Experienced the worst flooding in the history of the country. Which has experienced. There are a number of updates in the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Police in the us and uk have launched an investigation into allegations against him, including allegations of nonconsensual sex which are unequivocally denied by him. And we know that the number of accusers has grown to more than 30 actresses, including kate beckinsale. More people have been speaking about his behaviour. Here is Emma Thompson with the bbcs emily maitlis. Behaviour. Here is Emma Thompson with the bbcs emily maitlisli didnt with the bbcs emily maitlis. |i didnt know about these things but it didnt surprise me at all they are endemic in the system. What i find extraordinary is that this man is at the top of a very particular iceberg. I dont think you can describe him as a sex addict, hes a predator. But what he is at the top of the ladder of is a system of harassment, belittling and bullying and interference and what my mother would have referred to in the olden days as pestering. Another actress speaking out has beenjane fonda. She was interviewed for the bbc Hard Talk Programme and said she found out about Harvey Weinsteins behaviour last year and now regrets not speaking out. Why do they talk about it . Because hes powerful because they are scared. Who are the women he preyed on and praise on . Young women. Most of these women we re young women. Most of these women were in their 20s when it happened, vulnerable, afraid if they say anything or do anything that it will ruin their career. I found anything or do anything that it will ruin their career. Ifound out anything or do anything that it will ruin their career. I found out about him abouta ruin their career. I found out about him about a year ago and i wish i had spoken out. Why didnt you . M didnt happen to me. I understand that. I didnt want to expose and i admiti that. I didnt want to expose and i admit i should have been braver. And from now on i will be when i hear such stories. I will speak to nick brya nt such stories. I will speak to nick bryant in new york for more details than a few minutes. But i also want to tell you about the north American Family that has been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban for five years and which, today has been released. The Pakistani Military freed joshua boyle, who is canadian, and caitlin coleman, who is american, along with their three children, all of whom we re their three children, all of whom were born in captivity. The couple we re were born in captivity. The couple were kidnapped back in 2012 in december last year this video was released and in december. December last year this video was released and in december. To whichever state Department Official has to watch this video, we know the president will not see it all the incoming president , and that the decision probably lies with you. There is no point explaining that to oui there is no point explaining that to our captors and im sure you think my family could get out of this if we wa nted my family could get out of this if we wanted and i can only promise you that we cant. The rescue took place in the semi autonomous tribal belt against the border with afghanistan. President trump spoke after the release had been announced. The pakistani Governments Cooperation isa sign pakistani Governments Cooperation is a sign that it is honouring americans wish that it do more to provide security in the region, and i want to thank the pakistani government. I want to thank pakistan. They worked very hard on this and i believe they are starting to respect to the United States again. There are lots of different reports about the release. This is jennifer griffin, a correspondent with fox news who said a us official told there was no military operation involved the release. I have been speaking to gary 0donoghue in the bbc newsroom in washington to find out what we can say with any certainty about what happened. The only thing we really know for certain is that it was a an American Intelligence Service that spotted the movement of the hostages, that as they crossed into pakistan itself that the americans told the pakistani s about this and that they intercepted what we think were moving vehicles, and they somehow got the five hostages and managed to liberate them. Beyond that, we dont really know. There was a report suggesting that american commandos, they were handed over to them, suggesting perhaps there was some military availability nearby. But no one has confirmed any of that. And the latest and most likely bizarre twist to this is that we understand thatjoshua boyle twist to this is that we understand that joshua boyle is twist to this is that we understand thatjoshua boyle is refusing to get ona thatjoshua boyle is refusing to get on a plane to fly to the United States. We a re on a plane to fly to the United States. We are not exactly sure what his concerns are but he has an interesting background in that he was married to a woman whose brother was married to a woman whose brother was in Guantanamo Bay for ten years. Do we know where they are . We think they are still in pakistan but we dont have any idea. There was one of those big hercules transporter planes due to fly them out but the last thing we heard is that he was refusing to get on it. This could all be nothing in the sense that you knows what five years of captivity does to yourjudgment . You might wa nt to does to yourjudgment . You might want to wait and draw breath. We are waiting for some developments. It was interesting to hear that donald trump wanted this to happen now. He was very clear and he made a blistering speech in which he absolutely slammed pakistan for not cooperating, for harbouring terrorists on its territory, for its Intelligence Services are being too close to the taliban complaints that the american administrations have had for years. He put them on notice. And hes claiming today explicitly that it is the tough talk that has produced this outcome and he said that countries like pakistan 110w he said that countries like pakistan now respect us because of the way we are conducting our business. From washington to brussels because round five of the brexit negotiations have finished and as usual we had some different assessments. 