hello. you're watching bbc world news. i'm adnan nawaz. our top story this hour: some of the cia's most closely—guarded hacking secrets have been leaked on the internet. among the many apparent revelations, claims that spies can monitor people through their tv sets. welcome to the programme. our other main stories this hour: saved from slavery and worse. we meet some of the young yazidis who escaped from the hands of the islamic state group, to find refuge in germany. on international women's day, women in ireland prepare to march against their country's anti—abortion laws, some of the strictest in the world. i'm sally bundock. in business: feast orfamine? it's budget day in the uk with the chancellor poised to deliver an "upbeat" speech, but how much money has he got to hand out and who will get it? and what does the boss

of renault—nissan think about brexit now? he gets a grilling from simonjack at the geneva motor show. the wikileaks website has published thousands of files which it says detail a wide range of hacking tools used by the cia. we're not able to verify the documents, but they appear to show how cyber—weapons have been developed and used to break into computers, mobile phones, and even smart tvs, to gather intelligence. neither the cia nor the white house has commented on the credibility of the leaked material, but some specialists are saying, at this point, it does appear legitimate. caroline davies reports. fresh embarrassment for the us security services today. wikileaks has published details of what it says shows the tools the cia use to hack their targets. wikileaks say using them would allow the agency to break into smart phones, communication apps

and electronic devices, including smart tvs, which could be used to record conversations. wikileaks say its sources shared the details with it to prompt a debate on whether the cia's hacking capabilities had exceeded its mandated powers. the leak hasn't been confirmed by the agency. they say they don't comment on intelligence documents‘ authenticity. this is the latest leak by the whistleblowing website to hit a us government department. for the past seven—plus years, they've published hundreds of thousands of classified files from the state department and the pentagon. but this is, in some ways, wikileaks‘ most daring release yet, because these documents come from the heart of america's top intelligence agency. the source of the leak isn't clear, but more than 800,000 people have top security clearance. the man who previously ran both the nsa and the cia said that, if this was a leak, the issue could be that the next—generation

recruits have a different mindset. i don't mean to judge them at all, but this group of millennials and related groups simply have different understandings of the words loyalty, and secrecy, and transparency, than certainly my generation did. that is people like edward snowden, who previously embarrassed the nsa when he leaked their secrets. snowden tweeted that he thought the leak was real. if it is, it raises questions about exactly how secure the central intelligence agency really is. as fighters from the islamic state group are gradually being driven out of their strongholds in iraq, the scale of their atrocities is being revealed and against one ethnic group in particular. they are the yazidis. these people are ethnic kurds, and according to the united nations, are the victims of a genocidal campaign. some yazidis have managed to escape to sanctaury in germany,

where the bbc‘s naomi grimley has met them. a secret location in south—west germany. it is a place of exile. 80 yazidi women and children now live here. they were violently persecuted by so—called islamic state, and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 14 and i6. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learnt how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings, they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime, or those who took drugs. they said we had to fire on the bodies, to get used to it. translation: if we didn't do what we were told,

or broke the rules, they would beat us with a stick. everything had to be like they wanted. i had to pretend to be a muslim to survive. translation: their books were just like magic. they quickly changed your mind, and made you into one of them. i bet, notjust me, even a man's mind would have changed. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the camp. translation: by god i knew it was dangerous, but there was nothing left to be afraid of. we had seen death with our own eyes. we saw how they killed. when you lose everything, you have nothing left. we had nothing to lose. this is mainly a community of women and children, most of the men are missing, presumed dead. the women were originally brought to germany for trauma counselling after the mass rapes under islamic state.

baden—wurttemberg in south—west germany has welcomed more than 1,000 yazidis in two years and the man who runs the project says several towns volunteered to give them shelter. of course, it's hard. of course, they have bad dreams. of course, they are struggling. but they can start, like, you know, just start a new future. get into school, get an education, dream about falling in love, and all the things that are so normal. all that may take time. but, at least for now, this refuge is far away from those religious zealots who are trying to wipe them out. naomi grimley, bbc news, south—west germany. breaking news that has come in from afghanistan. in the capital, kabul,

