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live from washington. this is bbc news. us officials are struggling to identify who leaked documents, including details of ukraine's air defences. 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. bbc protests after twitter labels it government—funded media. and a comfy carriage fit for king charles at his coronation — and it even includes air conditioning.
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i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start here in the us, where thejustice department is investigating the leaking of dozens of leaked intelligence documents which surfaced on social media a few days ago. some officials have suggested the topics point to an american source but they're not ruling out the possibility that pro—russian activists or agents might be involved. the bbc�*s carl nasman is here with more. carl, what exactly is the pentagon saying? well, these documents, they have been circulating online and social media for days now, but clearly us officials are concerned, especially when it comes to security. in a recent statement from the pentagon officials say they're working on verifying the documents to work out if they are the real deal or not. but they say the documents contain classified material, highly sensitive material, highly sensitive material, they also say that they are focused on assessing they are focused on assessing the impact that these photograph documents could have on us national security and on
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our allies and partners. we also know that a criminal investigation has been opened into this case and that this is likely the largest league of classified documents since edward snowden back 2013, zindzi gave some classified documents, thousands of them, to journalists. documents, thousands of them, tojournalists. it has been about a decade. this is a big deal. remind us about these leaked documents themselves. what's in them and who leaked them? well, we don't know who is behind the legs. us officials are trying to determine that. —— leaks. given the breadth and depth of information in the documents they do suspect it could be an american or somebody at least within the us thatis somebody at least within the us that is behind them and they have not ruled out the involvement potentially of russia or russian sympathisers. in terms of the documents themselves, their two different leagues, the first one happened backin leagues, the first one happened back in march, a handful of documents pertaining to the war in ukraine, sensitive things
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like photos, timelines, and different military plans stop interestingly, according to the us times, ukraine's at offences could be running low and this has been crucial for the country in terms of protecting troops on the front lines as well as keeping russian aircraft out of ukrainian airspace, that could be crucial if that is true, there was a second larger leak which happened just on friday, 100 documents, and that could potentially be a bit embarrassing for the us because they appear to show that the united states has been spying on its allies, so israel and south korea appearing on some of the documents as well. cari of the documents as well. carl nasman reporting _ of the documents as well. carl nasman reporting on the trove of leaked documents. you for being with us. —— thank you. 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
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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
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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.
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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 reporterjoel greenberg for more. welcome to you. thank 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 muslim worshippers once again barricading themselves inside. we didn't have the same outcome, the police didn't move in. we have a clear idea as to why? i think, first of all, the israeli experience with what happened last week maybe worth some second thoughts on the part of the police about how best
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to handle this situation. i think the results of external intervention, diplomacy, we know that the jordanians, jordan put out a public statement yesterday, in real time as this was unfolding, warning against any action that would cause more conflict and more classes at the scene. so while we don't know the whole story, it seems that the israeli authorities decided it was best to handle it differently and they did not go into that area of the mosque that was shut by the worshippers inside and, in the end, there were no confrontations, though there was tension in the morning whenjewish visitors came to this site, which is also revered byjews as the temple mount. but in general by not going into the mosque, a clash of the likes of which we saw last week was avoided. just for some context here, explain to us why the al—aqsa mosque compound can be such a flashpoint, particularly at this moment we have this convergence of ramadan and
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passover this year. the al—aqsa mosque compound, forjews it is the holiest site injudaism venerated as the site of one of the oldestjewish 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 then jews 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, joel, 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.
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do we know if that situation has been relatively contained? well, as 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 earlier has maybe been contained. maybe this was a round of punch and counter—punch that is not continuing any further. as of now there have not been any more cross—border strikes by either side. and finally, joel, i wanted to ask you, you are there injerusalem at the convergence of these holidays and amid these tensions, what is the atmosphere like there right now injerusalem? i would say that in the old city ofjerusalem, which is in occupied eastjerusalem, that's where you have the most tension right now, where you, again, havejews observing the holiday, worshipping
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at the western wall, which is right adjacent to the al—aqsa mosque and you have muslims coming to the mosque for ramadan observances. so there there is a very heightened police presence and there is an attempt to separate, you know, to have a situation where there is not a direct friction between both sides. other parts of the city remain relatively calm, but that area, that confluence right there at the temple mount and the al—aqsa compound, that area is particularly volatile and that is where police are keeping an eye and palestinians also giving a very watchful eye on the israeli police behaviour at that site. bbc monitoring reporter joel greenberg injerusalem. good to talk to you. thank you. now to yemen, where delegations from saudi arabia and 0man 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
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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,
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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,
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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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. so i'm going to start here with you. so i'm going to start here with ou. , , you. the students led well beinu you. the students led well being worship _ you. the students led well being worship at _ you. the students led well being worship at this - you. the students led well - being worship at this secondary school in abergavenny, being open about mental health and supporting people is a key focus, especially since the pandemic. a national school survey of 11—16 —year—olds down
