Russell brand, comedian, actor, Political Commentator accused of multiple Sexual Assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. Hes grabbing at my, my underwear, pulling it to the side. Im telling him to get off me, he wont get off. I was distraught, trying to get out of the house with him being so much taller than me, like, holding me up against the wall. Further details have now been published about Nadia Reporting the incident to a Rape Crisis Centre and also a series of Text Messages that the investigators say Russell Brand sent to nadia. The exchange begins with him saying, im sorry, i will make this up to you. And then he goes on to ask, will you everforgive me . It was just as these allegations first began to emerge that he arrived for a performance in london. On stage he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. He has these days, millions of followers on social media. This is anti establishment, anti authoritarian. Where he has cast himself as a voice of dissent against mainstream media. But the catalogue of accusations and concerns about his behaviour stretch over his many years in Mainstream Tv and radio, and the Foreign Secretary says it raises wider questions about the entertainment industry. Russell brand made his name on channel 4s big brother. Dispatches featured claims that staff helped pick out girls for him from the audience. It felt like we were essentially taking lambs into slaughter. Channel 4 says it has no evidence that any of the alleged incidents were brought to its attention at the time. Oh, no, this is andrew sachs� answer phone . And the bbc, which parted company with Russell Brand after a scandal over offensive voice mail messages, has also said its making urgent inquiries. Meanwhile, Russell Brand has issued a statement in vehemently denying all the allegations. I was very, very promiscuous. Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships i had were absolutely always consensual. I was always transparent about that then. And to see that Transparency Metastasised into something criminal, that i absolutely deny, makes me question, is there another agenda at play . However, in 2020, a woman the programme called alice who said a relationship had begun when she was 16 and that shed been assaulted by brand, contacted his agent. I phoned the offices and i asked to speak to his agent. They say they now believe that they were misled by brands denials. And as his tour continues, many others are facing questions about what they were told and what did they do . Broadcasters, including the bbc and channel 4, say they are investigating after the allegations that Russell Brand sexually assaulted four women. Our correspondent, leigh milner has more from the newsroom. The company that owns the Big Brother Brand is making urgent enquiries, Channellisays Brother Brand is making urgent enquiries, channel 4 says it has done a Document Search and found nothing so far but it is carrying out another internal investigation. The bbc is investigating if any complaints were made while he was working as a radio presenter. You have to remember that most of the allegations come after 2012 when he was working in america, and the Hollywood Studios and there is a question of his charitable work as well, one charity that works with women and children has recently cut ties with the comedian. These are four very serious allegations of Sexual Assault and rape. Two of them allegedly took place in los angeles, the le pd have said they have not been told about them but it is early days and the lapd do have a history of pursuing allegations of the me to variety, the other allegations are supposedly to have taken place in the uk including the allegations made by the woman who was 16 at the time. While the metropolitan police have said it has not received any reports, they say anyone who believes they may have been a victim of Sexual Assault, no matter how long ago it happened are being urged to contact the police stop it is worth saying Russell Brand has also said all of the sexual relations were consensual. Of the sexual relations were consensual. Lets move onto some other consensual. Lets move onto some other stories consensual. Lets move onto some other stories now. Five americans who have been jailed for years in iran are expected to fly home today as part of a Prisoner Swap in a deal mediated by the gulf state of qatar. The american prisoners include siamak namzi, an Oil Executive who was first detained in 2015 when he travelled to iran on business. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison on spying charges. Emad shargi was travelling in iran with his wife in 2018 when he was first detained before being re arrested two years later for espionage. And morad tahbaz, a British American conservationist of iranian descent, who was arrested five years ago. Like siamak namzi, both men received 10 year sentences. The fourth and fifth prisoners have not been identified. The agreement will also see the release of 6 billion of iranian funds held in south korea, and five iranians imprisoned in us jails will be freed at the same time. Five metropolitan Police Officers are due to appear at a gross Misconduct Hearing over the stop and search of athlete bianca williams. The british sprinter and her partner richard dos santos were stopped in their car in west london injuly 2020. They were handcuffed, searched and separated from their three month old son, but nothing was