i'm tom mcrae.tests have been held for days in amhara against government. -- against government plans to merge the regions forces into the national army and police. he has yet to recover from the war in its tigray region that ended last year. thousands of people were killed in a conflict marked by widespread human rights abuses. forces from amhara fought against tigrayan rebels alongside the national army. but since their two year war ended, leaders in amhara have accused the government of ignoring violence against ethnic amharas in the neighboring oromiya region. they believe that if amhara's forces are absorbed into army, their communities will be left open to more attacks. we will be talking to our guests about the wider implications of all of this and. just a moment, but first, finton monaghan reports on days of violence and protests against the government's plans. reporter: plans but if's government to unify the national military and police have sparked a major backlash. protests have been held

i am tom mcrae. the pentagon is dealing with the fallout from the worst leak of u.s.ational security intelligence in many years. initial media reports said it involved classified u.s. and nato plans to help ukraine in the war against russia. but more information has since come out, with files relating to china, south korea, the middle east, and africa. the scale of the leak is increasing suspicion it came from an american source rather than from an ally. russia has been accused of doctoring some files to create misinformation, and ukrainian and south korean officials have rejected some of what is being reported as false. the pentagon says a hunt has been launched for the source. we will be discussing the implications of all of this with three former intelligence agents shortly. but first, this report on the backgrounds to this leak. reporter: an embarrassing security breach. the contents of classified united states defense document revealed to news outlets across the country. the leak included insider analysis from the state of the ukraine war, with assessments of per

i am tom mcrae. after years of hostility, turkiye and egypt are rebuilding their ties. diplomatic relations plunged in 2013 when egypt's current president led a military coup that overthrew democratically elected leader mohamed morsi. turkey has since hosted a number of muslim brotherhood figures who fled egypt. the egyptian government criticized that, saying it was sheltering terrorists. a decade later, attempts to mend their relationship could have widespread implications in the region and could affect political links, presidential elections, and economies. our reporter has more. reporter: after a decade of political animosity, turkiye and egypt showed they are mending ties. a high level meeting like this one between their foreign ministers had long been considered impossible. yet it took place last month in cairo between turkiye and -- sameh shoukry and mevlut cavusoglu. it is a far cry from 2013, when president el-sisi led a coup against egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsi. he was backed by turkiye. relations between the two nations took a t

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