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were almost twice likely as boys to experience high levels of mental health symptoms. spending too much time on my phone, but also it doesn't have to be on these greens. i find that i am impacted what has been lots of time just not doing anything. been lots of time 'ust not doing anything._ been lots of time 'ust not doing anything. the survey, which is carried _ doing anything. the survey, which is carried out - doing anything. the survey, which is carried out every i doing anything. the survey, i which is carried out every two years, found that between 2017 and 2020 one, fewer teenagers said they were exercising regularly stop there was an increase in the amount is said they were looking at screens before going to bed. and when it comes to diet, fewer said they ate breakfast on weekdays before school. it is hoped the findings of the latest survey will continue to influence changes in communities across wales. you're live with bbc news. the bbc is objecting to a new label, describing it as "government—funded media" on one of its main twitter accounts. the corporation says it is speaking to the social media company about the designation on the bbc
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account to "resolve this issue as soon as possible". elon musk, twitter�*s owner, has responded, saying, "what does bbc stand for again?" but then went on to say he follows the bbc and it has some great material. we go live now to technology journalist takara small. takara, thank you for joining us tonight. what does the designation government funded mean exactly and do we know why the bbc has been given a? it’s and do we know why the bbc has been given a?— been given a? it's a great question. _ been given a? it's a great question, it _ been given a? it's a great question, it is _ been given a? it's a great question, it is a - been given a? it's a great question, it is a question| been given a? it's a great - question, it is a question many journalists are asking as well stopping their estate affiliated on government funded. right now government funded. right now government funded doesn't actually have a description, there is nothing online that exist to tell users, to tell organisations what that means and that adds to confusion for everyone online, particularly those organisation. in a statement, the bbc has said that it is speaking to twitter to resolve this.
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there has also been backlash to the designation of npr initially as state—affiliated media. how was that resolved? so, there was a lot of pushback and i want to add for context, it wasn'tjust bbc, npr, it was organisations that elon musk in the past has criticised quite vocally online and so the designation of state affiliated was removed and government funded was added. what's interesting is that for instance, npr, for instance the main twitter account is government funded but its affiliates like npr health, npr books do not have that designation, so really what i think this is, is confusing users and it's making it very challenging for these news organisations to share information publicly because individuals don't know exactly what they are and what they do.
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you touched on relations between these media outlets and elon musk, i want to ask more about that because we've also seen blue text for example disappear from the likes of the new york times, the new york times has said we don't want to pay to be verified but i'd just wonder, what does the future look like for media companies on twitter under elon musk? i think it will be very challenging for news and media organisations to continue operating on that platform. it appears to be like, these types of blue text, these types of labels are placed on organisations at will by elon musk and it would be very challenging for any organisation, any media group had to be honest any corporation to thrive in that environment knowing that the owner can add a label, can remove any type of title at will. and i want to add that this also, i don't want to be dramatic, really cuts to the core of media and also democracy because a lot of users online look to that blue
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text, they look to that label to better understand where they can go for news and if that is removed, individuals will have a hard time understanding what is happening in the world around them.— is happening in the world around them. ., ., ., around them. you point to that issue of trust _ around them. you point to that issue of trust which _ around them. you point to that issue of trust which of - around them. you point to that issue of trust which of course l issue of trust which of course issue of trust which of course is so important with social media, with verifying reports, but another question i suppose would be, can these big media outlets really afford not to be on twitter? i outlets really afford not to be on twitter?— outlets really afford not to be on twitter? i think these days there are _ on twitter? i think these days there are a — on twitter? i think these days there are a lot _ on twitter? i think these days there are a lot of— on twitter? i think these days there are a lot of different - there are a lot of different platforms and they should have some type of representation on twitter but if they recognise that that isn't a space where they can operate in a fair and transparent way they are going to have to look for other ways to have to look for other ways to do that. i don't think twitter is the be all in all of social media, i think it was at one point but people have to understand that this is not going to be a fair and transparent place like it was maybe even five years ago. fir
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maybe even five years ago. or ri . ht, maybe even five years ago. 0r right, thank you so much. buckingham palace has released new details about king charles' coronation — from the procession route, to the crown jewels that will be used. here's the latest from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. less than four weeks now to their big day, and preparations for the coronation of king charles iii and the crowning of camilla as his queen are in full swing. first, the route that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again has been confirmed — from the palace, down the mall to trafalgar square and then down whitehall, around parliament square to the abbey's west door. the return route will be the same journey in reverse, a much shorter journey than that taken by the late queen elizabeth after her coronation. the king and queen consort will travel to the coronation in one of the newest royal carriages, the diamond jubilee stagecoach,
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escorted by the household cavalry. inside westminster abbey, the service itself will see the crownjewels, the regalia, the symbols of the monarch�*s authority, being used for the first time since queen elizabeth was crowned. the sovereign's orb and sceptres, swords, bracelets and spurs all will have their part in this elaborate religious service, which culminates with the crowning of the monarch with st edward's crown. camilla will be crowned with queen mary's crown, which contains some of the cullinan diamonds. she'll also hold the queen consort�*s rod, which is made of ivory. they will process from the abbey, just as queen elizabeth did, for the return journey to the palace. and for that, they will board this, the 18th—century gold state coach. it weighs four tonnes, and it's notoriously uncomfortable. the king and queen may be relieved that their journey back to the palace, escorted by military detachments, will be only a quarter of the length
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of that undertaken by queen elizabeth in 1953. royal staff have done their best to make the gold coach as comfortable as possible. back at buckingham palace, there'll be a royal salute and — one imagines — an appearance on the palace balcony, though that hasn't been confirmed. 0ne innovation — the palace has launched a new emoji to mark the coronation. so, a ceremony rooted in history with at least one modern touch. nicholas witchell, bbc news. live now to autumn brewington, she's an associate editor at the washington post, and author of the paper's royals newsletter, "post elizabeth". autumn, i know you have been combing through the details of the coronation as we've been getting them. but for many people it will be the first time they are seeing one — how does it measure up to that of the late queen in 1953?
