Us. Come on kick the tyres, challenge us. Were ready to have this discussion with you, but lets behave like grown ups. Now for a fishy tale the one that didnt get away; we hear from the angler who nearly choked on a dover sole that jumped down his throat. Who is missing . Sylvia. Find out at 5. 45 in the film review. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. Our main story tonight is the mounting accusations against the hollywood Film ProducerHarvey Weinstein. Police in america and here are beginning investigations into his behaviour. Mr weinstein has denied the most serious allegations. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has told the bbc that shes disgusted by the allegations. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has the latest. Actress rose mcgowan has now said that she too was raped by the disgraced Film ProducerHarvey Weinstein in a scandal that is now affecting one of the worlds biggest companies, amazon. In a series of tweets, mcgowan has said publicly to the companys chief executive, i told the head of your studio that hw raped me. Over and over i said it. He said it hadnt been proven. I said i was the proof. The amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is also facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. In a statement, amazon said, roy price is on leave of absence effective immediately. We are reviewing our options for the projects we have with the Weinstein Company. Weinsteins spokesperson says he unequivocally denies any allegations of non consensual contact. Over 20 women have spoken out against weinstein including angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow, cara delevingne, and heather graham. Along with british actress kate beckinsale, just 17, when she claims weinstein first harrassed her. Im hanging in. Im trying my best. Weinstein has not been seen in public since a brief appearance earlier this week. The only time hes addressed the situation in person. Were glad to see youre doing 0k. Guys, im not doing 0k. Youre not . Im trying. Ive got to get help, guys. You know what, we all make mistakes, a second chance, i hope, 0k . Oscar winning film maker oliver stone has emphasised that he believes its important that everyone involved in the allegations is treated fairly. If he broke the law, it will come out. There will be a trial and i believe that a man should not be condemned by a vigilante system. So its not easy what hes going through on the other hand either. He subsequently appeared to distance himself from his earlier comments saying that he would be abandoning a forthcoming tv project if the Weinstein Company remained involved. An assistant who worked in one of weinsteins offices many years ago has been speaking about her experiences. Vaguely, i remember being in the room and him trying to get me to come in to the other room and saying something about a massage or a backrub. I remember being very frightened but i was able to say no. I was pre warned that this sort of thing could happen. I think i was looking at how close it was to get to the door. But i also remember the actual feeling of how scary that was and what a powerful man he was. Former politician Hillary Clinton is also speaking out. Over the years weinstein has been a significant contributor to democrats and has donated thousands to clintons campaigns. I was shocked and appalled because ive known him through politics as Many Democrats have. He has been a supporter. He has been a funder for all of us for obama, for me, for people who have run for office in the United States. So it was just disgusting and the stories that have come out are heartbreaking. The metropolitan police is investigating him in london over an alleged incident in the 1980s. In the us, investigations into his conduct have been relaunched by police. And just after 5. 30pm, ill be talking about Sexual Harassment in the workplace, with laura bates, the founder of the everday sexism project. Laura will be here after 5. 30pm. In the next half hour President Trump is expected to confirm a new strategy against iran, aimed at confronting what the white house calls tehrans aggression. The president is expected to call for new sanctions to be introduced if iran passes specific trigger points. Lets get more from our correspondent Barbara Plett usher whos outside the white house. What is the mood music, barbara . What is the mood music, barbara . What are the thoughts about what hes likely to say . Well, the white house and the administration have signalled quite clearly what they expect him to say. They expect him to distance himself from the Nuclear Agreement. Hes going to say we have been told by the secretary of state, rex tillerson, that the agreement does not meet certain conditions of us law, specifically hes going to say were told that the sanctions relief under the agreement is not proportional to the restrictions that iran is abiding under and therefore, hes going to pass it to congress and say you decide the fate of this deal. But congress is not likely to withdraw from the agreement because mr tillerson said thats not what the administration would advocate. He said the white house would ask congress to pass legislation which would toughen position of the americans on this issue, but not pull it out of the deal. So he wants congress to pass legislation which would set guidelines or trigger points as he called them so that if iran crossed certain thresholds then sanctions would snap back automatically and a couple of other things as well. And then using that as a basis, the administration and congress is