understand the role of a security council department members of the council, u. k. u. s. france, china and russia, tell us more about the establishment of the security council, why it was set up and why those nations, in particular, while he was obviously in the aftermath of the 2nd world war and with the 5 countries gathered the most powerful countries to become the permanent members, of course, russia wasn't originally part of that, but pretty soon also then became a part of it. but i mean, as well. so already explained, there has been an attempt to reformed security council almost ever since. it was established in the 1st place. but reform is really difficult, so we're still stuck with this current format. and because basically any change in that system would require that all the permanent members would agree to the reform, which is why we haven't seen, haven't seen that reform happening effectively. and in conflicts like this one, rushes aggression against ukraine. we see that the, the security council immediately becomes paralyzed because it's a permanent member of

maria: joining me right now is former national security council state department and united nations officialamie metzel it here. great to see you. thanks for being here. you are also a former expert on the w.h.o., the committee member there, i want to get your take on what we're hearing in washington, the senate report saying that it actually escaped in two different labs. you've been saying it's a lab leak since day one. >> since day one. so as director ratcliffe said and certainly my view, the weight of the circumstantial evidence heavily leans towards the possibility of lab leak or research related origin. how that happened is a hypothesis that there were two separate leaks west don't know. the -- we don't know. the basic fact of the matter is we need an investigation. that investigation is being blocked. china is doing everything they can to prevent the kind of oversight that is absolutely required and that's putting everybody at risk. maria: at this point, though, jamie, can we really do an investigation anymore? i mean, you've got scientists who have already died. they've obviously cle

has not yet been issued visas to participate in meetings of the un security council, the deputy head of the russian diplomatic departmentaid earlier. sergei ryabkov. this is despite the fact that the meeting of the security council should be held in new york in april and in april russia chairs the un security council, it was planned that sergey lavrov would visit his headquarters and take part in the meetings on april 24 and 25. russian diplomats have been experiencing problems with obtaining visas for international events for several months, last summer in britain refused to issue visas to the russian delegation to the session of the osce parliamentary assembly in the fall, just like poland did in september. the united states did not issue visas to several members of the russian delegation at the un general assembly in march 2023. washington again did not give visas to russians to participate in events. un in april, austria did not issue visas to most of the russian delegation to participate in all these special un committees mikhail mishustin came today to congratulate employees of the lavochkin npo on cosmonautics da

of their own, probably thoughts, proposals to the state secret of the security council e, how to train students in military departmentsin general do they look and relate to that so that students can call up the armed forces, because a young man who entered a higher educational institution, and then went to serve a year, served and returned to the second third year. yes, already mature, girls will look at him differently, uh, and he will look differently comprehend. uh, the one for which he entered a higher educational institution. i am already pleased that the reaction of young people is different. so i see that the majority is the backbone, these are people who perceive our information, which are our like-minded people. yes, usyk when i did, but he is, so we are working correctly. the updated concept of national security is one of the mechanisms for protecting our national interests. all novels, documents are summarized, as they wanted to kill belarus and ukraine as a litmus test of what we might have after twenty years of technology of pretense and reform on the verge of an insane proposal. why did they get scared a

security. also, as part of a speech in the federation council, the prosecutor general announced the creation of a specialized prosecutor's office to oversee security at the coal mines of donbass, such departmentssary for the region, as igor and krasnov explained the equipment in coal mines. e yes inherence in that it can be safe and supervisory authorities are needed, as time for the control of these objects a lot of attention.

