welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. the moment the fbi says it arrested a suspect, in the worst leak of secret us intelligence documents in years. today, the justice today, thejustice department arrested jack teixeira, and connection with an investigation into an alleged unauthorised removal, transmission, of national defence information. president biden meets the irish prime minister and addresses the country's parliament, on the second day of his visit to the republic.

brazil's new president lula da silva prepares to meet his counterpart xijinping as he continues his trip in china. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers around the world. the fbi says it's arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who's 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident, and he'd be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities.

they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces, and the extent of american spying on it's own allies. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the young man at the centre of the most serious breach of american security in years, giving himself up without a struggle. jack teixeira is 21. he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. ., , the massachusetts air national guard. ., g , . guard. today, the justice department _ guard. today, the justice department arrested - guard. today, the justice i department arrested jack guard. today, the justice i department arrested jack to share over the connection of an investigation into an alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defence information.— classified national defence information. , ., information. the day began with mountin: information. the day began with mounting speculation. - information. the day began with mounting speculation. the - mounting speculation. the washingtons post newspaper described the young suspect, who has now been named, as a

man working on a military base sharing classified information with a small circle of friends. as far back as 2020, during the lonely early months of the lockdown. his online friends, amazingly included individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the group spoke anonymously to the post. his friend was, he said, nodding whistle—blower and not working for a foreign government.— and not working for a foreign government. and not working for a foreign covernment. �* , . . , ., government. any claims that he is a russian _ government. any claims that he is a russian operative _ government. any claims that he is a russian operative or- is a russian operative or pro—russian is categorically false. he is not interested in helping any foreign agencies with their attack on the us or other countries. he was a young, charismatic man who loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns, and racing cars. the material leaks, especially the material lea ks, especially about the material leaks, especially about the war in ukraine, is hugely embarrassing for america and potentially damaging for the cranium itself. it seems a suspects motives may not of been political at all. we have

an individual— been political at all. we have an individual who _ been political at all. we have an individual who is - been political at all. we have an individual who is leaking l an individual who is leaking material_ an individual who is leaking material because they want to develop — material because they want to develop personal friendships online — develop personal friendships online. in effect, they are using _ online. in effect, they are using the release of top secret us intelligent document as leverage to gain friendships with— leverage to gain friendships with individuals and online chat — with individuals and online chat i_ with individuals and online chat i think that the insider for that— chat i think that the insider for that remains the same as always. — for that remains the same as always, but the motivation is perhaps— always, but the motivation is perhaps different than what we have _ perhaps different than what we have seen before. but perhaps different than what we have seen before.— perhaps different than what we have seen before. but there are several audis _ have seen before. but there are several audis would _ have seen before. but there are several audis would prevent - several audis would prevent links. in 2010, chelsea manning gave three quarters of a million sensitive documents to wikileaks, which specialises in publishing ossified material. should chelsea manning, orjack teixeira, both relatively junior, have had access to so secret information westmark the pentagon says it is looking into how information is distributed but said the rules were clearly broken. this distributed but said the rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate _ were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal— were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal act - were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal act to - deliberate criminal act to violate _ deliberate criminal act to violate those _ deliberate criminal act to violate those guidelines. deliberate criminal act to i violate those guidelines and rules — violate those guidelines and rules in_ violate those guidelines and rules. in the _ violate those guidelines and rules. in the same - violate those guidelines and rules. in the same way- violate those guidelines and rules. in the same way that| violate those guidelines and. rules. in the same way that if you lock— rules. in the same way that if you lock your— rules. in the same way that if you lock your front _ rules. in the same way that if you lock your front door, - rules. in the same way that if you lock your front door, and| you lock your front door, and somebody— you lock your front door, and somebody came _ you lock your front door, and somebody came in _ you lock your front door, and somebody came in your- you lock your front door, and. somebody came in your house you lock your front door, and - somebody came in your house and took something. _ somebody came in your house and took something, you _ somebody came in your house and took something, you followed - took something, you followed your— took something, you followed your procedures _ took something, you followed your procedures and - took something, you followed your procedures and you - took something, you followed

