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Transcripts For BBCNEWS 100 Women Challenge 20171203



a government that is not fully on track, where people have differing views, don't always agree with each other. it does portray, paint a picture, of a other. it does portray, paint a picture, ofa prime other. it does portray, paint a picture, of a prime minister who is not in full control. it is damaging for theresa may. alan milburn is an ex— labour minister. he was due to step down next year anyway. is this grand standing from the labour side with delahey has gone suddenly. he says he will not be replying. it is it obvious that since 2012 when he was appointed by the coalition government. and it is notjust in resigning. it is three other commissioners as well. one a conservative cabinet minister, two others, one academic and one a chief social mobility. this is bigger than party politics. the government has commented, thanking mr bellbird for his work. —— mrmilburn. and thanking mr bellbird for his work. —— mr milburn. and with everyone to have the opportunity to go as far as the talents take them. alex forsyth has also covered another story, criticism has grown for two former police officers who leaked allegations that legal pornographic images had been found on a work computer of the cabinet minister, damian green. the former chief constable of greater manchester, sir peter fahy, strongly rejected suggestions it was in the public interest to disclose information allegedly found during the course of an unrelated investigation in 2008. sir peter said in his view the officers were entering "dangerous territory". alex forsyth has also been covering this story. nine years ago, a police operation that had unforeseen consequences. this raid was part of an inquiry into government leaks. no—one was charged but computers were seized and examined. and on damian green's work computer there was allegedly legal pornography which he has repeatedly said wasn't down to him. the claims were first made public by former met assistant commissioner, bob quick, who feared they would be covered up. then yesterday, this is retired met detective also spoke out, saying he had no doubt that mr green viewed the material. it was ridiculous to suggest that anyone else could have done it. he'd examined the computer and thought it was in the public interest to reveal what he'd found. the computer was in mr green's office, on his desk, logged in, it was his account, his name. but today, the former chief constable of greater manchester police condemned the pair's actions. most police officers would be very uncomfortable about the police getting involved in making judgements about whether a politician is lying or not — that is ultimately a matter for the courts and for public opinion. 0r breaching this duty of keeping matters confidential, which are gathered in an investigation unless they end up as evidence. i didn't download or look at pornography. damian green has always denied the claims. his conduct is currently subject to a cabinet office investigation. the outcome crucial. he's a close ally of theresa may. how she deals with this will be closely watched. so questions now, notjust over his political future, but the handling of this whole affair. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the headlines: president trump admits he sacked his former advisor michael flynn for lying to the fbi. legal experts say the president could now be investigated for obstructing justice. criticism grows of two former policemen who claimed legal pornographic images were found on the computer of damian green, the cabinet minister has always strongly denied the allegations. it's been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the presidential elections, but the results are yet to be declared. post—election violence has led to at least three deaths during days of protests with a state of emergency declared. the demonstrations began after claims of election fraud. a little earlier i spoke with our central america correspondent will grant and asked if the violence had subsided on the streets of honduras. really from the first protest we now know at least three people have died. there have been scores arrested. it seems one girl who was still a teenager was shot dead by police. it is a very, very messy situation and one fears it will get worse before it gets better. a lot of people are staying off the streets and there is a curfew between 6pm and 6am local time in honduras. a lot of people are very angry about what you mentioned in your introduction. this electoral result that still hasn't been produced and what they understand and what they perceive as meddling by the authorities. so why does the opposition think there may have been electoral fraud? well, there was an initial delay in the vote count. bear in mind, we're only talking about 3.6 million votes in total and it shouldn't take a week for the result to be produced and yet it has. there was supposed technical hitch, that's how it was put by the electoral authorities, and in that time, the main challenger, salvador nasralla, moved from being around 5% in the lead to now being around 1.2% behind. he has already claimed victory so his supporters are not going to accept anything less than their man being put into power, it seems. of course, the sitting president, juan 0rlando hernandez has also claimed victory. there is a lot of high feeling on both sides. what do you think the sitting president is going to do now in order to try and calm this situation? it is a worrying turn of events, this declaration of a state of emergency, the new powers to the police and the military. from the president's point of view, he will want to see him declared the winner so he can begin to impose his rule again, if you like, his office can take more control, that his party can take more control. even if he is declared the winner in the coming days, i think he's going to find that honduras is increasingly ungovernable, at least in the short term. i see it very unlikely that these protesters will leave the streets any time soon. barclays says it will no longer offer a russian anti virus software programme free to customers. it comes after officials recommended that government departments stop using kaspersky lab products because of fears it could be exploited by the kremlin. the national cyber security centre says the advice doesn't apply to domestic users. kaspersky lab denies any links to the russian government. jon donnison reports. cyber security software like that provided by kaspersky lab requires extensive access to the files on a computer phone or network to look for viruses. our mission has always been to protect... kaspersky is used by consumers and businesses as well as some parts of government to protect systems from criminals and hackers. but now a new warning about russian anti—virus software, amid fears it could be used for spying. secrets of global significance... at britain's national cyber security centre, they say they've not seen actual proof of such espionage, but they've told government departments not to use kaspersky for systems containing sensitive data. this is specifically about entities that may be of interest to the russian government and so for us that's about national security systems in government, of which there are a very small number. kaspersky lab has already denied allegations that it's been used for espionage in america. we don't do anything wrong. they are just speculating about some rumours, opinions and there is zero of the hard data. 400 million people use kaspersky products around the world, but officials say they're not telling the general public to stop using it. kaspersky lab denies any wrongdoing, but today's warning is another sign about growing fears over the risk posed by russia. jon donnison, bbc news. the youngest patient on the uk transplant waiting list has received a new heart. 8—week—old charlie douthwaite is said to be making good progress following a nine—hour operation at newcastle's freeman hospital. a donor was found after a europe—wide appeal and just in time. doctors feared charlie had only weeks to live. duncan kennedy reports. a tender moment tracie wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. charlie was born with only half a heart. hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. this week, a heart did become available. and now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. his skin colour was just amazing. i can't describe it. from going so blue, he was just blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect. charlie was the youngest patient on britain's transplant waiting list. his doctors say the operation went well. he was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on time. it's not known if the family who donated their baby's heart know about charlie, but charlie's mother says they've given her a precious gift. it's the bravest thing anyone could do. they've given my boy a second chance at life. and for that, i will be forever thankful. i cried for them. charlie is expected to be strong enough to go home in the new year. an unbearable loss in one family that became unrestrained joy in another. