Welcome to the programme. We start with that Breaking News over that last half an hour from news over that last half an Hourfrom Kensington Palace that catherine, Princes Of Wales has finished her course of preventative Otherapy-and-return'>ChemOtherapy And Return to what they call, a Light Schedule of public engagements in the coming months. In a video released by The Palace, the princess, seen in norfolk over the summer, with her children and husband. Catherine says that she will not resume some public duties, but will take each day as it comes. Will now. As the summer comes to an end, i cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemOtherapy treatment. The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know, it can change in an instant, and weve had to find a way to navigate the Stormy Waters and road unknown. The cancerjourney is complex, scary and unpredictable for everyone, especially those closest to you. With humility, it also brings you Face To face with your own vulnerabilities in a way youve never considered before. And with that, a new perspective on everything. Just part of the video that has been released. Lets speak to our correpsondent Helena Wilkinson whos at windsor. Lets Ta Ke lets take it in stages. An update there in terms of the treatment that catherine has had. ,. ,. , had. Confirmation this afternoon had. Confirmation this afternoon in had. Confirmation this afternoon in the had. Confirmation this afternoon in the last l had. Confirmation this i afternoon in the last half had. Confirmation this afternoon in the last half an hour or so that the princess of wales has completed that preventative chemOtherapy, you will remember back in march she revealed that she had cancer and was undergoing that preventative chemOtherapy since The End of february so confirmation that she has completed it. And relief, you heard in that video, very personal and intimate video in the words of Princes Of Wales herself talking about how the last nine months have been for her and herfamily and she talks about how it has been incredibly tough for them as a family and a very reflective the video as well, her words are very reflective she has had time to think about it and i am sure so many people who have had a Cancer Diagnosis will be able to relate to that people. Able to relate to that of reflection as they are undergoing treatment putting life into a different perspective. She talks about how her Cancer Diagnosis giving her a different perspective on everything and enjoying the simple things in life. That video, which was shot in North Norfolk over the summer, again a very personal video with princess of wales and Prince William and their three children. She is seen hugging her children and husband. It is a very intimate video. Clearly catherine wants to get across her own experience of what she has been through over what sounds like a very grueling months since her Cancer Diagnosis. Kensington palace has indicated it is not possible at this stage to say whether the princess of wales is cancer free, whether the princess of wales is cancerfree, but whether the princess of wales is cancer free, but catherine has said, herfocus now is cancer free, but catherine has said, her focus now going forward is doing what she can to stay cancer free. And the path to healing and full recovery, she has said, is long. So a positive message but a Long Road ahead for her still, Clearly. A Long Road ahead for her still, Clearly. Lets bring in a Daily Mail still, Clearly. Lets bring in a daily Mail Rioter still, Clearly. Lets bring in a daily Mail Rioter and still, Clearly. Lets bring in i a daily Mail Rioter and author of king charles iii, the inside story, your reaction to what we have seen. Story, your reaction to what we have seen story, your reaction to what we have seen. Obviously very good news, have seen. Obviously very good news. Very have seen. Obviously very good news, very encouraging have seen. Obviously very good news, very encouraging and have seen. Obviously very good news, very encouraging and i i news, very encouraging and i think it is a remarkable message as well. I think is emblematic of the fact that the Prince And Princess do you like to do these things differently. In so many ways it is ground breaking, a palace bulletin, if you would like. It has hard and very encouraging words. If you think about earlier in the year when we had the shock right around the world when we had the initial video from the princess sitting on a bench surrounded by Daffodils Giving us the news, the bleak news and here we are now, in the late summer and very moving and touching scenes with her and her children and intercut with Greeny Sonoma real footage, intercut with Greeny Sonoma realfootage, a reminder of royalfilms in years realfootage, A Reminder Of Royal Films in years gone by. Realfootage, a reminder of royalfilms in years gone by. I think it is a historic piece of film there. {lit think it is a historic piece of film there. Think it is a historic piece of film there. ,. ,. , film there. Of course narrated b her film there. Of course narrated by her and film there. Of course narrated by her and many film there. Of course narrated by her and many Lines Film there. Of course narrated by her and many linesjump i film there. Of course narrated l by her and many linesjump out by her and many linesjump out by her and many linesjump out by her description of the cancerjourney by her description of the Cancer