>> hello and welcome. the headlines this hour. united states says he denies plans a was -- it was making rockets for russia. a man band until the end of ramadan, security concerns regarding the decision. united nations reviewing its presence in afghanistan after taliban ruling decided to refuse women work inside of the u.n.

building. ♪ >> officials in the united states are scrambling to track the source of highly classified leaked documents. some casting doubts on the ukrainian army's ability to make gains in an upcoming counteroffensive. the washington post reporting how egypt allegedly ordered the production of 40,000 rockets for shipment to russia while telling officials in the country to keep his secret to avoid problems with the west. >> the u.s. government has been careful not to vindicate -- authenticate any information but acknowledges they present a serious risk to national security. >> it appears to be directly related to the national security concerns and intelligence. we all know who is responsible

for this and we will know if they have more. that they intend to post. >> dozens of photos, some marked top-secret have been circulating on social media platforms and messaging services including discord, twitter, and telegram for weeks before being discovered by the u.s. government. the documents includes a pentagon assessment that you can write out of missiles and ammunition within weeks -- that ukraine could run out of missiles and ammunition within weeks. the papers reveal information about other allies such as israel, turkey, australia, and south korea. some suggesting the u.s. was eavesdropping on internal conversations in seo. >> we are carrying out intelligence activities on important issue this will serve as a chance for the two sides to further

strengthen mutual trust. >> intelligence experts saying spying on other countries including allies is standard practice in international politics and nothing that countries do not already know. >> on a political level, government officials show some surprise and they have to do this. i think it is widely accepted amongst allies and international partners that allies do spy on one another. >> hundreds of not thousands of officials have clearance to access the documents. that pentagon has taken steps to reduce the number of people who have access to classified material. >> we can bring in a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia center. thank you for joining us. how authentic are these documents? >> thank you for having me. that is something that the justice department and the department of defense are

investigating to see how authentic the documentation is. it appears the information is regularly known in the public domain. there are consistencies. we are letting those individuals discuss further before we can make assumptions on what is happening. >> who could be behind this leak? >> there are numerous possibilities. i do not want to speculate. it is possible that someone with russian connections released the leaks. >> russia denied it. they said they denied blame. >> they also denied that they invaded ukraine and several countries around the world. we do not really know what is happening. what the motivations of this individual was. for now, we will of the investigations play out and see what happens. >> with the information that has been linked to have a real impact on the battlefield?

we have had reports that ukraine has been changing some of its plans in the light of these leaks? >> it is possible. one of the pieces of information within the leaks is how much information the united states was getting from the different deputies and bodies within the russian military. now that the russian army is aware of these connections of the united states they could alter how the army behaves, a future battle plan, etc.. ukraine is running out of missiles and that will impact how ukrainians want to plan their counteroffensive whenever that may occur. >> we had south korea dismissed a vast chunk of these reports. south korea has of course not directly supplied weapons to ukraine. reportedly there were some concerns and south korea that

shells it it sells to the united states would make it onto the battlefield in ukraine? >> we do not know what entirely is accurate and what is not accurate in these reports. and south korea's case they have to be mindful of how they participate. the russians are purchasing missiles and other types of military equipment from north korea. that puts south korea in a difficult position too. >> we have a washington post report come out and essentially claimed that egypt secretly produced 40,000 weapons -- rockets for russia. we had u.s. authorities say that they do not have any information on that. no word from egypt yet on that. we know that the war in ukraine, yes, the west has been supplying weapons for the most part to ukraine.

all of the world has followed suit and russia has maintained good relations with large pockets of the world. >> it is also important to remember that while many other countries have not provided defense aid they have provided humanitarian medical aid ukraine during the war. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us on the program today. in other news, jewish visitors and tourists will be banned from the mosque compound until the end of ramadan. this comes from the us really prime minister's office who cited concerns. tensions have been high after a rate inside of the mosque last week and that caused rocket attacks from lebanon and syria which was met with israeli airstrikes. jewish visits to the compound have been banned during the last few days of ramadan. >> i will attempt to ease

tensions i want to jerusalem's holy sites -- a rare attempt to ease tensions at jerusalem's holy sites. after a raid triggered a series of rocket attacks from gaza, south lebanon, and syria which provoked israeli strikes in return. >> we are still in the middle of the fight. we are ready for strong actions on all fronts if necessary. >>he mosqu compound is the third holiest site but it is also sacred to jews who call it temple mount. israeli police storm the area causing international outcry. at least 12 palestinians were were arrested.injured and others th site holds a complicated status where it is really authorities share some of the islamic trust.

