The White House has ordered the release of thousands of documents on the murder of US President John F Kennedy in full for the first time. With the publication of some 13,173 files online, the White House said more than 97% of records in the collection were now publicly available. No huge revelations are expected from the papers, but historians hope to learn more about the assassination. Kennedy was shot during a visit to Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963. A 1992 law required the government to release all documents on the assassination by October 2017. On Thursday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorising the latest disclosure. But he said some files would be kept under wraps until June 2023 to protect against possible “identifiable harm”. The US National Archives said that 515 documents would remain withheld in full, and another 2,545 documents would be partly withheld.(BBC)…[+]

The EU has threatened Twitter owner Elon Musk with sanctions after several journalists covering the company had their accounts abruptly suspended. Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accounts. EU commissioner Vera Jourova warned that the EU’s Digital Services Act requires the respect of media freedom. “Elon Musk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon,” she tweeted. She said: “News about arbitrary suspension of journalists on Twitter is worrying. “[The] EU’s Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom and fundamental rights. This is reinforced under our Media Freedom Act.” Mr Musk tweeted that accounts which he claimed engaged in doxxing – a term to describe to the release of private information online about individuals – receive a temporary seven-day suspension. “Same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else,” he tweeted. A Twitter spokeswoman earlier told tech website The Verge that the ban was related to the live sharing of location data. Mr Musk took control of Twitter in October in a $44bn ($36bn) deal.(BBC)…[+]

A couple behind a suspected ambush in rural Australia, in which two police offers were killed, appear to have posted a video during the attacks, where they admitted to the killings.  Queensland Police said they were aware of the tape but did not confirm whether it showed Gareth and Stacey Train. The couple, along with Gareth’s brother Nathaniel, were killed by police after shooting two officers and a neighbour. Police are looking into the trio’s links to conspiracy theories. Officials said the suspects used “many weapons”, but are yet to reveal what kind – or any motive for the attack. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday said it was a “vicious and deadly ambush”. The Queensland Police union boss Ian Leavers claimed the property was set up with a sophisticated surveillance system and a stockpile of guns and ammunition. In videos uploaded to a YouTube account – first reported by local media outlet Crikey on Friday morning – a pair sharing the likeness of Gareth and Stacey rail against police.(BBC)…[+]