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. twitter users vote for elon musk, its current owner, to stand down as head of the company. so will he go? fans await argentina's triumphant football team who heading home to buenos aires — ahead of an open—top bus parade. this is the capital city. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

hello and welcome to the programme. the former movie mogul harvey weinstein 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 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 dramatising 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 want to 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.

we can speak to sophie now who is outside the court where she has been watching the latest development. thank you for joining the verdict it included one count of rape we have had reaction to the verdict. gloria allred was representing jane

doe two, this is what she had to say after the verdict. working through their fear of what could happen to them if they spoke out has been a transformative experience for all of those who may have represented. i commend all of my clients for their courage and sacrifice to win justice. they demonstrate that courageous women are able to make powerful men accountable for the injustices they have inflicted on women. we should all be grateful to them for having made this a safer world for all of us.— for all of us. that was gloria allred speaking, _ for all of us. that was gloria allred speaking, a _ for all of us. that was gloria allred speaking, a lawyer i for all of us. that was gloria allred speaking, a lawyer in| allred speaking, a lawyer in this case. she also read a statement from her client who is not in california at the moment saying that she can finally put the traumatic memory to rest that reflecting on the pastors taken a huge on her life. many women have been

watching this trial closely since harvey weinstein, since reports of his sexual assaults first came to light. someone 100 women have come out and during the course of the film that meant during the course of the trial of film was released the trial of film was released the dramatised the investigation into those assaults. he is already a convicted rapist convicted nearly three years ago in new york and is currently serving a 23 year service for that —— centres for that —— a sentence for that he is appealing that but he has now been convicted here in los angeles have one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault. sentence new year but harvey is a much diminished man. now 70 years

old and his health is said to be failing. it seems likely that he will spend the rest of his days behind bars. thank you for keeping us up—to—date on the latest developments on that story. the us committee investigating the assault on capitol hill in january 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. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. with the routine of a recorded vote, america finds itself in uncharted territory. . he lost

the election and knew it but chose to try to stay in office three multipart scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power. replaying key pieces of video evidence the committee summed up evidence the committee summed up the case built over the past 18 months. the president not only incited the january 6 attack but he knew his claim of 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. i only need 11,000 votes. he pressured — i only need 11,000 votes. he: pressured officials to rig the vote and refused to call off the mob that had condemned the violence afterwards. {as the mob that had condemned the

violence afterwards.— violence afterwards. go home. we love you. _ violence afterwards. go home. we love you, you _ violence afterwards. go home. we love you, you are - violence afterwards. go home. we love you, you are very - we love you, you are very special. we love you, you are very special-— we love you, you are very secial. .., .. ., special. the committee cannot force prosecutors _ special. the committee cannot force prosecutors to _ special. the committee cannot force prosecutors to act - special. the committee cannot force prosecutors to act on - special. the committee cannot force prosecutors to act on its| 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 6th committee is making those criminal referrals against mr trump. he says he's confident the usjustice department will prosecute the former president, donald trump over the assault on capitol hill almost two years ago. the department ofjustice has bought more than 900 criminal prosecutions in this event, everything from assaulting a federal officer to destruction of federal property to resisting arrest, to seditious conspiracy, meaning conspiracy to overthrow the government.

the department ofjustice is fully engaged in the process of examining all of these events and so we have every confidence and 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 of the evidence that has come into possession of our committee. come into possession of our committee-— come into possession of our committee. . ., ,, ., committee. that was congressman jamie raskin _ committee. that was congressman jamie raskin making _ committee. that was congressman jamie raskin making those - jamie raskin making those comments there. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a landmark deal to protect the planet has been agreed to. 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 rainforest and wetlands and to ensure the rights of indigenous people. but environmental groups have criticised the

pledges were being voluntary and not legally binding. fiur and not legally binding. our climate editor _ and not legally binding. our climate editor has - and not legally binding. oi" climate editor has more. and not legally binding. i>i:' climate editor has more. the agreement today is about stopping the alarming decline of the natural world. it came at 3:30am this morning after a seven—hour meeting. what has been agreed? the deal today includes 23 targets including protecting 30% of the land and sea by 2030. there are targets to prevent more species going extinct and, crucially there is a funding mechanism which countries have paid —— agreed to pay $30 billion a year to help developing countries protected nature. not enough say many but it is a start. this is what the un chief had to say about the deal today. we are finally _ to say about the deal today. we are finally starting to forge a piece — are finally starting to forge a piece packed with nature. this framework is an important step for diplomacy and i urge all countries to deliver.-

