live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. the us investigates the leaking of dozens of intelligence documents, including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. one tennessee lawmaker reinstated, days after he and a colleague were expelled for calling for stricter gun control laws. and taiwan hits back at china after it completes three days of military exercises around the island. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we begin here in washington, where us national security officials are trying to contain the fallout of a major document leak,

including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms, such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive, and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine's air force may not be able to withstand more russian attack. may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc�*s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much into the finding out phase. we are told this is a serious risk to us national security and a matter of top priority. a number of

government agencies are working together to find out how this happen and what the potential impact of this is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day with senior leaders and us officials are holding high—level talks to reassure allies because the number of these documents mention allies such as israel and south korea including some sensitive information but most of the documents referred to the status of the war in ukraine. the department ofjustice is opened up a criminal investigation. the americans do not know who is behind this or at least they are not saying. they do not know the scope of it. they were asked whether the threat had been contained and they said we just do not know. these are not detailed ukraine battle plans, this is more of a us snapshot of the ukraine war but it could give the russians useful information and also put at risk some of the us intelligence sources and it is a diplomatic embarrassment. officials say these documents are for the most part real.

but earlier, the white house's john kirby also said this. it does appear that at least in some cases, the information posted online had been altered from what we think would be the original source but there is just no way i could tell you with any granularity how that came to be. with me now to discuss this is the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican representative mike turner, who received a briefing earlier today on the leaked documents. thank you very much forjoining us back on the programme. what we heard from john kirby saying some of the images indicate they have been altered. what does that tell us about who is behind this leak? i do does that tell us about who is behind this leak?— behind this leak? i do not think the _ behind this leak? i do not think the alteration - behind this leak? i do not. think the alteration doesn't necessarily but there is a way as to the department ofjustice and department of defence are trying to track this down. the

document had limited circulation. they have been appearing in photographs some of which have electronic signature aspects and they can help us lead to where this leak may have occurred and where these documents may have come from. but you are right in your report, this isjust a limited snapshot. it is a static image of the ukraine conflict, it is not at all something that is dynamic. ourability not at all something that is dynamic. our ability to be flexible, ukraine's ability to be flexible in its attempt to rebut the russian aggression against them is certainly not stopped by this. it against them is certainly not stopped by this.— stopped by this. it is a static imaue stopped by this. it is a static image but — stopped by this. it is a static image but also _ stopped by this. it is a static image but also reveals - stopped by this. it is a static| image but also reveals some important information about the war in ukraine. one is that ukraine efforts may not be able to stand up to russia should they intensify air battles. the biden administration and our promise another $2.6 billion

aid package including some support for air defence. is that going to be enough? even if that is ecstatic. _ that going to be enough? even if that is ecstatic. you're - if that is ecstatic. you're referring to the document talking about the consumption rate of our defences and what the status would be over time but, again, that isjust a period of time and the board is continuing and the nato allies are supplying capabilities so russia should not by any means look at these documents and say that as of this date we now have freedom to be able to move in and about ukraine. that is not the case. i was just in ukraine and a meeting with nato allies and on logistics and planning and training and a great deal of effort or support for ukraine in these documents show the extent of the continual cooperation and co—ordination but certainly would not be representative of all ability. we would not be representative of all abili . ~ ., all ability. we also saw the new york _ all ability. we also saw the new york times _ all ability. we also saw the

new york times reporting | all ability. we also saw the i new york times reporting the russian mercenary group wagner group met with turkish contacts as part of a bid to expand their influence and also to search in part for more weapons. what do you make of them meeting with a nato ally? i will not comment on that. again, some of those documents of not being verified and i will not discuss on that. what is discuss a bull is are the russians out looking for weapons and that clearly is the case. we saw when president xi came to russia, they were looking around the world for weapons and that shows a greater vulnerability on the part of russia that they would prefer that people do not understand and that is they are running out of weapons and capabilities and certainly do not able to advance eastern frontline is showing failure on the part of the russian

