Forth if hes denying it and that she now has to be true i mean he is not telling the truth. Also coming up tonight children abused and then accused a scandal in one english telling how the police and the public viewed the victims as criminals. You know we were seeing child prostitutes as the calm. Which. We was children. And we begin the day with a strong sense of deja vu in the United States now if youre old enough youll remember those televised u. S. Senate hearings back in one thousand nine hundred ninety one anita hill testified before and openly hostile committee that Clarence Thomas president bushs Supreme Court nominee at the time had sexually harassed her despite the controversy thomas was ultimately converged now its difficult to imagine his nomination surviving those accusations today but that is where president trumps latest nominee Brett Kavanaugh is tonight a woman is accusing him of trying to rape her thirty six years ago when they were both teenagers kavanagh has denied anything happened he and the woman christine forward have both signaled their willingness to testify before the u. S. Congress unlike anita hills hearing back in one thousand nine hundred one and the hearing moving forward will be informed by the hash tag need to movement and as we have seen that fact alone can be a game changer our coverage takes us to washington d. C. Tonight. Until a few days ago Brett Kavanaugh with widely seen as a shoo in for the Supreme Court. But now his appointment could be derailed as a result of accusations dating back to the early one nine hundred eighty s. When cavanagh and his accuser. Looking for a lawyer for christine blasi forward says her client a clinical psychologist reluctantly decided to come forward because of the seriousness of the alleged incident and the light she believed it shed on cavanaghs character. Clearly considers this an attempted rape believes that if it were not for the severe intoxication Brett Kavanaugh she would have been right and her attorney told n. B. C. That ford democrat was willing to testify publicly and was not politically motivated what would you say to that i would say no and in their right mind regardless of their motive would want to inject themselves into this process and face the kind of. Violation that she will be subjected to by those who want this nominee to go through cavanagh has released a statement calling the allegation completely false and denying ever having manifested such behavior he too says hes willing to testify the white house initially seems to welcome the idea that both accuser and accused should speak publicly. She should know that hes ignored kid testify under oath and she do it on capitol hill but thats up to the Senate Judiciary committee maybe to the side of the border and then janet have and judge kavanaugh should also testify as to the thirty six year old allegation but despite the apparent openness many republicans defending the house and Senate Majority is a likely to be wary of a public hearing ahead of november the sixth midterm elections and in the light of the me too movement. I want to bring in blake now he is a senior political reporter with the Washington Post good evening to you know the post interview the woman who was making these accusations christine forward what did the post to verify these accusations and to make sure that what shes saying is true. Right so Christine Ford reached out a while ago before actually Brett Kavanaugh was the Supreme Court nominee but at a time when he was on a reported to be on rather the president s shortlist for this job she provided notes from a therapists visit back six years ago which described a similar set of circumstances it did not name Brett Kavanaugh personally and there are there is one discrepancy there is a note that says there were four boys in the room where as Christine Ford now says there were two boys in the room the first she blames the therapist for incorrectly writing that down theres also just the fact that she did reach out before Brett Kavanaugh was the nominee which lends credibility to her account suggests that it wasnt something that was cooked up just because he was the nominee and so were all combing through this right now people who know Christine Ford say shes credible but the denials have been rather firm for Brett Kavanaugh and his supporters theres also another angle with this story the democratic senator Dianne Feinstein she knew about the accusations shes known about them since july and that was due to the letter that was sent by mrs ford do we know why she didnt reveal what she knows earlier. The explanation that shes given is that she promised this woman confidentiality this woman was not ready to come forward before sunday afternoon nobody knew what her name was she eventually decided to speak on the record but i think this is a case like many accusers of Sexual Assault its difficult to be the only person coming forward i think there is perhaps a sense that she was waiting to see if others had had similar experiences which would make coming out more easy for her certainly also there was the timing of all this which with Brett Kavanaugh having finished his confirmation hearings later this week he was supposed to win the approval of the Judiciary Committee and be sent to the full senate for confirmation so this was really the last moment at which this whole thing could be aired and eventually she did decide to come forward that you mentioned the risk that shes facing by coming forward what about for Brett Kavanaugh i mean how dangerous are these accusations for his