We change the wind direction, We bring the winds down from the northWest, and so things are going to feel very different. Temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. ShoWers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. To be female in afghanistan is to be condemned to a life without visibility, agency or rights. The Taliban Regime requires women to conceal their faces, bodies, even their voices in public. They must never look at a man outside theirfamily, nor ever sing or read aloud. The Un Secretary general calls it systemic gender apartheid. But still it continues. And still, taliban officials conduct a dialogue with international counterparts. My guest is fawzia koofi, former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament. What is the right international approach to afghanistan . Fawzia koofi, Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure
We start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders whove served 40 of their Prison Terms will be eligible for early release its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens 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. Were the only broadcast journalists given access. Its a Code Red. To one of britains 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 weve 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 the door in the morning and m
the truth behind them. let s start with a manhunt in the uk after a dramatic prison break yesterday. the government has ordered an independent review after a terror suspect, daniel khalife, escaped from wandsworth prison by clinging to the underside of a food delivery van leaving the jail. the 21 year old was awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base while serving in the army. ports and airports are now on high alert. graham satchell reports. it looked like business as usual at wandsworth today prison vans coming and going, but the jail is now at the centre of a growing storm, with serious questions about how a terror suspect managed to escape. daniel khalife was working in the kitchen. he broke out by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van. in the house of commons, the justice secretary announced a series of reviews to answer some basic questions. who was on duty that morning? in what roles? ranging from the kitchen to the prison g
has been ordered into how a terror suspect was able to escape from a london prison. daniel khalife is still on the run, after breaking out of wandsworth jail yesterday morning, strapped to the bottom of a delivery van dressed as a chef. the van was later caught on cctv, you can see it here at the top of the screen, moving from left to right. this image of the delivery van has been given out by the metropolitan police. we should stress they are not suggesting any involvement in the escape from the driver or the company concerned. and we ve just received this footage of the moment police searched the vehicle on the upper richmond road, just a few miles away from wandsworth prison. it s understood that it was at this point police found straps underneath the van, alerting them to the way daniel khalife may have escaped. the 21 year old is accused of terrorism and gathering information for iran. tonight, police say he s not been seen. we begin with our home affairs correspondent,
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