live from london — this is bbc news... charged with espionage — jack teixeira — the us airman accused of leaking classified pentagon documents — appears in court. we will be speaking to a former us ambassador on the broader fallout. and decision day, france's highest legal body will decide if president macron controversial pension reforms can become law. thousands of nhs workers in england, members of the unison union have decided to accept the latest pay offer from the government. and casualties of war — the two injured ukrainian soldiers given state—of—the—art bionic

arms made in the uk. welcome back to bbc news with the latest on the case in the united states in a moment. we will speak to someone from washington. but now, let's get the sport. good afternoon. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has compared talk of big—money transfers with a five—year—old asking for a ferrari for christmas. the reds have ruled themselves out of signing 19—year—old england midfielderjude bellingham from borussia dortmund due to the costs involved in excess of £100m. the german boss is expected to rebuild the squad in the summer — as liverpool are currently 8th in the table. you have to realise what you can do and then you have to work with it.

how much money do we have available and then we have to work with it. that is the job you have to do, we are not children. asking a five—year—old christmas, what do you want for christmas? and then they tell you, i want a ferrari. you would say, that is a good idea. you would say, no it is too expensive and you can't drive it. this kid spends his whole life unhappy because he cannot get a ferrari, it will be a sad life. it is a case of what can you do and then you do it and you work with that. and from one club looking to buy players in the summer — to another that needs to offload some... ..chelsea. under the new chairman todd boehly — the west london club have spent £600 million on 17 new players.

interim boss frank lampard has admitted communicating with all the players is going to be a process. over the period i am here firstly i want to win football matches, because we are chelsea and that is what is expected of us from firstly, ourselves, but also the fans and outside alike. secondly, i want to be part of a process in this period where players have an opportunity, if they deserve to play they get an opportunity on the pitch. meanwhile chelsea's former boss thomas tuchel, now in charge at bayern munich, says he's spoken to sadio mane about his misconduct — but insists the sengalese forward has his full support. tuchel�*s comments come after sane allegedly punched team—mate leroy sane in midweek — following bayern�*s 3—0 champions league defeat to manchester city in midweek. mane has been suspended for bayern�*s match against hoffenheim tomorrow and he has also been fined by the club. to tennis, and more potential problems for rafa nadal — as doubts continue to emerge over whether he'll be able to defend his french open title. the 22—time grand slam winner has withdrawn

from the barcelona open next week becase of a hip injury — something that has ruled him out of action since january. the french open, a tournament nadal has won 14 times, begins at roland garros at the end of may. nadal is of course an ii—time winner of the ongoing monte—carlo masters, and the event will have a new winner this year as we reach the final four. denmark's holger rune has made his first semifinal after beating world number three daniil medvedev in straight sets. another man through to the semi—finals is america's taylor fritz, who beat defending champion stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets 6—2, 6—4, to become the first american to reach the semi—finals in monte carlo since 2003. and fritz�*s opponent in the last four will be the world number six andrey rublev. meanwhile on the women's side — great britain and france are facing off in coventry for a place

in the billiejean king cup finals later this year. the opening match between gb�*s katie boulter and france's caroline garcia is under way — and delicately poised. both players have won a set each — both on a tiebreak. there are 149 places between the pair, boulter the world number 154 and garcia the world number five. and england batsmen harry brook has continued his meteoric rise in world cricket — hitting 94 for the sunrisers hyderabad in the indian premier league. brook was signed by the sunsrisers for £1.3 million and he had so farfailed to live up to that fee in the first three matches — but has certainly showed why they spent that cash on him today. helping his side to 206—4 against kolkata knight riders. and that's all the sport for now.

