Welcome to bbc news. Tougher prison sentences are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to introduce a minimum six month jail term in england, wales and scotland. This comes after the number of acid attacks across the uk more than doubled in the past five years. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed a chemical on their victims. Joshua jordan and sadik kamara were part of a gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. The woman, in her 50s, was squirted, with ammonia at least three times. Herface burning, she bravely fought back. Later, jordan and kamara sprayed another woman with ammonia. They will be sentenced next month. The government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. In future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless theres a reasonable explanation. Its really important that we send out a very strong message that carrying a corrosive substance in a public place, unless youve got a really good reason to have it, is just totally unacceptable. You speak to any victim of an acid attack and they will be living with lifelong scars. Under the home office plans on Violent Crime, there will be a four year maximum prison term for possession of harmful chemicals. People convicted twice or more will face an automatic prison sentence. Ministers also want a knife ban in sixth form colleges, further education centres and universities just as there is in schools. In london, police are being issued with test kits to check the contents of suspicious bottles of liquid. Theyre also being given protective gloves and water bottles, so they can treat victims quickly. Together with the proposed new laws, officers hope it will help prevent more attacks. It is an appalling crime, especially for those who have to live through the attacks. In a moment we will be speaking to a Delivery Driver who was attacked with acid and also a youth campaigner on his thoughts on how this latest move on the sentencing is going to play with the minority of young people who do choose to carry acid around with them. But lets move on for the moment, to another big story that is developing through the day. Britain has said it will defend the International Nuclear deal with iran, after donald trump decided he would no longer endorse it. The us president said iran had already violated the deal and has threatened to abandon the agreement altogether. All the other signatories including france, china, and germany, have said they remain committed to the agreement. As we have seen in north korea, the longer we ignore a threat, the worse that threat becomes. It is why we are determined that the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism will never obtain nuclear weapons. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife by islamic militants in afghanistan in 2012 has been describing their ordeal for the First Time Since they were released. Joshua boyle says one of his children was murdered and his wife was raped during captivity. Joshua boyle and his pregnant american wife, caitlan coleman, were captured while backpacking five years ago. They arrived back in toronto on friday night with three surviving children all born in captivity. These are pictures from that arrival. The Pakistani Army rescued the family in the north west of the country, near the afghan border, earlier this week. Obviously it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure century for our three surviving children to call home, to focus an edification and to try to regain some portion of the childhood that they have lost. A secure sanctuary. I was in afghanistan helping the most neglected Minority Group in the world, those ordinary villagers who live deep inside taliban controlled afghanistan where no ngo, no aid worker and no government has ever successfully been able to bring the necessary help. The organisers of the oscars are to hold emergency talks later to discuss claims of Sexual Misconduct against the Film ProducerHarvey Weinstein. The academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences, which has awarded 81 0scars to films produced by his company, says the allegations of Sexual Assault are repugnant. Adina campbell reports. Facing possible expulsion from the organisation that catapulted him to stardom, Harvey Weinsteins future is hanging in the balance. Normally known for its glitz and glamour, the academy which organises the oscars will hold an emergency meeting later, rocked by allegations that the man behind some of hollywoods biggest films sexually harassed and assaulted dozens of women. He is someone who is different from the person i knew and the person who was involved for many years in democratic politics, for me and for barack 0bama and so many of us. He was very helpful and it is just appalling, what is coming out now, and i want to commend the women who are finally stepping forward. The us Actress Rose Mcgowan is the latest woman to accuse Harvey Weinstein of rape, while some of hollywoods other big names have made Sexual Assault, groping and harassment allegations, leading to Police Investigations in both the uk and us. It has opened up questions about what young aspiring actors are faced with in a fierce industry with a cutthroat culture. Before you even step into the room, do i have the right look . Are they going to like me because of this . I dont have that. But what if they ask me to do that . I cant do that ok, maybe i shouldnt go. It sounds crazy, but that is literally the conversation that goes on in your head. Harvey weinstein has denied allegations of nonconsensual sex and is now believed to be getting therapy in arizona. Rumours are swirling that his Film Production company could soon be closed or sold, but in a statement his brother bob has rejected those claims, saying business is continuing as usual. 