Tonight at ten Harvey Weinstein, for decades one of hollywoods most powerful men, is injail, convicted of Sexual Assault and rape. He faces up to 25 years in prison and the lawyer representing some of his victims said their courage had been acknowledged. It is no longer business as usual in the united states. This is the age of empowerment of women and you cannot intimidate them any more. The accusations were at the centre of the Metoo Movement that inspired women to go public with allegations against powerful men. The record will now show the history books will read that Harvey Weinstein isa books will read that Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist. Vindication at last for his female
victims. Well have the latest from nick in new york and well be looking ahead to the next case against weinstein in los angeles. Also tonight the latest on coronavirus as people queue for masks in south korea, the World Health Organization warns that other countries, including italy, needed to take toug
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Our headlines today President Trump defends the us airstrike that killed irans top military commander, saying it was done to prevent further attacks on americans we took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. Thousands of extra troops are called up in australia to tackle the raging bush fires, as countrys Prime Minister warns of difficult days ahead. Two more labour mps, lisa nandy and Jess Phillips, join the race to be the partys next leader. Englands batsmen flounder again. Another dismal display leaves them on the back foot going into day two of the second test against south africa. The story of a blunder on mastermind and why Greta Thunberg changed her name on twitter to sharon as a result. Hello. A very good morning to you. Throughout the course of the morning we will keep you up to date with the weather situation across the fire affected areas in australia. Closer to home, qui
Three new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the uk bringing the total to 19. The new cases include the first in wales a patient who had recently been in northern italy. There are growing fears about the global spread of the virus. That is why i think they have been cautious about explaining what would happen in what they call the reasonable worst case scenario, but given that we are at that Tipping Point i think they are rightly starting to explain in more detail what some of those trade offs might be. The outbreak brings the worst stock market falls since 2008 the bank of england says Economic Growth could be downgraded. If the world is slower than it
otherwise would be the uks very open economy has an impact, but the most important thing is to make sure the system is functioning. We are very confident about that and we are on top of that. Well have the latest on the crisis from our Health Editor and our economics correspondent. Also this lunchtime the teenage activist Greta Thunb
This is bbc news. Im simon mccoy. The headlines at 9am thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in the sea to escape bush fires in Australia Military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. Its gut wrenching. You dont know whos back there and whos not. You know, i cant. There was homes that i knew people in and ijust couldnt even hear to watch. Former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. The National Living wage is to rise in april by 6. 2 four times the rate of inflation. Heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into Civil Partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who are married. The government says it will raise concerns with the cypriot authorities, about the fairness
of a trial of a british woman convicted of lying about being gang raped. And join me, andjoin me, sarah and join me, sarah campbell, for a look back at a busy royal year. Ther
This is bbc news. The headlines more beds, ventilators and thousands of extra staff will be made available from next week after a deal between nhs england and the nations independent hospitals. Another 53 people with coronavirus have died in england, bringing the total of deaths in the uk to 233. The death toll in italy has seen another dramatic rise. Nearly 800 people have died in the last 2a hours from coronavirus the highest total anywhere in the world since the outbreak began. And in spain, theres been a big rise too an increase of more than 300 people, bringing the total number of deaths there to more than 1,300. Be responsible when you shop. An appeal by a senior British Government minister who estimates that £1 billion worth of extra food
has been stockpiled. It is making life more difficult for those front line workers, such as our doctors and nurses and nhs support staff, who are working so hard in such difficult circumstances. Islands in the stream. And in other news, the Am