live from washington. this is bbc news. us officials are struggling to identify who leaked documents including details of ukraine's air defences. a funeral is held for the two sisters shot dead in the midst of soaring israeli—palestinian tensions. and delegations from saudi arabia and oman are in yemen for talks with houthi rebels amid hopes of a ceasefire after eight years of war. hello, i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start here in the us, where security officials are still investigating

the source of the leaks that resulted in highly classified documents being released on the internet. in the last hour, the pentagon says they are looking at the impact those leaks could have on us national security and that a criminal investigation has been opened. the bbc�*s carl nasman is here with more carl, what exactly is the pentagon saying? well, i mean, clearly these documents, which are making the rounds for a few days, they are starting to concern the us department of defence officials were getting in the most recent statement from the pentagon, i want to summarise a bit of that here. depending on saying "we have engaged with allies and partners and have informed relevant congressional committees and the department of defence, we also know that a criminal investigation has now been opened into the source of these documents. us government looking to find who may have leaked this, was country may have been behind it if it

originated from the us, potentially from russia as well, there are some suspicions about that. we know they are working to see if these are indeed the real deal, trying to verify if these documents are legit. but they do say, look, these appear to reveal some highly sensitive and highly classified materials and that their biggest priority is the security of the us and its allies and of ukraine, because many of these documents appear to pertain as well to the war effort there.— remind us about these leaked documents themselves. what's in them and who leaked them? in terms of the documents themselves, it is important to remember there are two different lengths of documents, the first one was a handful of documents back in march and these had to do with the war in ukraine, so we learned a lot potentially about what was some sensitive materials, some sensitive materials, some sensitive information, there were maps, there were timelines, crucially even information about a potential spring offensive on the

ukrainian side. we also learning now, according to report from the times, that these show the crucial air defences in ukraine, which could protect troops on the front line, protect cities, anti—russian edges out of ukrainian airspace, that those defences in terms of missiles could be depleted, could be running out as soon as may. one of the documents also says that, you know, these are really crucial elements in terms of what the us may need to supply. the second leg was much larger —— larger, it came on friday and was 100 documents and included many other countries included russia and us allies like israel and south korea, these all popped up in chat forums first of all spread across the internet, they want to for a while, some appear as if they may have been altered to paint russia in a better lie, reducing the number of russian casualties in these documents and upping the number of ukrainian casualties, who

the leak is, we still don't know, the pentagon is working on that they are looking to find out if it originated in the united states or elsewhere full up carl nasman there. thank you for that. to israel now, where in a settlement in the occupied west bank, a funeral has taken place for two british—israeli sisters who were shot dead on friday. lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina's teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15.

their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn't even know yet that they are dead. they were travelling from their west bank settlement to the sea of galilee for a family holiday this week when their israeli car came underfire. among the mourners today, israel's national security minister, itamar ben—gvir — a hard—right leader, who was once a member of a banned extremist group. each unique loss here pulls up deep, unresolved questions about land, security and rights. funerals are the fingerprints of this conflict. contested land mapped by the graves of israelis and palestinians. injerusalem, jewish, muslim, and christian festivals coincided today. this was jerusalem's western wall, where tens of thousands ofjews gathered for passover prayers. somejewish worshippers also walked past al—aqsa mosque on a passover visit to the site.

tensions are running especially high injerusalem, as ramadan and passover coincide, with a focus on the al—aqsa site. if we look more closely with this map we can get a better understanding of the site. al—aqsa mosque — the third holiest site in islam — is located on a hilltop complex known by muslims as al—haram al—sharif — and byjews as the temple mount. jews revere it as the holiest site in judaism. a few days ago, israeli police raided the mosque after palestinians barricaded themselves inside, following the evening ramadan prayer. there was a stand—off last night when hundreds of palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque again while israeli police waited outside. but there was no further violence. i spoke to bbc monitoring reporter, joel greenberg, for more. welcome to you, thanks for being with us. we saw violent scenes at the al—aqsa mosque

earlier this week when israeli police moved in. last night we also saw was worshippers once again barricading themselves inside. we didn't have the same outcome, the police didn't move on, do we have a clear idea as to why? i on, do we have a clear idea as to wh ? ~ , ., ., to why? i think, first of all, the israeli _ to why? i think, first of all, the israeli experience - to why? i think, first of all, the israeli experience withl the israeli experience with what happened last week may with some second thoughts on the part of the police about how best to handle this situation. i think the results of external intervention, diplomacy, we know that the jordanians, jordan wood out a public statement today, —— yesterday, in real time as this was unfolding, warning against any act in that would cause more conflict and more classes at the scene. so what we don't know the whole story, it seems that the israeli authorities thought it was best to handle it differently and they did not go into that area of the mosque that was shot by the worshippers inside and, in the end, there were no confrontations though there was tension in the morning when