let's return to our main story. ajunior member of the us national guard has appeared in court in boston to face espionage charges over a huge leak of secret government documents. jack teixeira, who is 21, was arrested by fbi agents yesterday. he was told he faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted of both charges. the material revealed sensitive intelligence on topics including the war in ukraine. let's cross live to washington, and speak now to kurt volker, the former us special representative to ukraine, and a former us ambassador to nato. welcome to the programme, we are delighted to have you on. let's start in terms of the absolute basics, how could a 21—year—old have access to such influential material, do you think?— do you think? well, that is a great auestion do you think? well, that is a great question and _ do you think? well, that is a great question and it _ do you think? well, that is a great question and it is _ do you think? well, that is a great question and it is something - do you think? well, that is a great question and it is something the i question and it is something the pentagon is now investigating. he

clearly could have been part of intelligence unit of some kind, where they had passwords to get into computer systems to access information. with that, presumably could have gotten there but he was able to print it, able to photograph it and distribute it. it is a violation of rules, but that means there are procedures not in place that should be.— there are procedures not in place that should be. , . ., ., that should be. they have had enough awninus, that should be. they have had enough awnings. chelsea _ that should be. they have had enough awnings, chelsea manning, _ that should be. they have had enough awnings, chelsea manning, edward i awnings, chelsea manning, edward snowden, why haven't the pretty obvious gaps being plugged? yes. snowden, why haven't the pretty obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. _ obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. i _ obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. i think— obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. i think of- obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. i think of it - obvious gaps being plugged? yes, i don't understand. i think of it in - don't understand. i think of it in terms of when you do a private business transaction like real estate, the documents are available online, you can see them online and you can sign them. then they are controlled, both your signatures are control, the access is controlled, the knowledge of what you have done with it is controlled and you can restrict whether you can download it or not. that sort of software solution ought to be routine in the

intelligence community, i think. the pentauon intelligence community, i think. the pentagon said it is the nature of them to trust young people with this information. i was listening to you earlier in the day and you make the point that the cia does things pretty differently and has different outcomes? ida. pretty differently and has different outcomes? ., ., , �* , , outcomes? no, it does. let's be clear, i outcomes? no, it does. let's be clear. i agree — outcomes? no, it does. let's be clear, i agree with _ outcomes? no, it does. let's be clear, i agree with the _ outcomes? no, it does. let's be clear, i agree with the point - outcomes? no, it does. let's bej clear, i agree with the point that intelligence is meant to be shared. and it is only useful if the people who need to act on it have the actual information. but that doesn't mean you have no control. it is not a matter of trusting 21—year—olds to do whatever they want, it is trusting them to have access to the information but then controlling, monitoring and preventing any further distribution. the cia does have a different system, it is more positively controlled and it is done with many more layers. fine positively controlled and it is done with many more layers. one assumes

those are the — with many more layers. one assumes those are the sorts _ with many more layers. one assumes those are the sorts of _ with many more layers. one assumes those are the sorts of changes - with many more layers. one assumes those are the sorts of changes that i those are the sorts of changes that will be imminent in the overhaul that has been announced by the pentagon. in terms of this 21—year—old's background. we think he is not a whistle—blower or a foreign agents, it doesn't have grievances or scepticism against the us government. it seems to be broadly around showing off, when you read the details. in terms of a side of what the motivation was, give me your assessment of the damage done, say to america �*s allies? i your assessment of the damage done, say to america 's allies?— say to america 's allies? i don't think the damage _ say to america 's allies? i don't think the damage is _ say to america 's allies? i don't think the damage is that - say to america 's allies? i don't think the damage is that great. j say to america 's allies? i don't i think the damage is that great. at least not from what we have seen so far. the information revealed, whether it is about ukraine because macro capabilities, russian capabilities or spying on some of our allies, capabilities or spying on some of ourallies, none capabilities or spying on some of our allies, none of this is really new. nobody terribly surprised to learn the russian military is in shambles of the ukrainian military is low on munitions. we all knew that anyway. i don't think it damaging there. what it does do, the

