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with the leak of classified pentagon. documents that shaken up washington. ah, ontario johnston, this is al jazeera well live from dough house. that coming up al jazeera, exposes a money laundering scheme in southern africa, implicating some of the regions most powerful people, including in bob ways, 1st lady, ah, last ditch protests in france against the raising of the retirement age. head of a crucial court decision on the legislation. and we report from australia where a powerful cy close is made land full in the west of the country. ah, we begin in the us where the pentagon that says a leak of dozens of classified fowls detected last week was

a deliberate criminal act. the justice department has confirmed the arrest of a suspect. an air national guardsman is alleged that jack to shera uploaded the hundreds of photographs of secret files in an online chat group. he's expected to be formally charged in the federal court in boston. secretary austin has been convening daily meetings with his senior leaders to include the chairman to talk about how viewing the scope and the impact of this. and also to look at mitigation measures. and what we need to do across the department of defense to ensure that we're doing our utmost to reinforce existing policies, procedures, and rules. and if there were any areas where we need to tighten things out, we certainly will. roslyn jordan has the latest from washington dc according to well published reports, and based on what the attorney general had to say on thursday afternoon. it appears

that tom, mister to cheryl, is being charged with violating the 1917 espionage act. that is, the federal law that governs all matters of information related to the u. s. is national security. people who are accused and then convicted of violating the espionage act can go to prison for up to 10 years per charge that he gives if they are convicted. so, what is a basically alleged at this point? is that tom, mr. to share a had access to classified military documents and distributed them to people who did not have the security clearance to view or access that information. and that information in turn became very public of perhaps of more quickly than some officials in the u. s. government would like to admit, but now that it's out there so to speak, mr to sharon is expected to be arraigned in federal court in boston. on friday. the

defense secretary lloyd austin is ordering not just a review of how people with security clearances handle classified information. but there's also going to be an effort to try to bolster the internal law policy for all members of the military, whether they are actually members of the armed services or whether they are civilian staff. if they have a security clearance, what do they need to do? in addition to what they're already legally expected to do to prevent these sorts of disclosures. then carl is a career cia officer and a former deputy national intelligence officer for trans national threats. he says the consequences over the all serious and i agree with president biden, that the information share it is not particularly center sensitive in the context of what the kinds of information the united states knows. however,

as we unfortunately all can now see it is quite extensive and in depth on honor dizzying array of subjects, the consequences are grave. the reports show certain kinds of information that the united states has obtained. and the russians will probably identify their, i fear that they will, i hope they not who the specific sources were, where we saw and then they're probably going to be killed. so that's great. the loss of the capability to obtain information is grieve and more broadly that all of us can see what the united states knows how it thinks, what it doesn't know what it is interested in. it is only a help to america's adversaries and hurts american national security gate rules.

and it's a chronic problem for the united states to distribute people classified information too widely, where the national security establishment is huge. there are dozens of thousands of people, and there are many channels that one can use to say, this information is wrong, you shouldn't be attaining it. but you don't do that on your own of, of your own volition without creating frankly, an act of treason and a national security problem. and al jazeera investigation has uncovered a massive money launching operation involving gold smuggling in southern africa. well, under cover journalist saw the investigative unit have exposed the extent of the operation in zimbabwe, which is implicated some of the nation's most powerful people, including the 1st lady. alexander james reports al jazeera is under cover, reporters, want to launch a $1200000000.00 of criminal funds by building a fictitious casino resort overlooking victoria falls for we're going to do hotel

casino here in vertical market a bit. that's one of the big thing you can call on that pitching to ambassador you put angel cimbawe, place senior diploma, and elizabeth is in one of has been going hungry. now. angel says that president emerson monongahela owns land for the proposed development in the country to horses. so if a lot of land that is on divide because you get a get into thing and then then is easy to dispose of a just call i listed. let's put it this way, this put it this way. thank you. and then when i say that are so becomes easy. does he cash for the projects needs to be smuggled into zimbabwe undetected?

