khalife. in terms of the enhanced security checks _ khalife.ms of the enhanced security checks in place _ khalife. in terms of the enhanced security checks in place of - khalife. in terms of the enhanced security checks in place of ports l security checks in place of ports and airports, can you tell us about that. will they continue and will the public be affected? we that. will they continue and will the public be affected?- the public be affected? we will continue for _ the public be affected? we will continue for the _ the public be affected? we will continue for the foreseeable i the public be affected? we will. continue for the foreseeable future but we are working with our colleagues around the country and border force to make sure we minimise the impact on the public and balance the proportionality of the work we are doing with our need to find daniel khalife. t the work we are doing with our need to find daniel khalife.— to find daniel khalife. i note the met responded _ to find daniel khalife. i note the met responded earlier— to find

khalife.ld former soldier. daniel khalife. the 21—year—old formersoldier. officers daniel khalife. the 21—year—old former soldier. officers say he was eventually detained in west london at an address in northolt, not too farfrom where i am. also not at an address in northolt, not too far from where i am. also not too far from where i am. also not too far from where i am. also not too far from wandsworth prison where he had been held on suspicion of terror activities. he had escaped earlier in the week, prompting a huge manhunt. we have been working in the prison kitchen and had managed to get to the bottom of a food van which was the facility wandsworth prison, which is how he made his escape. police say he is now back in detention in west london. he has now been arrested. my colleague looks back at the day's events. members of the public had been in touch with police overnight, having seen daniel khalife in the chiswick error. police conducted what the described as intensive searches here. th

man, daniel khalife, after a four-day manhunt? man, daniel khalife, after a four-da manhunt?onest, i think _ four-day manhunt? absolutely. to be honest, i think the _ four-day manhunt? absolutely. to be honest, i think the champagne - four-day manhunt? absolutely. to be honest, i think the champagne corksl honest, i think the champagne corks are metaphorically popping at scotland yard. despite the fact this guy has been on the run since the middle of the week after this extraordinary daring and sophisticated break—out from prison, a very rare thing to happen, they have managed to track very rapidly. 0nce have managed to track very rapidly. once it became clear that there are sightings, they were able to use all of their assets and technology. people on the ground have basically tightened the net over a series of hours, culminating into a very rapid movement of events this morning in chiswick in south—west london. just to bring you up to speed, i've been speaking to a contact at scotland yard. the details aren't quite clear at the moment, but there were sightings of daniel kha

daniel khalife.ropolitan police and the wider daniel khalife. clearly relief for the metropolitan police and the wider public daniel khalife. clearly relief for the metropolitan police and the wider public now. daniel khalife. clearly relief for the metropolitan police and the wider public now. qbfiaiuteiiy. daniel khalife. clearly relief for the metropolitan police and the wider ublic now. ~ , wider public now. absolutely. relief for the police _ wider public now. absolutely. relief for the police and _ wider public now. absolutely. relief for the police and the _ wider public now. absolutely. relief for the police and the various - wider public now. absolutely. relief for the police and the various other| for the police and the various other agencies that were involved in this huge manhunt. 0nly wednesday and all points bulletin went out to all of the ports in the uk. heathrow airport, gatwick, dover, even as far as manchester airport all on alert, people having their car searched on the motorway, h

khalife.out daniel khalife.— i asked him what he could tell us about daniel khalife. we are talking toda about about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel _ about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel khalife, - about daniel khalife. we are talking today about daniel khalife, a - today about daniel khalife, a 21—year—old man. this morning at around _ 21—year—old man. this morning at around 750, _ 21—year—old man. this morning at around 7.50, he escaped from prison. he was_ around 7.50, he escaped from prison. he was on— around 7.50, he escaped from prison. he was on remand at baptism following a counterterrorism investigation that caused him to be charged _ investigation that caused him to be charged with a number of offences, including _ charged with a number of offences, including counterterrorism offence and official secrets act breaches. -- on _ and official secrets act breaches. —— on remand at the prison. is and official secrets act breaches. —— on remand at the p

