welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. the former movie mogul harvey weinstein is found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in los angeles. us congress members recommend donald trump is charged for his role in last year's riot at the capitol. a landmark international deal is agreed to protect a third of the planet's natural world by the end of the decade. we'll tell you about a transgender love affair set in pakistan which is hoping for recognition at the academy awards.

the former movie mogul harvey weinsteen has been found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of a woman at luxury hotels in beverly hills at a court in los angeles. he was acquitted of sexual battery against another. weinstein, who is now 70 is already serving a 23 year sentence having been convicted of rape in new york nearly three years ago. our west coast correspondent sophie long reports from los angeles. he was the man who once ruled hollywood, the movie mogul. even a—list celebrities referred to as god. but he appeared in court in los angeles, a convicted rapist denying a further seven charges of sexual assault. thejury heard weeks of grueling, emotional testimony and vitriolic exchanges between witnesses

and weinstein�*s lawyers. one woman was asked to demonstrate the organism to demonstrate the orgasm she said she faked in order to escape his assault. this is not when harry met sally, she said, referencing the film and refused. i have a great deal of admiration and respect for anyone who is willing to testify in a high profile case or any criminal case. i know women who've spoken to the press who absolutely refused to testify. theyjust are not willing to go through what they know will be, in a way, a meat grinder. during the course of the trial in which some 50 witnesses took to the stand, a film dramatizing the journalistic investigation that led to his downfall was released. i can still see it. the hotel, the floor plan. time for some of those that broke their silence to shine. but cameras quickly pulled focus to the story still unfolding. and the trial of the man who once ruled this town.

men so much wanted like fight this and say they're crazy. they're lying, you know, it'sjust like, oh, when is this going to end? and, you know, and we're not going to it's not going to end. we're going to keep coming more and more and more. the more it's a whac—a—mole, it's going to be more, more and more. the more you do it, the more we're going to speak out. it's not going to stop, so stop doing it. harvey weinstein�*s conviction in new york not only rocked the entertainment industry, the imprisonment of the legendary producer once thought to be untouchable was a milestone in the metoo movement and was seen as a win for women around the world. this trial may have been a sequel, but his conviction here is no less important, both to the women who gave evidence and to the more than 80 other accusers who will likely never get their day in court. sophie long bbc news, los angeles. for more on this i am joined now by our north america correspondent, sophie long.

as we saw in your report there this has been a long—awaited verdict. was it expected what we saw today?— verdict. was it expected what we saw today? yes, you're right our 'u we saw today? yes, you're right ourjury has— we saw today? yes, you're right ourjury has been _ we saw today? yes, you're right ourjury has been deliberating . ourjury has been deliberating for some ten days. 41 hours which prompted fears that this could result in a mistrial. in the last hour we got that verdict and harvey weinstein the disgraced former movie mogul has been guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman at the country hotel he was acquitted of another charge of battery and the jury was hung on a number of charges one of which was raped. the prosecution called 44 witnesses to stand in which we heard some grueling, emotionaltents testimony. they were known as jane doors in court to protect their identities but one of those has been widely known to

us. a young actress at the time who said harvey weinstein raped her. thejury who said harvey weinstein raped her. the jury was who said harvey weinstein raped her. thejury was hung on that count but the damn fence authorities said to her while she took the stand that had she not been married to the governor of california she would've been just another bimbo but the jury could not reach a verdict on that count forjennifer as newsom. we are expecting thejury to forjennifer as newsom. we are expecting the jury to reconvene here tomorrow but we don't have a date for sentencing. this result will indicate that harvey weinstein who is now at 70 years old, who set looking into his lap in a gray suit while the charges were read, occasionally looking at his defense attorney. it seems he's likely to spend the rest of his daysin likely to spend the rest of his days in prison. he is already serving a 23 year sentence for

being a convicted for rape and assault in new york he is appealing that conviction and that would be heard in the new yearin that would be heard in the new year in new york. as we wait for sentencing to be handed down here it seems he is likely to spend the rest of his days behind bars.— to spend the rest of his days behind bars. thank you for so much for _ behind bars. thank you for so much forjoining _ behind bars. thank you for so much forjoining us _ behind bars. thank you for so much forjoining us on - behind bars. thank you for so much forjoining us on that i much forjoining us on that service so feet long. i'm sure will be hearing more in the days and weeks i had as that story pans out. the us committee investigating the assault on capitol hill injanuary last year has unanimously recommended criminal charges against donald trump. they include obstruction of official proceedings, conspiracy to defraud the us, and inciting an insurrection. the recommendation is non—binding and it's now down to thejustice department to decide whether to prosecute the former president. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth reports. with the routine of a recorded vote, america finds itself in uncharted territory.

