live from london, this is bbc news. i'm victoria valentine. the headlines: fbi agents have arrested a 21—year—old man over a huge leak of classified us intelligence documents. he's expected to appear in court on friday. today, thejustice department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information. the highest legal body in france will decide whether president macron�*s controversial pension reform plans can become law. the most powerful storm to hit western australia in more than a decade has made landfall

on the state's northern coast. hello and welcome to the programme. a young us air national guardsman is being questioned after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who's 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum and has exposed details of ukraine's war plans and the extent of the us's spying on its allies. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in shorts and a t—shirt with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside

the family home south of boston. ., , the family home south of boston. ., g , . boston. today, the justice department _ boston. today, the justice department arrested - boston. today, the justice department arrested jack| department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information. fbi agents took jack teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident. , ' , ., , ., incident. one is 21 years old and worked _ incident. one is 21 years old and worked for _ incident. one is 21 years old and worked for the - incident. one is 21 years old i and worked for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts national guard. one of the friends with whom he allegedly shared information told the washington post jack teixeira is neither a whistle—blower nor a foreign agent. flaw; is neither a whistle-blower nor a foreign agent.— a foreign agent. any claims that he is — a foreign agent. any claims that he is a _ a foreign agent. any claims that he is a russian - a foreign agent. any claims l that he 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. it was a young, charismatic man who loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars. among the leaks were us assessments of other progress

of the war in ukraine, top—secret information shared amongst a small group of friends on the chat up discord, so it is claimed, a process that had been going on for months, motivated in this case not by ideology but by a desire to gain kudos within the group. we have an individual who is leaking material because they want to develop personal friendships online and in effect they are using the beliefs of top—secret us intelligence documents as leverage to gain friendships with individuals in online chat forums and i think the insider threat remains the same as always but the motivation is perhaps different from what we've seen before. the pentagon sa s it is we've seen before. the pentagon says it is looking _ we've seen before. the pentagon says it is looking into _ we've seen before. the pentagon says it is looking into how- says it is looking into how such information is distributed but a spokesman also made the point that it was the nature of the us military to entrust young servicemembers with high levels of responsibility. jack teixeira is due to appear in court in boston later today, charged with the unauthorised removal and transmission of classified information. david

willis, bbc news, washington. let's speak to daniel lippman, a reporter with politico. he's based in washington. daniel, there have been leaks before, haven't they? does this suggest it is easy to do all that the us is failing to learn how to identify how to prevent it? , how to identify how to prevent it? y a, ., ., how to identify how to prevent it? , ., ., ., ., , . it? they are not doing as much ofthe it? they are not doing as much of the insider _ it? they are not doing as much of the insider threat _ it? they are not doing as much of the insider threat analysis i of the insider threat analysis and psychological evaluations to make sure that you don't have people who are prone to leaking this information in an online world where we are all kind of addicted to our phones and two likes on instagram and for someone who is 21 and isolated, especially in the last few years over the pandemic, this guy got sucked in and there i found wonderful there are a lot of questions about someone who is a

21—year—old massachusetts air national guardsman had access to stuff going on in ukraine that he had no business knowing and probably should not have beenin and probably should not have been in a position to get all that information about our allies in south korea, for example. allies in south korea, for example-— allies in south korea, for examle. ~ , ., example. also questions about wh the example. also questions about why the president _ example. also questions about why the president of _ example. also questions about why the president of the - example. also questions about| why the president of the united states might wish to downplay these leaks. states might wish to downplay these leake— states might wish to downplay these leaks-— these leaks. yeah, he is, president _ these leaks. yeah, he is, president biden - these leaks. yeah, he is, president biden is - these leaks. yeah, he is, president biden is in - these leaks. yeah, he is, i president biden is in ireland this week. his visiting ancestral homeland. he has said this is not a huge deal but he said prior to the arrest that they were getting closer to arresting this guy, but i think he wants to, it's in his interest to kind of downplay this incident and say we have things under control and this is not current information that he was leaking. it's historical information. but i think that's more of a price, you know, pr

