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
in the turing law, for people who could posthumously have their records cleared. even after they died. it was automatically cleared by the government. that was named after alan turing, the wartime code breaker, who was convicted of gross indecency and homosexual acts. he was pardoned 60 years after his death. fast forward to today to these new changes, as well, which we believe will affect, potentially, hundreds of people from the research that we ve done. with new offences to be included, including solicitation by men. that would be something if you are previously convicted of, that would be taken off your record. 0r possibly, not just hundreds of thousands of people if you include people who are going to be pardoned posthumously. ijust want to finish with something that i got sent from the stonewall charity. they campaign for lgbt rights and i spoke to them this morning and they welcomed the news. they said, countless gay and bisexual men have had their lives and careers turned