my on armed robbery, they... things. my on armed robbery, they... after they arrested _ things. my on armed robbery, they... after they arrested a _ things. my on armed robbery, they... after they arrested a person - things. my on armed robbery, they... after they arrested a person for- things. my on armed robbery, they... after they arrested a person for the i after they arrested a person for the armed _ after they arrested a person for the armed robbery, they didn't press charges — armed robbery, they didn't press charges with the person who... took the money— charges with the person who... took the money and tried to claim the money— the money and tried to claim the money off— the money and tried to claim the money off us still. 30 the money and tried to claim the money off us still.— the money and tried to claim the money off us still. so you are there with peeple. _ money off us still. so you are there with people, other— money off us still. so you are there with people, other people, - money off us still. so you are there with people, other people, how- money off us still. so you are there i with people, other people, how much help has it been to actually see just how many of you are going through this and in a way that you're not alone?— through this and in a way that you're not alone? because... if the only peeple — you're not alone? because... if the only people who — you're not alone? because... if the only people who know _ you're not alone? because... if the only people who know how- you're not alone? because... if the only people who know how it - you're not alone? because... if the only people who know how it feels | only people who know how it feels are the people who have been through it, it is cathartic to spend time with other postmasters, because we understand each other. what with other postmasters, because we understand each other.— understand each other. what would ou sa , understand each other. what would you say. david _ understand each other. what would you say. david to — understand each other. what would you say, david to people _ understand each other. what would you say, david to people who, - understand each other. what would you say, david to people who, as i you say, david to people who, as wendy is saying, are still not talking about it, how would you encourage them to come forward? i

encourage them to come forward? i would say contact the horizon trust scandal _ would say contact the horizon trust scandal fund and they can get you in contact _ scandal fund and they can get you in contact with — scandal fund and they can get you in contact with other postmasters who can get _ contact with other postmasters who can get you into a group that we have _ can get you into a group that we have formed that we help support each other. will have formed that we help support each other-— each other. will you be back for paula vennels? _ each other. will you be back for paula vennels? yes. _ each other. will you be back for paula vennels? yes. is - each other. will you be back for paula vennels? yes. is it - each other. will you be back for - paula vennels? yes. is it important for ou. paula vennels? yes. is it important foryou- it — paula vennels? yes. is it important foryou- it is — paula vennels? yes. is it important for you- it is to _ paula vennels? yes. is it important for you. it is to give _ paula vennels? yes. is it important for you. it is to give support - paula vennels? yes. is it important for you. it is to give support to - for you. it is to give support to other postmasters _ for you. it is to give support to other postmasters that - for you. it is to give support to other postmasters that were i for you. it is to give support to - other postmasters that were more affected _ other postmasters that were more affected with paula than i was. thank— affected with paula than i was. thank you _ affected with paula than i was. thank you very much indeed. that's it for tonight. i'm back tomorrow. before we go, the bbc announced this year's proms line up today. and, if classical music isn't your thing, you might enjoy the disco night, or the orchestral concert fronted by florence and the machine. so here's a reminder if you thought proms music is not your music, that it's there for everyone. check how happy the orchestra looks. goodnight.

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let's return to our top story. 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." she spoke to my colleague caitriona perryjust minutes ago. when you heard this morning that this conviction had been overturned, what was your first reaction? my first reaction, i was actually reserving campsites for the great

american national park, yosemite, was that male sexual violence and institutional betrayal can really ruin a woman's day. there i was going about my business planning an incredible family holiday. and yet again, male entitlement to female bodies intrudes and disrupts and ambushes and takes over a woman's life. you were the first actress to speak out about harvey weinstein. talk to me a little bit about the bravery, the courage, the strength that it took for you and so many others subsequently to do that. well, i definitely want to emphasise that i walk in solidarity with all survivors of male sexual violence. and on this day, especially those who litigated this case against harvey weinstein in the state of new york, they were so vulnerable

and so courageous. and to have his conviction overturned by a 4—3 narrow majority. and we definitely recognise that feisty minority opinion that those judges wrote. it's a hard day for survivors, but we live in our truth. we know what happened, and the truth is consistent. you know, when harvey sexually harassed me and then defamed and interfered with my economic and creative opportunities after i escaped him in that hotel room in 1996, i told anyone who would listen. i was filming kiss the girls at the time. i went straight to the set that night, told gary fleder, the director, told the screenplay writer, told my agent and no one listened. and there were all these systems that just not only tolerated but enabled him, both men and women at the time. and part of what's so important about the metoo movement is that not only do men who stay silent about other men's violence no longer tolerate that, but that we end impunity. and so there are all these forces at play, the institutional betrayal i mentioned earlier. and we need to have responses of institutional courage,

which is actually a thing that lives at stanford university and people can check it out online. there is research based and data informed, concrete steps that institutions take that respond to survivors with institutional courage. you know, oftentimes survivors say that the betrayal and the moral injury we suffer within the system is worse than the sexual body invasion we experienced in the first place. ashleyjudd speaking to the bbc — and you can see the full interview in the coming hours here on bbc news. experts are warning sexually abusive cyber attacks are on the rise across the world, and anyone can be a victim of so—called "sextortion". it comes after two men were arrested in nigeria earlier this month, after an australian teenager took his own life. police allege the men told the teen they would release �*personal photos�* unless he paid them $500.