a security incident has been reported near a military hospital, close to the area where the us embassies in kabul. one official says an explosion has been heard and also gunfire is taking place. details are still coming in. very sketchy at the moment. we will bring you more when we have it. there is once again a philosophical and political battle taking place over health care in the united states. repealing and replacing obamacare was a key election pledge of the republican party, which has now introduced a bill to replace what's officially known as the affordable care act. but it's not just democrats who oppose it. some conservative republicans argue it doesn't go far enough, and are calling it ‘obamacare lite'. president trump has begun his efforts to get it passed by lawmakers. it follows the guidelines i laid out in my congressional address. a plan that will lower costs, expand choices, increase competition, and ensure healthcare access for all americans. this will be a plan where you can choose your doctor. this will be a plan where

you can choose your plan. and you know what the plan is — this is the plan. and we are going to have tremendous, i think we will have tremendous success. in other news: at least four people have been killed in southern mississippi, where a freight train hit a bus at a railroad crossing. 35 passengers on the bus were taken to hospital, just a few escaped unharmed. witnesses say it looked as though the bus had become stuck on the tracks. the former leader of panama, general manuel noriega, is critically ill in hospital after suffering a haemorrhage following brain surgery. the former military ruler, who is 83, was released from prison injanuary to allow him to prepare for that operation. he was jailed on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering following the us invasion of panama in 1989. australia has endured a summer of record—breaking extremes, that's according to a just—released report into climate change. intense heat waves, bushfires and flooding plagued the summer season with more that 200 records broken over

a three month period. scientists say the extreme weather is tipped to become more frequent and severe over the coming decades. sally is here. i haven't been paying enough attention. what's the top story? how could you forget! it is a very important day forget! it is a very important day for the uk economy. we have our chancellor of the exchequer or the uk finance minister, if you prefer, delivering the final before —— budget before article 50 is triggered. despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, mr hammond received an eve—of—budget boost on tuesday as the paris—based organisation for economic co—operation and development, oecd, said it now expected growth of 1.6% this year up from the 1.2% it was predicting in november. this means more tax revenue coming

into the government's offers. —— coffers. despite this, economists are not expecting a spending spree when mr hammond announces the uk's fiscal plans for the coming year. instead, he's expected to put the additional funds to one side in a brexit war chest as britain prepares for its divorce settlement with brussels. nevertheless, one area which may receive some immediate attention are the so—called ‘business rate', paid on commercial property. despite the government's reassurances that britain remains open for business, some companies will see more than a 40% rise in their property rates. to help cushion the blow, the treasury has already announced that corporation tax will fall to i7% by the end of the decade. according to the government, this will be the lowest level in the g20 group of major economies. we will be getting an expert view on

the budget. we also have a lot more coming from the geneva motor show. this time we will have an interview from the boss of renault nissan, carlos ghosn. that's coming up in the programme and all of the other business stories, so see you in 20 minutes. over to france. a truly astonishing story, coming from inside a zoo in the country, where poachers entered and killed a rhino. keepers found vince, a four—year—old white rhino, in his enclosure on tuesday morning. one of his horns had been hacked off with a chainsaw. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. this is where poachers came looking for their latest kill, a safari park west of paris. their victim, this four—year—old rhino called vince. they shot him three times, before cutting off his horn with a chainsaw. park staff say the attackers broke

through two fences and a wall to reach the rhinos. it is thought to be the first time poachers have targeted live animals in a european zoo. it's horrific that vince, our rhino, was shot. we've got this notion that here they're protected from poaching, and that poaching happens far away, in their natural habitat, and here they're safe. and poaching has come here now, so that's extremely destabilising and shocking. tonight, there is extra security in place at the rhino enclosure behind me, where the two surviving animals are still being housed. this was a well—planned operation, with apparently detailed knowledge of the park, and it has put zoos across europe on alert. poaching has been growing in parts of africa. new tactics to stop it, like airlifting animals to safety, are now being tried. or sawing off the prized horn, to prevent them being targeted. fitting a monitor can track their movement.

but the rewards of poaching are great, and as supply dwindles, prices and incentives rise. these criminals are looking for the weakest link, to get their hands on a rhino horn. and today it might be paris, tomorrow it might be a population of rhinos in sumatra, or indonesia, or a population of rhinos in kenya. it's about finding the weakest link, getting their hands on the product. and, as long as the incentives and the profits are high enough to take the risks, they will go for those risks. like vince, the other young male at thoiry might one day be used for breeding. europe's zoos, designed to protect the species, are now themselves being targeted for the animals in their care. lucy williamson, bbc news, thoiry. still to come: as part of our international woman's day coverage,

we meet iran's first female triathlete. her first problem was working out what she was allowed to wear. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage?

