this. woman is safe in thailand. saying. earlier. she was fleeing from her family. security forces in.

public. and it. appears. of sexual assault and says that. she was eighteen years old. good to have you with us tonight authorities in thailand say that a saudi woman fleeing alleged abuse will be allowed to stay in the country until she can apply for asylum elsewhere united nations officials are aiding. in her bid to find a safe destination of the eighteen year old barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room today while police waited to send her back home.

a sign of hope for a half mohammed. these pictures show the young saudi woman leaving the airport in bangkok together with officials from the un refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. will assess whether she can be granted refugee status protecting her from deputation this marks a pause in a tense stand off but began on saturday. noon arrived from kuwait where she was staying with her family she was stopped at immigration she says her passport was taken from her and officials tried to send her back to kuwait the eighteen year old then barricaded herself in an airport hotel room she drew attention to her plight on social media quickly gathering tens of thousands of followers. and she said she feared for her life after her family threatened her for a noun saying islam and cutting her hair. i'm not leaving my own until i see if

you're an h c i i want a sign from. the tie or thirty's then seem to perform a dramatic about face allowing a top u.n. official to see how. we are the stronger for q thank government for their efforts you're sure to stay. in the reform i'm sure your sister did not send but what media today the u.n. h.c.r. representative is personally here but in that he has told me that he will take no more than five days from now to give asylum status and send it how on to a third country by. now says she feels safe despite the arrival in thailand of her father who's a senior saudi government official her case is once again brought international attention to the kingdom and the obstacles that women face that. they had to talk

about that further now i'm joined by mona eltahawy she has written extensively on feminism in the arab world she joins us tonight from montreal in canada good evening it's see you on a glad to have you on the show talked to me a little bit about the the situation for women in saudi arabia i know people are probably wondering is rojas alco nds is is her case is her plight similar to that of many other saudi women. yes right the only difference about rob's plight is that we've seen it play out so publicly which i believe is the main reason that it has saved up in the entire world was watching and advocating for too many cases go on honestly and we have no idea about it just to give you an idea of the magnitude of what's at stake there are at least fifteen feminists in saudi prison since may since the de facto ruler crown prince mohammed bin salmen instigated an

unprecedented crackdown on women's rights activists and feminists and they have not been charged with anything they have not been put on trial one of them has been water boarded we usually associate the word waterboarding with terrorism and that's just to give you an idea that the saudi regime thinks that feminism is terrorism that activists have been tortured using electric shocks and flogging and several of them have been subjected to sexual harassment and one has been threatened with rape so this is because they're citing something called the guardianship system which is exactly what russia is escaping from exactly because as a woman she is not allowed to travel outside of the country without permission from her male guardian which is exactly what she did today you have called for a sexual revolution in the middle east as part of you know the reforms that need to take place there how was that going to happen in saudi arabia. well the crux of the sexual revolution that i'm calling for is the declaration i own my body from that

declaration wanting to live freely and with dignity and i was wrong i have once east part of the sexual revolution wanting to define for yourself what you do or don't believe is because of that not obviously i in i wrote a book about this in which i go into greater length but for saudi arabia or any other country in the middle east or north africa it is essentially recognizing consent and agency as to principles that every woman must be able to enjoy and this is why again the guardianship system is the antithesis of this because the guardianship system subjects every woman girl in saudi arabia to the guardianship of a man to entire life from birth to death her male guardian has to give a permission to travel abroad to marry to be released from prison and she often has to ask his permission to work and to get health care so this is something that controls saudi women's lives and basically decimates consent and agency this is

this is something that is completely normal and every day to me and you but this is radical inside saudi arabia do you think the crown prince who has been challenged as the reform friends is he going to be the man who's going to make sure that women have equal rights. no raf will be the one who would ensure that women get equal rights the fifteen to seventeen feminists in saudi prison today being tortured because they want to get rid of the gods exist and are the ones who will bring women equal rights it is not a crown prince who has fooled the world and sadly the world has bought his lie that he is an emancipator woman he is not he has not invented patriarchy but he is the current one in the long line of what i call gender apartheid in saudi arabia which limits almost every aspect of