this is daniel khalife.cused of placing fake bombs at a military base while he was a soldier. and these are some of the questions we have about his escape. first of all, when did it happen? well, just before 8:00 on wednesday morning, from wandsworth prison in south west london, which is a category b prison — category a being the highest security. how did it happen? well, the bbc has been told he strapped himself to the underside ofa van. we've no details on how he may have been able to do that. where are the authorities looking? well, everywhere. all police forces and border forces have been asked to look for him. we know there have been delays at some airports as checks intensify. how rare are prison escapes? well, reasonably. there have been five since 2017. there was an escape from wandsworth in 2019. the last terror—related escape was back in 1994. and then, who's facing questions? well, a lot of people, the prison governor. how was this escape possible? why was a terror suspect working in the kitchen?

khalife.s. it is london's largest royal park, and this morning, police confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. 0n confirmed richmond park was a place of interest. on day three of manhunt. residents said it had been a noisy night as the area was searched. some 150 officers have now been deployed trying to locate former soldier daniel khalife, still on the run after escaping wandsworth prison. the force is exploring whether prison staff aided khalife's escape. just whether prison staff aided khalife's escae, , ., ~ whether prison staff aided khalife's escae. , ., ~ ., .,, escape. just work out a prison esca -e escape. just work out a prison escape and — escape. just work out a prison escape and to _ escape. just work out a prison escape and to how _ escape. just work out a prison escape and to how you're - escape. just work out a prison l escape and to how you're going escape. just work out a prison - escape and to how you're going to do it is unlikely to do something you do on the spur

khalife.during january of 2021 while serving in the armed forces. —— charged with offences. you will understand that while there is a live criminal investigation and progress, there are limits on what i can properly say. daniel khalife will be caught in due course, and will be caught in due course, and will face a trial. nothing should be said in this house or elsewhere this might prejudice those proceedings. so, let me assist the health of what i can say. at approximately 730 yesterday morning, a vehicle which had made a delivery to the prison�*s itch left hmp wandsworth. shortly afterwards, local contingency plans for unaccounted prisoner were activated. and in line with standard procedure, the police were informed. —— the prison�*s kitchen. they were put into a state of lockdown while trying to determine its whereabouts. the vicar was stopped and searched ljy the vicar was stopped and searched by police after alerts were raised. strapping was found underneath the vehicle, appearing to indic

escape.— may have contributed to daniel khalife's esca-e. ~ ., , ., , khalife's escape. holds around — khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 _ khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, - khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, well- khalife's escape. wandsworth prison holds around 1600 people, well in l holds around 1600 people, well in excess of standard operating capacity. and, a lot of people in the prison system, and a lot of experts on the outside say that this is a kind of prison which ultimately has to be closed, it is dark, victorian, unfit for the modern world. they said that the sooner it closes, the better. but of course, the building programme is a very complicated matter. the government is committed to building more prisons. there is also the matter of morale. there is a high turnover of prison officers across england and wales. high levels of sickness. there has been a loss over the last few years, an awful lot of experienced prison officers leaving. lots of those staff are inexperienced because they

he chris jones worked in the kitchen with khalife.— with khalife. with khalife. he was definitely vain. and he — with khalife. he was definitely vain, and he knew— with khalife. he was definitely vain, and he knew that- with khalife. he was definitely vain, and he knew that this i with khalife. he was definitely l vain, and he knew that this case with khalife. he was definitely - vain, and he knew that this case was going to make him famous, i think, it is not really a massive shock that he got out, really. because you know, the prisoner wasjust constantly —— prison was understaffed, which i know from first hand experience. the 21-year-old _ first hand experience. the 21-year-old joined - first hand experience. the 21—year—old joined the army in 2019 but then in january, 21—year—old joined the army in 2019 but then injanuary, disappeared after an alleged bomb hoax, arrested later that month he was due in court in november, facing charges which include preparing an act of terrorism and collecting information useful to an enemy. leading to questions a