65 year old weinstein has already been suspended from the british film academy, bafta, and may face the same fate or worse from the academy later. This is a story that has obviously got some way to run. Earlier i spoke to sandro monetti, a showbiz journalist whos based in los angeles. He told me that the Oscars Academy has a tough decision to make about weinstein. In the 90 year history of the academy, they have rarely made such a closely watched decision. The sa members of the board will meet in a few hours to decide what to do about the Harvey Weinstein problem, and on the Harvey Weinstein problem, and on the surface, the obvious way is to kick him out, just as after have done. But its maybe not as simple as that. During all of their nine decades, the academy has sat in judgment of professional achievement, not a professional behaviour, so their options are kick him out, do nothing, in which case they are likely to face resignations and condemnation, or take away the best picture 0scar from 1999 that Harvey Weinstein won for shakespeare in love. They are dumbed if they do and down if they dont. It is an important decision in Hollywood History. If they were to kick him out, does that then open them up to having to revisit other people, lets not name names but other people who might have been found to have not conducted themselves in the best possible way in previous years . The allegations against Harvey Weinstein are abominable, but if you add other high people who are members of the academy, there has been a huge history of convictions and allegations for Sexual Harassment and lots of repugnant behaviour. Lets not forget that the casting couch has been around as long as hollywood has been, and if you open this door to kick out one person, who is going to come next, and does the academy have to be the moral arbiter of decent behaviour in hollywood . And moral arbiter of decent behaviour in hollywood . And that moral arbiter of decent behaviour in hollywood . And that is what i mean when i say the decision, although obvious, may come with certain problems and whatever decision they take, it is farfrom problems and whatever decision they take, it is far from the end of the story. How is this playing out in hollywood at the moment . Does it feel like a seismic moment, all bearing in mind the number of people who we now know knew of Harvey Weinsteins behaviour, presumably it is clearly not just weinsteins behaviour, presumably it is clearly notjust him. This is a massive industry. I wonder whether this feels like a moment of change, oi this feels like a moment of change, or whether this feels like a moment where the finger gets pointed out one individual and yet the systems continue as they have been. The floodgates have opened and certainly lots of finger pointing is going on. And i think even though its a very sad week for hollywood, its a huge opportunity going forward, and suddenly after the horrendous allegations here, the creditors who no doubt exist in hollywood hopefully it will think twice and hopefully it will think twice and hopefully will understand that this must never be done again, because for so long, theyve been able to get away with it, and thats why hollywood has turned a blind eye to this sickening kind of behaviour. This is a huge opportunity to keep the eyes wide open and say no, never again, to this. This could be a turning of the page in Hollywood History and in wider society. That was the latest from hollywood on the Harvey Weinstein story as it stands at the moment, the Oscars Committee due to meet later on today to discuss what they should do in reaction to that. Lets return to the news on the tougher prison sentences being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. With me now is jabed hussain, a Delivery Driver who was attacked with acid in east london back in july. And in birmingham were also joined by theojohnson hes an actor and youth campaigner. Thank you forjoining us. Let me start with you. All of these attacks are horrific. What happened to you . I was just back from work, stuck in traffic, and someone threw acid on my face. Out of the blue, unprovoked . Yes. An unknown person i have never seen before. They were wearing a mask as well. Basically, it is kind of like ijust tried to go home. Did people come and help you . I remember i wasjust crying and screaming but no one opened their windows from the cars, and i was just begging their windows from the cars, and i wasjust begging for their windows from the cars, and i was just begging for water. Their windows from the cars, and i wasjust begging for water. Did you know what had happened . M wasjust begging for water. Did you know what had happened . It is really painful and obviously i know that because i know the feeling of it. Ive still got the feeling of it, when they threw acid on me. It felt like fire on my face. 0bviously, there is somebody crying on the street, they are mentally affected. Yours was not, obviously, the first attack of the sector but it was one of the first attacks that got some nationwide coverage, and since then you have been campaigning to try to draw attention to this crime. Do you feel that what we are seeing today, the government announcements today of tougher sentences for those repeatedly caught carrying corrosive su bsta nces repeatedly caught carrying corrosive