the ambassador makes a call to the 1st lady, what an old celia man and geico. remember those people had one more kiss. they would want to know why we providing the plays will be provided to play with them about father refers to the president that my daughter, grown in essex, and even greenville am i presenting, anita, so i'll send it to you. ben. you discussed which blends he uses. he's all they are on, but by the i don't want to learn about a day. they discuss flying the cache into zimbabwe on the presidential plane. mom that i don't about running, but it be sometimes you with that we we spoke about. so i'm just going to present day notice or else. right. okay. we're gonna do that. okay. but. but his made you guys as a z, like zebra, as

a witness. j organs. organs were so give us. thank you so much. i was on some good me, well, my local variable that you brought me this he says the plan will succeed because it has the president's approval. yes, they do. what you want to do is albany, or what if anything, new with you but angel? first lady, auxiliary and presidents. emerson. madame gaga did not respond to our requests for comment. alexander james al jazeera. and you can watch the 4th of the 4 part series in the al jazeera investigation. go mafia, have the king with you. on friday, at 1200 g m t hundreds of thousands of people have again rallied across france for 12th week against changes to the pension dol. oh the angry off to present to my home across the forced to

bill through parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. the constitutional council drew only legislation friday, before marconi consign it into nor natasha buckler has more from parse. well, we've just seen the police in sun prairie, texas, our plaque here on the street, please by take us, you can probably see some of the damage a some processes brochure went under the pilot is done by the minority of people. people who have been mostly peaceable that angry about my son, michael's pension reform, the fact that this her for moving the people love to time later. rather than the 62, they say eighty's on phone. and this protest comes just one day before this constitutional council will decide whether or not to approve of michael's bill if it does, even with my suggestions or changes. if it does these protests to say they can

still come out in the streets. trade union lead to say they will continue to demonstrate because what they want is this reform scrapped. reform the post michael says, is necessary to sustain the pension system for future generations. isabella, i'll just sarah how to launch and siena, where many are expressing hope about you. i am f loan program, which the government says will leave the country out of its latest economic crisis . to raise about reports from the capital bonus iris o. struggling with constant inflation has become a part of our mailing address as daily life. oh, her meager salary of the housemaid is barely enough to care for her 4 children and pay for basic services that are longer pretty well m o jack or it is so difficult lately, we are not buying many things like beef or chicken that have become too expensive, but i don't lose hope that things will change. so we can all live better every

month. ah, am i lives in a very poor neighbourhood when a site is, it is in areas like this where the impact of spiraling inflation is hitting the hardest. ah, on the streets, many blame occurring government if i were at the, for a man this and the i m f argentina probably with over a 100 percent inflation in the past year. and right thing. obviously this country has that when people run with international monetary lead on it that, that in time in history and, and now had been unable to resolve that chronic problem. but if, if in the economy trade union leader will though he says the problem is that argentina is constantly trying to solve its problems in the same way. oh yeah, no, the government has died. and under the control of the i m f. and the plan for gina is only about increasing inflation and generating a recession at the expense of the poor,

because it always goes back to implementing austerity measures, backed up in 2022, the government and b i. m f, signed an agreement. we negotiating the $44000000000.00 debt, former president modi's. he'll markley acquired in 2018. it was a largest loan in the funds history. the new deal includes an economy program that argentina must comply with in order to receive disbursement every 3 months. the problem is that the covert been damaged. the war in ukraine and the worst route in years have further complicated the economy, making it more difficult for argentina to meet its obligations. yes, so i've been, you know, when you look at your agreements and you consider how the agreements have been in the past, has been much more flexible and with the war and drought, all agreements were reviewed and adapted to the economy. reality, the fund, today's not the problem and it's not the salvation you need to fix certain problems

in the economy. id in times are longing for economic stability. exchange rate controls, constant price changes and economic hardship having a huge impact on people's lives. but the crisis and the uncertainty over the presidential elections scheduled for october, are unlikely to bring the changes people here so desperately need defeated when a fight it was. i'm bake is facing his worst cholera break in 20 years. weak, soft cyclop. freddy severely damaged much of the country. at least a 1000000 people have been impacted by the floods and worsening health conditions. the u. n says damage to water and medical facilities is making the spread of the disease worse. vaccines are being offered, but a global shortage is forcing doses to be ration. garner has become the 1st country to approve a new vaccine from malaria. the researches acquired

a well change in the vaccine known as are 21 is to be used on children age between 5 and 36 months. actually reports researchers are calling get a turning point and the struggle against malaria in a global 1st garner has approved a vaccine against the mosquito borne disease. the united nation says more than $600000.00 people die from the disease each year. on average one child dies every minute and it's children who faced the highest risk of death. scientists at oxford university in the u. k. say they've spent decades researching the vaccine. and gone on is the 1st african country where it will be used and on young children between 5 months and 3 years old. the world health organization is also considering whether to approve the vaccine. $200000000.00 doses are to be produced annually.

