live from london. this is bbc news. us airmen accuse of carrying out elite of documents. france's heights legal body will decide if a controversial pension reforms come become law. this is a c library paris as hundreds of people master the town hall. one must stop on present bidenvisitor island as the touches down in county mayo —— president biden. and left off, the european space agency launches the satellite that will look for life on jupiter's moons. we talk live to

mission control. a 21—year—old us air national guardsman will appear in court later today charged with the most serious leak of secret intelligence documents in years. jack teixeira is expected in court in boston in the next few hours. 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, teixeira joined the force in 2019.

his identification first came on thursday — when the visual investigations team at the new york times tracked him down. it's an extraordianary story. christiaan triebert from that team told the bbc how they managed it. these new documents that we got yesterday, there was like a granite countertop visible and it stood out because it was different from the other photos. and we managed to talk to several people that, you know, were in that close community where the documents were initially leaked to see if there was anyone of interest with a username that may have more documents or could be the person that they were referring to as the 0g, the original guy. one of them caught our attention. that was jack, the person that we managed to identify and basically using gaming profiles of him on steam, which is very popular with gamers, we found connections to other social media, including close family members and photographs. to within 19 minutes a photograph

was found and suddenly a colleague notes like, wait, that has a granite countertop and like white tiles. and then we're like, wait, what? so then we started matching the details and was like, wow, this matches. once we found confirming information that he was an intelligence wing officer, you know, the national guard in massachusetts, here in the us we were like, ok, we're quickly to identify where he lived, you know, and where his family lives. and then we're like, should we just go there, you know? so actually, my colleagues, they were actually stationed outside the house. so we were right there when the raid happened, and if you imagine that's within a couple of hours of finding the granite table, basically, it was was was a crazy day and night. you know, i think it's just interesting, you know, we saw if we look how social media evolves, right, like there's just so much going on. and i think it's just very interesting to see how quickly information can spread and also how information is being shared

in like more private channels and groups because people in that group were just so young and didn't maybe understand and entirely comprehend what they were sharing. that's just very, very, very striking. and as we can see, as global repercussions for like the us as well, right? like allies that are asking, you know, is it safe when we share intel with you if like this just ends up on the gaming discord? incredible, those details. let's go to frank. how can it bejournalist get the best man's house before the fbi —— get to. get the best man's house before the fbi -- get ta— get the best man's house before the fbi -- get te— fbi -- get to. good work by networks. _ fbi -- get to. good work by networks. or _ fbi -- get to. good work by networks, or the _ fbi -- get to. good work by networks, or the genus - fbi -- get to. good work byj networks, or the genus who fbi -- get to. good work by - networks, or the genus who did this. they took this apart forensically, they look carefully at discord, the

platform on which this was posted, and then narrowed it down. they interviewed somebody who knew this particular individual, and from that they were able to piece it together. it wasn't that difficult. that is something called open source intelligence, which is the thing now. pretty much all major news organisations use it. so to the intelligence agencies, they work of open source intelligence. and believe it or not, the russians, i'm told, quite often go to great names told, quite often go to great names to acquire information covertly through spies and intercept, which is overly available on open source. in this case, the clues were there. and i think it seems to me the us journalists who track this down will work in pretty much at the same time as the fbi. and it shows they were working pretty much at the same

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rightly or wrongly, is that ukraine is running out of air defence be nations, the missile that can shoot down russian planes. it even puts a date on it, that under present circumstances, by may the 23rd will have run out of those missiles. if thatis have run out of those missiles. if that is true, russia will feign, maybe it is time to unleash our air force, because one thing that has been absent is a operation is. the russian air force is a very big and very powerful. that could completely blunt ukraine's summer offensive. it won't even get off the starting blocks if the russian air forces are able to operate with impunity. frank, just as you are talking then, writers is reporting that he is appearing in federal court in boston. frank is having difficulty with his air pierce. let me tell you

what we are hearing from writers, because they are saying the lead suspect jack teixeira has appeared in federal court in boston. that is the exterior of that court building. we will see if any pictures are being fed into us from the us. of the court appearance, the man himself. we are hoping to learn more of the details surrounding the chargers, the exact nature of the charges, so plenty more coming in on this story on the programme. just to repeat, jack teixeira appearing in federal court in boston as we go to air, so we will turn regularly in the course of the programme and bring you updates. let's move away from that. armed police have been deployed outside france's constitutional council ahead of its key ruling on whether president macron�*s decison to force an increase in the retirement age is lawful. let me show you the live pictures. already the changes have brought