will obey, so to speak, unipolar trends coming from the state department the united states, which will finally crush and hack the security councilf the united nations, or will we strengthen the multipolar world order on the planet of the slavonic role of the united nations, as it happened after the second world war? naturally, adjusted for today's realities, from our point of view, it should certainly remain the pinnacle of the world, this speech of the minister of foreign affairs of russia on the site was clearly decomposed . you have already mentioned the activities of the liberal democratic party in new regions, in particular, here is an open the regional branch in the kherson region, in general, as far as i understand, there is a representation of the party. now in all new regions, and what are the first tasks? and hmm, what will the party pay attention to in the new regions? natalia was created about faces and now in kherson we have 89 departments sharpened for people. uh, there are very uh, many. unfortunately, they still experience serious social problems. let 's remember that, in particular, if we talk about kherson, the

their own, probably thoughts, proposals to the state secretary of the security council, e, how to teach students in military departmentsgeneral, they look and relate to the fact that students to call on the armed forces, because a young man who entered a higher educational institution, and then went to serve a year , served and returned to the second third year. yes, already mature, girls will look at him differently, uh, and he will comprehend differently. uh, then why did he enter a higher educational institution. so already at the military departments, you can reduce the number of hours for training in the future, and someone will consciously enter the military department, and someone will think that he does not need it. very important organize outreach activities. i am glad that the reaction of young people is different. so i see that the majority is the backbone, uh, these are people who perceive our information, which are our like-minded people. there are those who are critical. so that's good as well. this suggests that we have a living normal society , we have young people who should be a little critical in per

speak, to unipolar tendencies coming from the us state department, which will be suppressed and hacked finally and the united nations security council strengthen on the planet multipolar world order, the united nations organization with its glorious role, how did it come about in unreality? from our point of view, he must certainly remain the pinnacle of the world political hierarchy of the multipolar political hierarchy, and this speech of the russian foreign minister on the site was clearly decomposed. you have already mentioned the activities of the liberal democratic party in new regions, in particular, a regional branch has been opened in the kherson region, in general, as far as i understand, there is a representation of the party. now in all new, and the party in the new regions will pay attention. natalia created a regional branch of the party in donetsk , lugansk, zaporizhia, now in kherson, we have 89 branches focused on people. uh, there are very uh, many. unfortunately, they still experience serious social problems. let's, uh , remember that uh in particular, if we talk about uh kherson, then try to work. uh , on the lef

dobriansky i am on the atlanta council and vice chair of the department for strategy and security. we are glad to invite you in person this time, you've been with us twice on front page but you were on zoom before. we are glad not to zoom with you this time and it have you in person today. we have a lot to discuss, i'm going to take one moment to remind on the q&a, we will try to get cuban day in. -- q and day in. those online, please use the q&a function on the screen. you need to go to the mic if you want to ask a question. with that, i want to begin with bilateral elation's. you mentioned in your comprehensive remarks, superb remarks, you mentioned the importance of our relationship. you yourself mentioned the fact that poland has brought a significant amount of u.s. material, m1, a one, the high mart systems. and now the u.s. army has else a permanent garrison of poland, beyond security and defense, what are the other areas that you would like to see the relationship expand and grow westmark what is your message here? -- grout? what is your message here? >> we need stable and c

the department suggests that this provocation will allow deploying in the western press, another media company to initiate a meeting of the un security council on the eve of the ministry of defense reported that the united states resumed the program designed to undermine the armor. and drones with hanging ammunition and demonstrative departure from the chrono to a high point , the cover group occupies a circular defense. and now the wasp begins to scan the air space within a radius of several kilometers , 48, 52, 48, 52, as it took in a matter of minutes, three drones were detected at once, their identification is in progress, it turns out that all three birds over the belt have their lights out. if it is possible to detect drones of ukrainian nationalists, the wasp stings rapidly. another unmanned aerial vehicle fighter, the strela complex, is equipped with four missiles and a heavy machine gun. the most important thing here is the experience and sharp eyesight of the crew operator. he must see through the clouds experts say that although in total the number of various modifications of unmanned aerial vehicles from ukrainian nationalists. o

