Transcripts For BBCNEWS Newsnight 20171219

But as an assistant thats not really something that youre involved with. Did you assume that those relationships were consensual . Did they seem just to be part of that world . Yes. I presumed they were consensual. But there were obviously some women who were reluctant to come. You know, when you would ring up to try and make a meeting they would always come up with excuses and harvey would get very angry. And threatening. And would threaten, you know, you personally. You had to make sure that this meeting happened. With harvey there was no such word as no. I think thats really the crux of the matter. Zelda, when you first started working for him, some voices were warning you what he was like . I had one warning, and i have to say that woman really saved my honour. Because actually being warned is very important because it arms you. And all she had said to me was, always sit in an armchair. Dont ever sit on a sofa next to him. And always keep your puffer jacket on no more than that. But actually it was an incredibly important and good piece of advice because it meant that i was ready actually when he did start behaving badly. And it also meant that i wasnt as frightened. Because i knew that it had happened to other people. So, you know, i was very robust in the way that i dealt with it. And he, you know, he took that. He was very persistent. What did he do . Well, i think everybody by now has read pretty much everything, you know, that he has done. And he didnt have a very original repertoire, you know, but it was a system that worked. You know, massages, inappropriate suggestions, expecting people to work with him, you know, unclothed. You know, pretty much everything that youve read ive had to experience at some point or another. And you then passed that warning on . I did warn people that he had a habit of behaving inappropriately. But that they were safe, because i had always been safe. And i genuinely never was physically threatened by him. Emotionally and psychologically, constantly. But never physically. And i said, im afraid hes a pain, he will behave inappropriately, you just tell him where to go. Youre tough with him, nothing will happen. But i was wrong. And it came to a head for you when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape, on your colleague . Yes. We were at venice film festival. And he tried to rape her. What did you do . She was extremely distressed. She was shaking, very distressed, clearly in shock. Didnt want anybody to know, was absolutely terrified of the consequences, what would happen. And i spoke with her and you know, tried to calm her for about half an hour. And then i went straight downstairs to where harvey was having a business meeting on the terrace. And told him he needed to come with me right away. For me to have broken into a meeting like that was very unusual. And he did not question me. He got up and came with me straightaway because he knew why i was as angry and serious as i was. So you accused him of attempted rape . Yes. And he denied it . Yes. He said nothing at all had happened. And he swore on the life of his wife and his children, which was his best get out ofjail card that he used quite a lot. And did it ever cross your mind that he might be telling the truth . No. Not if you saw the girl that i have just seen. And at this point, four years down the time of working for harvey, i knew him pretty well. I knew when he was telling the truth or not. And then what did you do . We returned to the uk and i spoke to my only senior in the miramax offices. And she suggested that i got a lawyer. So we both resigned from the company saying that we felt we were constructively dismissed because of his behaviour and that we would be, he would be hearing from our solicitor. And so you found a lawyer, solicitor . Yes. And at this point i thought we were going to go to criminal proceedings. And take him to court. And that he would be punished for what he had done. You were prepared to go that far and have him locked up . Well, it was the only route i thought there was. It was the only route as far as i was concerned. And what happened . The lawyers made it very clear that we didnt have very many options. Because we hadnt gone to the police when we were in venice, we had no physical evidence and ultimately it would be two under 25 year old womens word against Harvey Weinstein, Miramax Film Corporation and essentially the disney company. Because i naively believed that if we went to disney they would be horrified and would fire harvey or you know help us with the proceedings. But the lawyers made it very clear that that was not how the world works. So you were ready to bring him down at that point, you took the only option you thought you could and you faced doors slamming in yourface . Essentially . Yes. And it sounds odd but for me, you know, this was really where my trauma started and my abuse started. I could deal with harvey, he was an unpleasant, difficult man, but i had ways of dealing with him. What i couldnt deal with, what i had no equipment for was to deal with the legal system. You know, essentially i had gone to the parents to say you know, somebodys done something bad and there was no recourse, it seemed. And that was really shocking and very frightening to discover that the law couldnt help me. In hindsight it wasnt a simple as that. My lawyers were giving me the advice they thought was best. However. And i think probably if we had gone to the police, i dont know what would have happened. In truth i dont know if we would have got anywhere. You know and at 23 when youre faced with that, you know, the advice from your own legal team is be