your procedures and you lockl your procedures and you lock your— your procedures and you lock your door, _ your procedures and you lock your door, but _ your procedures and you lock your door, but somebody- your procedures and you lock i your door, but somebody went your procedures and you lock - your door, but somebody went in your— your door, but somebody went in your house — your door, but somebody went in your house and _ your door, but somebody went in your house and took _ your door, but somebody went in your house and took something l your house and took something and put — your house and took something and put it— your house and took something and put it out— your house and took something and put it out on— your house and took something and put it out on the _ your house and took something and put it out on the street. - and put it out on the street. that— and put it out on the street. that is— and put it out on the street. that is what— and put it out on the street. that is what were _ and put it out on the street. that is what were talking i and put it out on the street. i that is what were talking about here _ that is what were talking about here. ., that is what were talking about here. . ,., ., ., here. that reporting from paul adams, here. that reporting from paul adams. a _ here. that reporting from paul adams, a correspondent i here. that reporting from paul adams, a correspondent on i here. that reporting from paul i adams, a correspondent on that story. gordon lawson is a former naval officer assigned to the defence intelligence agency and ceo of cyber security firm, conceal — he told me what he thinks some of the underlying issues behind the leaks are. the social media and the culture of celebrity as the other problem with this. we have a young person who i think wasn't internalising the consequences of breaching this trust and hosting —— posting these items, is going to result in probably a life of present at this point. i think the other problem is that we need to make sure we are teaching people that go into positions in the military, and certainly in the military, and certainly in the military, and certainly in the united states but anywhere, we need to make sure that they are teaching them that they are teaching them that there are severe consequences when you have the security clearances, and you cannot abuse us. now that's

obviously a lesson that we have to make sure we are and doing as people come into these positions of trust. for sure, the united states must do a betterjob of betting people, of making sure there is zero trust access, so you're not allowed to get to these things if you don't have a need to know. forsure if you don't have a need to know. for sure there has to be an improvement in the system. do you see security levels being stepped up in the future because mike what do you think the changes might be going forward to ensure information is secure because mark absolutely. i think there will be a rebound of what we call these ts sci computer systems, absolutely, make sure that only vetted personnel at —— there are obviously hard copies. i have to be frank. when i saw the postings and the security markings that were on these hard copies that have been posted in the media, it is so disconcerting because they are the highest levels of classification. things like locking down the printer in a secure facility. it has to happen. i think with any large

bureaucracy, like the united states has via dod, sometimes there are these things, there are lapses. i know this is a very strong wake—up call, but those lapses are unacceptable. it is unacceptable when it involves our allies for sure, and it involves a situation as serious as what we are all facing in ukraine. but there definitely will be changes, and i think strong accountability with the leadership of this particular individual. that was gordon lawson _ particular individual. that was gordon lawson there, - particular individual. that was gordon lawson there, ceo i particular individual. that was gordon lawson there, ceo of| gordon lawson there, ceo of cyber security firm conceal, speaking to me a little earlier on newsday. to other top stories now — and president biden has become the fourth us president to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament in dublin. it came on the third full day of his visit to northern ireland and the republic. he said the uk should be working more closely with dublin to maintain peace in the north, as sarah smith reports. president biden says repeatedly that he feels truly at home in ireland.

to be invited to address the irish parliament, well, this isjoe biden's idea of a really good time. well, mum... laughter. they said it would happen. he talked of the history, values and ideals that ireland shares with america, and of how international cooperation can support peace in northern ireland. on that, he seems to think the uk could do more. i think that the united kingdom should be working closer with ireland in this endeavour. political violence must never again be allowed to take hold in this island. the assembled politicians did hear rishi sunak say it yesterday he is ready to work with his irish partner he is to try to get devolved he is ready to work with his irish partners to try to get devolved government up and running again in northern ireland as soon as possible.

president biden is not here in ireland to achieve any kind of diplomatic breakthrough or to try and solve the deadlock in northern ireland politics. he largely seems to be here to enjoy himself. his team that have come with him are just desperately hoping that he can do that without putting his foot in it. visiting the irish president at dublin's white house, mr biden says he doesn't ever want to leave, and wrote a similar sentiment in the visitors' book. as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you where your heart is. other american presidents have come here to highlight their irish ancestry. president biden's tree will grow alongside others planted by presidents obama, clinton, reagan, even john f kennedy. what a wonderful reception he's getting. he visited dublin 60 years ago, and claimed that trip was the best four days of his life. with the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, mr biden talked about what they could do together. if it wasn't for america and europe working together, i don't know what kind of world we'd live in, so we really do

appreciate your leadership and your personal leadership. it feels so good to be able to have this emerging stronger and stronger relationship between the united states and ireland. with full fanfare, president biden is welcomed as the guest of honour at a banquet dinner in dublin castle, where he talked about his proudly irish american mother, and how she believed he would one day make it here. sarah smith, bbc news, dublin. to china next, and brazil's president lula da silva is currently in shanghai on an official visit aimed at bolstering relations. ties between the two countries deteriorated under lula's predecessor, jair bolsonaro. on this trip, he's expected to sign some 20 deals with china, and on friday he will meet with chinese president xijinping. oliver stuenkel is a political analyst and a professor at the school of international relations at funda— sao getulio vargas. he started by telling me what he thinks president lula wants from this trip.

