And merican vote its. We begin with breaking news out of new york hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of Sexual Assault and 3rd degree rape but hes been acquitted on the most serious charges christensen he is live for us in new york kristen just tell us a little bit more about these charges and about the verdicts. Right well as you mentioned the 2 most serious charges predatory Sexual Assault he was found not guilty but he was found guilty. Rape in the 3rd degree and a Sexual Assault a criminal Sexual Assault those 2 charges relate to allegations of 2 women one an actress one a Production Assistant who said that they were forced into this relationship with Harvey Weinstein the defense had argued that this was a consensual relationship and they pointed to emails and other evidence that showed that both women maintained a relationship with Harvey Weinstein after the alleged attacks occurred even at times of flirtatious relationship and a sexual relationship with him but the jury took the prosecutions argument and their account into their point of view as they decided that he was in fact guilty of those charges the predatory sexual attack the predatory Sexual Assault charges would have required that the prosecutors showed a pattern of abuse over the years and the jury was not willing to go that far we found out on friday that they had questions on that charge and that they were split on that today they came back unanimously to say that they did not have enough evidence to find him guilty that would have required that they believe the story of an actress who took the stand annabel askew aura who allege that she was raped back in the ninetys in her hotel room by having Harvey Weinstein she testified emotionally before the court very high profile actress who played in the sopranos but her situation occurred in the mid ninetys which is before the statute of limitations so it was quite some time ago and too long ago to bring charges against weinstein for that case in particular but the prosecuting it was hoping that her story along with 3 other women who also testified that they were raped. Or assaulted by him would give them enough evidence to convict on this hire charge which carried up to life in prison for weinstein and now hes still likely to do some time and hes not clear of charges either there is also charges pending in los angeles against him. As a result but so not the full verdict that prosecutors were hoping for but certainly some time behind bars is now likely for for this famous hollywood producer and also kristin interesting Lee Weinstein was found not guilty of 1st degree rape big guilty of 3rd degree rape was thought was an interesting outcome tell us about the complainants in this case i believe there were 2 women whose accounts were being considered in the trial. Yes the 2 guilty charges relate to a an aspiring actress and a Production Assistant who they say were forced into these relationships. As you know and this case against Harvey Weinstein really prompted a National Movement known as the me to move men there were countless women who came forward after reports began surfacing in the media there had been rumors about Harvey Weinstein being this letteris producer for years it was kind of circulating that a lot of Media Outlets did not want to touch the story because he was just so powerful but when some women came forward including the Actress Rose Mcgowan and started talking about it on social media it prompted women around the country to talk about their own cases of sexual abuse we saw people coming out in droves outside of the courthouse when Harvey Weinstein showed up womens groups chanting and taunting him. Because of this movement that he inspired it really helped expose some of the dirty secrets of hollywood in Many Industries where men of power had taken advantage of women and caused so many women to speak out that this case really resonated and continues to resonate for women around the country and around the globe but again he will not face the most severe charges the most severe charges the. Jury found that there wasnt enough evidence to convict him but a partial victory for women who are looking for some justice for Harvey Weinstein my colleague. Joe actually has more about the history of weinsteins case and the movement that he inspired. The one state was not just the producer but maybe one of the most powerful ever many of the greatest actors or actresses over the past 40 years have worked with him in some capacity either directly or through his movie studio. Throughout his career weinstein has 81 Academy Awards to his name and his power extended into politics at the very highest of levels from bill and Hillary Clinton who called him a personal friend to brocken Michelle Obama one of their daughters briefly worked for weinstein to donald trump who often was at the same new york events but it was weinsteins influence in hollywood and his ability to make or break an actors career where he had his most power and according to prosecutors he wielded that power by sexually exploiting women. Hes been on trial in new york for allegedly raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 20064 other women testified against him saying they too were victims more than 100 other women many anonymously have come out publicly and said they too were assaulted by weinstein during the 4 week trial prosecutors told the 12 person jury weinstein was a serial rapist and manipulator