0ne finished and as usual we had some different assessments. One of the main sticking points seems to be how much the uk will pay to relieve itself of ongoing financial commitments to the eu, the so called divorce bill. First of all, here is Michel Barnier. We can find ourselves to technical discussions. Useful discussions, but technical discussions. So on this question we have reached a state of deadlock which is very disturbing for thousands of project promoters in europe and it is disturbing also for taxpayers. The eu has always said it will not talk about any future trading relationship with the uk until the certain immediate issues are resolved. Michel barnier confirmed he would not be recommending to the eu that those further conversations begin. That is not a surprise, by the way. Next, here is david davis, who is leading the uk negotiating team. Our aim is to provide as much certainty as possible to business, citizens and the European Union. And on this we are making real and tangible progress. I make no secret of the fa ct progress. I make no secret of the fact that to provide certainty we must talk about the future. The prime ministers speech set out the scale of the ambition of our partnership in the European Union and laid out a case for a simple, clear and time period of a meditation on the current terms. As isaid meditation on the current terms. As i said when i stood here last time, i hope the leaders of the 27 will provide Michel Barnier with the means to provide ways forward to explore that with this. Lets speak to ben wright who is live in westminster. An intriguing day. What did you make of it . If there was progress it was fairly imperceptible, once again. Warm words from both sides and yet clearly there are big differences between them on the key brexit divorce issues. Frustration in the uk is that they feel that with theresa mays florent speech, that the uk would honourfinancial commitments made as a member for the two years after the uk left, which we think would be about 18 billion euros, they hope that would be enough to unlock phase two of the negotiations, talking about the future negotiations between the eu and the uk, but once again the eu is holding firm and Michel Barnier says that the two sets of talks cannot be mixed up and that has to be proper progress on the terms of the divorce before there can be any discussion about the future relationship. The two sides, as Michel Barnier said, are deadlocked on those issues. Two sides, as Michel Barnier said, are deadlocked on those issuesm one of the issues that Michel Barnier has strict instructions from the 27 eu members, and david davis is boxed in by political domestic concerns. The concern is that they feel that the mandate that Michel Barnier has been given to negotiate by the european leaders because he is working for them, the council, is too narrow and too inflexible and does not make much sense, particularly on the Northern Ireland question. Two separate future relationship talks from the divorce settlement. Michel barnier is unbending, and so that will be discussed in the october meeting next week in the european council. It is clearly not going to be opening up the phase two talks in the way that the uk hoped a few weeks ago. That is Michel Barnier working in the eu, and you are right, in the uk there is a whole complex layer of domestic Political Considerations that theresa may and david davis have, in particular, pressure this week and the uk to beef up its threat to walk away from the table if the uk is not happy with the way the talks are going. Brexit enthusiasts are urging theresa may and Philip Hammond to commit money to the possibility of there being a no deal scenario, to really prove that this is something the uk are willing to consider. It feels like these negotiations are getting to a critical moment and it will play out in the next two or three months in a way that will determine whether they continue or breakdown. Ben, thank you. We will be in brussels next week for the latest European Union summit. Going back to the lead story, the ever evolving scandal around Harvey Weinstein. Nick bryant is covering this from new york. We have seen that it has been a day of yet more developments. Yes. Not least the new York Police Department, the famed nypd announcing it is reviewing an alleged Sexual Assault by Harvey Weinstein from 2004 that took place not far away from me, entry back in tribeca. A young actress claims Harvey Weinstein forced her to perform a sex act. The new York Police Department are also calling for other women to come forward if they have information and if there are allegations to make themselves. 