security council in april . well, this is just after the meeting, the head of our foreign policy department.ssessed not only the course of the grain deal and asked the minister about the possibility of a third world war and about the process, which, as lavrov put it, can no longer be stopped, but the transition to settlements in national currencies. alexey veselovsky transmits new york from it. even without those russian journalists to whom the united states did not issue visas to work in the un at the press conference of the head of the russian ministry of foreign affairs sergey lavrov at the headquarters of the press organization, there was a lot of russia's position practically not covered in the western media , hence the interests of the first question. just about the restriction of work for the russian media, we consider it outrageous that everything is happening er, incantations about freedom of the press of access to information, which were pronounced by western leaders, including the united states of course , and in and, which were enshrined, among other things, in the decisions of t

the us even attempted to get the un security council to be an export of tobacco product to north korea, however it russia and china vetoed this. the usjustice departmenttiment is the single largest north korean sanctions penalty in the history of the department —— sanction. in the head of the british american tobacco has apologised for the company's apologised for the compa ny�*s misconduct. apologised for the company's misconduct. foryears apologised for the company's misconduct. for years north korea has faced tough sanctions over its nuclear ballistic missiles programmes and launches and tests and while the leader kim jong who himself is a heavy smoker, it is not certain this sentiment nor an sanctions will determine from continuing with the countries weapons programme. take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says sudan has the right to use the russian private military company wagner. last week wagner group denied it was operating in sudan. western diplomats in khartoum had previously accused the group of being involved in illicit gold mining in the country, alongside military activities. transl

security council has confirmed u.s. officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners given the disclosures. >> the departmentjustice is leading a criminal investigation, so we are taking this very seriously. there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. reporter: while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leaks, senior u.s. officials will not rule out the possibility more documents could be made public. al jazeera, washington. >> u.s. officials have confirmed a missile attack on one of its bases in syria. the attack happened late monday at the oil refinery. there are no media reports of casualties or serious damage, u.s. military targeted iran-backed military positions in the region last month. ♪ >> we have been following the story from louisville, kentucky. police say 23-year-old man used a rifle to kill four people. several others were injured including a police officer. this happened inside a bank building on main street where police say the gunman was an employee. the government was also killed in the shooting. john is live for us in c

correspondent: this is a report compiled by the national security council based off the after action reew conducted by the state departmentense department, so there are a number of key findings from this report. that includes that the administration will now prioritize earlier and faster evacuations, something that was not done in the withdrawal during afghanistan. they also say president biden was significantly constrained by the trump administration's decisions in the four years prior. they did not expect the ease and speed of the taliban takeover, and from here on out they will use more aggressive communication about risks, acknowledging there was an intelligence failure. despite these findings, the administration still said the president stands by the withdrawal of things it was the right decision, and in terms of additional reports being released, they said not so far. ultimately they are giving these reports to congress, the classified versions of them. geoff: throughout this report, the biden administration to repeatedly fall trump administration for a lack of planning and poor communication from one administration

security advisory council. michael moore is a career los angeles police department officer. he rose to the ranks and served in every post along the way. he was reported to the ella lapd's top job in 1998 and quickly face to trial by fire in the aftermath of the -- later the 1980, 8 am sorry. it was 2018. quickly face to trial by fire in the aftermath of the george floyd murder in minneapolis. in 1990, eight chief moore was assigned to take over the lapd's rampant division and task with the job of restoring integrity to and public confidence in the plea troubled station. mike is known for his emphasis on committee policing and building relationships between him and -- he described his mission on policing as follows, to police with purpose, compassion and partnerships. into buildup on the lake pc of his predecessors. i've known both of these men for many. yes i appreciate the service they provide for the communities. and we learned a lot from working together serving the people of los angeles. to moderate, tonight it's a conversation, for fortunate once again to have award-win

council of the republic on legislation and state construction during a meeting with the personnel of the oktyabrsky district department of internal affairs of the capital; for law enforcement in keeping the peace securitynd sovereignty of our country, these areas became key during the conversation. they are uh. well, they are in the garde. this activity and, of course, today's meeting are all wonderful. perhaps an opportunity to discuss the current situation in our country in a face-to-face format. eh, the sufficiency of tools. and in order to just solve these tasks, which are designated by the head of state, and the need to initiate legislative changes, it may be the development of new legislative acts, our citizens can sleep peacefully leave their children in kindergartens and schools to walk calmly on the street, because at the moment the level of law and order in this country is much higher than in any neighboring country near our borders and even on other continents, that is, we have with what to compare. we see what is happening. what crimes are committed in other countries of the world and it is safe to say that the level of law and order and law-abiding behavior of citizens is much higher. for