key goal will be to bag lots of investment promises. brazil is in a very difficult economic spot. the outlook is not particularly rosy. so good news on the economic front will be very important for lula, and i think he can expect to announce quite a number of big investments in infrastructure cooperation and technology, trade facilitation and all that. so, it will be mostly about economics. the other issue that they may talk about is brazil's peace proposal in ukraine. there's a bit of uncertainty to what extent we'll know the details, but lula is certainly keen to dabble in some of the big geopolitical questions of our time as well. you know, post the sort of pandemic isolation era era, rather, i should say we've seen beijing becoming more prominent on the international stage, having meetings with leaders around the world like brazil,

for instance. do you see brazil becoming closer to beijing in terms of geopolitical alignments as a result of these sorts of overtures? absolutely. so, i mean, if you compare lula's trip to washington in february, which was quite low key and short, this one is really huge. he takes hundreds of businessmen and women with him, lots of members, lots of politicians. and in a way, i think the dependence, the economic dependence of brazil on china will increase. already, china buys about one third of brazil's exports. and i think there's clearly a trend there that the relationship will deepen. and lula believes that we're moving towards a more asia centric world. and i think he's also making clear that he would like to participate in the process of adapting international structures to that new reality, which explains why, for example, he insists on increasingly avoiding the use of the dollar when articulating trade between brazil and china.

yeah. how do you see the us reacting to all of this? you know, notjust the economics of it, as you were talking about there, but also the politics of it? well, the united states continues to be important, of course, in latin america. but clearly, brazil also utilises its deepening ties to china as a way to better manage a profoundly asymmetric relationship with washington. i think during the trump administration, the us has tried to reduce actively chinese influence. latin america has sought to convince other countries to stop using huawei, for example, the chinese telecommunications firm that has not worked. so there's clearly some concern because of the complementarity, economic complementarity between latin america and china. it will be, i think, quite difficult for the united states to retain its dominant role,

which it has had over the past century. when russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, a second less visible battle in cyberspace got underway. as well as relentless attacks linked to cyber military, armies of vigilante hackers on both sides have caused chaos with websites taken down, private data stolen, and broadcasts hijacked. the bbc�*s cyber correspondent joe tidy travelled to ukraine to speak to those fighting in the cyberwar and found that the conflict has blurred the lines between cyber military and cyber criminal activity. from his flat in central ukraine, alexander devotes nearly all his spare time to hacking russia. he's one of the most prominent hackers in the it army of ukraine, a nearly 200,000 strong telegram group, which has been coordinating and celebrating disruptive cyber attacks for over a year. translation:

one of the ones i remember — it's the one product authentication system for the whole of russia. we found the target, discovered how it operated, and came up with a way to stop it. manufacturers couldn't ship products. the economic losses, i think, were pretty high. greetings, citizens of russia. large scale hacking by activists, or hacktivists, has been a major element of the cyber war that few predicted. hello. we are the killnet hacktivist community. this is the leader of the 100,000 strong pro—russian hacking group called kill net. he wouldn't agree to a direct interview, but sent us this video before breaking off communication. we devote 12 hours a day to kill net because the main thing is to monitor the situation in the world. then, our actions come. i see no equal in the world to russian hackers. this clip shows a kill net

attack on a nato website. at ukraine's cyber defence ho, they deal with cyber attacks from all angles, but say vigilante attacks are getting more sophisticated. they accused the russian military of working directly with vigilante groups. the russian authorities didn't reply to our emails, but kill milk denied his group is linked to any special services. however, it seems the lines between vigilante hackers and military hackers have been blurred elsewhere, too. roman started as a volunteer hacker, carrying out disruptive criminal attacks as a civilian. now he's part of the cyber military. but even before he was recruited, he confirms his volunteer group did work with the ukrainian forces. we were kind of synchronising our operations, and _ tried to help them. so, they basically started - to give us some targets and say what to do, when to do. mikaela fedorov is minister for digital transformation. as the full scale war broke out, his department controversially set up the telegram group for

