john kerry speaks exclusively to the bbc to outline what the us is doing to help save brazil s amazon rain forest. it will cost all of us much more money not to respond and make this transition now. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in washington where a powerful house committee is debating wether to allow president biden to completely ban the chinese owned app, tiktok, which is used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days. and it s notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, following canada which imposed a similar ban. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. |translation: the united states, | the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self conf
hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. gunfire is sounding across the sudanese capital, khartoum, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. this is sudan, the fighting is concentrated there, you can see smoke coming from buildings for days and hearing gunfire. let s look at the latest pictures we have. these are not live but these give you a sense of what s been happening, some of the damage and some of the fighting continues. the latest guess is about 400 people have been killed across the country since the fighting started, now coming up to a week ago, last weekend. the intensive battles started and as we head into this weekend more continued fighting. these are the very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust very latest pictures. these are live, it has just gone 11am very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust gone ”am in khartoum in the capital. don t let the stillness of that picture fool you, because you can hear
hello. i m sumi somaskanda. the fbi has arrested the suspected leaker of classified pentagon documents. his name is jack teixeira, a 21 year old member of the intelligence wing of the massachsetts air national guard. agents swooped in to arrest teixeira at a property in north dighton, massachusetts. he oversaw a private online group named thug shaker central, where 20 30 people, mostly young and men teenagers, came together over a shared interest in god, video games and guns. his online friends include individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the washington post. the group really became close during the pandemic when we were all locked down together. and every single day we would watch movies, play games, do activities together, we d stream our houses and mess around, dance and have fun. we didn t realise the sheer, just immense nature of these lea ks until a bit later. i spoke to 06 about two days ago before he gave his final goodbye to us. he
hello, welcome to the programme. a deep dive coming up tonight on the story that has dominated headlines this week. we will dig into the digital footprint that led investigators to the door of national guardsman jack teixeira. we will look at the laundry list of charges is facing and we will find what it means for us intelligence. also tonight handsfree driving on uk motorways. ford s bluecruise system allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel, at speeds of up to 70mph. but how advanced is it? we will talk firearms. nada tawfik will be here with her investigation into so called ghost guns. as we ll check in on donald trump and his republican presidential challengers who are in indineapolis right now seeking the blessing of the all powerful national rifle association. interesting week to do that, after that mass shooting in louisville kentucky. but we start tonight with the frantic search for the leaker of the classified pentagon documents, that ended last night in mass
hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. for its part, china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent, gordon correra reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so vis