live from london. this is bbc news. a 21—year—old man is expected to appear in a boston court later over a major leak of classified us documents. protests in france — as the highest legal body will decide whether president macron�*s pension reforms can become law. president biden concludes his visit to ireland by returning to his roots in county mayo. hello, i'm sarah campbell. a us air national guardsman is being questioned, after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who's just 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. it also reveals the extent of the us's spying on its allies. here's what we know about jack teixeira. the 21—year—old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard, based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, mr teixeira joined the force in 2019. edavid 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. today, thejustice department arrested jack douglas

teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information. fbi agents took teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident. jack teixeira is 21 years old 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 teixeira was neither a whistle—blower nor a foreign agent. any claims 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. he was a young, charismatic man who loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars. among the leaks were us assessments about the progress of the war in ukraine. top secret information shared amongst a small group of friends on the chat app discord, so it's 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's leaking material because they want to develop personal friendships online. in effect, they're using the release of top secret us intelligence documents as leverage to gain friendships with individuals in online chat forums. and i think that the insider threat remains the same as always, but the motivation is perhaps different from what we've seen before. the pentagon says it's 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 service members 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 cross live now to new york, where we're joined by the cbs correspondent, jarred hill.

thank you so much forjoining us. what do we know about jack teixeira? as we were hearing right there in that report, jack teixeira 21 years old, is a member of the armed forces through what's called the massachusetts air national guard and he started working on an it capacity in the military base when it is believed is how he came across the information. one of the interesting things is how we got caught in the back when pictures of classified documents and you can actually see kitchen counter and kitchen flooring that looks similar to the same as falling in dislike flooring person to his own name and one of the ways they will be able to actually track him down here —— smack look similar to the same as flooring... just him down here -- smack look similar to the same as flooring. . ._ to the same as flooring. .. just take us through — to the same as flooring. .. just take us through the _

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noting. first of all, this gives the russians are much better sense of what the americans know that their plans and that is crucial for them to try and work out what their vulnerabilities are. secondly, this also creates further tensions within the western alliance is information has been demonstrated about the way that the americans were spying on their allies, such as ukrainians, south koreans and the like and finally i think it's worth saying this does represent a significant embarrassment for the americans and will publication away further information and intelligence with washington. information and intelligence with washington-— information and intelligence with washinuton. ~ ~ ., ., washington. with your knowledge of russia, washington. with your knowledge of russia. could _ washington. with your knowledge of russia, could this _ washington. with your knowledge of russia, could this happen _ washington. with your knowledge of russia, could this happen there? - washington. with your knowledge of russia, could this happen there? i l russia, could this happen there? i am struck by the pentagon saying the point that the nature of us military is to invest loan young service members with —— invest young service of high levels of response lizzie. would this happen in russia? to a degree the americans are covering themselves. the russian system is

different but every system of its mobility. let's not be naive about this. everything ultimately leaks this. everything ultimately lea ks eventually. this. everything ultimately leaks eventually. in russia, you have much more the way of physical controls on materials and it would be very unlikely that an equivalent person would be able to bring his camera into actually take photographs of documents, for example. but on the other hand, there is also a high level of corruption and frankly of incompetence in the russian system and we have seen for example databases which allow organisations like the... bellingcat to identify russian military intelligence officers because they are freely available on the dark net. so a different spread of vulnerabilities but the russians are also vulnerable.— vulnerable. there is an extraordinary - vulnerable. there is an extraordinary amount i vulnerable. there is an l extraordinary amount of vulnerable. there is an _ extraordinary amount of information that appears to have been leaked. what is it specifically that strike you as potentially the most damaging? i you as potentially the most damaging?— you as potentially the most damauain? ~ , ., , damaging? i think it is actually robabl damaging? i think it is actually probably the — damaging? i think it is actually probably the very, _ damaging? i think it is actually probably the very, sort - damaging? i think it is actually probably the very, sort of, - damaging? i think it is actually - probably the very, sort of, granular numbers. for example, the russians already had a pretty good idea that

