what is the poetry, the secret of the house? shattering the glass ceiling. women in architecture starts april 20th on d. w. ah, ah, this is d, w. news live from berlin. how much is washington really know about the military tactics and rushes war against ukraine? leach documents reportedly from the pentagon, suggest the u. s. is spying on both russia and ukraine military and gathering intelligence on nato allies will bring you the lowdown from an analyst. also on the

show, china simulates precision strikes on taiwan. chinese warships and fighter jets have encircled the island on a 2nd day of military exercises. they james says it's a warning to the island after its president visited the united states. ah, pope francis leeds easter sunday mass in the vatican. tens of thousands of catholics gathered to hear his traditional blessing and an appeal for peace in dialogue in conflicts raging around the world. ah, 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 ukraine and have been uploaded to social media sites. the reports reported leave from the pentagon. so just the u. s. has been spying on both russia and

ukraine's military and gathering intelligence on its nato allies. u. s. officials say russia or pro russia supporters are likely behind the leech. frank led, which is a former british military intelligence officer. i asked him how we know these documents are authentic, given all of this information in the conflict. good evening. we don't know that there are authentic is. yeah. so, but there are some reason to be good. for instance, the 1st of which you've already mentioned in the pentagon requested the justice department on a date will have ordered its own inquiry. they've asked the justice department hi, that is to look into the counter intelligence aspect of it. so what the of the american study 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 haven't seen them all. they do look the kind of thing that would comprise a daily situation report or

a daily update as i think now. cool. so on the face of it, they look at it 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 few terms. not obviously that 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 weapon 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 or other 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 for 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 were taken 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 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 reveals 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 the u. s. is on the, the, the west more widely has suffered over the last few months. and they did the last year, quite understandably, from your credit and 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. if the damaged trust between the western specifically the us and you crate, 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. chinese fighter jets and warships have simulated precision strikes on taiwan. china has

employed dozens of jets and vessels in circling the island in a 2nd straight day. a military drills. china considers taiwan to be a break away province. the taiwanese government, as beijing wargames, threatened regional stability, and the u. s. is calling for restraint. the waters around taiwan, choppy than usual war ships on the move as china conducts 3 days of military exercises in circling the self govern island tensions a sky hi. with the taiwanese coast guard sharing footage of multiple stand offs between vessels from both sides. oh, those are y'all. chinese mainland, 131 bullshit. this is a broadcast from the republic of china's 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 eviction 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 seen as a retaliation for taiwanese presidents. i invent visit to the united states. her trip enraged china, which considers taiwan to be a break away province. fishing 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 misstep could spock a conflict that neither side is prepared for. d w correspondent william

yang told us more about the rising tensions between taiwan and china. so earlier today, reuters reported 10 naval ships from both sides actually held a stand off across right around the median line, which is the unofficial demarcation that separates time one in china. and so i think that just reflect the closeness and also the proximity of the both sides are military aircraft and also military vessels are getting into each other and as some of the videos that we showed displayed and shared by the tony's defense ministry. these are the re, i think, tens times and i think there could be a lot of miscalculation, involved if any side decided to violate the routine drills and practices and just went one step further to infringe on the other side territory. let's take

a look now at some of the other stores making use around the world. for people have been killed in an avalanche close to move law and the french out, at least 9 others were injured. the group were hiking near the. i'm all set glacier when the accident happened. no avalanche warning had been issued for the region by the french, whether authority, 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 controlled the city since 2015. saudi officials are also at the talks. saudi arabia, back to the yemeni government, in the conflict funerals have been held in the occupied westbank for 2 settlers, who were killed on friday in 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. a large fire in the northern german city of hamburg forced residents to stay indoors as smokes spread out across the city center. police war to possible toxins in the air after warehouses caught fire. it's not clear what started the blaze. pope francis led 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, cardinal's priests, and nuns. and of course, both francis, the pontiff, was recently hospitalized for bronchitis, but that didn't stop him from offering the traditional irby at or b blessing

a message to the world. the pope asked people to reach out to those less fortunate comforter in riffle jack the egypt comfort refugee lady, 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. why these gabby lord inspire the leaders of nations to ensure that no man or woman may encounter discrimination and be violated in his or her dignity help is that still? yes was ita lou camino and she said he also called for an and to conflicts around the world up north in north of it and you done natal pope will. okay. he helped 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. and it's sandy as sandy, a letter for me. 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 set booker, where they believed jesus christ died and was resurrected on this day. in bagdad, 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 keys a day of hope. in 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.

the last surviving prosecutor of the number war crimes trials has died at the age of 103 been ference work to help secure the convictions of numerous nazi officials after world war 2. he went on to push for the creation of the international criminal court order. this was one of benjamin ference's last public appearances. a year ago he received the governor's middle of freedom in the us state of florida for his tireless work for international law and peace. my hope was that we could create a more humane and peaceful world where no one would be killed of persecuting because of his res, so his religion or his political believe born in romania and 1920. he and his jewish family immigrated to the united states where he studied law at harvard university on a scholarship as an american soldier,

he was part of the liberation of several concentration camps and witnessed the horrors and full extent of nazi ruled in 1947 at the age of 27, he was appointed chief prosecutor in one of the known burg trials. we add this court to affirm by international theme will have him man's right to live in peace and dignity. regardless of his race or pre ference, wrote history by introducing the concept of genocide into legal practice. he helped formulate the principles of international law that laid the foundations for the international criminal court in the hague. right up until the end of his life. it was ference's aim to see justice for those responsible for war crimes. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour. the u. s. justice department is investigating an apparent league 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. as all the news for this, our up next sports life, nice. a teenage skateboarding sensation with her eye on the 2024 olympics. i'm nick spicer from me in the entire news team here in berlin. thanks to watch with lou time, once again for a brain update.