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a good news story! now here's a sports round—up with jessica creighton. good evening. it's been a busy day of premier league action but the game of the day, maybe even the season, was manchester united's visit to arsenal. united won 3—1, which means they narrow the gap on leaders manchester city. tim hague reports. under the lights at the emirates. arsenal against manchester united, as iconic a fixture as it gets in the premier league. but this game was about more than history and renewed rivalries. united trying to stay in the title race, arsenal aiming to continue their recent run. yet that seemed unlikely after only three minutes, a misplaced pass found its way to antonio valencia, and then back to valencia and into the net. a good start for united then became a great one. then another arsenal mistake in possession punished. jesse lingard with the goal, anthony martial with the most magnificent assist. it was befitting of the first half, really, which was open, exciting and end—to—end. the hosts somehow not getting back into things on more than one occasion. and there were the numerous david de gea saves for good measure too. you have to feel sorry for the second a5, it could surely never compete with the first. yet it did. alexandre lacazette, onside, and the game on too. there was one big problem for arsenal, de gea, pulling off something truly special here. a double save as good as any to keep his side ahead. and just as united were on the brink, they pulled away again. a classic counter attack, another lingard goal. all they had to do was hold on now. paul pogba didn't help the cause, though, a straight red. he misses the manchester derby. yet 3—1 was how it ended. 41 shots on goal in the 90 minutes. an iconic premier league fixture and this was an iconic premier league game. tim hague, bbc news. amazing attitude from every one of them. part of the quality from they showed, quality in many things, they showed also an amazing character in the difficult moments of the game, and the game gave us difficult moments, arsenal gave us difficult moments with their attacking quality, and then we had also the difficult moment of playing with ten men for quite a long time. so, amazing character by the players. i think they deserve your words, which are similar to my words when i met them in the dressing room. also in the premier league today, liverpool move into the top four after a 5—1win at brighton. sam allardyce won his first game in charge of everton with a 2—0 win over huddersfield. and swansea are bottom after their defeat against stoke. england's rugby league side suffered an agonising 6—0 defeat to australia in the final of the world cup. the hosts scored the only try of the game in the first half through boyd cordner, and despite a valiant effort, england couldn't find a reply. england players clearly devastated by the result as australia were crowned champions for the 11th time. it's advantage australia at the end of day one of the second ashes test in adelaide. joe root won the toss and surprisingly put australia in to bat, but england's bowlers failed to make the impact he hoped for in the first ever day—night ashes test. england were gifted with an early breakthrough after confusion between the australian openers saw cameron bancroft run out by chris woakes. england then got the wicket of dangerman david warner, three runs short of his half century. a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by captain steve smith, craig 0verton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two 209/4. to rugby union, and there was a nail—biter in wales' final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helped wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick gelant's try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kriel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the springboks ahead by a point but leigh halfpenny's 66th—minute penalty clinched a nervy 211—22 win for wales, just their fourth over south africa. there's been a major shock at the uk championship snooker in york, where world champion and top seed mark selby has been knocked out by world number 66 scott donaldson. donaldson, who came into the tournament on a 10 match losing streak, made breaks of 90, 87 and 77 to go 5—3 up. the scot then kept his composure in the ninth frame with a break of 84 to advance to the third round. all of the sport there. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcregedahmad. time for the weather now with helen willets. hello. it's been a bitter week for some parts of the uk but it is at least a little less cold this weekend. further afield, if you're keeping an eye on the second test in adelaide, it's warmer but we did have some interruptions because of showers on saturday. fewer showers sunday. still a brisk breeze, though. and actually here, temperatures are a little below par. the should recover as we head towards midweek. despite an increasing cloud on saturday, we did have a little late evening sunshine in kent. i'm hopeful that we will see a little bit more sunshine through the day ahead and slightly less cold conditions, particularly in the south. but at the moment, we've still got quite a bit of cloud. it's trickling its way southwards. they're weak weather fronts, really, but they're bringing some patchy rain and drizzle with misty low cloud and hill fog. to the north, yes, the cloud does break and clear and it could turn a tad chilly to start the morning up in the north—east of scotland. perhaps a touch of frost, a little bit of fog here. but for many, it shouldn't be frosty first thing. but it will be rather grey and murky. hill fog around, patchy drizzle as well, and this weather front may will drag its heels across southern parts of england, across the west and into the west of wales. it'll be with us across northern ireland and we may see early brightness across antrem and down. it should be a decent start to the day across scotland. more sunshine here. still a few showers and a brisk wind in the north—east. still the potential for some morning fog and frost in the glens but that should lift and we should see some good spells of sunshine. gradually, that cloud will thin and break across the rest of southern britain but it may hang around in cornwall, in western parts of wales and drifts eastwards across northern ireland to western scotland, so the west of northern ireland may see some brighter spells later in the day. in contrast to yesterday, probably a little bit cooler in the north—east but actually feeling a bit milder further south as temperatures won't be quite so low to start the day. then, through the night ahead, we'll see the cloud gradually easing back eastwards, but where there are breaks in the cloud, yes, it will turn chilly, but also we could have some fog for the monday morning rush across east anglia, the south—east, the east midlands in particular. but otherwise it's here where, once the fog clears, we should see some brightness and some sunshine again to start our week. relatively mild compared with last week, nines and tens, but there will quite a bit of cloud, showery rain coming in, although it will be light and patchy because it is under the influence of high pressure for the next two or three days. this high pressure isjust keeping those weather fronts at bay but this does have our name on it. this is going to come for wednesday. it looks particularly nasty, actually, some wet and windy weather to keep our eye on. but, between now and then, fairly quiet or benign conditions. as ever, there's plenty more more on our website. bye— bye. this is bbc news — the headlines. president trump has said his former adviser michael flynn's contacts with russia were lawful but he had to sack him because he had lied to the fbi. some legal experts say mr trump may have then obstructed justice when he urged the former fbi director to drop the inquiry into mr flynn. the us senate has passed a sweeping tax reform bill, paving the way for the first big legislative victory of donald trump's presidency. republicans in the senate pushed through the bill which promises a sharp cut in corporate taxation. democrats say it will only benefit the wealthy and big business. in yemen — fighting has continued between iranian—backed rebels and theirformer allies who support the ex—president, ali abdullah saleh. the two groups had been fighting a saudi—led alliance that backs the ousted yemeni government. saudi arabia has welcomed mr saleh's suggestion to start talks. now on bbc news, 100 women challenge safer streets. and just a warning, this programme contains a graphic description of an incident of sexual harassment. we are challenging teams of women in four locations around the world. to tackle the everyday problems that blight their lives in the workplace. you need a working prototype by tomorrow morning. in education. a small malfunction, emoji is not showing up. public transport. i don't know, 50 more to do or something? and on the sports field. using bbc outlets, the teams can appeal to help from around the world. they have just one week to find a modern solution to a long—standing issue. welcome to the bbc‘s 100 women challenge 2017. millions of women experience street harassment around the world. there is an ocean of viral videos from groping to wolf whistling, street harassment can be verbal or physical. rush hour in this transport hub. around 3.5 million commuters every day swarm in, cramming into packed trains. a survey found 51% of women in london felt at risk of harassment on public transport. the global problem is so vast that it does seem insurmountable. but is it really unsolvable? i'm here in central london to host a hackathon. for those like me, not quite clued up on their urban dictionary definition, it's where experts come together, form