surviving, so this type of violence, i realized the scale of this social property in protest, coley on the mexican government, to do more to cur, balance against women have intensified in recent years. this form of extreme violence is partly rooted in bad policy, given that authorities in mexico treat acid attacks the same way as any other form of assault. once the activists are pushing for is passage of a bill currently in the mexican congress, which seeks to reclassify as of its acts as a distinct crime equivalent to attempted work. if passed, the new law would increase the punishment for attacks using acid with up to 12 years in prison. ah, this was a deliberate criminal act. the u. s. if false gods men is arrested in connection

with the leak of classified pentagon, documents that shaken up washington. ah, i'm told mccrae, this is al jazeera alive from dog ha. also coming up al jazeera, exposes a money laundering scheme in southern africa, implicating some of the regions most powerful people, including some bob ways, 1st lighting oh, last ditch protests and france against the rising of the retirement age a day before crucial court decision on the legislation tension in saddam between the military and an armed militia, they have been working with you as federal agents have arrested a member of the if false national guard on suspect of leaking classified documents

last month, they included assessments about the warn you crying with a leak has caused considerable strife between washington and its allies, al, desirous rosalind children reports surrendering without a fight. 21 year old jack douglas to sharon was of rustic by federal agents on thursday at his home in massachusetts. he's the air national guard member accused of sharing images of classified military documents in a gamers chat room material that ended up circulating widely online. today, the justice department arrested jack douglas to sherif in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information to share it is an employee of the united states air force, national guard f. b i. agents took to share and to custody earlier this afternoon. without incident to shera is expected to be arraigned in boston. federal court on

friday. his case is important because the documents he allegedly shared include detailed pentagon analyses on the u. s. lead effort to support ukraine and its war against russia. evidence the u. s. was spying on its ally, south korea, and reports accusing the israeli intelligence agency massage of stoking recent anti government protest reports most saw denies. at the pentagon. u. s. officials say service members get security clearances based on their job duties. not on their age . a policy maintained across the us. government look again. we have procedures. we have protocols in place. we receive regular training on the proper, a handling of classified information. as i mentioned, we sy nondisclosure agreements, so those rules are very clear. and anyone who has a security clearance knows that anyone who violates those rules is doing so wilfully. earlier on thursday,

the u. s. president appeared to downplay the importance of the material leaked. i'm not concerned about the ladies. i'm concerned and i have nothing contemporaneous with that said by arresting to shera. the u. s. is making it clear, making classified information. public is illegal. rosalyn, jordan, l g 0, washington. let's take a closer look at the wide range of topics the league documents cover details about is strikes when you cry in the countries in defense vulnerabilities. it even exposes the size of some ukrainian military units, descriptions of the russian missionary, wagner groups alleged contact with turkey and haitian government officials. predictions about china's potential response to ukrainian strikes inside russia and an assessment that pyongyang has likely exaggerated its intercontinental ballistic missile threats to the united states. we're going coll as a korea c i,

officer and former deputy national intelligence officer, the trans national threats. and he says the consequences of the lake a serious and i agree with president by that the information share it is not particularly center sensitive in the context of what 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 court to classes are grave. the reports show certain kinds of information that the united states is obtained and the russians will probably identify their, i fear that they will. i hope they do not know 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 grave and more broadly that all of us can see what the united states knows how it thinks, what it doesn't know. what, who is interested in 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 for 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 obtaining it. but we 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 now to sierra investigation has uncovered a mess of money laundering while peroration involving gold smuggling and southern africa. undercover journalists of the investigative unit have exposed the extent of

the operations and bob way, which has 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. what we're going to do is hotel a single and vertical market. and so that go outside of it. that's the best one of the best thing you can come on. that pitching to ambassador you potential symbolic way senior diploma hounding isn't in one of the going green. angel says that president emerson monongahela owns land for the proposed development in the town. read your horses, so if a lot of land that is on divide cost, you get