Journey and by her description of the cancerjourney and how by her description of the Cancer Journey and how tough by her description of the cancerjourney and how tough it is been for the whole family saying it is complex, scary and unpredictable. She saying it is complex, scary and unpredictable. Unpredictable. She talks about Stormy Waters unpredictable. She talks about Stormy Waters and unpredictable. She talks about Stormy Waters and the unpredictable. She talks about Stormy Waters and the road i Stormy Waters and the road unknown. It is very personal. Notjust on camera, but it has Clearly been written by her and spoken from the heart. At The End, Out Of Darkness comes late to let that light shine bright. There is a lot of reaching out to Other people on the Cancer Journey as she calls it and very much i think she feels an affinity with everyone who has gone through this. There is no triumphalism in there, this is very much saying, there are millions of people out there going through what i have gone through and echoing herfreedom earlier in the year, taking each day as it comes. There is no complacency in here at all, but nonetheless it will gladden peoples hearts right around the world. ~. , peoples hearts right around the world. ~. ,. , ~ peoples hearts right around the world. ~. ,. ,~. , world. Would you make of the line, The Palace world. Would you make of the line, The Palace think world. Would you make of the line, The Palace think it world. Would you make of the line, The Palace think it is line, The Palace think it is not possible to describe the princess as cancer free at this stage in that the full journey to recovery will be long. I think it is exactly that point. There is no complacency and drawing a line under anything. I think that is the reality of cancer. People dont talk about being cured. It is that sense of constant alert. But trying to draw positives when you can. At the moment positives are that the treatment is over and i think that is obviously a reflection of how grueling that must� ve been that she has not decided to bring out this video but also throw it forward and hoping to be this and we will hope to see her at the cenotaph for example at one of the most important dates in the real calendar. Important dates in the real calendar important dates in the real calendar. ,. , calendar. What you make of the otential calendar. What you make of the potential for calendar. What you make of the potential for her calendar. What you make of the potential for her schedule calendar. What you make of the potential for her schedule when | potential for her schedule when they say, two Light Duties . You talk to one part of the calendar, the Other takes us around to christmas. I will almost be a full year since we first learned of this. find first learned of this. And christmas first learned of this. And christmas and first learned of this. And christmas and all first learned of this. And christmas and all that i first learned of this. fific christmas and all that comes with that in terms of the family gathering round. It is a time of year when the eyes of the Nation Fall on the monarchy and inevitably people will be thinking about her. But as she keeps saying in the message, it is a long journey and you cant take anything for granted. You take anything for granted. You take every day as it comes and aim at a fixed point. I do think someone like kirk, at Remembrance Day at the cenotaph would be a key part of the rural calendar and that will be a Landmark Day for her and the family. A, a Landmark Day for her and the famil. � ,. , family. A brief thought in terms of family. A brief thought in terms of the family. A brief thought in terms of the video, family. A brief thought in terms of the video, the l family. A brief thought in i terms of the video, the look family. A brief thought in terms of the video, the look of it and the intimate nature of that, does it give strength to be able to control the message . Yes. That took us all by surprise, that video will stop the fact that there was a video, but to see it through the first time, i thought it was quite remarkable. It was very intimate and at its heart it is a loving family video. It is echoes of the royal Family Home movies from years gone by and it is. It has a wonderful bracing naturalfeel. They are in the Woods At Beaches and fields around norfolk. Just thoroughly loving being with each Other. Thoroughly loving being with each Other. ,. , ~. , each Other. Good to talk to you and thank each Other. Good to talk to you and thank you each Other. Good to talk to you and thank you for each Other. Good to talk to you and thank you forjoining each Other. Good to talk to you and thank you forjoining us i and thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. Thank you for your time. Earlier i spoke to theo a journalist and royal commentator and this was her assessment. Assessment. This is probably one of the assessment. This is probably one of the slickest assessment. This is probably one of the slickest and assessment. This is probably one of the slickest and well. One of the slickest and well put together that we have seen from anybody in the royal family. I think an unexpected level of intimacy we have been granted in this video seems middleton parents, we dont often see them in this setting. I think a lot of people will be so encouraged to see the Prince And Princess of wales with their children doing, quote unquote, normally normal