welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy — now, thousands of official documents have been released in full for the first time. the biggest strike in the history of the nhs — as tens of thousands of nurses across england, wales and northern ireland take walk out in a dispute over pay. the king of thailand's eldest daughter — a potential heir — collapses with what's been described as a "heart condition". the royal palace says her condition is "stable to a certain extent". also, he says he was screamed at by his brother. she says she considered taking her own life. the latest revelations from harry

and meghan�*s netflix series. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in washington dc — where the majority of over sixteen thousand official documents about the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy have been released in full for the first time. president kennedy was was shot during a visit to dallas texas in 1963 — and his death spawned decades of conspiracy theories. the white house said that the release of seventy percent of the documents would provide the public with greater insight and understanding of the government's investigation into a tragic event in american history. lets speak with out north america correspondent peter bowes who is in los angeles.

thank you forjoining us on the programme. exactly how significant are these documents?— programme. exactly how significant are these documents? well, they are another piece — are these documents? well, they are another piece in _ are these documents? well, they are another piece in the _ are these documents? well, they are another piece in the jigsaw, - are these documents? well, they are another piece in the jigsaw, so - are these documents? well, they are another piece in the jigsaw, so in - another piece in thejigsaw, so in that respect, it is significant, but it isn't usually significant because we still don't have the full picture, and that is what so many americans have been clamouring for all these past few decades. as far as we know and as i understand from these many thousands of pages of documents, there are no bombshells in terms of new information. that kind of information that people are looking for is what the security services at the time knew about lee harvey oswald. what about his attempts to defect of the soviet union? was he working in cahoots with the russians are the cubans has been speculated. to the government at the time, the security services at the time, the security services at the time of any information at all about ten or at the wider circumstances that could have

protected jfk and perhaps even prevented this assassination. those are the kinds of questions that have been swirling around for so many years, and it doesn't appear that we have all of the answers yet. we certainly don't have the full picture. i certainly don't have the full icture. , ., ., ~ picture. i understand that the cia has come out _ picture. i understand that the cia has come out with _ picture. i understand that the cia has come out with a _ picture. i understand that the cia has come out with a statement i has come out with a statement recently. what do they have to say? well, the cia has largely, quite a long detailed statement acknowledging that it has essentially gone along with what has been asked to vets in terms of the release of these documents. one interesting line i noticed as they say that of their remaining redacted documents, documents with its blacked out, we can't read, but of those are many documents that haven't been revealed the they talk about intelligence sources and methods, the kinds of methods that were used in the investigation. now, it may well be understandable to a

lot of people that security service wants to, and intelligence service wants to, and intelligence service wants to, and intelligence service wants to not have to talk publicly or reveal its methods. the question still hanging for a lot of people is what else potentially could still be in those documents? there's only about 3% of them now of the many thousands of documents that we haven't seen. i wonder if it will create more questions. _ seen. i wonder if it will create more questions. peter, - seen. i wonder if it will create more questions. peter, thankj seen. i wonder if it will create - more questions. peter, thank you very much forjoining us in los angeles. i'm joined now by larry sabato, director of the university of virginia center for politics and author of author of "the kennedy half—century" thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. i know that there is a lot of material that needs to be read and you are coming there at, but what exactly are you looking for in these documents?— but what exactly are you looking for in these documents? well, we are not lookin: for in these documents? well, we are not looking for the — in these documents? well, we are not looking for the name _ in these documents? well, we are not looking for the name of— in these documents? well, we are not looking for the name of another - looking for the name of another assassin, that's the first thing i'm always asked. if there was a conspiracy and i am not a conspiracy

believer, but if there was one, you are not going to find it in these documents. wejust got are not going to find it in these documents. we just got 13,252 documents. we just got 13,252 documents that in whole or in part have not been released before. this is north of a half a million pages, and anybody who tells you that they have got the answer is from this new piece of the puzzle as your correspondent put it is not being truthful, it is going to take a long time to go through it. look, there are bits and pieces that are fascinating. we'vejust are bits and pieces that are fascinating. we've just come across one a few minutes ago that shows us something we've never seen before, lee harvey oswald went to mexico cityjust lee harvey oswald went to mexico city just a few weeks before lee harvey oswald went to mexico cityjust a few weeks before he assassinated the president, and it wasn't a travel they said to. he was seeing the cuban embassy and the russian embassy and he was trying to get a visa to cuba and/or russia. he wanted to be defective, apparently. but we had wondered exactly how we had obtained the united states had