the it army of ukraine. do you think the lines have been blurred between what is and was criminal hacking, and what is now accepted and encouraged by the government? translation: i am confident that we have the moral right to do everything to protect the lives of our citizens. some predict that the severity of attacks will increase as russia struggles on the physical battlefield. thankfully, this cyber war has proven to be less destructive than the physical war, but the conflict is no doubt rewriting the rules of engagement online. joe tidy, bbc news in kyiv. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... it's been revealed waiting lists for hospital treatment in england have reached a new high, and one in ten people arriving at a and e are waiting over 12 hours to be seen. the figures from the nhs show a service under considerable strain,

and with thejunior doctors' strike there have been cancellations which could put more pressure on waiting lists. eight former and serving london's metropolitan police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct, in connection with a series of messages sent in a whatsapp group. the "discriminatory and offensive" messages included some that made fun of celebrity katie price's disabled son. six of the officers have since left, but two are still serving and could now be sacked. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. helen gallagher was desperate for a child, but after years of trying, she decided to put her attention into living her best life childless. we tried for children, but it was put down

to unexplained infertility. we did go down the ivf route, but then in the end, the marriage suddenly broke down. helen started a blog and podcast with the hope of finding other adults in a similar situation to her. you become really isolated and you look on social media and there are other accounts out there, but there was nothing really for me. the podcast has now led to an app connecting helen with other adults who also can't have children. the app has connected helen to other adults around the world, like tansy in new zealand. having people that understand what it's like to go through that, and to understand that feeling of loss. so how is helen getting on? i've accepted. that was a hard process and i deserve to be happy. i deserve to move forward and have a happy life. so that's exactly what i'm doing now. you're live with bbc news. dame mary ouant — who gave the world the mini skirt and was at the forefront of the swinging sixties fashion revolution — has died at the age of 93. she opened herfirst

shop on the kings road in chelsea in 1955. david sillito looks back at her life. when mary ouant invades new realms of fashion, bright young girls are interested, and so is the national press. mary quant. it was more than just a new look, it was a new way of life. bold, free, fun, daring. miniskirts it was all about freedom. liberation. it really was the first time that emancipation of women became possible. i was very full of the sort of elation that was happening then. skirts were short, colours bold, shoes flat. grey, dowdy london was suddenly a style capital. mary ouant had started out making hats, but soon decided she wanted to make clothes that reflected a new era.

remembering her today, another 60s pioneer, photographer david bailey. mary ouant being mary quant. she was all right. there weren't many girl designers, really. i'm just sad that i will never see her again. i liked her personality, she was wonderful. she was very positive too. she had a vision. she wanted to challenge the formal rules of 50s fashion. this was sort of unrealistic, out — this was sort of unrealistic, out of— this was sort of unrealistic, out of date nonsense, and we lived — out of date nonsense, and we lived in — out of date nonsense, and we lived in a _ out of date nonsense, and we lived in a mass production age and we — lived in a mass production age and we must make mass production close.- and we must make mass production close. her to sign interest spread _ production close. her to sign interest spread to _ production close. her to sign interest spread to bedding, i interest spread to bedding, makeup, and perfume. the spirit of her heyday was always there.

the miniskirt she said was invented on the streets of london, and shejust invented on the streets of london, and she just captured the look of the swinging 605. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... tens of thousands of people have been protesting across france in a long—running dispute over reforms that will see the pension age increase from sixty —two to sixty —four. on friday, the country's highest legal body will rule on whether the pension reforms comply with the constitution, but it's thought unlikely any major changes will be required. the women's tennis association has said it will resume activities in china after suspending operations there over concern for the chinese player, peng shuai. she briefly disappeared from public view in 2021 after accusing a former political leader of forcing her into a sexual relationship. russia has reacted angrily to news that fifteen members of staff from its embassy are being expelled from norway, accused of spying.

the norwegian foreign ministry said the european security situation meant there was an increased intelligence risk from russia, and that the people expelled were acting against norway's interests. new york city has unveiled robotic dogs that it's rolling out to keep new yorkers safe. but this isn't the first time the city has tried to bring the robo—dogs into the fold, and last time, they were met with fierce backlash. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has more. meet spot, a digi dog that the new york police department thinks could be a key asset when it comes to hostage situations and other situations where people's lives are in danger. now, that's partly because of stereo cameras that it's got in the front of the device, but also because of the fact that it can gather so much intelligence and handle intelligence gathering equipment at the top. but this isn't the first time that the new york police department has decided to roll out a robo dog. and it didn't go so well the first time. that was in late 2020.