jewish visitors came to this site, which is also reviewed —— revered byjews as the temple mount. but in general by not going into the mosque, a class of the likes of which was a lovely was avoided. just because _ lovely was avoided. just because some - lovely was avoided. just because some context | lovely was avoided. just because some context here, explained was why the al—aqsa mosque compound can be such a flashpoint, particularly at this moment we have this convergence of ramadan and passover this year. the al-aqsa mos: ue passover this year. the al-aqsa mosque compound, _ passover this year. the al-aqsa mosque compound, for - passover this year. the al-aqsa mosque compound, forjews - passover this year. the al-aqsa mosque compound, forjews it | passover this year. the al-aqsa | mosque compound, forjews it is the holiest site injerusalem venerated as one of the oldest jewish temples, it has always been a flashpoint. this year the muslim holy month of ramadan coincides with the jewish holiday week of passover, which is this week, and we have a situation where you have muslims going there to worship and thenjews coming up certain visiting hours in the morning to mark their holiday, so this is an unusual time when

both holidays really coincide and the police and authorities, the israeli authorities are trying to balance these two holidays without having too much friction between worshippers from both faiths. and amid all of this, of course, as you have been tracking, we know this week we saw an exchange of rocket fire from lebanon and gaza into israel, returned by israeli forces and last night back and forth from syria. do we know if that situation has been relatively contained? well, as of today there _ relatively contained? well, as of today there were _ relatively contained? well, as of today there were no - relatively contained? well, asi of today there were no further exchanges of fire on the syrian front or lebanon and gaza, which we had previously. so there are some assessments that perhaps this round of violence, which was sparked by the police raid at al—aqsa mosque earlier has mainly been contained. maybe this was a round of punch and counter—punch that is not continuing any further. as of now they have not been any more

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keeping an eye and palestinians also giving a very watchful eye on the police behaviour at that site. �* �* ., ., site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg _ site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg in _ site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg in jerusalem. | joel greenberg injerusalem. good to talk to you. thank you. and in the vatican's st peter's square, the pope made his easter sunday address and spoke about the recent violence between israel and the palestinians. let's listen. translation: on this day, lord, we entrust _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the _ translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the city - translation: on this day, lord, we entrust to you the city of - we entrust to you the city of jerusalem, the first witness of your resurrection. may there be a resumption of dialogue and a climate of trust and reciprocal respect between israelis and palestinians so that peace may rain in the holy city and in the entire region. now to yemen, where delegations from saudi arabia and oman are holding peace talks with yemen's houthi rebels, aimed at reaching a ceasefire there. the talks are happening in the country's capital sana'a, which is controlled by the houthis. this isn't the first ceasefire attempt, but it is significant, as the bbc�*s sebastian usher explains.

there was a temporary ceasefire last year, which expired in october. that helped calm the situation, that helped bring in confidence—building measures. and although it expired, there's been no realflare—up in the fighting since. so i think the very basic aim of these talks will be to ensure that another ceasefire is put in place. but i think it's more ambitious than that, and that's certainly what is coming out from unnamed sources. there's been nothing official from either the saudi side or the houthis on this, but i think the aim is to have at least a considerably longer ceasefire, if not a permanent ceasefire, which would be at least the start of the end of this war that's dragged on for eight years, which is in pretty much a stalemate, really. this particular element of the war, the one where the houthis — who are originally from the north, but came down to sana'a — took over virtually the whole country at one point

and a saudi—led coalition fighting on behalf of the government that had been forced out came in. so i think that the hope is that with the saudi delegation there, we've already seen a symbolic photo leaked by the houthis of one of the houthi leaders shaking the hand of a member of the saudi group, that this is a very, very serious mood this time, more so than ever before, to end the conflict. and it comes as there are diplomatic moves around the region that are helping that happen. the history of this conflict is complicated, so let's remind ourselves — in brief — how it started. fighting began in 2014 when, after houthi rebels took control of parts of northern yemen, they seized sana'a. in march 2015, the former president hadi fled abroad. also that year, saudi arabia and eight other mostly sunni arab states, backed by the us, uk, and france, begin air strikes against the houthis with the aim of restoring president

