Off into orbit in the hope over the next 2 months. Those released today had been senteneced to up to five Years Injail they have served 40 of their time rather than the usual 50 . Those jailed for more than 4 years for serious violent offences, Sex Offences and domestic abuse are not eligible for early release. The Justice Secretary says every available measure is being taken to protect the public. Heres our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. At wandsworth prison today. 0h . Inmates walking free early from their sentences, celebrating with their friends. Some Hiding Theirfaces as they left the jail. Lets go hi, lets go others making up for lost time with their partners, while a few were worried about their future. Im going to be sleeping on a bench tonight, do you know what i mean . Theres no messing about. Im going to go to probation, and if theyve gotten an address for me, im the pope. In liverpool, prisoners Coming Out weeks earlier than expected. Did you come out under the early Rel
Lots of internationals taking place, including World Cup qualifers, too. And australias bad start to their campaign has continued with a goal less draw in indonesia. After losing at home to bahrain, the aussies were desperate for a win. Nestory irankunda came closest in the first Half But Indonesia hung on to get their second point of in the group and stay above australia. There is another eight games to go and the goal is always to qualify go and the goal is always to auali ,.. go and the goal is always to auali.. qualify direct, but you have this extra qualify direct, but you have this extra playoff qualify direct, but you have this extra playoff spots, qualify direct, but you have | this extra playoff spots, but for me in this moment, i am just frustrated and need to go home to australia and have a really good to think about things. Bodycam footage of Nfl Star Tyreek hill being arrested has been released by Miami Police prompting a furious response from the wide receivers team. Hill
of 46 weeks after the british band announced a comeback tour. coming up, we speak to a pioneering sri lankan author who has written a memoir tracing herfamily history, beginning with her great grandmother being allowed to go to school. we start with reports on russian state media that an american journalist has been formally charged with spying. evan gershkovich, who works for the newspaper the wall streetjournal, was arrested last week, taken to court and detained. the kremlin said at the time he d been caught red handed . gershkovich has denied he s done anything wrong. with me is sergei goryashko from bbc russian. mac this is deeply worrying bring us up to date on the situation. the? up-to-date on the situation. they have been up-to-date on the situation. they have been formally up to date on the situation. tie: have been formally charged up to date on the situation. ttez1. have been formally charged today up to date on the situation. tt3:1 have been formally charge
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
Since ive been gone . What has been going on. And. Hes back. Barack 0bama has returned to The Public Eye with a speech in his hometown of chicago. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in paris. If you ever wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. French voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. In almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesnt even have a party and an older, far right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. The two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second round vote on may the 7th. The meteoric rise of Emmanuel Macron has been remarkable he resigned from the Socialist Party a year ago and no one thought hed do this well. Equally showstopping is Marine Le Pen, whos transformed the Front National and made it a force in this race. The bbcs Lucy Willamson has this report. Two years ago, he was a new face in politics.