Has ruled he didnt get a fair trial. The case in 2020 was a landmark in the Metoo Movement, which exposed Sexual Misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. In a moment well bring you an interview with the actress ashleyjudd, the first woman to go public with the allegations against weinstein. But first, our correspondent emma vardy reports from los angeles. When Harvey Weinstein one of the most powerful men in hollywood was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of Sexual Assault and misogyny experienced by women Around The World what became known as the Metoo Movement. Many women came forward, accusing Harvey Weinstein of forcing them into sex. For years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. But now, the Rape Conviction against Harvey Weinstein that came out of the Metoo Movement has been overturned in new york. The Court Of Appeal said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. That meant, it said, he was unfairly tried for past behaviour. Harvey weinstein was also convicted of rape in a separate case here in la. Last year, he was sentenced to 16 years for raping a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel. He will remain in prison while a decision is made in new york over whether to retry him. Harvey weinstein� s lawyer has commended the appeals court, he said for upholding the principles that should govern a criminal trial. In this courthouse behind us, at that trial, the law was not applied fairly to Harvey Weinstein. You cant throw out 100 years of legal precedent because someone is unpopular. Harvey weinstein� s conviction in california is also being appealed. His legal team are looking into what implications the new york ruling could have here. Emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. The first woman to go public with allegations against Harvey Weinstein was actress ashleyjudd. She says a top court overturning his 2020 conviction is an act of Institutional Betrayal. Shes been speaking to my colleague caitriona perry, who asked whether she would like to see weinstein re tried. You know, whats important to know is that a courtroom is not a safe environment for survivors of male Sexual Violence. They can be very traumatising spaces. You know, the most dangerous place in america for a woman is in her home. We know the men who assault and rape and murder us. And a lot ofjudges are still catching up to that reality. And juries dont necessarily know that information either. We still think of rape as stranger rape as someone who jumps us in an alley. And so a courtroom isnt necessarily even if harvey were retried and convicted in the state of new york, the place where survivors are going to get their healing. And thats what we need. Thats what we need. It may be a fair outcome if he were convicted in new york, and that would sure be a magic wand. But survivors need trauma informed help and for men to stop raping women. His lawyer said that everyone has the right to justice. He said even people who are very unpopular in our society, no one is above the law, but no one is below the law either, he said. And i agree with that. Yes, of course i do. Everyone deserves justice and i support due process. I had the opportunity to meet The Great Supreme Courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, and we talked about due process, even for people who are accused of the most egregious sexual crimes. And actually right now at the university of kentucky, where i did my undergraduate degree, a couple of ourformer Student Athletes experienced terrible Institutional Betrayal and have accused my university, of which im very proud, in which i love, of complicity and and other betrayals. And were going to go through due process there. And i love my university enough to hold it accountable. So i definitely support due process. And theres no doubt that Harvey Weinstein is a serial sexual predator. It doesnt change the fact that he committed these crimes. Over 100 women came forward after i was the named source in the New York Times investigation. And on that point, a separate 16 year sentence handed down in california is not affected. He will stay in prison. He wont be freed. Does that bring you and other survivors any sense of comfort, any Sense Ofjustice or that healing that youre describing . You know, its more complex than that because i dont think the carceral system in the United States does perpetrators of male Sexual Violence any favours either. You know, what i would love to have is a Restorative Justice conversation with Harvey Weinstein. You know, i think that its stories, its narrative that helps change hearts and minds. Im not about punitive measures. Im about community and safety and belonging and forgiveness. I forgave Harvey Weinstein a long time ago and it was no favour to him. I did it for myself. And, you know, its a whole other conversation in terms of the american ca rceral system. But harvey hasnt had a change of heart. He doesnt necessarily his last words when he was convicted and he was walking out of the courtroom. So how does this happen in the United States . You know, and what would be a more satisfying outcome is if men looked at their entitlement to female bodies and thought, that is a person of dignity, she is a person of worth, and i do not have the right to encroach on her bodily autonomy. That would be satisfying. Ashleyjudd speaking there. The United States top diplomat Antony Blinken has been holding talks in beijing with the Chinese Foreign minister wang yi. Mr wang said the Us China Relationship had begun to stabilise in recent months but negative factors were increasing. He said the choice was between International Cooperation or rivalry and confrontation that could even slide into conflict. Mr blinken said it was important to discuss differences to avoid miscalculations. Lets speak to our china correspondent stephen mcdonell, whos in beijing for us. High level talks will be held today. What can we expect . It is interesting and crucial that these meetings can make some sort of breakthrough in terms of stopping the relationship from sliding further. The reason i say that is because Antony Blinken mediapoint this is the most consequential relationship in the world, and i dont think many people would disagree with him on that. He spoke about areas where they already cooperating, military to military cooperation, on al, the environment, narcotics. Then he said we also have to be very clear about the significant areas where we disagree, and that is to avoid a miscalculation, which in the words of wang yi, said it could slide into conflict. Everybody on the planet needs these governments to Start Talking to one another and get on, and they know it. That is why it is important they hash it out in an open and honest way. At one point we had Wang Yi Sa The Giant ship of the us and china relationship has been through these rough waters but now starting to stabilise. That seems pretty good but then he went on to say that chinas legitimate right to development had been unreasonably suppressed, and that according to him was because of people sabotaging china us relationship and he said to Antony Blinken the us should not interfere in chinas internal affairs, not interfere in chinas internalaffairs, ortrample not interfere in chinas internal affairs, or trample on chinas Red Alliance Involving its Sovereign Security development interests. Tough talk from both sides, however early as they are talking and thatis early as they are talking and that is better than, as they both acknowledged, sliding into conflict. ~. ,. , conflict. 