play than an actual thing that's probably accurate, and there's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes in terms of the us assuring allies that we can be a good partner and we're not going to we will try to prevent these leaks happening the first place.— the first place. daniel, does he actually _ the first place. daniel, does he actually have _ the first place. daniel, does he actually have this - the first place. daniel, does he actually have this underl he actually have this under control and what would be the wider clinical fallout from these intelligence leaks if he doesn't? —— politicalfallout. doesn't? —— political fallout. by doesn't? —— politicalfallout. by arresting this guy they are trying to prevent future leaks because he had more information and these documents on hand that he was dribbling to the press. and so, with him injail right now, they are not going to allow that to happen. but there's still a lot of these documents that have come out in the last week and this guy seems to have been a martyr. unlike some like edward snowden who fled to russia, this guy stayed at his parents's house and was seemingly willing to

get arrested for something that is not an ideological thing that he did. this was more of him wanting to appear macho in an online forum but our allies know that we spy on everyone, including ourfriends. that is not a huge secret. but some of the documents that revealed how, say, serbia was hopping ukraine —— helping ukraine when they were more neutral, that will make it a little tougher. also, we have to smooth over relations with ukraine because there is documents that said we don't really think that their military is so strong for a spring offensive.- military is so strong for a spring offensive. what does all this mean _ spring offensive. what does all this mean with _ spring offensive. what does all this mean with regard - spring offensive. what does all this mean with regard to - spring offensive. what does all this mean with regard to the i this mean with regard to the credibility of the defence department in particular and of lloyd austin?— lloyd austin? lloyd austin has cotten lloyd austin? lloyd austin has gotten pretty _ lloyd austin? lloyd austin has gotten pretty good _ lloyd austin? lloyd austin has gotten pretty good marks - lloyd austin? lloyd austin has gotten pretty good marks as l gotten pretty good marks as secretary of defense, there's a lot of critics who thought that

he was not going to be a strong defence secretary, he was weak and he would get cowed by biden because early on in the administration, he did not push back when there was questions about whether to stay in afghanistan while secretary of state lincoln had said we should leave a presence. —— antony blinken. there will be a top to bottom review and there's already an over of materials but there's going to be a limit to making sure that people only have access to documents that they really need for theirjobmaker fork and over classification of material. this guy was kind of helping access, making sure that people on his face could access proper documents that he himself, we shouldn't have had access to, as i can —— and so

there are future potential leaders out there and they want to prevent i think this is people who are young in the military are trusted with a lot of information and authorities and controlling our nuclear weapons and controlling and making sure that they potentially could be used one day in a doomsday scenario. a lot of these people are young people and so, we have to just recognise that in a huge military, these things can happen. military, these things can ha en. military, these things can hauen. ,, ., military, these things can ha en. ,, ., ., ~ happen. daniel lippman, thank ou ve happen. daniel lippman, thank you very much- _ let's get some of the day's other news. north korea has described its latest weapons test as a major step in its ability to carry out nuclear strikes. pyongyang said that for the first time, it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic device that used solid fuel — a device that can be launched with little warning. the royal college of nursing is expected to reveal today whether its members in england have voted to accept the government's new pay offer, aimed at resolving a long—running dispute. the leaders of the rcn have

recommended members to accept the deal, which includes a 5% pay rise for this year. dermatologists in the uk say they're dealing with a wave of life—changing allergies caused by some gel nail polishes. the allergies are triggered when chemicals from the polishes leach into the nail bed and can leave people unable to have medical treatment. it's thought the problem has been exacerbated by diy kits. the launch of the european space agency'sjuice mission is set to take place later. it aims to discover whether the planets icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life. the mission was postponed for 2h hours due to bad weather. the highest legal body in france will decide later today whether president macron's controversial pension reform plans can become law. the bill was forced through without a parliamentary vote, triggering months of protests. on thursday, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets

in cities across france, as yetunde yusuf reports. across france, protesters made a lively return to the streets. this was the scene into loose. —— tulouse.. many of the protests have been peaceful but there was also widespread disruption. in paris once again, there were clashes between demonstrators and the riot police. people here are angry over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 264. and in recent weeks those anger has identified microfibre anger has identified microfibre anger has intensified ——62 to 64. the government forced through the legislation without a vote in the lower house of parliament. today the constitutional council will make a decision on the reforms. unions want the