a get into thing. ah, then, then is easy to dispose of it just go like listed. let's put it this way. this put it this way. thank you. and then when i say that, ah, so, because the dirty cash for the project needs to be smuggled into zimbabwe undetected, the ambassador makes a cool to the 1st lady. what i'm told celia, man, i gaga. remember those people that one more kiss they would want to know why we providing the blades will be right to play with them. father refers to the president that my daughter, grown and essex. and if you will please bill my present landlord. nita, so i will send it to the him, been discussed which blends he uses. he's old, they are on my back i w. about a day they discussed flying the cash ins as in bob white on the presidential

plane, mom, the redoubtable running, whether it be sometimes you with that that we spoke about. so i'm just going to present day notice or else, right. okay, we're gonna do that out me but just make you guys are these available as well. okay. okay. well, thank you so much. let me will my local variable that you wrote with this he says the plan will succeed because it has the president's approval that you have you say to you. what you want to do is happening here with you but angel, 1st lady, auxiliary and president emerson. but on gaga did not respond to our requests for comment. alexander james al jazeera and you can watch the 4th of the 4 pant

series in the l g 0 investigation. gold mafia. have the king with you on friday at 12 g, m t. hundreds of thousands of people have again rallied across france for a 12th week against changes to the pension law. aah! are angry after president manuel micron forced to build through parliament to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. the constitutional counsel will rule on the legislation on friday. the former crone consign it in to laura. natasha. butler explains what could happen next. what happens now will probably determine whether the protests continue in fonts or whether they will fade away. this is process constitutional counsel examine bill. it has been looking at the french president, him, i knew micro pension reform or a phone that my call says is necessary to modernize the pension system. it will

also raise the retirement age by 2 years to $64.00. it is a reform that's been quite unpopular and even in my room i call and make as much. yeah, yeah, there was certainly social descent again, this form, but it doesn't mean that everything should stop. so we are all getting on with our work. well, the constitutional counsel will deliver its verdict on the bill. it will either approve it as it is, and then it will include become law. it will approve it bought, suggest some modifications, but it will still become law eventually. or it could scrap it now, scrapping it is what frances trade unions would like. they have made major demonstration against this reform since the beginning of the year. they say the reform is unfair and they also don't like the way in which the french government pushed the reform to parliament by decree. something that they say is on democratic c, joshua probably it was a decision aimed at stifling the massive social movement and trying to control parliament. and we absolutely reject it. and then more that emit found them trading

and said that if the bill is not with your own, then they will continue to protest whatever happens or this has had an impact on macro. and his government said, i try to keep on it. it's going to be very complicated for the president. now all this is damages, prime minister, his party and him as the flag bearer of this device he perform. and so he will need to prove that he can continue after forms without resorting to forcing them through by decree. but without a parliamentary a majority, it'll be very difficult for me. if in the end, the constitutional counsel does approve the bill, even with some modifications, it will soon be signed into law by my girl, and is likely to come into effect in september. the faster butler, i'll just sarah paris, brazil presidents lewis and also lead the silver is to, to meet his chinese counterpart, choosing ping in beijing in the coming hours. the la is in china to boost political and economic ties with his nation's biggest trading partner. on thursday he joined

form a brazilian president, tim who says, as she was sworn in as head of the new development bank. and shanghai was set out by brazil, russia, china, india, and south africa. as an alternative to the i m f, and world bank, which is kimber, has more from hong kong. sorry, expectations that president lula will present to president. she the idea of being what's being done as a piece club of nations to together work on mediating between russia and ukraine over the long running war. that this would be an extension effectively of china's own efforts to present itself as a mediator in that war. that effort from china, and it includes, of course, turn his own piece plan the how to resolve that long running war that's been met with suspicion and largely dismissed by the united states as its allies. they see china is too close to russia. they see china's piece plan as unreasonably favoring russia. and so any attempt by president lula to try and cozy up to china on this,

or at least to show support to china on this, may be viewed in the same way, ultimately unfavorably by the us. but this is being seen ultimately as a way for china to try and build global support for its effort to be seen as a mediator on this front and the bricks. nations with russia. of course, one of those nations is a key way for trying to build more global credibility about its efforts to try and resolve that war. still, a hit on al jazeera stretching sin and losing public support. we look at the challenges facing the un peacekeeping mission in molly and irish leaders give a ringing endorsement to joe biden as he continues the 2 of his ancestral on ah