hundreds of thousands of demonstrators on to the streets again, in cities across france. the changes would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and have provoked huge protests. we expect to learn the outcome, has president macron, will his plans be allowed to go through? you run them through, no vote on the floor, that is why it has gone to this concert is why it has gone to this concert is no council. whether be allowed, will it be struck down —— constitutional council. all of those things will be made clear in the next couple of hours when we get that decision. we can speak now to melanie vogel, a french senator, who is co—chair of the european green party. i'v e i've been watching those pictures comment, notjust from the constitutional council, but hundreds of thousands of people on the

streets, people elsewhere. how critical moment is this? it is streets, people elsewhere. how critical moment is this?- critical moment is this? it is of course critical, _ critical moment is this? it is of course critical, even _ critical moment is this? it is of course critical, even though i l critical moment is this? it is of i course critical, even though i have to say the decision that the court is going to make is not about the substance of the law, it is about the procedure. so what ever, even if the procedure. so what ever, even if the constitutional court tells us as it stands, it is possible to pass this reform and to increase the legal age for retiring, political opposition to the bill is not going to reduce because the basis for the opposition is not whether it is constitutional or not, it is whether it is fair or not. this won't be judged by the constitutional court. if i mayjust explain why it is in front of the constitutional court today. it is certain that the pension reform not fully

constitutional, that is for sure, because it contains measures that are no way can be decided under the procedure chosen. what remains to be seen and seen today is whether it is fully unconstitutional. an important thing to understand is the procedure the government chose to pass this reform, it has decided to use a legal basis in the constitution that is there when you need to revise the budget of the security. for example, during a pandemic when you realise you need to spend more money and you need to change it and you can't wait for the regular procedure. it is obvious we are not in a situation like this, the pension reform is not an ad hoc decision, it is changing the general principle of the pension system in france, and this normally, in the constitution, it falls under the scope of the normal legislative procedure. fist

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feel very unfair. but on top of this, people, i think this is the reason why the opposition to this reform is not coming down but on the contrary, it is increasing, it is the way the government did it. there we come to the constitutional issue because the reason why the government chose this procedure is because it allows you to restrict debate in the parliament and to users article that is famous outside of france, 49.3. it gives you the right to posit even though you don't have a majority. that is also a reason why now, it is notjust about the pension reform, but the state of our democracy. just the pension reform, but the state of our democracy-— our democracy. just a final question. _ our democracy. just a final question, because - our democracy. just a final i question, because president our democracy. just a final - question, because president macron says france can't afford not to make this change. it would come in 2030, so that is the case he makes around the economics. in terms of all of

those protests, how much political capital has president macron invested in this, if he were to lose today? i invested in this, if he were to lose toda ? ., �* , invested in this, if he were to lose toda ? ., v ., ., , invested in this, if he were to lose toda? ~ ., , invested in this, if he were to lose toda ? ~' �*, . . , . today? i think he's already losing a lot of people- _ today? i think he's already losing a lot of people. you _ today? i think he's already losing a lot of people. you might _ today? i think he's already losing a lot of people. you might have i today? i think he's already losing a j lot of people. you might have seen the popularity of the president is low in the polls. the extent which the government has chose to brutalise the debate is rare, even in france whether government has a lot of power still, going back for on imposing a reform nobody wants. it is bad. if we come to a moment where even the constitutional court tells you you were wrong, also legally and politically, that is the end for the capacity to govern in a sane and peaceful way.— sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank ou sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank you for— sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank you forjoining _ sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank you forjoining us - sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank you forjoining us live i sane and peacefulway. melanie, thank you forjoining us live from paris. we await about decision. we

think it is coming in about an hour, an hourand 45 think it is coming in about an hour, an hour and 45 minutes. we continue to watch a live pictures from different locations, a lot of people on the streets. some of those picture fees have gone down, but we will return to them. i want to turn to breaking news in the uk, that we have just got, to breaking news in the uk, that we havejust got, regarding to breaking news in the uk, that we have just got, regarding to serving police officers in the capital's metropolitan police who have been dismissed over discriminatory messages sent to colleagues in a whatsapp group, including some about katie price, a celebrity in the uk, her disabled son. two serving metropolitan officers have been dismissed over messages they send to colleagues and a whatsapp group, and of course, this echoes the huge concern we've seen here in the uk, especially around the uk's largest

police force, the metropolitan police, about a series of controversies and outrages involving different police officers. and this is the very latest. we had the met commissioner openly saying there were people within the metropolitan police he wanted to get rid of and was working to try and get rid of as sooner. this is the latest case of two serving police officers today being dismissed. we will bring you more on that as it comes into us. we will also return to the other bit of news coming in from the united states, that suspect in the lead case, he has appeared in court, or is appearing in court in boston. jack teixeira. those are the pictures coming to us, nothing from inside the building at the moment. huge focus on this, our main story was he has been charged with

unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents and materials. that is what has just been told to those judges there sitting in the court in boston. i willjust repeat sitting in the court in boston. i will just repeat that, sitting in the court in boston. i willjust repeat that, charged web unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents. he circulated them on the group, and as we head for the new york times, extraordinary how he was ultimately identified. there is more information coming a because this is happening inside the building as i am talking to you. those lines are just dropping, thejudge am talking to you. those lines are just dropping, the judge saying jack teixeira qualifies what a public defendant, so there will be a public defender assigned to him when it comes to trial. huge concern about just the nature of those leaked documents that have been seen around the world, that have made headlines around the world. we were talking to

frank gardner earlier about information regarding ukraine, but also that revelation that the us was spying on some of its allies, south korea, for example, and certainly that will raise concerns amongst america's allies, raise questions about how much information perhaps they share with the americans. all manners of ramifications of flowing out of this. the usjustice department requesting that jack teixeira be detained pending trial. that straightforward in terms of what you would expect in this situation. those lines are coming into us, we have our correspondence into us, we have our correspondence in the us and here is well monitoring it. as soon as there's more, we will return. at the latest on the breaking story. you are watching bbc news in the uk and around the world.

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offer. what is the indication? what are you hearing? well, what we are heafina are you hearing? well, what we are hearin: is are you hearing? well, what we are hearing is that _ are you hearing? well, what we are hearing is that it _ are you hearing? well, what we are hearing is that it is _ are you hearing? well, what we are hearing is that it is likely, _ hearing is that it is likely, according to health unions, that it is possible this will be rejected, this 5% but that has been put to nurses. at the moment we haven't had confirmation of that from the union representing the nurses, the royal couege representing the nurses, the royal college nursing, they say they are still calculating the vote. it finished at 9am this morning, but there is increasing concern amongst health bosses that it may well be rejected. if that is the case, and it does remain an if at the moment, the union has a mandate to call further strikes. that mandate lasts until the 2nd of may, so it is quite another strike would be called pretty quickly by the union representing nurses.- pretty quickly by the union representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more _ representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more about _ representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more about the _ representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more about the final- representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more about the final day i representing nurses. and, simon, tell us more about the final day in| tell us more about the final day in terms of thejunior

tell us more about the final day in terms of the junior doctors strike, because absolute deadlock in that. this may be coming to an end, and it's been an extremely lengthy period of strike action, coming out of the easter weekend. what is in prospect going forward? this thursday for _ prospect going forward? this thursday for the _ prospect going forward? try 3 thursday for the strike byjunior doctors, a very bitter dispute by the union representing junior doctors, the british and medical association, and the government. no prospect of any resolution, or any talks even. thejunior prospect of any resolution, or any talks even. the junior doctors are asking for a 35% pay increase. compared to what has been offered to the nurses, who are being offered 5%. junior doctors i35%. they say that would partly compensate them for what they say are around 15 years of below inflation increases. the government says that figure is completely unachievable, and it

simply won't happen. the doctors unions say in order to progress, they would like the conciliation service acas to get involved. the government says it can't happen potentially. it's been second time lucky for the european space agency. after a one—day delay because of bad weather, the agency has successfully launched its mission to see if the moons ofjupiter can support life. thejupiter icy moons explorer took off from the european spaceport in french guiana. it will take eight years to reach its destination, where it will examine three ofjupiter�*s moons, to see if their hidden oceans of water could contain microbial life forms. professor leigh fletcher from the university of leicester's school of physics and astronomyjoins

us live from mission control in darmstadt. you did at declaration mark. what was the moment like which marked excitement, exhilaration? it was the moment like which marked excitement, exhilaration?— excitement, exhilaration? it has been a roller-coaster _ excitement, exhilaration? it has been a roller-coaster over i excitement, exhilaration? it has been a roller-coaster over the i excitement, exhilaration? it has i been a roller-coaster over the last been a roller—coaster over the last couple of days web yesterday's overwhelming disappointment we were delayed by lightning activity over peru. but in those moments today, watching the rocket launch, our precious spacecraft, my heart was thumping. so many moments since then, the separation of the spacecraft, and just half an hour ago, the crucial deployment of solar rays. we need those to generate electrical power out atjupiter electrical power out at jupiter orbit. electrical power out atjupiter orbit. they are enormous, 27 metres across, 85 square metres, two