his defense argued otherwise if you look at all the evidence the evidence shows consensual relationships in 2017 the New York Times 1st reported allegations of abuse against weinstein sparking women to come forward and talking about abuse at the hands of more powerful men Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted if youve ever been sexually harassed or assaulted write me to as a reply to this tweet thousands did and the movement took off. And. Then. There were protests throughout the u. S. And hollywood celebrities launched a campaign to fight Sexual Harassment in the workplace times up on the pervasive culture of silence that is unable to abusers like weinstein the me too Movement Born out of weinstein but the question now is where does it go from here as for weinstein himself its not over prosecutors in los angeles have charged him with rape and Sexual Assault of 2 other women gabriel is on to aljazeera new york. The World Health Organization is sending a medical team to iran where the coronavirus emergency is growing around Health Ministry says trials people have died of the disease and deny the total is closer to 58 afghanistan bahrain kuwait soem on iraq are all reporting infections of travelers from iran to more people have died in northern italy raising the total there to 6 almost 200. 00 cases are reported in europe the highest concentration outside of asia stock market indexes fell on monday as traders sold shares in reaction to the krona virus News Companies doing business in china as well as tourism an airline suffered the heaviest falls in share prices and the National Peoples congress in china has been postponed for the 1st time in decades a 20 year begins our coverage from china where more than 2 and a half 1000 people have been killed across china the coronavirus outbreak has closed shops restaurants and now beijings great hall of the people. Every much the venue puts the countrys most important political event the National Peoples congress but chinas top lawmakers have voted to delay the parliamentary gathering urging its 2000 delegates to stay home to fight the epidemic protecting the capital from a major outbreak has also become a priority beijing reported to shop increasing cases over the weekend bringing the total to about 400 many are still too afraid to return to work. As best their 100 employees. We already have iraq to people ok the office. I thought a subway to work was going to be packed but there actually werent many people also announced the banning of trade in illegal wildlife the virus is thought to have a originated in a 100. 00 wildlife and seafood market. New current virus cases and teletubbies have been concentrated in who 24 of chinas 31 provinces reported no new cases in the past 24 hours 6 have lowered Emergency Response levels president xi jinping has described the epidemic as a crisis and a major test and hes encouraging manufacturers and other industries to restart operations repost of. Industries which of the National Economy and peoples livelihood hinges and prices accelerating operation resumption are working at a full swing to increase production its the 1st time chinas National Peoples congress has been delayed in decades so far no new date has been set but analysts say when the missing is rescheduled that will be the biggest indicator that china has finally won its socalled war against the corona virus outbreak. Aljazeera. As we had earlier the number of deaths in iran has increased the Health Ministry there has to be transparent with the situation. We need to be honest we need to be transparent in the face of those people who are trying to distort the situation regarding other regions id like to say we are dealing with the cases and the symptoms and we have all the capabilities to spot this virus if we have a case that is suspected we will move them to a better place to be hospitalized we have the full capabilities to deter or to treat and we will see everything in a clear way lets go live now to madame jerome whos in milan because of course mohamed weve seen 6 people dead in islay 200 cases milan is the closest city to the outbreak there whats happening there how is the outbreak being felt there. Well kim here in downtown milan were just in front of the Central Railway station its not really a sense of panic people are taking precautions there is a sense of alarm but there are people out and about now its much emptier this time of day on a weekday event it would usually be but there are still out and about in a lot of them some of them are Wearing Masks but a lot of them are not all that being said though d people are d concerned because just in the past week you had just a handful last week of cases of corona virus cases in northern italy and just in the past few days it is spiked and now were told just in the past few hours from authorities that number is now over 225 people whove been infected now the mayor of milan has urged people not to panic one of the reasons for that is because there have been videos going around of social media today purporting to show Grocery Store shelves that have been raided panic buying essentially going on the mayor of milan earlier in the day stated that people should not panic why should not read shelves here but he also stated that their main mission right now is to try to contain the spread of the virus and he conceded that yes there have been a spike in numbers but that he says thats probably because more Health