; aid, future humanitarian aid, future security, prisoners of war exchange, it has been a exchange, but it has been a where he has taken aim e-e botheeurope and america. the �*four, in e

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bethany bell is in rome, she us an us an update on his gave us an update on his situation. said thatcause they said tests had shown that the pope tract infection, and they said it wasn't clear as to the messages of goodwill for his recovery that he had been receiving — particularly, the vatican in hospital. prison population in england and wales has been fuelled on crime — with too much focus on punishment rather a rising number behind every door, inside, locked up, on crime. and ineffective. sentences have got longer, they have got tougher. we're sending more people to prison, and we're sending it is understandable, and indeed, right justice system rehabilitates people. a review chaired by the former lord chancellor looked into what's pushed towards emergency measures to deal with record demand. with high re—offending rates almost 57% for those a few months ago, 1,700 prisoners as part of a government scheme to try to ease overcrowding. the current government blamed the previous government for years of inaction. to hold trials, police unable to make arrests, this is not the long—ter

we'll get an update from our correspondent bethany bell. what is the vatican telling us?ys that pope francis has just had a chest c.t. scan and that showed the onset of few mo'ne in both lungs. now, the pope, as we know, has had a respiratory tract infection for which he's been receiving antibiotic cortisone treatments but now the onset of pneumonia is likely to require further treatment. pope is 8 years old. he's suffered from lung infections a and influencea in recent years he had a pleurisy as a young man, which means part of his luck was removed back then. it's said the pope is in good spirits and spent the day resting, reading and praying ask also expressed his gratitude for well-wishers and he asked them to pray for them. >> thanks for bringing us the latest on that. more on that story on the "bbc news" website. more on our top story, those talks to end the war in ukraine. the british prime minister sir keir stormer aid -- starmer said he'd consider british troops to the ukraine out as a result of a long peace agreement. >> if british troops were to help maintain a

. >> bethany bell live in rome. thank you for the moment.e world and across the u.k., this is "bbc news." >> some breaking news just coming into us. as we've been reporting a war of words between the u.s. president donald trump and the ukrainian president zelensky. we're hearing that u.k. president sir keir starmer has spoken to the u.k. perspective zelensky. stressing the need for everyone to work together. the prime minister expressed his support for president zelensky as ukraine's democratically elected leader and said it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime. in response to the fact that donald trump has called mr. zelensky a dictator and mr. starmer also reiterated his support for u.s.-led efforts to get a lasting peace in ukraine, which deterred russia from any fourth aggression. just hearing from downing street that sir keir starmer has spoken to s volodymyr zelensky and reiterating his support for the country, saying everyone needs to work together and supporting mrs. zelensky as well. as there's been a heated

our europe correspondent bethany bell is in the vatican latest developments.