let's speak to paul raffile in new york. he did an extensive study looking at the case studies as an intelligence analyst at network contagion research institute. thank you forjoining us on the programme. firstly, if you can tell us why we are seeing a rise in sextortion cases?— us why we are seeing a rise in sextortion cases? thank you for havin: sextortion cases? thank you for having me- _ sextortion cases? thank you for having me. the _ sextortion cases? thank you for having me. the fab _ sextortion cases? thank you for having me. the fab i _ sextortion cases? thank you for having me. the fab i are - sextortion cases? thank you for having me. the fab i are one i sextortion cases? thank you for i having me. the fab i are one and it's a rapidly increasing threat and teenagers do not know where to turn. in 2021, there were only 139 reported cases of financial sextortion targeting teenagers. fast—forwa rd to 223, sextortion targeting teenagers. fast—forward to 223, last sextortion targeting teenagers. fast—forwa rd to 223, last year, sextortion targeting teenagers. fast—forward to 223, last year, over 2000 reported cases, so in that two—year span, and 18,000% increase, in a massive surge in that type of crime, and is the fastest growing crime, and is the fastest growing crime targeting kids and teens in

north america the uk and australia, but it's global as well. truth? north america the uk and australia, but it's global as well.— but it's global as well. why are we seeinu but it's global as well. why are we seeing this — but it's global as well. why are we seeing this rise? _ but it's global as well. why are we seeing this rise? that's _ but it's global as well. why are we seeing this rise? that's a - but it's global as well. why are we seeing this rise? that's a great - seeing this rise? that's a great question- _ seeing this rise? that's a great question. when _ seeing this rise? that's a great question. when we _ seeing this rise? that's a great question. when we look - seeing this rise? that's a great question. when we look at - seeing this rise? that's a great i question. when we look at these cases like here in america or in the uk, the unfortunate case in scotland, looking at australia, all roads lead back to nigerian perpetrators in all these cases, and that's where our research giving. we at these financial sextortion cases as organised crime. how are they all connected? and all are leading back to west african cyber criminals because the yahoo boys. they are financial motivated and they learned over the last few years that they can make it a lots of money by catfish and and then extorting teens and for whatever money they have in their bank account or catch up or whatever they can coerce from them at that time. 50 whatever they can coerce from them at that time-— whatever they can coerce from them at that time. so what can be done to rotect the at that time. so what can be done to protect the young — at that time. so what can be done to

protect the young among _ at that time. so what can be done to protect the young among us? - at that time. so what can be done to | protect the young among us? there's a lot that i protect the young among us? there's a lot that l think— protect the young among us? there's a lot that l think the _ protect the young among us? there's a lot that i think the platforms - protect the young among us? there's a lot that i think the platforms can i a lot that i think the platforms can be doing. lots of these social media accounts that are involved in the scam, most of it happening on instagram and stepped out, these companies need to be responsible for taking down the accounts reported for sextortion icons show an anomalous activity which are consistent with sextortion criminals. we see the accounts added as friends 100 children in day, trying to target and coerce them into a scam. that's anomalous behaviour at the platform should be able to detect. additionally, the criminals use the same images and photographs in their profiles in order to elicit those images from teens. the platforms should be detecting the images as well. they are being deployed across thousands of different accounts, and the accounts are showing abnormal behaviour, so platforms really need to come down on these fake accounts.