military. i5 the part of the russian military-— the part of the russian milita . , ., ., military. is it also showing that sanctions _ military. is it also showing that sanctions from - military. is it also showing that sanctions from the i military. is it also showing i that sanctions from the west are working absolutely. that is an excellent _ are working absolutely. that is an excellent point. _ are working absolutely. that is an excellent point. the - an excellent point. the sanctions prevent them from having access to advanced technology that they can incorporate into additional weapons and they can manufacture themselves and it also lessens their overall capital that they could apply to the manufacturing of weapon to the manufacturing of weapon to capability. it also shows the unbelievable consumption thatis the unbelievable consumption that is happening of their weapons system, the number of tanks they have lost is unbelievable and was not expected by vladimir putin. they weapons system, they think they are much less effective than they had expected. another aspect of this, even though we're talking about the united states linking of classified information, we have seen that russia, almost like deceive, vladimir putin must be sitting there looking to his left and

right monitoring who his friends because coming out of russia is so actionable and have helped the ukraine and its ally the us. have helped the ukraine and its ally the us-_ ally the us. even though you have said — ally the us. even though you have said this _ ally the us. even though you have said this is _ ally the us. even though you have said this is a _ ally the us. even though you have said this is a static- ally the us. even though you have said this is a static shot of what is happening in ukraine, what is the impact of these leaks? what can russian intelligence gained from these documents there is some information that could be concerning and viewed as strategic information but we have to be concerned with these again making certain that ukraine and its plans over the next couple of months is flexible. it next couple of months is flexible-— flexible. it has that versatility - flexible. it has that versatility and - flexible. it has that - versatility and weapons capability that nato and nato allies and the us provide, the german leopard tanks on the way. they are put to the best use. as this information is out, certainly ukraine will have to modify look to its plans. again, this is a land war and plans. again, this is a land

warand a plans. again, this is a land war and a lot of things that happen on the ground is visible to russia and they will have some advanced notice of these events anyway but it does cause bars and a reconfiguration of perhaps the goals and objectives.— perhaps the goals and objectives. perhaps the goals and ob'ectives. �* . ., , ., perhaps the goals and ob'ectives. . ., objectives. and certainly a big intelligence _ objectives. and certainly a big intelligence leak. _ objectives. and certainly a big intelligence leak. doesn't - objectives. and certainly a big| intelligence leak. doesn't need to be a review of who has clearance and access these types of documents) is concerning these documents would been leaked.- concerning these documents would been leaked. there is an inventory of— would been leaked. there is an inventory of understanding - would been leaked. there is an inventory of understanding of. inventory of understanding of who has access to them. we have been working diligently to find who would have had these documents and who may have leaked them. suddenly this is espionage and if it turns out to be american, they are a traitor and will be held to justice. i traitor and will be held to 'ustice. ., ., ., ., ~ ., justice. i want to also talk to ou justice. i want to also talk to you about — justice. i want to also talk to you about china. _ justice. i want to also talk to you about china. in - justice. i want to also talk to | you about china. in response justice. i want to also talk to i you about china. in response to the javanese with the house speaker, china said it has successfully completed three days of military drills. what

do you make of that? it continues to show that as an authoritarian regime, they are threatening taiwan which is a thriving democracy. it is disturbing to everyone that when china reacted to nancy pelosi as a speaker going to taiwan and now is reacting to the president of taiwan meeting in the united states with the speaker of the us house and in the united states, clearly they see their reach and ability to have a fence or pretext to have these exercises and provocative moves as threatening to them and clearly the freedom part of being able to be free and meet with whoever you want they certainly do not understand. that may be the case but if we see these types of provocative military drills, is there perhaps it to reconsider these types of meetings if they are going to trigger this type of

response from china ) there is no triggering of china, they have been planning this for a long time. have been planning this for a long time-— have been planning this for a long time. have been planning this for a lona time. ., . , , long time. from china?. this is a pretext. _ long time. from china?. this is a pretext, certainly— long time. from china?. this is a pretext, certainly in _ long time. from china?. this is a pretext, certainly in the i a pretext, certainly in the united states we can start saying people who are in the united states were not going to meet with them because we might offend china. that is not the issue. china is an authoritarian regime and they will try to suppress democracies including actions in our own country.— in our own country. mike turner. _ in our own country. mike turner, thank— in our own country. mike turner, thank you - in our own country. mike turner, thank you so i in our own country. mike l turner, thank you so much in our own country. mike i turner, thank you so much for joining us on the show.- joining us on the show. thank ou for joining us on the show. thank you for having _ joining us on the show. thank you for having me. _ turning to the state of tennessee, where the nashville metropolitan council voted to reappointjustin jones to the tennessee house of representatives. he's one of two state lawmakers who were expelled from the republican—majority house last week, after participating in a gun control protest on the house floor. he's returning to his seat as an interim representative — until an election is held.