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. here is like a general antennae. good. harish is due to arrive in somalia in what is office is described as a solidarity visit for the muslim holy month of ramadan. smalley is facing its worst droughts that killed an estimated $43000.00 people just last year. catherine saw reports now from the capital log edition bar, wacko mohammed, seattle, and her children recently arrived at a comfort displaced people in mogadishu. she joins about a 1000000 others who are clustered on the outskirts of the city. she came from a farming village in louis. she ballet, but here she has no food. some of our childr

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. mike hannah al jazeera washington u. s. officials have confirmed a mis saw the attack on one of its bases in syria. the attack happened late on monday, the canal co, oil refinery deer, as all, there are no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage. the u. s. military targeted iran back militia positions in the region last month. several areas in ethiopia, m hara region have announced restrictions on movement. it follows violent anti government protests sparked by the federal government's decision to dissolve regional special forces. barbara angle reports, protest is in cities and towns across ethiopia in horror. region

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. dozens of my girls rushed to mexican border with the u. s. schools and a temporary closure of the conceal monday. rumors that circulated online that ever restrictions would be lifted. the border has since we opened as a job by mid of the new immigration policy in january to try to cope with the record numbers, the people entering the country illegally. the least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured in the bus accident in peru. the double decker bus drove off the highway and turned over to ravine and was carrying more than 70 people from central period into the capital lima. cheapes

department. sergei ryabkov confirmed that he is a delegate from russia , which is currently chairing the security council still has not been issued an american visa. ryabkov. he also suggested that the recent high-profile leaks of the pentagon x-files may be deliberately stuffed in order to mislead moscow according to a new batch of leaks from the pentagon , dozens of fighters are active in ukraine special forces of nato countries, according to the guardian, out of ninety-seven servicemen 50 sent london to britain - these are the most secret units. unlike intelligence, they are not controlled by the parliament in ukraine, as journalists suggest, special forces can also occupy command positions, while they clearly have problems with the rank and file in another guardian article, data is given on the state of the brigades that kiev was preparing for a counteroffensive from twelve five have not yet begun training, and six lack the necessary equipment this information was indirectly confirmed by the prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal in an interview with the american news site hill. according to him, th

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public to meet. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. the major esc opperation is underway in the mediterranean sea, where the italian coast guard is assisting to migrant boats with 1200 people on board. now the international organization for migrations as the central mediterranean has now become the most dangerous journey in the world. but despite the dangers, is the most commonly used for migrants and refugees attempting to reach europe. so kyra reports now on the latest rescue operation. another boat, another rescue mission on the mediterranean sea. this time, 400 people on board, including women and children, stranded between greece and malta,

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given these disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. mike hannah al jazeera washington or in other developments, u. s. officials have confirmed a missile attack on one of its bases in syria. now the attack and happened late. the attack happened late on monday. if you cannot co oil, refinery derossi's or, or no immediate reports of casualties or any serious damage. u. s. military targeted iran back militia positions in the region last month. ah, we've been following the story from louisville kentucky to nightly saying that 23 old man used a rifle to kill 4 people. several others were injured, including a police officer, is happen inside a bank building on a main street where polic

security council. good to see you. i want to start with and announcements we saw from the defence department saying the abrams tanks thatey will get to the battlefield by this fall. that is earlier than expected. do you think these tanks are going to be enough to counter offensives from russia? we're also providing hundreds of other armoured vehicles and we're providing what we call combined arms training for ukrainian battalions outside the country to get them ready for the fighting that we expect and that they expect they will be doing in the weeks and months ahead. it is notjust abrams tanks, they will get there too the year year but we're also already taking possession, ukrainians are of leopard tags that are produced by germany and other nations, provider they are leopard tags. many different types of armoured vehicles, notjust from the united states but around the world —— tanks. it's a concerted effort to get into ukrainian hands the full scope of capabilities we think they will need in months for the armoured tanks and vehicles or urges one and air defence, artillery and of course ammunition is a key need for uk