well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right at the end of the day. you are watching bbc world news stories. this is our main headline: senior american politicians have described as "very serious" the leaking of confidential documents purporting to reveal hacking methods used by the cia. the netherlands is often described as the most liberal country in europe, but many are now wondering if that reputation is changing. the polls suggest that in next wednesday's general election, many people will vote for geert wilders. the right—wing populist, who wants to pull the country out of the eu and ban immigration from muslim countries, may even win the largest number of seats. so what happened to the supposedly tolerant, easy—going dutch? the bbc‘s gabriel gatehouse grew up in amsterdam, and has gone back to investigate. the netherlands is having an

identity crisis. what does it mean to be dutch? i don't remember people agonising over this question in the past. they are now. what are dutch values? we are all equal. we are all the same. and we are very tolerant. and we drank, and eat, and play, and dance together. so that is the good thing about a carnival. and what about the rest of the time? well, it isa about the rest of the time? well, it is a bit different. we are not so tolera nt is a bit different. we are not so tolerant any more. why not? some people are not so the same as other people. i think the whole islam thing makes the world more aware of oui’ thing makes the world more aware of our values. geert wilders, at the

netherlands' and is to donald trump, wa nts to ba n netherlands' and is to donald trump, wants to ban the koran, and close the borders. in defence of their tolera nt the borders. in defence of their tolerant way of life, many dutch people are apparently willing to vote for some pretty intolerant policies. growing up, we were taught that tolerance was as much a part of dutch culture as eating mayonnaise with your chips. i used to live in one of those buildings over there. number ten. just on the other side of the can now. before i lived there, some of the people dead, whose names are commemorated here, in these parks. seven of them, who we re in these parks. seven of them, who were murdered by the nazis during the second world war because they we re the second world war because they werejewish. the second world war because they were jewish. there the second world war because they werejewish. there are similar plucks all along the canal cydia. during the war, one tenth of the population of the city were deported to concentration camps. the german occupation had a huge impact on how the dutch see themselves. this can lead against people for their religion, cultural or ethnic

background, that was in that other people dead, not the dutch.|j background, that was in that other people dead, not the dutch. i drop ina time people dead, not the dutch. i drop in a time when all of us in this country were still very much under the impression that we live in the most liberal, progressive country in the world. i used to actually, literally say that. i am from amsterdam, so in the best country in the world, that the city in the world, where everything goes and you are free to be loved. however, now what i look back, i realise there was more going on under the surface that just was was more going on under the surface thatjust was not discussed. beneath the surface, many people felt uncomfortable with the effective immigration will stop to speak of that was once tabou. not any more. —— taboo. fuelled by geert wilders, the debate has focused on islam. this woman has set up a party because of the racism in dutch

society. the ration is not being good. death threats for simply voicing my opinion on this topic. that does not sound like the most tolerant, the most progressive country on earth. cheering wheeze to ta ke country on earth. cheering wheeze to take pride in saying we are so tolerant. and i think that is our biggest problem. we have been tolerant. we have been tolerating, and tolerating means accepting something that you really don't actually agree with, but you are just accepting. —— we used to take pride. bansley give the netherlands is anything but free space was just solution. now, the dutch are asking themselves some fundamental questions. what does liberalism mean? what are the limits of tolerant? and does the netherlands still want to be a place that is open and inclusive? gabriel gatehouse, bbc news. women across ireland say they'll be

taking part in protests this wednesday against the country's abortion laws, which are some of the strictest in the world. joel gunter has been talking to women affected by the abortion policy, and sent this report from dublin. this one was 20 weeks pregnant when she was told that her child had a facial abnormality, and was likely to die before being born.|j facial abnormality, and was likely to die before being born. i planned out alive. and everything she was going to do, and all the love i was there to have followed. cleia wanted to have an abortion, but lives in ireland, where it is illegal unless a woman's life is at rest. she could not afford one overseas, so she was forced to wait five weeks for her daughter to die in the world. his back i knew she was getting weaker and would die. i could not get my head around how i was going to go through it. how i was actually going to go through with it. thousands of irish women every year travel abroad for termination. or take illegal abortion pills, ordered online.