scientists say it's a game changer in the battle against a virus that is one of the leading killers of children in africa. lena barclays, as either or still to come here and algebra. me irish sneezes gave a ringing endorsement to joe biden. as he continues to tore his ancestors, ah, april on al jazeera, as the war and your brain moves into the 2nd year. we bring you the latest reports from both sides of the conference to people to experience it. one conversation with no has studio be unscripted, seeks to find the common solutions. thousands of brazil's indigenous population will come out in the capital. brazilian,

drawing attention to land disputes had local concerns in the lead up to date algebra, explode the environmental significance of action, and inaction al jazeera covers the latest ongoing developments from to her on, on efforts to address iran's nuclear developments. april on al jazeera, it's a $1000000000.00 money, no drink operation for coal mafia is bigger than the company with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit. i'm always wondering what it is, right. i've described that in a 4 part series. al jazeera is investigative unit because under cover in southern africa, pittsburgh, we can fill 90 percent of dylan once it's falling. it's perfectly brandon. new good part for on al jazeera. ah

ah, watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories now this u. s. federal agents have arrested a member of the air force national guard on suspicion of leaking classified documents. last month, they included assessments about war and ukraine. defense again, it says the leak was a deliberate criminal act. and al jazeera investigation has on with a massive money laundering operations involving gold smuggling in southern africa. on the cover, journalists expose the extent to the operations in broadway, which is implicated. some of the nation's most powerful people, including the 1st lady, protested across france, have rallied again to oppose pension reforms, which include raising the retirement age. $62.00 to $64.00 constitutional council

rule on the legislation on friday. the final hurdle before it can be signed into law. the military in sudan, the sent reinforcements, the northern city of marijuana as tensions mount between the army and a powerful power military force. the army accuses the rapids support forces of mobilizing in several cities. with a r a surf says the deployments are part of his normal duties. he morgan reports from the capital. how to this mobile form footage shows troops from the paramilitary rapid support forces on their way to station near matter. we airport that's about 400 kilometers from the dance capital hot tomb. it was shot on wednesday and immediately increase tensions in the country. our country's going to a dangerous and historic turn, which is increased by the mobilization of forces and re deployment of the rapids support forces inside the capital and other cities. these movements took place

without the approval of the armed forces or coordination with it, which has raised fears in the public deepened security concerns and raised tensions among organized forces. the paramilitary rapid support for says r r. s f was formed in 2013 to 5 treble groups in western sudan alongside the army . when the military depos long time president bashir in 2019 the head of the r s. f . general mohammed dan deco became the deputy head of the sovereignty counsel that to dance highest governing body. but tensions between the army and the forces emerged 2 months after a military takeover in 2021. and they heightened in april when talks to integrate the recess into the army stalled. problems with command assessing officers ranks and how long it should take for the rest of the integrate into the army like to further division between the group and to dance armed forces. and because both

sides are arms and how forth and across the country. many fear to damp with flight into war. if pensions don't subside, the differences have already led to delays and signing an agreement to hand over power to a civilian transitional government, party. se efforts are underway to reduce tensions between the 2 sides. oh, that's had he just and some of us will be convening with our brothers in the military to brainstorm wise to calm the situation. by friday, the political parties will have presented a plan to the military to find solutions to the crisis. analysts say the division has long existed and will effect for dance, transition to democracy because it's been several years of this fragmentation we now see multiple sovereignties in the country. and so you know that the south has a say and the are assess, has a say. and sometimes one will supercede the other that is not the kind of a, you know, sort of fertile ground for any sort of sustainable civilian democracy. on thursday,

our ether forces were seen moving in the capitol, hot home, while those in murder we remained in position. so dan, once again looks to be far from stability. heber morgan august era hutton, now in the arab countries are expected to meet in saudi arabia on friday to discuss the possibility of serious return to the arab league. it was expelled in 2011 after brutal government crackdown. the popular uprising on thursday. the syrian foreign minister visited the kingdom for the 1st time in more than a decade, syria and saudi arabia, se, they're taking steps towards resuming consulate services and flights. cut ours, that prime minister has dismissed talk of syria returning to the arab league, saying the reasons for its expulsion still stand. when i can show who it was on my job, it's true that the war has stopped, but syrian people are still displacing their innocent people in presence. there are

many things. we don't want to impose solutions on the syrian people. the people need to reach them. there must be a political solution for this hearing crisis. katara decision is not to take any step if there is no political development or solution to the crisis. a 2nd democratic politician who was expelled from the u. s. states of tennessee's republican control legislature has been reappointed. oh, with justin this and then 2 other colleagues had staged a protest on the house floor about the justices stones on gun control. well, this happened just days after the shooting of the school in the state. the u. s president has addressed joins fitting of islands, parliament becoming the 4th american needed to do so. joe biden reflected on what he called the enduring strength of connections between islands and united states. for brandon reports from w day 2 of the u. s. presidents official visit