hoping to have leverage with the other parties who signed the deal to negotiate a follow on agreement which would deal with some of the things that the americans are concerned about particularly this issue of what they call sunset clauses. Thats over a period of yea rs, clauses. Thats over a period of years, the limits on certain parts of Irans Nuclear activity expire and thats something that this administration is unhappy with and says it will not accept. So thats broadly the plan. I mean tomorrow, the deal will still be in place and congress will be looking at it. This is going to play out over the next several months. So, mrtrump is going to play out over the next several months. So, mr trump is not going to scupper it, but he is going to throw a lot of uncertainty into what comes next. 0k. And what comes next. Ok. And is the feeling that the administration is united on in . Because sometimes with Foreign Policy we have seen, of course, we have seen language from the president , but a different tone from the generals that advice him. Whats your sense of that . Well, my sense is that President Trump would like to go further than this. He has said to go further than this. He has said to his supporters that hed like to tearup to his supporters that hed like to tear up the deal and he has been straining against the leash to take tough action against the agreement, but i think there is a consensus among his top advisers and ministers and security advisers that he shouldnt do that. That he should stay in the deal. In that sense, his advisors seem to be on the same page. But so they have agreed on the sort of middle ground about how he can reject it on the one hand, but he also stays in the deal on the other and puts it to congress and they try to tinker with it to reset they try to tinker with it to reset the terms to start some kind of new negotiations on a follow on aagreement, thats the compromise that was reached between what mr trump and his advisors said is the most advisable route. Barbara, thank you for now. Robert litwak was a member of the National Security council under president clinton. Hes now an expert on interNational Security at the independent think tank the wilson center. He joins me from washington. What are you expect to go hear if the president in the next hour . |j think the president in the next hour . think it is widely expected that the president will not certify the iran agreement and will punt the issue to congress. There is a fundamental tension in the administrations position. They have argued that iran is abiding by the letter of the agreement, but not the spirit of the agreement. The letter of the agreement. The letter of the agreement is everything within the four corners of the agreement. There is no material breach within the context of the nuclear deal. The spirit of the agreement has to do with all of the iranian conduct thats destabilising objectionable outside the scope of the agreement. This as been a feature of the negotiations from the get go. The obama administration, made the pragmatic decision to focus just on the Nuclear Issue and not to have broader negotiations which would never have been able to come to fruition. Well, yes, so to that point, therefore, what happens next . Because presumably people in iran will say, look, this is what is written down in this document. We are abiding by whats in the document. Absolutely. And in that sentiment would be supported by the other major signatories of the agreement. President trump has signalled his disapproval of the deal. There was division with the administration. This is essentially administration. This is essentially a way to thread the needle that he can signal his disapproval of the deal and move the issue to congress. It is not expected that congress will reimpose sanction that is would ta ke will reimpose sanction that is would take the United States outside the deal. And so, thats your feeling about what congress will do. Im curious, im curious i guess in longer term, the short to medium term what the Practical Implications of this will be . The near term Practical Implications are limited. The United States would not certify iranian compliance with the deal. Its not because of a material breach, but just because its not because of a material breach, butjust because of again, back to activities outside the scope of the agreement, the spirit, that is the persisting tension and there has been a hot debate about the Iran Nuclear Deal that predates President Trump. But what it threatens to do is, America First could become american alone if the United States we re american alone if the United States were to be seen as pursuing policies that would jeopardise the future of a deal that has Broad International support. Yes, so what do some of those key other countries make of this then . Assuming this is how its going to go . There has been an effort by the british Prime Minister to engage President Trump on this issue and by the french president and one proposal thats been made by president macron is additional talks, the Ballistic Missile launchers and iranian conduct in syria which is at odds with what the western powers are seeking to achievement in a settlement. Those issues should be dealt with in their own terms rather than trying to load them on to a Nuclear Agreement which is functioning well. A really interesting point on which to end. Thank you for your time, sir. We will be discussing this again i am, im sure. Thank you very much indeed from the wilson centre. The chancellor has tweeted he regrets describing eu negotiators as, the enemy. He