from washington, rosalind jordan, it al jazeera ally from london morsel had fully on the program. tens of thousands of dollars, his walk off the job in england list out of afford a strike expected to be the most disruptive. yes. and one of russia's most active volcanoes, iraq on the kind of chance cup and insular blanketing nearby villages in ash. ah, with you're locked into your weather update for europe in africa, nice to have year long and nasty weather along the easter mediterranean rain and winds piling into the levant was just a few days ago. ramallah was about 32 degrees. now a top temperature of 10 on wednesday episodes of rain across turkey, but i think it's mostly going to be contained toward the eastern side of the country, off to the northwest and we've got a storm system expanding here through the islands of arlin, britain, france, and the low countries, so it's spreading brain in this area are also pretty breezy conditions as well, especially along the irish. see their central, you're pretty much as we left it last time we spoke who got some cloud covers some showers, but

in the past 40 odd years. rosalind jordan washington d. c. ross. thank you very much indeed. ok, the outlet is the assistant director of the atlantic councils global china hub. and he says that meeting between taiwan is president and the us house speaker is a show of democracy. i. one has several issues to discuss of substance including on sales, including the debate of said ourselves. the important message here is to illustrate or perhaps to china, perhaps more publicly to the world that on how democracy works essentially on the congress does not actually, does not represent the administration, the immigration does not have a say in our congress attempt to conduct this while most of the time journal likes to pretend that you know, basically late, or they don't understand how congress administration works. this is a good way to actually illustrate that, you know, ideologically speaking, this is a strong lyons and also to basically push, trying to establish for the red lines. and to establish regarding such grip, which they consistently actually tried to push away. because ini

he will have an initial appearance at the us district court for the district of massachusetts. rosalind jordan at john just now live from washington d. c. so what's the allegations against her to share the allegations against 21 year old jack douglas to sharra is that he obtained classified information and then illegally distributed that information to people who should not have had any access to it because they don't have the appropriate security clearances, that appears to be violations of the 1917 espionage act. and if convicted, depending on how many charges he could face up to 10 years in federal prison, on each of those charges. how damaging is this for the pentagon? well, despite the best efforts of officials, not just at the pentagon, but at the state department and at the white house. this is a damaging allegation. one of the questions that kept coming up during the regular press briefing at the pentagon on thursday is whether someone so young should have had a high level security clearance. well, so many hundreds of thousands of people who work for the federal government in one form

in the meantime, rosalind jordan has more on the us state departments reaction to the violence. well, there is great concern of both from officials here at the us state department, as well as over at the white house. so there had been a glutter fear that took, given the yell convergence of ramadan on us pass over, which is the 1st day and of our holy week in the western christian calendar. that there would be an increase of violence around alex, on mosque. this is a sum of what the spokesperson for damp patel told reporters here at the state department earlier on thursday. we are concerned by the scenes out of jerusalem and it is our viewpoint that it is absolutely vital that the sanctity of holy sites be preserved. we emphasize the importance of upholding the historic status quo at the holy sites in jerusalem, in any unilateral action that jeopardizes the status quo to us is unacceptable. and we call for restraint coordination and come during the holiday season. now there haven't been any, a direct conversations between state department officials and israeli and palestinian off

calling on the warring factions to end the fighting al jazeera state department correspondent, rosalind jordan asked a spokesman whether the appeals from washington will have any impact on sedans. leadership struggle, what could be happening in the next 72 hours? what the goals are of the us and the other members of the quad in order to try to move from this current crisis. well, the goals are quite clear. we have been continuously engaging the s a f in the r s f. i to continue to further extend this 70 to cease fire and get us to a point where we can have a durable cessation of hostilities and humanitarian arrangements. are they hearing it? are they trying to make this possible? i still go so i'm not going to try and get into the, the minds of these 2 generals, rosalind. but what i can say is that it is very clear to the united states, and it is very clear to the united, to, to our partners, the destruction that this is unleashing on the country of sudan and the sudanese people. and the dire impact that it is having. and so it is our hope that the 2 generals recognize that and they recognize

i'll just here is rosalind jordan has more than the story now. she's reporting from washington. this meeting is a part of the dance that official washington engages in with beijing when it comes to the matter of taiwan. back in 1979 when the u. s. and china normalized relations, part of the requirement on washington's part was to give up diplomatic ties to ty pay. and so the visit of the taiwanese president of high and one is an unofficial transit as words, not even a visit in diplomatic terms to the united states. that said, members of the us congress, both republican and democratic, have been eager to show their support for ty wants political independence, as well as showing support for any military support that it may want. now that is something to that divide, that ministration has been willing to provide a sub right now. the current proposal of some $10000000000.00, the military support over the next 5 years. and that's probably something that the buy that ministration will be able to provide with cooperation from congress. and actually in the last few minutes has been some