Family Life and that she will perhaps be back to doing Light Duties in the nearfuture. Of course we are still not told what kind of cancer that the princess of wales has been treated for, has had that preventative chemOtherapy for, but a real window into perhaps the last nine months that we have been given in this very well put together, very intimate, very beautifully shot video. � ,. , video. And very honest in the wa that video. And very honest in the way that it video. And very honest in the way that it describes video. And very honest in the way that it describes the video. And very honest in the way that it describes the last | way that it describes the last nine months as being incredibly tough for us as a family. Tough for us as a family. Yes, absolutely tough for us as a family. Yes, absolutely. I tough for us as a family. Yes, absolutely. I think tough for us as a family. Yes, absolutely. I think that tough for us as a family. Yes, absolutely. I think that is absolutely. I think that is what princess of wales is trying to get across here. That this is about family and has always been about family, her family and how this has affected her and her immediate family including her parents as we get to see them here in the video. I think she has been focusing on the Mental Health side, she describes it as being scary and absolutely that is what she wanted and all went to to portray in this particular video in this short piece that we have been given. But the focus has been on her treatment, yes, but on her family and the effect that treatment has had on notjust her, but those closest to her. That line jumps out when she describes her cancerjourney as describes her Cancer Journey as being describes her cancerjourney as being complex, scary and unpredictable. Being complex, scary and unredictable. �. , unpredictable. And any person who has had unpredictable. And any person who has had chemOtherapy i unpredictable. And any person who has had chemOtherapy or| who has had chemOtherapy or preventative chemOtherapy or any sort of Cancer Treatment will tell you about the unpredictability, the Roller Coaster of emotions and how it changes you, how you will never be the same person again. I think that is what she wanted to get across. That, yes, she has been away from the spotlight in the last nine months, almost, but it has not been all fun and games. It has been all fun and games. It has been scary, unpredictable, it has an effect on her family, her Mental Health and thankfully now, she is on the mend. It is also quite pertinent that Kensington Palace has reiterated that we cant quite say that she is cancer free, cant quite say that she is cancerfree, completely cant quite say that she is cancer free, completely on the mens end that it will perhaps be a return to Light Duties in the future. Does that kind of caveat that as we had with her last statement, that she was knocked Out Of The Woods, yes, she is finished chemOtherapy, but not necessarily Out Of The Woods in this instance as well. Absolutely good news. Let woods in this instance as well. Absolutely good news. Absolutely good news. Let Me Oint Ou absolutely good news. Let me point you to absolutely good news. Let me point you to the absolutely good news. Let me point you to the bbc absolutely good news. Let me point you to the Bbc Website. | point you to the Bbc Website. You can see the full article and the full video. Had to the Bbc Website or app and you can see that video in full. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Welcome back to bbc news. Tomorrow the Uk Governments new temporary early Release Scheme for prisoners in england and wales comes into effect. Prisoners who have served only 40 of their fixed term sentence, rather than 50 , will be automatically released. Its short Term Measure to deal with Prison Overcrowding and the risk of the system running out of space in the coming months. But it won T Address the Long Term pressures on the system. Ben chu for bbc verify has been looking into what some longer Term Policy solutions might be. The Governments Expansion of the early prisoner Release Scheme, which begins tomorrow buys some time in the Prison Overcrowding crisis, but by no means does it solve it. Last friday, Prison Population in england and wales was 88,521, compared to operational capacity of 89,619. So very little leeway, just over a thousand. And bear in mind that this Population Level is well above what is considered safe. Furthermore, on the governments own figures, the Prison Population is still projected to considerably outstrip the current capacity of the Prison Estate over the next few years, rising to 105,000 by 2028. That is an additional 17,000 prisoners relative to today. So the two main Policy Options facing the government, according to experts, is do they want to create more according to experts, is do they, one, create more Prison Places to cope with this demand or, two seek to reduce demand for places through Sentencing Reform . First, lets take stock of where we are in terms of building more places in 2021. The previous government pledged to create 20,000 additional Prison Places by 2025, but only around 6,000 of these places have been created so far, so we are considerably behind schedule. Why the Hold Ups . Well, One Majorfactor is the delay in new proposed prisons receiving planning permission, and some mps have been lobbying against them. As with new housing, some people around the country dont