this is deja vu news live from berlin after months of allegations harvey weinstein hands himself into authorities according to your charges the hollywood film producer with rape and sexual assault before releasing him on bail his lawyer says he will plead not guilty. also coming up after conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says that his summit with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all that's despite trauma counseling and only yesterday.

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been arrested and charged with rape and other sex crimes that's after he turned himself into authorities in new york a manhattan court has now released weinstein after he posted bail of one million dollars he also has to wear a moderate device while the criminal case against him proceeds more than seventy women have accused weinstein of sexual misconduct. arriving at a court in new york hollywood's most famous power player turned to riot gear to face the first criminal charges to be brought against him think huge rate and other sex crimes involving two separate women crimes new york prosecutors described as an abuse of position money and power charm here they are both offer today in

the written all. over. that of the you know this is that it is the money and power who are already here were able to buy that. outside the courthouse weinstein's lawyer said he'd be exonerated the former producer has always denied having known consensual sex with any of his accuses. mr 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 they are not factually supported by the evidence and we believe that at the end of the process should mr weinstein that will be exonerated. was ever the outcome of the charges capital a matter fall from grace for one of hollywood's most influential businessmen.

in the wake of dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct weinstein's wife has left him he's been sacked by his own production company and ejected from the academy that once on it him with oscars. weinstein's court appearance here in new york may not be his last investigation by the city is ongoing and separate criminal probes underway in london and los angeles. and correspondent james ryan also has more now from new york he joins us from there now so tell us james i mean weinstein expected to plead not guilty here of course there are so many women out there dozens of women who say he is a liar he is an abuser should we expect a fierce courtroom battle in the weeks in the months to come. yeah i think we can definitely say that it looks right now that we're headed towards a gripping courtroom showdown and what you've just described this drama surrounding

the me too movement on the one hand you have the prosecutors they say they have enough evidence to convict the sixty six year old hollywood mogul on the other hand weinstein maintains his innocence but there's one thing which is important about this case like you say of course dozens and dozens of women have come forward with their tales of abuse sex attacks. at the hands of wine stain when they were looking for a job over in los angeles among them such hollywood a listers as going to trial and kate beckinsale there's a really long list of course but the case against weinstein is it withstands what he was charged for today of course doesn't cover every single one of these incidents it relates to two specific alleged attacks against two women one of them in twenty thirteen and another in two thousand and four so if this does go to trial which is what it looks like it's going to do the case is going to focus chiefly on

what those two women say happened to them at the hands of wine stain and of course what the hollywood producer says in return and you really know how solid the cases are from the district attorney against him. it's a black box really of course the prosecutor the district attorney is going to play is called close to his test on this one until he goes before. before trial and opens his case we do know a few things that we know that the prosecutors obviously had several options open dozens of allegations of being ahead against harvey weinstein since those original claims came out in the new york times the news we have had manhattan district attorney cyrus are judea then he has a solid case that he said that the charges against weinstein reflect the progress in this active ongoing investigation and i think when he said those words ongoing investigation you have to think that maybe these two allegations. over the past ten

or so years maybe not the only ones that are going to go before trial. james ryan all with the latest from new york where as we mentioned harvey weinstein facing charges there he might not be the last one to fall from grace we thank you so much for your reporting. and other news u.s. president donald trump has hinted that talks with north korean leader kim jong un could still go ahead next month as planned that's despite trump calling off the summit only yesterday it is the latest curveball from a president who has invested much personal currency in setting up what would be a historic meeting. a day after walking away from plans to meet with the north korean leader donald trump was sending a very different message. we're going to see what happens we're talking to them now . it was a very nice statement they put out we'll see what happens they very much want to do it we'd like to do it we're going to see what happens. everybody plays you know

that you know that that is a. while trump plays hard to get kim jong un appears to be staying cool the north korean state news agency issued a conciliatory statement saying kim was willing to give the u.s. time to reconsider its decision. but the prospect of cancellation has touched off protests in asia and the south korean students see trump's flip flopping as a danger to world peace her. soul is hoping to keep negotiations on track for me. gone i think all parties hope the problem can still be resolved through dialogue which the south korean government remains committed to continuing talks with some of them meanwhile the japanese leader threw his support behind trump the big chill of snow this cancellation is regrettable but i support the u.s. president with such a summit would have to bring clear progress on pyongyang's nuclear missile issue he