new laws to be struck down. translation:— new laws to be struck down. translation: whatever the o - inion translation: whatever the opinion of— translation: whatever the opinion of the _ translation: whatever the opinion of the constitutionall opinion of the constitutional council, unless it changes the law, unless it says stop, that the law is not constitutional, we, the unions, will continue protesting. we, the unions, will continue protesting-— protesting. the french government _ protesting. the french government says - protesting. the french government says the l protesting. the french - government says the changes protesting. the french _ government says the changes are needed to keep the pension system viable as people live longer. whether council members approve the whole of the law, reject all of it, or parts of it, verdict today will be crucial in determining how the very vocal opposition movement plays out in the weeks and months ahead. yetunde yusuf, bbc news. president biden continues his visit to the republic of ireland. today, on his final day, he will visit ballina in north county mayo, where he has family roots. our correspondent charlotte gallagher visited the town to meet a very excited distant relative of the us president.

eleanor is preparing for a special visitor. president biden, whose great great and father was born here, is coming to town —— ballina. some of his distant relatives are very excited. �* distant relatives are very excited-— distant relatives are very excited. ., , ., excited. i'm actually related to him. you _ excited. i'm actually related to him. you are _ excited. i'm actually related to him. you are related - excited. i'm actually related to him. you are related to l excited. i'm actually related i to him. you are related to joe biden? yes. _ to him. you are related to joe biden? yes. what _ to him. you are related to joe biden? yes. what is - to him. you are related to joe biden? yes. what is he - to him. you are related to joe biden? yes. what is he to - to him. you are related to joe l biden? yes. what is he to you? he is my _ biden? yes. what is he to you? he is my fifth — biden? yes. what is he to you? he is my fifth cousin. _ biden? yes. what is he to you? he is my fifth cousin. fifth - he is my fifth cousin. fifth cousin? — he is my fifth cousin. fifth cousin? how— he is my fifth cousin. fifth cousin? how does - he is my fifth cousin. fifth cousin? how does that - he is my fifth cousin. fifth i cousin? how does that feel? shocking, really.— cousin? how does that feel? shocking, really. how did you find that out? _ shocking, really. how did you find that out? |_ shocking, really. how did you find that out? i found - shocking, really. how did you find that out? i found that. shocking, really. how did you| find that out? i found that out with my mum _ find that out? i found that out with my mum and _ find that out? i found that out with my mum and i _ find that out? i found that out with my mum and i doing - find that out? i found that out with my mum and i doing a i with my mum and i doing a family tree and we found out that biden was my fifth cousin. ballina is getting ready to welcome home its famous son. he is going to be speaking at the cathedral behind me and you cannot miss what is going on here. there are flags on basically every building in the town. people are ready to

celebrate. he came here for the first time when he was vice president and received a rockstar welcome. so, president and received a rockstarwelcome. so, him returning as president is a huge occasion for the small town. ., , ., ., , town. he would be among his --eole town. he would be among his people and — town. he would be among his people and for— town. he would be among his people and for us _ town. he would be among his people and for us as - town. he would be among his people and for us as people l town. he would be among his| people and for us as people of ballina, the west coast of ireland, we are looking forward to celebrating our people, celebrating the heritage, celebrating the heritage, celebrating our story and it was a very dark moment in our history when so many people left these shores, it's a celebration of the opportunity that exists when people have left and worked hard and persevered and reached high office like the white house. today will be a very personal and official visit, a homecoming for a proud irish—american. or, as they call him here, cousinjoe. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