want new prisons built close to them. So what will this Governments Approach be . Well, the signs are that they will seek to build more prisons. Injuly 2024, the newjustice secretary, shabana mahmood, said she will later this year publish a new ten Year Capacity Strategy to acquire new land for prison sites. She also suggested Prison Building would be placed in a ministers hands. What does this mean . Well, its a heavy hint that decisions on building new prisons will be taken away from local planning authorities, meaning ministers could effectively force them through. However, the Ministry Ofjustice is not at this stage confirming that the full 20,000 additional places targeted by the last government will be delivered. Cassia rowlands of the Institute For Government also notes that they are eye wateringly expensive to build, and she thinks its possible some of those plans are cancelled given some of the many competing demands on public spending, yet this creates a problem. This chart shows the projected rise in the Prison Population. The dotted Blue Line here. And look at the dotted red line. This is the Institute For Governments projections for prison capacity, assuming all of those 20,000 places are eventually built, not by 2025, but by 2030. So if some of those new places are cancelled, the shortfall against the projected increase in the Prison Population, as you can see, would be even larger. Perhaps this is where Sentencing Reform comes in. The main driver for the sharp projected rise in the population of prisons is longer sentences being handed out, and the Prison Reform Trust argues its right that the government commits to building more prisons, if only to replace victorian prisons which are crumbling and, in its view, hindering effective rehabilitation of inmates. Yet, it argues, there needs to be an open and honest debate about sentencing in this country, because sending thousands more people to prison than we currently do is not sustainable or sensible. But thats a difficult debate to have, given where public opinion is on crime and punishment. And it remains to be seen whether this government is willing to open it. In afghanistan, millions of children are malnourished, and in one hospital, 700 children have died in just the last 6 months. Its a humanitarian crisis, that deepens every day, with much of the Country Living in extreme poverty, after years of war, caused economic collapse. The un says, more than 3 Million children under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder, since the taliban took control in 2021. I spoke to our chief international Correspondent Lyse Douset to ask why the situation is so bad this year . It seems like a malnutrition crisis, but it is a crisis on every front. MOthers who arent healthy enough so they cant breastfeed their children, mOthers who are poor so they cant get to clinics. So childrens conditions deteriorate. And a crisis too with the international community still not finding effective ways to work with the taliban, and principally one of the main reasons is because of their policies, which get ever more restrictive in keeping women and girls out of public spaces. Now, health is a sector that the taliban have made an exception, so women doctors are allowed to work. But as yogita said, the aid is going down and down. I looked at the graphs today. In 2022, a year after the taliban came to power, it was 75 funded. 2023, 50 funded. And now this year, so far, 25 funded. So in terms of people you talk to, trying to navigate a way through a really complicated backdrop with all the sorts of things that youre alluding to. What are the sorts of things that are being suggested that could be realistic . So on the one hand, in some ways its easier to do it in afghanistan because the Security Situation is dramatically better, most of all because the taliban are no longer attacking. Aid agencies also say that theres less corruption than under the Other government, although it is said to be creeping back in some areas. So in some ways its easier, but in some ways its a lot harder because of the taliban restrictions. And they, because of the sanctions, they have to ensure that none of the money goes through the taliban, lest they fall foul of these of these restrictions. And some of the taliban basically say, well, it is up to god, we dont need this aid. And theyre a little bit, uh, not cognisant and not willing to confrontjust how bad it is. So it continues to be a struggle. But as you see from yogitas piece, a little bit of help can actually do a lot. Televised debates have been a fixture of us president ial elections since 1960 but Tomorrow Evening in Philadelphia Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will break new ground because never before has one of the parties changed candidate between debates. Us pollster and policial Communication Consultant Frank Luntz spoke to me earlier and i asked him what he thinks both candidates need to achieve he started with Kamala Harris. First thing is her vote is doing quite well among young women who were not engaged and not energised Whenjoe Biden was the democratic nominee. So she should look straight into the cameras as im doing to you right now and make a direct appeal to them. Second is that there are doubts about her command of the issues and where she really stands. So she really does need to discuss a detailed plan of action. Detailed so we know the specifics of plan, so its written down and action