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show, china simulates precision strikes on taiwan. chinese warships and fighter jets have encircled the island on the 2nd day of military exercises. aging says it's a warning to the island after its president visited the united states. ah, and hope frances leads, easter sunday, mass in the vatican. tens of thousands of catholics gather to hear his traditional blessing and an appeal for peace and dialogue in conflicts raging around the world . ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. the u. s. justice department has launched an investigation into the leak of what appear to be classified intelligence reports . the documents relate to russia's war and you and have been uploaded to social

media sites. reports purportedly from the pentagon suggest the u. s. has been spying on both russia and ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on its nato allies. us officials say russia or pro russian supporters are likely behind the leak. frank lead, which is a former british military intelligence officer. i asked him how we know these documents are authentic, given all the disinformation in conflict. well, good evening. we don't know that there. authentic is. yeah. so, but there are some reason to be good. for instance, the 1st of what you've already mentioned in the pentagon is requested, the justice department on a date will have ordered its own inquiry. they've asked the justice department the, i'd like to look at to the counter intelligence aspect of it. so what the of the american certainly wants us to believe, probably correctly, that these are authentic. now, also it's worth saying that from what i've seen of these documents,

i've seen them all. they do look the kind of thing that would comprise a daily situation report or a daily update, as i think nicole. so on the face of it, they look pretty general, but of course they've been altered on the alterations of the interesting thing actually. and assuming they're, they're real or partly real, how damaging is it and to whom? to have anyone with internet access essentially read what could be u. s. intelligence on russia and ukraine and allies i'll give you a suit. all the information that's been revealed is open source. you and i can find it out on specialist for books and websites from experts, things like the shell expenditure rates or certain types of weapons system ranges and what have you, what we couldn't find out though the things that are rather more disturbing to russia, that for example, 12,

you creating brigades are being trained 9 of them in the west. and the interesting thing here is that this is cause rather more consternation in russia than it has in the west. russian commentators are saying that we really have a problem here. the ukrainians have that kind of scales of readiness and people and equipment. this is dangerous to happen. alterations made which would indicate some form of this information effort, particularly to russian casualties. but they're so transparently false that no will take them seriously. and what kind of possible consequences could there be on the expected ukrainian spring offensive and possibly in the respective intelligence services and counter intelligence services in russia for instance. well, the 1st thing is that these revelations, if that's what they are, don't indicate any intentions or plans. what they indicate is really the level of

support being offered by the americans, a bit more detail than weapon systems and so forth. the important thing is that there's no intelligence revealed on times, dates, places of any planned contra talk. the damage is significant and it's not so much intelligence given it's the damage to us ukrainian trust and u. s. is underneath the west. more widely has suffered over the last few months and they did the last year, quite understandably, from your credit, say, look, we're prepared to give you information about what we need it to be secure. what we can't have a leaks like this. and that's the problem. that's the real damage done by these documents. it's the damaged trust between the western, specifically the u. s. and ukraine. can you credit trust the us with confidential information? even information in this case isn't necessarily strategically operationally damaging. ok, well thank you for that insight on this developing story. frank led, which a former british military intelligence officer. thank you. nick. russia

invasion of ukraine has forced over 8000000 people to flee their homes and seek refuge with their european neighbors. in many cases, government support for refugees has been slow, but across europe, volunteers have stepped up to fill the gap. you know, you, terry schultz has this story from the austrian capital vienna. in case any one doubts that one person can make a difference. ask ukrainian refugees in vienna for whom one name has become a lifeline. tanya find tonya meyer. they say she will help you. that's the advice lillia was given by another refugee as she deposited her teenage son in vienna alone before returning to the front line in ukraine. she said it tanya, you'll help for my son. this is my one, the child and i, i don't oh want that to a hugh was killed in this war,

tanya, my, or found herself in this role somewhat by accident. despite an earlier career in investment banking, for years she'd been mostly a stay at home. mom then russia invaded ukraine february 24th awoke. i burst into tears cried the whole morning and then like, i just started following what was happening. someone wrote me, hey tanya, if you're in vienna like you should go help at the transition go there. they need russian or ukrainian speakers fluent and russian meyer helped ukrainians arriving in vienna. many of whom had just a few belongings and plastic bags and a little if any cash. she started buying things for people out of her own pocket. but the level of need quickly became overwhelming. the state response was super slow and completely chaotic, and they were waiting months to get any money from the austrian government. that's where the idea was born to crowd fund grocery cards of 50 euros each. together with some volunteers, tanya meyer created a website and started pleading for funds on social media. she puts every penny into