found and no arrests were made. New Research Suggests the Social Media Platform Snapchat was involved in nearly half of all online grooming crimes recorded by police in england and wales in the past year. Figures obtained by the nspcc show there were more than 2000 known cases of sexual communication with a child on the platform. The nspcc is part of a Global Coalition of more than 100 sexual abuse survivors families and child Safety Experts demanding Tech Companies take responsibility to protect children on their sites. The british 0pposition leader, keir starmer, has promised hell try to re write Britains Brexit deal with the European Union if his labour party wins the next general election. Speaking to the Financial Times newspaper, mr starmer said he would make closer relations with the eu a priority to bolster britains Economic Growth. He said there were improvements to be made in areas like security, innovation and research. But hes ruled out re joining the customs union, the Single Market or the eu itself. Russian officials will this morning appear in the hague to object to the International Court ofjustice hearing ukraines allegations against the country. Kyiv filed the case shortly after russias invasion in february last year, Accusing Moscow of falsely using genocide law to justify the attack. Russia says the world court has no jurisdiction to weigh in on the matter. Live now to adelaide. Juliette mcintyre is a law lecturer at the university of South Australia and has been following developments at the International Court of justice. Talk us through this case, what is at stake . It talk us through this case, what is at stake . Is at stake . It is a significant is at stake . It is a j significant hearing is at stake . It is a significant hearing we are having today because if russia is successful the case. Here. Basically, when russia launched its invasion in 2022, there were a number of statements made by 02, the Foreign Minister that suggested the reason russia was invading ukraine was to prevent a genocide against russians that was occurring in the luhansk and on next regions of ukraine. So what ukraine has done is brought the case saying this is a false allegation against ukraine, that there was no genocide being committed against russians in this claim was just against russians in this claim wasjust a against russians in this claim was just a pretext for the invasion. Was just a pretext for the invasion was just a pretext for the invasion. ~. ,. ,. , ~ invasion. What do you think will happen . Invasion. What do you think will happen . Look, invasion. What do you think will happen . Look, the invasion. What do you think| will happen . Look, the odds invasion. What do you think will happen . Look, the odds are re will happen . Look, the odds are pretty good will happen . Look, the odds are pretty good the will happen . Look, the odds are pretty good the court will happen . Look, the odds are pretty good the court will will happen . Look, the odds are pretty good the court will find i pretty good the court will find it has jurisdiction and will proceed with the case. We have already had one hearing last year with the court found that it looked like it probably had jurisdiction although it did not have to make that decision at the time. We also now have 32 other states coming before the court alongside ukraine, supporting ukraines case and advising the court that they also believe that court has jurisdiction to proceed. I5 jurisdiction to proceed. Is anyone supporting russias case . ,. , anyone supporting russias case . ,. , anyone supporting russias case . ,. ,. , case . Russia has noone standing case . Russia has noone standing by case . Russia has noone standing by their case . Russia has noone standing by their side, i case . Russia has noone standing by their side, russia appearing by itself, so interestingly the court has provided russia with some additional speaking time which is unusual, normally the parties have equal amounts of speaking time, given the large number of states appearing in support of ukraine, the court has, quite rightly to ensure its impartiality allowed russia some extra speaking time. This its impartiality allowed russia some extra speaking time. As we have mentioned some extra speaking time. As we have mentioned russia some extra speaking time. As we have mentioned russia says some extra speaking time. As we have mentioned russia says this| have mentioned russia says this court has no jurisdiction, have mentioned russia says this court has nojurisdiction, does not recognise it or its decisions, so from that perspective your thoughts on the outcome of this and what impact it would have . The outcome of this and what impact it would have . Look, we already have impact it would have . Look, we already have a impact it would have . Look, we already have a decision impact it would have . Look, we already have a decision from. Impact it would have . Look, we already have a decision from a i already have a decision from a court saying russia, you should not be doing what you are doing at all and they have ordered russia to stop the invasion stop obviously that has not occurred. Russia is attempting to get rid of the case entirely ljy to get rid of the case entirely by convincing the court they do not have jurisdiction, by convincing the court they do not havejurisdiction, if russia is not successful with that, it is possible russia will continue to ignore the court � s orders, but the case will weather russia chooses to appear or not appear continue onwards to a decision on the merits of the court has jurisdiction. Merits of the court has jurisdiction. Thank you for our jurisdiction. Thank you for your thoughts jurisdiction. Thank you for your thoughts on jurisdiction. Thank you for your thoughts on that. Juliette mcintyre, law lecturer at the university of South Australia thank you for having me. In libya, Officials Say at least three greek Rescue Workers have died in a Road Accident as they were travelling from benghazi to derna. Seven others have been critically injured. A week after catastrophic floods ravaged the city, rescue teams are still pulling out dead bodies from ruined buildings and the sea. 0ur correspondent anna foster reports. Its one of the most vital jobs in derna and one of the most distressing. Doctors and detectives gather each day in this Hospital Car Park to process the dead. A black body bag is carefully unzipped. Expert hands gently probe, taking measurements orfinding identifying marks. Many victims are now beyond recognition but their dna is taken and logged in case there are still families alive to find them. Many thousands are officially missing, like mohammeds sister and her husband. When he went to find them after the floods, their house had been washed away. Hes heard nothing from them since. Translation i saw cars coming down. L i came out running. I thought that was it, that im going to die. 0ur neighbours, we could see them waving flashlights. In just a few moments, the light went out and they disappeared. That was the hardest thing. He showed me a video he took that night as the water gushed in. They ran up to the roof to escape the raging torrent. International aid is now arriving in derna in earnest, flights carrying vital medical supplies from around the world. And although earth and debris have enveloped the streets, there are still points of light. This is such a stark contrast to the mud and dirt that covers so much of this city piles of colourful clothes brought here to be donated to people who really need them. This is libyans helping libyans in one of their worst moments of crisis. Translation praise be to god, everything is good. Theyve sent lots of aid. A week on from this disaster, survivors are finding comfort where they can in a place that has lost so much. Anna foster, bbc news, derna. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. People aged 65 and over in england are being urged to book a Booster Vaccine against covid. The rollout has been brought forward as a precaution against a new variant. Last autumn, all over 50s were offered the vaccine but the governments medical advisers recommended that only the over 65s and other vulnerable groups should be included automatically this year. The cost of renting a home rose by 12 in the year to august, according to Estate Agency hamptons thats the highest since it started its survey in 2014. It says typical monthly rent of a newly let property is now just over £1,300. Two pubs a day have disappeared in england and wales in the first half of the year thats according to government statistics. Figures showed that 230 pubs vanished in the three months to 30 june an increase over the previous quarter, when the doors to 153 pubs closed. Campaigners have called for Planning Laws to change to protect pubs. Youre live with bbc news. In south africa, a notorious anti Migrant Campaign group has registered as a Political Party ahead of next years general election. Operation dudula which means Operation Force out in zulu have vowed to take their campaign against undocumented Foreign Nationals to the countrys parliament. Bbc africa eyes Ayanda Charlie reports from johannesburg. These men are on a mission to confront a local shopkeeper who is in dispute with his landlady over rent. Is in dispute with his landlady over rent over rent. Where is the pay ass of over rent. Where is the pay pass of this over rent. Where is the pay pass of this business . Over rent. Where is the pay | pass of this business . Bring the pay pass, the pay parsia and we will talk. The pay pass, the pay parsia and we will talk. They say they are here to and we will talk. They say they are here to engage and we will talk. They say they are here to engage with and we will talk. They say they are here to engage with him i and we will talk. They say they. Are here to engage with him but within minutes, the situation turns ugly. Without papers to prove his residency, Shopkeeperfrom Mozambique was forced out of his business. This is Operation Dudula, an anti Migrant Campaign group and newlyformed Political Party. What gives you the right for that . Im Political Party. What gives you the right for that . The right for that . Im a citizen the right for that . Im a citizen. I the right for that . Im a citizen. I am the right for that . Im a citizen. I am legally the right for that . Im a l citizen. I am legally here. The right for that . Im a citizen. Iam legally here. Not citizen. I am legally here. Not vigilantes. Citizen. Iam legally here. Not vigilantes citizen. Iam legally here. Not vigilantes. They say they want all undocumented vigilantes. They say they want all undocumented migrants i vigilantes. They say they want all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. We all undocumented migrants to leave south africa. All undocumented migrants to leave south africa. We grew up in Apartheid Leave