joining us now is councilwoman kyonzte toombs. she voted to reinstate mrjones as an interim state representative a few hours ago. thank you very much forjoining us. tell us about today's environment inside and outside the council chamber today. today was pretty intense. they were thousands of people gathered at the house. as many people you could fit into the chambers. reporters from all over, everyone hopeful that the council would do the right thing. council would do the right thin. ~ ., , council would do the right thinl. ., ,y., council would do the right thin. . ., thing. what is your message to republican _ thing. what is your message to republican state _ republican state representatives who voted to expel mrjones and his colleague mr pearson? expel mrjones and his colleaaue mr pearson? ~ , colleague mr pearson? when they were exoelled _ colleague mr pearson? when they were expelled from _ colleague mr pearson? when they were expelled from the _ colleague mr pearson? when they were expelled from the house, i l were expelled from the house, i so a lot of tweets on social

media saying that democracy is a dad and i think the council vote today proves democracy is still very much alive and the actions that happened last week were not democratic and people have the right of representation. i have the right of representation. have the right of reresentation. ., ., ., representation. i want to ask about a statement _ representation. i want to ask about a statement buy i about a statement buy republican leaders. republican leaders of the state general assembly: "tennessee's constitution provides a pathway "back for expulsion. "should any expelled member be reappointed, "we will welcome them. "like everyone else, they are expected to follow "the rules of the house as well as state law." would you encourage them to try to follow the rules to avoid something like this happening again? representative jones and representative jones and representative pearson are not activists. they knew who they were, they wanted representatives who were unapologetic and speak for the people. i think they need to be and it will be true to

themselves. i do not think they need to change. everyone who watched last week knows the expulsion was an overreach and i think how they have been catapulted into the international and national stage proves they are doing the right thing and they are on the right thing and they are on the right track and wanting change. would you encourage them holding a protest as they did on the floor of the house was mike representativejones talked about how he took an oath issues that were interested to his constituents. that is exactly what he did. the message may be loud but you have to look at the actual message and he was speaking for his constituents so i would encourage and it to always speakfor encourage and it to always speak for that constituents and the constituents of the district felt they were not being heard and silenced on issues about gun violence in our society so representative

jones doing what he promised what he would do, represent them and amplify their voices so if you find himself in that situation again, we has to amplify the voices of his constituents, i would encourage him to do so. it constituents, i would encourage him to do so— him to do so. it is not about alwa s him to do so. it is not about always following _ him to do so. it is not about always following the - him to do so. it is not about always following the rules. | him to do so. it is not about i always following the rules. of course always following the rules. oi course we want to always following the rules. i>i course we want to follow the rules but sometimes you have to speak out for people.— speak out for people. kyonzte toombs thank _ speak out for people. kyonzte toombs thank you _ speak out for people. kyonzte toombs thank you for - speak out for people. kyonzte toombs thank you forjoiningl speak out for people. kyonzte l toombs thank you forjoining us here on our programme. thank you forjoining us from nashville tonight. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. after a life dedicated to treating liver patients, alison is now a cancer patient. but she determined to improve liver health in staffordshire. 90% of liver disease is preventable if you pick it up early enough.

and that is why i feel it is so important to raise awareness. stoke—on—trent is the second—highest area in the midlands for early death relating to liver disease. alison believes a second scanner could be a life—saver for many. she is even trying it out. it feels all right, actually. yes, i have sent lots of patients for these scans. as a medical consultant, alison helps thousands of seriously ill patients during her career here at the royal stoke university hospital, where she is also receiving end—of—life care. it is safe to say alison is not wasting any of the time she has left. yes, ifeel prepared for the future. and i feel i have left something, well, still leaving something that is worthwhile. you're live with bbc news. let's get more on taiwan now. its president says china's military exercises have caused instability and are not the responsible attitude of a major country.

