World War II scoop reporter receives AP apology

The Associated Press news agency has apologised for sacking a reporter who broke the news World War II was over in Europe a day before the agreed embargo.

Ed Kennedy defied the military censors to report the Nazi surrender on the night of 7 May 1945 in France.
The UK and the US had agreed to suppress the announcement for a day so that Russia could stage a second surrender ceremony in Berlin.
AP has now said Kennedy did the right thing in breaking the embargo.
"It was a terrible day for the AP. It was handled in the worst possible way," said president and CEO Tom Curley.
Sworn to secrecy Kennedy was one of 17 reporters taken to witness the formal surrender of German troops to the Allies at 02:41 on 7 May 1945.
The group were sworn to secrecy by US military commanders, told not to report the news until 15:00 on the 8th - a full 36 hours later.
But when Kennedy heard that German radio had announced the surrender at 14:41 on the 7th, he went ahead and published his story an hour later - a day ahead of the competition.