Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says Khalife's arrest is "welcome news", thanking the police and intelligence teams involved.

But in a post on social media, she added: "Now we need answers about how on earth a prisoner charged with terror & national security offences could have escaped in this way."

Anti-terror police will search for accomplicespublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 9 September 2023

12:56 BST 9 September 2023

Dominic Casciani
Home affairs correspondent

A key element for counter-terrorism officers on this case now is whether Khalife had any help.

There is a wider question remaining whether someone assisted with this break-out, that officers need to track down and bring into custody as well.

The 21-year-old was a remand prisoner at HMP Wandsworth, accused of crimes and awaiting trial, before he escaped.

He'd already told the court he was going to plead not guilty to the three charges he faces, two of which are for alleged terrorism offences.

Khalife was believed to have attached himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry as it left the prison on Wednesday morning.

This map shows the layout of the prison, including the vehicle access road.

Delivery vehicles arriving at HMP Wandsworth first pass through a public deliveries gate, then stop in an "airlock" before a second gate.

This means they are in a secure pen between the outside world and the prison. That is the first location where there can be a thorough security check.

Security teams are trained to search under a vehicle with mirrors and should also check the top of the vehicle and, of course, inside too.

You can read more on this here.

Home Office minister Chris Philp congratulated the police for their "rapid and effective" work.

The policing minister wrote on social media: "Great work by the Met Police. Well done for a rapid and effective piece of work to catch this fugitive.

"An example of policing at its best. Congratulations to all officers involved in this operation."

Sightings allowed police to tighten search netpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 9 September 2023

12:35 BST 9 September 2023

Dominic Casciani
Home affairs correspondent

There were sightings of Khalife in Chiswick and effectively the Metropolitan Police were able to flood the area with officers.

Once you've got a sighting, you've then got an opportunity to pick out CCTV and live footage coming out of traffic cameras across London.

I suspect a combination of these factors led to the Met rapidly focus their resources on a tighter and tighter area.

Khalife is currently with the police in custody. He has not been returned to Wandsworth prison, or taken to a higher-security facility.

Confirming Khalife's arrest, the Met Police thanked the public for their help with its search.

The force said in a statement: "We would like to thank the public and media for their support throughout our investigation to locate Khalife, and we will provide a further update on his arrest in due course."

If you'd like to watch the prime minister's remarks from the G20 summit in India, the clip with Rishi Sunak is below:

Celebrations in Scotland Yard after arrestpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 9 September 2023

12:17 BST 9 September 2023

Dominic Casciani
Home affairs correspondent

The champagne corks are metaphorically popping in Scotland Yard.

Because despite the fact Daniel Khalife has been on the run since the middle of the week, after an extraordinary, daring and quite sophisticated breakout from prison, the Metropolitan Police have manged to track him down very rapidly.

Once it became clear there were sightings in Chiswick, the force were able to use all their assets, technology and people on the ground to basically tighten the net over a series of hours.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "very pleased" Daniel Khalife had been arrested, praising police officers and the public for their efforts in finding him.

Speaking at the G20 summit in Delhi, the PM said: "I'm very pleased with the news and my thanks to the police officers for their fantastic work over the past couple of days, but also to the public who came forward with an enormous number of leads to help the police in their inquiries.

"It's good news that we captured the person concerned. As people already know, the justice secretary has initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape and that work will continue.

"And this is obviously very welcome news. And again, my thanks to the police but also to the public for their help."

Daniel Khalife went missing from HMP Wandsworth in south London on Wednesday morning, and has now been arrested.

This is what we know:

• Khalife is believed to have escaped by attaching himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry while working in the kitchen
• The lorry left the prison at 07:32 BST on Wednesday and was stopped nearby in Putney at 08:37, by which time Khalife was no longer attached - but straps were found under the vehicle
• A search began for the escaped prisoner, with police offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information
• Several sightings were reported by members of the public and Khalife was spotted in Chiswick, west London, in different clothes
• There were searches overnight on Friday in the Chiswick area
• On Saturday morning, Khalife was arrested in Chiswick

Image source, PA Media

After days of searching in and around south and west London, the Chiswick area became the focus for police searches.

In an update earlier this morning, the Metropolitan Police said there had been "confirmed sightings" of Daniel Khalife overnight, including "calls from members of the public".

People in the area reported intense aerial searches involving at least one police helicopter on Friday night into early Saturday morning.