china just completed three days of military drills around the island and officials said there could be no peace if taiwan became fully independent. taiwan is a self—ruled island off the coast of china, which beijing sees as part of its own territory. china called these drills a "stern warning" after the taiwanese president, tsai ing—wen, visited the us and met house speaker kevin mccarthy. live now to singapore and our correspondent joao da silva. good to see you. tell us more about these military drills that china completed. have they essentially simulated encircling the island? exactly. it seems that for the first time the chinese military has nearly distracts from the east accor pacific side rather than the west, where china's mainlanders. that means that they practised in circling the island, notjust that, taiwan plasma defence ministry released a map showing the

flood maps of chinese fighter jets to the island's east, suggesting majestic from one of china's two aircraft carriers. china's two aircraft carriers. china has confirmed that shandong comet aircraft carrier currently deployed in the pacific not a fire from taiwan has been involved in the drills and the japanese military sat jet fighters and helicopters took off and landed on the carrier i20 took off and landed on the carrier 120 times between friday and sunday, so all this seems to indicate that they were simulating a blockade. taiwan says it will stick to its posts but do you think these military drills will cause taiwan to rethink holding meetings with us lawmakers? that's hard to say, but if the aim is to deter us and taiwanese politicians from getting closer, it achieved a bit of success. this time around taiwan appears to have taken steps around taiwan appears to have ta ken steps to really reduce tensions around that meeting between president xi like and

kevin mccarthy —— president tsai. kevin mccarthy said he'd like to lead a congressional team to taiwan if he was our speaker but president tsai convinced him to meet in the us instead of because of taiwan's security concerns. the us has also tried to downplay the meeting, pointing out that it was president tsai (applause) seventh transit since taking part. both us and taiwan have described it as a stopover or transit rather than a visit, still call them official visit or not, these meetings have been going ahead under president siren wails but there is an election coming up on taiwan and we can't say what will happen if the election saw more bayesian friendly governments really come to power in taiwan. meanwhile the philippines and the us will start their biggest military exercise on tuesday. what is this drill about?

these are pretty significant drills. the us and philippines have been holding this military exercise every year for decades, but these are the largest so far and they are double the size of last year's drills. what is also significant of course is their taking place on the same way china held those military drills near taiwan. the us has already reacted to those drills by sending the uss millis on a freedom of navigation operation near the contested spratly islands on the south china sea. these drills will further ratchet up tensions in the region, it must be noted that china's significant claims in the south china sea clash with those of most other countries in the region, the philippines is no exception. these exercises are important way for the philippines, manila to china that it will not stand idly by as paging claims more of its territory our correspondence, joao da silva, reporting from singapore. thanks for that update.

to kentucky now, where police have identified the gunman who killed four people in louisville as 23—year old connor sturgeon. police say he was killed at the scene of the attack at a bank in louisville. at least six more people have been injured and taken to hospitals, after the incident in the east main street, near slugger field stadium. our correspondent jessica parker has more. mass shootings winner have been on the rise in recent years. presidentjoe biden tweeting this afternoon, and we know the president has been frustrated by what he sees as a lack of progress in tightening gun controls. he said, once again our nation was after a senseless act of gun violence. as we know, this is a very

politically, culturally divisive issue as well. there was some progress last year with the passing of the safer communities fund. it did not ben robbins but looks to invest more in upgrading security for schools, some tougher background checks as well, more money as well for crisis intervention, but of coursejoe biden, the white house have been calling for a ban on assault weapons, but balanced against that is the view held a lot of times by republicans that they are very keen in their view to protect their second amendment rights, the right to bear arms.— right to bear arms. jessica parker reporting _ right to bear arms. jessica parker reporting there. i some news from new york — former president trump is scheduled to sit for a deposition on thursday for the $250 million lawsuit filed by new york attorney general letitia james in september 2022. this was separate from the investigation led by the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg that led to trump's indictment. the new york ag accuses trump, his company, and his three kids of widespread fraud. mr trump previously appeared

for a deposition last august, and invoked the fifth amendment more than 400 times. to nothern ireland now, where it's the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. it brought an end to decades of conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. there were bombings, shootings and more than 3,500 people died. unionists wanted northern ireland to stay within the uk while nationalists wanted it to become part of the republic of ireland. the good friday agreement was signed on 10 april 1998 and approved by public votes in northern ireland and the republic of ireland. it resulted in a new government for northern ireland, representing both nationalists and unionists. inafew in a few hours, joe biden will arrive in northern ireland. joe biden is set to make a speech at belfast�*s ulster university on tusday, before heading to the republic of ireland, where he has ancestral roots. charlotte gallagher reports.