so daniel khalife does have military _ khalife does have military experience — how much of an advantage's beautiful weather at the moment, it's beautiful weather at the moment.— it's beautiful weather at the moment, ~ ., ., , ., moment, we know that it is warm, nice weather. _ moment, we know that it is warm, nice weather, it _ moment, we know that it is warm, nice weather, it is _ moment, we know that it is warm, nice weather, it is warm _ moment, we know that it is warm, nice weather, it is warm at night . moment, we know that it is warm, | nice weather, it is warm at night as well for sub so sleeping outside under the stars will not come as any surprise to anyone with military training. what you must remember democrat remember is we pride ourselves on having the best military in the world. so he's had some of the best training of the world and you do not become untrained when you leave the military, so he will still have that experience under his belt. but the big thing is resilience — does the individual have the resilience to stay out there, to stay unfound, to remain at large? and

. , . , ., , , , police are working to find daniel khalife. , . , ., ,, , . ., khalife. happens. we are su ”ortin khalife. this rarely happens. we are suworting our _ khalife. this rarely happens. we are supporting our colleagues _ khalife. this rarely happens. we are supporting our colleagues in - khalife. this rarely happens. we are supporting our colleagues in the - supporting our colleagues in the prison— supporting our colleagues in the prison service and across government and other_ prison service and across government and other agencies in the country who are — and other agencies in the country who are involved in the criminal justice — who are involved in the criminal justice system. for us the focus is on locating — justice system. for us the focus is on locating daniel khalife, bringing him back— on locating daniel khalife, bringing him back to custody, and making sure he stands _ him back to custody, and making sure he stands trial and the public are an important part of that process. commander murphy stressed that he didn't think daniel khalife was a particul

khalife will be settling back into a cell and heading back to the courts.urns to the government. how could a prisoner escape under a lorry? it's good news that we captured the person concerned. as people already know, thejustice secretary's initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape and that work will continue. but this is obviously very welcome news and again, my thanks to the police, but also to the public. the police regard this as a textbook operation, the former soldier tracked down in a city of 8 million. the question is, how did the prison manage to lose just one man among 1,600, all supposedly locked behind bars? dominic casciani, bbc news. let's go live to scotland yard, greg mckenzie is there for us. greg, we're hearing more information about this operation unfolded. that is riuht. it about this operation unfolded. that is right- it was _ about this operation unfolded. that is right. it was a _ about this operation unfolded. twat is right. it was a major manhunt, one of the biggest that the metropolitan police have undertook for som

i would say to daniel khalife we are going l daniel khalife we are going to find you.rself up to the police. you either call us or you go into the nearest police station and hand yourselves in. there are a huge number of officers and staff around the country and a really mobilised public now helping to find you. so come in. we will return you to prison. you can face justice. return you to prison. you can face justice-— return you to prison. you can face justice. face 'ustice. this map retraces the face justice. this map retraces the route _ face justice. this map retraces the route that _ face justice. this map retraces the route that the _ face justice. this map retraces the route that the lorry - face justice. this map retraces the route that the lorry took . the route that the lorry took after leaving the prison and the point at which daniel khalife is thought to have climbed down from it. the police have released pictures of the type of prison—issue chef's uniform he was wearing at the time. they're also offering a report of £20,000 for information that leads direc

daniel khalife “oined the arm in of him. daniel khalife “oined the army in 2019 h of him.ed the army in 2019 and _ of him. daniel khalife “oined the army in 2019 and in _ of him. daniel khalife joined the army in 2019 and in 2022 - of him. daniel khalife joined the army in 2019 and in 2022 he - of him. daniel khalife joined the - army in 2019 and in 2022 he became the focus of a counterterrorism investigation. he is accused of being involved in a bomb hoax on the 2nd of january this year being involved in a bomb hoax on the 2nd ofjanuary this year and on the 26th of january he was arrested. the charges he faced include preparing an act of terrorism and collect information useful to an enemy, believed to be a hostile state. this is a very serious _ believed to be a hostile state. ti 3 is a very serious breach of security and it throws up a number of questions. firstly, what was this man doing wandsworth prison? wandsworth a category b reception present so it's not an obvious place for somebody who is being charged under terrorism offences who is a potential national securit