obtained a transcript of the call from lee harvey oswald to the russian embassy, in broken russian, i should add. we've just discovered it is because there was a secret telephone tapping centre that the us ran jointly with the president of mexico and the president of mexico never told his own secret service industry and the government. no one who is in a position of authority knew about this except for the president of mexico. so i can see how there are little bits like this that could still cause controversy, and that may explain some of the remaining redaction schema but that 3% are left to be released, i guarantee has more sensitive information in it that will not contain the name of another assassin. contain the name of another assassin-— contain the name of another assassin. . , �* ., ~ assassin. larry, you're talking about mexico, _ assassin. larry, you're talking about mexico, russia, - assassin. larry, you're talking about mexico, russia, the - assassin. larry, you're talking i about mexico, russia, the cuban missile crisis was on the minds of people. you wear a teenager when the

president was assassinated. can you describe exactly what that was like to be in america during those years? yes, actually, iwas11, to be in america during those years? yes, actually, i was 11, please don't make me older than i am. pardon. laughter i'm just kidding. makes little difference at the age of 70. like everyone living through this in america, regardless of your political affiliation, we were totally shocked overwhelmed with grief. we are more use to disasters today than we were back in a more innocent time. we couldn't believe that anyone had been able to assassinate the president, the first question people asked was not on the who did it but how could he possibly do it? how could this be arranged? and that was the origin of much of the conspiracy theories have heard since then, that and the fact that the government, especially the cia and to a lesser extent the fbi did not want to reveal what they knew.

they didn't even tell the warren commission which officially investigated the assassination of president kennedy. so when you look back, you can understand why this stuck with us so long. it was part of our psyche. it changed our approach to life into politics and not in constructive way.- approach to life into politics and not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefl not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefly before fl not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefly before we i not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefly before we go, i not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefly before we go, do i not in constructive way. larry, 'ust briefly before we go, do you b not in constructive way. larry, just briefly before we go, do you think| briefly before we go, do you think that the little inkling that is left hidden at the national archives is going to cause more questions than answers, more conspiracies than transparency? answers, more conspiracies than transoarency?— answers, more conspiracies than transaren ? ., , , transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we 'ust transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found _ transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found a _ transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found a letter _ transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found a letter an _ transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found a letter an hour - transparency? 0h, inevitably. look, we just found a letter an hour ago, | wejust found a letter an hour ago, it hasn't been released, december eight of this year, noting that the national archives, which is supplying these documents has been unable to find 28 documents that in 2018 it certified as pending

approval to be released. right there is another conspiracy theory. i guarantee you. that is a book. i am sure ou guarantee you. that is a book. i am sure you will _ guarantee you. that is a book. i am sure you will be _ guarantee you. that is a book. i am sure you will be on it. _ guarantee you. that is a book. i am sure you will be on it. there come stuff. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. they'll make thank you. it's been called the new "winter of discontent" in the uk. workers have been going on strike across multiple industries in the run up to christmas and the new year. in recent weeks, rail workers, airport staff and postal employees — have all walked off the job. they're angry about pay and working conditions. that's meant fewer trains, long waits at airports, and delayed delivereries. and on thursday — tens of thousands of nurses are taking part in the biggest strike in the history of britain's public health service. our health editor hugh pym reports cheering. a moment of history. nurses on a picket line in liverpool. part of the biggest strike ever staged by the royal college of nursing.

what we want? fair pay! and in leeds, nurses made plain their anger at the pay settlement they've been given. in sub—zero temperatures, they gathered early in reading. nurses here argued that the strike was about stressful working conditions, as well as pay. nothing changes. things just get tighter and tighter. and we're expected to just keep putting up with things, keep finding... i'm getting emotional now. keep finding reserves. and enough is enough. we have to make a stand to get the government to at least enter into some discussion. because, at the moment, they are not even entertaining that. and it is for the future of nursing. and the future of the nhs. it's notjust nurses. there aren't enough doctors, there aren't enough physios. and it's for patient safety. it's just after ten in the morning, and the head of the royal college of nursing has just arrived at royal berkshire hospital, as part of a tour of different hospitals in england and wales, to encourage and show support for striking nurses.

