Way for a new trial. In a was a 4 3 ruling, the states Court Of Appeals found mr weinstein did not get a fair trial, saying the judge made a mistake by allowing women to testify about allegations that were not part of the charges he faced. The accusations against mr weinstein began in 2017. They sparked the movement known as metoo that exposed sexual abuse at the highest levels of hollywood and beyond. The 72 year old will remain in prison, serving a 16 year sentence for rape in a separate case in la that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. Emma vardy has more 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
meanwile the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that his country will press on with its fight against hamas. translation: i want to be clear, the war is ongoing, l it is continuing. we will continue it until we achieve all our objectives. we will eliminate hamas and we ensure that the day after hamas, there will be no factor who will continue educating their children to hate and to eradicate israel, so we will continue eliminating in hamas, in the north, by the way, and in the south, we will continue that effort. the bbc s us partner, cbs news spoke to one family awaiting the news of whether their loved was one of the 50 released hostages. 3 year old abigail mor edan is the youngest known american hostage. herfamily members, liz hirsh naftali and noa naftali spoke to cbs morning to share abigail s story as they await her potential release. we are hoping and praying that she is in one of the first groups but we can only know, thatis groups but we can only
luis rubiales is banned from all football related activities for three years after kissing a player on the lips out at the women s world cup final. good afternoon. this is the bbc news from jerusalem. israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in the gaza strip. it says it hit a further 600 hamas targets in gaza in the past 2a hours, killing dozens of fighters barricaded in buildings and tunnels. witnesses say an israeli tank and armoured vehicle briefly cut a key road from the north to the south of the gaza strip, entering close to gaza city. israel has been bombing gaza since the attacks on october 7th by hamas designated as a terror group by the uk that killed 1,400 people and saw over 200 people taken as hostages. meanwhile, the un agency for palestinian refugees says hundreds of patients are stuck in hospitals in the north of gaza. it comes after doctors say israel told staff to evacuate the hospital on sunday, but, with many patients in intensive care includi
Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Police in the uk say they are investigating a network of people in connection with monday nights bombing in manchester. The bomber, salman abedi, killed 22, including children, and injured more than 60 when he set off the explosion at the Ariana Grande a concert. As the investigation gathers pace a total of seven people have been arrested around manchester and other uk cities. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt starts oui correspondent gavin hewitt starts our coverage. Late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. Police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. Todays operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. Got to the front door and was greeted by an armed Police Officer with a helmet, face mask machine gun. I asked him what was happening. Hejust said 0perations, out to gain access to the
Its newsday. Hello and welcome. Police in the uk say they are investigating a network of people in connection with monday nights bombing in manchester. The bomber, salman abedi, killed 22, including children, and injured more than 60 when he set off the explosion at the Ariana Grande a concert. As the investigation gathers pace a total of seven people have been arrested around manchester and other uk cities. 0ur chief correspondent gavin hewitt starts oui correspondent gavin hewitt starts our coverage. Late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. Police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. Todays operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. Got to the front door and was greeted by an armed Police Officer with a helmet, face mask machine gun. I asked him what was happening. Hejust said 0perations, out to gain access to the