substances without a valid reason, do you think that that gets us somewhere . First of all, im going to give thanks because at least there is a response to it, but im denying it because it is notjust me, im talking about. Im campaigning against, the victim is of acid attacks are suffering. It should be tougher punishment, as i know the pain of it. I know the pain and the people suffering. So there should be a tougher sentence that, and its not like knife crimes, its kind of like someone destroying your identity. Someone destroys your face. You have to carry that until you die. So the government should do tougher sentences. Just letting it 90, tougher sentences. Just letting it go, they cant let it go. It is a terrible crime. Lets bring in theo in birmingham. Thank you forjoining us. In birmingham. Thank you forjoining us. Can you give us any understanding as to why some young people carry these substances around . The key word is random, and thatis around . The key word is random, and that is what it seems to be. There is no actual one thing why they do it. Like one reason. There is jealousy, there is peoplesinsecurities, its a weird one. Its not like knife crime where you could say people are trying to defend themselves. Its cruel. I feel that with the sentences, its definitely a start. Busy we need to do something, but yes, it is life threatening and its not good. To the sentences. I mean, for people who clearly carry this stuff around and therefore with the attention possibly of using it, are they going to be put off by any sentence . Its hard to say, because you have to be really cruel to do Something Like this. It is mental and physical scars permanently. The raising of awareness that something, an announcement like todays its us, that presumably would stop some people or make some people consider twice . Yes, the fear of going to jail is always a deterrent in some way, even if it is a small way, so it isa way, even if it is a small way, so it is a good start but there is still more that needs to be done. Jabed do you think that there is something amongst raising awareness amongst the public that will stop people carrying this out . Yet it is such a Violent Crime that you would think that anyone carrying acid who withdrew it in someones phase would know that my right leg would know that morally and ethically they are doing something wrong, so you would wonder whether criminal proceedings and prison would put them off. They can get the substances from their own kitchen but you cant stop selling it. You need to go to the bottom. What do you mean . Go to the bottom. What do you mean . Go to the bottom means why are they doing it . Who is doing it . So without counting the crimes, go to the bottom and if you just sort this out, like most of the boys are under 18 that are doing this kind of crimes, so if you just go and sort this out, that would be reduced. That is what i think. Theo, there is a problem, is there not, if it is people under a certain age its hard to prosecute people . As it is for some and knife crimes. Its hard to prosecute people . As it is for some and knife crimesm its hard to prosecute people . As it is for some and knife crimes. It is. It isa is for some and knife crimes. It is. It is a shame because they are young and will grow it is a shame because they are young and willgrow up it is a shame because they are young and will grow up and regret it. What could help is going into schools and youth centres and talking about it, showing the serious effects of it and making them see first hand and bringing people in who have been affected. You have presumably spoken to get people who do carry acid around. Can you give us a sort of picture of perhaps one of them and why they do it and what they are thinking, what they are hoping to achieve . It is an immature mind state. The times ive come across people with acid, its like they dont see the serious nature of what it is and what they can do. It is like people dont look for the future. They will do some thing today and not think about the lifetime effects of it happening, how it will affect them in their lifetime and the other person. Jabed, there are life term effects, arent there . Not just jabed, there are life term effects, arent there . Notjust physical scars but presumably mental difficulties as well. Yes, i feel scared to go back to work. However the tins of surviving at the moment they have to carry on until they die. However the they have to carry on until they die. Howeverthe victim s are surviving. I know the pain within if you hours. I know the pain of this kind of crime. Within three hours, i can imagine how they are suffering. How the victims are suffering. So this is why ijust want future generations not to suffer like that. They campaigning against it is important to raise the awareness that this is really important. Especially in london, where i live. It is my home. Sol especially in london, where i live. It is my home. So i dont really acce pt it is my home. So i dont really accept it. Thank you, jabed, and theo as well. Thank you forecasting at least some light on this appalling crime. The headlines as we havejust been discussing, the home office is planning to introduce minimum six month prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid, following a surge in attacks. The uk has joined acid, following a surge in attacks. The uk hasjoined other countries in defending the International Nuclear deal with iran grow after Donald Trumps decision to withdraw his endorsement of the agreement. 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