russians can look at this and use it to figure out where are their vulnerabilities we are exploiting to gather intelligence and try to shut those down. it means the people may be less willing to trust information to the united states allies if they feel we are not good at protecting those secrets. we have seen this already with ukraine where they don't share all the operational details they have. i think we may see that phenomenon on continue and grow. see that phenomenon on continue and crow. �* , see that phenomenon on continue and crow. �* y ., see that phenomenon on continue and crow. �* , ., ~ ., _, see that phenomenon on continue and crow. �* , ., ~ ., ., grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied _ grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied to _ grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied to it, _ grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied to it, in _ grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied to it, in terms - grow. briefly on ukraine, you are closely tied to it, in terms of- grow. briefly on ukraine, you are| closely tied to it, in terms of what has been revealed, your basic gut feeling in terms ofjust how serious it is, given where we are in the war? �* , ., , it is, given where we are in the war? �*, ., i, , war? it's not very serious in my view, war? it's not very serious in my view. for _ war? it's not very serious in my view, for several _ war? it's not very serious in my view, for several reasons. i war? it's not very serious in my view, for several reasons. the | view, for several reasons. the russians are not really capable of doing much more than they are already doing. they are throwing everything at this and they are unable to really advance those front lines, to take more territory to win

the war. the russian inability is one thing that makes me more reassured. the second is on the planning side. the ukrainians, united states and british and others are working together on these operational plans and adapting them every day. it is not something that is static, done once and then three months later you pull the trigger. it is everybody looking very tactically and situationally about what the best approach to prosecuting an offensive will be and that goes right up to the day to when it is launched and beyond. i was listening to you on the radio and said an interesting thing, you said the us was good at gathering data but not good at the intelligence strategy that flowed out of it. some of the decision making, ukraine, pointed to afghanistan. tell me more about why you came to that conclusion and is that a tougher want to crack, do you think? it that a tougher want to crack, do you think? , .,, ,., ., .,

think? it is the most important one to crack, think? it is the most important one to crack. more _ think? it is the most important one to crack, more than _ think? it is the most important one to crack, more than anything i think? it is the most important one to crack, more than anything else. | think? it is the most important one | to crack, more than anything else. i think it is figuring out why we get such good data but our analysis is often wrong. figuring out as an intelligence leader what to do about thatis intelligence leader what to do about that is important. take for instance, the beginning of the war instance, the beginning of the war in ukraine last february when russia was invading. we had the data and renew through communications that russia was going to attack ukraine. but we assessed russia would roll over ukraine in three days. the ukrainians would fold and we offered president zelinsky rideout, which he famously denied and rejected. those judgments were misunderstanding the situation the ukrainian military, the situation of the russian military, the resolve of the ukrainian people, the kind of character that zelensky has. i personally knew all of that because i had worked on ukraine for so long. but that is what we have intelligence analyst for, to know those things. we intelligence analyst for, to know those things-— intelligence analyst for, to know those things. we have to leave it there, those things. we have to leave it there. but _ those things. we have to leave it there. but a _ those things. we have to leave it there, but a pleasure _ those things. we have to leave it

there, but a pleasure to - those things. we have to leave it there, but a pleasure to talk- those things. we have to leave it there, but a pleasure to talk to l those things. we have to leave it l there, but a pleasure to talk to you on bbc news. thank you for giving us us your time. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. he's run, he's cycled and, all in, charlie's raised almost £20,000 for charity and the cause is very personal for him and his family. a car crash when he was four left serious injuries and years of plastic surgery. the charity was helping me out a lot, so we just decided to do charity challenges. the money charlie's raised is for the charity changing faces, which works with people who have a disfigurement or visible difference. he's 11 now and he's made huge progress, a process, though, that's sometimes been difficult for his family. there would be times when we'd bejust, say, in a supermarket and he would walk backwards to avoid people staring and then you'd get peoplejust point blank,

like, asking him "what had happened to yourface?", like, asking him. charlie has more surgery to come. his story one of overcoming adversity. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to one of those headlines we brought you earlier. two ukrainian soldiers who had amputations after being wounded in the war with russia, are being fitted with state—of—the—art bionic arms, made in the uk. a bristol based company hopes to rehabilitate hundreds of ukrainians over the next few years, with its revolutionary prosthetics. our reporter gem o'reilly found out how they're being made and has more on this for us. this is interesting just in terms of the human element of this and the change. we will get to more of that in a moment, but tell me more about