Name: Daniel Abed Khalife

Age: 21

Height: 6ft 2ins (1.88m)

When did he go missing? He broke out of Wandsworth prison just after 07:30 BST on Wednesday.

Why was he in Wandsworth prison? Khalife was being held ahead of a trial in relation to terrorism. He is accused of leaving fake bombs at RAF Stafford.

He is also charged with eliciting information about another member of the armed forces which could be used in preparing an act of terror. He was allegedly working for a hostile state. Khalife denies the charges.

Does he have a history of going missing? Khalife had previously disappeared from RAF Stafford on 2 January after the alleged offences took place.

When was Khalife's trial set to start? 13 November at Woolwich Crown Court.

In its update, the Metropolitan Police said the missing prisoner was stopped just before 11:00 BST in the Chiswick area.

He is currently in custody, the force confirmed.

Daniel Khalife has been arrested in Chiswick, west London, the Metropolitan Police has said.

Follow us for the latest developments.

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Though the hunt for Daniel Khalife continues, this is where we will pause our coverage of the search for today.

• To read more about the confirmed sighting of Khalife in Wandsworth after his escape, look here
• Who is Daniel Khalife? Read our profile on the escaped prisoner here
• And to read about the kitchen porter who police mistook for Khalife, look here

Today's live coverage was edited by James Harness, Nadia Ragozhina, Francesca Gillett and Emily McGarvey. The writers were Emily Atkinson, Malu Cursino, Laura Gozzi, Jacqueline Howard, Gem O'Reilly, Alys Davies, Ali Abbas Ahmadi and Ece Goksedef.

We're pausing our live coverage soon. Here's a recap of the key developments from today:

• The hunt continues for 21-year-old terror and espionage suspect Daniel Khalife, who escaped from Wandsworth prison in London on Wednesday
• A member of the public reported seeing Khalife walking towards Wandsworth town centre after leaving the food van he used to escape. The sighting could be “very significant” according to the police
• Met chief Mark Rowley says the escape was "clearly pre-planned" and "it is a question" whether prison staff or inmates helped him flee
• The police is offering a £20,000 reward for information that leads to the ex-soldier's arrest
• A government report into why Khalife was put in a category B prison - rather than high security category A - is due by the end of the week
• Khalife is accused of trying to gather information for a hostile state, understood to be Iran

Image source, .

The police have released more CCTV footage of the food delivery van that Daniel Khalife used to escape from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday.

Khalife is believed to have strapped himself to the underneath of the lorry in order to escape.

As we reported earlier, the Met is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information which leads directly to the arrest of Daniel Khalife.

Police urged the public to call 999 to report a “live sighting” or urgent information.

Alternatively, call police on 101 with information which might assist the enquiry.

To submit imagery such as CCTV, doorbell, mobile phone or dash-cam video the police have launched an image appeal website, external.

Daniel Khalife is far from the most famous prisoner to have been inside London’s HMP Wandsworth.

Over the years, the facility has played host to renowned sport stars, entertainers, activists and hardened criminals. Here are some of the most significant:

• Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker served eight months at the jail for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. He was released in December 2022
• Oscar Wilde was locked up at Wandsworth in 1895, though he also spent time at Pentonville and Reading prisons
• Great Train Robber Ronnie Briggs was famous for escaping from Wandsworth in 1965. He died in 2013, aged 84
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was placed in the prison before being moved to HMP Belmarsh
• Disgraced former pop star and paedophile Gary Glitter served time at the facility. He was recalled to a different prison in March. Fellow disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris also served time at the prison

• Notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, portrayed by Tom Hardy in the film Legend, served at Wandsworth before being transferred elsewhere

• One of Britain's most famous prisoners, Charles Bronson, spent time at Wandsworth, but is now in Milton Keynes' HMP Woodhill

Image source, Getty Images

Image source, Horatio Castille

A kitchen porter who was mistaken by police for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife while waiting for a train to London at Banbury station said the experience was "nerve-wracking".

Horatio Castille from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was waiting for a train on Thursday when he was put in handcuffs and told by police that they'd received a phone call from a woman who said he matched the description of Khalife.

Over the next few minutes, about 20 other officers turned up on the platform and his fingerprints were taken - they were cross-checked on the police's database and he was found not to be Khalife.

"I wouldn't say it was scary, but I would say it was kind of nerve-wracking as you can imagine, just randomly being put in cuffs."

Read more here.