Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned by new yorks highest court on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. Its ordered a new hearing. Weinstein will remain in prison for a separate conviction for rape. Emma vardy begins our coverage. When one of the most powerful men in hollywood was charged with rape, it led to an outpouring over a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women around the world. A number of actresses came forward, accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex, saying theyd been afraid to speak out, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that sparked the so called me too movement has been overturned in a Shock Outcome in new york. The Court Of Appeal said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him
and more than 90,000 fans have packed into wembley stadium to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour. officials in ukraine say eight people, including a three month old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. 0ther russian missiles hit a military facility in 0desa and a cemetery. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in 0desa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. 0n the ground blown out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine s firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translation: there was a very strong exp
dillian whyte in just over an hour. now on bbc news. our world. myanmar is now in a state of civil war. what started in february 2021 as a mass protest movement against the military coup is now a nationwide armed uprising. a people s army made up of unlikely soldiers. they are sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is the general who seized power in a coup. i ll stain that top elected leaders in the country. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising. we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts and the world looks away, can they restore democracy? deepin deep in the jungles of myanmar, hundreds of protesters are being turned into soldiers, here in this rebel army camp. among them is this 20 year old. hejust finished high school when the military seized power in february last year. he arrived here four months after the coup. he is undergoing intensive training. we have be
Hello and welcome to sportsday with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening. Tears at the Stadium Of Light as sunderland are relegated from the Premier League. Five star celtic thrash their glasgow rivals rangers in the Old Firm Derby. Ferraris good form continues as vettel takes Pole Position at the Russian Grand Prix. And andy murray is beaten in the semi final of the barcelona open. And im at Wembley Stadium, we are just a couple of hours away from tonights super fight. Anthony joshua against Wladimir Klitschko. So plenty of sport to get through today but only one place to start and thats at the Stadium Of Light. A disappointing day for sunderland fans. Lizzie is with our football reporterjohn bennett. Disappointing if you are a sunderland fan, an understatement. They are down, it has been coming for some time . Yes, a 10 defeat against bournemouth, late defeat, for david moyes it is relegation. For sunderland fans, disappointment. They had been e
Hello and welcome to sportsday with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening. Tears at the Stadium Of Light as sunderland are relegated from the Premier League. Five star celtic thrash their glasgow rivals rangers in the Old Firm Derby. Ferraris good form continues as vettel takes Pole Position at the Russian Grand Prix. And andy murray is beaten in the semi final of the barcelona open. And im at Wembley Stadium, we are just a couple of hours away from tonights super fight. Anthony joshua against Wladimir Klitschko. So plenty of sport to get through today but only one place to start and thats at the Stadium Of Light. A disappointing day for sunderland fans. Lizzie is with our football reporterjohn bennett. Disappointing if you are a sunderland fan, an understatement. They are down, it has been coming for some time . Yes, a 10 defeat against bournemouth, late defeat, for david moyes it is relegation. For sunderland fans, disappointment. They had been e