teams around a problem and collaboratively find unique solutions. can bright minds actually solve harassment on public transport? we've gathered a team of experts from very different fields to find ground—breaking solutions, and tackle street harassment head—on. today they will brainstorm with an audience from around the world, then they've gotjust one week to design, test and implement solutions. let's meet the team. at the london transport museum, we've invited an audience to participate in this hackathon which will be broadcast live on bbc radio around the world. in the crowd, i meet our team of experts. each bring a unique superpower to the table which, when combined, have the potential to make real, lasting change. ellie is an engineer. she lectures in urban innovation in policy, working and making spaces saferfor women. laura is the founder of advertising agency, mr president. you are all so eager, i'm just let it go on for a bit longer. anne—marie co—founded an organisation inspires the next generation of girls in science, technology, engineering and maths. from a wish to control. academic liz co—chairs the end violence against women coalition in the uk. and last but by no means least, hannah, she's a retired london tube driver and now a power lifter. she's competed in world's strongest woman. don't mess with her. we are here at the london transport museum... shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are laid bare. i only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube. i was going up an escalator and a man followed me, repeatedly touching me even though i tried to move away. i ended up having to give the same statement three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different people, is pretty harrowing. i can't talk about the specific case and am you shouldn't have had that experience. the whole setup of this is that the police are set up to take reports, to support victims, support women of experiences through the criminaljustice system if they choose to go that way. many suggested technology as a solution. actually, i'd like, there's a harasser on the tube button. it needent stop the train, everybody can know, everyone knows. as the discussion continued, one idea grew stronger. perhaps the solution doesn't resolve around the victims or offenders but is about fellow passengers intervening when they see harassment? we met on a west london bus when i was assaulted on a bus and threat stepped in. and i, yeah. no one interferes, people tend to think it's an issue on the side, let's let it slide. but one day if you let it slide, it may not directly affect you, it might affect your mother or your sister. i'm afraid we'll have to leave it there because we have to end the programme. we could keep on talking forever but it's a great start to the week... with what felt like a bombardment of ideas, the team has their work cut out for them this week. as the sun sets over london, i can't help thinking about the mammoth task ahead. this is bbc radio 4 and now it's time for woman's hour. early—morning commuters set off for the day ahead. this is the very week that the hashtag #metoo went viral. it was a way for women to tag and share their experiences of harassment. this week, we are taking over the machine room in east london's maker mile, an area full of workshops and art studiso. before yesterday i was like, it'll be fun. try some stuff up, whatever but actually, after yesterday, this is a moment that we can... we can make a difference. i know you want to get started, so walk this way. and right on time... your bus. we have hired this bus for the week. the team can use it how they wish to exhibit and test potential solutions. this is your space to play with it. exactly. this is going to be right here for you. you can do what you like. yeah, why not? it's going to be really interesting now we have the bus in real life here to take apart and put back together as we see fit. i wasjust feeling really overwhelmed, this is a big challenge. now we have a big, massive toy. and i'm an engineer so a big machine to muck about with, it's very exciting. so i want to play with the buttons, all of course in the name of research. i'm excited to work with this group of women because i think there is an alchemy. we come from different industries, different ways of thinking. so i guess this morning will be, how are we going to stop harassment and at what point? are we going to do something around that point of being harassed, are we going to look at how we change social norms before that happens? 0k. assault alarm, what does that do? if you're being assaulted, you push it. who does that send a message to? everyone within earshot. is that on every bus? pretty much. ideas flowing, the team head inside to discuss the solutions they want to work on this week. building on yesterday's hack, a strong solution emerges. the concept resolve around the community of passengers travelling on buses and trains. how do we almost build some sort of social, immediate social structure so when you get on this bus you are immediately part of this team. and how do you nudge people to then take responsibility as part of that team? because everyone is primed, notjust victims being primed, then we are all doing this together, it's not just ask versus them it's all us together. we need people to stand up and say yes, it's awful. this happened to me. but i'm not alone. i will not be alone. the team will collaborate on the central concept of finding ways to change the community's behaviour so that they act together against harassment. laura is working on messaging and design. anne—marie will work up a technological solution for women to signal distress using a badge. professor liz will work on how those passengers can then safely and effectively step in to deal with the harasser. train driver hannah will focus on the inside of the bus. but ellie the engineer leaves the discussion still unsure of her solution. time is ticking... at the end of the week, we will reveal the team's solution on the bus to an audience in central london's busy covent garden. an audience will put it to the test. will the results of their hard work really start to solve harassment on a global scale? to achieve all they want to this week, they can't do it alone. they need help from passionate volunteers. so hannah collaborates with an artist lela eleanor smith who has travelled down from scotland to help out. 0bviously with the week, it is constrained as well. we can't achieve a plea in a week redesign and we can to get a whole bus and tear it apart and do that. i think it would be really good to do a visual kind of projection of what is happening. as the team pack up for the night, there is still so much work to be done. despite starting the day full of ideas, no tangible progress has been made. in order for the printers to get the design stand for the bus, the team must send off work today. but they haven't even started the design. without a concrete design for the bus, laura is quick to call punting team to try and extend the deadline. the problem we have is we really only start work yesterday morning. i'm hoping that... we will get free stuff quickly as we can but it will only be end of today rather than lunchtime unfortunately. end of today, i don't think we can do it. for friday? we've got to get you printed remember? yeah. i don't want to be awkward, ijust don't want to get you down. i totally... i totally understand. we would go as fast as we can as well, we are under quite a lot of pressure the side. 0k. talk to you later. thanks laura, bye. yeah, let's start. meanwhile, anne—marie has got a deadline of her own. in order to get the badges made, she isjoined by arundhati and nadine, electrical engineers that have just 2a hours to produce prototype badges. but the concept isn't exactly crystal clear. so the brief is that it's the person, were helping the person that is attacked. then then your badge... as a victim can make you wouldn't necessarily have a badge. you have the activator but not badge. they would yell? does that make sense? if they could make a scene, they would make the scene. anne—marie possibly ground—breaking idea revolves around connecting the community of passengers. when the victim presses a panic button, orapp, passengers' badges will light up, alerting them to the problem. with the concept as clear as mud, anne—marie drops another bombshell. surprise. in theory, your deadline would be tomorrow. laura's advertising team have had a light bulb moment. the idea comes from miranda, a junior creative as laura's agency. you have the commute that is such a problem on the train anyway. we watched the video this morning about a man shouting at this woman, everyone was silent. unmute the commute is quite good actually. we might have a line — unmute the commute? that's quite cool actually. unmute the commute is a concept that not only encourages victims to speak out but also asks fellow passengers to step in. artist leila's installation involves so many elements that she is collaborating with makers anna and susannah to help get it done. the concept involves foam — a lot of foam. so the plan we have at the moment is to cut some hand shapes out to go into this stairwell so you have to wage your way through these foam hands to get to the art installation. it's representative of the kind of invasion of interpersonal space. a key part of the team's message of unmute the commute is the idea of the passenger's pledge. that they will step in when they see