For overwhelmed cities . High. Thank you for being with us. We begin in new york. The former hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned. That was on the basis that he didnt receive a fair trial. The case was a landmark in the Metoo Movement, which exposed Sexual Misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Our correspondent emma vardy has the latest from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful men in hollywood, was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women around the world. What became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Metoo Movement has been overturned in new york. The Court Of Appeals said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. That meant, it said, he was unfairly tried for past behaviour. Harvey weinstein was also convicted of rape in a separate case here in la. Last year, he was sentenced to 16 years for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel. He will remain in prison while a decision is made in new york over whether to retry him. Harvey weinstein� s lawyer has commended the appeals court, he said, for upholding the principles that should govern a criminal trial. In this courthouse behind us, at that trial, the law was not applied fairly to Harvey Weinstein. You cant throw out 100 years of legal precedent because someone is unpopular. Harvey weinstein� s conviction in california is also being appealed. His legal team are looking into what implications the new york ruling could have here. Emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. Well, the first woman to go public with allegations against Harvey Weinstein was actress ashleyjudd. She says a top court overturning his 2020 conviction is an act of Institutional Betrayal. She spoke to my colleague caitriona perry, who asked whether she would like to see weinstein retried. You know, whats important to know is that a courtroom is not a safe environment for survivors of male Sexual Violence. They can be very traumatising spaces. You know, the most dangerous place in america for a woman is in her home. We know the men who assault and rape and murder us. And a lot ofjudges are still catching up to that reality. And juries dont necessarily know that information either. We still think of rape as stranger rape as someone who jumps us in an alley. And so a courtroom isnt necessarily even if harvey were retried and convicted in the state of new york the place where survivors are going to get their healing. And thats what we need. You know, thats what we need. It may be a fair outcome, if he were convicted in new york, and that would sure be a magic wand. But survivors need trauma informed help and for men to stop raping women. His lawyer said that everyone has the right to justice. He said even people who are very unpopular in our society, no one is above the law, but no one is below the law either, he said. And i agree with that. Yes, of course i do. Everyone deserves justice and and and i support due process. I had the opportunity to meet the great Supreme Courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, and we talked about due process, even for people who are accused of the most egregious sexual crimes. And, you know, actually right now at the university of kentucky, where i did my undergraduate degree, a couple of our former student athletes experienced terrible Institutional Betrayal and have accused my university, of which im very proud, in which i love of complicity and and other betrayals. And were going to go through due process there. And i love my university enough to hold it accountable. So i definitely support due process. And theres no doubt that Harvey Weinstein is a serial sexual predator. It doesnt change the fact that he committed these crimes. Over 100 women came forward after i was the named source in the New York Times investigation. And on that point, a separate 16 year sentence handed down in california is not affected. He will stay in prison. He wont be freed. Does that bring you and other survivors any sense of comfort, any sense of justice or that healing that youre describing . You know, its more complex than that because i dont think the carceral system in the United States does perpetrators of male Sexual Violence any favours either. You know, what i would love to have is a Restorative Justice conversation with Harvey Weinstein. You know, ithink that its stories, its narrative that helps change hearts and minds. Im not about punitive measures. Im about community and safety and belonging and forgiveness. I forgave Harvey Weinstein a long time ago and it was no favour to him. I did it for myself. And, you know, its a whole other conversation in terms of the american carceral system. But harvey hasnt had a change of heart. He doesnt necessarily his last words when he was convicted and he was walking out of the courtroom we re so how does this happen in the United States . You know, and what would be a more satisfying outcome is if men looked at their entitlement to female bodies and thought, that is a person of dignity, she is a person of worth, and i do not have the right to encroach on her bodily autonomy. That would be satisfying. Nicole Deborde Hochglaube is a criminal Defense Attorney and trial lawyer. I asked her if this development in weinstein� s case came as a surprise. It really did not. In watching the trial, there were so many bits of information and pieces of evidence that came into that trial that were really unrelated to the actual accusation for which he was on trial, that many lawyers watching the case wondered if this would ultimately be a problem, and the Court Of Appeals decided that it was. There could be a retrial. So now the prosecution has to re examine their position and separate the usable evidence, which is procedurally and constitutionally allowed to come in to trial in the courtroom, and separate that from evidence which is not legally allowed to come into the trial and determine whether or not they wish to persist. Im understanding that they have indicated publicly that they do intend to retry this case, but they will have to try a much different case than the one we saw before. Us Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken has called On Washington And Beijing to manage their differences responsibly, on day two of his visit to china. This was the moment mr blinken arrived in beijing from shanghai. A full day of talks with chinas Political Leadership is planned for friday, including a possible meeting with president xijinping. Its bring in a Visiting Professor from the east asian institute. Thank you for joining us. There is a lot to discuss, isnt there, from chinas assistance to russia, taiwan, tiktok in your view, what is the Main Objective of secretary blinken� s trip . This secretary blinkens trip . This is more about secretary blinkens trip . This is more about america secretary blinkens trip . Ti 3 is more about america than china and it isnt for nothing that both janet yellen and blinken have come to china and not visits on the other direction. The americans really want from china some kind of win, something they can credibly sell, as it were, back home, in america, in the run up to the elections in november. And the chinese actually do not have very much that they want from The Americans that The Americans are possibly willing to give. So i think we will see very little progress, actually, coming out of the talks, particularly not in public. We will probably see some kind of concessions about overcapacity, Chinese Industrial overcapacity, particularly steel and aluminium. And some kind of chinese understanding of that issue. But not very much more. The chinese have a long list of things they