and some localised flooding very popular. the grandad of six year old arthur labinjo hughes has said his killers should never be freed. the boy was killed last year by his own father thomas hughes and his partner, emma tustin. people were flagging up there were problems. and social services got involved but said there was nothing to worry about. and australian actor rebel wilson talks to the bbc about fame, fertility and food. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a whistle blower who worked on the british operation to evacuate people from afghanistan has told mps that only a tiny fraction of those who asked for help received it. raphael marshall who resigned from hisjob in september told the foreign affairs committee in written evidence the process was dysfunctional and chaotic and it was clear that some of those left behind were murdered by the taliban. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who was foreign secretary at the time has d
dow closed down 588 points or more than 3.5%. for days of triple-digit drops add up to a loss of more than 9%. that s wiping out market gains back to february of last year. and it could have been worse. anthony mason now on today s wild ride. reporter: over a cliff, the dow plunged more than 800 points in the first two minutes, more than 1,000 points within five minutes. by mid-day it had rallied back and erased all by 100 points of that loss, but the sell-off resumed in the afternoon. it was a breathtaking ride even for veteran traders like ben willis of princeton securities. i have never seen the dow down 1,000 points. that was an extraordinary thing to see happen. reporter: what exactly happened, peter tuchman of quatro securities tried to describe it. is it the end of the world? no. is it correction territory? perhaps. definitely. that s what it felt like. reporter: the catalyst was another plunge in chinese markets, down 8.5% this morning, the shanghai index ha
investors dumped stocks and the dow closed down 588 points or more than 3.5%. for days of triple-digit drops add up to a loss of more than 9%. that s wiping out market gains back to february of last year. and it could have been worse. anthony mason now on today s wild ride. reporter: over a cliff, the dow plunged more than 800 points in the first two minutes, more than 1,000 points within five minutes. by mid-day it had rallied back and erased all by 100 points of that loss, but the sell-off resumed in the afternoon. it was a breathtaking ride even for veteran traders like ben willis of princeton securities. i have never seen the dow down 1,000 points. that was an extraordinary thing to see happen. reporter: what exactly happened, peter tuchman of quatro securities tried to describe it. is it the end of the world? no. is it correction territory? perhaps. definitely. that s what it felt like. reporter: the catalyst was another plunge in chinese markets, down 8.5% thi
that hunger and motivation, as in, i still have a lot more to win. you can hear more of that interview in ‘the unstoppable sharapova?‘ which is on the bbc news channel, this friday at 9.30pm. and we finish with some breathtaking pictures from mauritius of the strapless kite surfing championships. the sport is very different from traditional kite surfing in that the board is not strapped to your feet, so you have to rely on your balance to remain upright. with the stunning backdrop of le morne peninsula off mauirtius, italian airton cozzolino won the men s competition, and moona whyte claimed the world title in the women s event, while the rest of us all watched slack jawed in amazement. that s all from sportsday. everton against atalanta in the europa league is just about at half time. follow that on our website. 3-0 3 0 down at half time. there ll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening i , but from us, it s goodbye for now. you re watching bbc news. let s
award, the artist of my life is beyonce for me, and the album lemonade is so monumental, so monumental. could afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the justice secretary, liz truss has said there s no quick fix to reduce the prison population in england and wales. her first major speech on sentencing follows a bbc investigation which found evidence of major security failings at a privately run prison in northumberland. an undercover reporter from the bbc‘s panorama spent two months working as a prison officer at the jail near morpeth. he secretly filmed widespread drug abuse and discovered that door alarms didn t work and there was a hole in a fence. the ministry ofjustice says it s looking into allegations. our correspondent ed thomas reports. undercover in one of our biggestjails. for two months, bbc panorama filmed the drugs feeding addiction inside. and staff pushed to their limits. hmp northumberland is a private jail run by the french company sodexo and home to more th