harassment. so professor liz has asked katie from activist group hollaback to hold one of their workshops which teach people about safe ways to intervene. they hope these workshops which they teach around the world will encourage people from being just passive bystanders into actively intervening. actually talking to a tfl member of staff is a good idea, or even british transport police. a lot of us aren't that comfortable engaging with the police. particularly people of colour, particularly lg btq people, migrants, anyone with an insecure status who could be a victim of one of these kinds of crimes. that's kind of why this bystander intervention stuff is so important, because we need to rely on each other. as the day nears a close, led engineerfinally finds her stride. following on from her slogan that laura's team came up with, unmute the commute, ellie wants to create a soundscape of victim's story. she has recruited her theatre create a friend imogen butler—cole, to help. the idea of unmuting is really nice because it's about activation and making noise, it's about being heard. hi there, how's it going? i think it's getting there. what we want to do on friday is have to hear the soundscape on the bus. so we'd need speakers around the bus. and then we would just play it. and let people in that space here what has happened to other people in that space and then sort of end with an invitation to do something. that is where we are. 0k, it sounds really good. sounds like lot though. it's wednesday. they've got to get this pretty much finished by tomorrow, can we manage that? um, yes. i'm incredibly confident. well, i'm convinced. come and see. around the corner in the workshop, anna and susanna are busy cutting hands. the foam variety, luckily. i think they are really nice. how theyjust stand up like that. the first attempt did not go so well. no template meant disastrous looking hands. now there is a wooden template, things are going a lot more smoothly. we just need 50 more to do or something? seriously? but with the bus looking decidedly untransformed, all the work must happen tomorrow if it is going to be ready for the big reveal on friday. it's crunch time. our final day of prep and the workshop is a hive of activity. hundreds of unmute the commute badges are being laser cut. this is ourfirst badge. oh my goodness. oh look, no way! and right on time, the printing team arrives with the vinyls. hi, laura. nice to meet you. hi, nancy. amazing. about three or four hours. thank you. well tony gets stuck in, across london, i meet ellie at the bbc where she is recording and mixing the soundscape project today. this is an incredibly personal project for her. she recalled a day six years ago that she has never forgotten. it was about 8am, it was so busy and i'd seen this man help what i thought was his girlfriend on to the tube, kind of touching her quite intimately on the lower back. i felt him pressed up against me. i felt him getting aroused. so ellie responded in the way she felt most natural. she danced on the tube. she posted the video on you tube. there is no way i was going to stand up and do a big speech about it. but i decided to dance it. that was just what made sense to me. the video went viral. i obviously knew people would see it and people would have an opinion about it. but that wasn't really ever the point — it was about an expression of myself. 0k, go for it. ellie invites collaborators to record the stories of real account that the campaign group holla back created. —— collected. real testimonies from victims and bystanders from around the world are read out. as i stood up, one of the two standing guys grabbed and squeezed my crotch through my skirt. i'm not sure why but i almost froze on the spot and i didn't say anything. the rush—hour crowd, two were standing over me. i'm totally unaware that this stuff might be going on. then ellie decides she wants to step up and record her own story. it made me feel on edge and over time i got increasingly angry, this is not my issue, this should not be women's issue, we should be able to move around and go to work, go to school in freedom. this is our body, our space, and we should have the right to live in it. across town at the base, leila is racing to get the art installation finished on the inside of the bus. at the same time, tony is working away on the outside the bus. meanwhile, the electronics to the unmute the commute badges must be soldered on quickly. today, anne—marie's organisation is holding a business confidence event for hundreds of teenage girls in london. it is the perfect place to test the buttons. so we asked a few of the students what they thought. the idea is that you will be notified that something is happening around you and somebody is in need of help. i think the idea is really good. doing it in a discrete way allows the person to have time to think about how they will help you rather than act on impulse which may cause something drastic to happen. it's a great idea but it should have something like a gps location. when women are harassed, usually the first reaction is what were you wearing? probably brought it on yourself. this allows women to help other women in a really discreet way. the badge was later presented to tfl, who said they will consider implementing it. perhaps this is the start of a real solution. time will tell. but time is something the rest of the team don't have. night draws in and they are forced to pack up. with thousands of tourists flooding through covent garden tomorrow, what will the verdict be on the bus? 5am, lynne, our bus driver arrives, bright and early. the crowd arrive. time to reveal all. ta—da, look what you've done! isn't that incredible? it should be on every bus. so excited. i'm so thrilled that it's done. and we have fantastic ideas, the concept, the buttons, i can't wait to see at the top of the bus. everyone's working towards a common goal and injust a week you can come up with something. so much money, so much brainstorming. you get passionate people together, after a week... why don't we head into the bus and get a better look? oh, wow. as people crowd inside the bus, they have to worm their way through the art installation of hands. up to the top deck where more hang down in their way. 0n headphones, passengers listen to the testimonies that ellie recorded yesterday. everywhere you go, you are reminded of what it feels like to be harassed. focusing on others and the bystander in this case might be a way for us to tackle an old problem in a new way. as part of ellie's testimony project, she has choreographed the words to a new dance. he just kept his head down and got off at the next station. then i sat down and tried to stop myself from shaking. i even felt embarrassed i stood up to this man. it's actually a very powerful experience, these hand shapes as you go up the stairs and then they are hanging down. but what was most powerful was hearing the accounts of women and then ellie doing her dance performance upstairs on the bus. the two together were really profoundly moving. it's absolutely fantastic what has been done in one week. i think i'm running on fumes by now as far as the mental side goes but i'm absolutely so positive and i feel that have really made a start. there is a huge way to go on this. there seems to be, anyway, a wave of awareness that is coming. that is here. will you pledge to take action? make a pledge to unmute the commute. the sun sets over london. it is time to take stock. when we started out, i was thinking the problem is global, it's far too huge, what are we realistically going to get done in five days? but these women i've met this week are inspirational. past solutions have either been about the victim or the perpetrator but they've made this about the community. it doesn't matter where you go in the world, you will find community and if this week has taught me anything at all, hello. with the cloudy night it should be a milder start from eight to sunday morning although there could be a custom four and some fault in the north and a weather front of the south will mean by the great and perky start, some helpful around. it gradually brightens up as a breeze pushes the cloud away all but the western fringes, northern ireland, and the rain creeps back into western scotland so some time coming and going perhaps for parts of northern ireland. it should be brighter in many parts of england and wales. milder in the south, cooler in the north. we keep this generally quieter weather spell is to go through sunday night into monday. perhaps a bit of fog across eastern areas, east anglia, south—east scotland for the morning for the rush and habitually, the generally with the high pressure around it is keeping the weather fairly quiet, cloud and patchy rain from time to time but by the time we get to the middle of the week, it does turn much more unsaddled. for a few days, relatively quiet. as ever, more on our website. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad — our top stories: donald trump admits he sacked his former top aide michael flynn for lying to the fbi — critics say the president could be investigated for obstruction of justice. as clashes continue in yemen, the former president — whose forces are fighting the saudi—led coalition — says he's ready to talk. political crisis in honduras — the military enforces a curfew after protests over the disputed election. and the remarkable story of charlie — the eight—week old baby who's had a heart transplant. hello and welcome.