hadi's government. saudi arabia, you can see it neighbours yemen, and feared if houthis took control of the country it would give more power to their rival and shia—majority state, iran. that war between the houthis and a saudi—led coalition supporting the government has continued since then. there's been infighting on both sides and stalemate that's led to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. we can talk to christopher henzel now. he was us ambassador to yemen during the trump administration. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. i want to start by getting your assessment. do you think these talks could lead to a potential deal? , ~ , u, deal? yes, i think they can. deesn't _ deal? yes, i think they can. doesn't mean _ deal? yes, i think they can. doesn't mean that - deal? yes, i think they can. doesn't mean that they - doesn't mean that they absolutely will but certainly as you said it is more of the

—— one of the more hopeful. d0 -- one of the more hopeful. do ou -- one of the more hopeful. do you think. _ —— one of the more hopeful. do you think, then, do you have any clear idea about what the potential terms could be to this potential deal, i stress, and also how soon it could be signed? and also how soon it could be sinned? ., and also how soon it could be sinned? . ,,. signed? rate, well, the saudi osition, signed? rate, well, the saudi position. at — signed? rate, well, the saudi position, at least _ signed? rate, well, the saudi position, at least formally, i position, at least formally, has always been that there should be a ceasefire and then peace talks that include the saudi backed and internationally recognised government, as well as perhaps other stakeholders. this is also the un position and they believe still is the us position. unfortunately, even from the beginning when it was endorsed by the un, it seemed somewhat unrealistic since it called on the houthi's to share power when they were already controlling the capital and 80%

of the population. i think now the houthi's are in an even stronger position. the fact that the saudis have decided to go to sana'a for these talks, and mind you, there have been saudi who the direct contacts all along throughout the conflict, but now to do it in the houthi's capital seems to be a goodwill gesture or even a concession on the part of the saudis. why this is happening now seems to be linked to the saudi running in talks that have been brokered by china, which came out a week or two ago. something must have happened in those talks that convinced the saudis that now wasn't the right time to go to sana'a for these negotiation. the united states is an la of saudi arabia, the uk, france,

they also supported the saudi—led coalition. do you think that they could have done more, sooner, earlier, to try and bring this conflict to an end quicker?— and bring this conflict to an end quicker? well, i can tell ou end quicker? well, i can tell you what— end quicker? well, i can tell you what the _ end quicker? well, i can tell you what the us _ end quicker? well, i can tell you what the us conundrum | end quicker? well, i can tell- you what the us conundrum was. it was sort of a matter of either exceeding to a healthy takeover of yemen which something that the saudis said they couldn't tolerate, or continuing to back the un approach which was pushing for approach which was pushing for a coalition government, which as a mentioned earlier wasn't particularly realistic. i think the other western governments you mention had sort of a similar approach. the difference is that now, around seems to be talking to the saudis about yemen. i don't know what they are saying but

as i said, i think it's given the saudis reason to believe that they can or maybe they must finally end this conflict in yemen, perhaps on terms that are not quite to their liking. because, the suffering has been immense, of course, for the mnes on the ground. still today 80% of them are relying on aid. how soon do you think life could start to improve for them if we were to see a potential deal? , ., ., ., deal? first of all, the talks that are — deal? first of all, the talks that are happening - deal? first of all, the talks that are happening in - deal? first of all, the talks. that are happening in sana'a now will probably be talks about. they will, shai hope, agree to continue the ceasefire. that is something the saudis want. the houthi's will probably try to get some concessions out of the saudis in exchange for considering the ceasefire. and then they will probably try to set a date for formal talks which will probably have two include the official yemeni government

although i'm sure the saudis will be calling the shots behind—the—scenes. the mere fact that these talks are happening i think will have an immediate effect, perhaps not a very large one but will have an economic effect on yemen, and as the talks go further, one of the important points of them, i'm sure, will be the amount and terms of saudi funding for relief and reconstruction. the saudis were already big donors to the international humanitarian relief effort. i think they will probably be chipping in considerable sums for reconstruction also. former us ambassador _ for reconstruction also. former us ambassador to _ for reconstruction also. former us ambassador to yemen, - for reconstruction also. former. us ambassador to yemen, thanks for being with us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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it is very dangerous, it is potentially the most dangerous priesthood in the world, you said the numbers there, more than for the killed over the past three administrations, nine under the current administration alone and yet they continue to do it. i think in essence many are pushed simply by their faith, the belief that what they are doing is god's work and very, very important to their communities stopping many of these young men that ice but to came from those same communities that are caught in the middle of this drug violence and there were just 18 seminarians at the seminary that i spoke to them at. that was for a population of over 300,000 people that they were supposed to be serving, so they clearly have a very strong sense of faith that what they are doing is vital. and as you point out, some of them have been killed for speaking out about cartel violence, so how do they go about their role, which is also touching on moral issues? how