nurses in emergency care continued working. the union responded to accusations it was putting some other urgent treatment at risk. these nurses will do nothing reckless. they will make sure that patients are looked after. and, indeed, if there were any emergencies to arrive today in relation to cancer services or any other services, the clinicians that are working with us at local level will make sure that we work with them to ensure that those patients are looked after, and their care is delivered. average nurses' pay is around £35,000. the rcn say wages have fallen after taking account of inflation. ministers said they recognised the contribution of nurses, but there were other factors to consider. we've got to balance that against what is affordable to the wider economy. and asking for a 19% pay rise, way above what most viewers themselves are receiving, is not affordable, given the many other economic pressures that we face. nonurgent nhs work was postponed

because of the strikes. ruth has a lung condition and her appointment today didn't go ahead. i knew as soon as i heard about the nurses' strike, i was surprised not to receive a cancellation. i did then get a text message saying my appointment has, understandably, been cancelled. because without the nurses the nhs just doesn't work. oi, oi, oi! striking nurses were making their voices heard in cardiff, and in belfast too, picket lines were busy. in england, there were strikes at about a quarter of trusts. but several more voted in favour and the union says the walk—outs could be extended in the new year if the dispute isn't resolved. hugh pym, bbc news, reading. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk and around the world. the ukrainian city of kherson has been left without electicity after russian shells struck its energy facilities.

two people were killed in the attack, which happened just a month after kherson was retaken from its russian occupiers. millions of ukrainians have been left without heating or power as winter temperatures have fallen below freezing. the poland's top police chief has been hurt after a gift, given by ukrainian officials, exploded at his headquarters. jaroslaw shemchik suffered minor injuries on wednesday after opening the present at his warsaw offices. it is not clear what the object was but local reports suggested it was a grenade launcher. the officer was given the gift on a recent visit to ukraine. poland has asked for an explanation, but kyiv has not yet made a public statement on the incident. north korea says it's tested a "high—thrust solid—fuel motor" to develop a new strategic weapon under leader kimjong un's guidance. according to state media, the test conducted proved the motor�*s reliability and stability, providing a "guarantee" for the development of another new—type of strategic weapon system.

the test comes as rafael grossi, head of the international atomic energy agency, is in seoul for talks with officials during which he vowed to stop north korea's nuclear programme. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.. more revelations on their rift with the royals in the latest installment of harry and meghan's netflix series. saddam hussein is finished, because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal end to three and a half years of conflict, which has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders,

the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border- was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off - from the outside world to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. - on trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair means bill clinton is guaranteed a place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... thousands of official documents about the assassination of presidentjohn f kennedy have been released in full for the first time.

tens of thousands of nurses across england, wales and northern ireland take strike action over pay. the royal palace in thailand has confirmed that the king's eldest daughter has collapsed with what it described as a "heart condition". the princess is 44 and is being treated in hospital in bangkok. the palace has given few details about her health. our correspondentjonathan head has more from bangkok. the only bulletin issued by the royal palace in thailand is not telling us very much about the state of health of princess bajrakitiyabha, only stating that she collapsed from a heart condition, that at the time of her collapse her condition was described by the statement as stable to a certain extent, and no description of her state of health right now, where she is being treated in hospital here in the capital, bangkok. we can assume that her situation is very serious,

because they are putting new positive news on this official statement. there is no suggestion that she is doing well or recovering. there is a great deal of concern here in thailand because princess bajrakitiyabha is seen as the most plausible heir to the throne to princess bajrakitiyabha, herfather who he is now 70. it is the prerogative of the king to name an area in thailand ——it is the prerogative of the king to name an heir in thailand and he has not gone bad, but his other children just don't match our levels of accomplishment, which stand out in a sometimes dysfunctional royal family. she is a qualified lawyer, she has two postgraduate law degrees from the united states. she worked as thailand's ambassador to austria for two or three years a decade ago. she has worked quite a lot with un agencies and campaigned openly in thailand for penal reform, particularly for better treatment of women prisoners.