would like but they know The Americans are never going to budge on any of these issues. Indeed. Their stances on big issues like russia, taiwan, tiktok, and they havent really changed. At a meeting to agree to disagree . To disagree . Yes, but also to keep lines to disagree . Yes, but also to keep lines of to disagree . Yes, but also to keep lines of communication | keep lines of communication open, which is important as we know things can get out of hand very quickly and then we wont know what kind of territory we will be in and i think both parties have a vested interest in trying to avoid that. The guard rails need to be maintained in place and the red line everybody has must also, again, be discussed, so that Everybody Knows what, as it were, the Rules Of Engagement are. ~ were, the Rules Of Engagement are. ~ ,. , were, the Rules Of Engagement are. , ~. Were, the Rules Of Engagement are. ,. , are. Thank you so much for oininu are. Thank you so much for joining us are. Thank you so much for joining us on are. Thank you so much for joining us on the are. Thank you so much for. Joining us on the programme. Are. Thank you so much for joining us on the programme. Of joining us on the programme. Of course, we will have a lot more on secretary blinkens visit to china and the meetings he is having across all platforms, including lauras piece laura bicker� s sit down interview with secretary Antony Blinken. Check that out on the bbc website for the latest. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. To the war in gaza and israel was a war cabinet has held a day long meeting discussing the Military Operation in rafah in Southern Gaza. Israel says its plans to launch an assault on remaining hamas battalions in rafah. More than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. Washington has warned israel not to carry out a full scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent in jerusalem, wyre davies, has more. It is pretty clear that israels preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in Southern Gaza are gathering apace. It is israels Intention Notjust to finish off hamas politically but militarily. About 25 of hamas fighting force remains, along with leadership, and most is thought to be in rafah in Southern Gaza. Alongside, it must be remembered, but 130 hostages, those taken and abducted into gaza on october seven. So there is1 million one half gazans or thereabouts, internal refugees thought to be internal refugees thought to be in rafah. That is why the international community, particularly The Americans, the british, and other allies, have emerged israel not to undertake this big full scale Military Operation to get or to facilitate the movement of some of those internal refugees because there is already a humanitarian crisis in gaza and the prospect of a big Military Operation alongside more than 1 million internal refugees is something a lot of people dont want to consider. The one thing that might prevent a big Military Operation happening is ifpi to make peace talks or talks about a ceasefire between the israelis and hamas were to get somewhere. Happening is if peace talks. They havent got anywhere in recent days. Mediators, particularly the egyptians and categories, have expressed at the big distance between the two sides. There are reports egyptian negotiators are due to meet the israelis, perhaps with hopes to get ceasefire talks going again. But as it stands, there are no talks of ceasefire and the Israeli Military operation is looking as though it will happen in the nearfuture. Its been a big day for donald trump in not one, but two courts in the United States. In a case of historic importance, the Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether the former president is immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office. The outcome will determine whether he should face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. But its taken place as his criminal trial continues in new york, where he denies covering up a Hush Money Payment to porn star stormy daniels. Well have more on that shortly, but first, heres gary 0donoghue on proceedings in the Supreme Court. Around three hours or so of arguments before thejustices quite a quite a long session. And the question, the essential question, does a president , does donald trump have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while he was in the white house . Now, the previous courts have said no to that question. Donald trumps lawyers say yes, and theres constitutional basis. But jack smith, the special counsel who is, of course, prosecuting donald trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the events around january 6 and the attack on the capitol. He says no one is above the law, and thats what the justices have been wrestling with. They, i think, were pretty sceptical of the idea of total immunity from prosecution. Now, that may be bad news for donald trump, but they also may want to make a kind of distinction between acts done as a private citizen or for private reasons, and acts done as official as part of the officialjob. And that may mean they push this back down to the lower courts, which could delay the case even further. And were already looking at a very tight timetable forjack smith, the special counsel, to bring this case before the election. 0ur North America correspondent nada tawfik has been covering trumps hush money trial. We are still on the first witness in this case, the publisher of the national enquirer, and he gave more details into these payments that he said he made on behalf of donald trump through his lawyer, Michael Cohen. The first to a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, who said she had an affair with donald trump, which donald trump denies. He said he paid 150,000 to her because Michael Cohen said the boss will take care of it. But he said when he went to get reimbursement, his Legal Adviser really urged him against it. And then parts, as prosecutors allege, of this cover up, saying that donald trump spoke to him many times afterward, asking about why the women, for example, had given interviews when there was an agreement with them not to. And then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. And he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was Standard Operating Procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. Nada tawfik reporting there. The Prime Minister of haiti, ariel henry, has resigned at a Transitional Council has started running the country. The body is tasked with Organising Elections and restoring order to haiti, suffering from deadly gang violence. He agreed to step down after armed groups refused to let him return from a trip abroad. In other news, experts are warning sexually abusive Cyber Attacks are on the rise across the world and anyone can be a victim of so called extortion. It comes after two men were arrested in nigeria earlier this month after an australian teenager took his own life. Sextortion. Police allege they told the teenager they would release personal photos unless he paid them 500. There was an extensive study looking at the studies. The fbi is warning this is a rapidly escalating threat and teenagers dont know where to turn. � ,. , teenagers dont know where to turn. � ,. , , turn. Lets give some numbers here. In 2021 turn. Lets give some numbers here. In 2021 there turn. Lets give some numbers here. In 2021 there were turn. Lets give some numbers here. In 2021 there were only. Here. In 2021 there were only 139 reported cases of financials sextortion targeting teenagers in the United States. Last year there were over 26,000 reported cases. 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