how you went about getting the story? yes, it is absolutely fascinating. i really was interested in this particular topic as a journalist that has covered a lot of disability over the years. the world health organization predicts that thousands of ukrainians have been left without limbs because of the war. when i found out a ukrainian charity superhumans was partnering with a uk company open bionic i wanted to go and film this particular story. i went to bristol. as you can see we filmed piece by piece, the making of the arm. just filmed piece by piece, the making of the arm. , , , ., filmed piece by piece, the making of the arm. , , i. ., , the arm. just let me get you to put the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures _ the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures of— the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures of that _ the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures of that film, _ the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures of that film, take i the arm. just let me get you to put the pictures of that film, take me i the pictures of that film, take me through the filming? this the pictures of that film, take me through the filming?— the pictures of that film, take me through the filming? as you can see, basically we — through the filming? as you can see, basically we had _ through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a _ through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a go _ through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a go pro _ through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a go pro cut - through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a go pro cut on i through the filming? as you can see, basically we had a go pro cut on the i basically we had a go pro cut on the technician. she showed us how it was made, right down from the sockets to

the wrist and the sensors that control the arm that connects to a motherboard in the hand and operates the way this arm works. it was fascinating and this moment ackley created this within an hour. it was really important we had the go pro to show how it was made and my priority with the digital video was to show that, which is on the website at the moment, and the article shows the wider context of the story. article shows the wider context of the sto . �* , ., the story. let's get to the absolutely _ the story. let's get to the absolutely crucial - the story. let's get to the absolutely crucial bits, i the story. let's get to the i absolutely crucial bits, which the story. let's get to the - absolutely crucial bits, which these two ukrainians, the soldiers, give me an idea of what they have been telling you and just the change it has brought them? so telling you and just the change it has brought them?— telling you and just the change it has brought them? so the soldiers were lost for— has brought them? so the soldiers were lost for words _ has brought them? so the soldiers were lost for words when - has brought them? so the soldiers were lost for words when i - has brought them? so the soldiers were lost for words when i was i were lost for words when i was interviewing them. absolute gratitude from them in the sense that this is a real first step for ukrainians going forward. one of them, vitaly, he's only 2a and is

actually going to go back on the front line with his bionic arm. the other one, andrecht, is 29 and he is too injured to go back on the front line but both soldiers are prepared to have a new life with this prosthetic and are grateful to have this opportunity. aha, prosthetic and are grateful to have this opportunity-— this opportunity. a final quick thoughts. _ this opportunity. a final quick thoughts, they _ this opportunity. a final quick thoughts, they are _ this opportunity. a final quick thoughts, they are hoping i this opportunity. a final quick thoughts, they are hoping to | this opportunity. a final quick i thoughts, they are hoping to build a whole centre and actually to be ultimately helping thousands of people, aren't they?— people, aren't they? yes, the ro'ect people, aren't they? yes, the project doesn't _ people, aren't they? yes, the project doesn't stop _ people, aren't they? yes, the project doesn't stop there. i people, aren't they? yes, the l project doesn't stop there. the sensor is partnered with the ukrainian ministry of health and also the first lady, all got zelensky. this is particularly built and they have opened it today and they will try and rehabilitate soldiers from the war. as the ceo said to me, it is not enoughjust to give prosthetics, they need real physiotherapy and mental health support throughout this process. irate

support throughout this process. we have to leave it there, but thank you for taking us through all of that. there is a piece on the website, more of the video as well. so head there to the bbc website and certainly there is a lot of really useful detail on there and those interchanges she was talking about from those two ukrainians who are trying out those first two. plenty more to discover on the website. i want to take you back to france because we are expecting that decision shortly from the constitutional council. that is the scene there and it has been like that for most of the day with armed police, extra security ahead of the crucial decision from the french constitutional court. because what is being tested is whether the macron government abided by the constitutional rules that there are in terms of putting this new

