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BBCNEWS BBC News November 4, 2017

Welcome to bbc news. The conservative mp Charlie Elphicke has denied any wrongdoing after being suspended by the party for what Officials Say are serious allegations which have been passed to the police. The party didnt give any details about what the allegations are or who had made them. Mr elphicke, a member of the influcencial commons treasury select committee, said the media had been told of his suspension first, and he wasnt aware of the nature of the claims. The conservative party has introduced a new code of conduct and labour has introduced a new complaints procedure, following soot. Live to westminster and our Political Correspondent emma va rdy. It feels like decades of Sexual Misconduct are now coming to light. A number of labourand misconduct are now coming to light. A number of labour and conservative mps are facing allegations and many of those are being strenuously denied. We are seeing theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn under pressure over this, and many feel that what we are seeing here is a culture change in british politics taking place that is long overdue. New allegations are emerging ever more frequently. This is Charlie Elphicke, the conservative mp for dover since 2010, who wakes up this morning no longer a tory mp at least for now. And that is because last night the man in charge of discipline amongst conservative mps, the new chief whipjulian smith, issued a statement. Charlie elphickes anger about how hes been treated was clear. He tweeted meanwhile, the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety at the Labour Party Conference in september. I dont, as a rule, at packed Labour Party Conferences, grope peoples bottoms when i greet them. Its just not how i roll its not what i do. Labour is also under pressure over mp kelvin hopkins, who was suspended on thursday following allegations of misconduct towards a young labour activist. And Jeremy Corbyn is being called to answer why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet even after this came to light. Mr hopkins says he denies the allegations. And the former labour cabinet minister ivan lewis has apologised for making some female colleagues uncomfortable, but said he never made any nonconsensual advances towards women. This is a place gripped by a collective trepidation about what might come next. Individuals fearful for their own reputations others fearful for the very reputation of politics itself. To add to all that the Times Newspaper was reporting this morning that anna sue briggs was saying and unnamed person came forward to the prime ministers team alleging an incident against sir michael fallon, the former defence secretary who resigned this week. He has strenuously denied these allegations and anna sue brie, has not she has not given any details on this claim or who made it anna. Others money we had a veteran conservative mp sir roger gale saying, hang on a second, lets take stock anna soubry. And this morning we heard a vetera n soubry. And this morning we heard a veteran conservative mp. Soubry. And this morning we heard a veteran conservative mpi soubry. And this morning we heard a veteran conservative mp. I dont think anybody decent would seek to defend rape, or sexual abuse, think anybody decent would seek to defend rape, or sexualabuse, orthe abuse of power for sexual purposes, so abuse of power for sexual purposes, so lets take that as a given. But again, in the context, there is no proof that i can see yet of any wrongdoing. There may be things that have been done, hand on a knee, fine, and 15 years ago that may have been acceptable where it is not today. What we have seen today with the sex scandal unfolding, some people are comparing it to the expenses scandal which rocked british politics back in 2009, and there is a sense that Party Officials are braced now perhaps for more allegations to emerge, and they do not know where that next scandal could come from. M emma vardy at westminster, thank you. Earlier the labour mp rupa huq, who has spoken publicly in recent days about some of the historical abuse she has suffered, said parliament lacked the hr procedures that are present in other big organisations. Imean, i mean, its true, it does feel like pandoras box has been opened, dan has been burst, the genie has come out of the bottle, because a lot of stuff that has been suppressed for yea rs stuff that has been suppressed for years and years is coming out now, but i must stress there are 650 mps and most of us, you know, all of us, we really just want the best for our constituents and the country, so this of pest minster were everyone is at it, we need to get a sense of perspective, but at the same thing serious wrongdoing has happened and we need to sort that out as well. In big organisations, i imagine at the bbc two, and a lot of places, this kind of stuff has gone on and does go on, but the difference with the house of commons and parliament is that there are rules that are lax, if not nonexistent, so i have had my office people, disgruntled constituents, falling up to complain about the mp. There is no overarching Hr Department that a member of the public could make a complaint to, so if that is what we get out of this it is a good thing, you know, it has been shown on these murky goings on, and the house of commons is a most unusual workplace foran commons is a most unusual workplace for an adult place of work, and in this sense it needs to get into line. You know, other Big Companies have Sexual