mr schiff? aye. mr schiff, aye. mr aguilar? aye. mr aguilar, aye. a congressional committee recommended that a us president face criminal charges. as it delivered a damning assessment of donald trump's last days in office. he lost the 2020 election and knew it, but he chose to try and stay in office through a multipart scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power. shouting. replaying key pieces of video evidence, the committee summed up the case built over the last 18 months. that the president not only incited the january sixth attack, but he knew his claim of a stolen election was false. i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which i told the president was bleep. i only need 11,000 votes. fellows, i need 11,000 votes gimme a break. that he pressured officials to rig the vote.

this was a fraudulent election. and refused to call off the mob, or to condemn the violence afterwards. so, go home we love you. you're very special. the committee can't force prosecutors to act on its recommendations but donald trump is already facing multiple investigations. the pressure is rising on a candidate running for re—election while being accused of trying to subvert the last one. it was congressman jamie raskin who announced that the january sixth committee is making those criminal referrals against mr trump. he's confident the us justice department will prosecute the former president, donald trump over the assault on capitol hill almost two years ago. the department ofjustice has brought more than 900 criminal prosecutions in this event. for everything from assaulting a federal officer to destruction of federal property.

to resisting arrest. too seditious conspiracy. which means conspiracy to overthrow and bring down the government was stopped so, the department ofjustice is fully engaged in the process of examining all of these events. so we have every confidence and hope that they will pursue it all the way to the top. but there have been no charges levelled yet against donald trump orjohn eastman. and we wanted to set forth the elements of these crimes and all the evidence that has come into possession of work committee. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the thai navy is continuing a search and rescue operation after one of its warships sank on sunday. 78 sailors have been rescued, but 31 are missing. the corvette was on patrol 400 kilometers southwest of bangkok when rough seas caused

the vessel to lose power, flood and sink. the british government's plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda is lawful, the uk's high court ruled on monday. it follows a legal challenge brought by charities and campaign groups who argued rwanda was not a safe destination. but the court did say that the cases of eight individual asylum seekers — who were due to be sent to rwanda earlier this year — must be reconsidered. china has reported its first official covid—related deaths in weeks. the country has seen a surge in cases since easing most of its covid restrictions earlier this month. there are concerns that the actual death toll is much higher than what is being reported, as the health system struggles to cope. in other news today — a landmark deal setting targets to protect the natural world in an area covering a third of the planet has been agreed by nearly 200 countries. the summit in montreal had been regarded as a "last chance"

to put nature on a path to recovery, and it includes measures to preserve the diversity of the natural world, to protect ecosystems like rainforests and wetlands, and to ensure the rights of indigenous peoples. but environmental groups have criticised the pledges for being voluntary and not legally binding. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt has more... and crucially there is a funding mechanism. rich countries _ funding mechanism. rich countries have _ funding mechanism. rich countries have agreed . funding mechanism. rich countries have agreed to | funding mechanism. rich countries have agreed to pay £30 billion a year by the end of 2038 to help developing countries protect nature. not

enough see many developing countries but it is a start. here is what the un chief had to say about today's deal. we are finally _ to say about today's deal. - are finally starting to fund a piece back with nature. this framework is an important step for determining the positively and i urge all countries to deliver. remember this classic footage from sir david attenborough's planet earth two series? the un had called the conference in montreal the last chance to save the world's biodiversity. a near miraculous escape... biodiversity means the huge range of species... this is a leaf of the giant water lily. that plants, insects, animals and fungi organisms together make up the richness of life on earth.

cold and disorientated, they search... it is easy to see why there is so much concern about what is happening to the natural world. the un calculates a million species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, and just look how global wildlife populations have already declined. they are reckoned to have reduced by... look at that. 69% since 1970. here's another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, and three quarters, of the surface a staggering 75%, three quarters, of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. what does "significantly altered" mean? we are talking cutting down forests, clearing land forfarming, draining wetlands, damming rivers or building towns and cities. this isn'tjust something happening in far—off countries with exotic ecosystems like rain forests or coral reefs. even in this once small english

woodland, you might see four or five different kinds of finches. if anything, the natural world is under even more pressure here in the uk. according to the nature charity the world wildlife fund, the uk is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. our country is reckoned to have just 53% of its biodiversity left. here at home we have just finally come out with our environmental act targets and we will be laying the legislation, but when we do things like restoring the variety of our landscapes to make sure they are homes for nature, whether that is about birds, whether that's about certain plants, and it is absolutely imperative that we have this space for nature within our country. so what happens next? some environmental campaigners have said today's deal doesn't go far enough, there is a framework for monitoring the progress