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a government that is not fully on track, where people have differing views, don't always agree with each other. it does portray, paint a picture, of a other. it does portray, paint a picture, ofa prime other. it does portray, paint a picture, of a prime minister who is not in full control. it is damaging for theresa may. alan milburn is an ex— labour minister. he was due to step down next year anyway. is this grand standing from the labour side with delahey has gone suddenly. he says he will not be replying. it is it obvious that since 2012 when he was appointed by the coalition government. and it is notjust in resigning. it is three other commissioners as well. one a conservative cabinet minister, two others, one academic and one a chief social mobility. this is bigger than party politics. the government has commented, thanking mr bellbird for his work. —— mrmilburn. and thanking mr bellbird for his work. —— mr milburn. and with everyone to have the opportunity to go as far as the talents take them. alex forsyth has also covered another story, criticism has grown for two former police officers who leaked allegations that legal pornographic images had been found on a work computer of the cabinet minister, damian green. the former chief constable of greater manchester, sir peter fahy, strongly rejected suggestions it was in the public interest to disclose information allegedly found during the course of an unrelated investigation in 2008. sir peter said in his view the officers were entering "dangerous territory". alex forsyth has also been covering this story. nine years ago, a police operation that had unforeseen consequences. this raid was part of an inquiry into government leaks. no—one was charged but computers were seized and examined. and on damian green's work computer there was allegedly legal pornography which he has repeatedly said wasn't down to him. the claims were first made public by former met assistant commissioner, bob quick, who feared they would be covered up. then yesterday, this is retired met detective also spoke out, saying he had no doubt that mr green viewed the material. it was ridiculous to suggest that anyone else could have done it. he'd examined the computer and thought it was in the public interest to reveal what he'd found. the computer was in mr green's office, on his desk, logged in, it was his account, his name. but today, the former chief constable of greater manchester police condemned the pair's actions. most police officers would be very uncomfortable about the police getting involved in making judgements about whether a politician is lying or not — that is ultimately a matter for the courts and for public opinion. 0r breaching this duty of keeping matters confidential, which are gathered in an investigation unless they end up as evidence. i didn't download or look at pornography. damian green has always denied the claims. his conduct is currently subject to a cabinet office investigation. the outcome crucial. he's a close ally of theresa may. how she deals with this will be closely watched. so questions now, notjust over his political future, but the handling of this whole affair. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the headlines: president trump admits he sacked his former advisor michael flynn for lying to the fbi. legal experts say the president could now be investigated for obstructing justice. criticism grows of two former policemen who claimed legal pornographic images were found on the computer of damian green, the cabinet minister has always strongly denied the allegations. it's been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the presidential elections, but the results are yet to be declared. post—election violence has led to at least three deaths during days of protests with a state of emergency declared. the demonstrations began after claims of election fraud. a little earlier i spoke with our central america correspondent will grant and asked if the violence had subsided on the streets of honduras. really from the first protest we now know at least three people have died. there have been scores arrested. it seems one girl who was still a teenager was shot dead by police. it is a very, very messy situation and one fears it will get worse before it gets better. a lot of people are staying off the streets and there is a curfew between 6pm and 6am local time in honduras. a lot of people are very angry about what you mentioned in your introduction. this electoral result that still hasn't been produced and what they understand and what they perceive as meddling by the authorities. so why does the opposition think there may have been electoral fraud? well, there was an initial delay in the vote count. bear in mind, we're only talking about 3.6 million votes in total and it shouldn't take a week for the result to be produced and yet it has. there was supposed technical hitch, that's how it was put by the electoral authorities, and in that time, the main challenger, salvador nasralla, moved from being around 5% in the lead to now being around 1.2% behind. he has already claimed victory so his supporters are not going to accept anything less than their man being put into power, it seems. of course, the sitting president, juan 0rlando hernandez has also claimed victory. there is a lot of high feeling on both sides. what do you think the sitting president is going to do now in order to try and calm this situation? it is a worrying turn of events, this declaration of a state of emergency, the new powers to the police and the military. from the president's point of view, he will want to see him declared the winner so he can begin to impose his rule again, if you like, his office can take more control, that his party can take more control. even if he is declared the winner in the coming days, i think he's going to find that honduras is increasingly ungovernable, at least in the short term. i see it very unlikely that these protesters will leave the streets any time soon. barclays says it will no longer offer a russian anti virus software programme free to customers. it comes after officials recommended that government departments stop using kaspersky lab products because of fears it could be exploited by the kremlin. the national cyber security centre says the advice doesn't apply to domestic users. kaspersky lab denies any links to the russian government. jon donnison reports. cyber security software like that provided by kaspersky lab requires extensive access to the files on a computer phone or network to look for viruses. our mission has always been to protect... kaspersky is used by consumers and businesses as well as some parts of government to protect systems from criminals and hackers. but now a new warning about russian anti—virus software, amid fears it could be used for spying. secrets of global significance... at britain's national cyber security centre, they say they've not seen actual proof of such espionage, but they've told government departments not to use kaspersky for systems containing sensitive data. this is specifically about entities that may be of interest to the russian government and so for us that's about national security systems in government, of which there are a very small number. kaspersky lab has already denied allegations that it's been used for espionage in america. we don't do anything wrong. they are just speculating about some rumours, opinions and there is zero of the hard data. 400 million people use kaspersky products around the world, but officials say they're not telling the general public to stop using it. kaspersky lab denies any wrongdoing, but today's warning is another sign about growing fears over the risk posed by russia. jon donnison, bbc news. the youngest patient on the uk transplant waiting list has received a new heart. 8—week—old charlie douthwaite is said to be making good progress following a nine—hour operation at newcastle's freeman hospital. a donor was found after a europe—wide appeal and just in time. doctors feared charlie had only weeks to live. duncan kennedy reports. a tender moment tracie wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. charlie was born with only half a heart. hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. this week, a heart did become available. and now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. his skin colour was just amazing. i can't describe it. from going so blue, he was just blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect. charlie was the youngest patient on britain's transplant waiting list. his doctors say the operation went well. he was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on time. it's not known if the family who donated their baby's heart know about charlie, but charlie's mother says they've given her a precious gift. it's the bravest thing anyone could do. they've given my boy a second chance at life. and for that, i will be forever thankful. i cried for them. charlie is expected to be strong enough to go home in the new year. an unbearable loss in one family that became unrestrained joy in another. