Who is Daniel Abed Khalife - the terror suspect at the centre of national police manhunt who escaped Wandsworth Prison

Police across the country are searching for escaped terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife.

Airports around the UK, including Manchester, have been brought to a near standstill as police and border force officers search each passenger. The search concerns Khalife, who has escaped from HMP Wandsworth.

The 21-year-old has been on the run following his escape. He was being held ahead of a trial in relation to terrorism and Official Secrets Act offences.

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Khalife was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, red and white chequered trousers and brown steel toe cap boots. He is of slim build, has short brown hair and is around 6ft 2ins tall.

A member of the British Armed Forces, Khalife is accused of carrying out a bomb hoax and eliciting information about forces personnel for purposes that could be 'useful' to a terrorist.

He was charged on January 27 with a terror offence said to have been carried out on August 2 2021, and the bomb hoax, allegedly carried out on January 2 this year. Both offences are alleged to have taken place at RAF Stafford.

The full terror charges say he 'elicited' personal information about soldiers from the Ministry of Defence Joint Personnel Administration System which was 'likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism'.

During the alleged bomb hoax, Khalife is accused of leaving three canisters with wires at RAF Stafford 'with the intention of inducing in another a belief that the said item was likely to explode or ignite' and cause injury or damage to property.

Appearing in the dock on Feburary 7 this year wearing a black jumper and blue jeans, Khalife, from Beacon Barracks in