Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. Lets speak now to our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. Daniel, what are these high numbers doing to the Prison System . Last week, i was sitting here talking to your audience about the Prison Population hitting an all time high. This week its even higher, and essentially what happened is on the 30th Ofjuly when the rioting Started this summer, the Prison Population has been rising
Longer spells of rain will continue across england and wales on sunday. Further north again, a lot of dry weather, but more cloud from scotland and Northern Ireland, so temperatures are not going to be as high, quite a drop Northern Ireland and generally further south, temperatures could sneak up with some sunshine into the low 20s. But low pressure and the rain will move away, but for next week it is a North Westerly wind that will come our way. Temperatures will drop, and it will feel cooler everywhere. Down, thank you. Time now to get the news, Travel And Weather where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im tanya arnold. Its Gold Number 19 for Sarah Storey as the Medal Rush continues for paralympicsgb in paris. Jack draper is preparing to take on World Number one Jannik Sinner is his first grand Slam Semifinal at the Us Open. I have had No Doubt that he can play at this level and we want to go higher and higher and keep pushing alone. Along. Craig bellamy takes charge of his f
To receive migrants who will be flown at of the country as a deterrent and this is very different way to eat into the numbers that are still waiting to be processed and we will get to that a little later. Let us focus because the head of the cia, william the head of the cia William Burns told the Senate Intel Committee last night that more losses are likely in ukraine unless congress can pass joe biden s ukraine aid package, which has been opposed by republicans. It is our assessment that with supplemental assistance, ukraine can hold its own on the front lines through 2024 and into 2025 and down another road without supplemental assistance, it seems to me that theres a much grimmer future. Ukraine is likely to lose ground and probably significant ground in 2024. There is a bi partisan majority in the house that would vote for the 60bn Dollars In Military Aid which the Senate Approved six weeks ago. But House Speaker mikejohnson is standing in the way. This afternoon the Senate Minorit
including two police officers who gave their lives in the lie of duty here in new york city. wilbur mora and jason rivera, they were ambushed while responding to domestic violence violence call last january. rivera died that day. he left behind his childhood sweetheart and wife and did not live to see the birth of his child. the 27-year-old was shot in the head. he had a bullet lodged in his brain. he was on life support and died days later. house lawmakers also passed a new resolution on monday that memorialized police officers killed the line of duty and expressed condolences to their loved ones. while the house resolution was approved with near unanimous support, two progressive congresswoman voted against honoring those fallen officers. democratic squad members rashida tlaib and cori bush were the only two lawmakers to vote nay. i have the honor at the blue lives matter nyc gala to be present and help give out the archangel awards the families of those fallen officers. my
tell joe biden to keep working for more jobs and less pollution. welcome to the next level. this is the lexus nx with intuitive tech safety radar detector: watch for traffic. and our most advanced safety system ever. there are challenges at the border, something the president has taken seriously since day one. the president would like to do more. he s using the tools in front of him. congress refuses to act. many want to make a political case out of this. john: the white house reacting moments ago to the crisis at the border and fears that it is about to get a lot worse when title 42 ends less than two days now. the pentagon set to address reporters minutes from now, this may come up. sandra: and we will be monitoring to see if the pentagon weighs in on the migrant emergency now that troops have been deployed to assist in the expected surge of migrants once title 42 is lifted. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. it s a busy one so far, sandr