too joined as soon as possible. president erdogan said sweden still hadn t handed over people he called terrorists. now on bbc news the media show: writing a first draft of history. my my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time stop gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered mock els two, gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter. he left as a full time journalist to become professor of sociology at the university managers. although he continues write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian in edinburgh, then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to studyjournalism. i think you were quite clear at th
the us government s urgently investigating the leaking of dozens of intelligence documents on social media. the bbc s seen some of the documents, including detailed accounts of the training and equipment being provided to ukraine. some of those leaked are labelled top secret. others appear to suggest the us had intercepted official communications of an ally, south korea. the bbc s carl nasman is in washington with more details. these documents have been circulating online for several days now, us officials clearly concerned about the impact of them, especially when it comes to security, and the most recent statement from the pentagon official saying they are working to any potential impact on us security as well as its partners and allies. they are also working to determine the veracity of the documents but officials do say they believe they contain classified and highly sensitive materials, a criminal investigation has been opened into this case, which is believed to be the
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. six people dead, several more wounded, and now one man arrested. those are the bare facts of another mass shooting in the us. this time in a well to do suburb just north of chicago, at the start of a fourth ofjuly day of celebration. hundreds of people, mums, dads and their children had embarked on a parade through highland park, when a gunman started firing from a rooftop, armed with a high powered rifle. nomia iqbal has this report. the independence day parade had just started. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb were out in the sunshine, celebrating the day their country became an independent nation. gunfire child: are you kidding me right now? - ten minutes in, shots rang out. there was confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. rapid gunfire i remember hearing shootings, going like. tsh tsh tsh. and then reloading and then again. and people screaming and running. i thought it was the navy| tha
a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
pa ramilitaries continue, there was paramilitaries continue, there was some trouble at an annual republican parade on easter monday last year, police have warned of the risk of more serious violence this year. very strong intelligence coming forward in terms of events in derry and londonderry and concern there may be attempts to draw police into serious public disorder and use that as a platform to launch terrorist attacks on police, going into the operation that is something clearly right at the forefront of my mind in the minds of the commanders and officers as well. , ., , ., well. after 25 years of relative well. after 25 years of relative peace - well. after 25 years of relative peace the - well. after 25 years of i relative peace the focus well. after 25 years of - relative peace the focus is on a deal that started a work in progress, with the us covenant having played a key role in the good friday agreement talks, a visit to belfast tomorrow by presidentjoe biden will mark t