by royal standard she is a bit of a standout, known to be smart, articulate, strong willed and i think many people saw her as the best choice as an heir to the throne. a lot for the future of the monarchy hangs on the outcome of whatever medical emergency it is that princess bajrakitiyabha has suffered from and we will simply have to wait and see what the outcome staying with royal news — the first espisodes of prince harry and meghan's — netflix series — gained worldwide attention, after claims about the royal family and the british media. now, in the second batch of episodes — the prince and his wife, have made some new and eye—catching revelations. among them, that prince william screamed and shouted at prince harry while the queen looked on. harry also accused royal officials of playing a "dirty game" with the leaking of stories. our correspondent sarah campbell. westminster abbey, ten days to christmas, the king

and queen consort arriving for a festive celebration with community groups. also there, the prince and princess of wales with george and charlotte. the british royal family doing what it does, on a day of further family turbulence. from netflix, the latest episodes of the harry and meghan story, their account of why they left royal life. a tale of rivalry and intrigue which came to a head at sandringham injanuary 2020, when harry tried to discuss his and meghan's exit with his father and brother. it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me, and my father say things we simply weren't true. and my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in. but you have to understand that, from the family's perspective, especially from hers, there are ways of doing things

and her ultimate mission, goal/responsibility, is institution. according to harry, protecting the institution meant doing down him and his wife. an example, as he left the sandringham meeting, the palace issued a statement in william and harry's name to deny a story that william had bullied the sussexes to leave. i couldn't believe it. no—one had asked me. nobody had asked my permission to put a name to a statement like that. within four hours, they were happy to lie to protect my brother. and yet for three years, they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us. according to harry and meghan, the root of the problem was jealousy. the issue is when someone who is marrying in and should be a supporting act, is then stealing the limelight or doing thejob better than the person who is born to do this, that upsets people. it shifts the balance.

in their version of events, meghan had become too popular so stories were planted in the media to damage her. meghan felt completely overwhelmed. it's like, all of this if i'm not here. and that was the scariest thing about it. it was such clear thinking. i remember hertelling me that she had wanted - to take her own life. and that really broke my heart. the programmes present troubling insights into what the couple, and meghan in particular, went through, though without any attempt to examine whether their own behaviour may, on occasions, have anticipated matters. at one point, harry says, it never needed to be this way. that may be one of the few points on which all members of the family can agree. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

here to discuss this is dr carolyn harris, royal historian and author. shejoins me now from toronto thank you very much forjoining us here on the programme. wejust heard a little bit about what was said, but what are some of the bigger revelations for you in this documentary?— revelations for you in this documenta ? ., , ., ., documentary? the most revelation from the last _ documentary? the most revelation from the last three _ documentary? the most revelation from the last three episodes - documentary? the most revelation from the last three episodes of - documentary? the most revelation from the last three episodes of the documentary is the complete breakdown of the relationship between prince harry and prince william. there has been talk of a rift for a very long time. but we see harry and megan sharing both warm anecdotes about king charles iii, like him choosing the gospel choirfor their wedding iii, like him choosing the gospel choir for their wedding and iii, like him choosing the gospel choirfor their wedding and helping organise the orchestra and walking megan down the aisle, and then later there are disagreements about regarding how to handle the media. the portrayal of william and harry's

relationship is entirely negative in this series william texting harry, and although the audience doesn't get to see the text message, we see that terry and megan are clearly upset reading it and then they hug one another, there is a very strong emphasis on what had once been a very close relationship between two brothers who had more together when they lost mother, diana princess of wales, that that relationship has broken down. irate wales, that that relationship has broken down.— wales, that that relationship has broken down. , . �* ., broken down. we expect buckingham palace not to — broken down. we expect buckingham palace not to make _ broken down. we expect buckingham palace not to make any _ broken down. we expect buckingham palace not to make any statements i palace not to make any statements coming out of this, but has this documentary real and the british royal family documentary real and the british royalfamily in any documentary real and the british royal family in any way?- royalfamily in any way? well, i think it's going _ royalfamily in any way? well, i think it's going to _ royalfamily in any way? well, i think it's going to spark - royalfamily in any way? well, i| think it's going to spark a larger conversation regarding who is advising the royal family, conversation regarding who is advising the royalfamily, as conversation regarding who is advising the royal family, as there were a lot of critiques of rail press offices and communication

