well you. mean. one film producer harvey weinstein is formally charged over allegations of rape and six of people just want to counsel movie mogul has been released on bail following a court appearance or lives today golden seventy women have accused him of sexual misconduct his lawyer says he'll be pleading not guilty and also on the program. is it all new or is it all far too conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says his summit with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all we take you to washington for the electors. the netherlands and all strike usa russia is legally accountable for the downing of flight m.h.

seventy cheap which killed nearly three hundred people almost four years ago the two countries want to take their case to an international court despite fresh annoyance from moscow. and a referendum that could make history in the island traditionally catholic country is voting on whether to end the country's strict ban on abortion analysts are predicting a kludge result. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us we start in new york city where former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been released on a one million dollars bio offer appearing before a manhattan quarter earlier today he was charged there with rape and sex abuse involving encounters with two women weinstein agreed to wear an electronic monitor . and refrain from traveling be on new york and connecticut. the movie producer was

toppled from hollywood's highest ranks last year after dozens of women accused him of missed out on stephen's lawyer believes his crime his client rather will ultimately be exonerated of the charges he spoke to reporters after the court appearance is that weinstein will enter a plea of not guilty we intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges we believe that they are constitutionally flawed we believe that factually supported by the evidence and we believe that at the end of the process mr weinstein will be exonerated. ok let's get the latest now from correspondent james ronnell in new york james as we just heard there. will be pleading not guilty without the seventy women saying he is guilty were presumably now looking at a fierce courtroom battle in the weeks and months to come. yes this is definitely

going to be one of those courtroom battles which is going to be as much of a public spectacle as it is anything else than as much a public spectacle as it was that a movie producer went and handed in self into a police station and lower manhattan of course the allegations. of sexual abuse against harvey weinstein that have mounted up over the years something like seventy plus women making these claims against him and a whole range of allegations from the most extreme examples of rape to some lower forms of harassment. they aren't exactly what the inquiry is about as it stands at the moment only faces allegations from. abuse related to two different women in twenty thousand and twenty fourteen so as it stands the case isn't going to be every single one of the people who have accused him of famous actors the gwyneth paltrow and kate beckinsale but just two specific cases as we understand at the

moment and james this case of course coming months long investigation into weinstein into the allegations of misconduct do we have any idea how solid the district attorney's case against him is. well the district attorney. obviously he keeps his cards close to his chest and he doesn't reveal exactly to the public at this stage what evidence he's going to be bringing but of course he wouldn't be able to bring the allegations if they were unable to stand up in court what he said today is that the charges reflect theognis progress in this active ongoing investigation and i think what's important there is that the investigation is ongoing and his i think you just think it isn't necessarily only going to be the. two women making allegations of course the lawyer is defending weinstein already fought back against this trying to discredit the allegation they

say that weinstein is going to plead not guilty and one thing lawyer brafman suggested when it comes to the two women giving evidence in court he says that if it gets that far a jury isn't going to believe them ok james james ronald in new york many thanks for that well meanwhile another hollywood john tis facing accusations of misconduct actor morgan freeman issuing an apology today after reports of multiple allegations of sexual harassment u.s. media caring reports of a twin coming forward and saying freeman and subjected them to a range of troubling behavior on film sets and promotional to those allegations include the hollywood actor making comments about their bodies or touching them suggestively in a statement the star apologize to anyone who felt quote uncomfortable disrespected . u.s. president donald trump has hinted the talks with north korean leader kim jong un could still go ahead next month as planned that's despite trying calling off that

summit just yesterday this is the latest curveball in washington's foreign policy and follows high profile efforts by north korea to curry favor with the white house . north korea exploded tunnel entrances at a nuclear testing site as a goodwill gesture to advance the summit with the u.s. president. but it seems not to have been enough for donald trump and rightly called the june meeting with kim jong un ready the polack could be seen as a defeat and leave diplomacy in a chaotic state for me and i think all parties hope the problem can still be resolved through dialogue. south korean government remains committed to continuing talks. at this point trumps refusal to meet kim appears to give north korea a moral edge the state national television portrayed kim opening

a new rail bridge as if nothing had happened. only the state news agency expressed kim's continued willingness to meet the u.s. president any time and any place. meanwhile the japanese leader his support behind. this cancellation is regretful but i support the u.s. president such a summit would have to bring a clear progress on pyongyang's nuclear issues he said among us. progress or not these protests in south korean students see terms decision as a debacle and the danger for peace there demanding he joined kim at the negotiating table after all. ok let's bring in do the clear richardson in washington clear a lot of back and forth on this issue yesterday the summit was off today it could be back home do we know why you know president trump is hearing to be changing his mind again hi christopher trump supporters would say that this is all part of

a master grand strategy that it's trumps a way of doing tough negotiations to try and get more concessions out of north korea and in fact they praised him for walking away from a meeting that still has a lot of the details left to be ironed out where the end of may this was scheduled for june twelfth in singapore but aside from having set a date and place it was not clear what was actually going to take place none of the details none of the agenda had been released so that's one side of the issue of course trying to just detractors say that this is not the case at all and that in fact it was just so desperate for a political victory at home remember we even saw republican lawmakers calling for him to win a nobel peace prize for his efforts were successful that he was willing to risk alienating u.s. allies and even risk the chance of war on the korean peninsula just because he wanted to be seen having this face to face meeting with kim jong un and that in fact he was wildly unprepared for it. earlier today trump said this is all about