quiet. You know, you will get dragged backwards, forwards and sideways through the courts. As will yourfamily. As will your friends. As will anybody who knows anything about you. You havent got a chance. You will be destroyed. Its quite difficult to know where to turn. Do you think now that you were terribly advised, or do you think they protected you as best they could . In truth, i dont know. You ended up signing a nondisclosure agreement. Tell us how that came about . This is very difficult because once the lawyers presented a damages agreement as our only option, the one thing that i was very clear about was that we had to find some way of stopping harveys behaviour. And two, that i didnt want money to change hands at any point. At this point i was told the only way that we would even get miramax to the table was by making a monetary request. I was not allowed to ever speak to anybody about even really my time working at miramax. I was not allowed to speak to a therapist without them signing a confidentiality agreement. I was not allowed to speak to my accountant with regards to the money that i received. And i think at this point once i realised that this was my only arsenal, the only thing i was going to have to try and prevent harveys behaviour, was to create an agreement that was as binding to him and as difficult for him as it was going to be for me. And the only way that i could accept the fact that money was going to have to change hands was that he was going to have to do an awful lot for that money. And what did you ask him to do . Well, there were a lot of obligations initially but during the negotiations i had to concede, we had to concede some of them. But some of the main ones that stayed in was that he had to attend therapy. For his behaviour. And that i was to be present in his first therapy session because i was very concerned that he wouldnt talk about the relevance, the reason that he was at a therapist. Again you have to remember, this is a man who can manipulate everybody and i was very aware of this. And i was trying to put teeth into any little clause that i could. And did you go with him to that therapy session . That never happened. I dont know if he attended therapy or not. I pushed to have this meeting. But his legal team kept stalling. And after this process i actually was pretty broken. I was pretty broken and exhausted and so disillusioned. And i didnt have the energy to go on fighting. And in reality it was not my obligation to follow up his obligation. And what is extraordinary looking back is you would imagine that Miramax Films would have been bending over backwards to make sure that all of those obligations were fulfilled. But they werent. Your career path was ended that point. Pretty much, yes. So what did you do . I ended up moving to Central America to train horses i did spend a little bit of time trying for work again in london and it was a pretty unpleasant experience. Because my reputation was pretty suspect. And when youve spent a month of your life fighting with every ounce of your strength for right and to stop, you know, a predator, to have to face that kind of. Environment afterwards was very, very hard. I really couldnt, i couldnt stay in the industry at that point. He calls himself a sex addict now. Do you think that was at the root . No. I dont think hes a sex addict. Hes a power addict. Everything he did, everything that drove him was about dominance. With men and women. He put an enormous amount of energy into humiliating men and an enormous amount of energy into getting women to submit. And getting men to submit. That was what drove him. You know, his overarching need for power. So you think now if you had been listened to at that point, everything that came after 20 years ago would have been avoided . Yes. It was the entire system, you know. And the system essentially protected harvey in this case, but i can guarantee it protects 100 other people like that. Because if you have the power and the money to create agreements that cover up essentially a very serious and in this case crime, criminal action, then i dread to imagine what other things are being covered up. You describe these feelings of signing an nda that basically put you in exactly the opposite position to the one you had hoped. You wanted to be speaking out, you wanted to be changing the culture, and you were gagged. How long did you live with that before you had enough . Well this happened 19 years ago. During that time there were a couple of occasions where i made attempts to circumnavigate my agreement. However it was almost impossible for me because one of the clauses of the agreement disallows me to have a copy of it. So i dont actually have a copy of the agreement that i signed. Why . Because its a smoking gun. If you have an agreement that somebody signed that says that he will go to therapy, that he will be dismissed from his own company if anybody else makes a claim in the ensuing period, you know that hr policy for Sexual Harassment has to be brought into the company, its pretty clear that something is wrong. So they never let you have a copy of it . They never let you see the whole thing . Im allowed to look at it supervised. I was allowed to look at it supervised in my lawyers office. What do you think should happen with ndas now . I mean as you say, you broke your cover, you want others to do the same. Listen, im not stupid. I understand that nondisclosure agreements have a place in society and for both sides. But its really important that legislation is changed around how these agreements are regulated. You cannot have a legal document that protects a criminal. This isnt someone telling you a dodgy car. You