between senior members of the rail family taking place through their office at one point, prince harry felt his access to his grandmother was being limited by these offices. so i think we may see debate and discussion regarding whether there could be more diversity in the royal household but regarding the royal family themselves, it is clear that they are not commenting on the latest episodes of the documentary, and when we look at the rail history, there has been conflict between rail siblings in the past, whether was king george vi and his brother king edward viii after the abdication in 1936, queen elizabeth ii and princess margaret had a warm personal relationship, but they did have disagreements such as whether it was advisable for princess margaret to marry the divorced peter townsend. so i think we step back

and look at rail history more widely, it is clear that william and harry are not the first set of rail siblings to have disagreements. quickly, before we go, wejust siblings to have disagreements. quickly, before we go, we just have a little bit of time, how are they coming across, notjust in the uk but in other parts of the commonwealth.- but in other parts of the commonwealth. , . commonwealth. some people are sympathetic _ commonwealth. some people are sympathetic to — commonwealth. some people are sympathetic to harry _ commonwealth. some people are sympathetic to harry and - commonwealth. some people are sympathetic to harry and megan i commonwealth. some people are i sympathetic to harry and megan and the negative press that they where in doing and how some of this headline has racial overtones, but others note that perhaps it was in poor taste very hairy and megan to be critical of the cottage they shared on the kensington palace grounds which may have been small but it was also prime real estate in london with a garden. so in different sections of the documentary are getting different responses. there are some very serious remarks and then there are other moments where there has been more criticism. other moments where there has been more criticism-—

more criticism. sorry, we are going to have to — more criticism. sorry, we are going to have to leave _ more criticism. sorry, we are going to have to leave it _ more criticism. sorry, we are going to have to leave it there. _ more criticism. sorry, we are going to have to leave it there. thank - more criticism. sorry, we are going | to have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us on the programme and that is it for now. stay with bbc world news. i am monica miller. hello. an end to this cold spell is on the horizon, but notjust yet. friday morning once again getting off to a very cold start with a widespread frost and more snow in the forecast for some, particularly, in scotland with this weather system working in from the west. some rain and sleet around the coasts and at low levels at times, but snow over the hills. and some of that snow will come down to low levels at times, particularly where it turns heavier. across high ground, say in the grampians, could see 20 cm of snow. but even at lower levels, maybe through the central lowlands, we could be looking at 5—10 cm of snow with some ice as well. that could cause some real disruptions. some rain, sleet and snow showers getting into parts of northern ireland. particularly in the north.

elsewhere, some spells of sunshine once any early freezing fog is cleared from the southeast corner. but it will be in another cold day. just —2 degrees there in aberdeen for the afternoon high. 6 degrees in plymouth, something a bit less cold. into the far southwest. now, through friday night we will see this band of patchy rain, sleet and hill snow continuing to push southwards, getting into northern england, parts of north wales. some wintery showers elsewhere. while it will be another frosty night, it's not going to be quite as cold as the nights we have become used to lately. and as we go through saturday, it will feeljust a little less cold. this band of rain still with some hill snow across parts of northern england, north wales. some wintery showers elsewhere. we start to develop south or south—westerly wind and that will bring something a little less chilly. temperatures certainly should get above freezing in the vast majority of locations. maybe 9 degrees in the southwest of england. into sunday, a bigger change, this frontal system pushing in from the atlantic.

that will bring some wind, and some rain and some milder air. but it's not going to be a clean transition. because things have been just so cold lately that as this wet and mild weather bumps into the cold air, we are likely to see some snow, at least for a time. some places could see quite a lot before it turns back to rain. ice will also be a concern with this wet and wintery weather falling on very cold surfaces. but by the end of the day on sunday, we'll be looking at highs into double digits for south wales and southwest england. those temperatures could rise further on monday. see what the temperatures are going to do where you are on the bbc weather app.

this is bbc news, the headlines nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are on strike amid a row with the government over pay. it's the biggest walk out of its kind for the profession. the white house has ordered the release of thousands of documents on the murder of presidentjohn f kennedy in full for the first time. it says 97% of records in the collection are now publicly available. britain's ministry of defence has announced an inquiry into allegations that special forces soldiers murdered scores of unarmed civilians in afghanistan. it'll look at night raids carried out between mid—2010 and mid—2013 prince harry has said his brother william screamed and shouted at him during a meeting

about his and meghan's role in the royal family. it's among claims made in the latest instalment