belfast is gearing up for the arrival of us presidentjoe biden and below me is the street he'll be staying on. the cordons are out so people can't park there and we think the security quaden will be in place tomorrow morning around the hotel, then around the university he will go to on wednesday to meet people. that's his only public engagement here in northern ireland before he moves south into rebel republic. i think it's about a celebration of the good friday agreement while he is coming here but also looking forward to the future as well. it's why he is going to university and meeting people who weren't even born the troubles. they remember the violence which marred the lives of people and killed thousands of people and killed thousands of people and killed thousands of people here in northern ireland. afterjoe biden has beenin ireland. afterjoe biden has been in northern ireland he will move to the south, to dublin where he will meet the president and prime minister, the taoiseach, and will go to county where he has ancestral links. this will be a homecoming forjoe biden in

many ways but i think the fact that he is doing his last engagement in the town of ballina by his great—great—grandfather is from, he has cousins there, he will be speaking at the cathedral on friday night, because a lot about him and his feelings towards ireland. he describes himself as a proud irish—american, proud irish catholic, and is admittedly important to him, those roots in the country. some news from here in the us. suggesting the charges against evan gershkovich are politically motivated, wrongful detention centres allows the us to allocate more resources to the case and that is something a message the wall streetjournal itself has also echoed that evan gershkovich was wrongfully detained in russia. stay with us here on bbc news.

iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda in washington. hello. tuesday will be a day which the movie will have to make the most of the morning whether because it'll be a day on which conditions will be rapidly deteriorating with wet weather spreading to many areas from the south and west, and by the end of the day and be increasingly windy, especially around western coasts and hills. a low pressure approaching now, but in the night into the morning got a brief ridge of high pressure, quite a shallow one, so still a few showers into the morning, but a lot of dry and clear weather and a colder start of the morning as well. a touch of frost through sheltered scottish glens. but across there will be some cloud in scotland, wanted to showers, many start right, make the most of it, south—west england,

wales and northern ireland deteriorate rapidly, range 23 northern ireland, wales and west of england for the end of the afternoon with strengthening winds. that was down a bit on the day but given the strength of the wind and the strength of the wind and the rain spreading and, will feel cooler. when will be strongest in the first part of the night around these irish sea coasts and hills, that would cause damage and disruption particularly in coastal parts, easy later in the night, rain swept across all areas lingering in the morning to parts of northern scotland with snow and hills. here is that they are blood pressures are going to wednesday, sally pushed eastward, will maintain a windy speu eastward, will maintain a windy spell of weather after a brief lull, if you cool it that, winds will strengthen the west through the day, some heated areas, not a bad morning with sunshine around, few showers here later in the afternoon but frequent showers, longer spells of randomised. wednesbury strengthening the dates of another bout of strong winds especially across parts of wales and southern england, 50-60 mild

wales and southern england, 50—60 mild an hour gusts possible. believe it or not, some will struggle to get seven or eight degrees. it will feel chilly about, so wintry on the hills. an area of low pressure gradually migrate further east into thursday, becomes less potent, still breezy especially across the south, if you are of showers elsewhere to begin with, someone longer spells a greater part of scotland and northern england and temperatures recovering just a touch but overall another fairly cool day. what weather and windy weather to come on friday, sign that something warm up into the weekend into next week. take care.

warnings on the estate of the global economy as finance officials meet in washington. plus a potential bright spot, some economies expected to do better than forecasts.— better than forecasts. hello and welcome _ better than forecasts. hello and welcome to _ better than forecasts. hello and welcome to asia - better than forecasts. hello i and welcome to asia business report. the global economy is to grab a simple and paltry 3%

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