live from london, this is bbc news. the headlines: japan's prime minister has been rushed away by security teams after an explosion was heard as he prepared to give a speech. montana becomes the first us state to pass legislation imposing a total ban on the popular app tiktok. 21—year—old jack teixeira appears in court in boston, over a huge leak of secret government documents.

hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. japanese media say the prime minister, fumio kishida, has been evacuated after an explosion was heard while he was giving a speech. tv footage appeared to show officers clearing the area and removing a man from the scene. one report said a pipe—like object had been thrown near mr kishida. details are still coming in about the incident in the city of wakayama. there was no immediate official confirmation of the blast, with local police declining to comment. japanese officials say mr kishida, who is 65, is safe and unharmed. he has beenjapanese leader since october 2021. japan has bolstered security after the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot and killed while speaking at a campaign event injuly 2022. we have footage of what

happened at the event from an the japanese broadcaster. this is the report from the city, and you see officials taking them away from wakayama. let's speak to our correspondent, yetunde yusuf. what do we know? we know the japanese per firm you what do we know? we know the japanese perfirm you issued i was evacuated from port in wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed. we are hearing several reports that it was an apparent smoke bomb and that had been thrown, but there are believed to be no injuries and currently damage to the scene. a person has been detained, as you mentioned, at the site in western japan's wakayama mr kishida with you to give a speech according to local reports. we know there is been no official confirmation

of the incident, so nothing from the police yet. they have declined to comment. the footage we've seen is of a police detaining individual and crowd scattering from the scene. as you know, japan has bolstered its security after the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe who was shot twice and japan's longest serving prime minister. so this incident comes as a fumio kishida was due to give a speech. japan is hosting g7 ministerial events and is also ahead of a leaders summit. we are seeing _ ahead of a leaders summit. we are seeing pictures on our screen of the incident of a man being taken away by security officials, this is from our nhk broadcaster injapan, the broadcaster in japan, the national broadcaster injapan, the national broadcaster there,

some pictures thereafter by prime ministers were, a speech a bit earlier on. as you say, not long ago we saw the assassination, witnessed the assassination, witnessed the assassination of shinzo abe, the formerfeminist, assassination of shinzo abe, the former feminist, clearly tensions are high and security must have been on high alert. it is interesting that this has happened so soon after that. exactly. that happened injuly 2022, and as you say, security has been bolstered. people are on guard just in case anything could happen to be current prime minister. thankfully at the moment we are hearing that he is unharmed but there will be a lot of concern at the moment as to the security of the feminist are going forward. yes, and if you arejust joining us now, breaking news in the last hour or so that a smoke bomb has been lobbied at the prime minister injapan,

the prime minister injapan, the prime minister ofjapan, a few months after the former minister shinzo abe was assassinated, fumio kishida was speaking at an event at a city called wakayama, and a man was removed from the scene from officials, a report that a pipe like object had been through near mr kishida. we know anything about how he is, his state at the moment, he has been taken away, he has been evacuated, do we know about how here's? , ., , ., ., here's? very little as to how here's? very little as to how he is, but — here's? very little as to how he is, but we _ here's? very little as to how he is, but we know- here's? very little as to how he is, but we know he - here's? very little as to how he is, but we know he is - he is, but we know he is unharmed. we note that there appears to be no injuries. there were crowds but they fled the scene, so we will wait for further updates on that which i am sure will bring to you. in terms of the footage we are seeing now, we have seen these officials take away that man, he seems to be, he was clearly

a garment 20 lobbied the pipe like object at the prime minister. he is being taken away and we believe that the prime minister was evacuated, we obviously don't know the status of his health right now but we are told that he has been evacuated safely from the scene. we will update you as soon as we find out more information on this. thank you, yetunde yusuf. tiktok has criticised legislation passed in the us state of montana. the company has suggested it will take legal action, describing the bill as an egregious example of government overreach. tiktok denies accusations that it passes users' data to the chinese communist party. the ban is expected to be signed into law by montana's governor and could come into effect injanuary.

