And separate men and women and very often not on will they torture people but they will force people to watch family members to watch their family being tortured and killed. this is part of a systematic way of terrorising the country and instilling fear and by fear trying to wrestle control of the country but it s having the opposite effect and it s outraging the country and stealing the resolve of those who are opposed to this horrific treatment of the people of myanmar. the defence and prosecution have been making their closing arguments in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. the prosecuction today described her as partner in crime tojeffrey epstein. ghislaine maxwell is accused of procuring underage girls for epstein to abuse in the late 90s and early 2000s. for the prosecution us attorney alison said ghislaine maxwell s presence made epstein s approaches to the girls seem legitimate and her acting like his behaviour
Charged for his crimes but epstein is not maxwell, the lawyer said and she went on to again undermine the testimony and credibility of the four accusers which has been a very big part of the case. ind four accusers which has been a very big part of the case. big part of the case. and now the defence in big part of the case. and now the defence in the big part of the case. and now the defence in the prosecution - big part of the case. and now the defence in the prosecution have i big part of the case. and now the - defence in the prosecution have made their arguments and now awaits? yes. their arguments and now awaits? yes, we thou~ht their arguments and now awaits? yes, we thought this their arguments and now awaits? yes, we thought this trial their arguments and now awaits? yes we thought this trial is going to take six weeks and did not. there were 12 beings for the court to hear the cases from both sides and after the closing arguments and, the judge is going to be giving i
Of four years, she went to epstein s home more than 100 times, until she became too old, saying it was always ghislaine maxwell allegedly that set up those meetings. the defence has started cross examination. ghislaine maxwell has denied all of the charges and they have really honed in on this point that it was virginia roberts, they say, who introduced her tojeffrey epstein and not ghislaine maxwell. the company that owns facebook recently changed its name to meta. it says it s transforming itself from a social media firm into a company of the metaverse. facebook is not the only tech giant to dive into the metaverse. but what does it actually mean? our technology correspondent marc chislack has been looking into it. so, what actually is the metaverse? well, if we think of the internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is a version of the internet that we are inside. i d say there are examples of the metaverse already, if you look at video games.
Denied all of the charges and they have really honed in on this point that it was virginia roberts, they say, who introduced her tojeffrey epstein and not ghislaine maxwell. australia s prime minister, scott morrison, has confirmed australia willjoin a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics next february. he said the chinese government has not yet made any attempts to respond to several issues raised by australia including alleged human rights abuses. the united states confirmed they would not be sending any officials to the games on monday. china has already threatened to retailiate against the move. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: diving into the metaverse. where are we? an explanation coming up. john lennon was shot at the entrance of the dakota building in the centre of new york. there s been a crowd here standing and putting
Personal situations. thank you very much for talking to personal situations. thank you very much for talking to us, personal situations. thank you very much for talking to us, thank i personal situations. thank you very much for talking to us, thank you, | much for talking to us, thank you, gemma. gemma dale, lecturer in employment law and business studies at liverpool s john employment law and business studies at liverpool sjohn moores university. a second woman who says jeffrey epstein sexually abused her has been testifying in the ghislaine maxwell trial in new york. ms maxwell, who was a close friend of epstein, has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of sex trafficking and other charges. epstein took his own life in a new york prison cell in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. nada tawfik has been following events in court. the judge instructed the jury that any of the sex acts she testified about were not to be considered illegal acts. instead, the prosecution