welcome to bbc news. i'm david willis. our top stories. official documents about the assassination ofjohn f. kennedy are finally released. but will they silence the conspiracy theorists? the winter of discontent continues as workers from several industries in the uk down tools. thousands protest in turkey after the mayor of istanbul is jailed for 2.5 years for insulting public officials. and the monarchy according to harry and meghan: the latest revelations from their netflix series.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it's nearly 60 years since presidentjohn f kennedy was shot dead in dallas, texas, and throughout that time the circumstances surrounding his assassination have been the subject of massive speculation and numerous conspiracy theories. in the last few hours, however, thousands of documents relating tojfk's death have been released to the public for the very first time. the white house said the release of 70% of the outstanding secret service documents would provide greater a understanding of the investigation into one of the most tragic events in modern american history. our reporter tom brada joins me now. the release of these documents has been highly anticipated, hasn't it?

it it? is fair to say there has been it is fair to say there has been feverish anticipation surrounding the release of these 13,000 documents, so much interest, i should these 13,000 documents, so much interest, ishould be these 13,000 documents, so much interest, i should be able to show you a photo of the website, when the national archives first put up these newly released records crashed, all the pages are up and running again so people can look for themselves formation and the reason there is so much interest and this is because like you said this was such a pivotal moment in us history and global history, so many historians and east words are interested in what happened but it also became fertile ground for conspiracy theories like you said, for anyone who isn't familiar with what happened on that day i will take you through it in some detail. these are footage ofjfk and his wife driving through dallas, texas on 22nd november

1963. and then i can show you another picture, during that motorcade, they came under fire, specifically from a sniper, a bullet hitjohn f. kennedy it's a grainy picture around 59 years ago that is him after being hit by a sniper bullet and ultimately killed. soon afterwards this man lee harvey oswald was arrested this is his mugshot and days later he himself was shot and killed, so it is all of these harrowing details is why so many people are so fascinated and why there are so fascinated and why there are so fascinated and why there are so many questions about what exactly happened stop and what exactly happened stop and what other contents of these documents. what other contents of these documente— what other contents of these documents. ~ ., ., ~ ., documents. what do we know we don't know _ documents. what do we know we don't know before? _ documents. what do we know we don't know before? lots - documents. what do we know we don't know before? lots of - don't know before? lots of thins don't know before? lots of things peeple _ don't know before? lots of things people are - don't know before? lots of. things people are interested in, for example the movements of lee harvey oswald in the weeks building up to the

assassination, specifically people are interested in his visit to mexico city where he met with a soviet kgb officer, and interesting details about his personality, the fact he was a very isolated figure, a very alienating man from the world, his wife is quoted as saying he would not be happy anywhere, only on the moon, perhaps, but i'm afraid all these pieces of information are largely already known, there are no earthshattering revelations for anyone interested in finding something which would change their view entirely, in fact there is most importantly no concrete suggestion anyone else was involved, the conclusion lee harvey oswald acted alone still remains. . ,. . lamar waldron is an investigative historian, and author of �*the hidden history of thejfk assassination�*. he joins us now from atlanta. thank you forjoining us on bbc

news. it is a huge trove of documents, what's missing, but haven't they released? mil documents, what's missing, but haven't they released?— haven't they released? all of the most _ haven't they released? all of the most important - haven't they released? all of the most important files - haven't they released? all of the most important files we | the most important files we know about from earlier instances and testimony by cia officials and the two dozen officials and the two dozen officials that talked to me and my collaborator none of the most important files were released today, 13,000 figure somewhat misleading to people who don't study these things like some of us do. most of the files have been released before but they had protections, a name was censored, a date was censored or a source was censored, among those 13,000 are very few looks like, perhaps even less than 100 entirely new documents. the vast majority of what was released today we already have, we just had a few names blacked out, none of the most important files were released today, the