it would make it illegal for tech firms to offer downloads of the app in the state. tiktok is already banned on official government devices in several countries, including the united states. here's our north america correspondent, davis willis. the united states represents the largest overseas audience tiktok, there are to be about 150 million american users of the platform but in recent years officials here have grown increasingly suspicious of tiktok�*s links to the chinese communist party to the point where the biden administration recently called for the company that owns tiktok, a company called bytedance, to sell it on american company or face a ban hearing that states. last month we saw tiktok�*s chief executive face a grilling from lawmakers on capital hill bipartisan

agreement, it seemed, that the platform potentially poses a threat to national security. now the us state of montana has taken the unprecedented step of passing a law which, if approved by the state governor, would ban tiktok from being used in that state. more than that, it would impose the daily fine of $10,000, not only on tiktok on companies like apple and google if they allow tiktok to be accessed through their app to be accessed through their app stores. tiktok has condemned the move, the american civil liberties union for its part has called this a violation of free speech, but it is a sign of how all of this could be headed for the courts and ultimately to the highest court in the land in united states, the us supreme court. but tiktok certainly may be facing very limited future care in its biggest overseas market.

0ur north american correspondence there, david willis. there's been a significant development concerning access to abortion in the us. supreme courtjustice samuel alito has temporarily extended access to the highly—contested abortion drug mifepristone while the court considers the case. last week, two courts — one in washington state and one in texas — issued conflicting rulings on access to the abortion pill, leading to the supreme court weighing in. the white house says they will continue to fight to restore the protections of roe v wade. the interim stay will expire at midnight on wednesday. here's our washington correspondent, jessica parker. this was an 11th hour ruling by the supreme courtjustice the supreme court justice samuel alito the supreme courtjustice samuel alito preventing changes on the verge of coming into force and doing so at least for now. what had been about to happen across the us in states where abortion remains legal women not going to be able to take mifepristone, typically used as part of two drug

regimen beyond seven weeks of pregnancy, are very widely used method of abortion actually used in the majority of cases. nor were they going to be able to order the drug by mail, have it delivered by mail. the changes though, the restrictions are not coming into force vidau despite a week of headlines and uncertainty and to some extent the uncertainty continues because it is just a temporary halt to changes or restrictions on mifepristone stop only in place as things stand for the next five days. jessica parker in washington. let's get some of the day's other news. 110w. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has condemned russia for shelling a block of flats in the city of sloviansk. at least eight people, including a child, were killed. mr zelensky described the attack as brutal and evil. sloviansk is close to territory controlled by russia. germany's last remaining nuclear power plants will be switched off later.

germany pledged to quit nuclear power definitively after the 2011 fukushima disaster injapan. anti—nuclear campaigners have welcomed the move, describing it as a triumph. but energy prices remain high in the country. brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro, has been ordered to give evidence to the federal police about the storming of government buildings by his supporters. prosecutors say he incited the riots injanuary by questioning the legitimacy of the election result. he has 10 days to comply with the demand. scientists in london say remnants of ancient viruses that live inside human dna can help the body fight cancer. the reserachers at the francis crick institute say the discovery could help them develop vaccines that help the body spot these viruses, which could lead to improved treatment and prevention of cancer. a 21—year—old member of the us air national guard has appeared in court in boston accused of leaking highly—sensitive military intelligence. jack teixeira has been charged

with two counts related to the unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified documents and materials. he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. the trove of leaked papers has revealed sensitive us assessments of the war in ukraine and secrets about america's allies. jack teixeira's family were in court to support him, as our correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports from boston. the suspect, jack teixeira, appeared in the courthouse behind me and we heard more details about how the investigators tracked him down — that was through the discord messaging platform on which the documents were posted. so, they checked out his billing records and they interviewed some of his social media friends and it was clarified that he does have top—secret clearance because of his role as an it specialist in the intelligence unit of the air national guard, but there are these continuing questions, of course, about how he was able to leak classified documents over time without being detected. there is an investigation into that. president biden has also said that he has ordered the military and intelligence