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a good news story! now here's a sports round—up with jessica creighton. good evening. it's been a busy day of premier league action but the game of the day, maybe even the season, was manchester united's visit to arsenal. united won 3—1, which means they narrow the gap on leaders manchester city. tim hague reports. under the lights at the emirates. arsenal against manchester united, as iconic a fixture as it gets in the premier league. but this game was about more than history and renewed rivalries. united trying to stay in the title race, arsenal aiming to continue their recent run. yet that seemed unlikely after only three minutes, a misplaced pass found its way to antonio valencia, and then back to valencia and into the net. a good start for united then became a great one. then another arsenal mistake in possession punished. jesse lingard with the goal, anthony martial with the most magnificent assist. it was befitting of the first half, really, which was open, exciting and end—to—end. the hosts somehow not getting back into things on more than one occasion. and there were the numerous david de gea saves for good measure too. you have to feel sorry for the second a5, it could surely never compete with the first. yet it did. alexandre lacazette, onside, and the game on too. there was one big problem for arsenal, de gea, pulling off something truly special here. a double save as good as any to keep his side ahead. and just as united were on the brink, they pulled away again. a classic counter attack, another lingard goal. all they had to do was hold on now. paul pogba didn't help the cause, though, a straight red. he misses the manchester derby. yet 3—1 was how it ended. 41 shots on goal in the 90 minutes. an iconic premier league fixture and this was an iconic premier league game. tim hague, bbc news. amazing attitude from every one of them. part of the quality from they showed, quality in many things, they showed also an amazing character in the difficult moments of the game, and the game gave us difficult moments, arsenal gave us difficult moments with their attacking quality, and then we had also the difficult moment of playing with ten men for quite a long time. so, amazing character by the players. i think they deserve your words, which are similar to my words when i met them in the dressing room. also in the premier league today, liverpool move into the top four after a 5—1win at brighton. sam allardyce won his first game in charge of everton with a 2—0 win over huddersfield. and swansea are bottom after their defeat against stoke. england's rugby league side suffered an agonising 6—0 defeat to australia in the final of the world cup. the hosts scored the only try of the game in the first half through boyd cordner, and despite a valiant effort, england couldn't find a reply. england players clearly devastated by the result as australia were crowned champions for the 11th time. it's advantage australia at the end of day one of the second ashes test in adelaide. joe root won the toss and surprisingly put australia in to bat, but england's bowlers failed to make the impact he hoped for in the first ever day—night ashes test. england were gifted with an early breakthrough after confusion between the australian openers saw cameron bancroft run out by chris woakes. england then got the wicket of dangerman david warner, three runs short of his half century. a 50 from usman khawaja settled down the hosts but under the floodlights, james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by captain steve smith, craig 0verton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. australia will start day two 209/4. to rugby union, and there was a nail—biter in wales' final test of the year. they almost threw it away against south africa in cardiff but ended their autumn series with a narrow win. two tries by hadleigh parkes on his debut helped wales lead 21—3 after 30 minutes. warrick gelant's try before half—time changed the momentum and handre pollard and jesse kriel‘s touchdowns after the break edged the springboks ahead by a point but leigh halfpenny's 66th—minute penalty clinched a nervy 211—22 win for wales, just their fourth over south africa. there's been a major shock at the uk championship snooker in york, where world champion and top seed mark selby has been knocked out by world number 66 scott donaldson. donaldson, who came into the tournament on a 10 match losing streak, made breaks of 90, 87 and 77 to go 5—3 up. the scot then kept his composure in the ninth frame with a break of 84 to advance to the third round. all of the sport there. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcregedahmad. time for the weather now with helen willets. hello. it's been a bitter week for some parts of the uk but it is at least a little less cold this weekend. further afield, if you're keeping an eye on the second test in adelaide, it's warmer but we did have some interruptions because of showers on saturday. fewer showers sunday. still a brisk breeze, though. and actually here, temperatures are a little below par. the should recover as we head towards midweek. despite an increasing cloud on saturday, we did have a little late evening sunshine in kent. i'm hopeful that we will see a little bit more sunshine through the day ahead and slightly less cold conditions, particularly in the south. but at the moment, we've still got quite a bit of cloud. it's trickling its way southwards. they're weak weather fronts, really, but they're bringing some patchy rain and drizzle with misty low cloud and hill fog. to the north, yes, the cloud does break and clear and it could turn a tad chilly to start the morning up in the north—east of scotland. perhaps a touch of frost, a little bit of fog here. but for many, it shouldn't be frosty first thing. but it will be rather grey and murky. hill fog around, patchy drizzle as well, and this weather front may will drag its heels across southern parts of england, across the west and into the west of wales. it'll be with us across northern ireland and we may see early brightness across antrem and down. it should be a decent start to the day across scotland. more sunshine here. still a few showers and a brisk wind in the north—east. still the potential for some morning fog and frost in the glens but that should lift and we should see some good spells of sunshine. gradually, that cloud will thin and break across the rest of southern britain but it may hang around in cornwall, in western parts of wales and drifts eastwards across northern ireland to western scotland, so the west of northern ireland may see some brighter spells later in the day. in contrast to yesterday, probably a little bit cooler in the north—east but actually feeling a bit milder further south as temperatures won't be quite so low to start the day. then, through the night ahead, we'll see the cloud gradually easing back eastwards, but where there are breaks in the cloud, yes, it will turn chilly, but also we could have some fog for the monday morning rush across east anglia, the south—east, the east midlands in particular. but otherwise it's here where, once the fog clears, we should see some brightness and some sunshine again to start our week. relatively mild compared with last week, nines and tens, but there will quite a bit of cloud, showery rain coming in, although it will be light and patchy because it is under the influence of high pressure for the next two or three days. this high pressure isjust keeping those weather fronts at bay but this does have our name on it. this is going to come for wednesday. it looks particularly nasty, actually, some wet and windy weather to keep our eye on. but, between now and then, fairly quiet or benign conditions. as ever, there's plenty more more on our website. bye— bye. this is bbc news — the headlines. president trump has said his former adviser michael flynn's contacts with russia were lawful but he had to sack him because he had lied to the fbi. some legal experts say mr trump may have then obstructed justice when he urged the former fbi director to drop the inquiry into mr flynn. the us senate has passed a sweeping tax reform bill, paving the way for the first big legislative victory of donald trump's presidency. republicans in the senate pushed through the bill which promises a sharp cut in corporate taxation. democrats say it will only benefit the wealthy and big business. in yemen — fighting has continued between iranian—backed rebels and theirformer allies who support the ex—president, ali abdullah saleh. the two groups had been fighting a saudi—led alliance that backs the ousted yemeni government. saudi arabia has welcomed mr saleh's suggestion to start talks. now on bbc news, 100 women challenge safer streets. and just a warning, this programme contains a graphic description of an incident of sexual harassment. we are challenging teams of women in four locations around the world. to tackle the everyday problems that blight their lives in the workplace. you need a working prototype by tomorrow morning. in education. a small malfunction, emoji is not showing up. public transport. i don't know, 50 more to do or something? and on the sports field. using bbc outlets, the teams can appeal to help from around the world. they have just one week to find a modern solution to a long—standing issue. welcome to the bbc‘s 100 women challenge 2017. millions of women experience street harassment around the world. there is an ocean of viral videos from groping to wolf whistling, street harassment can be verbal or physical. rush hour in this transport hub. around 3.5 million commuters every day swarm in, cramming into packed trains. a survey found 51% of women in london felt at risk of harassment on public transport. the global problem is so vast that it does seem insurmountable. but is it really unsolvable? i'm here in central london to host a hackathon. for those like me, not quite clued up on their urban dictionary