And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been speaking about the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity, and one had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan. Outside the capital many parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was to hear that Canadianjoshua Boyle and his heavily pregnant wife Caitlin Coleman travelled, he says to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of the Haqqani Network linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors attempted to use them as bargaining chips, releasing a number
Some of the most powerful figures in hollywood are meeting to consider the future of Harvey Weinstein. The film executive facing allegations of harrassment, Sexual Assault and rape. The organisation behind the oscars the academy of Motion Picture arts is considering whether he should be expelled. Mr weinstein insists sexual contact with his accusers was consensual. Heres our correspondent, laura bicker who is in la, where that meeting is taking place. This is a 5k member board including the likes of tom hanks, whoopee goldberg and stephen spielberg, some of the biggest names in hollywood, leading executives and producers. It could be a big moment in hollywood because they are meeting, this is an emergency meeting to decide whether or not to revoke the membership of one of the industry s most powerful producers. Harvey weinstein stands accused of physical and sexual abuse dating back decades. Their names which have come forward are the likes of angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow, ashleyjud
The american Actress Rose Mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape. She says she repeatedly told the boss of amazon studios, who worked with weinstein, what had happened but hed done nothing about it. Mr weinstein denies the allegations. On saturday, the organisers of the oscars will hold emergency talks amid speculation it could suspending talks amid speculation it could suspend Harvey Weinsteins membership. Nick bryant reports. Harvey weinsteins star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest female names in the movie industry who have accused him of harassment, and worse. Actress rose mcgowan has said she was raped by the Film Producer in the growing scandal now affecting one of the worlds biggest companies, amazon. In a series of tweets to the companys chief executive, mcgowan said the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. In a statement, amazon said in new yo
And on the day storm 0rphelia hits the uk, 30 years ago the country was reeling from the impact of the great storm of 1987. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland, parts of the uk are affected too. Storm 0phelia has brought gusts of nearly a hundred miles an hour, damage to buildings and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. From the atlantic 0phelia arrived in force. No longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. That was seen on irelan
And how scientists came across the effects of a cosmic collision which happened 130 million years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news would west brom deny leicester the victory that would move the former champions out of the premier leagues bottom three . Good evening. The efforts to strike a deal in the brexit negotiations should accelerate in the months ahead according to a joint Statement Issued tonight by theresa may and the president of the European Commission, jean claude juncker. They held talks over dinner in brussels this evening in readiness for the crucial european summit which takes place later this week. Tonights statement talked of a constructive and friendly atmosphere as our europe editor katya adler reports from brussels. Great expectations of the Prime Ministers dennett in brussels were a little one sided. The European Commission is theresa mays latest stop, ina commission is theresa mays latest stop, in a month long Charm Offensive across europe. Russia from