ukrainian youngsters and their english friends just being children. english friends 'ust being children. �* ., english friends 'ust being children.— english friends 'ust being children. ., ., ., children. i'm so glad that i am here and _ children. i'm so glad that i am here and i _ children. i'm so glad that i am here and i am _ children. i'm so glad that i am here and i am safe _ children. i'm so glad that i am here and i am safe here - children. i'm so glad that i am here and i am safe here and itj here and i am safe here and it is so— here and i am safe here and it is so nice _ here and i am safe here and it is so nice-— here and i am safe here and it is so nice. the easter camp has been organised _ is so nice. the easter camp has been organised by _ is so nice. the easter camp has been organised by the - is so nice. the easter camp has been organised by the change i been organised by the change foundation. it been organised by the change foundation.— been organised by the change foundation. it is about hanging out with their _ foundation. it is about hanging out with their friends _ foundation. it is about hanging out with their friends and - out with their friends and having _ out with their friends and having conversations. we were were _ having conversations. we were were on — having conversations. we were were on our phones using google translate — were on our phones using google translate and now we are getting _ translate and now we are getting more interaction. they are teaching us things, it is amazing _ are teaching us things, it is amazing seeing how it develops and grows. the amazing seeing how it develops and grows-— amazing seeing how it develops and crows. ., , and grows. the two-day event is and grows. the two-day event is a world away _ and grows. the two-day event is a world away from _ and grows. the two-day event is a world away from the _ and grows. the two-day event is a world away from the fighting i a world away from the fighting in ukraine. the war which broke out a year ago is preparing for a spring surge following the winter of stalemate and stagnation. back in burgess hill, parents arejust stagnation. back in burgess hill, parents are just thankful their children are safe. it brings her to life again. she is not — brings her to life again. she is not afraid of big, loud noises _ is not afraid of big, loud noises from outside, and i

think— noises from outside, and i think it _ noises from outside, and i think it will help her to be friends _ think it will help her to be friends with more and more people _ you're live with bbc news. a huge storm is moving inland across northwestern australia. cyclone ilsa is the most powerful to hit the region in more than a decade. but the authorities say most major population centres appear to have avoided serious damage. it made landfall as a category 5 storm before being downgraded. it's expected to weaken further into saturday. phil further into saturday. mercer has the latest. cyclone further into saturday. ilsa is the most powerful cyclone ilsa is the most powerful cyclone to hit australian well over a decade. across the coast near port hedland, the world's because at iron or exporting terminal, as a category five system. forecasters warn that at its core, ilsa could generate wind gusts of up to 195 mph. red alert lockdown orders forced

residence to seek immediate shelter and stay indoors. after a last—minute dash to stock up on essentials. evacuation centres were opened in several communities. caravan parks were closed and tourists headed to safer ground. but the most populated areas were spared ilsa's ferocity. the tropical cyclone strength has been downgraded, but it still has the potential to cause significant damage and flooding as it moves away from the western australian coast. australian researchers found that while climate change was reducing the number of cyclones, it was increasing their intensity. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. let's speak to dean narramore, a senior meteorologist at the australian bureau of meteorology. he joins us from melbourne. thank you so much forjoining us here today, dean. can you just update us on what the situation is right now? yeah,

a'da . situation is right now? yeah, g'day- we — situation is right now? yeah, g'day- we have _ situation is right now? yeah, g'day. we have seen - situation is right now? yeah, g'day. we have seen a - situation is right now? yeah, g'day. we have seen a very l g'day. we have seen a very intense cyclone crossed the coast yesterday as a category five and the observation stations recorded winds in excess of 289 kilometres an hour or 178 miles an hour. as we speak right now, it is still at category two system hundreds of kilometres inland around the telfer area in northern western australia and continuing to move east at around 30 kilometres an hour, which is quite fast for a tropical cyclone. we have seen hundreds of millimetres of rain also fall through some of our desert locations, and thankfully for most of the track, it is a sparsely populated part of the country, but still for our remote and indigenous communities, they have been hard hit now by the cyclone. in your assessment, hard hit now by the cyclone. in yourassessment, how hard hit now by the cyclone. in your assessment, how much damage is this ilsa capable of wreaking on the people of australia?— wreaking on the people of australia? , ., ., , australia? there is a roadhouse and a few _ australia? there is a roadhouse and a few minor _ australia? there is a roadhouse and a few minor properties - australia? there is a roadhouse and a few minor properties on l and a few minor properties on the coast where it crossed on

some of those pictures this morning showed some significant damage, whole rooms gone, walls missing, there is major damage for those people who are there. and inland, the building codes are not as high or strong as they are on the coast, so even though it is a weaker system, we are expecting possibly was damaged for some of those indigenous and remote communities whether building codes are not up to standards but they are on the coast. we do have dominican concern for some of our rural and remote committees, the inland northern part of western australia. hagar part of western australia. how lona do part of western australia. how long do you — part of western australia. how long do you think— part of western australia. how long do you think it _ part of western australia. how long do you think it will - part of western australia. how long do you think it will take before this weekend to the point where it is not going to be causing any trouble or to anyone? it be causing any trouble or to an one? . ., , be causing any trouble or to an one? _, , ., be causing any trouble or to an one? , ., . anyone? it could be a while. we exect it anyone? it could be a while. we expect it to _ anyone? it could be a while. we expect it to remain _ anyone? it could be a while. we expect it to remain cyclone - expect it to remain cyclone intensity in the evening and overnight hours, but as it moves to a tropical low, it will move into central australia, so around alice springs where the big rock is, we are likely to see heavy rain and damaging winds through there as well tomorrow gusts up to 100 kilometres an hour, are