definition, it's where experts come together, form teams around a problem and collaboratively find unique solutions. can bright minds actually solve harassment on public transport? we've gathered a team of experts from very different fields to find ground—breaking solutions, and tackle street harassment head—on. today they will brainstorm with an audience from around the world, then they've gotjust one week to design, test and implement solutions. let's meet the team. at the london transport museum, we've invited an audience to participate in this hackathon which will be broadcast live on bbc radio around the world. in the crowd, i meet our team of experts. each bring a unique superpower to the table which, when combined, have the potential to make real, lasting change. ellie is an engineer. she lectures in urban innovation in policy, working and making spaces saferfor women. laura is the founder of advertising agency, mr president. you are all so eager, i'm just let it go on for a bit longer. anne—marie co—founded an organisation inspires the next generation of girls in science, technology, engineering and maths. from a wish to control. academic liz co—chairs the end violence against women coalition in the uk. and last but by no means least, hannah, she's a retired london tube driver and now a power lifter. she's competed in world's strongest woman. don't mess with her. we are here at the london transport museum... shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are laid bare. i only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube. i was going up an escalator and a man followed me, repeatedly touching me even though i tried to move away. i ended up having to give the same statement three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different people, is pretty harrowing. i can't talk about the specific case and am you shouldn't have had that experience. the whole setup of this is that the police are set up to take reports, to support victims, support women of experiences through the criminaljustice system if they choose to go that way. many suggested technology as a solution. actually, i'd like, there's a harasser on the tube button. it needent stop the train, everybody can know, everyone knows. as the discussion continued, one idea grew stronger. perhaps the solution doesn't resolve around the victims or offenders but is about fellow passengers intervening when they see harassment? we met on a west london bus when i was assaulted on a bus and threat stepped in. and i, yeah. no one interferes, people tend to think it's an issue on the side, let's let it slide. but one day if you let it slide, it may not directly affect you, it might affect your mother or your sister. i'm afraid we'll have to leave it there because we have to end the programme. we could keep on talking forever but it's a great start to the week... with what felt like a bombardment of ideas, the team has their work cut out for them this week. as the sun sets over london, i can't help thinking about the mammoth task ahead. this is bbc radio 4 and now it's time for woman's hour. early—morning commuters set off for the day ahead. this is the very week that the hashtag #metoo went viral. it was a way for women to tag and share their experiences of harassment. this week, we are taking over the machine room in east london's maker mile, an area full of workshops and art studiso. before yesterday i was like, it'll be fun. try some stuff up, whatever but actually, after yesterday, this is a moment that we can... we can make a difference. i know you want to get started, so walk this way. and right on time... your bus. we have hired this bus for the week. the team can use it how they wish to exhibit and test potential solutions. this is your space to play with it. exactly. this is going to be right here for you. you can do what you like. yeah, why not? it's going to be really interesting now we have the bus in real life here to take apart and put back together as we see fit. i wasjust feeling really overwhelmed, this is a big challenge. now we have a big, massive toy. and i'm an engineer so a big machine to muck about with, it's very exciting. so i want to play with the buttons, all of course in the name of research. i'm excited to work with this group of women because i think there is an alchemy. we come from different industries, different ways of thinking. so i guess this morning will be, how are we going to stop harassment and at what point? are we going to do something around that point of being harassed, are we going to look at how we change social norms before that happens? 0k. assault alarm, what does that do? if you're being assaulted, you push it. who does that send a message to? everyone within earshot. is that on every bus? pretty much. ideas flowing, the team head inside to discuss the solutions they want to work on this week. building on yesterday's hack, a strong solution emerges. the concept resolve around the community of passengers travelling on buses and trains. how do we almost build some sort of social, immediate social structure so when you get on this bus you are immediately part of this team. and how do you nudge people to then take responsibility as part of that team? because everyone is primed, notjust victims being primed, then we are all doing this together, it's not just ask versus them it's all us together. we need people to stand up and say yes, it's awful. this happened to me. but i'm not alone. i will not be alone. the team will collaborate on the central concept of finding ways to change the community's behaviour so that they act together against harassment. laura is working on messaging and design. anne—marie will work up a technological solution for women to signal distress using a badge. professor liz will work on how those passengers can then safely and effectively step in to deal with the harasser. train driver hannah will focus on the inside of the bus. but ellie the engineer leaves the discussion still unsure of her solution. time is ticking... at the end of the week, we will reveal the team's solution on the bus to an audience in central london's busy covent garden. an audience will put it to the test. will the results of their hard work really start to solve harassment on a global scale? to achieve all they want to this week, they can't do it alone. they need help from passionate volunteers. so hannah collaborates with an artist lela eleanor smith who has travelled down from scotland to help out. 0bviously with the week, it is constrained as well. we can't achieve a plea in a week redesign and we can to get a whole bus and tear it apart and do that. i think it would be really good to do a visual kind of projection of what is happening. as the team pack up for the night, there is still so much work to be done. despite starting the day full of ideas, no tangible progress has been made. in order for the printers to get the design stand for the bus, the team must send off work today. but they haven't even started the design. without a concrete design for the bus, laura is quick to call punting team to try and extend the deadline. the problem we have is we really only start work yesterday morning. i'm hoping that... we will get free stuff quickly as we can but it will only be end of today rather than lunchtime unfortunately. end of today, i don't think we can do it. for friday? we've got to get you printed remember? yeah. i don't want to be awkward, ijust don't want to get you down. i totally... i totally understand. we would go as fast as we can as well, we are under quite a lot of pressure the side. 0k. talk to you later. thanks laura, bye. yeah, let's start. meanwhile, anne—marie has got a deadline of her own. in order to get the badges made, she isjoined by arundhati and nadine, electrical engineers that have just 2a hours to produce prototype badges. but the concept isn't exactly crystal clear. so the brief is that it's the person, were helping the person that is attacked. then then your badge... as a victim can make you wouldn't necessarily have a badge. you have the activator but not badge. they would yell? does that make sense? if they could make a scene, they would make the scene. anne—marie possibly ground—breaking idea revolves around connecting the community of passengers. when the victim presses a panic button, orapp, passengers' badges will light up, alerting them to the problem. with the concept as clear as mud, anne—marie drops another bombshell. surprise. in theory, your deadline would be tomorrow. laura's advertising team have had a light bulb moment. the idea comes from miranda, a junior creative as laura's agency. you have the commute that is such a problem on the train anyway. we watched the video this morning about a man shouting at this woman, everyone was silent. unmute the commute is quite good actually. we might have a line — unmute the commute? that's quite cool actually. unmute the commute is a concept that not only encourages victims to speak out but also asks fellow passengers to step in. artist leila's installation involves so many elements that she is collaborating with makers anna and susannah to help get it done. the concept involves foam — a lot of foam. so the plan we have at the moment is to cut some hand shapes out to go into this stairwell so you have to wage your way through these foam hands to get to the art installation. it's representative of the kind of invasion of interpersonal space. a key part of the team's message of unmute the commute is the idea of the passenger's pledge. that they will step in when they see