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 the door in the morning and making sure that they're alive. Anything could happen. There's been deaths in prison. All right, what have we got. Coming this afternoon, then? each day more bus—loads arrive, making this jail one of the most crowded in the country. Can you stand in the middle of the black and yellow box for me? they undergo body checks. So this scanner will show whether they're hiding anything inside their body? yeah. Any drugs, any weapons? yeah. Just there, there's a gap — that will be the entrance of his anus, basically. Gosh, you would think that would hurt. As of tonight, there are just nine spare beds. Most of the inmates are on remand, so they're waiting for their trial or sentencing. Others are doing time for crimes such as murder, robbery and rape. And anything can happen. Alarm blares. There's an alarm going off. Yeah, we're going to see. It's a code red, so. . . A code red alarm involves blood or burns. An inmate has self—harmed. A moment of apprehension as they assess the situation. Can you talk me through what's happened? yeah, so we've got a prisoner who's self—harmed, yeah. He's made superficial cuts to his arm. We were told he'd carved the words mum and dad onto his skin with a sharp object. Staff say overcrowding is leading to an increase in self—harm and violence. . . Banging. . . Because of inmates�* frustration with being locked up for longer. Across the wing, michael's inside for drug offences. There are some people who simply don't care about prisoners. They're like, they broke the law — they should be locked up. Shouldn't be a hotel. Mm—hm. But you are supposed to be rehabilitated inside. Do you think prison is providing a rehabilitation? no. It's a punishment. It's not a rehabilitation. It's hard to rehabilitate yourself in a place where you've got gang violence, postcode wars, drug violence, money wars. If you've got beef there, violence there, drugs there, people collapsing here, the staff, they are outstretched, they're trying to do this, this, this and this. But now, you want help as well. Moments later, another alarm. The fifth of the day. Yesterday, there were more than 30. So they've just jumped on the netting. Prison officers are running up the stairs to try and get them down. What the staff are saying is that it can turn really quickly. A quiet moment can become chaotic within a matter of seconds. As one prison officer said, it's like the flick of a switch. Staff do what they can to calm things down. You told me about it yesterday and i've told you. I said, washing up liquid and a form for the pen. And very quickly, they're back on normal duties. There have been some hairy moments. They kind of. . . They all kind of blur into one because it's not like, 0h, once in a blue moon something happens. It's like day in, day out, you kind of are dealing with incidents from self—harm to violence to kind of. . . People with severe mental health issues. I've had damp in here for three weeks. And then there are complaints about the cells. It doesn't smell good in here. What's that? the toilets have been leaking. Look at the toilet. Look, i'll show you. Come have a look at this one. Oh, my word. I've been telling them about that for three weeks. Gang violence is an ongoing threat at pentonville and has had some serious consequences for staff. Shouting. This prison officer broke both her wrists while separating two gang members during a fight. It's probably the biggest thing in london. Like, the gang affiliation, gang issues are the biggest reasons why we have so many, probably, people injail, so it ends up us trying to stop them. We're just trying to stop the fight. That's how i broke both my wrists, just trying to stop it. That wasn't even. . . Yeah, itjust gets really messy sometimes. And they're quite small space. Stressful? stressful, yeah. Stressful. Yeah. Show me your. . . Mark is waiting to be sentenced and has been here for nine months now. When they come into here, you don't know who's on this wing. Every other wing has got allocated for every gang member. What's the worst case scenario, in your mind? fights, killings. All sorts could happen. You don't know. Like, when they're in such close proximity then it does blow up. Our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha reporting there. Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people at a school in the us state of georgia. Colt gray, who is m, was arrested on campus and will be prosecuted as an adult. Police are trying to determine how he obtained the assault rifle they say he used in the shooting. He'd been interviewed by police last year for making online threats about a school shooting. Two 14—year—old pupils and two teachers at the apalachee high school in the city of winder were killed. Nine others including another teacher and eight students were taken to hospital. Breaking news on this story and some clues about where he obtained that gun, police in georgia say they now have arrested the father of the a0 new a boy called grace who was charged with shooting four people dead at that high school on wednesday. 0n social media, police said 5a—year—old colin gray would face 12 charges including four counts of manslaughter, us media have reported that last year, as a christmas gift, he had bought his son a gun but he allegedly used in the use —— shooting. His exposure to appear in court on friday. President biden expressed his sympathy for the victims and their families, and called for greater gun control legislation. Fascination cannot continue to accept the carnage of gun violence. I am a gun owner. . . I believe strongly in the amendment, we need more thought and praise, some of my republican friends in congress have to say enough is enough, we have to do something. Together, let's ban assault weapons. President biden�*s son, hunter, has made a last—minute decision to plead guilty to tax fraud charges. He was accused of failing to pay nearly $1. 5 million in income tax from 2016 to 2019. Initially, biden said he wanted to enter what is known as an alford plea, where he would accept the charges while maintaining his innocence, but prosecutors objected. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy explained whether biden�*s guilty plea came as a surprise. It did take everybody by surprise earlier today, as everybody was set for a criminal trial. We were expecting to see jury selection and then the trial to take place this week and next week. But his lawyers came in with this offer, as you say, this alford guilty plea, which is to accept a guilty verdict but maintain your innocence. The judge seemed to have some doubts about that band time was taken to look at the legalities and then hunter biden�*s team in the end decided to go for a straightforward guilty plea. So that really means it spares him a trial. We understand that his main motivation behind the scenes, really, was to spare friends, family, people like that from having to come and testify against him and put people close to him through that ordeal once again. Of course, this isn't his first criminal trial, its second, because he was found guilty earlier this summer of illegally obtaining a handgun. So that's the last we will see of hunter biden in court here for now. He will later be sentenced in december, crucially after the election has taken place. Now, previously, of course when his father, presidentjoe biden, was running for another term, this trial took on huge significance and everything that his son hunter biden did could potentially be used to cast a shadow over joe biden as well because of his opponents. Now, the stakes are a lot lower. Joe biden isn't running for a second term, but of course there is still a lot of interest in his son and his particular dealings. But some of the drama has been taken out of that today by hunter biden�*s late guilty plea. Yeah, so one conviction in his previous case, and now a guilty plea. Does this bring a close to his legal troubles? it brings a close to some of the biggest ones that he's had, which is that all the money that he spent during the time that he spent as a crack cocaine addict, which he has documented in lots of detail in his memoirs and this really chaotic period of his life where he was spending money on luxury lifestyle, luxury hotels, cars, women, escorts, strip clubs, things like that, and then writing some of these off as business expenses, which was the crux of this case, the previous case, of course, him obtaining an handgun illegally, taking the boxing he wasn't a drug user when in fact he was. These are the biggest things that he has faced as a consequence of that very chaotic period of his life as a drug addict. And by all accounts, he is now clean, he is now trying to live a better life, and that is something that his father, joe biden, said he is very proud of his son for doing. But, of course, all of this has laid bare the president's sans lifestyle and all the things he did during that period of his life. It's been a very difficult thing forjoe biden as well, who has suffered a lot of trauma in his life. So i'm sure the president will be hoping that this helps draw things to a close. Of course, the stakes aren't as high politically the family of olympic marathon runner rebecca cheptegei has accused kenyan police of failing to respond to warnings that her life was in danger. The athlete was doused with petrol and set on fire at her home in western kenya, by herformer boyfriend. Her death has triggered sadness and anger in eastern africa. Rebecca cheptegei had recently competed in the paris 0lympics, where she represented uganda. Today, she's one of the latest victims of male violence against women. Rebecca died in hospital, after suffering horrific burns. Doctors say the burns covered more than 70% of her body. The case raises issues of women's safety in the, rebecca's mother has accused local police of not protecting her daughter. Uganda's athletics federation said it was deeply saddened by the news. It says rebecca was a victim of domestic violence. For more, here's our senior africa correspondent anne soy. This case is brought to the fall of very important discussion about domestic violence and this take on communities, this is the third elite female athlete to fall victim to domestic violence in just three years in kenya and therefore there is a lot of tragedy and a lot of anger and a disturbing sense of deja vu and people are asking what more can be done to end date, i've spoken to lawyers who have been involved in cases of domestic violence, dealing with victims and it's here that the laws exist to protect them and to deliverjustice however, the implementation is whether problem is, we have two previous cases elite athletes who are killed as a result of domestic violence but today's date, the families are seeking justice in one case, the suspect is still at large, he was somebody close to her and therefore the discussions are ongoing both in kenya and uganda and calling on the authorities on the government and judiciary is to put in more resources to do more to make sure that victims are protected and the law follows its course and the law follows its course and justice is delivered quickly. And justice is delivered cuickl. And justice is delivered quickly— and justice is delivered cuickl. ,,. , , quickly. The top us diplomat is in haiti to _ quickly. The top us diplomat is in haiti to shore _ quickly. The top us diplomat is in haiti to shore up— quickly. The top us diplomat is in haiti to shore up the in haiti to shore up the country's interim government as a navigator�*s ramp and gang violence and human are terry in crisis. —— and a humanitarian crisis. Secretary of state antony blinken met the new haitian prime minister, garry conille, telling him the us hopes to see an electoral council established next year to organise elections in the country. Haiti continues to battle violent gangs that control most of the capital and have now started moving into nearby regions. In response, mr conille expanded a state of emergency to cover the entire nation. Mr blinken reaffirmed the united states' commitment to support the haitian people and foster a secure and peaceful haiti. The united states is also committed to using this foundation of security support and unlock the potential of the haitian people. We're the largest contributor of humanitarian assistance to haiti. That includes additional for the $5 million in humanitarian aid that i am announcing today, bringing the total us aid to over $210 million this year. That means more food, or water, more sanitation, more health and support services for 1. 