he used to lead. in yemen we revisit the 11—year—old blind from birth who refuses to let the country's civil war defeat him, ahmed. and we are alive at the mercury music prize in london where we on newsnight at 10.30, no sightings of a man charged with terrorism offences, still on the run after escaping from wandsworth prison strapped to a food lorry. what are the consequences, for the prison service — ultimately the government? good evening. a terror suspect who escaped from wandsworth prison early yesterday morning is still at large, with police saying there've been no confirmed sightings of him. daniel khalife was awaiting trial accused of gathering information for iran. he escaped by strapping himself under a food delivery van — still dressed as a prison chef. more details have emerged about how he got out. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford can tell us more. yes, reeta. this picture is the most important new development in the manhunt. it's the best cctv image police have that shows the very vehicle that the prisoner had clung underneath. tonight we have heard that every vehicle leaving through the channel tunnel is being searched as the extensive border checks continue. there are 150 counter—terrorism officers and staff working to find daniel khalife. but now we are 38 and a half hours in and there is still no sign of him. the moment yesterday morning when police tracked down the food delivery truck used in the escape but found the prisoner gone and only the innocent driver at the wheel, and this cctv footage obtained by the bbc suggests that daniel khalife had already disappeared from under the vehicle three quarters of an hour before. khalife was in wandsworth prison while awaiting trial for charges that included allegedly trying to spy for iran or obtain information useful to an enemy, to use the exact words. yesterday morning daniel khalife had been working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison, around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7:32am the food truck, which had been making a delivery, drove out of the prison through that gate. it will have passed through the airlock where it should have stopped for a security check. soon afterwards it became clear that khalife was missing. the prison went into lockdown and when there was no sign of him the police were called. they stopped and searched the truck and found strapping underneath which he is thought to have used to hold himself under the vehicle, but there was no sign of khalife. the images of the truck show the large space underneath the cargo section, and this is the journey that the vehicle took across south—west london before being stopped at 8.37. khalife must have escaped somewhere on this route. we have some 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 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 minutes before the police were called. daniel khalife had been in prison since his arrest injanuary, and fellow inmate chrisjones remembers him unloading the trucks. you'd get a delivery, i think it was monday, wednesday and friday or something like that, first thing in the morning, and he would always be out there with the pallet truck, loading and unloading. he said, you know, "i'm going to be famous and, you know, for what i've done," and stuff like that, and, well, he is now, ain't he? a year ago khalife was still working at this barracks in staffordshire — the base for some of the uk's most high—tech forces. police today described him as a very resourceful individual, and tonight he is still on the run. daniel sandford, bbc news, at wandsworth prison. well, when a prisoner escapes, what exactly do the police do? we asked a former counter—terrorism officer, simon harding, to take us through what happens in the first hours and days of a nationwide manhunt. in the first hour, the police will be looking for that quick win to try and find him as quickly as possible. that would come straightaway with the cctv that is inside the prison and also outside the prison. local officers in the wandsworth area and probably other areas would come to help to try and find him, and then of course the counter—terrorism police who are responsible for him, who are the people that are taking him to court for the offences which he's committed, would be involved. the presumption is that he has no money and nothing else with him to be able to travel. so they will monitor the 999 system to see if there have been any incidents in that vicinity at that time. for example, you know, he's taken a car by force or robbed somebody, whatever it might be, in an ability to get either clothing or finance, whatever it might be. in the first 2a hours, officers who are looking for him would be looking for associates, looking for somebody who may even be helping him or supporting him in his escape. they will look at family and friends and speak to them, also to try and coax him back in if he makes contact with them, to try and say to him, "give yourself up." newsreader: a manhunt has been launched... - when you don't necessarily know where he's gone, because you're waiting for things to happen and waiting for intelligence to come back, you can use the media and that media appeal to the public, to help you. he escaped in the early hours of the morning, so going through the day he's had quite a number of hours before the hours of darkness, for example. the presumption