harassment. so professor liz has asked katie from activist group hollaback to hold one of their workshops which teach people about safe ways to intervene. they hope these workshops which they teach around the world will encourage people from being just passive bystanders into actively intervening. actually talking to a tfl member of staff is a good idea, or even british transport police. a lot of us aren't that comfortable engaging with the police. particularly people of colour, particularly lg btq people, migrants, anyone with an insecure status who could be a victim of one of these kinds of crimes. that's kind of why this bystander intervention stuff is so important, because we need to rely on each other. as the day nears a close, led engineerfinally finds her stride. following on from her slogan that laura's team came up with, unmute the commute, ellie wants to create a soundscape of victim's story. she has recruited her theatre create a friend imogen butler—cole, to help. the idea of unmuting is really nice because it's about activation and making noise, it's about being heard. hi there, how's it going? i think it's getting there. what we want to do on friday is have to hear the soundscape on the bus. so we'd need speakers around the bus. and then we would just play it. and let people in that space here what has happened to other people in that space and then sort of end with an invitation to do something. that is where we are. 0k, it sounds really good. sounds like lot though. it's wednesday. they've got to get this pretty much finished by tomorrow, can we manage that? um, yes. i'm incredibly confident. well, i'm convinced. come and see. around the corner in the workshop, anna and susanna are busy cutting hands. the foam variety, luckily. i think they are really nice. how theyjust stand up like that. the first attempt did not go so well. no template meant disastrous looking hands. now there is a wooden template, things are going a lot more smoothly. we just need 50 more to do or something? seriously? but with the bus looking decidedly untransformed, all the work must happen tomorrow if it is going to be ready for the big reveal on friday. it's crunch time. our final day of prep and the workshop is a hive of activity. hundreds of unmute the commute badges are being laser cut. this is ourfirst badge. oh my goodness. oh look, no way! and right on time, the printing team arrives with the vinyls. hi, laura. nice to meet you. hi, nancy. amazing. about three or four hours. thank you. well tony gets stuck in, across london, i meet ellie at the bbc where she is recording and mixing the soundscape project today. this is an incredibly personal project for her. she recalled a day six years ago that she has never forgotten. it was about 8am, it was so busy and i'd seen this man help what i thought was his girlfriend on to the tube, kind of touching her quite intimately on the lower back. i felt him pressed up against me. i felt him getting aroused. so ellie responded in the way she felt most natural. she danced on the tube. she posted the video on you tube. there is no way i was going to stand up and do a big speech about it. but i decided to dance it. that was just what made sense to me. the video went viral. i obviously knew people would see it and people would have an opinion about it. but that wasn't really ever the point — it was about an expression of myself. 0k, go for it. ellie invites collaborators to record the stories of real account that the campaign group holla back created. —— collected. real testimonies from victims and bystanders from around the world are read out. as i stood up, one of the two standing guys grabbed and squeezed my crotch through my skirt. i'm not sure why but i almost froze on the spot and i didn't say anything. the rush—hour crowd, two were standing over me. i'm totally unaware that this stuff might be going on. then ellie decides she wants to step up and record her own story. it made me feel on edge and over time i got increasingly angry, this is not my issue, this should not be women's issue, we should be able to move around and go to work, go to school in freedom. this is our body, our space, and we should have the right to live in it. across town at the base, leila is racing to get the art installation finished on the inside of the bus. at the same time, tony is working away on the outside the bus. meanwhile, the electronics to the unmute the commute badges must be soldered on quickly. today, anne—marie's organisation is holding a business confidence event for hundreds of teenage girls in london. it is the perfect place to test the buttons. so we asked a few of the students what they thought. the idea is that you will be notified that something is happening around you and somebody is in need of help. i think the idea is really good. doing it in a discrete way allows the person to have time to think about how they will help you rather than act on impulse which may cause something drastic to happen. it's a great idea but it should have something like a gps location. when women are harassed, usually the first reaction is what were you wearing? probably brought it on yourself. this allows women to help other women in a really discreet way. the badge was later presented to tfl, who said they will consider implementing it. perhaps this is the start of a real solution. time will tell. but time is something the rest of the team don't have. night draws in and they are forced to pack up. with thousands of tourists flooding through covent garden tomorrow, what will the verdict be on the bus? 5am, lynne, our bus driver arrives, bright and early. the crowd arrive. time to reveal all. ta—da, look what you've done! isn't that incredible? it should be on every bus. so excited. i'm so thrilled that it's done. and we have fantastic ideas, the concept, the buttons, i can't wait to see at the top of the bus. everyone's working towards a common goal and injust a week you can come up with something. so much money, so much brainstorming. you get passionate people together, after a week... why don't we head into the bus and get a better look? oh, wow. as people crowd inside the bus, they have to worm their way through the art installation of hands. up to the top deck where more hang down in their way. 0n headphones, passengers listen to the testimonies that ellie recorded yesterday. everywhere you go, you are reminded of what it feels like to be harassed. focusing on others and the bystander in this case might be a way for us to tackle an old problem in a new way. as part of ellie's testimony project, she has choreographed the words to a new dance. he just kept his head down and got off at the next station. then i sat down and tried to stop myself from shaking. i even felt embarrassed i stood up to this man. it's actually a very powerful experience, these hand shapes as you go up the stairs and then they are hanging down. but what was most powerful was hearing the accounts of women and then ellie doing her dance performance upstairs on the bus. the two together were really profoundly moving. it's absolutely fantastic what has been done in one week. i think i'm running on fumes by now as far as the mental side goes but i'm absolutely so positive and i feel that have really made a start. there is a huge way to go on this. there seems to be, anyway, a wave of awareness that is coming. that is here. will you pledge to take action? make a pledge to unmute the commute. the sun sets over london. it is time to take stock. when we started out, i was thinking the problem is global, it's far too huge, what are we realistically going to get done in five days? but these women i've met this week are inspirational. past solutions have either been about the victim or the perpetrator but they've made this about the community. it doesn't matter where you go in the world, you will find community and if this week has taught me anything at all, hello. with the cloudy night it should be a milder start from eight to sunday morning although there could be a custom four and some fault in the north and a weather front of the south will mean by the great and perky start, some helpful around. it gradually brightens up as a breeze pushes the cloud away all but the western fringes, northern ireland, and the rain creeps back into western scotland so some time coming and going perhaps for parts of northern ireland. it should be brighter in many parts of england and wales. milder in the south, cooler in the north. we keep this generally quieter weather spell is to go through sunday night into monday. perhaps a bit of fog across eastern areas, east anglia, south—east scotland for the morning for the rush and habitually, the generally with the high pressure around it is keeping the weather fairly quiet, cloud and patchy rain from time to time but by the time we get to the middle of the week, it does turn much more unsaddled. for a few days, relatively quiet. as ever, more on our website. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad — our top stories: donald trump admits he sacked his former top aide michael flynn for lying to the fbi — critics say the president could be investigated for obstruction of justice. as clashes continue in yemen, the former president — whose forces are fighting the saudi—led coalition — says he's ready to talk. political crisis in honduras — the military enforces a curfew after protests over the disputed election. and the remarkable story of charlie — the eight—week old baby who's had a heart transplant. hello and welcome.

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