trip in china. and we get a rare glimpse into the world of cyber operations. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the fbi says it s arrested a suspect, alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident and he d be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces and the extent of american spying on its own allies. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared an arrest on the suburban streets of massachus
he shared the document on thug central. alexandria hoff has the latest. good morning. alexandria: classified national defense information at 21 years old, which is striking. he was part of the 102nd intelligence in cape cod. teixeira was placed into custody without incidents. the justice department arrested jack teixeira into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of national defense information. it is important to understand we do have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding sensitive information, this was a deliberate criminal act. alexandria: plans were accelerated as he was described as the leader of a gaming group on the platform discord, he shared information with fellow users and shared more widely. it was maps and positions of ukrainian troops and china s role in aiding russia. including intelligence on adversaries and allies and top secret american and nato planning. this sounded alarm bells for the pentagon as the source was being tr
friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. we are learning the suspect was just 21 years old and held highest level of security clearance. he shared the documents on thug. he is facing charges under the espionage act. shall ifs say he shared the documents in that chat room. alexandria hoff is live with more. alex. alexandria: 21, his age is striking. he was part of the intelligence in cape cod, charged with removal of defense information. agents descended on the 21 year old s home yesterday. teixeira was placed into custody outside without incident. the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, and transmissal of classified information. we have stringent guidelines in place for safeguarding classified and sensitive information. this was a deliberate criminal act. alexandria: this is interesting, source tells fox news plans to arrest teixeira was accelerated as new york times said
bill into law. the most egregious form of restrictions are the lack of restrictions. granger smith announced he will leave country music to pursue ministry. we lost our son, it opened my eyes. the usfl is slated for their first game tomorrow. we are not just here to play football, we want to be part of the community. steve: hour three of fox and friends and our lead story, the international guard member accused of disclosing intel secrets going to court today. brian: the fbi leading jack teixeira out of his massachusetts home at gunpoint yesterday, as fallout from the most serious security breach deepens. ainsley: from boston with the latest. good morning, this will be a big day in boston and not far from where the suspect is from, about 30 miles away from where he was arrested. this will be the first time we will see the suspected leaker in boston. how did a 21-year-old with a high school diploma have access to the country s top secrets. this is 30 miles
with a cracking match at old trafford as the europa league quarter finals got underway. one of the favourites for the trophy, manchester united appeared to be cruising towards the semi finals, leading sevilla 2 0 in therfirst leg. but two late goals saw the spanish side snatch a draw and leave the tie delicately poised. our reporterjohn murray was watching. a damaging night for manchester united in so many ways. certainly in how they conceded to our goals in eight minutes late in the match. and so crazily frittered away a strong position in the type of data been given them by marcel saponara in the first quarter. so bills may have been red carded but far back as i did not. var looked up the jitters was set again. ross and the first on goal. ms. eries had her went off an unfortunate maguire for an equaliser for the in between united laws martinez to a nasty looking injury and had to finish with ten men and bruno fernandez will be suspended for the second leg for the after t