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bruce will be here with a full round up bruce will be here with a full round up of the day's news. now on bbc news, it was a year that saw gender politics or two before, and many women across the world speaking out. in the second of our 2—part series, the bbc‘s 100 women season reports on the trail blazing women who have turned their feelings of anger into a moment of action. a warning, this programme contains some nudity and coverage of issues you may find upsetting. music. hello and welcome to the bbc‘s 100 women season. the last 12 months has seen anger from women from around the world over sexual harassment. the movement has taken hold with women demanding change and equal treatment. the film we're about to show you focus on women who have become trailblazers. our contributors share the moment that they decided to stand up and make a difference,

to make things better for themselves and for others. we begin in ireland, where vicky phelan exposed a scandal that literally cost women their lives. she was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the cervix after incorrect smear test results gave her the all clear. when she took her case to court, she discovered she wasn't the only one. now vicky is fighting to make sure that her death is not in vain. are you having a pancake? until recently, vicky was a normal mummy. a mother living with herfamily on the west coast of ireland. herjourney to trailblazer begins in 2011 when she had a routine smear test for cervical cancer. my result came back as no abnormality detected and i'd gone on with my life raising my kids. three years later when i went back

to the next routine screening, that was when things changed. this time, it was bad news. vicky was diagnosed with cervical cancer. i was diagnosed injuly 2014, went through treatment and finished up and was given the all clear. in february 2015. sadly, it came back. and injanuary this year, vicky received the worst news. now it was terminal. when you hear the word, you know what that means. you know it means — this is it, this is the end, it is not curable. and people saying, you know, my legs went out from under me, well, i know what that actually feels like now. my legs were literally... i thought it was going to faint, my legs were all wobbly, i couldn't breathe. thank god that was kind of an area where i could go to the toilet, before i went back out to face my mother and daughter

and ijust had to cry and cry and cry my eyes out. 0h, there's a diamond. i got one. as family battled with the prospect that she was going to die, vicky discovered something odd in her medicalfile. cervicalcheck is the company that runs ireland's smear test. because of her 2014 diagnosis, the company took another look at her original test from 2011. this time, they concluded there had been cancer. in black and white — this report was stating that i had cancer in 2011. not query, not maybe. black an white — this was telling me i had cancer. not only was her cancer much older than she thought, but her doctor knew there had been a mistake and didn't tell herfor 15 months. what i've learned since is that if my smear in 2011 been correctly read, i would just have had to have a hysterectomy back in 2011. my cancer would have been contained within my cervix and i would have

had a 95% chance of being cured, and i wouldn't be in a terminal cancer position that i am now. vicky sued the american laboratory that cervicalcheck used to perform the smear test and the irish health service for withholding the information from her. after several offers, she ultimately settled the case for 2.5 million euros. but with no admission of liability. the first morning i woke up and knew that there were women dead as a result of this, that really upset me. yeah. that there are 18 women dead, you know. since filming, two more women have died. bringing the total to 20.

we only know about these women because vicky refused to let the health service hush up the whole affair. they wanted me to sign a nondisclosure agreement, so they wanted to gag me basically. and i refused. i said, "no way, i'm not doing this" because at that point i knew that there were ten other women that needed to be told the same information that was withheld from me. by refusing to sign the nda, the court papers were made public and vicky exposed the scale of the crisis in ireland's screening programme. literally from that moment on, my life has not been the same. it is now known that at least 221 women with cervical cancer should have received earlier treatment. 20 women have now died. vicky is on her way to meet the husband of one of those women. when irene passed away,

she was 35 and i was 36 and had a four and a two—year—old boy. stephen is a man in the middle of a women's health scandal. all i pictured was in 10 years' time trying to explain the scandal them. and all i would have to show the death certificate and the newspaper clippings of the scandal. where have a room full of people i would think. together stephen and vicky have founded a support group for all the victims of the cervicalcheck controversy. i would never have known about this if not for the bravery of what vicky did, not signing the confidentiality agreement and taking a court case. you know, iwanted it to be not in vain. and we worked side by side to try and fight this, you know? try and get some good out of this, support the people that need it most. basically i could have been one of the women like irene — stephen's wife. it's frightened every single woman in ireland, because they don't know right now can they trust the last smear that they've had.

can you blame them when they see people like me on the tv, or hear irene's story? how many have not yet been contacted? after vicky's success in court, a review highlighted huge failings in the skinning programme run by cervicalcheck. as a result of my court case, doctors are now compelled to tell patients any information about their health. and they were supposed to apologise... the other big one that we've achieved is that the state had agreed to pay for the drug that i'm on, even though this drug is not yet licensed for cervical cancer. that is a massive leap and i think. after a fight, vicky was granted a trial for the immunotherapy drug that she is on. her tumour has already struck by 50%. if i did die, this is where i would be coming. not in a plot in a graveyard, it would be down here,

spread my ashes, this is my favourite place. you know, i don't want to sound morbid, but i don't know how many more days of this i have. simple as that, you know? when you're given a terminal prognosis, you just have to enjoy every day. so i do. vicky has no idea how much time she has left. but she can be assured that her struggle with the irish government has truly made a difference. ourfilm in peru starts with shocking video of a woman being dragged by her hair in a hotel lobby. that woman was cindy arlette contreras and the man was her boyfriend. when the court gave tactic basis and it centres of your she refused to accept it. she joined up with other survivors of domestic violence to demand a change. just to warn you, there are scenes of nudity in this film, and images you may find unsettling. it's like getting a fist in your stomach.