earlier the us state department spoke about the situation there at the briefing as if there is rosalind jordan was there or you were rested? i guess if they don't stop fighting, what is the us prepared to do in order to get to a cease fire? his main point to both of these generals continues to be urging to extend the currencies fire due april 23rd. that is what he has consistently raised with these 2 generals. specifically, i'm not going to get ahead of any actions that the us may or may not take. we are looking at a full range of options available and we are working with our partners to ensure the response is coordinated, inconsistent, ever possible. but our viewpoint is, is that the most important thing to happen right now is for the ceasefire that was announced on april 19th to be extended. how long are the us as allies willing to watch the situation to terry rate, across cartoon, and north of the country? mean, it's basically all out war. now, i don't think we're, we're watching and standing by. we are engaging on this. we're engaging on this, as i said, on multiple fronts. one of them bei

i thank you very much, rosalind jordan there at 10 state on and on to abdul hamid joins us live now from occupied eastern islam. what is the atmosphere that what he tells us about the situation? well certainly, i mean everybody is in sort of a wait and see pattern israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been convening with his security cabinet for the past hour or so. we don't know how long that meeting will last, but we do know that before that the defense minister had met with his top commanders with top security officials. and they said, and in the statement that was issue. and it said that the defense minister looked at all the options possible. it was a kind of a situational assessment. now with that, with what they had assess how they see the picture, how they see what could happen. they took that to the prime minister, and that is being discussed as we speak now. so there is a worry certainly among people that things could escalate at the moment. it is cold weather here in occupied east jerusalem at the l. x. i'm most compelled, or along the borders with garza, or in norther

c. rosalind jordan. thanks, fran ah un security council will meet on thursday to discuss a violent israeli police rate on the alack. some mosque in occupied east jerusalem . the incident at the holy site left at least 12 palestinians, injured israel says it was trying to remove people who'd barricaded themselves inside, along with stones sticks, and fireworks violence is drawn condemnation and demands. the de escalation from countries in the region is asher name. now reports fire works, light up is lambs, 3rd holy is site as is really police move id during ramadan prayers. social media video from inside. oh ok. so mos shows police officers beating people with baton good book. i was on the reading, the quote on that is that it is whose tongue grenades and one hit me in the chest is really police say dozens of masked juveniles armed with fireworks clubs and stones barricaded themselves inside. they say when attempts to coax them out peacefully failed. the police force their way in more than a dozen palesti

the leak has caused considerable strife between washington and its allies. elders here is rosalind jordan reports surrendering without a fight. 21 year old jack douglas to shera was of rustic by federal agents on thursday at his home in massachusetts. he's the air national guard member accused of sharing images of classified military documents in a gamers chat room material that ended up circulating widely online. today the justice department arrested jack douglas to shera in connection with an investigation and to alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information to share it is an employee of the united states air force national guard f. b i. asians took to share and to custody earlier this afternoon. without incident to shera is expected to be arraigned in boston. federal court on friday. his case is important because the documents he allegedly shared include detailed pentagon analyses on the u. s. lead effort to support ukraine in its war against russia. evidence the u. s. was spying on its ally, south korea, and reports accusing the i

our outstanding allies and partners, and nothing will ever stop or firm keeping america secure. rosalind jordan has more in the south in the state department. well, when a reporter questioned the secretary's apparent lack of awareness of these documents, apparently being on social media for perhaps several months. the secretary of defense lloyd austin, told that reporter and of waiting press conference that the information he was given a week a week ago on thursday. april 6th was that the documents that were shown on social media were dated february 28th and march 1st. so less than a month ago, not several months ago, as has been alleged in numerous on news reports. the secretary as well as the state department of secretary, also of indicated that they have been reaching out to their allies. countries that have been mentioned in these documents, in order to reassure them that the u. s. not only is safeguarding intelligence material that may involve these countries, but is also a committed to upholding and deepening their relationships with these countries. yes, defense secretary was speaking as

the pentagon says the lake was a deliberate criminal act. rosalind jordan has more from washington dc according to well published reports, and based on what the attorney general had to say on thursday afternoon. it appears that mr. to cheryl is being charged with violating the 1917 espionage act. that is, the federal law that governs all matters of information related to the us, his national security. people who are accused and then convicted of violating the act can go to prison for up to 10 years per charge. that again, if they are convicted and al jazeera investigation has uncovered a mess of money laundering operation involving gold smuggling and southern africa. under cover journalists expose the extended the operation in symbolic way, which has implicated some of the nation's most powerful people. protest is across france had really, again to oppose pension reform, which included raising the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00. the constitutional counsel will rule on the legislation on friday. the tosh butler has more from paris . oh, by a minority. 2 people he booked me a b. i