biden administration and you can look on the web —— white house website and see this, they are saying they kicked the cantu during third because so many of the cia agents, the secret service and the state department the defence department the defence department had requested that documents had to be kept secret because it would destroy national security if they were released, so that's why very few actual new documents were released,. 50 few actual new documents were released. -_ few actual new documents were released. -— released,. so no smoking gun? there will _ released,. so no smoking gun? there will be _ released,. so no smoking gun? there will be more _ released,. so no smoking gun? there will be more on - released,. so no smoking gun? there will be more on the - released,. so no smoking gun? there will be more on the 30th | there will be more on the 30th of next year. not at all no smoking gun people might have found smoking guns in the document we know exist, where mafia godfathers confess their role in thejfk murder to and if ei agent, and people forget that there was one government

commission the warren commission the warren commission their conclusion was the first and least informed of six government committees, the fifth government committee in congress and the late 70s, it concluded thatjfk was killed as part of a conspiracy, and they named two mafia godfathers including one with any connections to the family of 0swald as having the motivation means an opportunity to kill jfk. the means an opportunity to kill jfk. the fbi did a means an opportunity to kill jfk. the fbi did a good job they talk to a soulmate of one of the godfathers, he confessed to him in the prison yard, they got wiretapped radio into that sale, and the godfather talked about he owned the jack ruby nightclub, feeding 0swald all sorts of things, those tapes and transcripts exist they have never been released, and so we knew they wouldn't be released today, i don't think they will be released onjune 30 either.

why are people so fascinated with jfk and why are people so fascinated withjfk and the kennedy family? with jfk and the kennedy famil ? �* , , ., family? because, number one in encland family? because, number one in england you _ family? because, number one in england you have _ family? because, number one in england you have the _ family? because, number one in england you have the royals, i england you have the royals, they occupy a lot of media space, in america unfortunately people worship wealth, the father ofjfk was one of well used men in america, as a clan and a dynastic, john f. kennedy and a dynastic, john f. kennedy and his brothers robert were big politicalfigures, their children have gone on to become political figures children have gone on to become politicalfigures and children have gone on to become political figures and all the secrecy surrounding jfk enters death, that these federal agencies are saying it would destroy national security to release the top—secret files, this many years after it, has people wondering, the fact the most heavily guarded man in america, lee harvey oswald could be killed in a police station via gangster, i mean that's pretty odd on television

and that shocked me. those are things in america the factjack ruby was a gangster working for the mafia that wasn't reported in any newspaper or television until the mid—19 70s when that committee investigated, the house select committee on assassinations when they finally documented these links between jack ruby and the mafia. ~ , ., mafia. we must leave it there but thank _ mafia. we must leave it there but thank you _ mafia. we must leave it there but thank you for _ mafia. we must leave it there but thank you for your - mafia. we must leave it there but thank you for your time. l let's get some of the day's other news. rescue teams in malaysia have confirmed that at least two people have died after a landslide near a campsite. it happened about a0 miles from kuala lumpur, at batang kali. officials say more than 51 people are missing. rescue efforts are still ongoing, and we'll bring you more details when we have them. the ukrainian city of kherson has been left without electricity, 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 at a time when winter temperatures have fallen below freezing. the supreme court of peru has ordered that the former president, pedro castillo, be held in detention for 18 months before standing trial for rebellion and conspiracy. he was thrown out of office when he tried to suspend the congress. his supporters have continued their protests, despite the declaration of a nationwide state of emergency on wednesday. harvard university has appointed its first black dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. claudine gay, who is the daughter of haitian immigrants, will become only the second woman to hold the job when she takes over next year. the uk is being gripped by a wave of industrial action across multiple industries in the run up to christmas and the new year, in what's

being called the new "winter of discontent". tens of thousands of nurses have been taking part in the biggest strike in the history of britain's public health service. at issue are disagreements over pay and staff shortages. the royal college of nursing is asking for a 19% pay rise, which the uk government says is unaffordable. life preserving care, such as emergency treatment and neo—natal services haven't been affected, but there's been disruption to routine surgery and other planned treatment. they're due to go on strike again next week. things just thingsjust get things just get tighter and tighter, and we are expected to just keep pulling on with things, he finding i'm getting emotional, keep finding reserves, and enough is enough. we have to make a stand to get

