US airman Jack Teixeira will appear in court about an intelligence leak.

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old US airman, has been arrested by the FBI in connection with a leak of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security issues. He is charged with the unauthorised removal and transmission of classified information and will appear in court in Boston, Massachusetts later on Friday. Dozens of leaked documents revealed US assessments of the war in Ukraine as well as sensitive secrets about American allies, embarrassing Washington and raising fresh questions over the security of classified information. Mr Teixeira worked as an IT specialist in the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts National Guard, based at Otis Air National Guard Base in western Cape Cod. The Pentagon says it will re-examine how classified information is distributed, but a spokesman said it was "the nature" of the US military to entrust young service members with high levels of responsibility.

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old US airman, has been arrested by the FBI in connection with a leak of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security issues. He is charged with the unauthorised removal and transmission of classified information and will appear in court in Boston, Massachusetts later on Friday. Dozens of leaked documents revealed US assessments of the war in Ukraine as well as sensitive secrets about American allies, embarrassing Washington and raising fresh questions over the security of classified information. Mr Teixeira worked as an IT specialist in the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts National Guard, based at Otis Air National Guard Base in western Cape Cod. The Pentagon says it will re-examine how classified information is distributed, but a spokesman said it was "the nature" of the US military to entrust young service members with high levels of responsibility.