said among us the world is now waiting for the next sign from trump to see if he's really walking away from the summit and for more let's bring indeed he is claire richardson who is standing by with the latest from washington so clear we have hear more back and forth on whether or not this summit could actually go ahead do we know why president trump appears to be changing his mind again. hi sara well his supporters would say this is all part of a grand strategy that it's a tough negotiating tactic that's aimed at actually extracting more concessions of from north korea and those supporters gave him a lot of credit for walking away from this summit because there does seem to be a huge gap between expectations from the united states and north korea although we have a date and a play date and a place in singapore on june twelfth a lot of the details of the meeting were still up in the air there was no clear agenda and so they say that it's important that donald trump stepped away from this

sort of united states did not go to the negotiating table and come back with an embarrassment now his critics would say that's all nonsense and in fact it was just so desperate for a political win at home to be seen as the man who had brought kim jong un to the negotiating table that he was willing to risk war and certainly alienating american allies on the peninsula just because he was so wildly unprepared for this meeting that he needed to cancel and so no clear this has been left to the diplomats because we know that they are often left to deal with the details do we know what sort of wrangling might be going on in the background. well the state department has said that top american and south korean diplomats have spoken by phone and that they're committed to finding a way to go ahead with talks with pyongyang we also heard earlier today that defense secretary james mattis said there could be some good news in terms of the june twelfth talks of going ahead he said that diplomats are in talks and that if they can pull it off we could potentially even still see this originally scheduled

summit take place but both trump and north korea have left the door open in some senses to rescheduling some sort of meeting it's just not clear whether it is actually going to end up being in singapore as planned whether it's going to be an entirely new set of talks or whether this really has all fallen apart clear richardson with the latest developments from washington thank you. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world exit polls in ireland's historic abortion referendum show more than two thirds of voters support loosening the country's near total ban on abortion it's among europe's strictest laws the prime minister supports the yes vote but the no camp has called it a human rights issue saying it's important to protect unborn babies official results are expected on saturday morning. brazil's trucker association has called on its members to continue a peaceful protest without blocking roads the move came after brazilian president

michel tamara ordered security forces to clear roads blocked by truckers demonstrating against high fuel prices their five day strike has virtually paralyzed the country the netherlands and australia say that they are holding russia legally responsible for shooting down malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen nearly four years ago the announcement comes a day after investigators said that they had unequivocal evidence that the missile that brought down the plane over eastern ukraine came from a military unit based in russia all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed in the attack moscow has blocked efforts by the united nations to investigate and denies any involvement. now it's official the netherlands says russia is responsible for the shooting down of malaysian airlines flight m h seventeen four years ago the docs government wants moscow to bring the perpetrators to justice bugs or how this issue although we have made many inquiries russia has

not come through with vital information and that's why we're tanking these big step today whole russia should acknowledge its responsibility and cooperate with us in getting the truth and for later may their very extreme wing the passenger plane was shot down with a bokken me as sol in the disputed area of eastern ukraine in july twenty fourth tain after years of investigation experts have concluded that the missile was the property of the russian army officials from the e.u. and nato as well as the governments of the us and germany back in the netherlands claim. russia should assume or sponsibility for that so the tragedy can be fully explained and the guilty parties can be held accountable when they have to come and . it was a national tragedy for the netherlands nearly two thirds of defeat timbs were dodge for germans were also among the dead. there's no vote at all some of the it's annoying when we stand with the victims' loved ones especially on

a day like this one the kremlin rejects all accusations and demands more evidence of russia's guilt for the shooting down a flight m h seventeen and the death of so many innocent people. the best football team in europe is close to being crowned with the champions league final showdown taking off tomorrow saturday and now the match between real madrid and liverpool is a juicy match up between two clubs with rich histories in european competition. madrid the holders the galactic codes. against liverpool the reds club synonymous of european glory one of them let another chapter to their last year's history by winning the champions league. and time into we are again in the champions league final you know and we're going into it with a lot of confidence claiming that we will try to very positive for everything to

bring the boys. to show the boys why it makes so much sense to be really brave in the game. real madrid are chasing their third straight champions league title synonyms it down has molded a group of talented individuals into a winning machine on the european stage but one man stands tall amongst them cristiana right now that was netted fifteen times in the champions league this term top of all rails goals in the competition. when you have christiane zero in the tame to the best and he proves it every year but five times champions liverpool have this competition in their blood they used to dominate but their last title was two thousand and five now they have german culture club excelling abroad his top man is mammoth sala back home in egypt he's a megastar on the final copy crowning glory he has played this season which is

outstanding but his young enough and i was in our potential to improve so that's a really good news real madrid against liverpool we could be in for a classic in kiev. that's going to be one to watch thanks for joining us. learn german with d w. any time any place.