We start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders who ve served 40% of their prison terms will be eligible for early release it s necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in men s prisons in england and wales a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha was given full and rare access to hmp pentonville in london and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in hmp pentonville. Shouting. We re the only broadcast journalists given access. . . It s a code red. . . To one of britain s most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. And some prison officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that we ve had to blur theirfaces. Hmp pentonville! staff are overstretched. . . Another alarm here. . . And on the verge of breaking point. You worry about, you know, opening
Its Foreign Minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of Dire And Dangerous results. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia because of the attacks. Lets take a closer look at the West Bank and what It Actually is. Its land on the West Bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. Its been occupied by israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. 0ur Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army ha
British Holiday Makers get the green light to jet off to the balearics, as more Holiday Destinations are added to the green list. And we all need a holiday. Look at this pretty tree that caused such an ugly dispute between neighbours in a leafy suburb of sheffield. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The unthinkable has occurred in an otherwise unremarkable part of florida, just north of miami. In the early hours of the morning, an entire portion of a large residential building simply collapsed to the ground. 12 stories, dozens of apartments, one gigantic crash. And at this hour, 99 people still unaccounted for. When dawn broke, the full extent of the devastation was clear for all to see. On the left of your screen, what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. Weve already seen one dramatic rescue of a youn
British Holiday Makers get the green light to jet off to the balearics, as more Holiday Destinations are added to the green list. And we all need a holiday. Look at this pretty tree that caused such an ugly dispute between neighbours in a leafy suburb of sheffield. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The unthinkable has occurred in an otherwise unremarkable part of florida, just north of miami. In the early hours of the morning, an entire portion of a large residential building simply collapsed to the ground. 12 stories, dozens of apartments, one gigantic crash. And at this hour, 99 people still unaccounted for. When dawn broke, the full extent of the devastation was clear for all to see. On the left of your screen, what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. Weve already seen one dramatic rescue of a youn
British Holiday Makers get the green light to jet off to the balearics, as more Holiday Destinations are added to the green list. And we all need a holiday. Look at this pretty tree that caused such an ugly dispute between neighbours in a leafy suburb of sheffield. Hello, im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The unthinkable has occurred in an otherwise unremarkable part of florida, just north of miami. In the early hours of the morning, an entire portion of a large residential building simply collapsed to the ground. 12 stories, dozens of apartments, one gigantic crash. And at this hour, 99 people still unaccounted for. When dawn broke, the full extent of the devastation was clear for all to see. On the left of your screen, what the building looked like before the collapse. On the right, the pile of debris scattered around the footprint of the fallen tower. The insides of peoples homes were laid bare to the elements. Weve already seen one dramatic rescue of a youn