Two goals In two and a half mInutes, waless blIsterIng start In montenegro gIves CraIg Bellamy hIs fIrst wIn as theIr new manager. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. More than 1,700 prIsoners In england and wales have started leavIng jaIl early, as part of a temporary scheme to ease pressure on the overcrowded and strugglIng PrIson System. Offenders whove served at least 40 of theIr sentences are beIng released, though that doesnt extend to Inmates beIng held for serIous vIolence or sexual offences. The JustIce Secretary says every avaIlable measure has been taken to protect the publIc, but there are concerns some people beIng freed may not have homes to go to, whIch could raIse the rIsk of reoffendIng. Our Uk Correspondent AdIna Campbell reports. Wandsworth jaIl In south london, as frIends and famIly waIt for prIsoners beIng released early. And Its a sImIlar pIcture outsIde NottIngham PrIson where we meet ben, convIcted for actual bodIly harm. I was homeless, I was lIv
good evening. the three contenders to become the next leader of the scottish national party have been debating tonight in edingburgh. the three candidates the msp ash regan, finance secretary kate forbes, and the health secretary humza yousaf were responding to questions from a live bbc audience. the voting opened yesterday, there are 100,000 snp members, who have just under two weeks left to decide who they think should replace nicola sturgeon as first minister of scotland. at the beginning of her time as first minister, she said judge me on education and tonight each of the candidates outlined what they would wish to be judged on if they become the next snp leader. eradicating poverty is the heart of everything. any inequality we have weathering education or health or in any other area of government, it always comes back to poverty. we must, if not eradicated, we have to substantially reduce poverty. whoever it is the first minister, certainly if i am, the common thread
describe their suffering. i ve got complex ptsd from it all, i ve had mental health problems from it all, i tried ending my life because of it all, i couldn t have a bond with my son when he was first born because of it all. storm freddy, one of the strongest storms recorded in the southern hemisphere, has now hit malawi causing more than 100 deaths. and in tonight s football, manchester city recorded a convincing 7 0 win against rb leipzig. erling haaland scores five goals. and coming up on the bbc news channel. constitution hill remains unbeaten in the victory of the champion hurdle on day one of the festival! good evening. on the eve of the budget the first to be delivered by the chancellorjeremy hunt there s expected to be a significant expansion of free childcare provision in england. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. scotland, wales and northern ireland are expected to receive equivalent levels o
politicsnation. tonight s lead a hope for peace. right now, we re getting more details on the third group of hostages and prisoners exchanged by israel and hamas in what was the third day of the cease-fire. 14 new israeli hostages were released to the international red cross this afternoon. along with three foreign nationals. one of them a four year old american girl. president biden addressed the release earlier today. let me put it this way, i d like to see the pause go on as long as privileged kept coming up. meanwhile, israeli released 39 palestinian prisoners. all of them minors, according to officials from the neighboring country of qatar. we will keep you updated throughout the hour, as we learn more about the released in the look ahead to tomorrow. the final day of the pause. here in the united states, authorities are investigating whether the non fatal shootings of three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont, was a hate crime. tonight, our cal
so, a real attempts by the prime minister there, i think, to show that he has a grip on this. there s been some dissent internally amongst conservatives, privately and to a degree publicly, a frustration that the prime minister hasn t been willing to do or say more, to act more to try and put a lid on all of this, because there is the prospect that there could be a dribble of further revelations in the coming days when the prime minister and other conservatives would rather talk about anything else. must go back to our panel, anna gross and jenny kleeman. we ve been talking about these allegations, anna, for days now. i m pretty sure that mr sunak once the agenda to move on, but haven t. it that mr sunak once the agenda to move on, but haven t. that mr sunak once the agenda to move on, but haven t. it hasn t. it has been move on, but haven t. it hasn t. it has been raised move on, but haven t. it hasn t. it has been raised - move on, but haven t. it hasn t. it has been