is really that he's going to have to put his head down at some stage. he's going to have to find somewhere to go to sleep. if he hasn't got anyone helping him do that, then he's likely to find an area where he's out of the view of the public. there is plenty of woodland around that area as you go away from that part of london, so they will be searching with helicopters, with heat—seeking ability, to identify if anybody might be sleeping rough. in week one as they've gathered cctv and more intelligence, they'll be looking at whether or not he was supported before the escape and then potentially supported afterwards as well. there isn't going to be a safe place for him in the uk, so his intention will be to get away. now of course, if he isn't supported, how does he get out of the country? he's going to have to look at those methods, almost similar to those he deployed to get out of the prison itself, looking at a lorry to get into the back of or strapping himself underneath a lorry again to get out of the country. these are the things, in desperation, that he's going to have to do. daniel joins me now. daniel sandford, full details there with what the police are doing but they haven't found him yet? the? they haven't found him yet? they haven't, they haven't found him yet? they haven't. and _ they haven't found him yet? tie: haven't, and counterterrorism they haven't found him yet? tie1. haven't, and counterterrorism do haven't, and counterterrorism do have a very good reputation in these manhunts. i remembersome have a very good reputation in these manhunts. i remember some dramatic manhunts. i remember some dramatic manhunts in the 2000s, for example after the july manhunts in the 2000s, for example after thejuly 2005 bombings, the attacks on glasgow airport, and the suspects were found quickly. but they are starting to look as if they are managing expectations. they are talking about how resourceful their opponent is, his ingenuity, his military training, and i think it is starting to dawn on them this is a man who has thought about what he's going to do and how he will go about it so i don't think it will be an easy hunt, but going back to where i began they do have a very good reputation in finding suspects on the run and they will still be optimistic. the run and they will still be optimistic— the run and they will still be otimistic. , ., optimistic. 0k. many thanks, daniel sandford there. _ network rail has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the high court over a train crash which killed three people in aberdeenshire in 2020. six others were injured when the train struck a landslide near stonehaven after heavy rain. network rail — which is responsible for track and infrastructure — admitted to a number of safety and maintenance failures which contributed to the derailment. police are set to begin investigating dozens of baby deaths and injuries at a hospital trust. the maternity units at nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are already being examined in a review by the senior midwife donna 0ckenden. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. a warning — his report contains some distressing images. oh, my goodness... for most people this would be a moment of idyllic family life, but for the hawkins there will always be a missing piece. lottie should have an older sister, but harriet died before birth in 2016 due to nhs maternity failures. her parents welcome news of the police investigation. i think the thing that really makes me emotional is that the families in nottinghamshire are the ones that are serving a life sentence, not the people that failed us, not the people that have conducted the cover—up, and there needs to be accountability for that. dozens of babies died or suffered avoidable harm at nottingham's two nhs maternity centres. an ongoing independent clinical review is examining around 1800 cases. well, the review will reveal the scale of the harm. this police investigation raises the possibility of criminal charges being brought against individuals, people appearing in court for either failing to provide good maternity care are failing to investigate when things went wrong. that is the accountability that the families have been looking for. winter andrews�* parents only had 23 minutes with their daughter before she died. the trust were later fined £800,000 for causing her death. all those who have been let down by the nhs hope the police inquiry will improve maternity care. a police investigation will focus the minds of those people who are still saying it's sarah and me creating a fuss. i think that it's just another tool to use to encourage people to look at themselves and their own practice. the nottingham university hospital trust say they'll cooperate fully with the police and are committed to improve the care they provide. for those suffering lifelong harm due to nhs errors, it's the least they can hope for. michael buchanan, bbc news, nottingham. a man has been arrested in connection with an alleged homophobic attack outside a pub in south london pistol on clapham high street last month the two brewers pub the attack allegedly happened. a man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of bodily harm. a 23—year—old serving metropolitan police officer has appeared in court charged with rape and threatening to kill — after a woman was allegedly attacked and forced into a car. pc cliff mitchell, who is suspended from duty, appeared at westminster magistrates�* court, where he was remanded into custody. the prime minister is facing another by—election after the resignation of conservative mp chris pincher — who lost his appeal against an eight—week suspension from parliament for drunkenly groping two men. the contest for mr pincher�*s tamworth constituency is set to be the ninth by—election since rishi sunak took office ten months ago. votes will also take place for seats in mid—bedfordshire, and rutherglen and hamilton west, next month. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo is at westminster. three tests for all the parties, leila three tests for all the parties, lei . ., �*, three tests for all the parties, lei . . �*, ., , three tests for all the parties, lei . . �* , ., , ., leila that's right, and 'ust had three in three fi leila that's right, and 'ust had three in three in _ leila that's right, and 'ust had three in three in july _ leila that's right, and just had three in three in july in - leila that's right, and just had three in three in july in which | leila that's right, and just had i three in three in july in which the three in three injuly in which the tories lost two and only narrowly clung on to the other. these latest by—elections have all been triggered by—elections have all been triggered by mps leaving the commons under a cloud but each contest will have its own tale to tell. we had the resignation of the mp chris pincher, his deep in staffordshire, majority of 10,000, his deep in staffordshire, majority of10,000, but his deep in staffordshire, majority of 10,000, but labour will be hoping to do what they did early in the summer and overturned that sort of number. they won tamworth back in 1997. both labour and the liberal democrats will be going after another tory seat with an apparently healthy majority, mid—bedfordshire, vacated by nadeem doris, ally of borisjohnson and big critic of rishi sunak, who resigned last month. just ahead of that we will have the by—election in rutherglen and hamilton west, the former snp mp margaret ferrier removed by her constituents after she was found to have broken covid rules. that will be a big test for humza yousaf, the new snp leader macro to cover at a time of turmoilfor new snp leader macro to cover at a time of turmoil for his party, new snp leader macro to cover at a time of turmoilfor his party, and for labour, hoping to win back that seat as well as part of a wider revival they hope to secure in scotland at the next general election. so three fascinating contest right off the back of the party conferences. shaping up to be a busy six weeks or so politically. leila nathoo, many thanks. yes, indeed. now, this is one of the few public photographs ofjohnny kitagawa, who was the head ofjapan�*s biggest pop talent agency until his death four years ago. japanese pop — orj—pop as it's known — is a huge industry, and last week there was shock when investigators found that kitagawa "extensively" abused hundreds of boys and young men at the agency over a six—decade career. he neverfaced criminal prosecution. today, his niece — the current chief executive of the agency — resigned and offered a public apology to her uncle's victims. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. injapan, home to the world's second biggest music market, one company has dominated for decades. johnny and associates is the country's biggestj—pop star—maker, but for years rumours of sexual abuse have surrounded the founder of the all—male talent agency, the latejohnny kitagawa. now a sign of respect and remorse, in a hugely significant moment. before stepping down as ceo, julie fujishima has for the first time admitted that abuse of young boys had taken place in her uncle's organisation. translation: both the agency itself and myself as a person _ recognise that sex abuse byjohnny kitagawa took place. i apologise to his victims from the bottom of my heart. the agency had promised to compensate the victims, some of whom had been watching. translation: | believe that | an agency that retains johnny's name should not exist. she acknowledged and sincerely apologised for what happened, i but it's not like the emotional scars have gone. _ it is very difficult to overstate the clout, the power, the influence thatjohnny kitagawa held overjapan�*s entertainment industry. if you were a young japanese teenager who wanted to become a pop star, who wanted to break through, his agency was your gateway. pressure grew on the agency when the allegations resurfaced earlier this year in a bbc documentary where one of the victims, who wanted to remain anonymous, told our colleague mobeen azhar that their career would have been harmed if they did not comply with kitagawa's sexual demands. translation: johnny told me, "go and have a bath". - johnny filled up the bath. i thought, "isn't he kind? but then he reached for my trousers. later several boys told me, "you have to put up with it| or you won't succeed". more people came forward with their stories after the documentary, including j—pop star kauan okamoto, who said he was abused by kitagawa when he was 15. last week an independent investigation found that the entertainment mogul had abused hundreds of boys repeatedly over six decades, and that the family's management of the firm had allowed the assault to continue. it's not clear yet how this scandal will change japan's entertainment industry, with an empire and a brand that has been synonymous with the country's pop culture publicly disgraced. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, tokyo. and you can watch the full documentary onjohnny kitigawa, predator: the secret scandal ofj—pop, on the bbc iplayer. period and fertility apps — which have become increasingly popular — are being reviewed by the uk's data watchdog over the security of women's personal information. it says around a third of women have used such apps, which work by plotting menstrual cycles, depending on what details the user enters. the apps claim to help women to make decisions about their health, including calculating the best time of the month to try to get pregnant. but the information commissioner's office says there are widespread worries about data security, with many women being targeted by baby or fertility—related adverts after signing up. we've heard lots this week about crumbling concrete in schools, but now some theatres have being forced to close their doors because of concerns over raac. it's been found in theatres in dartford, cardiff, northampton and carlisle, from where our north of england correspondent danny savage reports. # and i saw herface # now i'm a believer...# this should be on stage in carlisle this week but there's no fairytale ending for shrek the musical in cumbria. the show�*s been cancelled. it is a really interesting building, it's this high level that we are interested in... this auditorium's roof is constructed of raac concrete. government guidance means expert engineers won't now sign off the use of this building. and theyjust kind of laughed at me and said, "of course we won't." we will not do that and therefore, if i can't get any support out there as a surveyor, i'm not going to be able to sign this off and regretfully i've got to say to the council, my recommendation is you don't use the space. as with some other buildings affected by this issue, it hasn't led to the closure of the whole site. so here at the sands centre in carlisle, this auditorium, built in the mid—1980s, is now completely closed and out of bounds, but the adjoining leisure centre, built much more recently, is open for business as usual. the knock—on effect is huge. the wider economic impact as well. we look at the pubs around, the hotels, the staff that might have been working here, it'sjust really, really disappointing. in northampton, the royal and derngate theatres have also been closed due to worries about crumbling concrete. engineers are on site and some performers have planned to go elsewhere. comedian tim vine has had to find another venue orface not performing here. i'm making light of it because i'm a comic, but for these theatres, like the orchard theatre in dartford, another wonderful theatre, this is a real problem. so i hope they can sort it very soon and get back to the normal business of putting shows on because that's what we all want. the orchard theatre in dartford and st david's hall in cardiff have also had to be closed. these are just four of several theatres and concert halls all built in the same era, all with the same problem of discredited concrete construction. danny savage, bbc news. this is ahmed, an 11—year—old boy living in yemen, a country which has endured almost a decade of civil war between government forces backed by the saudis and houthi rebels. we first told you his story two years ago, when ahmed — who has been blind from birth — refused to let the destruction of his school put an end to his education. since then, through donations, his school has been rebuilt. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has been back to the city of taiz to visit him. smiling through. this is ahmed rageeb. he's 11 years old and he doesn't let much get in his way. he's heading to the river to get water, a daily ritual. life was tough here, even before the war. but ahmed is a fighter. he's been blind from birth, along with four of his siblings. we've come back to meet him at his home near a front—line. "it's very scary," he tells me. "we're afraid of gunshots. "when fighting starts, we can't go to the park or the valley or anywhere." when was the last time you heard fighting and explosions? "last night," he says. for ahmed, school has always been a refuge — of sorts. this was our first glimpse of him injanuary 2021, leading morning assembly at al wahda primary. it was bombed by the saudi—led coalition when it was occupied by houthi forces. ahmed was leading the class — atjust nine years old. he had a wish list of repairs for the school, and viewers responded. thanks to him... so this is the new school? ..much has changed. stairs, ahmed. a yemeni donorfunded a new block, and a british charity refurbished classrooms. saudi arabia, after years of bombing yemen, is building another school nearby. ahmed is pleased with the results, and has plenty of big plans. "i want to be a teacher, pilot, engineer, driver, ora doctor." do you think you'll be able to do all these things? "sure, i'll do everything. "and i'll marry a beautiful city girl, and she'll make me biscuits. "the girls here in the village don't know how to make good biscuits." back at the river, ahmed has a few moments of fun. but childhood in yemen is short. he is full of hope, full of promise, and he has already overcome so much. but he is still a child of war. orla guerin, bbc