legislation on the statute books. you may remember at the time there was no vote on the house floor in parliament and that enraged the protesters and many mps on the ground. hence, it has been kicked to the constitutional court. we got the decision, we think, in about ten minutes. they may be a clean decision one way or another. a lot of indications that perhaps the macron government will succeed today. these are some of the pictures from different parts of the capital where we have seen large numbers. these protests have been going on for two and a half months now and at different stages they have been like this, large numbers and peaceful. at different stages they have been pretty violent. we have seen some really ugly scenes in different cities across france. because a huge amount of support for these protests, it is a culmination of a lot of residual background unhappiness, but manifesting in the

protests against a change to the pension age from 60 to 264. macron says the country cannot afford to have a retirement age at 62 and hence the need to push this through. absolutely crucial reform, as he sees it. let me put pictures from the last 24—hour is, because through the last 24—hour is, because through the night we saw these sorts of scenes and the authorities in large numbers today and they will be hoping to make sure there is no repeat of the sorts of disturbances we have seen at different stages. and that is the sort of things you see on the strap. so many different cities have been experiencing this. today, is that the end of it? or just the start of it? one of the options we have been hearing from our guests, could they point the way to having a referendum and that

would be in nine months, so that doesn't bring this to an end. all of those decisions, it will all flow out of what we see in the constitutional council and we get that decision here on bbc news in ten minutes' time. do stay with us because we will get reaction on the ground there outside of the constitutional council. we will get reaction from various players also eagerly awaiting to learn what the outcome is. a lot of ramifications in terms of what the constitutional council actually decides. we are only a few minutes away from that and the countdown so we will return to paris in the next few minutes. let squeeze in one more story because a lovely story. it has been second time lucky for the european space agency after a day's delay because of bad weather. the agency successfully launching its mission to see if the moons ofjupiter can actually support life.

the explorer took off from the european spaceport. it will take eight years to actually reach its destination. it will be examining three ofjupiter�*s moons to see if there are hidden oceans of water that contain microbial life form as well. an hour ago i spoke to professor ellie fletcher from mission control. he said it had been an emotional roller—coaster over the last couple of days. an emotional roller-coaster over the last couple of days.— last couple of days. yesterday's overwhelming _ last couple of days. yesterday's overwhelming disappointment l last couple of days. yesterday's i overwhelming disappointment we last couple of days. yesterday's - overwhelming disappointment we were delayed by lightning activity over at the launch site. and then today in those moments of watching the rocket launch are precious to spacecraft up into orbit, my heart was thumping. i thought i would need to have a lie down and so many moments since then, the separation from the spacecraft from the launch rocket and the crucial deployment of

the solar rays. we need those to generate the electrical power out of the jupiter generate the electrical power out of thejupiter obit and generate the electrical power out of the jupiter obit and they are thejupiter obit and they are enormous, 27 metres across, 85 square metres of solar panels to provide the crucial electrical energy we need to power a sophisticated suite of instruments to do the sort of science you were just mentioning, to really characterise those icy worlds 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 tempted to ask you, what happens now, do you just put your feet up for eight years, read a book or two, but i suspect it is not like that. when it gets there, you have described what you are planning to do, but how did you actually do it? ok, the spacecraft itself is going to be orbiting around jupiter. it

will do that 60 plus times. as it is orbiting around jupiter, it will be swinging by all of these icy moons, there is europa, ganymede and deep beneath the icy crust there might be deep, dark of oceans and liquid water. oceans larger than our own oceans. within those that might be the conditions to provide lie. what we have to do for the next eight years is very detailed plans of how we are going to explore the moons, how we will use the instruments together in synergy to map the surface and also get a probe down through those icy layers to get a glimpse of the subsurface oceans. i have about 40 seconds left, so very briefly, what are the risks, what could go wrong? the briefly, what are the risks, what could go wrong?— briefly, what are the risks, what could go wrong? the main risks, the emergence — could go wrong? the main risks, the emergence of _ could go wrong? the main risks, the emergence of those _ could go wrong? the main risks, the emergence of those solar _ could go wrong? the main risks, the emergence of those solar panels i could go wrong? the main risks, the| emergence of those solar panels that give us the power. now i would hope it is going to be fairly smooth