know. And in fact now the state of california, newjersey and new york are changing legislation so that you can no longer hide Sexual Assault or abuse in a nondisclosure agreement. I want that to happen here, it has to happen here. We are a civilised culture. You know, this has to be debated and the law needs to be changed. You cant change the Harvey Weinsteins of the world. There are always going to be people who follow the darker side of their character. But if the rules and the laws that we have to protect ourselves enable that then theres no point in having them. Do you think that culture is changing now . Do you feel that this has been a proper watershed year . I think it has. I think its still got a very long way to go. I think that women are in a much stronger position, but i think we have to be extremely careful. And i think the media has to be responsible with its reporting. But i think there is still a long way to go. Do you think hollywood will change now, or do you think it will always go where the money is and the artistic minds are . Yes, i think hollywood will change but this isnt just about hollywood. This isnt about hollywood, this is about, the reason that this story has captured everybodys imagination is because it involves glamorous, famous people. And because if you were trying to paint a fantasy monster, harvey fits the bill perfectly. So its the perfect media storm. But this isnt about hollywood. This is about the abuse of power. How do you think you will see 2017 in this context in your life, looking back . Its an interesting question. Because everybody when they talk to me, they say this must be very distressing for you. And the one thing it isnt is distressing. The last 20 years have been distressing. Where ive not been allowed to speak, where ive not been allowed to be myself. And not just for me, for lots of women. Who have not been able to own their past. And for many of them, their trauma. And i think ive realised that actually it was much more traumatic than i realised at the time. Because the freedom of being able to speak and being validated. And being able to now see that i wasnt mad. You know, that this was wrong, this is wrong, this is right. And that although you know, the process that i went through was legal, it was immoral. And now i feel that maybe i can be instrumental in some sort of change. And if i can make one good thing happen out of something as horrific as all the damage that harvey has caused, then you know, that makes this year a fabulous year for me personally. Zelda perkins, thank you. Thank you. Zelda perkins. In response to her allegations, Harvey Weinsteins lawyers issued the following statement mr weinstein categorically denies engaging in any non consensual conduct or alleged threatening behaviour. The Walt Disney Company has not replied. Miramax had no comment. The lawyers representing Zelda Perkins at the time that the non disclosure agreement was signed said it was inappropriate for them to comment, given the terms of the nda. Geoffrey robertson is one of britains best known barristers who writes on media law and free speech hes familiar with the case. You have watched that interview. What would you say to people listening to say enormous sympathy for what she has been through but why would she have taken the money . Shes courageous in speaking up because she has been led to think that she will suffer from the disney company, from miramax, from the lawyers of Harvey Weinstein. But in fact i would say she achieved a great deal. Harvey weinstein was not able to be prosecuted for the simple reason and i do not think she understands this, that the offence was committed in italy and it is a matter for the italian police. The cps might have sent statements but that is as far as it wouldve gone. So given that she had only one which was to sue him, to bring Legal Proceedings and of course when the Legal Proceedings were threatened for constructive dismissal and so on, they were met with this offer of money but they achieved more than that. She was entitled to money as compensation for losing herjob, she obviously could not work with Harvey Weinstein again after this, she was entitled to compensation for the stress. But what she achieved was in fact a direction that lawyers should organise therapy for Harvey Weinstein. If that had been done dozens of women may not have been abused. There was a proper system setup, there was meant to be. What was interesting for me was when she talks about the trauma may be beginning not with Harvey Weinstein but with that legal net of the agreement are closing around her. Well what i have seen of the agreement, i would regard that as unenforceable. I have no doubt that the Supreme Court, Justice Brenda Hale and her colleagues would say a lot about that but certainly would say it was unenforceable. But of course it would never get to the Supreme Court or court of appeal or high court because the victim is intimidated. Because it cost so much. Instead of looking at this as whether the victim should be on trial for this is the question is whether the disclosure agreements themselves should be on trial. Of course they should and in america where there is no inhibition on nondisclosure agreements that cover up crime, the story has been very influential and laws are being changed. She could change it here . The law here requires a bit of explanation and i must give you a bit of history, 1000 years ago wealthy men could rape and pay money and never be punished. But in the civilising process we decided that rape and assault were not just crimes against individuals but against society and deserved punishment. So we have a law called the provision of felony where it was