hallo, way have st. sorento doubt boards across the southeast of the u. s. u c. this massive plan here just across some parts of florida. historic rainfall has now made its way through. the flaming area of low pressure is still in place. the wet weather will be around louisiana, southern parts of mississippi, easing over toward sea carolina. as we go through friday, north of that, it is warm and it is launching dry for the time bay, new york getting up to 27 celsius on friday afternoon temperatures for back to around 17, the sas day. that wet weather just nudging up the eastern seaboard, they're pushing some right into dc as well, but it is dry by their state into florida for the time being the right stretches from louisiana to the lakes, to the west of that, it is generally dry and find a few showers there to that western side of washington state and we'll see some wet weather and wintry weather coming into british columbia. we have got a few showers into the caribbean, but nothing too much to speak of here it is lossy fine, and dry. perhaps some live the showers for

a time just around haiti pushing across into cuba, jamaica could catch a shower or to come sass day that drifting a little further, westwood. so not too bad at this stage, one or 2 showers to to central america the heaviest. there the panama. ah. coveted b. well, ah, taken without hesitation, fulton died for palla defines al, wow. we live here, we make the rule. not now. they find an enemy, and then they try and scare the people with people and power, investigate, expose days and questions. they used them to be just of our around the cloud on al jazeera. ah

ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder about top stories. the salah 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 the war and ukraine. the pentagon says the lake was a deliberate to criminal act, and al jazeera investigation has uncovered a mess of money laundering operation involving gold smuggling and southern africa. under cover journalists, journalists exposed the extent of the operation, and some bob white, which is implicated. some of the nation's most powerful people, including the 1st lady in protest, is across france, have rallied again and to oppose pension reforms, which include raising retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00. the constitutional

council will roll on the legislation on friday. the final hurdle before it can be signed into law where unions and northern france her blocked major roads and intersections to protest pension changes. we spend a strike day with one trade union activists to expand in her own words, why they decided to stop traffic. the should be, my name is sylvia judy, i'm a co secretary for the for to clear trade union the some regional real nice. today we set up a blockade, tony going on, please. if we blockaded big companies, they won't make money because they have no customers that the states won't gain as much time from them. so we can hurt both big companies on the stage at the same time. hopefully they thought because if we but so if we can call him today's the 11th day of protests against this unfair pension reforms, we have to use blockades because even if there are millions of us in the streets,

the french government doesn't listen to us. the president, not call it feels like we're no longer democracy. he's elected by the people, but he doesn't listen french. people say they disagree with the pension or form, but he ignores them of health, something you and they don't do. it in france were heavily touch compared to other countries. the poorer people or the workers are the ones who pay the most, who pay a lot of time. but so working 2 more years in bad conditions. well, french people don't want to work on the i locate the good, but some people can't join. we need to show that we're a massive crowd that doesn't want this reform. it's not only workers, it's also families retired people, considering the protests are so big mr. macros should understand. we don't want the

reform part of old workers or against it. i go home. oh no, not really. at this stage he has to come to his senses and miss he was wrong, he should say to himself, it will start again from scratch and put the reform to one side and jointly with unions. we could maybe consider the reform put in a different way. he's elected by people who are in the streets. no. so we expect respect, and he must listen to us. anyhow, we won't give up. we won't give up. 9 arab countries are expected to meet him. saudi arabia on friday to discuss the possibility of serious return to the arab league. it was expelled in 20 live and after a brutal government crackdown on a popular uprising law 1st, the syrian foreign minister visited the kingdom for the 1st time and more than a decade,

syria and saudi arabia. so that taking steps towards resuming conscious services and flights with towns prime minister has dismiss, talk of syria returning to the arab league, saying the reasons for its expulsion still stand. well i can show sweaty muscle, my head, jodie. 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 serum pupil, the pupil need to reach them. there must be a political solution for this year in crisis. katara decision is not to taken a step if there is no political development or solution to the crisis. one, the military in sudan has sent reinforcements to the northern city of mir away as tensions mount between the army and a powerful power paramilitary force. the army accuses the rapid support forces of mobilizing in several cities. but the area surfaces, the deployments a part of its normal duties, have a morgan reports from the capital cartoon. this mobile phone 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 harton. it was shot on wednesday and immediately increased tensions in the country. our country's going through a dangerous and historic turn, which is increased by the mobilization of forces and re deployment of the rapid support forces inside the capitol 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 rapids supports forces r. r. s. f was formed in 2013 to fight treble groups in western sudan alongside the army, when the military deposed, longtime president, all martin bashir in 2019 the head of the arrest of general mohammed ham dan

