For overwhelmed cities . The former hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned. New yorks highest court has ruled he didnt get a fair trial. The case in 2020, was a landmark in the me too movement, which exposed Sexual Misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Our correspondent emma vardy has the latest from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful men in hollywood, was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women around the world. What became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Metoo Movement has been overturned in new york. The Court Of Appeals said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were n
Coast in the early hours leading to the deaths of five of those attempting the crossing, including a child. It happened just hours after mps passed the governments Rwanda Bill Which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of Wimereux Filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. Theyd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. Well, we can join andrew now. Good evening. The smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a Big Beautiful Beach close to a french golf resort. Shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants
Theyre letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. Theyre trying to stop them from getting to the water. Lets go ahead and see what we can see. You can see the smugglers here. Some of them have sticks. Theyre trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. But speak to our correspondent ali price who is in dover and england. Talk us through what happened. This is a tra. Ic tale from that rather dramatic reporting from andrew, he didnt know at the time what was about to unfold. We understand this boat got into trouble off the coast, just ate few dozen metres off the of northern france, that the Boat Hit A Sand Bank and was refloated, and at that point the passengers on the boat had moved and some had fallen out and a numberfell into the moved and some had fallen out and a number fell into the sea. There were five fatalities including the death of a seven year old girl. I am in dover, 20 miles away from northern france, a
Were swapping the chilly weather for wet weather as we go into the weekend. Maybe something drier and warmer next month. Welcome to newsday, im Steve Lai Reporting live from singapore. The headlines. Prosecutors say donald trump engaged in Election Fraud by Paying Hush Money To A Pawn Star before the 2016 president ial election at the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. These arejoe biden trials. This is done as election interference. Everybody knows it. Im here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia, and lots of other places campaigning. In london a Late Night Showdown between mps and peers over the governments safety of rwanda bill. At least four people are killed and thousands are forced to leave their homes, after flooding and landslides in southern china. And why so many people are heading to this london pub for a swift drink. Donald trump has returned to court in new york to hear the Opening Statements in his criminal trial over the alleged cover
Lawyer i should explain this is not the courtroom itself, no cameras allowed inside the courtroom when proceedings are active. This is on a different floor and you can see there the barrier is where donald trump will often come at the beginning of the day to speak to the media. We are in the short recess which is why cameras can pick him up at this life moment. Lets try and bring you that brief statement he gave before proceedings got under wayjust gave before proceedings got under way just a little gave before proceedings got under wayjust a little earlier. Ijust want to say before we begin, these are all biden trials. This is done as Election Interference. Everybody knows it. Im here, instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia, and lots of other places campaigning. And its very unfair. Fortunately, the poll. Numbers are very good. Theyve been going up because people understand whats going on. This is a witch hunt and its a shame, and it comes out of washington. Its in co