the government to at least enter— the government to at least enter into some discussions at the moment they are not even entertaining them. it is the moment they are not even entertaining them.— entertaining them. it is not 'ust entertaining them. it is not just nurses _ entertaining them. it is not just nurses there _ entertaining them. it is not just nurses there aren't - entertaining them. it is not - just nurses there aren't enough doctors — just nurses there aren't enough doctors or— just nurses there aren't enough doctors or physios _ just nurses there aren't enough doctors or physios and - just nurses there aren't enough doctors or physios and it - just nurses there aren't enough doctors or physios and it is - doctors or physios and it is for patient's _ doctors or physios and it is for patient's safety - doctors or physios and it is for patient's safety force. i well, postal workers have taken action for a second day, with another two strike days planned for next week. rail services across the uk will to be severely disrupted. passengers are again being advised not to travel by train unless absolutely necessary from friday as workers in the rmt union begin another 48—hour strike. the industrial action is part of their long—running dispute about pay, job security and working conditions. 0ur political editor chris mason says the government is taking this very seriously. there is lots of conversations going on within government about precisely what they do, changing the law to make striking lizzie active that could come pretty soon into the new year, one suggestion today

may be these pay review bodies should be able to look again at pay, given the inflation since they last locked, most governments say that is not realistic right now, others a little more warm to the idea and then the industrial black —— reaction to calm real nervousness in government about ambulance strikes in wales taking place next wednesday and a sense industrial reaction this winter is onlyjust starting. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: more revelations on harry and meghan's rift with the royals in the latest instalment of their netflix series. cheering and singing. 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 3.5

years of conflict — conflict that 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 in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house, to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteeing bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. official documents about the assassination ofjohn f. kennedy have been released — but will they silence

the conspiracy theorists? the winter of discontent continues as workers from several industries in the uk down tools. in turkey, the mayor of istanbul has praised huge crowds of supporters who rallied to condemn his conviction and political ban. ekrem imamoglu, who's a rival to president recep tayyip erdogan, was sentenced to 2.5 years injail on wednesday for insulting public officials. 0livia 0tigbah reports. turkey's democracies facing a challenging moment. in istanbul, _ challenging moment. in istanbul, tens of thousands of people gathered to protest what they see as calculated suppression of the city's mia. 0n suppression of the city's mia. on wednesday, a court sent ekrem imamoglu to more than two years in prison and banned him from politics for the same

length of time for insulting a public official back in 2019. he is now calling on all turkish citizens to voice their opposition. turkish citizens to voice their opposition-— opposition. translation: millions of _ opposition. translation: millions of people - opposition. translation: millions of people are - millions of people are mobilising, standing up for democracy, for democracy and freedom, people are standing up for rightful law and justice. backin for rightful law and justice. back in 2019, ekrem imamoglu beta candidate from the ruling ak party to become istanbul's mayor. and some see him as a rival to president bird again's hold on power. mr 0da gann has led turkey for more than two decades and there will be a residential and parliamentary elections next year but with rising living costs in a plundering currency, many turks want to change.— plundering currency, many turks want to change. translation: we came here today — want to change. translation: we came here today so _ want to change. translation: we came here today so we _ want to change. translation: we came here today so we can - came here today so we can continue to live in a country ruled by the law. we think the law has been violated and we

have come to defend our rights. ekrem imamoglu's jail sentence of bootable band still needs to be confirmed by an appeals court. if he does not behind bars, president erdogan's authority will be all the stronger. the united states has officially requested the extradition of daniel duggan , a former us marine accused of training chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers. daniel duggan was arrested by australian police in october at the request of the fbi, and has been accused of breaking american arms control laws. duggan's lawyer says he denies breaching any law, and also makes the point that mr duggan is an australian citizen who has renounced his american citizenship. let's go live to sydney now and speak to our correspondent phil mercer.