an offence to cover up a serious crime. In 1967 we changed that the law in the criminaljustice act section five, we made it an offence for a victim like zelda to receive money to cover up the crime. But she was entitled to receive money for the trauma and wrongful dismissal and so forth. But we did not make it an offence for the perpetrator to offer money. So how can a nda be used to cover up crime, that is the question at the bottom of this. My view is that a nda which purports to cover up crime is unenforceable. And its possibly illegal. What i think parliament should do, is to change the 1967 law to make it an offence for the perpetrator or his agents to offer money and they should add to the unfair contract act that nondisclosure agreements should only operate a57 years. Agreements should only operate for 5 or 7 years. Let me ask you more broadly, there are other women out there like zelda who have signed an nda. It is not binding. So they could come forward . If they have enough money to pay lawyers, yes. They could still be prosecuted by civil war . They could still be prosecuted by civil law . Under civil law they could, and attempt could be made to threaten them with breach of confidence. My answer to that, legal answer, theres no confidence in iniquity, that is the law and iniquity includes Sexual Assault. So if you fearful of the object of these ndas is to intimidate, to intimidate, to make them fearful, you have nothing to fear by speaking out. Thank you very much. Last night, we looked back at labours political year. Tonight, in our last programme of 2017, we turn to the conservatives. Its hard to remember, in december, what they looked like in march. Before the general election, theresa may was 20 points ahead in the polls. Tonight, we ask what the tories need to do to redefine themselves in 2018. Whether they risk being defined by brexit and brexit alone, and how the cabinet views the parliamentary rebels that have the power to lose their Prime Minister a critical vote in the commons. In the commons. Well ask Chris Grayling in a moment. First a look back. Not only was it appalling, but it was a real tragedy because we have a good story to tell. I thought the Prime Minister was let down badly. It was ill advised strategically, tactically. Not to get the result that she or any of us expected was pretty low. For some the end of 2017 will not come soon enough. Certainly it has been a year of two halves. A buoyant spring brought the triggering of article 50. The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. For a while it seemed like the parliamentary battle over brexit had been won. But then came this. The government should call a general election. The election they called snap, which turned out to be more like roulette. It took an agonisingly long toll on the public. I think the whole country has had enough of politics, politicians telling us this, that and the other. And on the party itself. I thought the Prime Minister was let down badly. It was ill advised strategically, tactically, a clunky to say the least Election Campaign. Made robots of us all. Repeating dead mantras. And we made corbyn look authentic. Well, it was appalling. And you know, i knew that i felt that very deeply on the ground. And in my view not only was it appalling, but it was a real tragedy. Because we have a good story to tell. What do people want . Good infrastructure, good public services, wealth creation. If you dont get the basics right, ok, then you cannot branch off into social care, you cannot branch off into reform. When mays closest advisers were forced out it seemed the pm herself wouldnt be far behind. Now, lets get to work. But she survived that. While we will. Excuse me. And even that. It was not possible to Reach Agreement today. And yes, that too. The Prime Ministers personal resilience is extraordinary. And actually she demonstrated that in the eu negotiations, you know, getting to phase two. In the way she handled the fallout from the dup not agreeing and then agreeing, and everything else. So i think actually, there are definitely elements of strong and stable there. And its what the country want. And somehow at the years end it feels like shes turned it around. Christ the saviour is born. A deal on the first phase of brexit has left party feeling, well, hopeful. Christ the saviour is born. The spirit of the age is a spirit of insurgent, creative, entrepreneurial opportunity and empowerment. Conservatism for the 21st century can take that spirit and use brexit as the moment to electrify our programme. The good news is the public arent looking at us as an eight year old, tired, burnt out administration. But as this old fraught, mistake laden year draws to a close, the party is trying to work out how to position itself for the year to come. In the face ofJeremy Corbyns momentum, what is their offer to voters and how much are they constrained by those demands of brexit . It is really urgent that as the Prime Minister sees through the noble and frankly thankless task of negotiating brexit, that under her leadership a messianic piece of work has begun to make this a moment of conservative renewal that can inspire those who didnt vote for it. I think its very urgent. I think if we dont, this is in danger of being brexit that breaks, not makes conservatism. We are in a risk of this being a moment, a catastrophic moment where conservatism isnt forgiven by generation who didnt vote for it. Theres very clear policies that have come out in the last two and a half years that i have been in this place that i have not been able to sell on the doors in plymouth. And you do think, and i have thought to myself, how do these policies become in the