5 million more haitians. In the long—term, the united states is working to return haiti to the path of growth and opportunity. Including through whole of government strategy that the united states and haitan stakeholders have developed to prevent conflict and promote stability here in haiti. A court in france has heard shocking testimony about a husband who hired men to rape her, with a going on for a decade. Today the woman, who was abandoned or has abandoned her right to anonymity told the court of the horror at discovering what had been done to her. 0ur paris correspondent has a story and his report contains distressing details. In a courthouse in the city of avignon, one woman's voice shook france to the core today. This is gisele pelicot, walking tall, choosing to face the cameras as she came to tell her bone—chilling story. 0n trial here are these 51 frenchmen, all accused of raping pelicot as she lay unconscious in her own bed, drugged by her own husband. In the courtroom, facing that husband, pictured standing here, pelicot described the moment her happy marriage collapsed, when a french policeman showed her pictures from her husband's laptop, pictures of strangers raping her. Her testimony, spoken here by translator. Translation: it was hard to recognise myself. Then the officer showed me a second photo and a third. I asked him to stop. It was unbearable. I was lifeless in my bed, and a man was raping me. My world fell apart. I'm speaking now not for myself, but for all the women who are drugged and abused. After giving evidence, pelicot kept her composure in front of the media. Translation: i think i've said everything i could. I it's not easy. There's a lot of pressure. We're going to have to fight to the end. This trial�*s going to last four months. Pelicot�*s husband dominique has already confessed to everything, to repeatedly drugging his wife over the course of more than a decade. But many of the other men also on trial for raping her have told police that either they didn't realise she was unconscious or they assumed her husband's consent was enough. But that kind of argument has provoked fury. Today, the husband's lawyer said other accused might argue it was sex, not rape, but when the videos themselves are shown in court, there will be no doubt what really happened. Pelicot�*s own daughter attended the trial this morning. She's campaigned for the issue of drugging and raping to be taken far more seriously across france. And outside court, activists called for the courage shown by one woman to lead to wider changes in laws and attitudes. Andrew harding, bbc news, france. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. You are watching bbc news. Combating global warming has been on the agenda, but there are differences in their approach to climate financing. For more on this we are joined by a researcher at the national university who monitors public views on climate change. Is for joining. Let's get to it, what is the main thing to understand about us and china's different approaches? i about us and china's different approaches?— approaches? i think the us wants china _ approaches? i think the us wants china to _ approaches? i think the us wants china to play approaches? i think the us wants china to play its approaches? i think the us wants china to play its part approaches? i think the us i wants china to play its part in helping the world to put in the climate finance portion of it, but china is finding that very difficult because this new collective quantified goal is new and it is an old one in a new and it is an old one in a new skin because this is the 100 billion pledged many moons ago, even before we sign the 2015 paris agreement, so the understanding at that point was developed nations will help developing nations to adapt to climate change and meet the climate change and meet the climate mitigation goals. This climate mitigation goals. This climate financing _ climate mitigation goals. This climate financing is _ climate mitigation goals. This climate financing is intended to help poorer countries, to help reinforce their carbon reduction targets. Why is it proving so difficult for this money to be stumped up? we have been through _ money to be stumped up? we have been through a major— money to be stumped up? we have been through a major covid been through a major covid crisis the last four or five years and many economies have not recovered. On top, there are so many geopolitical events that have happened from the russia ukraine wore to the israel—gaza conflict so many governments are distracted and economies are not doing well, facing inflationary pressures, so that is why the money is not coming up. It so that is why the money is not coming lip— coming up. It is a bit of a challenge. _ coming up. It is a bit of a challenge. The _ coming up. It is a bit of a challenge. The hero now| coming up. It is a bit of a challenge. The hero now seems to take precedence over the big picture view. —— here and now. The un is meeting about climate goals and policies in azerbaijan. Will that provide another chance to refocus efforts? i another chance to refocus efforts? ~. Another chance to refocus efforts? ~'. , , efforts? i think we have been throu~h efforts? i think we have been through this _ efforts? i think we have been through this many _ efforts? i think we have been through this many times efforts? i think we have beenj through this many times over between cop 29 inaudible countries around the table but theissueis countries around the table but the issue is whether the largest emitters are willing to pull their weight. Largest emitters are willing to pull theirweight. Forthis reason i think meeting will be very important in laying