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how does this one measure up in terms of differences, similarities?- terms of differences, similarities? ., similarities? so, some of the differences — similarities? so, some of the differences that _ similarities? so, some of the differences that we _ similarities? so, some of the differences that we are - similarities? so, some of the | differences that we are seeing from the details that have been released so far, for example as your correspondent just said, the procession route this time around will be significantly shorter than the queen's procession route. hers was about seven kilometres, it took two hours to process from westminster abbey to buckingham palace way that they wound through central london and this time the king will process in a much more direct route from westminster abbey to buckingham palace. d0 westminster abbey to buckingham palace. ,., westminster abbey to buckingham palace. ~ ., , ., palace. do we know why that is? because they — palace. do we know why that is? because they know— palace. do we know why that is? because they know as _ palace. do we know why that is? because they know as you - because they know as you mentioned it was a very long procession route before, we know that these carriages actually, they may look glamorous but they are not all that comfy and it can be a bumpy ride, so why have they shortened the route, do we know? i shortened the route, do we know? ~ ., shortened the route, do we know? ~' ., ., know? i think there are a coule know? i think there are a counle of _ know? i think there are a couple of things - know? i think there are a couple of things going i know? i think there are a | couple of things going on. know? i think there are a - couple of things going on. one, you have a king and queen who, this time around our 7a and 75
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years old whereas in 1953 we had a 26—year—old queen and she later sort a famously described the route as long and uncomfortable, but she was also sort of putting on this very elaborate show for so many people. for months before the queen's procession, stands had been built along the procession way, the same way that scaffold and was built inside westminster abbey to accommodate thousands more guests than will actually be seated this time. so it's a sort of a combination of, i think, they are not being as elaborate in terms of looking to accommodate as many people, and just a nod to, these are much more older people and the comfort level of just much more older people and the comfort level ofjust going back and forth. that said, the coach that is going to take
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them to westminster abbey, it is quite elaborate, it is the newest of the state coaches. it was built in 2014, it was tied to queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee. it has heating and air conditioning and a suspension system and electric windows so as far as coaches go, that one actually should be a much more comfortable ride than the very ornate gold state coach that was built in 1760. it ornate gold state coach that was built in1760._ was built in 1760. it really sounds like _ was built in 1760. it really sounds like quite some i was built in 1760. it really - sounds like quite some thing. another thing that is different is that we will see two coronations with camilla becoming queen. do we know how that will work? so, her coronation, she will be crowned after king charles is crowned after king charles is crowned and i've personally thought it was interesting, they've been sort of releasing these details and we are talking about this today since it is actually the couple's 18th wedding anniversary and when they got married 18 years ago, they couldn't be married in a church and it was announced that she was going to be princess consort, at the
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time, because people were very opposed to her becoming queen and now the details are coming out injust a sign of how much more normal and expect this is. i do to ask you, i couldn't help but notice the collection of souvenirs and mugs that you have got behind you. i imagine that we should start to expect some more souvenirs coming up. have you seen any there in london?— have you seen any there in london? �* ~ .,, ., , london? i'm in washington but i've definitely _ london? i'm in washington but i've definitely seen _ london? i'm in washington but i've definitely seen a _ london? i'm in washington but i've definitely seen a lot - i've definitely seen a lot online in terms of the things that different retailers are offering and definitely i have seen some high—end things. i don't know that people feel as comfortable perhaps being kitschy with this couple whereas with the queen, even though obviously she was so active and had been in the world for such a long time, i do think sometimes things got a little sort of silly fun with the figurines or details and other things. the figurines or details and otherthings. i the figurines or details and other things.— the figurines or details and other things. i am sure that some of—
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other things. i am sure that some of your _ other things. i am sure that some of your friends - other things. i am sure that some of your friends in - other things. i am sure that. some of your friends in london some of yourfriends in london will be sending you some of those souvenirs. thank you so much. ., ~ those souvenirs. thank you so much. . ~ i. stay with us here on bbc news. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company. 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.
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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. 0nly1—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
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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.
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