Public Domain . Why is that, i think because we are reaping the harvest of a generation of career politicians. There are some really talented ones in there and there are some really gifted people who come to parliament because they believe in something. But i think those two categories have fallen somewhat. And what of this politicians career . May, who so often these past months appeared to be hanging by a thread, now looks if not exactly strong, at least stable. And curiously, its the ones who have traditionally toed the party line who have now become her backbench rebels. The ones with the power to lose her her first brexit vote. Nicky morgan was one of a handful who sided in favour of parliament having the ultimate vote on brexit. She was deemed a malcontent and a traitor by certain elements of the national press. The extent of the bullying, if you like, the name calling, the abuse, personal, Death Threats, it is extraordinary. And i dont like talking about it as a female mp because we need more women in politics. I dont want to put people off. But it has become quite an extraordinary way to behave. So maybe 2018 willjust be one more year with the tories split along europe. Or maybe the election will come to be seen as the best thing theresa may ever did for her colleagues, at least those who kept their seats. The loss of her majority which seemed so politically devastating at the time, mayjust have allowed her to reset the parameters of what brexit means. Well earlier i spoke to theresa mays transport secretary and the man who chaired her Leadership Campaign Chris Grayling. And i asked him how the year had been. Well, its had its ups, its had its downs. Weve had some difficult times through the general Election Campaign that was disappointing. We have been through a lengthy Brexit Process but we have reached the end of the year in a good position. Where we have completed the first stage of the negotiations. And actually alongside all of that, perhaps the thing i am proudest of that we have achieved this year, the lowest unemployment since the 19705. Thats a really big step forward for the country. Jeremy corbyn thinks he could be Prime Minister by this time next year. Well, i think that is a sign of why Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be Prime Minister. He obviously has not read the fixed term parliaments act. The next general election is due injune 2020 22. The conservative party will take us through brexit. We will deliver a britain that is going forward, that is using smart technology, smart innovation, to create an exciting future. And we have no intention of letting Jeremy Corbyn anywhere near power. You cannot fault his logic, though. Your government has seemed like one that could tumble at any point in the last six months. No, that is tittle tattle. Its not at all a government that is going to topple. We have a strong relationship with the dup, weve got a team of conservative mps who are committed to taking this country forward. When people say this i ask the question, can you name the conservative mp who is going to vote for an early election, whos going to abandon the Brexit Process, and leave the country in danger of a far left wing government led byJeremy Corbyn . There is no such member of parliament. Your hands are tied by brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has momentum, everything that you do, everything you want to pay for and push forward comes back to brexit. You mightjust be the caretaker government for the public until they can have their brexit and get rid of you. Well, no, not at all. We are a government that has delivered real change since 2010. Positive change. To go back to that point about the state of the labour market, never in my wildest dreams, i was employment minister back in 2010, inheriting the mess we took over from labour, two and a half million unemployment and rising. It has exceeded all my expectations that we now have brought unemployment down to the lowest level since the 19705. But you know as well as i do. Many of those jobs dont even deliver the living wage. Im going to quote you Iain Duncan Smith who said, British Business will have to learn to get by in a different world. And we know that today for example the Financial Times has estimated that the uk is £350 million a week worse off than if it had voted remain. What does it mean to get by in a different world . Well, the Financial Times, that figured cant be right because our economy has carried on growing. Weve carried on seeing economic progress, exports for example have risen sharply in the past 12 months. The pound against the dollar is at the level that it was at the time of the referendum. 0ur growth forecasts have been revised downwards. We are now growing more minutely than anywhere else in europe. But the issue the office for budget responsibility brought forward at the time of the budget which is where these projections come from, is all down to our productivity and this is why we are investing in the future. We are investing in technology, we are investing in infrastructure. That election was the moment wasnt it where theresa may had to learn to be a consultative, parliamentarian pm. She strengthened parliaments restraint if you like of her own government. Well, it certainly the case that in terms of parliament, in terms of the numbers, its a more challenging period now for us. We dont have a majority, we have to win arguments in parliament. We wont always do that, though over the last few months weve won virtually all of the votes that have been in parliament. Butjust looking recently, where those 11 backbenchers right to hold out to give parliament the last word on that brexit vote . I