for diplomacy and i urge all countries to deliver. what is the deal designed _ countries to deliver. what is the deal designed to - countries to deliver. what is| the deal designed to tackle? the un called the conference in montreal the last chance to save the world's biodiversity. that means a huge range of species that make up the richmond's of life on earth. it is easy to see why there are so much concern about what is happening to the natural world. look at this. the un calculates that a million species are at risk over the coming decade. and look at global wildlife populations and they have declined. reduced by 69% since 1970. here is another way to look at the challenge. a staggering 75%, three quarters of the surface of the earth has already been significantly altered by humanity. that means cutting down forests, clearing land for farming, cutting down forests, clearing land forfarming, draining land for farming, draining wetland, land forfarming, draining wetland, damning rivers or building towns and cities. this

is not something happening in far—off countries with exotic ecosystems. 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. in fact, the uk is reckoned to have just 53% of its biodiversity left. the key thing we need to do and we will concentrate on now is making sure we have an increasing amount of habitat around the country. that is why we have legislated to bring half a million more hectares into place as well as what we will do on rivers and in the seas and the oceans. some of that we have legislated floor —— for but we will keep up that work. what happens next? some environmental campaigners have said the deal today does not go far enough and there is a framework for monitoring the

progress that countries make but it is up to the government to incorporate the nature target into national policy. and those targets are not binding on the countries that have signed the agreement. they do not have to do this. let's be clear, the consensus is that the bill today represent significant process on tackling the crisis facing the world's wildlife and as such is very good news for the natural world. :, :, , good news for the natural world. . ., , , ., good news for the natural world. . , ., ., world. that was 'ust in role at our world. that was 'ust in role at climate _ world. that wasjust in role at our climate editor _ world. that wasjust in role at our climate editor reporting i world. that was just in role at | our climate editor reporting on that story for us. still, on the programme, the dutch prime minister apologises for his country's in slavery and the slave trade. is that enough? the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from 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 says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the 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, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. i you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys i high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. i christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our 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. the dutch prime minister, has apologised on behalf of the dutch state for its historical role in slavery and for consequences during colonial times, denouncing it as a crime against humanity. more than 600,000 people, mostly from africa and asia, were trafficked by dutch merchants between the 17th and 19th centuries. some campaigners say that merely confronting the events of the past is an insufficient gesture for the descendants of slaves living in the netherlands today. anna holligan reports. generations have been waiting to hear this word, but the dutch government's approach to saying sorry for slavery has reignited a sense of exclusion and distrust.

the question you have to talk about, slavery, with people from the destination and people here, and we don't accept 19 december. instead, many wanted to wait until the first ofjuly next year, to witness this historic moment on what will be the 160th anniversary of the dutch emancipation act. today, i apologise. and he repeated in surinamese. and a caribbean dialect. today, on behalf of the dutch government. i apologise for the actions of the dutch state in the past. posthumously to all enslaved people worldwide who have suffered from those actions. to their daughters and sons, and to all of their descendents

till today. within the netherlands, support for a formal apology has been growing, with 38% of people now in favour. but almost half the population is still opposed. one far—right leader told me his party doesn't believe in such gestures. quinsy gario argues it's essential to come together to understand the realities and impact of the past. even the cheesemonger on the street corner was getting paid with funds from colonial winnings. how exactly do you heal and how do you repair the — not just the psychic terror of the past, but also the material inequalities that have come from that? words are fine, but what are actions? the dutch government's apology for slavery won't result in immediate or individual reparations for the descendants of the enslaved people. instead, 200 million euros will be invested in awareness—raising

projects designed to highlight and explore this darker side of dutch history. it's been a busy time for linda nooitmeer. she has been involved in the negotiations with the government. from 20 december we can work together to fight against everything that is about racism, and it gives me hope that we can do this in this country. with other countries currently considering their colonial pasts, an official apology from the dutch may encourage other nations to recognise and make efforts to remedy historic and contemporary inequalities in a meaningful way. anna holligan, bbc news, amsterdam. 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 azadeh 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? that is hard to know. he has typically respect the results of these polls. he's posted today few during his time as twitter ceo and he tends to follow up when it comes to twitter policy, but in this instance, just less than two hours ago one twitter user who is in entrepreneurial waiting for extradition kim.com who elon musk typically does conversed with on twitter suggests that maybe this is interpol he should be listening to, that he is a big target on twitter and that there are a

lot of pots and perhaps this is not one he can trust and elon musk responded by saying interesting. then another twitter user suggested a new policy change for twitter and elon musk said that idea was a good point and that it would become twitter policy so he is still clearly the boss, he is still clearly the boss, he is still running things at twitter hq and he said so himself, he hasn't actually appointed a successor yet and of course the last seven weeks have been impossible to predict and they have been extremely chaotic. hi spoke to a tesla and twitter investor, tesla of course is elon musk�*s other company and he has been a long—time supporter of elon musk and still is but he says the issue is that despite having very good intentions and believing that he was the only one who could possibly solve the issue thatis could possibly solve the issue that is twitter, save it, in fact, just misunderstood what the challenge is here, that he thought of it as an engineering problem and that perhaps elon musk is now realising that the social media company itself is a different beast and maybe he