0n the other side, in london, the metropolitan police say they are looking into an allegation of Sexual Assault that stems from the 19805 and it a55ault that stems from the 19805 and it is believed to have happened in london. 0n and it is believed to have happened in london. On both sides of the atla ntic in london. On both sides of the Atlantic Police are looking into alleged sexual offences. Why did the new york police not pursue this further at the time . A lot of people asking this here. That is because in 2015 somebody approached the nypd and wired her, she went to a hotel, 5he and wired her, she went to a hotel, she got Harvey Weinstein on tape seemingly admitting to groping her but the District Attorney here has 5aid but the District Attorney here has said that there simply wasnt enough evidence to mount a prosecution. But one thing worth pointing out is that this is a very big democratic city and Harvey Weinstein has been a big democratic fundrai5er and Harvey Weinstein has been a big democratic fundraiser and there is a 5u5picion democratic fundraiser and there is a suspicion that that might have shielded him from clo5er 5crutiny. Its also worth saying that his political friends are ostraci5ing him. Many of his movie friends are ostraci5ing him and he finds himself an increasingly isolated figure. Reports tonight he is in a Rehab Facility in arizona a5 reports tonight he is in a Rehab Facility in arizona as the Police Investigations begin to roll. In a few minutes on the programme, could the future of fashion be free of fur . We know that gucci will be because they announced it today. Legislation will be published which will require the regulator, 0fgem to impo5e will require the regulator, 0fgem to impose a temporary limit for those on standard variable tariffs. The Energy Secretary told the commons than to many consumers were getting a bad deal. Our goal is to ensure a fair deal, so the market currently has not delivered this and that is why the Energy Companies and 0fgem need to act and its also precisely for this reason that we are publishing this draft bill today. I have invited the select committee to scrutinise the draft bill which provides for a price cap for domestic consumers on standard variable tariffs and default tariffs. This cap will be temporary and set by the independent energy regulator, 0fgem and it will initially la5t regulator, 0fgem and it will initially last until the end of 2020 with the potential to be extended by up with the potential to be extended by up to three years if needed. We are live on the bbc newsroom. The lead story is that police in the us and uk are investigating sexual a55ault claims against a hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. We can look at some of the main stories. Donald trump i5 look at some of the main stories. Donald trump is due to announce whether he will continue to certify the iran nuclear deal. Bbc persia report5 the iran nuclear deal. Bbc persia reports that the parliamentary leader is not anxious about the decision but i dont suppose he would tell as if he were. The philippine president accused the eu of interfering after a western delegation criticised his violent war on drugs. A5 is his style, he did so in a speech laced with expletive5. That is on the World Service radio. Another day this would be a lead story. The us and israel up pulling out of the Cultural Organisation unesco both alleging an anti israel bia5. Unesco declared the old city of hebron earlier this year a palestinian World Heritage site. Lets learn about more trouble for the Credit Reporting Company acquier fax. Equifax. It was subjected to a hacking attack the compromise the data of millions of users. Now an independent security analyst has found that part of their website was under the control of attackers who we re under the control of attackers who were trying to trick vi5itors into installing fraudulent updates that could infect their computers with malware. Lets find out about it from new york. Let me understand here. Its getting complicated. It loses control of its website and it 5ound5 loses control of its website and it sounds like it has lost control of its business. It has lost control of pretty much everything to do with equifax. You sort of thing, can this company catch a break . Will it favour ever be able to rebuild its reputation . It is part of the equifax website that has been taken down, and what equifax are saying is that they are using an abundance of caution in regard to this, which is why you take on the site down. It come5 why you take on the site down. It comes on the heels of a massive hack where 145 comes on the heels of a massive hack where145 million5 people information was compromise. So who should be worried mo5t watching this around the world . Should be worried mo5t watching this around the world . There are a lot of people whose information has been compromise. It is people whose information has been compromise. It i5145 million americans and there are some canadian5 americans and there are some ca nadian5 whose information americans and there are some canadian5 whose information has been compromised. This is very significant. Thank you very much for the update. Loff an5wer significant. Thank you very much for the update. Loff answer the German Airline will buy part5 the update. Loff answer the German Airline will buy parts of the fair pale berlin bu5ine55 airline will buy parts of the fair pale berlin business and will play 250 million that includes a leisure si airline bacca temporary. It went bankrupt in august after a decade of financial trouble. It will report it to the European Union compe