ukrainian air defence missile stocks were going to run down. now they have hard numbers. they had a pretty goodidea have hard numbers. they had a pretty good idea of how many rockets were being fired at them because they were being fired at them but now they can actually, sort of, compare that with stocks that are still available. it's that kind of granular detail that, obviously, is going to be poured over in moscow general staff building and i think it is actually probably the very, sort of, granular numbers. for example, the russians already had a pretty good idea that ukrainian air defence missile stocks were going to run down. now they have hard numbers. they had a pretty good idea of how many rockets were being fired at them because they were being fired at them but now they can actually, sort of, compare that with stocks that are still available. it's that kind of granular detail that, obviously, is going to be poured over in moscow general staff building anything that's what really is concerning. the broad contours of what these leaks show is familiar. it's the very, very specific detail which is exactly what the military wants on every side is looking for has been revealed. he wants on every side is looking for has been revealed.— has been revealed. he had been talkin: has been revealed. he had been talking about — has been revealed. he had been talking about russia _ has been revealed. he had been talking about russia but - has been revealed. he had been talking about russia but also - has been revealed. he had been| talking about russia but also the allies of the us. her significant is this likely to damage relations and information sharing? {lin this likely to damage relations and information sharing?— this likely to damage relations and information sharing? on one level, when it comes _ information sharing? on one level, when it comes down _ information sharing? on one level, when it comes down to _ information sharing? on one level, when it comes down to it, - information sharing? on one level, | when it comes down to it, everyone knows that if one spies on anyone else. yes, of course, you spine your allies. to a different level in the different methods than you would with your antagonist but it happens.

it is a degree to which there is a certain amount of synthetic shock. on the other hand, i think specifically the fact that this information came out is going to cause a problem and i think particularly for the ukrainians we have known for a long time that ukrainians tend to be very cagey and they do not actually share a lot of information about their plans in their current situation with the americans or the other western allies and it's one of the reasons why american intelligence assets are being used to try and find out what on earth is going on. i think this will from the ukrainians point of viewjustify will from the ukrainians point of view justify their will from the ukrainians point of viewjustify their cage us and we'll probably see them even more careful about what they tell people who are, after all, about what they tell people who are, afterall, bankrolling about what they tell people who are, after all, bankrolling their war. matt, thank you very much for your insight there in front of a the highest legal body in france will decide — later today — whether president macron's

controversial pension reform plans — raising the state pension age from 62 to 64 — 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 in toulouse. many of the protests have been peaceful, but there's also been 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 62 to 64. and in recent weeks, that anger has intensified after 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: whatever the 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. 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, the 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. earlier, our paris correspondent, hugh schofield said there was no way of knowing which way the ruling will go. what the decision will be — it's not known. you talk to one constitutional

expert, he'll say one thing, or she'll say one thing, and the next will say the opposite. we really are in the dark here. but on this decision hinges an awful lot. it's hard to see how this campaign, which has been going on for three months now, of almost weekly strikes and protests, can keep going after today. if it's a victory for the unions and they strike the law down, then obviously the movement will wind up because they've won. if it doesn't, if it gives more or less a victory to the government, then i find it hard to see how the movement or protests can continue much longer because that would mean that the government then promulgated the law, it would become law. it's hard to see what the protests would do. i suspect they would continue for a bit but i suspect they would also dwindle, which is not be to say that the anger will disappear but simply there'll be a sense of, what's the point in keeping going? around the world and across the uk.

this is bbc news. inside mitchell's auction house in cockermouth is an astonishing collection that's taken weeks to itemize and catalogue ready for sale. this is one of the largest private collections of railway model railway stuff i have ever seen. it's really sort of a national importance because collections like this do not come up very often for the north of england. this is all almost unique and this all came out of a small terraced house. so extensive. is it that many engines and accessories have never been out of their original boxes, making them more valuable? but there's more to it than that. this isn'tjust one man's astonishing collection. there is real attention to detail here, the way that he is physically aged, some of these models to make it even more authentic on the track. enthusiasts have travelled from across the country, hoping to add to their own collection. anything here that you've seen that you would be interested in having yourself? one or two things? yes, yes, definitely.