providers with the crucial energy we need to power a sophisticated suite of instruments to do the signs you are mentioning, to really characterise those icy world surrounding jupiter for the first time. we are overwhelmed, and we are so happy to be able to report to you now that mission is on its way. i am tem ted now that mission is on its way. i am tempted to — now that mission is on its way. i am tempted to ask _ now that mission is on its way. i am tempted to ask you _ now that mission is on its way. i am tempted to ask you what _ now that mission is on its way. i am tempted to ask you what happens now notjust put tempted to ask you what happens now not just put your feet tempted to ask you what happens now notjust put your feet up tempted to ask you what happens now not just put your feet up for tempted to ask you what happens now notjust put your feet up for eight years, read a book or two? when it gets there, describe what you are planning to do and try to explore, but how do you do it? the spacecraft itself will be — but how do you do it? the spacecraft itself will be orbiting _ but how do you do it? the spacecraft itself will be orbiting around - itself will be orbiting around jupiter. it will do with some 60 plus times, and as it does, it will be swinging by all of these icy moons, including cholesterol and

europa —— calista. there may be oceans, far larger than our own oceans. there might be the conditions in them for life. what we have to do the next eight years is detailed plans for how we will explore those means, how we will used instruments together synergy, to map the surface, and get down through those icy layers to get a glimpse of those subsurface oceans. i've got about 40 seconds, so briefly, what other risk, what could go wrong? briefly, what other risk, what could no wron: ? ., , briefly, what other risk, what could to mom? ., briefly, what other risk, what could howron? ., , . go wrong? those solar panels which rive us go wrong? those solar panels which give us our — go wrong? those solar panels which give us our power, _ go wrong? those solar panels which give us our power, now— go wrong? those solar panels which give us our power, now i _ go wrong? those solar panels which give us our power, now i hope i go wrong? those solar panels which give us our power, now i hope it i give us our power, now i hope it will be smooth sailing from now on. there are challenges ahead, but this is a tremendous start. we are over the moon. taste is a tremendous start. we are over the moon-— is a tremendous start. we are over the moon. ~ . ., i. the moon. we are delighted for you. thank ou the moon. we are delighted for you. thank you for— the moon. we are delighted for you. thank you for taking _ the moon. we are delighted for you. thank you for taking the _ the moon. we are delighted for you. thank you for taking the time - the moon. we are delighted for you. thank you for taking the time to i thank you for taking the time to speak to us. we are back injust thank you for taking the time to speak to us. we are back in just a moment or two without a court

appearance in boston. we will bring you the latest from our team in the us. don't go away. hello, there. for scotland and northern ireland we're seeing a mixture of sunshine, but also some rather sharp showers. there's not much sunshine, though, for england and wales, where low pressure is certainly the dominant feature of the weather. around that area of low pressure and weather fronts we're seeing thickening cloud and also some rain, which is keeping it on the cold side yet again. these are the temperatures late on in the afternoon, so in that rain perhaps no higher than nine degrees, so really quite chilly out there. we've got the rain mainly across england and wales, with those heavier showers in scotland and northern ireland. those showers will fade away, but the rain continues across eastern parts of england right the way through the night, but we'll get clearer skies across wales, western england and particularly in northern ireland, where temperatures were as low as minus—four last night and we could see similarly low temperatures tonight. a frost potentially across other

western areas of the uk. heading into the weekend, though, we should see the cloud breaking for a while at least to give some sunshine and those temperatures are slowly lifting, but we start the weekend with cloud across eastern england. still some patchy rain around, as well. the cloud and the rain should thin out, the sunshine come through, but that will trigger some sharp showers across eastern england and maybe even into south—eastern parts of scotland. many western areas, though, will be dry. there will be plenty of sunshine around and those temperatures will be higher than today, but still no better than probably 14 or 15 degrees in northern ireland. it does cloud over later on in the day and there could be a few spots of rain into the evening and overnight. that weakening weather front is trying to come in from the atlantic, but, at the same time, pressure is building, so it's tending to kill off that weatherfront, if you like. there's not much rain left at all by sunday, but there is more cloud around and across some eastern parts of england there could be some early morning mist and fog patches. the winds light for england and wales, a little brisker

for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. it's a southerly breeze on sunday, so those temperatures just continuing to rise just a little bit, up to around 16 degrees at best. that's near or slightly above average. at one point it looked like into early next week temperatures could get around 20 degrees or more. we've still got high pressure building down from scandinavia, keeping it dry, but around that area of high pressure we've got more of an easterly wind, so temperatures not expected to be quite so high, but certainly an improvement on what we've seen over the past few days. over the week ahead there's a lot of dry weather