Harassment policy, a staff handbook, and those things do not exist for mps. You have so many levels of this. You have the age are things that need sorting out, you have a whole political culture that has kind of thrived on favours and bullying. The whips office, you could say bullying is at the heart of that in westminster, so there is a lot of stuff that goes on, then you have the whole Party Dimension as well. That people are incredibly loyal to their political parties, so things are lost under a swirl of partisan one upmanship, who had a better week, us auvergne . To quote a David Cameron phrase, we are all in this together, really. That was the labourmp rupa huq this together, really. That was the labour mp rupa huq talking to bbc brea kfast a labour mp rupa huq talking to bbc breakfast a little earlier. Police in new york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. The announcement came after actress paz de la huerta claimed that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. She is among dozens of women who have come forward since october to accuse the 65 year old of Sexual Misconduct. He has denied all allegations of non consensual sex. David willis reports. Recent weeks have seen a torrent of allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Now comes the first word of a possible arrest. New york detectives following up a call to the Department Last week are investigating an actresss claim that the former movie mogul raped her twice back in 2010. They say the womans account is detailed and credible. We have an actual case here. We are happy with where the investigation is right now. Mr weinstein is out of state. We would need an arrest warrant to arrest him. So right now were gathering our evidence, we continue to do so every day. As some of hollywoods biggest names, among them Gwyneth Paltrow and angelina jolie, came forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment, he issued a statement emphatically denying any allegation of nonconsensual sex. Hes now under investigation here, in los angeles and in the uk as well. Like ripples in a pond, the accusations of misconduct against men of wealth and influence appear to be growing rapidly. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. Netflix has cut all ties with kevin spacey, who plays the lead role in one of its most successful programmes, house of cards. The company said it would no longer be involved in the series if the actor continued to be part of it. The announcement came after mr spacey faced allegations of Sexual Misconduct from a number of men. Us President Donald Trump kicks off an 11 day trip to asia this weekend, taking in south korea, japan and china. It will be the longest tour of asia by a us president in 25 years. Before setting out he visited hawaiis pearl harbor to see a us battleship sunk by japanese bombers in the second world war, and received a security briefing from the us Pacific Command on issues including north Koreas Nuclear programme. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell is in tokyo. Here in tokyo, people are expecting Donald Trumps visit to be completely dominated by Security Issues emanating from the north Korean Nuclear threat. Now, in theory, the United States and japan do have a lot to talk about trade for example but everyone knows that all these other issues are going to be completely swamped by north korea. On his way to asia, donald trump also travelled to pearl harbor in hawaii, where at the site of the sunken ship uss arizona they had a wreath laying ceremony. But perhaps more crucially in hawaii, he also had a briefing from the generals at the us Pacific Command, speaking about regional security. No prizes for guessing what they would have been talking about again, north korea. When donald trump arrives injapan hell be meeting us troops based here. The same in south korea. Perhaps this is a way of sending a message in terms of american capabilities in this part of the world. Hell also be trying to build a coalition of asian governments in an attempt to pile even more pressure onto north korea to get them to give up their nuclear weapons. That includes beijing. Now, some analysts have said that china hasnt done enough in this regard, but donald trump says of his chinese counterpart xijinping that his effort so far has been pretty terrific. Stephen mcdonnell reporting from tokyo. The white house has attempted to downplay the findings of a report which goes against the trump administrations view on Climate Change. The study, compiled by Us Government scientists said it was extremely likely with 95 to 100 certainty that Global Warming is man made, mostly from Carbon Dioxide through the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. Lets get more insight into this story joanna haigh is a professor at Grantham Institute at Imperial College london and expert in Climate Change. She joins us now via webcam. Thank you very much case being with us on thank you very much case being with us on bbc. Good morning to you. This isa us on bbc. Good morning to you. This is a regular report that is produced every four years i think by Us Government agencies. What is the significance of it . I think perhaps importantly the significance is that the white house has allowed it to be released, because it is more emphatic than ever that Global Warming is due to human activity, and as you see the burning of fossil fuels. The white house could have refused to publish it, but they have let it come out then issued these rather strange statements, that actually they dont really believe it themselves. The