where a manhunt is continuing for a suspected terrorist who escaped from a london prison. daniel khalife escaped from wandsworth prison on wednesday morning, by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van. thejustice secretary has ordered an urgent investigation into what happened, and why the former soldier wasn t held in a higher security prison. our reporter simonjones has more. our correspondent simon jones has more from outside wandsworth prison. the manhunt for daniel khalife is very much ongoing this morning. i ve spoken to the metropolitan police who are leading the investigation. they say there has been no breakthrough overnight. so their theory is that by now he could be anywhere in the uk, given the time that has passed since the escape. it was 2a hours ago that this prisoner managed to get out by clinging to the bottom of a van that had gone into the prison to deliver food. it actually sounds like something you might hear in a film, but here it was reality an
spokesperson said it would be open to an extension of the truth under the current agreement. president biden says extending the conflict in gaza would only play into the ideology of hamas. israel says it has received a list of hostages which could be released on wednesday. on tuesday, 12 more hostages were released, bringing the total number now freed to more than 80, including ten israeli citizens and two thai nationals. israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, a spokesperson to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc the israelis are willing to extend the ceasefire under the current terms. we have received the list, we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list, and all otherfamilies of the who appear on the list, and all other families of the hostages who are
talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns
donald trump jr. will respond to all of this. who also have a full report from our crisis, and it is a crisis at our southern border. but first, on saturday without any republican support, the u.s. senate passed their own version of the $1.9 trillion so-called emergency covid relief bill. but unfortunately, this far left a spending spree, socialist spending spree, yeah, has next to nothing to do with the emergency relief. ted cruz, only 9% of the bill is actually dedicated to health care. some, by the way, foreign health care. both of the spending includes a $350 billion budget bailout that will go to irresponsible blue states, compliments of hardworking taxpayers from responsible red states who elect governors and assemblies and senates that actually balance their budget, keep taxes low, fund their pensions. yeah, you get the idea. legislation also provides one time a $1400 payment to certain people while many americans will not be eligible. if you are a felon, you will like
12 people were burned in the attack, two of them seriously. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News with rico hizon live from singapore. World business report. From korea to japan, security and trade are high on the agenda as us Vice President mike pence head to tokyo. And we find out what sort of food the movers and shakers of asia it for breakfast. Eat. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a tuesday. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im your host, rico hizon. Thank you for joining us. Fresh tensions between the us and north korea, the us Vice President mike pence has warned pyongyang that president trumps result should not retested. North Korea Remains defiant, telling the bbc they will continue. Not only security is at the top of the agenda when mike pence arrives injapan today. The us will also want to talk trade, especially with agriculture and auto remaining key sticking points. Be Vice President will certainly bring up the fact that the United States wou