countries make but it is up to their governments to make the target international policy. but another issue, the targets are not binding on the countries that have signed the agreement? they don't have to do this. but today's deal represent significant progress on tackling the crisis facing the world's wildlife, and as such it is very good news for the natural world. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. will he stay or will he go? an online poll commissioned by elon musk reveals a majority think he should step down as chief executive. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael whose died of suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million

albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said it failed in its principal objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drug charges. a hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie. i over the ccockpit of - pan am's made of the seas. nose down in the soft earth. you can see what happens when a plane eight stories high, a football pitch wide falls from 30,000 feet. . christmas has returned to albania after a communist band lasting more than 20 years. thousands with the midnight mass in the town where there were anti—communists riots ten days ago.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... the former movie mogul harvey weinstein has been found guilty of the rape and sexual assault of a woman in los angeles. us congress members have recommended donald trump is charged for his role in last year's riot at the capitol. will elon musk remain the head of twitter? maybe not. the owner of twitter asked his 122 million twitter followers to take part in a vote on whether he shoud resign as the company's chief executive, promising that he would respect the outcome. after more than 17 million responses, more than 57% said he should step down . so will he? let's speak now to our news reporter azade moshiri. azadeh so much happens in the world of elon musk

and twitter every day so is this the end of elon musk heading up twitter? noting that during his tenure he has respected the results of various policy has put out on twitter policies. less than two hours ago, a few moments ago he did answer a twitter user that perhaps he should run this poll again because there is a problem when it comes to bots on twitter and perhaps this is one he can't trust. and he responded saying interesting. another twitter user to eat in a different policy idea and elon musk said that's a great points. he is clearly still in charge and clearly still the boss and he said himself he hasn't appointed our thoughts of a successor. i spoke to ross

gerber who is an investorfor tesla and twitter. tesla is of course he nuns are their company and he has been a long time supporter of elon musk. and he himself has said it has been a chaotic run the last several weeks. and that the issue here, from what she understands is that elon musk has always had great intentions with this platform but always cite more of a engineering problem and perhaps he is starting to realize it is not his skill set. i starting to realize it is not his skill set.— starting to realize it is not his skill set. ., his skill set. i wonder whether or not she _ his skill set. i wonder whether or not she was _ his skill set. i wonder whether or not she was expecting - his skill set. i wonder whether or not she was expecting the i or not she was expecting the outcome of the pole to go the way it was. do we have any idea why he did this hole in the first place with a mark that was a good point not knowing what the result was.- what the result was. ross gerber told _ what the result was. ross gerber told me _ what the result was. ross gerber told me himself i what the result was. ross | gerber told me himself he what the result was. ross - gerber told me himself he did not think he did. in terms of the tightening there has been in the media at regular coverage of the chaotic nature of twitter is run right now. according to ross gerber who knows elon musk fairly well he

says he doesn't think elon musk really paid attention to it, or really paid attention to it, or really understand the significance of that sort of discords until tesla investors started voicing their concerns over the weekend and that elon musk is not used to that sort of criticism from his investors. he may have done this pole to understand whether people really did think he was doing a bad job and it could be that now he is starting to take a look back and a pause and whether this is really if you wants to invest all of his time. he did say previously eventually he does plan on spending less time on twitter and handing over the rain so it is not a complete surprise. fascinating stuff. what we are trying to do here and trying to read the mind of elon musk. at the heart of this is the real impact on the business. in terms of what type of future twitter might have as a

company. twitter might have as a company-— twitter might have as a coman . ~ , ., ., company. absolutely, what elon musk has said _ company. absolutely, what elon musk has said in _ company. absolutely, what elon musk has said in the _ company. absolutely, what elon musk has said in the past - company. absolutely, what elon musk has said in the past is - musk has said in the past is that elon musk is a twitter is a mess and not making money. he thought he needed to be shaken up. there were lots of disgruntled employees and people who quit and there is chatter on switcher of people who want to leave the platform because they don't trust what it is under elon musk. that doesn't mean it is a majority opinion but that chapter has gone on. there are two schools of thought that you know musk has done great things with tesla and space x and he might be the one to find a solution to twitter. another school of thought is that a social media company is a different beast and perhaps this isn't in his wheelhouse. that's what his ardent supporters seem be seen right now. ardent supporters seem be seen riaht now. ., , ., right now. yet, lots of mixed opinions- _ right now. yet, lots of mixed opinions. thank _ right now. yet, lots of mixed opinions. thank you - right now. yet, lots of mixed opinions. thank you for - right now. yet, lots of mixed i opinions. thank you for keeping us up—to—date on that story. if

you are interested in more lots more on the bbc website. the shortlist for the academy awards are out on wednesday. 0ne movie that is hoping to make the cut isjoyland, pakistan's official entry in the foreign film category. it's a movie about a transgender love affair set in lahore, and it won awards at cannes and other international film festivals. but regulators in pakistan say it does not adhere to the moral standards of the country. it has been banned in punjab, pakistan's most populous province and wherejoyland takes place. other provinces have allowed the film to be released but with several censored scenes. the bbc�*s samira hussain reports from lahore. lipstick, skillfully applied nails painted with a steady hand, putting makeup on freely, no longer pretending to be the boy.