he was due to appear in court, bring us up—to—date. this is likely to be a very drawn—out affair. lawyers for both sides appear before a magistrate in the sydney and the last couple of hours and they will be back before the court again early next week. daniel duggan is accused of four offences in the united states, including a conspiracy to unlawfully sell defence services to china and violating arms exports in the united states. essentially, daniel duggan is accused of treating chinese military pilots in south africa more than a decade ago. he was arrested in the united states is formally made this expedition across to australia and it seems highly likely that daniel duggan will very strongly resist those attempts to send him to trial in the united states.—

to send him to trial in the united states. phil mercer “oininr united states. phil mercer joining us _ united states. phil mercer joining us from _ united states. phil mercer joining us from sydney. i the first episodes of 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. 0ur royal correspondent — nicholas witchell reports. 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 slash 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. i'm joined now by the royal commentator, richard berthel—sen. thank you for your time and joining us. what you make of this and how damaging is all this and how damaging is all this to the royal family? i think the list as presented by nicholas just now is a very damaging list but we have to remember what he said at the outset, this is their story on their terms, told in their way.

there is no pushback in this series or alternative versions order may be happening. what have been done to change the situation or perhaps in their perception of things. i think they were very successful as a young married couple. harry was always exceptionally popular, meghan seemed to take to the role with a degree of freshness. this should have been a great success but it seems to got my down into what some people are going to see as exceptional issues, given some of the larger issues that face the public and the royal family. i5 the public and the royal famil. , �* ., the public and the royal famil. m ., ., family. is buckingham palace riaht to family. is buckingham palace right to refuse _ family. is buckingham palace right to refuse to _ family. is buckingham palace right to refuse to comment i family. is buckingham palace| right to refuse to comment on this slew of allegations? i think it's going to be difficult for the palace to go through because there are so many different allegations. i was making a list of them as i was waiting and is so extensive, it will be difficult to go through one by one and reviewed them and of course

there will be questions about those that are not touched. there is a book coming in january for whatever has not been dealt with in this series. so the palace may well be waiting until after that. of course, there are various former staffers at the palace were pushing back on some of these notions as well as there will be, i'm sure surrogates in the media who will be presenting another version of events. ., , , ., , events. could this prompt changes _ events. could this prompt changes in _ events. could this prompt changes in any _ events. could this prompt changes in any way, - events. could this prompt changes in any way, in - events. could this prompt| changes in any way, in the events. could this prompt - changes in any way, in the way that the royal household operates?— that the royal household operates? that the royal household oerates? ~ ~ operates? well, i think it may have prompted _ operates? well, i think it may have prompted some - operates? well, i think it may have prompted some changesj have prompted some changes already. it's very careful and somewhat skittish, the royal house,in somewhat skittish, the royal house, in dealing with this. it needs understandings in this communication as well. and they've drawn a very, very dark line now under those members of the royal family who are working royals, the 11 members of the royal family, and those that are not working royals and we don't see them at all. there is much more of a degree of

consistency by the royal household. i think it should prompt a whole range of questions about some of the things that happened and hopefully there will be an opportunity to learn. the family itself is getting quite small and it's going to be a long time before anyone knew joins the royal family given the young age of the prince and princess of wales children. thank you very much indeed for joining us. actor henry cavill has been dropped as superman. the news comes less than two months after he said he would be coming back to play the role. but in october, just after the first announcement — new bosses took over the film studio in charge, dc studios. they had other plans and decided cavill won't be returning after all. he first played superman back in 2013 and made two further appearances as the super hero

my my phone has yet to ring with an offer of that part. more from us here in bbc news throughout the evening. thank you forjoining us. an end to this cold spell is on the horizon, but not just 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 this see this band of patchy rain, sleet and hill snow continuing to push southward, 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 feel just a little less cold. this band of rain still with some hill snow across the 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 would 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: president biden has ordered the release of thousands of official documents about the assassination of president kennedy in 1963. he says it will give the public a greater understanding of a tragic event in american history, but nearly six decades after the killing, some material will remain secret. rail workers, airport staff and postal employees have walked out over pay and working conditions in recent weeks, causing long waits at train stations and airports and delaying deliveries. on thursday, tens of thousands of nurses staged the biggest public health service strike in history. the mayor of the turkish city

of istanbul has praised huge