decarlo became the deputy head of the sovereignty council that for 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 r s f into the army stalled. problems with command assessing officers ranks and how long it should take for the iris have to integrate into the army led to further divisions between the group and so dance armed forces. and because both sides are armed and how forces across the country. many fears to dan could slide into war if tension don't subside. the differences have already led to delays in signing an agreement to hand over power to a civilian transitional government party. se efforts are underway to reduce tensions between the 2 sides. carl vaal, tardy, just some of us will be conveying, with our brothers in the military. so, 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 sedans, 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 sap has a say and the are assess, has a say. and sometimes one will, em 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, r s. f forces were seen moving in the capital hot home, while those in much o e remained in position. so dan, once again looks to be far from stability. hey, morgan, august era, autumn. the head of the un mission and molly has told the security council that peacekeeping operations. a stretched thin attacks by armed groups have increased and the military government is increasingly tuning to russian mercenaries. malins

are divided on the issue with some calling for you. in peacekeepers to leave as nicholas hark reports, prices of oil, rice and other food items have doubled in mali. i tory shopkeeper and bama co blames not her government for the economic crisis, but the un peacekeeping force known as minutia. she says the deteriorating security situation is disrupting supply chain. i live from aka with un soldiers and not prepared to die for us. so we want them out of the country as soon as possible. no, the germans announced they would leave, but they are sto here. we want them outside, we want me no snap up. i wanted obama killa. the german contingent announced an early departure after molly's military government hired mercenaries from russia's wagner group. despite the russian fighters. arm groups are gaining ground. they are currently laying siege to the eastern city of monoxide. those displaced wanted un troops to state. oh, god yet doable again in the have his loan. we don't want miner's my to leave. they

are the ones actually protecting the population on lindsay. those who have stayed behind in our village will never accept the un peacekeepers leaving. and if the malia an authority is want them to go and then they need to provide us with security. the head of the un mission has told al jazeera that operations are already overstretched. the level of violence against the redemptive extremely high, and it's triggering huge displacement, so that could be replicated elsewhere. it might take a completely different scoffing fighter is based in molly, are launching attacks in these air. ricky fosset, i re coast scanner in togo. molly's neighbors, such as senegal, say the departure of un peacekeepers would make them vulnerable to attacks from arm groups linked to isolate and arcadia and crete instability in the region. but in molly opinions about the missions future are divided with almost 5000000 people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. soaring food prices,

an increase in violence. maryan say something needs to change. nicholas hawk al jazeera the car. a 2nd democratic politician who was expelled from the us state of tennessee's republican controlled legislature has been reappointed. he justin pearson and 2 other colleagues had stage to protest on the house floor about the legislature stands on gun control. this happened just days after a shooting at a school and stays. the u. s. president has addressed a joint setting of islands, parliament becoming the 4th american leader to do so. joe biden reflected on what he called the enduring strength of connections between island and the united states for print reports from dublin. 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 with 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. possibility. we believe anything is possible, reset our minute 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 a 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 links, the war in ukraine and ongoing difficulties with the peace process in northern

ireland. all topics of substantive discussion in the presidents, bilateral with the irish liter, leo, veronica, we really do appreciate your, your leadership and your personal leadership both in terms of securing peace in 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 not have a very new and complex geopolitical picture. the follow from the u. korean war is changing. trans atlantic relationships. breakfast is changing transatlantic relationship, ireland disturbing into new position for these reasons. and that is something that will be discussed between our old united states and this visit. even if we don't sit right publicly destroy my dentist. 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 mr. michael higgins, enormous bernie's 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 brannon al jazeera doublet u. s. plane make a boeing has pools deliveries of some 737 max jets because of problems with the suppliers work on the fuselage. the company says the supplier used what it calls a nonstandard manufacturing process. the problem will afee.