you're live on bbc news. president biden continues his visit to the republic of ireland. gel manicures are one of the most popular beauty treatments, but dermatologists say they're causing some people to develop life—changing allergies. the reaction happens when chemicals from the polish come into contact with the skin. niki cardwell reports. when laura davis' nails started lifting off her fingers, she posted the footage on tiktok. it's really horrible looking back at it now. it was like blood vessels bursting underneath the nails. i was embarrassed, really embarrassed about them. some of them i'd had to trim them right down to, like, half the length. it had a really negative impact on, like, how i felt. i thought people would look at me and think i was dirty. the damage to laura's nails and fingers was caused by an allergy to the gel nail polish that

she'd been using at home. the british association of dermatologists first warned that gels were causing allergies in 2018. dr deirdre buckley is a consultant dermatologist and co—author of that report. she says they're now seeing a big increase in cases. i and all of my colleagues who work in cutaneous allergy are seeing patients most weeks with this problem. it can range from the nails loosening to falling off. it can include a severe rash on the face, the neck, the upper chest, which is mysterious. the consequences are severe. in worst cases, there can be respiratory symptoms. these issues are being caused by acrylates, a group of chemicals that form the basis of all plastics. when solid, they're harmless, but in their liquid form, can be absorbed into the body. once someone becomes allergic to them, it can stop them from having future medical procedures. they become sensitised to acrylics in other things, which can have implications for dentistry or if they're diabetic or for orthopedic surgery, and it's a lifelong sensitisation. gel products differ from regular nail varnishes as they need to be cured to dry.

the rise in allergies to some gel polishes is giving some in the industry cause for concern. suzanne clayton has been a nail technician for 20 years. she set up a facebook group when she and some of her colleagues had clients who developed allergies. four years ago, when i started the group, nobody knew. you know, like i said, i hadn't seen reactions, but neither had other nail techs either. itjust wasn't a common thing. so now it's just growing and growing. ijust want brands, if they can do something to help us figure out why it's happening and prevent it happening to someone else, then let's all work together. industry experts want better enforcement of existing regulations and clearer labelling of ingredients. some of the imports that we have into this country don't always provide the correct information. we have lots of regulations connected with this industry,

but the problem is with the enforcement. and this is the advice from the federation of nail professionals on how to get a safe gel manicure. one of the most recognised allergens is an ingredient called hema. to be safer, find somebody that uses a brand that is hema—free, and there are plenty of them now, and if possible, hypoallergenic. niki cardwell, 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. the highlight will be a public address at the cathedral there. well, let's get more from our correspondent there, charlotte gallagher what are we expecting? when is likely arrive? he what are we expecting? when is likely arrive?— what are we expecting? when is likely arrive? he is going to arrive in ballina this _ likely arrive? he is going to arrive in ballina this evening _ likely arrive? he is going to arrive in ballina this evening for- likely arrive? he is going to arrive in ballina this evening for a - likely arrive? he is going to arrive | in ballina this evening for a speech at the cathedral behind me which is going to be a real homecoming for joe biden. he came here in 2016 when

he was vice president and there were thousands of people here in the town to greet him so him coming back to the town as president is such a huge occasion. there is barely a building in ballina that doesn't have us and irish flags flying from it. the pubs have photos in the windows inviting joe biden to come in for a pint. obviously, they're hoping he does the photo opportunities and already people in the town gathering near the cathedral as they want to get the cathedral as they want to get the best spot to see one of their famous sons returned to his ancestral home. huge excitement here. lots of people are distantly related to joe here. lots of people are distantly related tojoe biden as well. i mix, yesterday, little girl who was his cousin and she can believe it. esther what it's like to bejoe biden present when and she said shocking. i said was you going to say few meeting? said hello. —— what it's like to bejoe biden's melissa.