a woman's life so if you want to talk about freedom to saudi women it's the same minister in prison and it's this eighteen year old incredibly courageous young woman who said i deserve to be. mona eltahawy there joining us tonight from montreal in canada i want to it's great to talk with you we appreciate your your insides tonight's have to see you again thank you thank you. the government in got bold confirming that the military officer who led an attempted coup has been arrested on monday morning there was chaos when a group of armed soldiers seized the state radio station they were then able to broadcast across the country declaring that president ali bongo was unfit for office. confusion and fear and got on. the army scrambles to respond to a rebellion in its own ranks soon supporters of the insurgents gather in

a residential neighborhood of labor of ill and security forces much in their akrotiri gas dispersing the crowds it's in the city center where the right face the most resistance heavy gunfire echoed through the streets outside the state broadcast from where insurgents launched their attempt to take power. one look just down then it's time to take the matter in hand the time has come and the time we have waited for so long has arrived because the day when the army decides to stand by its people. all over the land of all this is the man the plotters were determined to overthrow fifty nine year old allie bongo has led his country for a decade. but he's been i ling in recent months he fell ill in saudi arabia while on a visit to the country since he's remained abroad for treatment admitting to his weakness in a new year's message. it is true that i have been through

a difficult time as sometimes happens in life i have overcome this ordeal thanks to go and. go was brought up in wealth and privilege father a model of the country for over forty years. it was he who bequeathed alley the presidency and the families repeated well. ali has not enjoyed a smooth ride as his father did. his re-election in twenty six thing was narrow and contested. and now elements of the military have for the challenge his rule. in labor vote or not the government seems back in charge its message serenity has prevailed but with the strongman still missing from this picture the vacuum at the top and got blown reminds. me. of the other stories that are making headlines around the world more than eight hundred protesters have been arrested in anti-government protests across sudan in the last few weeks on sunday police again

used tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters thousands marched through the capital khartoum demanding the resignation of president omar bashir that after food shortages and rising prices britain's prime minister to resign may says she's seeking additional assurances from the european union in a bid to get her brakes a deal passed by the british parliament maybe made the comments while visiting a children's hospital in liverpool the health service is busy making plans for a possible new deal brags that parliament is expected to vote on may's deal plan next tuesday a u.s. guided missile destroyer has a cell that near the disputed paris so islands in the south china sea now this just as u.s. china trade talks get underway in beijing a spokeswoman said the u.s.s. mccampbell was on a freedom of navigation operation china has called it a provocation. with german police are questioning suspects in the latest

cyber attack a day that breach last month hit some of the country's best known people including the german chancellor angela merkel now authorities have searched a home in the southern city of how broad and they grilled possible witnesses as the hunt continues for the latest culprit to expose the shortcomings in germany's digital security the much remains unclear but this much is known almost a thousand politicians and celebrities were affected by the data leak personal phone numbers home and e-mail addresses were made public and in some cases private messages and photos as well. we know that in fifty to sixty cases large amounts of data were published we found indications that the data was acquired in various ways including unauthorized access to use accounts the unknown perpetrator published the data in december on twitter investigators have begun

questioning witnesses they also searched the apartment of a nineteen year old in the south of germany authorities learned about the data theft late last week it's now been revealed that the responsible government agency already learned about five such cases last year they only made the connection to the recently leaked data after it happened opposition members criticize authorities for not reacting fast enough. if any good can come out of this but it's the politicians and investigators are getting a wake up call to become more alert hopefully in the future of digital communication will be more secure because when you time the. federal interior minister horse they hope for will comment on the data theft this tuesday until then investigations into how much knowledge the authorities had previous to the data leak continue. now lots of unanswered questions there wus kristoff pas obama spoke

to the german justice minister caterina barley about the case. minister how serious is the damage caused by the hacking itself. we don't know exactly yet how how high the damage is concerning the data but the damage is high concerning you customs people have in the deck security so we. we all together have to face this have to take action politicians as well as the social media companies as well as people themselves they have to secure they did a test good as possible to what can the government do to prevent it in the future some people say germany's ill equipped worse than all those. i think that the the level where we have to find to have regulation is the european level we do have the. regulation on data protection since may so