all right, thank you very much. rosalind jordan in washington or the defense secretary was speaking at a briefing with philippine officials. often the 2 countries launch their largest at the joint military trails. more than 17000 soldiers will take part in the exercises over the next 2 weeks. filipino and us officials say the drills show commitment to peace and stability in the in the pacific region. on a be low reports. now from manila, william for the full, a show of force for the philippines and the united states. the annual joint drills are known as bulk a ton, which means shoulder to shoulder. they opened on tuesday with more than 12000 american, and 5400 filipino military personnel taking part this year's valeca time will be the biggest ever an indication of the growth of our alliance. and how it continues to evolve to meet our shared goals. in at 1st, for the annual drills, a bach enemy ship will be sunk in the south china sea. the wargames followed 3 weeks of trills on land, involving the philippine army and u. s. forces. they began only a day after china ended exercises, pract

and they've been cool, so both sides to de escalate tensions. rosalind jordan has more on that. well, there is great concern of both from officials here at the u. s. state department, as well as over at the white house. so there had been a glock of fear that took, given the yellow convergence of ramadan of passover, which is the 1st day and of a holy week in the western christian calendar. that there would be an increase of violets around alex on mosque. this is a sum of what the spokesperson for damp patel told reporters here at the state department earlier on thursday. we are concerned by the scenes out of jerusalem and it is our viewpoint that it is absolutely vital that the sanctity of holy sites be preserved. we emphasize the importance of upholding the historic status quo at the holy sites in jerusalem. and any unilateral action that jeopardizes and status quo to us is unacceptable. and we call for restraint coordination and com during the holiday season. now there haven't been a, any, a direct conversations between state department officials and israeli and palestinian of

so from the state departments we have with us rosalind jordan. so rosen, how was the u. s. assessing the violence in our 2 men, and where is it with b evacuations? well, the evacuation of the 70 or so us diplomats, of and other personnel from the embassy took place on saturday, some 48 hours ago. and so the u. s. embassy in khartoum is closed until further notice, the usaa state department is trying to work with those some dozens of people with us citizenship who have reached out about possibly a leaving the country. but because the airport in khartoum is closed, the u. s. has stressed that people need to stay in their homes and not go out because of the security situation. and it is worth pointing out that since august of 2021, the u. s. has strongly urged americans to not go to sudan because of the political instability. and now because of the violence with the u. s embassy closed, it's pretty much a very, very difficult, if not nearly impossible mission, to try to get those u. s. citizens who want to leave the country out of the country because there's no way that the

his june court in the coming hours that a questions about how he got access to state secrets as rosalind jordan reports surrendering without a fight 21 year old jack douglas to sharon was of rustic by federal agents on thursday, at his home in massachusetts, he's the air national guard member accused of sharing images of classified military documents in a gamers chat room material that ended up circulating widely online. today, the justice department arrested jack douglas to sherif in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information to share it is an employee of the united states air force, national guard f. b i. agents took to sure and to custody earlier this afternoon. without incident to shera is expected to be arraigned in boston. federal court on friday. his case is important because the documents he allegedly shared include detailed pentagon analyses on the u. s. lead effort to support ukraine in its war against russia. evidence the u. s. was spying on its ally, south korea, and reports accusing the

s. state department has commented on the situation. incidence that's crossover to rosalind jordan who has the very latest. and again, the us very concerned ross while the u. s. is concerned, it is once again calling on both the of the general zarbara han and ham metty to immediately implement the ceasefire. and to extend it to april 23rd. when i put the question to the deputy of spokesperson vedanta tell whether the secretary of state antony blank and has told both men that child their ne, there could be consequences for on not implementing the ceasefire. but tell would not to comment on that. what he did say was that the u. s. government does have at its disposal all possible options to try to help resolve the situation, which he said ultimately is, are most harmful to the suit needs people. roslyn, thanks very much for that update calls will follow events coming out of the u. s. regarding sit on as the evening progresses. plenty more had here. all the news are including this is our interest to ensure that you can't connect to cheat and vice president landscape for a meeting of allia

us state department. meanwhile, as when speaking about the situation in sudan algae, there is rosalind jordan asked as spokesman about the american response. if they don't stop fighting, what is the us prepared to do in order to get to a cease fire? his main point to both of these generals continues to be urging to extend the currencies fire through april 23rd. that is what he has consistently raised with these 2 generals. specifically, i'm not going to get ahead of any actions that the u. s. may or may not take. we're looking at a full range of options available and we are working with our partners to ensure the response is coordinated, inconsistent whenever possible. but our viewpoint is that the most important thing to happen right now is for the cease fire that was announced on april 19th to be extended. how long are the u. s. s. allies willing to watch the situation deteriorate across cartoon, and north of the country. mean it's basically all out war. now, i don't think we're watching and standing by. we are engaging on this. we're engaging on this, as i said, on multiple front, one of t