music reporter started drilling went on w. . this is d. w. news line from berlin harvey weinstein will turn himself in to u.s. authorities in the next few moments for years he ruled hollywood but now the disgraced movie mogul faces a rest in new york after an avalanche of accusations of sexual assault and bring. north korea tells donald trump is still ready to talk at any time this despite the u.s. presidents are up to cancellation of the summit which the words leader kim jong un

. and holds open in ireland historic abortion referendum the mainly catholic nation has one of the strictest abortion laws in europe as close result is expected. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us we're going to take you now right to new york city where former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself over to police on charges of sexual misconduct in just a moment these are live pictures you're looking at you can see a large crowd of journalists and onlookers there on hand this is in the middle of manhattan and after surrendering to authorities weinstein is actually expected to go to the manhattan criminal court to be arraigned oh officials close to the case say weinstein will be charged with rape and sexual assault. he himself has denied

any non consensual sexual contact but authorities are waiting for harvey weinstein to show up now more than seventy women have made accusations including way but against the co-founder of the merrimac studio in the weinstein company the allegations gave rise to the me too movement and this will be the first time weinstein has been formally charged since the avalanche of allegations emerged. harvey weinstein was once one of hollywood's most celebrated moguls his studios were behind a string of oscar winning films in weinstein's hands an actor's career could be made or broken but his story began to fall last october when the new york times published multiple reports of serious sexual misconduct more than seventy women came forward to accuse weinstein including some of hollywood's biggest female stars allegations range from unwanted sexual advances to rape.

only days ago after asia argento spoke out at the khan film festival i have a few words to say. in one thousand nine hundred seven i was raped by harvey weinstein here at cannes. i was twenty one years old. this festival was his hunting ground. i want to make a prediction harvey weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again. weinstein has denied all allegations of unwanted sexual contact with women law enforcement officials have been investigating the claims of criminal conduct against him since late last year. in the wake of the scandal weinstein's wife has left him his production company has filed for bankruptcy and he's been ejected from the academy but once on heard him with oscar's. the allegations against weinstein also sparked the need to movement when the around the world have leveled

allegations of abuse against powerful men in the entertainment business and government hope the watershed moment has led to a global discussion on gender equality and changes in the way women are treated in the workplace. hollywood reporter kim matthews had this to say about what we can expect after weinstein's arrest he is going to suddenly invoke york city from the cake exhibit and have criminals who are where they already are great tweak his attorney the chairman grassley has a way to deal with accused of attorney's office part of a bail package where one fifty put up one million dollars in cash and agree to a monitoring device also to printer his passport but of course travel will be restricted that was hollywood reporter k.j. matthews speaking about harvey weinstein's expected arrest any minute now another

hollywood giant is also facing accusations today actor morgan freeman has issued an apology after reports of multiple sexual harassment allegations according to us media reports eight women have come forward saying freeman had subjected them to a range of troubling behavior on film sets or promotional tours the allegations include the hollywood actor making comments about their bodies or touching them suggestively in a statement the shank redemption star apologize to anyone who felt quote uncomfortable or disrespect. to some other news now and north korea says it is still willing to talk with the united states at any time this after u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and in a letter to kim president trump blamed his decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang south korea has expressed regret that the summit is not going ahead. donald trump's letter that puts a planned summit with north korea on ice the u.s.

president blamed p.r. yang's open hostility towards washington but trump left open the possibility of meeting at a later date if north korea fulfilled the u.s. demand for denuclearization if and when kim jong un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions i am waiting trump was asked if the move would make war more likely to see what happens i heard that. will continue on with. just hours before a tunnel leading to north korea's underground nuclear testing site. was blown up by pyongyang as a gesture of goodwill the government there responded to trump's decision. here brooke tonight's moment of the consolation of the meeting is unexpected for us and we can't put find it extremely regrettable we again state to the u.s.