the gift cards, mailing many by hand and posting photos of the food recipients. by so far about 4000 cards have been delivered. i was so grateful and i wrote her down and thank you so much for 50 or every time it was a big amount of money. you know, when you came here and you don't have money, you don't know what is going on with that was to get that money from the silly says tanya meyer also helped him and housing when he and his mother were homeless. now he volunteers as her online group administrator, a lot of people need help and like danny, i can do everything by her own so i mean there is not enough resources. she's like, only one person. honey meyer says she'll continue to tease until the money stops me in, but that's not to day. her phone is buzzing with new requests, and new donations, and people are counting on tanya to make it to the mailbox. chinese fighter jets and worships have stimulated precision strikes on taiwan. china has deployed

dozens of judson vessels encircling the island in a 2nd straight day of military drills on a considers taiwan to be a breakaway province, taiwanese governments as beijing's war games, threatened regional stability, and the u. s. is calling for restraint. the waters around taiwan are choppy than usual warships on the move as china conduct 3 days of military exercises. encircling the self govern island tensions of sky high with the taiwanese coast guard sharing footage of multiple stand offs between vessels from both sides. oh, those are, you know, the chinese mainland 131 bullshit. this is a broadcast from the republic of china as 10079 coast guard chain. you are now seriously damaging regional pace, stability and safety. please turn around immediately and leave over. if you proceed

forward. i will take a vixen measures. as the drills dragged into their 2nd day, china's threats became increasingly belligerent. chinese state media has been broadcasting graphics such as these simulating precision strike some tie, one in the event of a chinese invasion. the so called joint sword drills, a scene as a retaliation for taiwanese presidents. i invent visit to the united states. her trip enraged china, which considers tie one to be a break away province. beijing has long taken a strong stance on the issue, vowing to retake the self govern to island by force if necessary. the combination of military maneuvers and china's aggressive rhetoric a raising the temperature in the taiwan strait. many now fear that a single mis step could spock a conflict that neither side is prepared for. let's take

a look now as some of the other stores making use around the world. israel's military says it has struck targets in southern syria in response to earlier rocket attacks. the air strikes that assyrian military compound and radar systems in the area from where the rockets were fired israeli army that it holds the state of syria responsible for all act carry out on the territory funerals have been held in the occupied westbank for 2 settlers who were killed on friday and a shooting attack on the car they were traveling. the sisters aged 20 and 15 had joined british and israeli citizenship. their mother remains in critical condition after the attack. mediators from a man or in yemen in an attempt to broker an end to the years long conflict there. they were greeted in the capital santa by leaders from the who, the rebel movement, which has control the city since 2015. saudi officials are also at the talks, saudi arabia, back to the many government in the conflict. pope frances held an easter

sunday mass at saint peter's square in the vatican. in his easter message to the world, pope francis asked russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of ukraine. he also appealed for dialogue between israelis and palestinians following recent violence. tens of thousands of the catholic faithful gathered in saint peter's square, visitors, cardinals, priests, and nuns. and of course, pope francis. the pontiff was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, but that didn't stop him from offering the traditional erbie at or b blessing a message to the world. the pope asked people to reach out to those less fortunate comforter, eventful jackie. the board comfort refugee nearly bl, deportees, political prisoners and migrants, especially those who are most vulnerable,

as well as the victims of hunger poverty. and the dire effects of the drug trade human trafficking and all other forms of slavery or by the debbie lord inspire the leaders of nations to ensure that no man or woman may encounter discrimination and be violated in his or her dignity. bish dental. yes, we're the that lou camino and she said he also called for and hand to conflicts around the world going up north in north of it and you done no matter what will okay, help the beloved ukrainian people on their journey towards peace and shed the light of easter, upon the people of russia. comfort, the wounded and all those who have lost loved ones because of the war. and grant that prisoners may return safe and sound the, to their families, united sandy as sandy, an hour of army. and frances called for dialogue in the middle east, including between israelis and palestinians. meanwhile,

christians in jerusalem attended easter mass in the church of the holy simple gar, where they believe jesus christ died and was resurrected on this day. out. in baghdad, the gathering was smaller, as dozens of iraqi christians came together at the mar use of cathedral. and in ukraine, the orthodox faithful, celebrated palm sunday, in the capital, keith, a day of hope, and a time of war. back in rome, after the mass, the pontiff made a trip to the square, joining the crowd of well wishers on christianity's holiest day. and here's a reminder, the top stories were following for you at this hour. the u. s. justice department is investigating an apparent leak of highly sensitive pentagon documents, many relating to russia's war against ukraine would appear to be secret intelligence reports have surfaced on social media sites in recent days. and

chinese fighter jets and warships have stimulated strikes on taiwan and encircled the island in a 2nd straight day of military drills. an angry show forest following a meeting between taiwan, president and senior usa competitions. so the news for this, our up next shift asked whether tick talks, chinese makers could be collecting personal data to manipulate users on nick spicer . they can watch what our sports all about with scoring when we say they were about never giving up.