khalife must escaped somewhere on this route.ome 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 s

khalife will be settling back into a cell and heading back to the courts.ment. how could a prisoner escape under a lorry? it's good news that we captured the person concerned. as people already know, thejustice secretary's initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape and that work will continue. but this is obviously very welcome news and again, my thanks to the police, but also to the public. the police regard this as a textbook operation, the former soldier tracked down in a city of 8 million. the question is, how did the prison manage to lose just one man among 1,600, all supposedly locked behind bars? dominic casciani, bbc news. i spoke earlier with our news correspondent, greg mckenzie, who has been at the scotland yard have a listen. it was a major manhunt, one of the biggest that the metropolitan police have undertook for some years. daniel khalife was a wanted man ever since the police announced in the afternoon of the morning of his escape. he escaped just before 8am on wednesday morning. the media and the public were alerted by the af

i think the police assessment of daniel khalife as he is not a - of daniel khalife as he is not a threate public in terms of violence and they would assess he is not god access to a weapon, to have done to a knife —— he has not got access to a weapon, to a gun or a knife. and he does not pose a threat with an explosive device but clearly someone in that situation, a fugitive on the run no for three days plus, he might be pretty desperate and might be desperate and scared and worried about the consequences and if they are cornered or if a member of the public approaches them in an aggressive way, it is possible they may react and could become violent so that is why the police warning as if you see him, dial 999, don't try to engage but they say there is no wider threat to the public. i make this 21—year—old ex soldier was on remand accused of trying to spy for the iranian state. those are various accusations. he was being held in a category b prison at wandsworth and has been a lot of comment about that, perhaps it should have been in category a high security establishment such as belmars

had one on were not informed that khalife had gone on the _ were not informed that khalife had goneun for an _ were not informed that khalife had gone on the run for an hour. i gone on the run for an hour. although that sounds like a very short time in policing terms, it is very long time. it gave him the opportunity to escape from the immediate environment. take us throu~h immediate environment. take us through what _ immediate environment. take us through what would _ immediate environment. take us through what would have - immediate environment. take us i through what would have happened once they were informed. then;r through what would have happened once they were informed. they would have immediately _ once they were informed. they would have immediately gone _ once they were informed. they would have immediately gone to _ once they were informed. they would have immediately gone to the - once they were informed. they would have immediately gone to the prison | have immediately gone to the prison to try and find out what had happened. how he had made good his escape. then they

what's the latest on the search for daniel khalife?— daniel khalife?manhunt _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues _ daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after- daniel khalife? well, 27 hours on, the manhunt continues after that l the manhunt continues after that unimaginable escape from the building which you can see behind me where daniel khalife, a terror suspect, crawled under a food delivery van and clung onto the underside as it drove out onto the main road. somehow bypassing checks that would normally have seen extended mirror balls ago under the vehicle and checks all round to check as it came out of an airlock unit before it came onto the main road so that escape happened, it is understood that the police officers inside, prison officers inside russia that the police officers inside, prison officers inside russia limerick searching around for a while and inform the police once they had done quick, routine checks and the public was in form just at the afternoon. the appeal from the police is notjust about

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i khalife is still in the uk or has gone abroad already?n the uk or has gone abroad already? i think we are now 24 hours _ gone abroad already? i think we are now 24 hours almost _ gone abroad already? i think we are now 24 hours almost since - gone abroad already? i think we are now 24 hours almost since the - gone abroad already? i think we are now 24 hours almost since the time | now 24 hours almost since the time that he left the prison, so i think there is every likely lihood that he has left the uk. he would have planned this, sought the opportunity to escape and he has left the uk. there are a number of methods he could use to leave the uk, including trains and ports. i suspect there is every chance he has left the uk. but i hope with the resources of the police and other security agencies, they will follow the trail and hopefully identify and capture him soon. ., ., . ., ., soon. how do the police go about followin: soon. how do the police go about following that _ soon. how do the police go about following that trail. _ soon. how d

