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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. Sho...

live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion�*s ballot—counting machines were used to manipulate the 20...

britains largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centricas boss chris oshea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder ...

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The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. The chancellor, of course, was at the time . Rishi sunak. So, what does the Prime Minister make of that . I think that is completely and utterly wrong. Actually, one of the first things i did as chancellor in my first Spending Review in 2020 was to anno...

Palestinians, two states for two people palestinians, two states for two people. Let me be clear, none of these people. Let me be clear, none of these partnerships are about containing any country, they are atrout containing any country, they are about a containing any country, they are about a positive vision for our shared about a positive vision for our shared future. When it comes to china, shared future. When it comes to china, i shared future. When it comes to china, i want to be clear and...

an auction of renewable energy ends with no buyers for offshore wind farms, dashing the hopes of decarbonising the uks electricity production. today marks one year since the death of queen elizabeth the second — and the moment the reign of king charles iii began. always lovely to see you, particularly on occasions like this. weve been watching the salute this morning. they mark two things, they mark the passing of the queen, but they mark a big, bold era in this country. it they mark...

abortion a crime was unconstitional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexicos health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. live now to mimi swaby, whos monitoring this story for the bbc world service. as we mentioned, a sweeping ruling, practically spea...

that ruling set off the slow process of decriminalising abortion state by state. wednesdays decision comes amid a trend in latin america of loosening restrictions on abortion. live now to bbc news reporter mimi swaby, whos tracking this story. just practically speaking, what will this really mean for women in mexico?— in mexico? this unanimous decision — in mexico? this unanimous decision by _ in mexico? this unanimous decision by the _ in mexico? this unanimous decision by the sup...

abortion a crime was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexicos health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. i spoke with bbc news reporter mimi swaby for more on the impact of the ruling. just practically speaking, what will this really...