nomination. Extremely dangerous and this was a nomination that was pretty much in the bag as of a few days ago before this came about republicans have a very narrow majority in the senate its only fifty one to forty nine if they lose two of their members on this could fall through theyre also running against or up against time right now they can let this play out for a few days or a couple weeks and see what happens but they have the election coming up here an election in which democrats could extend simply take control of the senate that would make confirming another nominee more difficult they would be running out of time to do that they would probably have to do it after the election which is not ideal for anybody involved and so theres a lot of factors here that are really weighing on republicans politically speaking. You write today that the political dynamics are ripe for getting this wrong and that the consequences would be extrude for our viewers around the world who are watching this tell us how how do we know what will be right or what will be wrong in this situation because it really weve got a case of he said she said. Yeah its difficult to know in the absence of other accusations we will have a single accusation from decades ago which there were probably will be no physical proof of there may be corroborations there may be disputes from people who are at the party who might have witnessed something or not witness something but really it is a he said she said and that makes it much more difficult for republicans do they push this through and confirm Brett Kavanaugh knowing that there could eventually be some kind of additional evidence do they push it through knowing that this could be viewed poorly by an American Public especially women voters who are lining up increasingly behind democrats and that may prove to be very decisive in the twenty eight thousand election there are just a whole bunch of dynamics that make this not just about the actual evidence at hand and also make it about the politics here and so republicans are in a completely unenviable place right now and this could have a very negative negative impact on the outcome of those midterm elections for the republicans yes if you look at the cast of nominees that democrats have put forward there is a historic number of women who are running in key districts and around the country in fact there are more than fifty percent more women democratic nominees than weve ever seen before there has been a something of backlash among women to the presidency we saw very early on with the march on washington the womens march on washington and there is a real question like weve seen in some elections in the past whether women could come forward and deliver democrats a major victory in this election and i think that this only adds to that momentum could only add to that impact on the election its very bleak with the Washington Post joining us tonight from the u. S. Capitol erin thank you we appreciate it. Thank you. It is one of the biggest sex abuse scandals to rock britain and it began in a Northern England town called rather authorities estimate that fifteen hundred girls were abused over sixteen years by gangs of british pakistani men the abuse was uncovered five years ago and despite for astrologers made just last week victims say that many of their abusers are still at war. It was one of the worst moments of her life it was near here that the man who semi would have loved threatened to kill her it happened somewhere in the hills above my hometown of rather him when she was just fifteen. And he took me to the beach and said he was going to fit in and so its going to kill me and i was that scared and weak. And then he pushed me to the back of the car and out sex him is not saying you know thats how it happened and i remember just when i cried and like a dead body. It took several years before sammy could break away from had to mend today she helps out the victims over one and a half thousand girls he and rather him are believed to have been the victims of Child Sexual Exploitation some proper trade just are still being brought to justice and its only recently that more and more victims have been speaking openly about what happened to them. Sammy woodhouse thinks the authorities look the other way because the pappa traitors were mostly of pakistani muslim origin nobody wanted to be accused of being racist it wasnt her tormentor but some yourself who was arrested by the police. Because he took her with him on his burglaries and during the raid they found his baton and her handbag people viewed as little slags you know we were seeing to be child prostitutes as they called us which of course is in a wrong turn to we was children being abused rather im council asserted in the statement that such a thing would never happen today but in the Pakistani Community the discussion continues critics from within the community are sometimes on the receiving end of hostilities thats what Mohammed Shafique experienced when he spoke out about the lack of respect for white women and girls people didnt want to talk about these issues and said they said i was you know cheerleading for the far right but actually now people because theres been so many historical cases that of come to trial and people being convicted people recognize that this is a problem that weve got to confront so many woodhouse doesnt want to live in the past but she wishes that the problem had been called out sooner but. The fact that people have turned such a blind eye to incorporeal deliberately because he didnt want