the key point. Number three, shes got to address the most important issue to american voters. And that is a real solution to the Affordability Crisis Food and fuel, Housing And Health care. Fourth, she should apply her prosecutorial record to discuss Donald Trumps legal problems as well as keeping americans safe and secure. And fifth, she needs to address the issue of abortion. Shes on the majority side. Women in particular agree with her, and to address that and to raise that often will be helpful to her campaign. Those are the key components to harris, and they will make a difference in how the outcome and how these undecided voters view the outcome. Do the same for us, for Donald Trump. Sure. For trump, the key issue for him is he doesnt need to be nice, but he cannot be mean because if hes seen as disrespecting the Vice President , women across the country will oppose that and reject that just as they did to him in 2020 withjoe biden. Second is he needs to ask a series of questions such as, and the most important, are you better off now under Biden And Harris than you were under Donald Trump four years ago . A second question do you feel safer today than you did four years ago . Its a chance for him to talk about the changes in the border that have gotten worse under the biden administration, and harris had some responsibility for that. The Other key question is life more affordable today than it was four years ago . And finally, trump needs to do a Side By Side Comparison Inflation in 2020 versus 202a. The crime and the lack of safety, the border, all the statistics that have changed over the last four years. Harris is preferred because of her persona, how she carries herself and how she engages voters. Trump is preferred based on the issues, the key policies of the day. I will leave you with how you can see that debate here on bbc news. Hello again. Weve got a change to much colder Weather Conditions just around the corner, so get those jumpers handy. You might need to dig out a warmer duvet as well. Now its a Fine End to the day Wednesday Afternoon for wales and Western Areas of england with plenty of sunshine. But after a sunny morning in Northern Ireland, here it turned a lot cloudier, the winds picked up as well. And that cloud is associated with a Weather Front that stretches right out into the north atlantic. To the north of that, weve got much colder air, and that colder air is going to be swinging its way across the uk over the next day or two. It is going to feel much more autumnal. Now, weather wise at the moment, weve got low pressure moving in. Outbreaks of rain will turn increasingly steady and heavy overnight for Northern Ireland and scotland, some splashes of rain getting into Northern England later on as well. Temperatures still for the most part about 10 14 degrees, but turning colder already in scotland, and talking about scotland here, its going to be a windy start to the day on tuesday. Gusts of wind around the Northern Isles could run into the 60 miles an hour. I think it will be particularly blustery in 0rkney, whereas across the western side of scotland, gusts probably running into the 40s of miles an hour, driving in a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. Heres our cold Front Diving southwards across england and wales. Not a huge amount of rain on that, but you will notice the change to fresher Air Filtering in across Northern Ireland, Northern England and wales as well. Its overnight that that cold air reaches right the way across the uk, a much colder night than weve been used to, with temperatures getting down to five in aberdeen and in newcastle as well. So a cold start to wednesday morning, it is a day of sunshine and blustery showers. The showers always most frequent across northern Western Areas, driven in by the strong northwesterly winds. There will be some areas, though, that dodge the downpours. Favoured for that would be parts of north east england, but wherever you are, temperatures a lot lower 11 15 degrees, thats below average for the time of year the North Westerly winds making it feel a little bit colder yet. For thursday, a similar kind of day again, sunshine and blustery showers. The showers really frequent for northern scotland, the North West of both england and wales, and probably quite a few in Northern Ireland, too. Temperatures 11 15 degrees, then we start to see high Pressure Move in on friday. So for many of us it will be a bit drier, perhaps a bit of sunshine coming through, and then into the weekend, still quite unsettled, but it does at least turn quite a bit milder. This is bbc news, the headlines. In a video message catherine, the Princes Of Wales announces her return to public engagements. Although ive finished chemOtherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and i must continue to take each day as it. There is reflection, there is a kind of confidence, there is contemplation, and there is the sense of a sort of contentment. The uks covid Inquiry Resumes with a focus on how the pandemic affected health workers, patients, and those who worked and lived with them. British unions call on Sir Keir Starmer to abandon plans to end Winter Fuel payments to millions of pensioners. We will be life at the tuc conference. And a Record Medal Haul as great britains paralympians arrive home we look at the legacy of the paris games. All of that after todays sports headlines
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