frank gardner gave more details. there was a window of opportunity for a couple of years for sudan to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy, but they blew it. and they blew it because of this rivalry and essentially what has triggered this most recently is that in the discussions as to how to move sudan from a military leadership to civilian rule there were plans to incorporate this militia, the rsf, into the army, but they didn't really like it, the two general could not agree on how this was going to happen and the rsf went and spread itself around the country, occupied certain areas, and has been fighting to try and dislodge them from port sudan and the airport in the north. it is incredibly sad for the sudanese people. they have never really had the experience of democracy. there were huge protests in 2019 that overthrew the rule of general bashir, who was the president and he was wanted by the international criminal court. there was a lot of optimism that sudan could then move to a democrac

the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner.least four people have been killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in the american state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded, most of them teenagers. at this stage there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. the us presidentjoe biden has been briefed on the shooting. phil dowdell has been named by local media as one of the victims. phil was a senior in high school and was going to jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. the authorities in alabama gave this update earlier. this incident occurred at approximately 1034pm here in dadeville. there were four lives — not fatalities, lives — there were four lives tragically lost in this incident. and there has been a multitude of injuries. as they said, this is going to be a long, complicated process. we are thankful to the sheriff, to the chief, to everyone

frank gardner, bbc news.d to fund their insurgency over the past 20 years. afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, supplying over 80% of global demand. around one in ten afghans is addicted to drugs, and thousands of addicts are now being rounded up from the streets and forced into treatment, while the taliban has imposed a complete ban on poppy production. figures from the un show opium cultivation increased by 32% in 2022. 0ur correspondent yalda hakim reports from kabul. rounded up and forced into rehab by the taliban. these men used to live here. they're among afghanistan's more than 3.5 million drug addicts. now, the bridge has been cleared. this particular part of the bridge used to be packed with addicts. they're often huddled together, high and shooting up. it was a frightening sight for those trying to get past. this is where they're bringing them — to a former us military base in the capital. now a makeshift, rudimentary rehabilitation center where conditions are squalid. 28—year—old m

frank gardner, bbc news. the time is 6.15pm. our top story this evening...verpool last summer. and residents in a block of london flats ask why it took authorities two years to discover their dead neighbour's body despite several attempts to raise the alarm. coming up on the bbc news channel... we'll be at goodison park on a big night at both ends of the premier league table as everton, fighting surival, take on champions league chasing tottenham. survivors of the manchester arena attack are taking legal action, thought to be the first of its kind, against a conspiracy theorist who claims the attack was faked. martin and eve hibbert, who were left with severe disabilities after the 2017 blast, are suing richard d hall for defamation and harassment. let's hear more on this from our correspondent marianna spring who's in a new hub above the newsroom bringing together our experts on disinformation and fact—checking. this is martin hibbert. he survived the bombing at the manchester arena that happened in 2017, and killed 22 people. martin and his daughter eva we

here's our security correspondent, frank gardner.tody in connection with a major league of us intelligence. arrested by the fbi, he is 21—year—old jack teixeira, an air force reservist with a massachusetts air national guard. he is charged with the unauthorised removal and transmission of classified documents. these were highly sensitive intelligence assessments prepared by the pentagon'sjoint assessments prepared by the pentagon's joint staff. assessments prepared by the pentagon'sjoint staff. he had access to them and he is accused of posting them on an online chat form for gamers and gun lovers. that included members of ukraine and russia in that group. before long the one secret documents went public. beyond the pressing question of how did something —— someone so junior get access to something so sensitive, but the wider question of what is the lasting effect of this leak, how much damage is going to do to america and its allies? the documents give details of friction between russia's intelligence and defence agencies, sold the

frank gardner, bbc news. carrying at least 50 people derailed following a collision with a freight train in the netherlands. that is according to emergency services who was speaking early on tuesday morning in the netherlands. according to these reports a front carriage of the passenger train derailed and a fire broke out in the rear carriage, that is a news agency reporting that. rescue teams were at the scene at a village between the hague and amsterdam, that is what we are hearing again from the news agency and local emergency services. we will track that story and bring you the latest on it as it comes to us. in the uk, the conservative politician nigel lawson, who served as margaret thatcher's chancellor in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91. lord lawson, as he later became, was known as a tax reforming chancellor — one of the longest—serving of the 20th century. carolyn quinn looks back at his life. nigel lawson was the architect of the economic policies that underpinned that she was. for six years in

frank gardner, bbc news.een unable to verify that. let's listen to what was said. ukraine has strongly rejected claims that russian forces have captured the embattled city of bakhmut in the east of the country. a spokesman for the ukrainian army said that bakhmut is ukrainian and they have not captured anything and are very far from doing that. he was referring to the laggner group, the russian mercenary group, the russian mercenary group that has been leading the russian efforts to capture this city in the donetsk region. bakhmut has become extremely symbolic for both sides. for the ukrainians, it is vital to old city because they say it is the first line of defence in this part of the country if the russians were to capture bakhmut they would be in a position to attack major cities in the east. they also say they need to keep the russians engaged in this war of attrition. the russians have lost a lot of manpower, a loss of equipment, the ukrainian say this is part of the strategy. the russians need a victor