there we have a much higher yes and then anywhere else in the world but of course the national and national legacy legislation we have to act to we have done that on different and different fields but of course we will take this scandal as an occasion to to find out if there is any more action to be taken. that was germany's justice minister there trying to answer some questions about that latest data. all right it was a night of surprises at the golden globe awards in los angeles a number of the movies fancied by the critics fell short of expectations but he and rhapsody was one of the winners is that biopic about the late freddie mercury the singer of the british rock band queen another was the wife starring veteran actress lind close it was a night of high drama in beverly hills. rami ma. the top

price came as a true surprise. the jury chose bohemian rhapsody as best drama for romney male the expert trail of queen front man freddie mercury his performance also earned him best actor in drama feel belongs thank you to freddie mercury for giving me the. time i love you you do for me this is who are these guys are worse. than that they're in a glenn close was named as best actress in a drama for her role and the wife. and they came. close appeared stunned when her name was called and her deeply personal except in speech marked the emotional high point of the night. you know women we were nurture is that that's what's expected of us we have our children we have our husbands or for lucky enough and our partners whoever but we have to find personal fulfillment

we have to there are. the right. you have to say i can do that and i should be allowed to do that. the award for best foreign language film went to roma filmmaker alfonso ode to his childhood in one thousand seven hundred mexico he also picked up the price for best director. and lady gaga who everybody expected to climb to the stage as this year's best actress didn't have to leave empty handed together with her co-writers she received a golden globe for best original song. about best look all right the oscar winning actor kevin spacey he has pleaded not guilty in a case of sexual assault he appeared today in a massachusetts court to face charges of groping a young man back in two thousand and sixteen now if guilty spacy they says up to five years in prison this is the first criminal case watched against the actor

after a wave of sexual misconduct allegations which have curtailed his career. a crowd of reporters awaited spaces arrival at the court on nantucket island. the judge had denied the actor's request to be excused from his arraignment and ordered him to stay away from the young man who's accused him of sexual assault. for the fifty nine year old actor this court appearance is the kind of return to the spotlight he would have preferred to avoid. it was in this nantucket bar that spacey is alleged to have plied a minor with alcoholic drinks and then sexually assault him and twenty sixteen the state prosecutor has not named the accuser. but heather a former news anchor has already said publicly that the accuser is her son who was a restaurant and toy at the time. spacey broke his silence on the allegations in a video two weeks ago he spoke in the voice of the criminal president he played in

house of cards i know what you want. you want me back. of course believed everything and i just been waiting with bated breath to him he confess it all but you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence or you would rush to judgment with facts would you. like this court case represents one of several allegations against the oscar winner. another actor anthony rapp says he was sexually harassed by spacey in october twenty seventeen. the judge has set the next court date for march fourth. she's following the story for us from washington good evening to you so let's talk about where this chase is taking place in massachusetts in. what happened years ago. well yes we've heard

a lot of allegations flying around and these are allegations that spacey himself has been rather forceful about tonight and even not only has been since the beginning when accusations started flying he's been very vocal defending himself defending his career trying to salvage what's left of his legacy and what happened in that bar allegedly happened in that bar is potentially very incriminating especially considering the age of the accuser who was under age well at least alcohol alcohol wise at the time so well you know. one of the. exactly that is the point of all of the common thread in all of these. accusations against ken spacey has been that it has been a lot of young men who have come forward or people who were

a young man at the time when they're alleging these assaults took place accusing him of at very least inappropriate behavior is you know worst criminal behavior is what happened in that bar is of course up to the courts to find out but it's not looking great for heaven yeah exactly i mean the who is making it very accusations in this case was eighteen at the time which makes him in the door but the drinking age is twenty one so allegedly he became drunk and that is where the crime began will there be other cases against speaks we know that there are more accusations aren't there. absolutely this is a question that's been asked about a lot of these men have had to reckon with past behaviors because of the rise of this me to movement a lot of the allegations specifically against face they are simply very old they're

