A journalist was inadvertently added to a chat with the US defence secretary and other officials who discussed a strike against the Houthi rebel group.

Former national security officials reacted with shock and horror to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group thread on a messaging app to which a reporter had accidentally been added.

A total of 18 senior White House and National Security Council officials, such as White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Middle East negotiator Steve Witkoff, and Trump confidant Stephen Miller, also were on the chat, Goldberg, who was identified as “JG” on the chat, reported.

Homes and a hospital have been targeted in the attack on Sumy, Ukraine officials say Russia has launched a missile strike targeting north-eastern Ukraine as US and Russian officials met to push for a pause in the war.

A United States delegation is meeting with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine,

On Monday night, the agency announced it will offer vouchers up to $5 for each ride with a maximum of two rides per day. Rides must begin and end at a VTA bus or light rail stop and must be ordered on Uber’s mobile app, according to the VTA.

ATU says there are other issues in the latest contract that may delay contract approval.

There is no end in sight for the VTA Strike -- now in its third week. Union members voted no on the latest contract proposal on Monday.