before he gets to ballina he is going to fly into another town which has a catholic shrine and then he is going to be going to the north mayo heritage centre to learn about ancestry and this really is the finale, here in ballina of his trip to the island of ireland and i think it is really telling that he has chosen to make the final destination somewhere he has those personal ties where he can have family around him. he has brought his son, his sister, his cousins in the town who he knows quite well and have been to the white house as well. they are going to be here as well so we're expecting a personal speech from him about his ties to ireland. he described himself to the crowd is irish—american, doesn't take us that is going to be the end point of the speech. they had a rehearsal yesterday and is going to be traditional irish music and irish dancing and i don't think ballina will have seen anything like it and people are so excited they're obviously news crews across the

world here and every hotel is full, pubs are full, restaurants are full. it is great for the town and i'm sure they cannot wait and are counting down the hours now until he arrives. , , ., ., counting down the hours now until he arrives. , ., . ., arrives. this is a real celebration isn't it of ireland _ arrives. this is a real celebration isn't it of ireland and _ arrives. this is a real celebration isn't it of ireland and the - isn't it of ireland and the connection between the us and ireland. gosh, it seems that everyone you talks to are somehow connected to or related to present biden. it is quite extraordinary. why make it really is, seven. so many people in this town have links to him. it was his great great grandfather that emigrated to the united states from pennsylvania to this town. he left for work and there weren't opportunities there at that time and now his great, great grandson is coming back as president of the united states and what an incredible story.— incredible story. there must be something _ incredible story. there must be something in — incredible story. there must be something in the _ incredible story. there must be something in the water- incredible story. there must be something in the water of - incredible story. there must be something in the water of the l incredible story. there must be . something in the water of the river behind me becausejoe biden is making a speech over the river are

building where the first us president —— mary robinson herself is going to go. she is going to be here tonight to watch the speech by joe biden. the light of presidents who had those irish links, most famouslyjohn f kennedy. when he came he got that rocks have a section as well and actually go, talking to a colleague at the busy lizzie if he had a photo of his great uncle with jfk lizzie if he had a photo of his great uncle witthk when he went to wexford in the 1960s so these visits by us presidents, they are remembered here and people still talk about the time they methk a barack obama and it is such a huge occasion. we will be keeping an eye

on those pictures _ occasion. we will be keeping an eye on those pictures from _ occasion. we will be keeping an eye on those pictures from ireland - on those pictures from ireland because present biden is due to leave shortly. just before we go, breaking news. fresh strikes are to be held by civil servant in the uk after the government announced a pay rise of between 4.5% and 5% which was described by union leaders is an insult. strikes already during the 28th of april so these new spikes will be in addition to that. —— these new strikes. the launch of the european space agency'sjuice mission is set to take place later. it aims to discover whether jupiter�*s icy moons are capable of hosting extraterrestrial life. the mission was postponed for 2h hours due to bad weather. around 117,000 nhsjunior doctors are on their last day of a four—day strike as they claim there has been a 26% real—terms pay cut since 2009. the government said the demands of the british medical association union would amount to a 35% pay rise. the result is also due later of a ballot of nurses — with speculation they may reject the government's pay offer and launch a new waves of strikes. councils in england have warned that election staff could be

overwhelmed by the introduction of compulsory voter id. next month's local elections will be the first time people will have to show photo identification, in order to cast a ballot. a large scale prisoner exchange has begun between yemen's houthi rebels and the country's saudi—backed government. the international committee of the red cross says around 900 prisoners will be reunited with their families during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the detainees will be flown into and out of several cities in yemen and saudi arabia. the exchange has increased hopes of a peace deal between the two sides. towns on australia's north—western coast appear to have avoided councils in england have warned that election staff could be overwhelmed by the introduction of compulsory voter id. next month's local elections will be the first time people will have to show photo identification, in order to cast a ballot. a large scale prisoner exchange has begun between yemen's houthi rebels and the country's saudi—backed government. the international committee of the red cross says around 900 prisoners will be reunited with their families during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the detainees will be flown into and out of several cities in yemen and saudi arabia. the exchange has increased hopes of a peace deal between the two sides. towns on australia's north—western coast appear to have avoided