khalife denies the charges. on his daring escape from the kitchen at wandsworth prison, hiding under this delivery van. it's thought he travelled strapped underneath the van, until crawling out a mile or so later. it was there he was first spotted. police had offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information that led to his arrest. and we can cross live to ellie price in chiswick now. have you had much update after we heard that daniel khalife had been arrested? irate heard that daniel khalife had been arrested? ~ ., heard that daniel khalife had been arrested? ~ . ., ., ., ., arrested? we are waiting to hear an u date arrested? we are waiting to hear an update from — arrested? we are waiting to hear an update from the _ arrested? we are waiting to hear an update from the police. _ arrested? we are waiting to hear an | update from the police. surrounding the circumstances of his arrest. i mentioned in my report about the reward being offered for members of the public who gave any information leading to his arres

khalife must have escaped somewhere on this route. 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 and that's important for us to remember when we're 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 kitchen to the prison 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 that they don't run away, but lax checks here seem to have allowed daniel khalife to do exactly that. there are concerns too about the lost time yesterday morning. although khalife escaped just after 7.30, no one realised for about 20 minutes, and there was another 25 minu

this is food truck khalife used to escape i food truck khalife used to escape caught on cctv that morningan almost identical vehicle shows there are several places underneath it where he could have concealed himself. school friends and army friends of khalife have told us that he went to teddington school in south london and was a talented 100m runner. in the army, he had a reputation as a joker who messed around in basic training. forthe joker who messed around in basic training. for the rest of his army career, he was based at the stafford barracks, working with the high—tech royal signals regiment. it is here that he is accused of trying to spy for iran last year. wandsworth prison where he was being held is not a high security prison. it is category b, not category a. the government's independent adviser on terrorism legislation has suggested that was a poor decision. itrailien terrorism legislation has suggested that was a poor decision.— that was a poor decision. when you have someone _ that was a poor decision. when you have someone who is _ that was a poor decision. when you have

but daniel khalife was arrested this morning.tted daniel khalife on a canal path, ultimately pushed him off the bike and arrested him. daniel khalife is now in custody in a police station in west london where he is being interviewed. police want to know, the police want to know where he was, how did he get from wandsworth prison, it's about five and a half miles so they believe he's on foot. but was he assisted? this is a question they are trying to find the answers to. and will not speculate that he was given assistance from wandsworth prison to escape, all is being investigated and it's an ongoing investigation that the commander told me here in scott and —— cotton yard earlier. the 620 summit of world leaders has agreed a joint declaration, which includes calls for a durable peace in ukraine. the text, at the summit in india, says all states involved in the conflict must "refrain" from the "use of force" for territorial gain. but there's no reference to russian aggression, and ukraine says the 620 has nothing to be proud of. f

khalife must�*ve escaped somewhere on this route.ome 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 kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place? were they followed 7 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 daniel 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 off

daniel khalife had been accused of trying to gather information for iran.failings in care — despite repeated warnings. the uk will rejoin the european union's flagship science programme — horizon — under a new deal, after months of talks. more now on the manhunt for terror suspect daniel abed khalife, who escaped from wandsworth prison in london on wednesday morning.

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the manhunt for daniel khalife who escaped from wandsworth prison yesterday.an took a route through london and was stopped by the police a short time later and we found evidence to suggest daniel had been strapped underneath the vehicle and we now have that vehicle in our possession. that timeframe is critical to public support in helping us locate daniel khalife, one hour and five minutes from leaving wandsworth prison to the point at which police stopped the van and in that time daniel khalife could clearly have been anywhere on the route taken by that van, we are publishing that today to help the public support us in locating him. keep an open mind as tougher daniel khalife might be, we are focusing efforts in london and have support from colleagues all around the country to try and find him. 150 detectives and staff from counterterror command in london but many more from around the country and border force helping us. it sounds like this was a planned escape but we keep an open mind and we are working very closely with the person to understand the full det