playing diplomatic games do we have any idea what kind of diplomatic wrangling is going on in the back row. there are a few threads here christopher james mattis the defense secretary of the united states said today that there could be some good news for the talks to go ahead he said diplomats are still working behind the scenes to try and have it take place on the original of june twelfth a date in singapore and if they're able to pull off these negotiations we could still see it go ahead both trump and north korea have left the door open in some ways for negotiations to take place even though trump sent out this letter just earlier this week it's also worth noting where china stands in all of this and what it stands to gain it could potentially have more time to protect its interests if we don't see a meeting take place as scheduled even suggested that president xi may have in his

meetings with kim jong un told the north korean leader that he should be careful not to give away too much too fast and so they could potentially be looking at getting a better deal by this not taking place and that's been trumps main criticism of the chinese president ok clear many thanks for that clear ridgewood from the reporting from washington. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world spanish prime minister mariano to hall has criticized the parliamentary motion of no confidence against his government he said the move is bad for spain and only creates insecurity the country's largest opposition party filed the motion a day off to former officials from the conservative party were found guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for lucrative public contracts. a quarter in cost of two doctors for illegally harvesting kidneys and selling the organs to wealthy patients in other countries the court says the doctors used for means to recruit

the patients and their organs were sold for as much as one hundred thousand euros apiece. 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 libya has been rocked by violence in the twenty eleven uprising which toppled and killed dictator moammar gadhafi. time for some business now day one of europe's new data privacy rules the lawsuits bend they're already rolling in a quick up pretty impressive stuff that european rights group is suing google facebook instagram and whatsapp it says they have making uses consent to their new jobs by threatening to delete their accounts the u.s. tech giants could face hefty fines but they have whole departments to look after that sort of stuff what about small businesses headdress of books up. there along the internet to same rules apply but they're worried about complying with the

hundreds of pages of regulations just understanding it all is a major challenge. a stack of paper. of the new e.u. data rules have doris chamber of cross president stumped because it's from the heart of course it's heavy stuff from the commission a very robust tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. hydros forward because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have

had two years to work out if they needed data protection monitor but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protection laws apply to us in two ways to me as a tradesman and to me as a municipal authority but i am only a one man authority he knows he has to protect his company's data but should he come under the same rules as giants like facebook. that's completely wrong to say someone with only four employees who does very little data processing needs a data protection manager that's simply not true. the responsible ministry acknowledges that the rules will need fine tuning. but for now the search is on for a day to protection manager. and i think the deadlines may twenty

fifth confidential and maybe i'll just appoint my wife but what if that's much use in terms of data protection is another story altogether. so while small businesses trying to avoid trouble the big guys are already facing flak. more of the first lawsuit filed under these laws do you know that didn't take long to use no it didn't and we're talking about data protection activists who apart from being quick on the draw is probably very hard to get to know but anyway his his organization called none of your business has filed for complaints against facebook its subsidiaries what's up in instagram as well as google's android and his point of course is that these companies have asked users to take off privacy boxes agreeing to the new policies or risk losing access to the services now max rems this says that this is a form of forced consent and obviously forced consent is not the point of

a regulation that seeks to hand more control to users over their personal data now they could face hefty fines if they fight if the courts find out that max france is right that fines could go up to four percent of global revenue so just to put that into perspective for facebook that would be one point six billion dollars based on last year's revenue and for all google's parent alphabet it would be four point four billion so quite happy how that could hurt now this is my business and your business is well i woke up this morning to find my inbox full of warnings from different companies well what about you have your books. my inbox is full of e-mails from companies that i didn't know had my data which is not surprising that a self but what really surprised me is how boring they all are everyone else seems to be getting emails quoting breakup lyrics and all these things and all i'm getting are really dry updates that feel so may have been that they're not really interested in my data i don't think that says anything about you personally to know

thank you very much for the latest from frank. well the german chancellor says better done to safety is key to developing new technologies with china. in the tech hub of shenzhen she's called on beijing to reboot their relationship for the digital era a glimpse into the future chancellor merkel is getting to know the new china here in shenzhen this trip includes a visit to ai carbon x a startup using genetic data to develop apps and healthcare gadgets china has invested heavily in artificial intelligence and the digital economy in recent years and now the chancellor is meeting a nation on the technological rise. you know i believe that this momentum shows that on the one hand there are very good opportunities for cooperation but you'll say how we called upon to approach digitalisation

strategically along the growing challenges of the labor market. market received the day before on a visit to beijing china regards germany as its most important partner in europe especially the us president donald trump well trade on its head but the countries are not marching in step just yet one of germany's major concerns is technology theft and china's cyber security laws oblige foreign companies to disclose important date her. off data is the rule material we block with today and it must be available i'm secure businesses must be portable and compatible and obviously the still a lot to do at this level. but compulsory joint ventures and the interference of the communist party in cooper issues mean german companies still feel at a loss but the chinese prime minister is taking the problems in his stride.