she is not. she was in the film joyland. a story about gender and sexuality. but for dia, it was a story about love and people like her. job seekers are or gender. love is something that can happen with anyone. it does not see gender. it's something that is in one soul. what is wrong with that? fighting and war is wrong. but if you fall in love with someone, there's nothing wrong with that. joyland tells a story of a patriarchalfamily in lahore, a wife whose sexual desires are not being met, and her husband, who falls in love with a transgender person while working as her back—up dancer attorney. it is that part of the story that sparked controversy. i saw the film here in pakistan at just one of a handful of theaters that was showing it now. but three key scenes were cut and a few bits and pieces here and there. so all in about four minutes. and although the edits were jarring, it did depict

something that happens in everyday life in pakistan that you don't often see reflected on the big screen. transgender people have always been visible in this country. their existence has never been denied. but they are a marginalized community, often forced to beg or sell their bodies for money. 0thers turn to entertainment, dancing for their dinner. having grown up in lahore time, sadiq wanted to include the third gender in his film, while acknowledging that censorship is also part of life in pakistan. i looked at the broader picture that, oh, they're letting the film go. they're letting the film release, which i'm like, i'm happy about because frankly speaking, there is a whole list of films that have been banned in pakistan. but this is the first one that got banned, and i'm banned even if it's in half of the country only so far. last night there were protests across the country. religious parties tried to make sure the film was never released, waging their campaign in the streets and on social media

where the hashtag ban joyland was trending. why isn't there ever a hashtag in favour of our rights? we can't get jobs. we can't get an education we are made fun of in school. why isn't there a hashtag about that? the irony is clear. a film reflecting reality banned in the country on which it is based. samir hussein, bbc news, lahore. and in south america, argentina's fans are waiting in anticipation for their heroes to return home. the new world champions are expected to arrive in the next few hours. a huge street party has been planned in buenos aries to welcome the squad, who won argentina's first world cup since 1986.

1 that brings us to the end of this hour thank you for joining. hello. the start of the new week brought a big change in the weather. compare this picture of a snowy scene in cumbria on saturday with this picture of the same scene on monday. the snow has been replaced by a big puddle. we saw cloud, we saw rain, we saw some much milder conditions. temperatures in north wales got very close to 16 celsius, lots of other places not too far behind. that mild air pushes up from the southwest with a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of quite heavy rain in places. as the stripe of cloud and rain clears away eastwards, we will see some slightly cooler air pushing in from the west, so those really high temperatures for monday are not going to last throughout the week ahead. equally, it's not going to be nearly as cold as it was just a few days ago.

some cloud and rain in the southeast corner early on tuesday morning, but that will clear, and then we'll see sunny spells — scattered showers, too, especially in northern ireland and western scotland, mostly falling as rain, but some snow over the highest hills and mountains in scotland. windy in the far northwest, temperatures between 7—13 degrees, so it is still mild for the time of year. as we go through tuesday night, there'll be some clear spells, but showers pushing in from the west — in fact, merging into longer spells of rain for some, particularly across parts of england and wales. temperatures down into single digits, but most places will avoid a frost. so, a soggy start to wednesday with this band of rain moving across central and eastern parts of england, that clearing to a mix of sunny spells and showers. most of the showers through northern england, northern ireland and scotland — again, some wintry ones over the highest ground here, and temperatures between 7—11 degrees in most places. into thursday, it's likely that we'll see further showers or longer spells of rain drifting up across southern

parts of england and the channel islands. northern scotland getting into a northerly wind, and it will start to feel a little bit colder. that is the set—up that takes us to the end of the week and into the start of the christmas weekend. a frontal system pushing in from the southwest, but bumping into that colder air in northern scotland, perhaps giving a spell of snow. and then, that cold air in the north will try to push a little further southwards through the christmas period, but i think most places will stay relatively mild and there will be some rain at times.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from san francisco. i'm stephen sackur. california was the launchpad for america's tech revolution. the giants of our digital age, the likes of gates, jobs, and musk, built their empires from right here in california. their work has transformed our lives, but it hasn't always been for the better.

well, my guest today is the san francisco