scientists are pretty unequivocal. The court that struck me most, average temperatures in recent decades over much of the world have been much higher and risen much faster during this time period than at any time in the past 1700 years or more. Its extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid 20th century. Cause of the observed warming since the mid 20th century. They are categoric. The white house is sceptical. Public opinion is still divided on the issue. Do these kind of reports move us any further forward , of reports move us any further forward, do you think . Well, what this report is doing is going into more depth, focusing on the us situation of course, but going into more depth in terms of regional change. I think it is generally accepted that we have Global Warming and it is due to human activity and what we want to know now is how this will affect regional weather. How will affect regional weather. How will it affect me in london or People Living in dry parts of the world 7 People Living in dry parts of the world . In terms of persuading people, it is difficult, isnt it . For example, the white house is saying climate has always changed and it will carry on changing and this is just natural. And it will carry on changing and this isjust natural. They and it will carry on changing and this is just natural. They are implying that, but what the report is showing very clearly, is this is not at all a normal situation. You rightly pointed out the sharp increase in temperature mentioned. And we have more heavy rain for more heat waves and the evidence is just building and building. The policy implications of this are important, because in the end unless policy changes, if there is this impact then there are no options for having any impact on that. Do you think that it will persuade people in the president s administration, if not the president himself, that may be the president himself, that may be the approach for example to the climate accord reached in paris, which the president signalled he was pulling out of, and i know it has turned out to be more complicated than just pulling out of it, but notwithstanding that that it might allow some of those things to be rethought . There are a whole mode of issues, it is notjust about being worried about the climate, but it will affect economies throughout the world there are a lot of issues. If they dont do this, the Economic Impact will be huge, the report is. We have already seen the impact of forest fire this year, and to just wait and sit back and say we will wait and sit back and say we will wait and sit back and say we will wait and see if it is natural, it is just irresponsible. Why do you think there is this strong and Important Group of people, some scientists, many not, who take the view that this claim is not substantiated, or not to their satisfactions satisfaction . Why do they take that view, do think . There are vested interests and people in this group who know about Atmospheric Science are very few, and theyjust offer a fairly reasonable scientific reasons and then other scientists and show those are not the case, so i think the people trying to deny it is happening have interests in the coal industry, or they dont want to change their way of life, they are in denial, whatever it is, but they are certainly not on the scientific side. Professorjoanna haigh, thank you very much for being with us on bbc news this morning. Goodbye. A spanishjudge has issued european arrest warrants for the sacked Catalan Leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his allies who went to belgium. The five failed to attend a High Court Hearing in madrid on thursday, when nine other ex members of the Regional Government were taken into custody. Mr puigdemont has said he will not return to spain unless he receives guarantees of a fair trial. An american citizen is expected to appear in court in zimbabwe today, charged with insulting president robert mugabe. Martha odonovan is accused of being behind a twitter account which posted a tweet saying the country was being led by a selfish and sick man. Ms odonovan, who works for a satirical video outlet, denies the allegations as baseless and malicious. It is 17 minutes past ten. The headlines on bbc news the conservative mp Charlie Elphicke denies any wrongdoing after being suspended by the party over serious allegations. Police in new york say they have a viable case against Film Producer Harvey Weinstein after an actress accused him of raping her seven years ago. The white house downplays a major report on Climate Change compiled by Us Government scientists. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres mike. Good morning. The first round of the fa cup continues this afternoon, and for many non league teams this is their cup final weekend, their moment in the headlines, and it got underway last night but not in the way it was supposed to, as a flare burned into the artificial pitch at the home of non league hyde. There was to be no upset here, as league 1 mk dons showed their league class they are 100 places above in the football ladder. Some goalfrom aiden nesbitt, and they ended up easy winners. There were also surprise wins for league 2 sides port vale and notts county. One of the stories of the cup so far has been shaw lane association, who were playing as a pub team less than a decade ago. Theyre from barnsley and have been promoted five times in the past six years but will still start as big outsiders against league 2 mansfield. Theres no pre

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