do they navigate this?- do they navigate this? they try and navigate — do they navigate this? they try and navigate it _ do they navigate this? they try and navigate it between - do they navigate this? they try and navigate it between a - and navigate it between a combination of prudence and pragmatism. trying not to speak out about individual cartel leaders. trying not to turn the pulpit into a soapbox, if you like and deliver politicised speeches inside the church. that said, of course, a lot of the priests said they have no intention of self censoring from the pulpit in their homilies when they are talking to the congregations and of course they are talking about some things that are very, very clearly harming the communities, the congregations stopping murder, drug violence, the constant fear and intimidation and extortion is that hurt their community so they have two exercise real care when, particularly, the squeeze is put on these young men to do the bidding of the drug cartels that essentially run any of these communities.

annual report also points out that these murders often go unpunished, unsolved. so what are the authorities have to say about this?— about this? the one thing to remember — about this? the one thing to remember particularly - about this? the one thing to remember particularly in - about this? the one thing to i remember particularly in some of these more complicated parts of these more complicated parts of mexico is that the authorities and the drug cartels don't have just a close relationship. sometimes they are one in the same thing. local police forces, for example, so things are not investigated as they should be. in the very seminary that i went to, one young man was dragged off by a gang, he was basically asphyxiated and his body was dumped in wasteland whereby. that was essentially never properly investigated who did it. these sorts of things happen, they happen constantly in mexico. they happen to journalists, they happen to environmental advocates but they are also happening to priests and we thought it was a fascinating thing to look at properly during easter week just how serious the issue is.

will grant, our mexico correspondent — thanks so much for your reporting. stay with us here on bbc news. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company. i'll see you soon. hello. compared to the week gone, the week ahead looks different weather—wise and that there'll be more rain around. rain totals totting up right across the country as this chart shows. but where we see the green colours appear, the hills of wales, parts of scotland, we could see 60—80mm of rain before the week is out. notjust wet, it's going to be windy at times. some of the windiest conditions will be through tuesday and into wednesday around some of these western areas. gusts of wind maybe up to 60mph. bearthat in mind, if you've got any of this week under canvas or if you're on the move. now, the change to the more unsettled and changeable conditions has already started, this weather front pushing eastwards overnight into the morning, bringing outbreaks of rain for all. through the morning, some of the wettest conditions will be across the south and east

of the uk. quite abundant rain to begin with, but don't write your day off, sunshine will come out. there'll be a scattering of showers across the country through the day, showers most frequent through the afternoon, northern england and northern ireland, as well as the highlands of scotland. winds going into a more westerly direction through into the afternoon, gusty in the south, it will make it feel a bit cooler for some of you compared with today, but for the likes of east of scotland, it'll actually feel a bit warmer with a bit more sunshine. now, as we go into tuesday morning, we'll see showers gradually fade away overnight, and it will be a chilly start to tuesday. only 1—2 showers continuing, and we'll get used to some colder nights through this week at times. but actually, a reasonably pleasant day for some on tuesday. to the north and east of the country, save just 1—2 isolated showers, a lot of dry weather, some will stay dry throughout the day. to the south and the west, though, make the most of the morning brightness because the afternoon turning cloudier, wetter, and also windier, gales in the southwest before the day is out. temperatures again dropping just a little bit. and that brings us into our windiest spell of weather this week, tuesday night into wednesday, deepening area of low pressure pushing across, a pretty wet night through the uk to take us through tuesday night into wednesday.

the rain persisting in parts of northeast scotland with some snow over the mountains as we go through wednesday. but south of that, we'll see a mixture of sunshine, heavy thundery showers with hail mixed in, as well. a little bit of brightness here and there. but it's going to be a windy day across the board with winds touching 50—60mph as i said, in the south. and that will make it feel distinctly cool. those windy conditions will last as we go through wednesday night and into thursday. that low pressure gradually pulls away, but another wet and windy low hits the south on friday. take care. to one of the world's worst

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