if you encounter economic difficulties here in china don't worry just contact me directly and i will help to solve them. yet despite the difficulties china's huge market continues to attract in shenzhen siemens is manufacturing state of the art c.t. scan is for the chinese health care market and investing more in domestic research china's technological advancement still offers plenty of opportunities. the netherlands and australia say they're holding russia legally responsible for shooting down malaysian airlines flight m.h. seventeen nearly four years ago christopher quite an announcement and an announcement that came a day off that investigators said they had unequivocal evidence that the missile

that brought down the plane over eastern ukraine came from a military unit based in russia dutch prime minister mark ritter has appealed to moscow to cooperate with the criminal investigation and also to negotiate over reparations flight m.h. seventeen was shot down over the territory held by pro russian separatists forces in eastern ukraine in july twenty fourth killing all two hundred ninety eight people aboard russian president vladimir putin has denied his country is responsible. for war and all this we're going to go to our moscow correspondent emily show when emily one of the reactions from moscow so far. well today on the sidelines of the st petersburg economic forum as you mentioned president vladimir putin denied the accusations when he was asked about whether it was a russian rocket that shot down the mh seventeen he said no of course not and we also

saw a statement by the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who said that he spoke to his dutch counterpart and that he felt that the dutch side actually presented absolutely no facts proving that russia was behind the downing of the mh seventeen and now russia has really been kind of questioning the evidence presented by the joint investigation. team yesterday they also have been saying that the investigation itself is biased they even presented an alternative version of what could have happened the defense ministry said that the the the air excuse me the anti aircraft system that was used to down the plane couldn't have been russian because it was too old and wouldn't have complied with with security conditions in the russian army they then use that information to point the finger squarely at

hugh crane because they said that ukraine does have soviet anti aircraft systems so they're denying and pointing the finger at ukraine ok well you know the is to be very determined in what it's doing here let's just listen to the dutch from an assistant here's how he explained his government's accusations. there. couldn't be clearer that because of the outstanding work of the joint investigation team there is no indisputable proof of a direct link between the missile with which flight m.h. seventeen was shot down and the russian army. ok the dutch you know clearly very determined that they also want moscow to negotiate over reparations emulates has the kremlin commented on that point briefly if you may. well kremlin spokesperson meet the if this call for i was asked about that today

and he said that those questions should be directed at the foreign ministry but what we're seeing here is really part of a pattern that we've seen when it comes to kind of all western accusations against russia in the past few years when it comes to chemical weapons attacks when it comes to the russian doping scandal the russian side usually denies provides kind of alternative facts questions the investigation that's going on and also presents itself as the victim of an anti russian political campaign ok emily many thanks for that emily show in moscow. turning to iowa now where voting has started in a historic referendum that could lead to a loosening of the country's new total ban all abortions are currently has some of the most restrictive laws in europe after a bitterly divisive campaign the vote could be close so our citizens living abroad who want allowed to vote there have been flocking home to cost about that. final

preparations for an important trip home. magen wool is an irish immigrant in london she's one of the time i was travelling back to our land to cast her bonnet 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 or garland'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 at dublin airport. the our. 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 know today now i have to base it for a price so high low for us and it's a hard decision for us it was fated i just don't have the right to take life i think life to say this and for that reason well i'm hoping that a yes posture say i think it's very. divisive issue but i think it's the right thing for the women of our land care compassion dignity and safety equal health care as well yes. and the results of an exit poll on the abortion referendum will

be announced late on friday. i was told not to get mass who's in dublin for a spoke at weeks of bitter campaigning have now come to an end of people believe that it's over. it's not just over just yet because here where i am in dublin there are really many many compay still on the streets no campaigners who have signs with the baby embryos foetuses are from the womb very emotional pictures more yes campaign as i have to say here where i am in dublin lots of yes posters and i have just spoken to one of the young women who are fighting to change the law and she said no matter what happens the stories cannot be untold we have really changed the country women have come out they have told us stories of hardship of how they had to travel abroad to get help or how they were not able to talk at home about what happened to them when they needed a abortion so all this she says has changed the country she thinks with

a better. you know your mentioning campaign is still out there on the streets it has been such a divisive campaign such fierce campaigns from from both camps how divided is ireland really over this issue. i think island is really divided and it's a question now whether island wants to continue this journey of being a more and more progressive country which it has become over the last decades and now the question is how much is that going to continue it's very much a question that divides between the ages even though you old to see older people campaigning for a change of the ball but it's mostly young people who really think this cannot go on like it used to be and also a little bit is a divide between country as a child and traditions play a bigger road and the city even though yes campaign us would argue well women in the countryside for them it's even harder to get help when they are in a situation where they feel that they needed because they don't have it at hand

they've got to travel to the biggest cities and if they feel they have to travel to england to get an abortion which is what many women do because they cannot get healthier now than then this is even more tricky for them but yes a country that is definitely deeply divided over this issue ok bogut many thanks for that to get miles in dublin. you're watching do you know news for in there more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and updates from the web site that's the stuff you don't call thanks for watching.

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