communities to take more steps to secure sensitive information, although he also praised law enforcement for its rapid action. teixeira's parents were in the courtroom. they did not speak to the media but there was a brief exchange with their son, his stepfather said, "i love you, jack," and he responded, "i love you too, dad". he did not make a plea and now he will be detained until the next court hearing which is on wednesday. barbara plett usher in boston. let's discuss the wider significance of the leaks now with matthew schmidt. he is associate professor of national security at the university of new haven in connecticut. thanks forjoining us. in terms of the scale of what is going on, the league and damage it can cause, what looking at now? it is not edward snowden. beyond that it is hard to say, for instance, if you look at the ukraine data, if you think russian intelligence is good, most of what's been linked to

my colleagues, they should have. if you think russian intelligence is not good, what we have done is handed them an opportunity to make up for a mistake. ~ , . mistake. will we see the impact of this in the _ mistake. will we see the impact of this in the days _ mistake. will we see the impact of this in the days and _ mistake. will we see the impact of this in the days and weeks i of this in the days and weeks to come or is this something that can be contained in terms of a security breach, because there seems to be a bit of a grey area of where people stand on that. ., , on that. the thing to remember is that jack _ on that. the thing to remember is that jack teixeira _ on that. the thing to remember is that jack teixeira had - is that jack teixeira had clearance and passed all the background checks and this seems to be a case where he had an ego, where he was in this case trying to show off to teenage members of his discord group. my son wants an account, which is what i will not get him now but this is not a normal case where he is an agent of foreign power or doing this for money or ideology. figs this for money or ideology. as he touched on, a question that everyone has been asking is why was it relevant or necessary if someone of his level in his job to have access to those

documents? that is the question and i don't think we know the answer. what i can tell you from my time in government is an enormous amount of material is classified stopping many people think far too much is classified and because of that, you have given more people access just to keep you have given more people accessjust to keep running daily operations, and things to me that that is what was happening here. he had access to the network that had this material and wasn't supposed to have access to the material itself but was able to do it and he was unable to be monitored or tracked, most likely because there are just so many people that have access, the systems couldn't keep up. access, the systems couldn't kee u. access, the systems couldn't keep un— keep up. do we know the motivation _ keep up. do we know the motivation and _ keep up. do we know the motivation and all - keep up. do we know thej motivation and all behind keep up. do we know the - motivation and all behind the celica. as you say it is not entirely clear, it is a bit of a strange scenario. do we know anything more on that? i a strange scenario. do we know anything more on that?- anything more on that? i don't think we do. _ anything more on that? i don't think we do. on _ anything more on that? i don't think we do. on the _ anything more on that? i don't think we do. on the face - anything more on that? i don't think we do. on the face of. anything more on that? i don't think we do. on the face of it i think we do. on the face of it right now it is simply ego, a 21—year—old trying to impress teenagers for whatever reason.

andrew broadley, we have looked at ways of trying to protect ourselves from security leaks as technology advances. people are talking about how this is the biggest data breach in ten years in the united states, what can countries like america and the united kingdom do in terms of protect from future breaks like this?— terms of protect from future breaks like this? they have to do considerable _ breaks like this? they have to do considerable monitoring. l breaks like this? they have to l do considerable monitoring. he should have been able to print out all of these things, those printouts should have been monitored. but i think the most important thing we can do is get serious about the classifying information and not having so many pieces of paper, so many important charts classified and then have to have so many more people having access to them just to be able to do daily operations. if you have less classified you have less people that need access. going forward, is this going to impact relations the united states has with its allies? that has been talked about quite a bit in terms of how the us deals with its allies and in

terms of spyware as well. there will be fallout _ terms of spyware as well. there will be fallout i _ terms of spyware as well. there will be fallout i think _ terms of spyware as well. there will be fallout i think in - terms of spyware as well. there will be fallout i think in the - will be fallout i think in the end the alliances will hold. the allies need united states intelligence and in a sense they understand that this kind of stuff happens, that these leaks happen and i think they will forgive and go on.- will forgive and go on. thank ou will forgive and go on. thank you very _ will forgive and go on. thank you very much. _ will forgive and go on. thank you very much, a _ will forgive and go on. thank you very much, a fascinating| you very much, a fascinating topic and we will be following this story closely. let's remind you of our breaking news. japanese media say the prime minister, fumio kishida, has been evacuated after an explosion was heard while he was giving a speech. tv footage appeared to show officers clearing the area and removing a man from the scene. one report said a pipe—like object had been thrown near mr kishida. details are still coming in about the incident in the city of wakayama.