the groundwork in azerbaijan in november and of course there is a very big spanner in the works and that is the us elections because many governments around the world are taking away inaudible because the us�*s political will to do something about climate change is very important to pull the rest of the world along. It important to pull the rest of the world along. — the world along. It will determine _ the world along. It will determine what the world along. It will. Determine what happens the world along. It will determine what happens going forward this election on so many fronts, climate included. Thanks very much for your thoughts. Cities and provinces in china are preparing for the arrival of a typhoon in what could be the strongest storm to hit china in years. Schools have been shot and flights postponed with a typhoon expected to lead —— make landfall on friday. The typhoon has more than doubled in strength since hitting the philippines. At least 13 were killed in the northern part of the country. Michel barnier, the former european commissioner who negotiated brexit for the eu, has been named france's prime minister. Mr barnier, a conservative, was appointed by president emmanuel macron following two months of political deadlock after snap elections ended in a hung parliament. Our europe editor katya adler has more. Michel barnier. A household name across the uk. Michel barnier, the eu's former chief brexit negotiator, has walked into our studio in london. Michel barnier, welcome to hardtalk. Mr barnier. . . I'm sorry but i don't want to answer questions now. I'm sorry, we are late to work. Let me work, please. Not something french politicians can normally boast unless they are the president. But mr barnier was the point man for the eu during the years and years of painful brexit negotiations. Charged with keeping eu member states united and the uk in check. It is quite ironic that the man who became nicknamed triple b, barnier, the brexit man in brussels, is pretty much better known in the uk and in eu circles then here in france. —— than. I've come to valenciennes, a town in northern france, to ask what people know of their new prime minister. Excusez—moi. Michel barnier is the new prime minister. No. You don't know him? merci. Do you know mr barnier, michel barnier? no. He's your new prime minister. Ah, 0k. No, sorry. Thank you, bye—bye. But mr barnier is no newbie to politics. Ahead of the last french presidential election, he tried and failed to get nominated as a centre—right candidate. So he is known here by people who follow politics closely. But his manner is more officious than personable, as we in the uk may remember. And he is viewed as president macron�*s prime minister of last resort. A predictable pair of hands hoping to calm even momentarily the political chaos and street protests since the snap parliamentary vote injuly. Business today is next. Goodbye for now. Hello. The weather across the uk is certainly pretty varied right now. Looking back at thursday, some places got to see blue skies and sunshine. Gorgeous scenes there in the highlands. Compare that with the heavy downpours that affected not only kent, but many southern counties of england, the southern half of wales as well. It's all because the low pressure is swirling to the south of us. Instead of this area of low pressure moving through and clearing away, it willjust continue to churn around, and that means further outbreaks of rain across southern counties of england, pushing up into the south of wales and the south midlands. Further north, though, yes, some areas of low cloud, mist and fog, which may linger for some northern and eastern coasts. But further north and west, we see a good deal of sunshine, whereas these showers and thunderstorms will continue down towards the south right through into the late afternoon. Just to the north of that band of rain, 25—26 degrees. We could also get to 26 in western scotland, and it is going to feel quite humid. Now through friday night, this band of showers and perhaps still the odd thunderstorm drifting a little bit further northwards. But many spots will be dry with some mist and murk, again, some areas of fog. It's going to be another pretty warm and humid night. A humid start to saturday with our area of low pressure still churning to the south. That means there is the chance that we'll see further outbreaks of rain pushing up from the south across the channel islands into southern counties of england as we go through the day. Spots further north after early mist and murk clears should see, once again, some spells of warm sunshine, although i think it will stay quite grey for some of these eastern coasts. Again in the sunny spots with that humid air, temperatures could get to around 23—2a degrees. By sunday, it looks like our area of low pressure will start to move northwards. That will introduce outbreaks of rain, particularly across england and wales. Could see some of that into southern scotland later on. Some hefty thundery downpours following on into the south. Still quite a warm feel for the time being. That is set to change because as we head into next week, 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. Low corporate tax rates and a topjob for elon musk — donald trump lays out his economic vision for the us ahead of the election. And we hear from the beer boss who destroyed the first shipment of his product — find out why later on the programme. Hello and welcome to business today. I'm steve lai. We begin in the us, where donald trump has been hong kong has suspended trading on the city stock market is super typhoon approaches the city. The weather agency has issued a strong typhoon warning, that's was called the signal aid expected to stay in effect until at least noon. We'll bring bring any updates on that as when they come in. In the meantime, we begin in the us, where donald trump has been laying out his economic plans should he become president. Trump repeated calls to cut taxes and regulation, and is earmarking a government job for controversial billionaire elon musk. Here's ritika gupta with the details.