major damage from a storm that's moving inland. cyclone ilsa made landfall in the town of port hedland last night, but avoided the most populated areas. it's the most powerful to hit the region in over a decade. our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, gave us this update. well, this was the first category five cyclone — that's as severe as it gets in the current grading system — to cross western australia's coastline since 2009. so this clearly is the most powerful tropical storm to hit that part of the country in well over a decade. now, a record wind speed was also recorded. so this was a tropical storm that was packing an almighty punch, but, mercifully, it avoided the most populated towns and communities in that part

of the north—western coast of western australia. if you look at a map of australia, about a third of the continent is covered by the state of western australia. so the area we're talking about is towards the north—western tip of western australia, and this cyclone is now tracking inland. it's now been downgraded to a category two storm, but it's still a huge danger to those communities in its path, raising the risk of those destructive winds causing more damage and flash flooding in those areas as well. the them to take you to a story we will hope will happen today but didn't happen yesterday and this is the launch of the nasa jupiter space mission known asjuice. you are looking at pictures from french guyana in south america. the bucket is due to launch and due to take information and give us information about the means ofjupiter. it was

cancelled yesterday due to bad weather. looking pretty crown, cloudy but fingers crossed it will be fine in an hour or so. stay with us here on bbc news. good morning. it's going to be another day dominated by sunny spells and sharp and thundery downpours for many of us. so if you have seen some early morning sunshine, i hope you managed to get out and enjoy it a little. it does become quite messy as we go through the day. we had a line of more heavy, persistent rain from these weather fronts that are slipping their way south and east over into france, the heaviest of the rain across south west england and south wales over the last few hours. and as it pushes its way down through the channels, we'll see a fair amount of cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the channel coast. at the same time, we'll see a line of more heavy thundery downpours developing across wales, up through the midlands into eastern england

through the afternoon. some of these really quite torrential and quite widespread for northern ireland and scotland. it's not quite as severe, sunny spells and a few isolated showers as we go through the day. top temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees across scotland and northern ireland. highs valleys of maybe 10 to 13 across england and wales. now we'll see a spell of heavy rain moving its way through eastern england overnight. clearer skies out to the west. so a real contrast with the feel of the weather. first thing on saturday morning, low single figures frost not out of the question in sheltered rural parts, but where that rain is, well, that's where we're likely to see the temperatures holding up. so on the whole, it's an improving picture as we go through the weekend. finally, we're going to lose the frequent showers and we're going to import a southerly flow. so milder air will start to push in and temperatures slightly above where they should be for the time of year. so early rain will clear away through eastern england. cloudy skies for a time, but the sunshine, the best of it. out to the west, it'll be a pleasant afternoon for many of us, largely fine and dry. any showers will become fairly

isolated and top temperatures likely between ten and 16 degrees. that's 61 fahrenheit. as we move into sunday, that dry weather story set to continue. we could see a little more in the way of cloud, particularly up into the far north west and thick enough maybe for a spot or two of drizzle, but on the whole dry, settled, pleasantly warm and certainly better than it has been over the last few days. and that trend is set to continue through the week ahead. an easterly wind mightjust prevent those temperatures from climbing to high, but nevertheless settled and pleasant.

seattle the headlines: a 21—year—old man is expected to appear in a boston court later over a major leak of classified us documents. protests in france as the highest legal body will decide whether president macron's pension reforms can become law. president biden concludes his visit to ireland by returning to his roots in county mayo. brazil's president, lula da silva, is meeting the chinese leader, xi jinping at the climax of his official visit to china. there was a large ceremony to greet him upon his arrival. the two countries are signing a number of trade deals, as many as 20. they are also expected to discuss the war in ukraine.