there was no immediate official confirmation of the blast, with local police declining to comment. japanese officials say mr kishida, who is 65, is safe and unharmed. he has beenjapanese leader since october 2021. japan has bolstered security after the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot and killed while speaking at a campaign event injuly 2022. that news of a smoke bomb being let off at an event at a port, i believe, in the city of wakayama, just in the last hour and a half, this has not yet verified this footage, by the bbc, this is from japan's national state broadcaster, of a man being taken away.

president marcon says he'll enact controversial changes to france's pension system within the next two days. the reforms, which raise the minimum retirement age to 64, cleared their final legal hurdle when the constitutional council, france's highest legal authority, ruled in favour of the provisions. joe inwood reports from paris. there is still a police presence outside the constitutional council here in france, in paris and that is because that building is where one of the most significant decisions in modern french political history was made. there are, a body of french grandees decided that the controversial pension reforms meaning that french people would work until 64 not 62, were in line with the constitution. i was in the crowd isjust constitution. i was in the crowd is just down the road when that news of the announcement came through and it was a chorus of boos and kisses, there was a real anger there and that is when the trouble started earlier this evening. can still smell on my clothes the burning of the bins

and the flares that were going off. their plan was to try to get here but they haven't been able to because of a very, very heavy police presence. there were hundreds, thousands of french police trying to keep them away from this area but that doesn't mean it has been a peaceful night here in paris. i havejust been peaceful night here in paris. i have just been watching videos of live fire is being set off around the city as the protesters express their anger about these reforms. but i think at the moment that is all they are able to do, is to express anger rather than change them because tonight's decision means that the reforms probably will go through and french people in the future will have to work to an older age. it's four years since the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral in paris, when the roof and spire were consumed in flame. for a time it looked like the entire building might be destroyed. when president macron promised to have the cathedral rebuilt and re—opened by next year, many thought he was being wildly optimistic, but as hugh schofield reports, the operation is advancing

pretty much on schedule. four years ago the world watched aghast as fire devoured notre—dame and the terrible climax, the spire of the cathedral, crashing to its destruction. the spire has become a symbol. which ever site at eastern front they have been rebuilding exactly as the original. thousands of oaks from ancient forests have been felled and shaped and now the first part, the massive base is ready for assembly. bang on time. ~ ., ., time. we have said we will do this in five — time. we have said we will do this in five years _ time. we have said we will do this in five years so _ time. we have said we will do this in five years so our - this in five years so our reputation is that steak. we must use all our knowledge to reach this goal.— reach this goal. inside the cathedral _ reach this goal. inside the cathedral it _ reach this goal. inside the cathedral it is _ reach this goal. inside the cathedral it is still - reach this goal. inside the cathedral it is still a - reach this goal. inside the cathedral it is still a sci-fi| cathedral it is still a sci—fi film decor of metal. scaffolding reaches up to the vast hole which was once the

roof but everywhere, craftsmen and women are at their work of architectural healing. 0ne and women are at their work of architectural healing. one of the big tasks has been treating the big tasks has been treating the stained—glass. like the spire, these windows are not in fact mediaeval but 19th—century. unlike the spire, they were saved. firefighters knew not to spray them with water or they would have shattered. the disaster for them, ironically, as an opportunity to remove 200 years of dirt. translation: it is of dirt. translation: it is human grease _ of dirt. translation: it is human grease from - of dirt. translation: it is human grease from the - of dirt. translation: it 3 human grease from the breath of millions of worshippers. plus the site from the candles and the site from the candles and the stains left by condensation. it has all left its mark. it condensation. it has all left its mark-— its mark. it may still look like an unimaginably - like an unimaginably complicated task but in fact the reconstruction of notre—dame has been advancing much quicker than the doubters ever thought was possible. just in the last few days the base of the spire which we saw being assembled earlier has been

