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I'm Paul Moss, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 20th of December, these are our main stories.

The US has released 300,000 official documents, photographs and video recordings relating to Jeffrey

Epstein. American forces have struck suspected Islamic state targets in Syria, and the BBC has

heard claims from Palestinian prisoners that they were sexually abused while in Israeli custody.

Also in this program,

He's going upstairs without a light.

Yes, he likes to move around in the dark, poor man.

More than four decades after his death,

a radio play written by Tennessee Williams is heard for the first time.

So, Tennessee Williams is heard for the first time. So Bill Clinton is in a hot tub.

Britain's former Prince Andrew is stretched across the laps of what looked to be five women.

And the photographs released as part of the Epstein files also show Mick Jagger and Galane Maxwell at a dinner table,

while Michael Jackson and Diana Ross also put in an appearance.

The US Justice Department released more than 300,000 pages from its investigations into Epstein,

the late financier and convicted sex offender, not just photographs, but also audio recordings and documents about the

original criminal case against Epstein. Now, to be very clear, being in a photograph with someone

or being close friends with them does not in itself constitute wrongdoing. And indeed,

that's the argument that's been made consistently by President Trump.

He, of course, appears in that much-viewed video clip, apparently laughing and joking with Epstein at a

social event. But he dismissed the importance of a previous batch of photographs released just a week

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