a huge response to the tv drama about the post office scandal that saw hundreds of innocent branch managers wrongfully prosecuted for theft. we ll hear from one who s fought forjustice for 20 years. whilst there are some brighter skies ahead for us all there is still some rain in the forecast today particularly across the south, i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 4th january. our main story. a row about emergency cover has broken out between nhs bosses and union leaders, as a strike byjunior doctors in england enters its second day. yesterday nhs leaders made 20 requests for striking doctors to return to the wards and help overstretched services but the british medical association accused them of misusing the system, which is known as derogation. a number of nhs trusts have reported long waiting times in a&e, with some declaring critical incidents. here s more from our health editor hugh pym. # hey, vicky, ooh, ahh # i wanna know when you ll pay u
it s 8am on thursday morning in singapore. we start in the middle east. iran s supreme leader, says there ll be a harsh response, after at least 95 people were killed by two explosions in the south eastern city of kerman. the blasts were near the saheb al zaman mosque, where thousands of people had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of a senior general who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to pay their respects to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack
names of people who are, in one way or another, associated with the latejeffrey epstein. now, inclusion on this list doesn t mean that they have done anything wrong they could be accusers ofjeffrey epstein, they could be witnesses of any alleged wrongdoing. and as you implied, jeffrey epstein moved in high circles. he mixed with politicians and business people and hollywood famous stars, as well. and that is why there is so much interest in this as to who could be on the list. he is known to have associated with some very high profile figures, some of whom have since disassociated themselves with him i m thinking of former presidents like bill clinton and donald trump, and prince andrew in the uk, of course, essentially saw the ending of his royal career because of his friendship withjeffrey epstein he has denied any wrongdoing. so this really comes from a civil trial, a civil case that was brought against ghislaine maxwell, one ofjeffrey epstein s
the papers relate to a case that was brought against epstein s associate ghislaine maxwell. she is currently serving a twenty year jail sentence for child sex trafficking. our correspondent in los angeles peter bowes told us more about what s in the documents. there are 9li3 pages in all transcripts of interviews, depositions, all part of a civil lawsuit brought by one ofjeffrey epstein s accusers against ghislaine maxwell, his long time friend and associate, who is now serving 20 years in prison for crimes that she committed with him. and yes, these documents have references to several of the very high profile people that we know were associates ofjeffrey epstein over the years. there are more than 60 references to prince andrew. there s the repeating of at least one allegation against him that in the past, buckingham palace has described as categorically untrue. former president bill clinton is also mentioned, as expected. he was known sometimes to use jeffrey epstein s planes to fly
let s speak now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, good morning, hello to you. we have been waiting quite some time for this list, haven t we, what have we learned from this list? yes. for this list, haven t we, what have we learned from this list? yes, much anticipated. we learned from this list? yes, much anticipated. 943 we learned from this list? yes, much anticipated, 943 pages we learned from this list? yes, much anticipated, 943 pages to we learned from this list? yes, much anticipated, 943 pages to be - anticipated, 943 pages to be precise. good morning, naga. a lot of information based on transcripts of information based on transcripts of interviews, depositions, e mails, all relating to a civil lawsuit brought by one ofjeffrey epstein s accuses against ghislaine maxwell who is now serving time in prison for crimes she committed with him and as expected the documents contain the names of some very high profile people who we have known for some time