all muslims are allowed to visit without praying. this is not the first time israel imposes a ban on these visits. the far right security minister has denounced it saying in a statement that israel should strike back against terrorism. violence has been escalating recently. tensions are running particularly high as the muslim holy month of ramadan, size with jewish passover -- coincides with jewish passover. >> macron is on a state visit to the netherlands. this is after sparking backlash from others saying that they should not follow a clash with china. hecklers protesting his reform to the pension system in france. >> there are places where you can have violence. this is the places where these types of expressions are forbidden. this is why i do believe it is

important to have social debate. i can answer all of the questions you have on what we are discussing in france. how would this is a democracy. -- how this is a democracy. >> the u.n. is reviewing his presence in afghanistan following a decision by the taliban to bar women employed with the yuan mission from reporting to work. the u.n. says it has been forced into making an appalling choice since being in control of afghanistan the taliban has restricted girl's education and curb the ability for women to work -- curbed the ability for women to work. >> banning women from working for their organization. the group decide that african women can no longer report for work. the one responded with a

statement on tuesday asking that afghan staff needs to stay away until the fifth of may and hinting that their operations could be suspended in the country. >> the ban is unlawful under international law including vlan charter. for that reason the united nations cannot comply. the effect of authority seek to for united nations into having a to make an appalling choice. standingy the norms and principles we are duty-bound to uphold. >> since reclaiming power in the region the taliban has spanned girls from going --banned girls from going to school beyond primary education. in december they banned african women om working atgo's. it did not extend to you and offices. eight agencies have been -- it did not extend to you when un offices.

women have been banned and working at ngo's. >> the u.s. president said the decision to buy a texas j udge to approve a drug would be out of bounds. the justice department is urging an appeals court to freeze the ruling from texas. >> an appeal made by the u.s. department of justice on monday against a ruling made last week a texas judge. a ruling which would hold the approval of the most widely available abortion pill. the biden administration called it extraordinary and unprecedented. >> this will be a long fight and we understand this and we stand by fda's approval of this drug. this is a pill that has been around for more than 20 years. it is used in 60 countries.

it is something that we are approving and we stand by the fda. >> there is no precedent of a loan judge overruling fda decisions and a pharmaceutical -- and perform simple executives called for a reversal of the controrsial rulg. elsewhere the state of massachusetts and announced they had purchased enough othe drug to last at least a year. >> a judge has made a politically motivated decision to override doctors, patients, and medical experts and block access to critical medications. today we collectively are saying loud and clear, not on our watch! >> adding to the uncertainty is a separate ruling by a different federal judge in the state of washington. they directed u.s. authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the drug.

it is thought that a decision on the appeal will be made by thursday. if the department of justice motion is successful, it would preserve for prestone -- the drug's approval. if not, access to the drug could be restricted as early as friday. >> a volcanic eruption has been spewing ash 20 meters high. the ash has smothered villages and triggered an aviation warning. scientists expect the eruption to calm and there have been no reports of casualties. french investigative websites are reporting that women have accused an act of sexual violence. 13 people have come forward and the investigation they have

conducted has lasted several months. the events have reportedly taken place between 2004 through last year. according to the site one of the actresses accusing the actor has spoken to justice authorities here in france. in 2000 22, a paris court upheld rape charges against the actor. a pair of sneakers worn by michael jordan have sold at auction for $2.2 million. so the bees -- the auction house announced the price. they were worn during the nba finals when michael jordan was on his way to his 6th and final championship title. his last dance shoes have now become the most expensive sneakers ever sold.

it is time for the business team with kate. a new artificial intelligence model is being released in china. given as authorities in beijing look to impose their own restrictions on this? >> ali baba is the latest to say it is creating its own artificial intelligence platform which is designed to rival the microsoft act cap -- backed chatgpt. it is able to draft letters and advise shoppers on what to buy. it is unlikely to have free reign because china's cyberspace administration published its own guidelines for artificial intelligence saying that the security assessment would be required before they go live. chat bot type to reflect the core values of socialism and not subvert state power. developers will also have two ensure that technology does not

discriminate based on gender or race and it does not generate false information. the platform is up and run it, but twitter has officially been absorbed into elon's holdings company. that is according to court documents in an ongoing lawsuit. it is now the defendant -- x corps is now the defendant. there are not clear implications. the letter x is a running theme in elon musk's ventures. he calls it the exhilaration to making x the everything app. a slump in demand and supply chain issues, two separate reports suggest that personal computers were down by a third in the first three months of this year. apple suffered more than its rivals with a 40% drop in shipments.