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It has taken years to get back to the point where the world superpowers can be cooperating with each other on these fronts. They are trying, both sides, to maintain what they have already got an stop things from sliding backwards yet again. We will leave it there. Backwards yet again. We will leave it there. Thank backwards yet again. We will leave it there. Thank you. I leave it there. Thank you. Following those talks for us here at bbc news. Lets cross over to arizona to speak to erin baggott carter, an assistant professor at the university of southern californias us china institute. Shes also a fellow at the Stanford Hoover institution. Welcome to the programme. Picking up on the tough talk, conflict, strong language, emboldened perhaps by world events, do you think . Certainly, i think this is a significant reason, the highest official to visit china since joe biden took office. It is taking place at a time when both sides genuinely do want to have some form of dupont but serious issues threatening their ability to do so. What are the issues . Their ability to do so. What are the issues . I their ability to do so. What are the issues . I can their ability to do so. What are the issues . I can think| their ability to do so. What i are the issues . I can think of five that are the issues . I can think of five that they are the issues . I can think of five that they will are the issues . I can think of five that they will try are the issues . I can think of five that they will try to are the issues . I can think of five that they will try to workj five that they will try to work out, on these five issues its possible Real Progress can be made. Firstly, as is typically the case here, the issue of peace and stability. Coming up in an era in which tensions are likely to flirt next month, beijing is certainly not happy with that, we are likely to see Flaring Tensions as a result. Likely going to be the case that biden and china will try to work out some guard rails for stability and try to keep tensions calm in the area. That is likely so far as the status quo was in the interest of both parties. The second issue with the south china sea, they both share a mutual interest in not activating the defence treaty. The aggression towards the philippines and the risk of doing that and i think there will be a lot of discussion that will reign back that aggression. Thirdly, perhaps in everyones mind, the issue of russia. We have a lot in the press about china failing to use technology to russia but enable the ability to wage war in ukraine, also in the long term sensor in the general environment and security. This is something that blinken will try to make an argument for. Basing map was against that, what will both be effective is making arguments that European Countries see this as threatening, cedars china supporting russia, china is trying to walk a fine line and as a result that is something that we might see some progress on. W , that we might see some progress on. A ,. ,. , that we might see some progress on,. ,. ,. ,. , on. Picking up on that, walking a fine line. On. Picking up on that, walking a fine line, the on. Picking up on that, walking a fine line, the us on. Picking up on that, walking a fine line, the us under a fine line, the us under President Biden is trying to sever particular economic ties, he discussed the geopolitical aspect of this but economically President Biden is trying to protect american interests. This is a fine line up for the us and for Antony Blinken to walk. Will he be successful on this troop . fin walk. Will he be successful on this tram . Walk. Will he be successful on this heap . This troop . On the trade front i think this troop . On the trade front i think the this troop . On the trade front | think the us this troop . On the trade front | think the us will this troop . On the trade front i think the us will face this troop . On the trade front i think the us will face real. I think the us will face real pushback from the chinese. The recent statements made about the capacity coming out of china and i think most importantly the passage through the set a few days ago of the bill to divest from tiktok within a 9 12 months. They are received poorly in china and we will see a lot of pushback against that. On the chinese side you see a lot of rhetoric see these actions designed to contain china, to prevent from developing economically. We will have real tension on this front and few mutual interest there and i think the progress on the trade front might be perhaps less forthcoming than some of these other security issues. ~ ,. , the us military has started building a floating pier off the coast of gaza that will be used to boost humanitarian aid deliveries. The pier will be used to transfer supplies from ships to smaller vessels. The pier is expected to be operation by early next month. Earlier, the Un Relief Agency for Palestinians Unrwa warned about Disease Outbreaks in gaza amid worsening weather conditions, a lack of sufficient water and waste disposal. With me is said shehata from bbc arabic. There is a lot going on, the continuing humanitarian warnings coming through. The idf i having more Cabinet Meetings in terms of rafah but in the meantime in terms of aids getting through, we have the Pontoon Being built. What can you tell us . The Pontoon Being built. What can you tell us . Good news for gaza. Can you tell us . Good news for gaza the can you tell us . Good news for gaza. The floating can you tell us . Good news for gaza. The floating platform gaza. The floating platform will provide 2 million meals for everyone in gaza. In addition to that, the american are working hard to help ease the pressure on people in gaza, so this will help but with the incident happened yesterday, another attack in the vicinity of the area where the pier will be located. The security of the mission, the american mission, will be the israeli responsibility and the is no booze on the ground, no American Forces because there is talks within hamas and the factions again, any foreign president in gaza but the americans assure them there is nothing about that. That is good news. Starting from next month, it will help, the un warns about a famine, disease, many problems happening. The need for more health, medicine, food, water, this will help. They complement each other, it will complement that. Good news for the palestinians and will help ease tension and the pressure on the people in gaza. Thank you. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. The Us Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether donald trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president. A Majority Ofjustices Have Cast Doubt On The Idea mr trump should have full immunity. The outcome will determine whether he should face trial on allegations he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Heres our North America correspondent gary 0donoghue on proceedings in the supreme court. Around three hours or so of arguments before thejustices quite a long session. And the question, the essential question, does a president , does donald trump have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while he was in the white house . Now, the previous courts have said no to that question. Donald trumps lawyers say yes, and theres constitutional ba