people were concerned that this would invade their privacy, that they didn't like the idea there'd be robotic dogs on the street. new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio—cortez called them a robotic surveillance ground drone. and so the new york police department had to put down the dog. one of the police officials said that he thought it was all just a case of bad pr, and had the dog but named lassie, then maybe he would've survived. either way, the mayor at the time, bill de blasio, said through a spokesperson that he was glad the dog was gone. but now, there is a new mayor in town. mayor eric adams has insisted that did you dog is out of the pound. two did you dogs are going to be rolled out, and they have also got a new companion. that is the k2. a robot by night scope. now k2 has been around for some time. it is often been a compared to

r2-dz. at her it is often been a compared to r2—d2. at her house had its own series of mishaps. in 2017 it was hired to patrol and office building in washington, dc, but it somehow ended up in the fountain. an employee nearby tweeted, we were promised flying cars, instead we got suicidal robots. the year before that, a robot was hired to patrol a shopping centre. and instead, ended up running over a toddler. the target was not seriously injured. the fact is, mayor eric adams wants to cut spending. he's directed several agencies in new york to do so. and he thinks of these robots are potential solutions for the new police department. but others, especially critics, think this could be a step in a scary future. some developing news for you now. north korea has described its latest weapons test as a major step in its ability to carry out nuclear strikes. pyongyang said it fired a type

of missile on thursday that it's never launched before. we will have more for you on bbc news, but for now that is it for us on newsday. hello again. thursday brought us a day of sunshine and showers. many of the showers came from these very big cumulonimbus clouds, like these looming over the skyline of hastings in east sussex. and not too far away from that in kent, we had a real heavy downpour that brought some hail. two centimetres of hail was reported, and temperatures came down to about one degree celsius as well. so, a sudden drop in temperatures as that storm went through. now, at the moment, we've still got a few showers left over across scotland, but otherwise some clear spells around. a bit of rain starting to edge back into south west england. southern parts of wales. a chilly start to the day on friday with temperatures 1 to 3 degrees. now, this area of low pressure moves rain across southern

wales, southern areas of england and then dives into northern france. i think away from that, for scotland and northern ireland, it's another day of sunshine and showers. the showers turning heavy with hail and thunder, and some of them slow moving as well. but across england and wales, as that low pressure works into france, it changes the wind flow. and we get this zone of convergence where the winds bash together. a big line of thunderstorms form. well, maybe we get an odd funnel cloud even from that kind of area. eyes to the skies, though. then where the sunshine comes out, even though temperatures will be below average, everywhere, probably won't feel too bad. but where cloudy, ten, 11 degrees, that's not going to feel too great. but on into the weekend we go, and the prospect is that the weather's going to turn drier, sunnier and a good deal warmer as pressure rises and we start to get these milder southerly winds blowing the way across the country both saturday and into sunday as well. so weather wise, not a bad start to the weekend. most of us will see some spells of sunshine. still a few showers left over for eastern areas of england. and there is the threat of it

turning a bit cloudier for northern ireland into the afternoon, maybe with an odd patch of light rain in the extreme west is starting to get warmer though, and 15 degrees. given the light winds for glasgow and for london, it should feel pleasant in the sunshine that we'll have. still, the emphasis is on a lot of dry and reasonably sunny weather. i think for most of us on sunday. probably a bit more in the way of cloud across north western areas with an odd spot of light rain. temperatures continuing to climb, 15 in liverpool and manchester, 17 in london area and that should feel pleasantly warm. high pressure hangs around next week, so a lot of dry weather to come with some warm april spells of sunshine, but fairly brisk winds developing in the southeast towards the middle part of the week.

brazil's president is set to meet xu xing ping to deepen economic relations analysis on the ties between latin america and asia economies was a plus a conversation a debt restructuring and one of the worlds largest creditors. hello and welcome to asia business report, i am and welcome to asia business report, iam karishma and welcome to asia business report, i am karishma vaswani. our top story president lula of brazil is expected to meet with the chinese president in the next few hours. president lula

arrived in beijing late in beijing and attended in inauguration of a new bank on shanghai. the new