respect the views of colleagues who differ from the line that weve taken. I would argue that the approach we were taking was right, offering a meaningful vote on the treaty when we conclude it. We did not win that vote but the truth is we had literally dozens of votes on the European Union withdrawal bill. Weve lost one. They were called mutineers, traitors, malcontents by a leading daily newspaper. Look, im very clear. Were you shocked by that . I am very clear, we have a free press and the press is entitled to say within the bounds of decency what it does. I defend. Those mps say theyve received Death Threats on the back of that. That is absolutely unacceptable. And the Prime Minister has been clear about that. So why didnt the Prime Minister speak out publicly about that headline . The Prime Minister did speak out yesterday and said that it was absolutely unacceptable. I absolutely defend the rights of individual members of parliament to follow their consciences. We try to encourage them to make sure they agree with what the government is bringing forward, but threatening people who vote the other way is Never Acceptable and the Prime Minister was very clear about that yesterday. So why didnt theresa may stand up and say, that kind of headline, from a leading newspaper, is frankly unacceptable and abominable . All of us as politicians get criticised in the newspapers from time to time. That doesnt give any kind of excuse to people outside or around politics to make the kind of direct weve seen. That is entirely unacceptable. But its part of a broader picture. And i have to say that a significant part of the blame lies with parts of the labour movement, the momentum campaigns we saw during the campaign. We have seen some really brutal behaviour, threats to conservative candidates, threats to family members of conservative candidates. It is bringing a nastiness into our politics that we do not accept. So you think the headline was labours fault . Well, i think that what weve seen over the past few months, a large proportion of it has come from the left im afraid. A tone in our politics, a hostility, an unpleasantness, and frankly sometimes downright threatening behaviour that is unacceptable. It hasntjust been directed at us, its been directed at moderate labour mps as well. Some of the ways in which they have been treated has been utterly unacceptable and we all need to Work Together across the political spectrum to stamp this out. Chris grayling, thank you. Youre welcome. Thats all weve got time for tonight. And indeed thats it from newsnight for this year. Evan and the rest of the team will be back to usher in 2018 on january 2nd. But until then, good night and good luck or at least have a good break from all of us here. And that is probably the last two will see the snow as well. Emma lee has provided you with a festive cheer and i have dull, grey weather. Look at that. A glorious end to the day. In. It wasnt like this everywhere. A lot of cloud around and the fog persisted in a couple of spots. A bit of a change on the way. Here is the weather front draped across northern and western parts of scotland, already producing rain, and that will stagger down across the country. Mild to begin with. Perhaps a couple of spots in east anglia if the cloud pops away, but there will be a lot of cloud. Dry weather to start the day, but watch out for hill fog across the south west, up into the hills of wales and the western slopes and pennines. Here we are getting close to the weather front third and be surprised to see rain. Getting into the western slopes of the pennines. But for the greater part of Northern Ireland and scotland its a mild start. 8 11 degrees. We are up around 1a degrees in sutherland today as the daytime highs. Theres the weather front. Not making a lot of progress. It is that central zone that this is the thickest cloud and the greatest chance of rain. To the north the skies brightening some parts of scotland and Northern Ireland. Very limited sunshine to the south. At least if you are on the south. At least if you are on the move nothing to stop you too much and it is miles if you are stepping out. On thursday what is happening is the front has done that and the western portion has gone north again, bringing rain back into parts of scotland at Northern Ireland. Not much rain further south. Still mild but leaden skies will stop to the north east of scotland, you get the sunshine through thursday. Into friday not a great deal of change. High pressure building, which is why they are off the chart. Still a lot of cloud for there to be the odd bit of rain, especially in southern britain, especially in southern britain, especially to the east of the pennines the best of the sunshine. 0ut west it is relatively mild. In the to Christmas Day itself it stays mild, with all of this air flooding in from the atlantic, but come the end of sunday something chillier. So in the run up to christmas it will be generally mild, often cloudy, with a bit of rain in the north. Welcome to newsday, on bbc news. Im rico hizon, in singapore. The headlines the most radical tax overhaul in decades is set to pass congress, despite a last minute glitsch. China accuses donald trump of a cold war mentality after his Key National Security speech. Im babita sharma, in london. Also in the programme the former colleague of hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein speaks exclusively to the bbc about her experience. Hugh accused him of attempted rape . Yes. And he denied it . Yes, he said nothing at all had happened. And we report on the dozens of new wildlife species found in the mekong delta. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this