is not the man to run it. i wonder whether he expected the outcome of the pole to go the way that it has. so do we have any idea of why he did this poll? yes, it's interesting you say that because there is one theory that this was just an out for him, that things have been so difficult in the last seven weeks that he wanted to create a scenario where he could step down. but when i spoke to ross jaber, he said that he thinks that this was actually a genuine question, that the timing is no could didn't. typically elon musk doesn't get criticised by his investors, hasn't been criticised by tesla investors and despite the fact there has been some chat online and perhaps quietly amongst investors about whether elon musk�*s tenure at twitter is damaging tesla in terms of its brand and splitting elon musk�*s attention, it was only this weekend, last weekend a few days ago that ross gerber along

with two other tesla investors publicly criticised what is going on and said it was damaging tesla as a brand stop so he believe elon musk was genuinely asking and wanted to know, do people think they actually bad at this job? and it is worth mentioning that elon musk has said in the past and again yesterday that running twitter is a lot of pain. i running twitter is a lot of ain. : , running twitter is a lot of ain. ., , , ., , pain. i am sure you will be with us — pain. i am sure you will be with us again _ pain. i am sure you will be with us again and - pain. i am sure you will be with us again and again . with us again and again throughout this week keeping us up throughout this week keeping us up to date on the latest twists and turns at twitter but for now, thank you so much for joining us on his day. —— newsday. argentina's triumphant football team are currently somewhere over the atlantic, flying back home. they are due to touch down in buenos aires in a few hours time, ahead of an open—top bus parade, celebrating their world cup win. the defeated french have already returned to paris, where they were given a rapturous welcome. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. defeat is always better. always

tough to take. you can see that on the faces of the french players as they trudged off the plane at the airport. but if this was meant to be a low—key homecoming, the french fans have other ideas. thousands turned out to welcome them. the sea of flags and song. the squad looking down in disbelief from this hotel in the centre of the city as they were cheered and revered. just imagine the response if they had actually won. translation: evenif had actually won. translation: even if they finish second, we are here. even if they lost, we must be with them. we will be with them until the end. and i think they need our support. its magical. translation: i its magical. translation: ., , its magical. translation: i was a bit sad in the beginning — translation: i was a bit sad in the beginning because - translation: i was a bit sad in the beginning because they - the beginning because they wanted us to win. we lost but we played a good match. i'm no

longer— we played a good match. i'm no longer sad~ _ we played a good match. i'm no longer sad. yesterday i was that— longer sad. yesterday i was that topic today, no more. over in buenos _ that topic today, no more. over in buenos aires, _ that topic today, no more. over in buenos aires, the _ that topic today, no more. or in buenos aires, the newspaper headlines say it all. this is the moment of supreme national pride for a country that has waited more than 30 years for a day like this but it wasn't easy be translation: i day like this but it wasn't easy be translation: i was in a bad way the _ easy be translation: i was in a bad way the whole _ easy be translation: i was in a bad way the whole game - easy be translation: i was in a bad way the whole game and - bad way the whole game and adjustment on and on and on. so obviously when the winning penalty went in it was a huge relief rpi went through a lot of emotion. translation: ofemotion. translation: ., , translation: to be honest i can't process _ translation: to be honest i can't process it. _ translation: to be honest i can't process it. we _ translation: to be honest i can't process it. we suffered l translation: to be honest || can't process it. we suffered a lot _ can't process it. we suffered a lot we — can't process it. we suffered a lot. we had a lot of fun and i am very— lot. we had a lot of fun and i am very excited. i still can't believe _ am very excited. i still can't believe it _ am very excited. i still can't believe it. a really can't believe _ believe it. a really can't believe it. a really can't believe it. it is an immense 'oy believe it. it is an immense joy for— believe it. it is an immense joy for all— believe it. it is an immense joy for all the argentine people. joy for all the argentine eo - le. : , joy for all the argentine eo - le. ., , , joy for all the argentine eo - le. . , , ., joy for all the argentine --eole. , ., ., ., people. there has been a lot of clearin: people. there has been a lot of clearing un _ people. there has been a lot of clearing up to _ people. there has been a lot of clearing up to do _ people. there has been a lot of clearing up to do after- clearing up to do after thousands came out to celebrate argentina's victory, but soon

enough their heroes will be home and another even bigger party can begin. that's it from us, goodbye. 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, straight after this programme. hello everybody, a very warm welcome to talking business with me. let's go and take a look at what is on the show. after another tumultuous year for the global economy, are things going to get any better in 2023? after all, 2022 brought a war in ukraine, a global energy crisis, more trade restrictions, covid's continuation, and a cost of living crisis. so, will the impact of all of that start to ease over the next 12 months?

i'm going to hear what it all means from one of the world's