alive. we are into the second week of the ghilaine maxwell trial in manhattan and today a second alleged victim has been on the stand. she is being referred to under the pseudonym kate. she told the court she was 17 and struggling to make friends after moving to britain from france when she met maxwell for tea at her london townhouse in 1994. after that maxwell offered to introduce kate to her boyfriend the billionaire and paedophile jeffrey epstein, who she said would be able to help with kate s aspiring music career let s speak to our correspondent in new york nada tawfik. we need to start with the age of kate because at the time of the abuse she was 17, so here in england she was within the age of consent and why does that matter in this
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this is bbc news with me christian fraser. the covid restrictions are tightened around as the world as the omicron variant takes over. the nigerian ambassador to london says africa is being subjected to travel apartheid. in response the white house says it is reviewing daily the ban it has imposed on eight african nations. a new strategy to tackle illegal drug use in england and wales the govenment warns casual drug users their may lose their driving licences or passports if they are caught. a second woman tells a court in manhattan that ghislaine maxwell lured her into a relationship in which she was sexually abused byjeffrey epsteen. and the girl who escaped the jaws of a crocodile. we ll hear from the british teenager who says she is lucky to be alive.