including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the poten
pledging america s unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we haven t seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. bill: they re set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen in taiwanese waters. former secretary of state mike pompeo saying it is america s responsibility to hold beijing accountable. over these last 48 hours with respect to pelosi s trip is a symptom of the challenge in front of us. we weren t going to sit back and listen to the rhetoric and do nothing. if you continue down this pack and conduct live fire exercise we ll begin to take real action. there was no threat to china itself. they created this crisis. we should not let them use the visit of s
military exercises have caused instability and are not the responsible attitude of a major country. china just completed three days of military drills around the island, though the taiwan defense minister says there are still eight military ships operating in waters around the island. taiwan is a self ruled island off the coast of china, which beijing sees it as part of its own territory. china called these drills a stern warning , after the taiwanese president, tsai ing wen, visited the us and met house speaker kevin mccarthy. i spoke to our correspondent joao da silva. tell us more about these military drills china says it has completed. they are essentially i understand simulated circling the island. exactly. it seems that for the first time the chinese military has simulated strikes from the east, or pacific side rather than the west, where china s mainland is. that means that they practised encircling the island, notjust that, taiwan s defence ministry released a map showing the
but not what they do. live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america the us investigates the leaking of dozens of intelligence document, including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. one tennesee lawmaker reinstated days after he and a colleague were expelled for calling for stricter gun control laws. and taiwan hits back at china after it completes three days of military exercises around the island. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we begin here in washington, where us national security officials are trying to contain the fallout of a major document leak,
tomorrow continuing for four days. six zones around taiwan. encircling the island. beijing says its armed forces will participate in live fire exercises. in some places this action will come as close as 10 miles to the taiwan coast and many places it could violate taiwan s nautical and airspace. taiwan says it will interfere with its shipping and flights and up the possibility of a potentially dangerous run-in. last time things got so hot in the region with china was 1995. in that case the u.s. naval assets were quickly deployed there. now they are already there including as we ve been telling you the huge u.s.s. ronald reagan carrier strike group and washington warns beijing not to turn this into a crisis. speaker pelosi should be arriving just about now in soule and then go on to tokyo both of which should be safer