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public to meet. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. 5 people have been killed in a shooting at the bank in the u. s. state of kentucky. police say at 23 year old bank employee, open fire inside the branch, before he was shot dead. john henry reports the gunshots ring out in downtown louisville, prompting police to warn passers by to take cover. the police arrived within 3 minutes of an 8 30 am call that a gunman was firing inside old national bank smashing through the glass of the lock bank. they engage the gunman, killing him. officers arrived on scene and encountered the suspect almost immediately sco firing, gun gunshots. officers exchange gu

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public to meet. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington now still hadn't al jazeera abandoned that see, the italian coast guard carries out an operation to rescue 2 boats carrying hundreds of people ah, from the al jazeera london broke out into 2 people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitations this dick, it is a most consequential decade in events, is far too many companies that are doing bad things in the front in part 2 of human rights activists. q me 19 and environmental. if we known and the teeth, the systems are not working, but the longer that you fight them, the more that things changed studio be unscripted on al jazeera. we

you've been at this a long time, went from 1994 to the present you've been at the state department national security council center for strategic and international studies, state correction. director of the senate foreign relations committee, deputy assistant to the president of the united states for national security advisor to the vice president, deputy secretary of state of course now the secretary of state. you've got a lot of experience. do you consider the institute as a civilian institution as it presents itself? >> congressman, particularly in china institutions that present themselves as civilians and practice are usually of the state and in any event even when they are on paper private answer to the state. >> in the instance of wuhan i can't speak to it because the answer to state. >> so in 2005 when you were director of the senate foreign relations committee, did you know china was not in compliance with the chemical and bio weapons treaty obligations for which it was supposed to comply? >> we've had concerns for many years about the number. >> that's not the question i asked. were you aware they

earlier, i spoke to the us national security council spokesman john kirby about the us position in ukraine. i want to start with an announcement we saw from the defence departmenthe us promised to deliver to ukraine will get to the battlefield this form, earlier than expected. do you think however these tanks getting their earlier will still be enough. == getting their earlier will still be enou:h. a . ., , still be enough. -- abrahams tanks. still be enough. -- abrahams tanrs- we — still be enough. -- abrahams tanks. we also _ still be enough. -- abrahams tanks. we also providing - tanks. we also providing hundreds of other vehicles and combined arms trading for you created battalions outside the country to get ready for the fighting. in the weeks and months ahead. it is notjust the abrahams tanks, there are also taking possession, the ukrainians, of leopard tanks produced by germany and other nations are providing that leopard tanks and many, many different types of armoured vehicles notjust different types of armoured vehicles not just from different types of armoured vehicles notjust from the us but from around the world so it is a concerted effort to get i

a meeting of the un security council will be held under the chairmanship of the head of the russian foreign ministry, this is reported by the official representative of the departmentkharova , the minister of foreign affairs is expected today, will take part in an open debate on the topic of protecting the principles, the charter of the united nations, a meeting is also scheduled on tuesday, an open debate will be held with secretary general onguterish on middle east issues. let me remind you that from april 1, our country became the chairman of the un security council for a month. the united states defiantly dragged on with the issuance of visas by russian diplomats to journalists, who were supposed to cover all the events of permission to enter, and did not at all give sergey lavrov said that all these actions in washington would not go unanswered. the pentagon plans to send military assistance to ukraine for another $ 325 million a new package, as the press has calculated for the thirty-sixth in a row, it is expected that it will include artillery and anti-tank systems, as well as ammunition for them, the head of the us department of defense , loyet austin, also