yes, louis, we are 57 hours or so since daniel khalife made - or so since daniel khalife made that audaciousin south london on wednesday morning, strapping himself to the underneath of that food delivery van and escaping. police since then have been putting out various appeals to obviously try to get more information as to the route he took, and ultimately to try to catch him to get him back into prison. in terms of the interview, the snippet of the interview we just did with commander dominic murphy, he leads the met�*s counterterrorism unit, firstly a sighting by a member of the public — so this is the first time the met police have said they've received any information from a member of the public who said they saw a man fitting daniel khalife's appearance, the van that he strapped himself to underneath stop near the wandsworth roundabout at the top of trinity road shortly after his escape. you heard the commander they're saying it's not too far, that location, it's not a too far, that location, it's not a too far, that location, it's not a too far away from wandsworth prison. the commande

khalife must have escaped somewhere on this route.hest trained military in the world here in the uk, and daniel khalife was trained by the uk military. he will be a resourceful individual and that's important for us to remember when we're 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 kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place? were they followed 7 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 that they don't run away, but lax checks here seem to have allowed daniel khalife to do exactly that. there are concerns too about the lost time yesterday morning. although khalife escaped just after 7.30, no one realised for about 20 minutes, and there was another 25 minutes

daniel khalife is seen here in a new video obtained by the bbc.us that he went to teddington school in south london, and was a talented 100m runner. fellow soldiers said that he had a reputation as a joker who messed around in basic training. for the rest of his army career, he was based at stafford barracks, working with the high—tech royal signals regiment. it's here that he's accused of trying to spy for iran last year. wandsworth prison, where he was being held, is not a high security prison. it's category b, not category a. the government's independent adviser on terrorism legislation has suggested that that was a poor decision. when you have someone who's suspected of espionage, of a crime against the state, who may have a network with a hostile state, at that stage, how do you deal with them? i would have thought that someone who's charged with espionage ought to be held more securely. there are certainly questions about the security culture at the prison. 0ne driver who made regular trips into wandsworth has told the bbc that his vehicle w

khalife denies the charges. from the kitchen at wandsworth prison, hiding under this delivery van. it is thought he travelled strapped underneath the van until crawling out a mile or so later. it was there he was first spotted. police had offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information that led to his arrest. and we can cross live to correspondant rajini vaidyanathan in west london. relief for the police and the wider public, but clearly some questions there for the prison service? indie public, but clearly some questions there for the prison service? we do now have more _ there for the prison service? we do now have more information - there for the prison service? we do now have more information about | there for the prison service? we do i now have more information about how police managed to find daniel khalife after that four—day manhunt which saw 0n high alert. a massive police operation. i'm speak to you from chiswick in west london, because in the last 2a hours or so, police got a number of sightings fr

daniel khalife was working in the kitchen.t by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van. in the house of commons, the justice secretary announced a series of reviews to answer some basic questions. who was on duty that morning? in what roles? ranging from the kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place? were they followed 7 there are more questions. why was a terror suspect being held at a category b prison? what kind of checks were there on the vehicles coming in and out? you'd expect a mirror to be run under the van on its way out in the same way as there is a dome above where you can look down to see if anyone�*s on top of the van. now, why did that fail? daniel khalife is a former soldier. he joined the army in 2019. three years later, he became the subject of a counter—terrorism investigation. he's accused of planting fake bombs at the barracks in stafford where he was based, and was arrested injanuary. he's been charged with preparing an act of terrorism and collecting information useful to

khalife denies the charges.e from the kitchen at wandsworth prison, hiding under this delivery van. it's thought he travelled strapped underneath the van, until crawling out a mile or so later. it was there he was first spotted. police had offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information that led to his arrest. earlier, we spoke to our correspondent ellie price in chiswick. whether 21 was arrested. well, it is auestions whether 21 was arrested. well, it is questions we _ whether 21 was arrested. well, it is questions we are _ whether 21 was arrested. well, it is questions we are waiting _ whether 21 was arrested. well, it is questions we are waiting to - whether 21 was arrested. well, it is questions we are waiting to hear, . questions we are waiting to hear, the metropolitan police have so far released a short statement basically thanking the public for their information. we assume that led to the arrest of daniel khalife. as you say, this search has been going on since wednesday morning, a search that has gon

