mitsu movement that's right there had a french actress catherine deneuve and at least another one hundred women have signed an open letter criticizing me to will vent their cares that supporters of underestimating women's ability to say no and of ruining the lives the innocent men the tennis critics have condemned her remarks with some calling her an apologist for rape some french women are using satire to respond to sexism in their country. of a long. thousand rights message today as. are they used to say when i was inside the. us and unknown loser yes. but catherine deneuve isn't joking the french film icon has defended her country's culture of flirtation and gallantry for her and ninety nine other women the debate about sexual harassment goes too far in an open letter published in the newspaper

le monde they say we defend the right to proposition one another it's essential for sexual freedom. this current campaign denounces men and creates a new puritanism. who know there's a great danger that no man will deficit use of women but even more so is the danger that some kind of new norm will be introduced in relationships between men and women. sexuality contra because you find you just can't stand. the news vanco are targeting women who they say are exaggerating not all of whom have complained about groping and abuse since the weinstein affair under the hash tag balanced on poor or squeal on your pig thousands of women have described their own traumatic experiences. catherine the nerves intervention has triggered an online backlash. it's something on

a visual rick knows all too well five years ago she started the hash tag outcry in germany. din of open letter rang familiar warning bells for her. these are the dynamics that we've seen so far in every debate on seats isn't just as we saw in the german sixes and deface. it is of course sad that someone has privileged as catherine deneuve sends a message to victims that say's what they want what they are asking is too much unreasonable the authors of the open letter say they're surprised by the massive rejection of their message this debate has exposed the split among french women in the battle against sexual harassment. n.b.a. basketball is coming to europe at least for a game the boston celtics and philadelphia seventy six ers are getting ready for a showdown on thursday night in london's o two arena fans have flooded into the

british capital from across europe to see two of the league's brightest young teams go head to head. the boston celtics season got off to a shaky start when their star small forward gordon haywood injured in the very first game but led by cari of being they've been the surprise story of the campaign i'm now lead the eastern conference. the point about what it will take to win. is that the labor. party that's. going to really give. the philadelphia seventy six for a playoff spot behind the celtics off the posting losing records for the past five seasons including winning ten games in the two thousand and fifteen sixteen campaign they've rebounded with the help of a straight simmons but the rookie knows success won't come overnight.

so the regulars. are sure to rise early. or so years. but it takes time and it's. still the seventy six is excited about. to take the celtics down. are minor now of our top stories that our protesters have taken to the streets for a third successive night as anger over the government's austerity measures has spilled over into one breath one man has died scores have been injured and one hundred arrested in a crackdown by authorities. and exploratory talks on forming a new government here in germany have their last day. have made progress on taxation and clean energy but must settle other divisive issues today in order

to initiate formal coalition negotiations. you're watching back at the top of the hour. on. the. center of the conflict zone a new president has taken the oath of office in zimbabwe to see any different from the old one my guest here in london is nick clegg one of the u.k.

representative of the country's ruling zanu p.f. politics with thirty five years of bloodshed only i'm going to call the leading cause of physicists today have continued to govern. images from an isolated country. images from north korea any telling photographer captured fascinating shots of every day life in a regimented society. an exclusive peek behind one of the last iron curtain is. a north korean diary. in forty five minutes on telly. it's such a new seat belts so i.

look at the. travel going to dublin to. visit every new come to ny from bonnie let's go right to our correspondent he is in central istanbul i'm joined by the show a couple of you know his political correspondent on those stories in just a minute but first this news just in you can hold up the perspective closer to. c.s.m.a. . a new president has taken the oath of office in zimbabwe but you see any different from the old one my guest here in london is nick bang while the u.k. representative of the country's ruling zanu p.f. party with thirty five years of bloodshed on their hands massive corruption and an

economy in ruins what business have they got continuing to govern. require i want to welcome to conflict zone thank you tim thanks for having me have you all new president saying that he was inaugurated new democracy this is a man with thirty seven years has shown no inclination to promote democracy in any form whatsoever what's to suggest that he's going to change and i think. that's what you are correct. to say that he didn't show any inclination to promote democracy what you're talking about here is a man that has been the speaker of parliament was short and even handedness in parliament for the template for the time he was one we're talking here of

a man but the last elections was happy to accept the results therefrom we're talking of a man who's been individually named and sanctioned by the first.