indeed, lots of pressure on those companies, paul raffile, join us live from new york, thank you for speaking to us here on newsday. thank you for having me. if you, or someone you know, has been affected by sextortion, you can contact the bbc�*s action line via our website for support. in the uk, two of the household cavalry horses who bolted and galloped through london on wednesday are in a "serious condition" having undergone surgery. the army says its too early to know if they'll return to official duties. chi chi izundu reports. this is the event the bolted horses were being exercised for — the major general�*s inspection, which is an annual test of the household cavalry�*s ability to conduct state ceremonial duties for the year. the horses quaker, tennyson and both vida and trojan, who are seen here running through central london, were spooked after building

materials were dropped from a height next to them. four soldiers were thrown and while three needed hospital treatment, it's been confirmed one has now been discharged. a cyclist was also treated in hospital. the army has confirmed that all four horses that bolted yesterday are now under veterinary care. three of them are being looked after here at the hyde park barracks, including the white one that was obviously injured. the fourth is at an equine hospital. equine specialists say that despite months of training to get used to the different sounds of london, these animals can still get spooked. if something they perceived to be a little bit different, so it may be louder or it may be in closer proximity to them, maybe a slightly different sort of noise to what they're used to, that can trigger a fear response in horses still. vida and quaker�*s injuries are serious, but the army hopes they will make enough of a recovery to join the rest of their regiment on official duties in the nearfuture. chi chi izundu, bbc news.

it is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet — and it attracts vast numbers of tourists. but venice has become the first ever city to charge visitors in a bid to control numbers. from venice here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at the main train station. i go to the payment website, find the 5 euros fee for today, click through and enter my name

and credit card details. so i get a qr code, i come through and have it scanned and it shows that i paid and i can enter the city and avoid a fine of up to 300 euros. it's a good idea to make money. i don't know if people will like it and want to keep coming to pay. i would try probably try to change my travel dates to make it a little more smooth. avoid the fee? to avoid the fee, yeah. i think if it can help - with their infrastructure or whatever else they may. have a need for, then i think that would be great. the authorities say it's a trial untiljuly that could be extended in price and duration. it's very important for us to discourage the day—trippers and to know in advance how many people will visit venice so we can arrange all the services, the transport, the cleaning of the city. a lot of cities in europe, most of all are affected by over tourism. so do you think that you will be a guinea pig, if you like, for other cities? yes. it's not the most beautiful role, but i think, yes.

but the tide of critics is growing, like environmental scientist jane de mosto. she's lived here for 30 years and seen the number of residents drop to record lows in a city threatened by tourism and climate change. a five—euro ticket is less than the cost of a drink at a bar. i think we know enough about what's happening to not need to do experiments. we just need to get on and address the real issues of protecting venice and making it a better place to live. so this historic city grapples with an instagram—era problem, as venetians wait to see if this scheme can save their increasingly fragile jewel. mark lowen, bbc news, venice. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello. there are signs that the weather might warm up a bit next week, but notjust yet. we stay in the rather chilly air for friday, a mix of sunny spells and showers and actually across the south of the uk, a frontal system that will bring more in the way of cloud and some splashes of rain. low pressure generally in charge of the scene through the day ahead. so after a cold start, most places will see some spells of sunshine and a scattering of showers. some wintriness in the showers over high ground in scotland. but that frontal system will bring cloud and rain across the channel islands and across southern counties of england. temperature—wise, well, about where we have been over the last few days, north to south looking at values between 8—13 degrees. now, as we head through friday night, we'll see this band of rain in the south pushing its way further northwards. a lot of cloud with that, too. that will hold the temperatures up to some extent, but northern england, northern ireland

and scotland holding on to some clear spells and it will get chilly again. we'll have a frost to start saturday morning, not as cold further south thanks to that extra cloud, those outbreaks of rain, which will be moving northwards as the day wears on. as the rain clears, it may brighten up a little bit towards the south coast, but that could allow some sharp showers to break out. for northern ireland and scotland, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers once again through the day. and those temperatures, well, maybe just creeping up a little bit in some areas, highs between 9—11t degrees. into the second half of the weekend, we see this area of low pressure drifting northwards. that's going to bring outbreaks of rain for some, especially across the eastern side of the uk. but it may well be that some of this rain comes a little bit further westwards, affecting quite large parts of england and wales, maybe clipping into eastern scotland. the further west you are, though, it's that mix of sunny spells and showers. some of the showers will be on the heavy side. temperatures between nine and 12, maybe 13 degrees in the southwest.

but as we head into next week, it does look like things will slowly but surely warm up. we start to bring a feed of winds from the near continent. these orange colours on our air chart. temperatures are set to climb, perhaps up to 19 or 20 degrees celsius through the middle part of the week. but that doesn't mean sunshine all the way still unsettled with some rain at times.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. last december, the world's highest court, the international court ofjustice, began considering a case which has stirred debate and controversy around the world. the state of south africa accused the state of israel of violating the genocide convention in gaza. in its initial ruling, the court overwhelmingly found there was a plausible case to answer, but a finaljudgment is likely to take years. today i have an exclusive interview with joan donoghue, thejust—retired president of the icj, who delivered that initial court ruling that sent shock waves around the world. in a sense, the whole idea of international justice is on trial.