can i thank the minister for advance site abyss statement, and my hopes that daniel khalife will soon think there are a more immediate questions that arrive, which are that daniel khalife have been believed to pose long risk to members of the public, but was gleeful to resent the considerable potential risk to his service colleagues as well and for national security. —— was clearly opposed to present. i think it is surprising he was under category b positions, rather than category a poor trial. at what i think is extraordinary is that the prison service raised concerns last year about measures in place at once were to present escapes, afterfinding place at once were to present escapes, after finding what they consider to be potential shortcomings in physical aspects of security locally on site. it was also quite alarming to hear the former head of security on the radio this morning saying that on any given day, some 30 to 40% of front line staff were unavailable for duty. at the prison. now, the prison officers' association has highlighted some £900 million has been stripped out of th

a london court has remanded 21—year—old terror suspect daniel khalife in custody.sworth prison. khalife was arrested on a canal towpath in north west london on saturday, four days after he allegedly escaped. he was pulled off a bike by a plainclothes counter—terrorism officer. live now to to our correspondent helena wilkinson at westminster magistrates' court. what happened today? it is a relatively short _ what happened today? it is a relatively short hearing - what happened today? it is a l relatively short hearing around eight minutes, that is pretty typical for eight minutes, that is pretty typicalfor a eight minutes, that is pretty typical for a first magistrates' court appearance after somebody is charged. daniel khalife, a 21—year—old former soldier was brought here in a blue armoured, high security police van. we can show you those pictures of his arrival earlier this morning, two unmarked police cars and some officers outside as he was brought into the building of the magistrates' court. inside the courtroom he was brought into the dock, he was wearing a g

two days on the run, but still no sign of daniel khalife. more than 150 british police officers to find the where about of the former soldier who escaped from the london prison of wandsworth king charles iii has recorded a message and released a favourite photograph of elizabeth ii to mark the first anniversary of his mother's death. he hailed his mother's life of devoted service. hello, i'm victoria valentine. we start in india — where world leaders are expective to arrive in new delhi in the coming hours, ahead of this weekend's 620 summit. this was earlier — us presidentjoe biden departing washington for the summit. uk prime minister rishi sunak is also expected to attend. the 620 group consists of 19 of the world's wealthiest economies — and the european union. it accounts for 85% of global economic output and two—thirds of its population. it's a key forum for international issues — but there are deep divisions over some of these, like the war in ukraine. live now to siddarth varadarajan, the founding editor of the independent indian new

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khalife denies the charges.rison, hiding under this delivery van. it's thought he travelled strapped underneath the van, until crawling out a mile or so later. it was there he was first spotted. police had offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information that led to his arrest. ellie price in chiswick. reporting on the prisoner daniel khalife who has been found in west london, stay with us on bbc news. hello there. if, like me, you're finding it too hot and humid, relief is on the way, but not for most of us until after the weekend. so it stays very warm, very muggy, there will be thundery showers and there are warnings out from the met office. more details on our website. but again, we'll have another day with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees celsius. so again, the record is broken. today looks like it might well be the hottest day of the year so far, just getting a little bit ahead of thursday's 32.6 degrees celsius. widely warm, very warm, infact, and humid. temperatures not quite so high in the north and w

security was notably high as daniel khalife was brought to court in an armoured van.sday by tying himself underneath a catering delivery truck using a strap made from bed sheets. in the dock, he had a police officer sitting on each side of him. his lawyer said there was no indication at this stage whether he would plead guilty or not guilty to escaping from jail. the hearing lasted only eight minutes and three hours later, the convoy departed again. the deputy chief magistrate told daniel khalife that he would remain in custody until his next court appearance, at the old bailey at the end of the month. in the meantime, he has been taken away to a category—a, high—security prison. thatjail is hmp belmarsh in south—east london, and the van could be seen arriving there a0 minutes later. after an adventure lasting just over five days and six hours, daniel khalife was back in prison. ahead of his arrest injanuary, 21—year—old daniel khalife had been a soldier in the high—tech royal signals regiment, and the main charge he faces is obtaining information useful to the enemy