well, the full impact of the leaks is still emerging. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner is here could be. just how bad is this intelligence leak? the answer is very bad, notjust for the us but its allies including britain. let's start with russia and its own spies. now they know exactly what parts of their military intelligence network is being eavesdropped on by the us. and rather like putting a digital patch on a laptop or a mobile, they will move swiftly to plug those gaps. when it comes to america's allies, this is a serious case of broken trust. and that's on two levels. washington hasn'tjust been spying on its enemies, it's been spying on its friends too, like ukraine, israel and south korea. secondly, the us has clearly been sharing this supposedly secret intelligence with far too many people. that will make some countries think twice before they can trust america with sensitive information. but by far the most serious damage has been done to ukraine, a country still fighting for its very survival. these leaked us intelligence assessments reveal, in precise detail, what w

we were talking to frank gardner earlier about information regarding ukraine, but also that revelationple, and certainly that will raise concerns amongst america's allies, raise questions about how much information perhaps they share with the americans. all manners of ramifications of flowing out of this. the usjustice department requesting that jack teixeira be detained pending trial. that straightforward in terms of what you would expect in this situation. those lines are coming into us, we have our correspondence into us, we have our correspondence in the us and here is well monitoring it. as soon as there's more, we will return. at the latest on the breaking story. you are watching bbc news in the uk and around the world. anything you have seen that you would be interested in having yourself? would be interested in having ourself? ., ., , would be interested in having i yourself?— you would be interested in having ourself? ., ., , you are yourself? one or two things. you are live with bbc — yourself? one or two things. you are live with bbc news. _ yourself? one or two things. you

our security correspondent frank gardner has been telling me more about the rivalry behind the conflictsudan. one general commands pretty much most of the respect of the army. the other commands the loyalty of these, as you heard in the report, the rapid support forces, which is a nice way of saying a very unpleasant militia that has allegedly carried out atrocities in darfur. there was a real opportunity for a couple of years for sudan to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy, but they blew it. and they blew it because of this rivalry. essentially what has triggered this off most recently is that in the discussions as to how to move sudan from a military leadership to a civilian rule there were plans to incorporate this militia, the rsf, into the army. but they didn't really like it, the two generals couldn't agree on how it was going to happen and the rsf wanted to spread and the rsf went and spread itself around the country, occupy certain areas, and so there has been fighting to try to dislodge them from places like port sudan and the airport up in the north. i

we were talking to frank gardner earlier about the details of the war in ukraine's surrounding us alliese in terms of why this transpired, he has appeared in federal court in boston. we were looking at those pictures, the charges have been laid. he is not going to be released before trial, he has been allocated a public defender. those are the only detail so far that is emerging from what looks like a pretty brief court appearance. but those are the pictures coming from outside the court building in boston. more on that story, more on thejoe biden visit in ireland in a moment or two. let's round up the sports news of the day. what do you have for us? hello from the bbc sport centre. 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 r

the impact of these leaks is still emerging. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is here to assessitain. let�*s start with russia and its own spies. now they know exactly what parts of their military intelligence is being eavesdropped on by the us. and rather like putting a digital patch on a laptop or a mobile, they will move very swiftly to plug those gaps. when it comes to america�*s allies, this is a serious case of broken trust. and that�*s on two levels. first, washington hasn�*tjust been spying on its enemies, it�*s been spying on its friends too — like ukraine, israel and south korea. and secondly, the us has clearly been sharing this supposedly secret intelligence with far too many people. that will make some countries think twice before they can trust america with sensitive information. but by far the most serious damage has been done to ukraine, a country still fighting for its very survival, after all. these leaked us intelligence assessments reveal, in precise detail, what weapons ukraine still has. and the chilling conclusion is that it�*s fast running out of air defe

raised fresh questions over the security of classified information. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerce, this. the fbi has arrested a _ intelligence, this. the fbi has arrested a suspect _ intelligence, this. the fbi has arrested a suspect in - intelligence, this. the fbi has arrested a suspect in the i intelligence, this. the fbi has| arrested a suspect in the worst leak— arrested a suspect in the worst leak of— arrested a suspect in the worst leak of secret us intelligence documents in years. you might have heard _ documents in years. you might have heard of _ documents in years. you might have heard of this _ documents in years. you might have heard of this huge - documents in years. you might have heard of this huge leak i documents in years. you might have heard of this huge leak ofj have heard of this huge leak of classified us intelligence which has somehow got itself onto the internet. it is very serious, why? there are a number of reasons. it shows the us is spying notjust on its adverse errors but also its friends. ,, . ., , , ., friends. the secretary general has been at —

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last year, our security correspondent frank gardner told us how he was left alone on a plane twice —do. it was embarrassing moment. everyone around me looking like, what on earth is he doing? they are not aware of the story, being told it was the only option for me to get back into bristol. it was pretty daunting. this morning, when ou was pretty daunting. this morning, when you hear— was pretty daunting. this morning, when you hear the _ was pretty daunting. this morning, when you hear the civil _ was pretty daunting. this morning, when you hear the civil aviation - when you hear the civil aviation authority is proposing it is going to rank airlines and airports in the way they deal with passengers with disabilities, and scrutinise the treatment, what does that make you think? is it a positive?— think? is it a positive? massively. i have think? is it a positive? massively. l have been _ think? is it a positive? massively. i have been in _ think? is it a positive? massively. i have been in a _ think? is it a positive? massively. i have been in a chair— think? is it a positive? massiv