i m helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start here in the us, where thejustice department is investigating the leaking of dozens of leaked intelligence documents which surfaced on social media a few days ago. some officials have suggested the topics point to an american source but they re not ruling out the possibility that pro russian activists or agents might be involved. the bbc s carl nasman is here with more. carl, what exactly is the pentagon saying? well, these documents, they have been circulating online and social media for days now, but clearly us officials are concerned, especially when it comes to security. in a recent statement from the pentagon officials say they re working on verifying the documents to work out if they are the real deal or not. but they say the documents contain classified material, highly sensitive material, highly sensitive material, they also say that they are focused on assessing they are focused on assessing the impact that these
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
hello and welcome. let s begin with the tensions around taiwan where chinese military forces are conducting drills for a third day. taiwan s defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island, 39 entered taiwan s air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china s military and shown on the country s state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. with the latest on the drills, here s our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo. this is the third day of military drills. drills which china calls operationjoint sword. it is surrounding taiwan, a self governing island. china s military exercises happened hours within the return of the taiwanese president from her
how was this crowd allowed to get so out of control, and what could have been done to stop this terrible tragedy? but for now, this country is mourning the death of so many of its young. jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul. here, a border force immigration facility in dover had at least two firebombs thrown at it this morning. police said there was one injury and it s been reported that a man s killed himself. it comes amid pressure on the home secretary suella braverman over the numbers of people arriving in small boats across the channel and how they are handled as well as continuing questions over her reappointment. here s our political correspondent ione wells. a week in thejob, and not a day without major questions. suella braverman s insisted she proactively told officials after she made two data breaches that led her to resign from liz truss s government. but evidence seen by the bbc throws doubt on that. we now know the original message she sent from her private e mail
she gave of sending government documents to people unauthorised to see them. and we ll get latest results from the premier league and women s rugby world cup in sportsday at 6:30. good evening. a period of national mourning has been declared in south korea after more than 150 people were crushed to death while out for halloween festivities in the capital seoul. most of the victims were teenagers and young adults who had gone to the itaewon district, known for its nightlife and restaurants, and were caught up in the disaster while in a narrow alleyway that runs down the side of a hotel. 0ur correspondent, jean mackenzie, sent this report from seoul. you may find parts of it distressing. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul s halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. this is where most people died. most people died