likely to see flash riverine flooding, a lot of dirt roads in this part of the roads and so they are likely to become impassable and isolation of communities and residents there. on sunday we will see there. on sunday we will see the system washout as it moves into parts of england. just listening _ into parts of england. just listening to _ into parts of england. just listening to my _ into parts of england. just listening to my colleague phil mercer before you, he said that it appeared as though these cyclones weren't happening so often, but they were increasing in intensity. has the technology, so therefore, hugely worrying... has the technology for tracking these things improved? do we have better sensors now of risk prevention so we can help people when these things happen? people when these things ha--en? �*,,. , people when these things hauen?,,, , ., people when these things haumen?, , . . people when these things ha en? �* , ., ., happen? absolutely, and a good examle happen? absolutely, and a good example is _ happen? absolutely, and a good example is even _ happen? absolutely, and a good example is even this _ happen? absolutely, and a good example is even this system. . example is even this system. five days ago, a lot of our models and they were showing it crossing pretty much within 50 or 100 kilometres aware it actually has crossed, so we saw evacuation of some of our more indigenous communities, but also some of our more

vulnerable people as well up to two days ago as we knew this was coming. we have satellite imagery coming in every two minutes that feeds into our models, good radar coverage across most inhabited continents as well, including our own. the data gets fed into our own. the data gets fed into our models every three, six or 12 hours so we are definitely getting better with more observations, better forecast and model data, and this was highlighted over five days ago, getting people plenty of time to move and evacuate and make preparations that they need. dean, thank you very much for your time. thank you.- your time. thank you. thank ou. residence in fort lauderdale in florida have witnessed the rain yesterday in their history with 25inches yesterday in their history with 25 inches of rainfall in a 24—hour period. the state of emergency has been issued for the entire country. severe flooding prominent emergency rescues, closed the airport and forced drivers to abandoned cars. 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. our cyber correspondent joe tidy travelled to ukraine to speak to those fighting 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:

it's one of the ones i remember as the chesney�*s attack. 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. translation: hello. we are the kill net 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. translation: we devoted 12 hours a day to killnet - 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 killnet attack on a nato website. at ukraine's cyber defence h0.

they deal with cyber attacks from all angles, but say vigilante attacks are getting more sophisticated. they accuse the russian military of working directly with vigilante groups. the russian authorities didn't reply to our e—mails, 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. you will find me lots more detail about all the stories we are covering on our website, including our top story. a21—year—old member of the us national guard expected to appear in court later today, friday, to face espionage charges. you can also use the news that as well. coming up in business, we will be looking at

the world of gambling, professional betting and the betting firms professional sport. to stay with us. —— the role of betting in professional sport. 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 and east sussex. not too far away from that in kent, we had a heavy downpour that brought some hail, 2cm of hail was reported and temperatures came down to about1 degree celsius as well, so a sudden drop in temperatures as that storm went through. at the moment, we have still got a few showers left over across scotland, but otherwise, some clear spells around, bit of rain starting to edge back into southwest england, southern parts of wales. a chilly old start to the day on friday with temperatures 1—3 degrees. 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, there is another day of sunshine and showers, 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 then. where the sunshine comes out, even though temperatures will be below average everywhere, it probably won't feel too bad, but where cloudy, 10, 11 degrees, that is not going to feel too great, but on into the weekend we go and the prospect is that the weather is going to turn drier, sunnier and a good deal warmer as pressure rises and we start to get these milder southerly winds blowing their way across the country both saturday and into sunday as well. so, weatherwise, 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. it's 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. that said, probably a bit more in the way of cloud across northwestern areas with an odd spot of light rain, temperatures continuing to climb. 15 in liverpool and manchester, a 17 in the 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.

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