news, taiz. organisers say it will be the most competitive rugby union world cup ever — and kick off is tomorrow in paris. the opening match is between france and new zealand, but there have been security concerns after the chaotic scenes at last year's champions league final in the capital. the french government has told the bbc they have learned from what happened and that fans will be safe. from paris, our sports editor dan roan reports. already one of the countries most in love with rugby union, france is readying itself to play host to the game's biggest stars and millions of fans. and as last—minute preparations continued here in paris ahead of tomorrow's opening match, the man in charge told me that this was a moment for the sport to cherish. huge appetite. i was in toulouse at the weekend, a real rugby capital in france, and it's everywhere. we know that this will be the biggest, the most watched, the most engaged rugby event of all time and this will be the most competitive world cup ever. i think there are genuinely more teams who can make the knockout stages, get to a final and ultimately win it than we've ever had before. and among the favourites are ireland. the six nations champions ranked the top team in the world, thousands of locals turning out to welcome them at their training base in tours this week. we've built this moment for the last four years, really. so when it's finally here, the nerves do come in. we'rejust planning on embracing them and going to try and play our best. ireland kick off their campaign against minnows romania on saturday before england start against argentina as underdogs after a troubled build—up. on sunday, scotland have the toughest of openers, reigning champions south africa. and then wales meet a dangerous fiji, all fourfixtures taking place in the sweltering heat of southern france. having travelled to the capital from their base in lyon by train, meanwhile, three times winners new zealand have been preparing for a blockbuster opening match against the hosts. these france players know that if they can beat the all blacks here tomorrow, they'll get their own tournament off to the perfect start at a challenging time for rugby union, with the sport more generally under unprecedented scrutiny over its handling of head injuries. but there's much at stake for the host country as well, with the olympics coming here to paris next year. last year, liverpool fans were tear—gassed and kettled in chaotic scenes here at the champions league final. a report found the french authorities responsible and raised concerns over the world cup, with record numbers of police now being deployed. can you guarantee fans coming to this world cup will be safe? yes. they will be safe. we are ready on all fronts. we have learned a lot from what happened one year ago and i think both in terms of governance, in terms of anticipating the various risks, of coordinating the response, we are more ready than ever. 20 teams will play in a competition stretched over seven weeks and across nine venues, the hosts desperate to put on a show with a first ever win. dan roan, bbc news, paris. the winner of this year's mercury prize has just been announced at a ceremony in london. the award for album of the year is one of the most coveted in british music. our correspondent mark savage is there. and there's only one thing we want to know, mark. who has won? so the winner this year is the jazz quintet ezra collective with their second album, where i am meant to be. let's take a look at the song they performed earlier, victory dance. jazzy music. that is ezra collective. hold the trophy at! you are the band leader of ezra collective. this album started in lockdown as a way of escaping the sadness, really. tell me about it. it's like i've been saying, it was a lockdown project, the moment we could we started —— we sat in a big circle in the studio and documented a unique moment, a unique time, but looking into what's special about the moment and what we found we had each other, it felt like we meant to be there, we made as many tracks as we could to articulate that. there is a melting _ we could to articulate that. there is a melting pot _ we could to articulate that. there is a melting pot of _ we could to articulate that. there is a melting pot of styles - we could to articulate that. there is a melting pot of styles on - we could to articulate that. there is a melting pot of styles on the i is a melting pot of styles on the record. tell me about the genres you are playing with. we record. tell me about the genres you are playing with-— are playing with. we are the shuffle aeneration are playing with. we are the shuffle generation of— are playing with. we are the shuffle generation of music, _ are playing with. we are the shuffle generation of music, we _ are playing with. we are the shuffle generation of music, we listen - are playing with. we are the shuffle generation of music, we listen to i generation of music, we listen to some beethoven and then 50 cents and then little sims and then your own tune, which you don't want to hear, that influences the way we approach music so there is no rules, no genre rules. we love thatjazz but at the same time i love salsa so why not try and get that in there, etc, etc. you said thank god eightjazz act has won the mercury prize. how important is this for the scene? 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