mission control. a 21 year old us air national guardsman will appear in court later today charged with the most serious leak of secret intelligence documents in years. jack teixeira is expected in court in boston in the next few hours. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum, and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans. it also reveals the extent of the us s spying on its allies. here s what we know about jack teixeira. the 21 year old is a us air national guardsman. he was listed as a member of the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard based at otis air national guard base in western cape cod. according to his service record, which was obtained by our us partner cbs news, teixeira joined the force in 2019. his identification first came on thursday when the visual investigations team at the new york times tracked him down. it s an extraordianary story. christiaan triebert from that team told the bbc how they managed it. these new
groups from unions, to students and others coming forward to raise their objections. in part, it is crystallised around the pension age, but so many different analysts saying the same thing, that so many different grievances weaved into these numbers on the streets. a more complicated one for the government to solve, i suspect than simply yes or no on the legal age. but that news coming and that the constitutional council has given it the thumbs up. there will be no referendum, that was a possibility. let s bring in a french political analyst and he is there waiting to talk to us in paris. it s not surprise decision of the constitutional court because a lot of people were saying that the referendum will pass and that the constitutional court will not avoid it. so, it s not a surprise, but i think that we will see in the upcoming hours and the weekend a lot of riots and strikes in the country, because there is still 70% of the french population that is against the referendum,
back to paris, want to show you some pictures on the streets because large crowds have gathered throughout the day, but they are digesting the news that s come from the constitutional council that has effectively given emmanuel macron the go ahead to change the pension age in france from 62 to 64. we ve had two months and three weeks of looking at diaries of protests right across france, cities of large numbers, large coalitions of students and unions, of workers all against the move. now they were hoping through the protests that it would change the government s mind that didn t work, they were then hoping the constitutional courts would put a break or change the government s mind, that hasn t worked. so president emmanuel macron making it clear he intends to put this on the statute books in the next 48 hours, so having waited for this constitutional council decision, he now wants to get on with it. he s invested so much of his personal capital, he s determined to get this
arms made in the uk. welcome back to bbc news with the latest on the case in the united states in a moment. we will speak to someone from washington. but now, let s get the sport. good afternoon. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has compared talk of big money transfers with a five year old asking for a ferrari for christmas. the reds have ruled themselves out of signing 19 year old england midfielderjude bellingham from borussia dortmund due to the costs involved in excess of £100m. the german boss is expected to rebuild the squad in the summer as liverpool are currently 8th in the table. you have to realise what you can do and then you have to work with it. how much money do we have available and then we have to work with it. that is the job you have to do, we are not children. asking a five year old christmas, what do you want for christmas? and then they tell you, i want a ferrari. you would say, that is a good idea. you would say, no it is too expensive and you can t driv
there. northern ireland may brighten up there. northern ireland may brighten up with showers into the afternoon. if we see sense and across eastern england, perhaps scotland, that is where we will see the highest temperatures, 16 or 17 degrees. so, not a heatwave but it will feel different to how it has this week, and that theme of mainly dry and relatively warm weather continues into the start of week. thanks, ben. that s it. there s more analysis of the day s main stories over on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, just getting under way on bbc two. but here on bbc one, let s join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good night. so police bosses in london fear that trust has tonight been further will consider co ordinated strike action with junior doctors. what does that mean for patient safety and for public support for nurses? why have members of the royal college of nursing tonight rejected the same pay deal that unison me