out of what would be a statute of limitations this seems to be the one to watch right now he faces as we said five years in prison if he's found guilty but he has been as we've seen very vocal about defending himself saying that this is merely a smear campaign and there are no facts to support this mice were on the story for us tonight from washington thank you. art how he is here now with business news and talks between china and the u.s. that could maybe put an end to this dispute that's what many hope especially in the financial world brand but it is going to be a very very tough thing to do and before we take a look at those talks those have a look at how even god here we could say it all began when donald trump first announced higher tariffs on chinese steel and aluminum before adding several other products leading to the full blown trade war we have now now china is america's biggest trading partner and exports over five hundred billion dollars worth of goods to the u.s. so far washington has threatened to slap tariffs on chinese goods worth around two

hundred fifty billion dollars china of course has also retaliated but to a smaller scale that's because the u.s. exports fewer goods to china one hundred twenty nine billion dollars it said china that it could impose extra duties on u.s. goods worth one hundred ten billion dollars and the two countries declared a ninety day ceasefire last month the pressure is now on to result the dispute as they sit down before that cease fire expires at the end of march most experts however think this won't really happen. the u.s. and chinese representatives will need one key quality staying power these trade negotiations are set to be long and difficult nonetheless there's real hope that the trade conflict may finally be brought to an end china has already opted to ease tensions by lifting its ban on imports of u.s. only be and suspending extra tariffs on american cars business leaders are

expressing cautious optimism we're seeing an acceleration of many of the policies that china is committed to implementing to fall within this ninety day negotiating period indicating that at least china is making signals to show that there is opportunity for progress here. with tumbling markets pressure from agriculture and from industry the conflict is clearly making itself felt in the u.s. the latest example being apple's revised outlook over falling sales. tweet we've been convinced since the beginning that friction between china and the u.s. is not a good situation for either country or indeed for the world economy as a whole china has confidence on the basis of mutual respect and equality that it will be possible to resolve the bilateral trade dispute. or whatever it is all. china is suffering too as a result of the conflict import prices and reduced exports weakening economic

growth both sides. now tears on a related note reached a milestone today as it broke around on its first overseas production line in you guessed the china in shanghai the new gigafactory as they call it were allowed to sell directly into a covered market and steer clear of the china u.s. trade dispute tesla says it's also accept from the requirement that foreign companies form joint ventures with local firms. seven point three billion dollars that's how much tesla is investing in its new china factory it would be shanghai's biggest foreign manufacturing project ever and it's a coup for tesla many foreign carmakers export into china and pay tarots which is trickier these days with the trade dispute tesla also believes china is the perfect market it's very important that the world transition to sustainable transport and

sustainable energy generation so solar battery storage and later pickles and china has been it will be eager in that transition. so we look forward to helping helping your salary transition along with other trick or companies in china tesla needs the good news to two thousand and eighteen was a difficult year with a regulator crackdown questions over leadership and missed production goals. staying in the car industry britain's impending exit from the e.u. is hurting carmakers leading to the biggest fall in u.k. car registration since the financial crisis uncertainty over bricks it is causing a drop in consumer confidence demand for new vehicles fell last year by nearly seven percent experts warn it puts the future of the local auto industry at risk which employs over eight hundred fifty thousand people sales of diesel cars fell even further following the emissions. before we go

world bank president jim yong kim will step down after months and more than three years before his term is set to expire his resignation allows u.s. president donald trump to further shake that evolvement lender as the u.s. traditionally picks the head of the world bank that could lead to confrontation with other shareholder nations who have been critical of the u.s. role kim says he's joining and as of yet unnamed firm that invests in developing talks. they're watching the news from berlin stay with us and be back to take you through the day.

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of the morning were. made in germany your business magazine on t w. a saudi woman found herself stranded and trapped in bangkok today she says that she was trying to flee fearing that her parents would kill her for no longer being a muslim when tonight thanks to a twitter account and a lock on her hotel room door she is in the safe company of u.n. refugee officials but her plight and that of all salty women all that remains as precarious.