secretary of state of the security council alexander grigoryevich alfovich who said there is a need today to really protect the state and he said about the use of military departments the principle of human psychology even today from a simple thesis that they say, that we need to protect the state , by and large, it becomes a national idea, which, well, probably any state should strive for in these conditions. what will be the world of intelligence openly asked what will be there in five years, uh, the platform answered. i'm asking you pathetic people. imagine what would happen if a nuclear weapon, while this artificial platform from the form of artificial intelligence substantiated. why does she have to die, but anyway we have the six conditions of possibility of building sovereign state president is their message. designated i think that belarus , relying on e, on national unity on its historical e, memory is able, e, to secure a worthy place in the future world. thank you. we held a referendum betrayed the status of the constitutional e, constitutional betrayed, the constitutional status of the belarusian people's assembly. we have a new political force, but des

council's comprehensive policing and justice reform amendment act of 2022. the men and women of the metropolitan police department serve their community every day to help keep the district safe and secure. . in doing so they routinely place themselves in dangerous situations to protect others. yet progressive policies from the d.c. council continue to hamstring officers and needlessly place them in unsafe situations. the d.c. council's comprehensive policing reform act does just that. it requires burdensome and time-consuming hurdles before officers can put on riot gear for their own protection. it creates mechanisms for officers to harass families by obtaining personal information on the officers. it creates additional liability for officers that are not found in other police departments. these are just a few of the many impractical and outrainls proposals of the legislation. the d.c. police department has seen over 1,190 police officers leave the force since the beginning of 2020. that's about one third of the d.c. police department. nearly 40% of those officers resigned. that means they chose to leave the department instead of dealing with the increasingly impossible burdens placed

earlier, i spoke to the us national security council spokesmanjohn kirby about the us position in ukraine. i want to start with an announcement we saw from the defence department, that they will get to the battlefield this fall — that is earlier than expected. do you think, however, that these tanks getting there earlier by the fall will still be enough? we are also providing hundreds of other vehicles and combined arms trading for battalions outside the country to get ready for the fighting. in the weeks and months ahead. it is notjust the abrams tanks, they are also taking possession, the ukrainians, of leopard tanks that are produced by germany, and other nations are providing their leopard tanks and many, many different types of armoured vehicles, notjust from the us, but from around the world. so it is a concerted effort to get into ukrainian hands the full scope of capabilities we think they will need in the weeks and months ahead. armoured capability, tanks and armoured vehicles, is just one of them. ammunition, and defence also key needs. the secretary of defence lloyd austin was speaking in germany earlier today when he was meeting with international

been at this a long time, just went from 1994 to the present you've been at the state department, national security council, center for strategic and international studies, state correction and were you director of the senate foreign relations committee, deputy assistant to the president of the united states, national security advisor to the vice-president, deputy national security advisor, department secretary of state and now the secretary of state. you've got a lot of experience. do you consider the wuhan institute of virology as a civilian institution as it presents itself? >> congressman, particularly in china, institutions that present themselves as civilian in practice are usually in practice origin of the state, and even private on paper, answer to the state. >> does ma mean you don't-- >> in the instance of wuhan, i can't speak directly to it, but that in a sense it doesn't matter because they answer to the state. >> well, okay. so in 2005 when you were director of the senate foreign relations committee, did you know that china was not in compliance with the chemical and bio weapons treaty obligat

department of justice has opened this criminal investigation. they don't know who is behind it or they are not saying anything about it. the spokesman for the national security councilsked is the threat contained and he said we don't know. >> what is the likely impact of this particularly regarding the u.s. relations with its allies? >> that is diplomatically embarrsing. and it could be diplomatically damaging although the u.s. has weathered this sort of thing before with the other leaks that have happened. in terms of the ukraine war, it is not a detailed title plane. it is not like a plan for ukraine spring offensive. it is more like a you a snapshot of the war but it could give useful information to the russians. it could put intelligence sources at risk. >> many thanks for joining us. also today the u.s. state department has designated the wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich as wrongfully detained by russia. he was detained late last month. moscow has accused him of spying. a state department spokesperson said today journalism is not a crime and condemned the kremlin's actions. the united states is still seeking consular access. he has been detained th