to be called racist thats just part fuel to the fire. In samis case the perpetrator is now in prison but there are others who are still at large. And that report was filed by our correspondent in london big of mass we spoke to begin to earlier and asked her why it had taken so long for the victims to speak out. I think in sammys case and she probably speaks wasnt weak victims as well it took her a long time to realize that she was a victim because nobody did do something didnt do anything parents were adding the author of how they the social services to take her into calving so that this might fill the problem but they really did not find any help that they that they were wishing for so in semis case it was only years that she realized that she was actually a victim and then she went. On the list when the whole story started to break so i guess you know its this feeling of shame for many victims. For many years and just not knowing that you really are as a victim of sexual abuse when you on the situation like this. It is an attempt to prevent what the United Nations warns could be a humanitarian catastrophe in the syrian province of idlib today russia and turkey agreed to set up a safe zone to separate rebel fighters in it from Syrian Government forces president putin agreed to set up the Demilitarized Zone in talks at the black sea resort of sochi troops from both countries will patrol the zone which will be in operation by the fifteenth of october it is the last stronghold of rebel fighters and the Syrian Government wants to clear them out but russia says there will be no military operation there. Or i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow tonight sure would and our correspondent julia han she is right on the Turkish Border with the province tonight good evening to both of you really let me start with you flesh this out this deal for us between two countries on opposite sides of the syrian conflict. Well but as you say two countries on opposite sides of the contract conflict but they have agreed today to create this Demilitarized Zone. Basically to create a buffer between Opposition Forces and Syrian Government forces by mid october and that zone is going to be twenty kilometers wide theyve said and it will be patrolled by russian and Turkish Forces theyre also going to. Withdraw have all heavy weaponry withdrawn from that zone and radical rebels as putin said today will have to pull out of the zone this isnt the cease fire that turkey had been pushing for its more of a compromise but its certainly a step in the direction of peace and also a step towards what turkey wanted from Vladimir Putin there. You know from where youre standing there you know youre in turkey at the border with syria with providence is this deal today is it the deal that the province has been waiting for. Well its a least a glimmer of hope it liberated and as far as we hear from over there have been bracing for the worst what it is definitely its a its a diplomatic success for turkish president add on he is the man who prevented that massive offensive by the government and their russian allies he is the man who convinced Vladimir Putin that a compromise is in fact of the better solution he will have told mr putin that it will be turkey in the end who will have to deal with the humanitarian consequences of such a military assault that is something that mr out on has been talking about a lot in the past days that he fears a humanitarian disaster a bloodbath and another large scale refugee influx and this would have consequences for europe as well but many questions about this deal remain open remain unanswered and its of course a different thing what you come up with on the or at the negotiating table and how everything at the end plays out on the ground and emily do we know will president putin be able to enforce this agreement well that depends on all the sides in the conflict of course and the syrian side has yet to agree to this deal as the Russian Defense minister said after the press Conference Today but russia has a huge influence on the Syrian Government they have been. The Syrian Governments main backer throughout this war and they also really change facts on the ground when they entered this war for the Syrian Government in two thousand and fifteen when they entered to back to back the regime and they will likely be the garner is for for the assad regime in the postwar postwar syria as well so i think its likely that syria will tow the line when it comes to russias decision today julie before. The deal that turkey wanted to be what does it mean for turkey. Well thats actually a really important point its not human to terry is im human and terran is a more pure altruism that are the driving forces of missed out on here this is about power politics he wanted a turkey controlled buffer zone for egypt from the very beginning and now he got Something Like this and he secured himself a longer term presence in syria and made sure that he will be one of the man who was sitting at the negotiating table again when they will talk about the political future of syria after this war ends and what our correspondents really sure went in moscow and julia hahn on the Turkish Border with it live province syria to both of you thank you. Well six months to go and were still hoping for a deal and that is the state of brakes at negotiations as far as the u. K. Is concerned with no deal on the table british Prime Minister theresa may is shes now forced to defend her proposal for leaving the European Union but its not at all clear whether she will