sailing from now on. there are challenges ahead, but this is a tremendous start and we are over the moon. he tremendous start and we are over the moon. . ., �* , , tremendous start and we are over the moon. �* , , moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face- now— moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. now we _ moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. now we have _ moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. now we have a _ moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. now we have a busy - moon. he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. now we have a busy hour. his face. now we have a busy hour coming up, let's start in ireland. recent pictures of president biden seeing the shrine. he is heading to county mayo, where one side of his distant family and ancestors are from. they will be fantastic pictures that come later in the day. but let's had from county mayo to show you the live pictures from paris. this is the other big story we arejuggling in paris. this is the other big story we are juggling in the next little while. and that decision coming afterfive while. and that decision coming after five o'clock there. we are only about five minutes away, if it comes on time. the constitutional court will decide whether it was legal, whether it was right for the president to ram through that change to the pension age from 60 to up to 64. we get the judgment, to the pension age from 60 to up to 64. we get thejudgment, that to the pension age from 60 to up to 64. we get the judgment, that is the

constitutional council and that is when we will learn the result. i am just been told that that decision has dropped and let me just read what the reuters news agency as saying... france's constitutional court has cleared plans by the government of president macron to raise the legal age up to 64 from 62. we thought it was happening in about five minutes, but the reuters news agency reporting, and we were expecting it to drop online and french television, so everyone going with this, that france's constitutional court has cleared the plans by the government of emmanuel macron and they have also rejected the bid, we had from our guest earlier, for the call for a referendum. that is major breaking news, which i am sure it isjust emerging and getting to those crowds

that are there in the capital. the crowds that have been protesting for two and a half months and a lot of hope they had that the courts would strike it down, make president macron think again. let me take you back to the pictures of the crowds, because those are the ones we should keep an eye on. they have been waiting for those decisions and those remarks from the constitutional court. the government has won the day and there were indications that perhaps that is what would transpire today, but all of these people on the screen have been amassed in the capital, hoping that it been amassed in the capital, hoping thatitis been amassed in the capital, hoping that it is not the case. where do they go from here? do the protests end in the coming days? what actually happens? we talked to union members and i was talking to one only a week or so ago and they said

they would not accept any decision. they talked about previous french governments that had tried to change the pension age and ultimately had been forced down by street protests. we are predicting that perhaps again there will be a repetition of that and we will wait to see what indeed happens in the coming hours and days. but this is major breaking news from france. i will repeat it, the constitutional court clearing those plans by emmanuel macron to raise the legal age of retirement from 60 to up to 64. president macron absolutely clear that france cannot afford to have a pension age of 62. there is a lead in, it is not an immediate change from the french government. they have until 2030 to make arrangements. that was one of

the concessions that president macron was pointing people towards. that hasn't cut much ice, nor the move not to allow a vote on the floor of the house in paris, in the parliament. and that so angered protesters and those groups against it. but that is what was being tested in the courts and that has been given a clear, this use of a little—known or little used device within the constitution that has been deemed illegal and the law will come into force. it will be interesting and we will explore in the next little while when it will reach the statute books. but those crowds were beginning to hear that news that has emerged from the constitutional council that the president has been allowed to raise the retirement age from 60 to 264.

we will state with this major breaking story on bbc news and bring you the latest reaction from the capital, paris and across wider france. you are watching bbc news. welcome if you are justjoining france. you are watching bbc news. welcome if you arejustjoining us. i'm going to take you straight back to france to paris and the capital, because in the last few minutes we have had news from the constitutional court that they have cleared the plans by the government of emmanuel macron, to raise the legal retirement age to 64 from 62. so a major victory for the president. it has been contested for the last month or so since the highly unusual move by the government to ram it through parliament, no vote on the floor that certainly added fuel to the fire of the protest. these protests have gone on across france in all the major cities the two and a half months or so with a whole range of

groups from unions, to students and