our willingness to sit face to face at any time in any form to resolve the problem . seoul has said it will keep pushing for dialogue between pyongyang and washington news of trump's decision came as a disappointment to south koreans hoping for progress towards peace. with. north korea has already released u.s. detainees and dismantled its nuclear test site but the u.s. has tested north korea's patients i think this is the reason for the consolation of the summit people on the korean peninsula including myself are worried that we'll go back to an unstable situation with. president hu man to kim jong un at a historic summit last month said he was perplexed by trump's consolation after big steps forward it appears resolving tensions on the korean peninsula won't be as quick and easy as some had hoped. for more on this story we have marcus kind from

the german institute for international and security fairs with us hi marcus play for joining us was this a strategic move or an impulsive decision i would say it was a well come emergency exit from the trouble in a situation because at the end of the day it was about what it means denuclearization and i think trump and ministration had to realize that there was some kind of misunderstanding for the trumpet ministration the comprehensive verifiable and immediate denuclearization of north korea would be the starting point of any negotiations involving north koreans it would be the ending point of any new question in negotiations if ever and that has been overpaid put by during the euphoria of the summits and i think the trump of ministration has realized that was that was difficult to bridge this gap so where is the trumpet ministration had it been its korea policy good question i think we're back couple of weeks ago i think the top agenda top of the of the agenda really remains

a question of denuclearization not unification of korea but the question is what does it really mean and how to accomplish with this thing and i think that's and security guarantees for north korea will play a key role here we saw in that piece that north korea sent a letter in return saying it is still king to meet with donald trump at any time why does pyongyang still want to keep those doors open or doesn't i think the north korean government has reacted quite reasonable i think we have to go back couple of weeks ago where they can. and north korean government was on the have you presho due to economic sanctions authorized by the u.n. security council which still exist and and confronted with there are threats by the trump and the treasury so the two levels to leverage is still exist they live has become miserable even for number the. klaatu on pyongyang i think that the

north korean government has an interest in remaining in topsail in contact with the term but ministration so north korea has become the voice of reason and all this in a way in a way where does this all we've china very good question i think china is back and it seems it seems that it had lost control during the last couple of weeks or do due to the close cooperation between south korea and north korea on the one hand and north korea stance on the other hand and he was communal and was i would say even forced to travel to china twice in the last four weeks to explain his policy and now it seems that china has made very clear to him that he's allowed to approach the united states but on terms which which are in china's interest and here the key question is what is the future of the u.s. military presence in south korea i think nobody expects a full withdrawal complete withdrawal of the foreseeable future but maybe weather and. trucks a real change or

a tremendous fire reduction we should say of course china a traditionally a close ally of north korea all right mark has come from the german institute for international security affairs thank you very much for your and your right now to some other stories making headlines around the world the netherlands and australia say they are holding russia were sponsible for shooting down malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen nearly four years ago the announcement is likely to lead to legal action it comes after investigators said the missile that brought down the plane over eastern ukraine came from a russia based military unit all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed moscow rejects the accusation in canada fifteen people have been injured in an explosion in the toronto suburb of mississauga police are searching for two men suspected of having detonated an improvised explosive device inside a restaurant police say the three people who were admitted to the hospital in critical condition are now stable. at least seven people have been killed in

a car bomb attack in the libyan city of benghazi the bomb exploded on a busy road close to the popular two bestie hotel no group has yet claimed responsibility but libya has been rocked by violence since a two thousand and eleven operas in which toppled and killed dictator moammar gadhafi according kosovo has jailed two doctors for illegally harvesting kidneys and selling the organs to wealthy patients in other countries the court says the doctors used fraudulent means to recruit patients and their organs were sold for as much as one hundred thousand euros. voting has started in an historic referendum in ireland that may lead to a loosening of the country's near total abortion ban currently ireland has some of the most restrictive laws in europe irish ex-pats have been flocking home from as far away as bangkok los angeles and sydney to cast their ballots as votes cannot be cast from abroad. final preparations for an important trip home.

magen wall there's an irish emigrants in london she's one of the times and straddling back to our land to cast her ballot in today's abortion referendum magen is in favor of repealing the restrictive abortion laws. i think that every woman should have autonomy over her own body and no woman should feel the need to travel to access a basic human right meghan is one of many who wait in long queues and arlen's airports. images and videos posted with the hash tag home to vote have flooded social media some of those arriving home received a warm welcome like here dublin airport. polls opened at seven am local time and close at ten pm tonight more than three point two million people are registered to vote in the referendum it's the sixth time the country is voting on the issue if the public votes yes the irish

government has said they would legislate by the end of the year to allow for abortion up to twelve weeks with medical consent currently abortion is only allowed when a woman's life is at risk but not in cases of rape incest or fetal abnormalities the issue has divided our country. yeah i'm going to vote no today no i have to base it for price so high low for us and it's a hard decision for us it's a speed that i just don't have the right to take. i think life to say first and for that reason well i'm hoping that a yes joe will pass say i think it's very. divisive issue but i think it's the right thing for the women of arland care compassion dignity and safety equal health care yes. and the results of an exit poll on the abortion referendum will be announced late on friday. a reminder now of our top story

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