get the three hundred twenty parliamentary books that she needs to get the plan through especially amid all that rebellion by some of her conservative party make. But in an interview with the b. B. C. May put it this way its either her deal or no deal as i say i believe will get a good deal will bring that back from the european and the from the e. U. Negotiations and put that to palm and i think the alternative to that will be not having a deal because i dont think there will be a i dont think that negotiations will have that it wont be we will leaving all the twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen. I mean for the u. K. Heres how International MonetaryFund Managing director Christine Lagarde sees first of all lets agree on what is a no deal i understand that to be a disorderly exit and the sort of crash exit that could happen. On the last day of march now clearly if that was to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it will be a shock to supply. And it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. Reduced growth going forward. Arguing here the big one i was john words hes a british journalist and a blogger he has reported extensively on briggs and john its good to see you again so weve got six months to go till march how widely is im going to put it in the best terms like you know how likely is a disorderly brechts it i still think that such the role of the likely because the route to get there is a very very bumpy one if it looks like theres something break down now with so much Time Available to solve things businesses are going to start taking mountains in hand going to start closing plants in the u. K. And theres the chance i would say that panic would break out if it looks like thats going to happen so i think maybe britain needs to look over the parapet look over the edge of the cliff a little bit more and then maybe move back from that most dangerous situation with no deal so i still think the chances of getting a deal higher than a no deal sonoran deal has to be done by october for it to have a chance of passing through parliament by march right right so is that likely people are in brussels already talking about november all the not toba. Even the sweet talk of whether it could be pushed. But unlikely negotiation any other type of International Guard station that cult is taking and that is also taking them to the european palms elections which happen in may of next year so that so essentially you cant push it much beyond the autumn and again if you dont make any progress by this also him then again theres the danger that some sort of panic may begin to break out. Also to come back to your clip of violence recently this idea that its her deal or no deal is that just doesnt make sense there are all the possibilities of how you could deal what the labor party wants is essentially a close relationship with the European Union or you could even negotiate an extension and to talk even further thats even possible within the rules so this idea that to resume is kind of threatening the e. U. And here i get what i want or else it will be disorderly that just does. Whoa whoa who is she threatening there is it is she threatening the e. U. With that type of talk or is she basically using that language as a party whip to keep those you know conservatives in her party in line oh she might be trying that but brussels is going to hold on a minute but what youre proposing here thats never going to work on the European Union side anyway and so that people scratching their heads in brussels in light of what the reason may have been saying today. The difficulty that theresa may face is in the u. K. Faces there may still be a majority in parliament for brics engine role but there is probably no majority for any particular bricks it variant and that is the challenge that she has to somehow come to exams and what does that mean the john i mean if you imagine if youre from the outside looking of that i mean that sounds just as complicated as anything else. Britain likes to think of itself pohlmann can take a clear decisions you vote and it will happen but the difficulty is this britains politics is its a date at all over bricks it is just the british havent really except it yet im not small only this whole talk about price it goes round and round and round in circles is there is a consensus that they should be a bricks it but there is no understanding of how that should look right now tell me what about this talk about a peoples vote a second referendum i cant see that happening before march of two thousand and nineteen really because you have to have the votes in parliament in the house of commons to approve such a vote youve got both the labor party and the conservative party both of which were opposed to such a second referendum as if i can see a way in means of managing to make that happen there were essentially facing the future at the moment theyre essentially surreal on the table some sort of deal with brussels which probably to reason may call if there is one he said no deal or delay and then we might there was you know three options from here until march and i would put money on it that we would delay rather than having no deal breaks it all some kind of measly deal i think if i were a gambling man id be on your team john wirth british journalist and blogger and our resident breaks it expert john as always thank you very much thank you fred of the day is nearly done but as always the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at u. 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