women across ireland will take part in protests today to call for the repeal of the eighth amendment, island's constitutional ban on abortion. despite the eighth amendment —— despite the eighth amendment, women having abortions every day. the reason we are taking this provocative stance is because oui’ this provocative stance is because our government is 50 years behind where progress should be. at the other side of the debate, use defence uses graphic images to get their point across. way using these |mages? their point across. way using these images? this is because they are the reality of abortion. —— why are you using. they are human, like your eye. just because there lies a short does not mean that there lies a less worthy or should be ended. a recent poll suggested more people recommended legalising abortion in certain circumstances. this woman said she feared the anti—abortion laws would be watered down, rather

than scrapped. because efficient is meant to be a broad statement on what a country stands for. —— the constitution. my generation was prevented from changing the eighth amendment, but this generation will not be. campaigners at this meeting approach as parents know that they are facing a uphill struggle. but they say they are fighting for the choice for their daughters that they we re choice for their daughters that they were denied. —— facing an uphill. —— joel gunter, bbc news. it's international woman's day and events are taking place across the world. as part of our coverage, we're looking at women who have broken the mould. here's the story of one iranian female athlete who has overcome many obstacles to make history. had a currently being a woman in

iran, wouldn't it have been a shame, had i not had the opportunity to do triathlons, or to do sports? to the extent that they do today. so i called back the federation, and i told them what triathlons ben twomey, and why accord was so important to do triathlons, and i asked them why it was that women we re asked them why it was that women were not allowed to do triathlons. —— what triathlons meant to me, and why i thought it was. myjourney started from initially going around stores in london and trained to

piece together clothes that would compare to the rules of iran, and yet not hinder me —— my performance. one could not get results, i have clue to iran and went to the ministry in person and presented them with the clothes and they told me what the problems were. —— when i could not. in terms of it not been long enough, or if being tight in some places. we can make clothes that take us to the moon, into the water, or that go

through fire. just because we currently have close to cover us, without entering our swimming, cycling, and running, ithink that is only because we have not put our minds together. training isa training is a blessing. there is— no matter how difficult life is, and the matter how not to do everything seems, after a nasty grind, everything, like the sunshine to gain. —— aftera nice everything, like the sunshine to gain. —— after a nice big everything, like the sunshine to gain. —— aftera nice big run. —— the sun shines again. we have an update on the story from kabul. there is confirmation of a gunfire. insurgents are believed to

be inside a hospital there. goodbye. hello there. good morning. tuesday was a decent day for the eastern side of the uk. so for the eastern side of the uk. things are changing is so things are changing. that cloud is bringing with it rain at the moment. an area of low pressure running between iceland in scotland, so running between iceland in scotland, so the weather front and the rain across northern areas runs through very quickly, but things slow down a little bit across more southern parts of england and wales. so as we head into the morning, we have showers coming in after the rain, across scotland, maybe a little bit of snow, just over the mountains. there will be a keen wind, mind you, with gales in scotland. that should have dry up by the morning across northern ireland some sunshine there. northern england is lost in there. northern england is lost in the cloud continuing to break up after the overnight rain. heading southwards across the midlands into east anglia, southern england and south wales, there is more cloud. quite low cloud. some rain and drizzle around as well. we will see

pulses of rain running from west to east across mid and south wales, perhaps into the midlands, east anglia, and southern england. a lot of cloud around, here. maybe try off a little later in wales and in the midlands. northern england, wales, it will be better. it will be windy in northern scotland. i step it is where we have all the cloudy weather in the south—east of england. 14 degrees or so. that weather still around into the evening, across southern parts of england and wales. it eventually size southwards towards the english channel. natalie fiennes and clearer skies across the north, but some further showers coming down and again that is so over the mountains. a late dip in temperatures in northern england, ireland, and scotland. but nothing too cold. those showers on thursday becoming fewer and lighter, largely confined to the north—east of scotland. many places were dry at. on the whole, were quite mild, with ridges in double figures. more cloud to be in the channel and some rain

threatening to come at us. rain will slide across northern and western parts of the uk, and the mohammed hadi, we drop —— and then behind it, we draw up the air. but without me there, we expect an cloud. that's not to much rainfall is so eastern parts of uk, with a top temperature of 13 or 1a celsius. this is bbc world news. the headlines: the anti—secrecy website wikileaks has released what it says are thousands of classified cia documents containing details of a wide range of hacking methods used by the agency against phones, computers and smart televisions. an explosion and gunfire are being reported near a large military hospital in the afghan capital, kabul, close to the american embassy. the defence ministry has confirmed that a gun battle is taking place between the authorities and

insurgents. president trump has endorsed new draft legislation intended to replace the his predecessor's healthcare law. however, conservative groups and some lawmakers have denounced it, reducing its chances of congressional approval. a rhino has been shot dead by poachers and one of its horns hacked off with a chainsaw at a safari park in france.