Russell brand, comedian, actor, Political Commentator accused of multiple Sexual Assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. Hes grabbing at my, my underwear, pulling it to the side. Im telling him to get off me, he wont get off. I was distraught, trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. Further details have now been published about Nadia Reporting the incident to a Rape Crisis Centre and also a series of Text Messages that the investigators say Russell Brand sent to nadia. The exchange begins with him saying, im sorry, i will make this up to you. And then he goes on to ask, will you everforgive me . It was just as these allegations first began to emerge that he arrived for a performance in london. On stage he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. He has these days, millions of followers on social media. This is anti establishment, anti authoritarian. Where he has cast hims
It is now more than a decade since you wrote sapiens. It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. I just wonder whether in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. I see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. Maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. You know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. Democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. For most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impo
Efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our efforts will be seen today. Lyse so russia and ukraine lawyers doucet, our chief efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our chief international in court, side by side, correspondent, thank you very much. Arguing their cases. Were hearing, first of all, from russia. So how did we get here . Well, a few days after russian tanks rolled across the border, more women have come forward with allegations ukraine brought this case about Russell Brand. The Times Newspaper says several women have to the International Court contacted its journalists since saturday, when it published the accounts of four women ofjustice, claiming that russia who accused the comedian of raping or sexually assaulting them. Was abusing the Genocide Convention mr brand has denied those claims by claiming falsely genocide and insisted all his relationships were consensual. Was being committed in eastern David Silitto reports. Ukraine, in order to try to justify what russia
Boss cant tell the difference. This is lego. This is lego, youre telling me . This is not lego. Its trying to be lego, is my assessment of it. Out of vogue after 25 years at the helm, the editor of british vogue, alexandra shulman, says shes stepping down. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Serena williams has backed britainsjoanna konta to be a future Australian Open champion despite knocking her out in the quarter finals in straight sets. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump is promising a big day on National Security today, as he makes good on his pre election promises to crack down on immigration, and tighten internal security. Hes expected to give details of how america will build its wall along the border with mexico. Hes also expected to halve the number of refugees allowed into the us, and tighten Visa Controls on visitors from a number of predominantly muslim countries. 0pponents have reacted with alarm to the plans, as david willis now reports
Women are experiencing widespread discrimination when it comes to dress codes at work, say mps. Good afternoon. The top story, President Trump is expected to reveal details later today of how he will fulfil a Major Campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border of america and make the mexicans pay for it. Today he signalled it was important for national security. He is expected to sign several orders aimed at restricting immigration. He has already launched an investigation into voter fraud looking at Illegal Immigrants who were not eligible to vote. Lets have a closer look at the border between the us and mexico. There it is crossing an entire continent and joining the Gulf Of Mexico with the pacific ocean. It passes along four us states and six mexican ones and a wide range of geographical hurdles so any new wall would be a feat of engineering. And heres what it looks like close up. The us border with mexico spans 1,989 miles a Central Plank of President Trumps Election C