transported here to paris and hoisted into place. soon they will be building upwards and by the end of the year it is confidently expect that there will be a new feature on the paris skyline. or rather, a very old one. the spire of notre—dame. spacex has been given approval to launch the first test flight on monday of the most powerful rocket ever built. the us federal aviation administration said the craft, called starship, passed all safety and environmental requirements. nasa plans to use it to take astronauts to the moon as part of the artemis three mission, which is scheduled for late 2025. starship's launch, from spacex's base in texas, will be live streamed. elon musk, the company's owner said success wasn't certain, but excitement was guaranteed. and what fantastic actions they

are. wow! that is really spectacular. now, if you covid lot towns were tough, consider this be a spanish endurance athlete emerged from a cave after ending 500 days with no human contact in what is thought to be a world record. they entered the cave when the world was still in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. she spent her time exercising, painting, and knitting hats. scientists monitored her but didn't make contact, gauging how she responded physically and mentally to the extreme social isolation. i wonder what she will do now she is out? and to our top story, the japanese prime minister has been evacuated from the city of wakayama where he was making a

speech. there were scenes of commotion as a man was taken away, it looked like he threw a smoke bomb at the prime minister. footage of smoke care as one man was pinned to the ground and pulled away by security personnel. wakayama is in the western part of japan, just west of tokyo. he was there making a speech on behalf of a candidate standing for local elections there, part of the ruling party. loud explosions could be heard at the venue but this footage and pictures we got earlier of the prime minister giving a speech earlier in the day. this is the scene where security took away the assailant. the prime minister is said to be safe. he has been arrested, this man that let off this smoke bomb. we will bring you more news on

that breaking news a bit later on in the day. thank you for watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. hello. this weekend will bring a change in the weather. we're not talking about a heat wave, we're not talking about wall—to—wall sunshine, but something a little warmer and brighter than we've been used to over the last few days. the reason is high pressure which will be building its way in. this frontal system across eastern counties of england and south east scotland will provide some cloud and some splashes of rain to start the morning. this cloud will tend to break up through the day, although there is still the chance of one or two showers across eastern england and into eastern scotland. further west, a slice of sunshine. but then, we will see cloud rolling into northern ireland

and maybe some rain into western counties later on in the day. temperatures, well, a little higher than they have been of late, — 10 degrees in lerwick, 15 perhaps as the high in glasgow. and then, as we head through saturday night, we will see this zone of cloud with some areas of rainfall moving across northern ireland and then turning cloudy for many other western parts as well. where we keep some clear skies towards the south—east corner, well, there could be a touch of frost in one or two locations and also some fog patches to start sunday morning. milder out towards the west where we will have more cloud, thanks to this frontal system, but broadly speaking, high pressure is still just about in charge. there's not going to be a huge amount of rain. and while some eastern coasts will struggle temperature—wise, further west, a feed of southerly winds will bring something a little bit warmer but we will have a fair amount of cloud to contend with, i think, on sunday. best of the sunshine quite likely to be across north—east scotland, some brighter skies for northern ireland and maybe some brightness clinging on across the south—east corner as well, which could lift temperatures to 16, maybe 17 degrees across the coast of north—east scotland. as we head into monday, perhaps some early fog patches and some cloud lingering for parts of scotland and northern ireland,

at least for a time. and with a feed of easterly winds, temperatures on some of the north sea coasts will struggle a little — 14 degrees for aberdeen and for hull but further west, highs of 17 or 18 degrees. high pressure stays with us as we head through the coming week but the alignment, the orientation of this high, will tend to bring us an easterly wind, which means these eastern coasts will always be on the chilly side. the highest temperatures further west. but for the most part, it is looking largely dry with some spells of sunshine. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: japan's prime minister, fumio kishida, is rushed away by security teams after an explosion was heard as he prepared to give a speech. a man, who appears to have thrown a smoke bomb, has been arrested. tv footage showed panic in the crowd as a security officers bundled them away. mr kishida was unharmed. his predecessor, shinzo abe was assassinated last year while giving a campaign speech. montana becomes the first us state to pass legislation imposing a total ban on the popular app, tiktok. the bill, which still needs to be signed into law, is expected to face legal challenges.