Officials now are testing more people so you should expect to see more numbers emerging more people infected in the coming days now one of the things thats been going on here is that schools have been temporarily shut down major Tourist Attractions like the scala opera house as well as the landmark cathedral here in this town have also been shut down temporarily but Officials Say that they will reopen within a matter of days also the carnival in venice that had been closed earlier than anticipated and earlier in the day the governor of the netto province told the press i never thought i would have to sign an order to shut down the venice carnival i never thought wed. I have to close the schools churches museums and all Public Places i know im asking a lot from our citizens but i know that when things get hard we can pull together we just need to think about our health and thats really the message coming from all the officials that are speaking to the press here across italy they are saying that people should try to be calm try not to panic and try to understand that the officials here are doing their utmost to contain the spread of this virus. The law says latest from milan thank you thousands of people have been injured in central germany after a car rammed through a con of a parade in the town of folks mawson police say the driver has been arrested. So ahead on aljazeera libyas internationally recognized Prime Minister takes his case to the worlds highest human rights body. And saying farewell to a superstar thousands gathered to pay tribute to basketball legend. However rain is returning from the eastern med spreading across the levant and expanding the cloud are goes back into North East Africa through egypt into sudan but i think that in the power of want to shout its going to be drawing on that for egypt and then through jordan into northern sorry that looks like quite sherry stuff with the heaviest red light to be in iraq and then trading down towards kew wait this could include baghdad to the potential for flooding is there and its true iran as well as snow only the very top of the highest ground on the iranian side of the border behind it all sunshine and shout out as breezy as it could have been 16 in a river that raises the question across saudi arabia and in contrast what light southerly means warm for the u. A. E. For qatar riyadhs at 33 degrees as well that will change a bit as the winters into a northerly everything passes through in the weather and i was caught in the rain goes towards iran sunshine is left behind and its warmed up more in beirut 17 degrees most in north africa seen a bit of a chill particularly in egypt and in libya behind this cold front potential are slowly on the rise now and the breeze that went offshore and brought the orange weather to the canaries thats changed now as well. Migrants in uniform volunteering their labor to appease locals and combat the anti migrant sentiment. People in power travels to the north of italy where a bold experiment is underway. With an unconventional approach to integration. Italys migrant boot camp on a. Week. Youre watching our desire on her mind of our top stories this hour hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of criminal Sexual Assault and a 3rd degree rape by a jury in new york he has however been acquitted of the most serious charge which could have meant a life sentence. The World Health Organization says its sending a team to iran for a spike of cases there around Health Ministry says 12 people have died from the virus kuwait bahrain oman and afghanistan have all reported cases of infected travelers coming from iran. China is delaying its biggest political event of the year the National Peoples congress because of the coronavirus gathering of thousands of communist Party Officials usually takes place at the beginning of march. The Islamic Jihad group in gaza says its ended its military response against israel after 2 days of cross border violence israel carried out another round of airstrikes on sunday injuring 4 people the military says it was a response to dozens of rockets fired into southern israel it also carried out strikes on the armed groups in syria on sunday night killing 2 members in damascus harry forsett joins me now live from west jerusalem harry so Islamic Jihad says its ended its military response to you know why. Well its says that it is carried out the military response that it has promised to do after the start of this escalation which really began on sunday morning with an israeli fire on to pass an Islamic Jihad fighters which israel who is or said have been planting an i. E. D. An improvised explosive device near the border fence and then an attempt by israel successful one to use a bulldozer to recover the body of the one of those 2 fighters who was killed in that attack. That was video which was very. Seen as really outrageous by many in gaza and led to palace of Islamic Jihad pledging revenge there was an escalation on sunday in terms of rocket fire and israeli air strikes including strikes in syria which kills 2 further Islamic Jihad fighters leading to a day today monday of really quite heavy cross border exchanges some 50 rockets the Israeli Military saying coming from gaza into israeli territory numerous airstrikes across the gaza strip targeting Islamic Jihad sites in response type fire as well coming from israel there was a pretty. Finally worded and explicit warning from the israeli P