provided the diplomatic and political centerpiece to this whole trip. kennedy reagan, clinton and now biden, just for us, presidents have addressed the joint houses of the irish parliament and for joe biden, this most irish of american leaders, the occasion carried a deep personal significance people. while it's so good to be back in ireland. if you begin the poor attempted irish tom, i shall warrior i know one word possibilities. we believe anything is possible, reset our mind to it and we do it together. this is united states of america and ireland. there's nothing beyond our capacity. if we do it together and we got to believe that we got to know that because that's the history of both our countries. joe biden has brought a heavy weight entourage to island including his secretary of state antony,

blinking, and agriculture. secretary, tom vilsack, economic lynx, the war and ukraine and ongoing difficulties with the peace process in northern ireland. all topics of substantive discussion in the presidents, bilateral with the irish leader leo, veronica, we really do appreciate hear your leadership and your personal leadership both in terms of security piece and ireland. but also in trying to protect democracy and liberty here in europe is not just a sentimental visit. the locking on behind the scenes. we don't have a very new and complex geopolitical picture. the follow up from the korean war is changing. trans atlantic relationships breaks it is changing, trans atlantic relationship, ireland stepping into a new position for these reasons. and that is something that will be discussed between our and the united states. and this was it, even if we don't sit read publicly. the straw myers granted. oh, of course, the symbolism is ever present in sounding the p spell with irish president, michael de higgins biden,

literally giving his ringing endorsement to the 1998 good friday agreement, which brought an end to the 30 year sectarian conflict in northern ireland. the public and media reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. the only hesitant reaction came from miss anna michael higgins. enormous bernice mountain dog, which seemed unsure whether approaching a us president might be a breach of protocol. it is with some pride and no exaggeration, that the irish government describes relations between dublin and washington as very, very warm and a relax looking. joe biden clearly feels he is among friends here. but thursday's agenda also serve to emphasize the serious issues and ongoing challenges that both countries share poll brennan, al jazeera doublet. australia is that north west coast has been hit by the most powerful tropical storm in years. cycling ill sir may landfall near port headland,

a major iron o x, or ting hub or residence in several communities have been told to stay in doors. sarah clark has mona, from brisbin heat jobs, the north west, a witness trailer overnight, and when it did heat, it was a category 5 and some of the outline. and one of the duty on a recorded when destructive wins about to 295 kilometers per hour. and that's where the, where the station stopped recording and it comes with down the communications with down. so it's the most dr. we ever recorded in australia and it's the destructive thought line. dick height hit with straw yes. now across the coast, between headland and north, the truth destination of broo. now those are the 2 main population standards in this area. they actually brought to the eye of the storm to their moods, relatively on sky, but it didn't bring destructive winds, but it's also bought a lot of blind between $150.30 millimeters of brian be recorded in some of these

areas. and that's the equivalent to what somebody's destination might get. and so we're, we've got flash flooding. we've got some abnormally high tide lod waves being recorded . record rainfall has triggered widespread flooding in the southeast florida. the national weather service describes it as a one in a 1000 years event. runways were flooded out to fort lauderdale airport. well, that's it for me for now you can find out more than more information on our website . here. the weather is up next to them in fox and inside story, we'll look at the improving relations in egypt and turkey. a famous ah ah.

hal i, we've had some lovely warm spring sunshine into japan. recently lost the clear sky that's about to change. we have got thick cloud just coming in to waste and parts of china. our area of high pressure just get nudged out of the way. cloud of rain rolling across the east. china say so great could catch a shower or 2. but the where to where the will be across q shoe on friday, slotting ra across on she was, we go on through saturday and back could cause some a localized or flash flooding. so certainly something to keep an eye on dry weather comes back in behind, a little fresher, so live around 18 celsius, little fresh there to into basing at around 20 degrees. hopefully those dust storms that we've been hearing about recently will clear out of the way the system just washes them down clear. the air fear showers to watch. shanghai, southern parts of china should be largely dry by this stage snotty dry to across much of indo china, scattering a showers there across indonesia, some heavy showers there into a java southern pasta sumatra once again. still want to heavy showers,

making the way to western parts of india. meanwhile, but story over the next couple of days is gonna be about that hates calcutta. touching 40 celsius on friday, maybe 41 for saturday, and that heck, heat stretching into bangladesh. ah, we are all, mom are not the problem. we have a rest is a problem when a manchester based check born, laurie driver decides to take to the internet to tackle racism. he quickly becomes a significant figure in the fight for the rights of roma. people giving a voice to those least her and launching a charity for those most in need. pongo calling a witness documentary on al jazeera, resetting ties after years of animosity to key and egypt are close to.