chanting. this is a huge moment for peru. that protest is probably the most attended ever in our history as a society. we wanted to say, you know, we want to stop these different forms of violence. we understand that it's a social problem that we want to take into our hands. so we are here saying we want to stop it. we want to do something. we do now realise that these many forms of violence are very common. you know? a daily occurrence in our life. and we are shocked to see this reality that has been i think submerged in the shadows for many, many, many years. we studied the case of arlette contreras. we read the sentence, we saw the video that made the case public. and we also saw other media reports.

the father, for example, they interviewed the father of the agressor and he said "well, he's a child, you know, he has this childish behaviour. . . " he was treated like, ‘0h, he behaved badly‘. even though it was clear that she was the victim, he was treated as somebody who deserved understanding. chanting.

the movement, which has its roots in argentina, grew from a spontaneous demonstration into a fully fledged consonantal alliance against gender—based violence. it campaigns under the #niunamenos which means "not one less" in spanish. south korea has been a huge problem with illicit spy cameras. secret cameras placed inside women's toilets and changing rooms with the footage often uploaded onto pornography sites without the victim's knowledge. now one activist is fighting to stop the practise and to help the victims.

south korea is battling with what's been described as a spy pornography epidemic. hidden cameras and phones capture mostly women in a state of undress in changing rooms and bathrooms. chanting. the videos have been posted online. chanting. cheering.

that is all from us. we hope you've been fired by the stories we've shared of women demanding that their voices be heard. thanks for watching and goodbye. hello. after several days of quiet weather, the weatherjust in time for the weekend turning much more active, potentially very hazardous.

met office and the warnings enforced. ice and snow. in terms of ice, it is just about the worst kind. freezing rain affecting parts of the uk, particularly the midlands, northern england and scotland. the result of that will be widespread ice and so very dangerous conditions. we are bringing in an area of low pressure from the atlantic. into what as we know is plenty of cold air across the uk. that is a recipe for rain, sleet, snow and ice. freezing rain, may have heard about it. snow. cold enoughjust to near the clouds for that to fall out of them. then into a warmer area of the air above us, that melts into rain. but then once it meets a layer of cold air, very close to the surface which is what we will have on saturday, we end up with that rain freezing in contact to the frozen services, that is freezing rain. you get glazed ice, a sheet ice, very dangerous conditions. and it can happen so very quickly. so this is what we are expecting during saturday.

for northern ireland, wales, southwest england, very wet and very windy. that wet weather, very slowly feeding further north and east into that cold air. parts of the midlands, especially northern england and scotland. that freezing rain, widespread ice for it. also some sleet and snow in places, more especially over the higher ground. and north of the central belt in scotland, that is the other met office amber warning for snow and blizzards as well. as the winds pick up right across the uk. and that snow continues into sunday morning. on sunday, we are slowly going to clear this weather system away from scotland with its rain, sleet, snow and ice threat. and elsewhere, it is a bit quieter. there is a bit of sunshine to be had, especially in the first part of the day. but then we bring in some outbreaks of rain or showers to the west and south during the day. it has become a little less cold, but temperatures are still very much in single figures. it will be a chilly start to monday. not far away from freezing. but just notice here an indication of some mild air,

starting to come in. we've got low pressure to the west of us, throughout next week. after that, chilly start on monday. many of us will be dry and bright. south—westerly breeze starting to freshen. milder airjust starting to push in towards the west once again. you can see some outbreaks of rain not too far away. for much of the uk, still fairly chilly on monday. but it is dry. but eventually as we go into tuesday, some milder starts for the day, the winds pick up and this weather front comes in. a flow of that milder air pushing right across the uk. but very wet across much of the western side of the uk. it clears away for northern ireland, the rain slowly easing towards the east. some of this wine will be heavy, maybe a good couple of snow melt and scotland to bring a flood risk. you notice the temperatures are back into double figures. as we go on for the remainder of the week, get a little ridge of high pressure moving in.

and then low pressure to the west of us by the end of the week brings another weather system. so next week's weather is weather system followed by something and little bit quieter. followed by a weather system with wind and rain. with the weather systems coming in, it is mild. once they've moved away it turns a bit dry and brighter. the cool down again. but overall, next week although unsettled, it is looking fairly mild. it may turn colderjust in time for christmas. that is another weather for the week ahead. no renegotiation in brussels, but theresa may says the eu will provide further clarification on her brexit deal. if we're going to leave with a deal, this is it. but my discussions with colleagues today have shown that further clarification and discussion following the council's conclusions is in fact possible. but heated words between mrs may and jean claude juncker as she accuses him of describing her latest efforts as nebulous. he says it was a misunderstanding. i did not refer to her, but to the overall state of the debate in britain.

we'll be looking at where negotiations with the eu are likely to go from here and what lies ahead for mrs may. also tonight: donald trump's disgraced former lawyer says the president is a liar and knew about hush money paid to women on his behalf.