the overall market share it from 8.6 to 7.2% at the beginning of 123. apple shares are down. a mixed at fairly muted close. investors are waiting for the march inflation report that will be released on wednesday. that could give some indications about the u.s. federal reserve's next move when it comes to interest rates. a higher close for the european indices while the tech counts are leading with .'9th of a percentage point. high inflation and fast-changing monetary policies could lead to a hard landing for the global economy. in the latest outlook released as the annual spring meetings get underway in washington the fund projected global growth of 2.8% this year and around 3% for the following four years. that would be the weakest

medium-term outlook since 1990. the chief economist warned a number of risk factors could derail that trajectory. take a listen. >> we are entering a tricky phase during which the economy growth remains low by historical standards. financial risks have increased yet inflation has not decisively turned the corner. monetary polic should remain focused on bringing inflation down. stand ready to adjust as financial developments might demand. >> the financial instability being referred to as the emergency takeover of cardiff suisse by ubs, which took place last month. swiss lawmakers have opened four days of hearings into that forced merger. >> this was government is in the hot seat as parliament begins to analyze last month's decision to

force the takeover of the swiss bank. speaking to lawmakers this was president defended the merger. >> as an option we looked at the bankruptcy of credit suisse and dissolution had to be discarded -- solution had to be discarded because that would have caused an international financial crisis with devastating outcomes for our country's. for businesses, customers, and our country's reputation. >> credit suisse' shares have had concerns about their finances when on march 14 -- in march swiss authorities brokered a deal with ubs to buy it. just over 3 billion u.s. dollars. this is part of the institutions considered too big to fail. it was linked to financial scares after the failure of two u.s. banks because concerns

about the stability of the global financial system. many swiss lawmakers slammed the deal saying it was made behind closed doors and was presented to them as a fix. switzerland tried to suck on his reputation for financial acumen and sunk banking. -- -- switzerland has relied on his reputation for financial acumen and banking. >> much more to come. >> the business news. it is time for a daily fact checking segment. video showing a ukrainian orthodox church on fire has been a circulating online with captions lining ukrainian nazis for starting it. it fits into russia's narrative that accuses ukrainians of persecuting russians of the orthodox church.

is this true or fake? >> let us look at the video and question that has been shared by a russian telegram channel. we see the church at the back on fire and people looking on. it has been a shared since the fifth of april not only on russian telegram but other social media platforms in various languages such as french, english, and german. here we have one of them accuse the nazis or ukrainian radicals of starting the fire. this tweet in english says that russian language churches are being targeted while this tweet in italian says the eu is complicit in this supposedly persecution. the video has picked up in social media, a pro-kremlin site as well as news.iu. it was also tweeted by the

russian embassy in london before being deleted. all of these claim that the church in question was in the village -- in a village in southern ukraine. just north of kherson. that is where they claim it is. >> how did you fact-check this? his district even in ukraine? -- is this church even in ukraine? >> we came across photos of it online and here it is. it looks quite different from the one and the video. if we look at them side-by-side, we can see there are notable differences. the bell tower, the shape of the building. there is a distinctive gait and fence in front of the one in the video. using the verify tool we discovered the same video was posted on youtube over a decade ago. here it is on the 23rd of january, 2013.

the caption in russian reads church on fire. we searched on the russian search tool in russian and found several articles documenting a fire that destroyed a wooden church. it is not in ukraine, it is a town in southern russia just south of this area and east of moscow. this is what that church used to look like. here on the left. as you can see it is a lot more similar to the church in the video. the same distinctive belltower and it is five bills hanging at the front. they also have those. a russian article tells us that the fire was actually started by an electrical fault from the holiday garland lights. not only was not in ukraine, it also was not arson.

it was also a decade ago. >> talk us through the timing of this video and the tensions that exist between the ukrainian orthodox church and the russian orthodox church? >> the division goes back to 2019 when the ukrainian orthodox church which is historically part of the split. one part became independent and the other maintained links with the moscow branch. things got much more is after the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine by russia last year. the russian church supports it. that created more splits in the moscow affiliated churches including the ukrainian one which has since distanced itself from moscow. not enough to be fully trusted by kyiv. in recent months the ukrainian government has accused the orthodox church of russian collaboration. it is also trying to evict it from the monastery in kyiv where

it is based. these tensions continue to rise and russia is capitalizing on these tensions and the situation. particularly by using it in an disinformation -- a disinformation war. this video is a good example of that. >> thank you. that is truth or fake. more news coming up. stay with us. this is france 24. ♪ >> want to know? find out here. >> what is true and fake of social networks. >> identify the falls rumors that european news stories. get reliable information about migration. >> truth or fake, we bring information that is verified and put into context. >> france 24 is news you can

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