the manhunt for daniel khalife continues. the prisoner is on the run for the last two days after escaping wandsworth prison. hours after being appointed, the new boss of japan's main talent agency is also being accused of sexually assaulting young boys. leaders are arriving at the 620 summit which is just getting under way now in new delhi, india. the 620 group consists of 19 of the world's wealthiest economies and the european union. it accounts for 85% of global economic output and two—thirds of its population. it's a key forum for international issues — but there are deep divisions over some of these, like the war in ukraine. one of the first leaders to arrive has been the british prime minister rishi sunak, whose indian heritage will attract extra attention. the bbc�*s south asia correspondent samira hussain reports. so the very eagerly awaited of rishi sunak, the british pm has happened. yes, he has arrived just a little while ago and when he arrived he was drated with dancers, there was the british high commissioner alo

security was notably high as daniel khalife was brought to court in an armoured van.son last wednesday by tying himself underneath a catering delivery truck using a strap made from bed sheets. in the dock, he had a police officer sitting on each side of him. his lawyer said there was no indication at this stage whether he would plead guilty or not guilty to escaping from jail. the hearing lasted only eight minutes, and three hours later the convoy departed again. the deputy chief magistrate told daniel khalife that he would remain in custody until his next court appearance at the old bailey at the end of the month. in the meantime, he has been taken away to a category a high security prison. thatjail is hmp belmarsh in south—east london, and the van could be seen arriving there a0 minutes later. after an adventure lasting just over five days and six hours, daniel khalife was back in prison. ahead of his arrest injanuary, 21—year—old daniel khalife had been a soldier in the high—tech royal signals regiment, and the main charge he faces is obtaining information useful t

mark, what's the latest and what happens next to daniel khalife ? to daniel khalife?>> well, within the last hour of the armoured police van carrying daniel khalife escorted by two unmarked police cars and a territorial police support van has headed off, we think , to the has headed off, we think, to the maximum security belmarsh prison. certainly not back to wandsworth. that category b prison, which is, of course, now the subject of an investigation launch by the justice secretary, alec kuok, into whether it was appropriate to house a terror suspect in a category b prison in the first place. but he arrived here at westminster magistrates court under that police escort at 8:45 this morning for what was a brief hearing, just 15 minutes in length and in the dock he wore that grey issue , prison that grey issue, prison tracksuit , flanked by two tracksuit, flanked by two uniformed police officers and by a prison officer as well as the charge was read out, the charge that he escaped from wandsworth prison last wednesday morning . prison last wednesday morning. we know tha

khalife was finally arrested 12 miles away on a canal path in northolt.is good news that we have recaptured the person concerned. as people already know, the justice secretary has initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape and that work will continue, and this is obviously very welcome news and again, my thanks to the police but also to the public. the police regard this as a textbook operation — the former soldier tracked down in a city of eight million. the question is, how did the prison manage to lose just one man among 1,600, all supposedly locked behind bars? let's get some of the day's other news now. coco gauff has won her first grand slam title playing at the us open. belarusian arina sabalenka took the first set, but gauff recovered to take the final two sets and secure the trophy. she's the first teenager to win the us open since serena williams in 1999. 0h, oh, my goodness! ijust watched a young lady when her very first grand slam. i am so excited for her! i first grand slam. i am so excited for her!— first grand slam. i am so e

but there was no sign of khalife.s of the truck show the large space underneath the cargo section and this is the journey that the vehicle took along south—west london, before being stopped at 8:37. khalife must have escaped somewhere on this route. chrisjones worked in the prison kitchen with khalife. he was definitely vain, and he knew that this case was going to make him famous. i think it is not really a massive shock that he got out, really. because, you know, the prison was constantly understaffed, which i know from first hand experience. the 21—year—old joined the army in 2019 but then injanuary, disappeared after an alleged bomb hoax. arrested later that month, he was due in court in november, facing charges which include preparing an act of terrorism and collecting information useful to an enemy. leading to questions about why he was held in a lower security prison. the idea that someone who was charged with spying for iran and also terrorism offences, was able to work in a cat two prison in the kitchen, wher