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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 ....
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 b ....
including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and 100 days in mixed reviews in brazil for president luiz inacio lula da silva s administration. let s return now to our top story. today marks 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement an historic peace deal that largely ended violence in northern ireland. i m joined now by the former minister for northern ireland between 1997 and 1999 for the labour government led by tony blair, who chaired the talks in the lead up to the peace deal, lord paul murphy. thank you forjoining us. we will of course talking a moment about the legacy and what was achieved but it is probably worth casting our minds back to what things were like before the agreement and a deal was by no means certain, was it? talked us through what things are like in the run up to the deal. £31 through what things are like in the run-up to the deal. through what things are like in the run-up to the deal. of course, there had been 3500 run ....
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 fr ....
began the final round ten shots adrift but he really rolled back the years to set a testing target. jon rahm held his nerve over the closing holes and has proved himself to be one of the most consistent players in golf over recent years. he won the us open in 2021 and never looked like losing his composure as he held on for victory and what that means is thatjon rahm becomes the fourth spanish man to win the masters after seve ballesteros, josemaria is about and sergio garcia. this famous tournament injon rahm certainly has a worthy winner. well, rahm s win underlines his status as the best golfer in the world, with four victories on the pga tour already in 2023. he credits doing the little things properly as the key to his success. he s also become first european to have won both the us open and the masters. if there is anything better than accomplishing some thing like this, making history, you tell me that to be the first european ever to do that, it is hard to expla ....