security council. i think many, many hundreds of people see it on their classified computer systems within the departmentem were able to have sort of printing privileges. not sure how they got it all printed and smuggled out of the building that's a question for pentagon security going forward, but i worry that the pool of likely leakers is so large we may not be able to get on to the trail >> let's talk about some of the stuff that's in these documents. you mentioned russia might be plugging up its holes. a spokesperson for the security service of ukraine talks about documents this show ukraine launching attacks in belarus and russia they say they're not going to comment until after ukraine victory. there's worry that this action they were launching these drone attacks might put them at risk of losing some support from allied nations what happens now with the war in ukraine when this information is out there? >> well, i think the ukrainians very likely have already shifted whatever plans they had in motion that might have been reflected in the documents as we've seen them, but this is very dangerous stu

the national security council, both saying that presidentjoe biden is closely following developments in the suit on. we've also heard from the suit on. we've also heard from the us departmentaying they are also calling for a 2k hour cease—fire, saying it has mostly held and that the urge sedan�*s warring parties to extend the cease—fire through the holiday evita. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. another sunrise over khartoum, but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan's shell—shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these, the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that's being waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can't even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers didn't feel safe to go and to provide service apart from hospitals very close to their home area so far. but we are waiting for a situation to allow us to go there to provide service to all needy people, including wounded people. many families are trying to escape from khartoum, but the airport remains closed and there are growing reports of marauding soldiers, of looting. here, two army helicop

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made. public. mike hannah al jazeera washington fellow heads on also vera. this was an evil act of targeted violence. the u. s. records. it's a 146 mass shooting this here after a bank employee open fire on his colleagues in the city, if louisville and how an online project is providing therapy to victims of the war in ukraine. coming up and majorly bet, league baseball, the tampa bay res. celebrate yet another one will show you how they did it in for ah, it's tuesday, april. the 11th i get going with your weather update for europe in africa, and it's been so hot in southern spain. we've set temperature records for the month of april in mal

damage control, and the national security council has confirmed that us officials have been in touch with relevant allies and partners. given disclosures in the department of justice is, is a leading a criminal investigation. so we're taking this very, very seriously, there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. and while the department of justice continues its investigation into the source of the leagues senior us officials will not rule out the possibility that more documents could be made public. my cannot al jazeera washington. 5 people have been killed in a shooting in the u. s. state of kentucky, police say a 23 year old bank employee. open fire inside the branch where he worked in louisville. several people were injured including a police officer. the gunman was also killed. this is the 146 mass shooting in the us. this year, a democratic politician expelled from the usa to tennessee is legislature has been reappointed. nashville city council voted on monday to san justin jones back to the state house to fill the vacancy created by his own removal. republican politicians expelled jones and another democrat last week

department. thank you very much for that update. >>> let's discuss what is going on with the national security council coordinator for strategic communications.s. navy admiral john kirby. thank you so much for joining us. p secretary blinken said the cease-fire is the result of what he calls intense negotiation. how did this come about and how is the u.s. tracking whether this cease-fire is going to hold? >> well, it just came into effect here just a few moments ago. at least according to the ainge raiments that were made between both military factions. we've been in constant touch with both military leaders since the violence began a week ago saturday to try to get them to put down arms and abide by the cease-fires they both say they want and work towards a transition to a civilian authority. so it is good sign they both agreed to this. now we'll watch it as closely as we can and monitor it as best as we can and continue to urge both sides to abide by this cease-fire. it is also -- obviously it will help us with the facilitation and sport and guidance and to american citizens who may want to leave. but more critically,s it the right thing f