said it was a poor choice of words. Philip hammond said britain had to negotiate hard to get the best deal on brexit. He has been talking to our economics editor. What im doing here in washington is talking britain up, talking about britains future as a champion of free trade in the global economy. Seeking further moves on liberalisation of trade and services which will hugely benefit our economy. Working with colleagues to try to get a solution to the challenge of taxing the Digital Economy so that Digital Companies pay their fair share. Britain has got a very Bright Future ahead of it. We need to Work Together to deliver the fruits of that Bright Future. Dont you understand though that within the conservative party and the conservative government there appear to be people who believe that youre not really committed to brexit. You dont want to get the best deal. Youre pessimistic and you think that brexit will be damaging for the uk. How do you respond to people who show that actually, thats not your approach and that you are batting for britain . Do you remain actually really a remainer . Look, we had this debate last year and weve resolved it. Were leaving the European Union. The challenge now for all of is how to get the very best deal that we can, the best future for britain as we leave the European Union and make our own way in the world and im committed to delivering that. I believe its got to be a deal that gives the best possible future for jobs, for businesses, and for prosperity in this country and i will, thats my number one task to make sure that were fit and ready for life out there in the big wide world, that we get the best possible deal in the negotiations with the eu so that we can deliver that Bright Future that britain has ahead of it. Isnt the big problem that the government seems to be too engaged in arguing with itself rather than negotiating with the European Union . No, i dont agree with that. Weve set out very clearly in the lancaster house speech, in the article 50 letter, and then again in the florence speech our vision as it has evolved over the course of this year of our future relationship with the European Union. Everybody in the cabinet is signed up to that position. So we know what our proposal is. We put it on the table effectively. Now we want the European Union to engage with it. I have said to them in the article i wrote earlier this week, come on, kick the tyres, challenge us, ask the questions, were ready to have this discussion with you, but lets behave like grown ups. Lets talk about the vision for the future. Lets discuss it together and lets get this thing moving. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent alext forsyth who joins us from westminster. Striking alex that he has tweeted talking about a poor use of words . Yes, the chancellor has clearly made an error here and i think the chancellor quickly realised that he madrid an error with his choice of language. I think what he was trying to do was to be robust m this series of interviews and defend himself from criticism that he is trying to sabotage brexit and at the same time, be fairly robust about the European Union. So thats when he said to kamal, we need to be grown ups and then in this interview with sky he went further. He was talking about divisions in the cabinet, being asked about that, and what he said, we all have the same agenda here, but our opponents are on the other side of the negotiating table, the enemy. They are the people were trying to negotiate with. Clearly, thats the European Union. Thats inflammatory language and particularly surprising coming from the chancellor Philip Hammond who backed remain in the referendum. So he quickly tweeted to say that he regrets that poor choice of words, but labour havent waisted any time in saying that they think its inept that it shows it is a failing government and when you have got these hugely important and complex negotiations on going, Something Like this is not a good look. Interesting, thank you very much, for now, alex forsyth there at westminster. This is bbc news at five the headlines more accusations of Sexual Assault have been made against the hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The us Actress Rose Mcgowan is the latest star to publicly accuse him of rape. President trump is expected to confirm a new strategy against iran, aimed at confronting what the white house calls tehrans aggression. The chancellor has tweeted he regrets describing eu negotiators as the enemy and said it was a poor choice of words. The former watford and wigan manager will lead scotland in the match against the netherlands. And with congestion and injuries, the themes of the domestic rugby season the themes of the domestic rugby season so far, wasps play their first european game just five days after their last league match tonight. I will have more on those stories just after 5. 30pm. Englands chief medical officer has called on governments around the world to put more effort into stopping the over use of antibiotics. Professor Dame Sally Davies is warning of a growing threat of resistance, and that if antibiotics lose their effectiveness, it could spell the end of modern medicine, making procedures such as caesarean sections and some cancer treatments more difficult. Adina campbell reports. With Infectious Diseases becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the fight against bacteria is essential. For decades weve relied on antibiotics to prevent and treat infection, the bedrock of modern medicine. But now theres a new warning that the drugs we often turn