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a felony felony sex crime but it quits of of the most serious charges. to the program we begin with breaking news here in germany where police are investigating a possible attack after a car was driven into a crowd of roughness celebrating the incident happened outside a supermarket in the town of folks mohsen in the state of hessen around 30 people were injured some of them seriously the driver was arrested at the same and faces attempted homicide charges police believe he acted intentionally. it happened here outside a supermarket in the town of folk. this car said by police to have been involved. a carnival parade was moving through the streets on monday afternoon when it slammed into a crowd of people who had come to watch the procession. police say around 30 people

including children were injured as a result of the crash 7 of them seriously witnesses said the car went through a barrier blocking off traffic from the parade the driver a 29 year old german citizen was immediately arrested police are operating on the assumption that this was a deliberate attack authorities have shut down the area in the small town in the german state of to allow emergency crews to attend to injured persons. the police announced on twitter that all carnival parades taking place in has said today were stopped as a precautionary measure now authorities are trying to figure out why this crash happened. a deliberate. exactly phil. here in germany have now said that the man drove intentionally into

the crowd today at around half past 2 local time of course for many people out on the streets celebrating connel fall and the federal authority not the federal the prosecution should i say who is currently handling this case they have now said that they're dealing with a 29 year old suspect who is being investigated on suspicion of attempted homicide now investigations are ongoing and prosecution has also sent that at this time they can actually interview the suspected perpetrator because he's currently injured himself but we know that he's a 29 year old male and prosecution have now said that he is local to the area a german citizen but the investigations are still ongoing but persecution has said that all possible avenues are currently being investigated and as we heard there as well in the report we know now that some 30 people have been injured in this

incident and that some of them are now facing life threatening injuries and among the injured are also some children but we haven't yet had confirmed numbers of exactly how many so police are convinced this was a deliberate speed but will now wonder why he did it. of course and prosecutors have reiterated that they're trying to follow down every potential avenue to determine the motive for others say at the moment they can't question the suspects in perpetrator and there's also been calls from police and local authorities and also the state premier of. it to allow all thora choose to do that work and they've actually called on locals who were present that perhaps have video or photos to share that with them on a special platform and to not share it on social media. people will not have heard of this how to fold smarter than before but it is in the same state in which last

week's deadly shootings in the town of how hop and security been increased as a result. well the german interior ministry promised last week that security over the police presence in germany would be stepped up as a result of the far right extremist terror attack in hanau and of course there will be will have been a slightly increased police presence given that it was carnival and we also know now that there was of course a barrier at the site over the parade which witnesses say they saw this is the suspect actually driving around in order to drive into the crowds and so of course there will have been more police unusual and given that the authorities also said last week that they were preparing after that attack in hanau for any possible retaliation retaliate or a attacks there will have been a higher security presence but they say so far we can't confirm whether or not it

was indeed an attack police have said that the man drove intentionally into the crowd but prosecution has said they are still working to determining the man's most of and whether or not this was indeed some kind of attack brady thank you. not another breaking news story for the hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been found guilty of 2 counts of sexual misconduct he was convicted of committing a criminal sexual act and 3rd degree rape he was acquitted of the most serious charges which carry automatic life sentences after the verdict was announced he was handcuffed in court and sent to jail even leave you think he had denied wrongdoing describing a sexual encounter as asked consensual despite the pasha the crystal the prosecutor sounded upbeat as he much of the courtroom well i'm certainly not dissatisfied by the verdict i think this was a very difficult case. very challenging case in

a case that really moved our understanding of what sexual assault is where it can occur shattered lives when i think i've been part of the brutal justice system brutal and so i believe it be a felony conviction with a maximum of up to 25 years is is it is not the top counts in the indictment but by no means do i did it my disappointed with the jury's unanimous statement that harvey weinstein is feel the sexual assault and rape. are discussed straight to washington we're joined now by phone he has been following the trial for the last few weeks welcome public holly one state was facing 5 charges he's been found guilty on 2 counts told this to the voting. that's right you can even say that those 2 of the 5 charges are the lesser charges now one of the counts is for 3rd degree rape and the other is that he's actually guilty of a criminal sexual act now. rape conviction is an attack he carried out on

a former aspiring actress said that was jessica mine and the other charge which is sexual assault was on a former production assistant and that she thought that she was going to weinstein's apartment for a business meeting she was then attacked now the jury which was made up of 7 men 5 women in new york they took 5 days to reach their verdict and we just heard it there now even though you know the prosecutors have been sending rather upbeat he is facing up to 25 years in prison but what i've been hearing here and what i've been seeing here is donna he could actually only be sent to prison for around 8 years but also what it does appear is that you know the judge is seeing at the seriousness of his conviction so he was handcuffed he's going to be or he is remanded in custody until his sentencing hearing which will be taking place next

month march 11th actually to be precise phil this colossal trial with its graphic testimony he became very much a symbol of the me to move. you're absolutely right of course you know we can't forget is that actually at more than 80 women accused harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct and amongst many of those were very well known faces from hollywood some big names came out to say that they too had been victims of weinstein and you know what's essentially being hope by this conviction is that it's going to inspire more women who are perhaps victims of weinstein or even you know other members of other 'd big businesses across the united states in fact across the world to come forward that they will feel that you know they will be listened to what we don't know what the moment is really what the consequences of weinstein's conviction will be for now but of course what i'm hearing here from you know activists and i'm

lists of of you know legal cases like this or similar cases is that this is in many respects a historic conviction and the spike the fact that there is some disappointment that the fact that weinstein was only found guilty on 2 of the 5 charges you know at the same time is also a historic conviction as i've said and it may actually lead to other convictions of older people who are being accused of similar crimes so what where people are this is a rich man woman has to finish what does this verdict mean for the ones too. well 1st and foremost phil i mean we have to wait actually for his sentencing hearing next next month march 11th as i said so it'll be interesting to see how many years he does actually get sent to prison for but also we can't forget is that he's facing charges across the country in california in los angeles there are actually 2

charges that are being brought against him and so you know those investigators are hoping that there's a conviction as well they're also serious conviction charges are rape is for one and the other i believe is sexual assault as well and they're believed to have taken place back in 2013 so i don't think it's going to be the end of the legal problems that harvey weinstein has been through. washington thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world israel says its aircraft have hit palestinian militant sites in the gaza strip and near the syrian capital damascus the strikes were in response to a rocket attack by slamming jihad militants from gaza into southern israel this latest incident comes just a week before israel heads to elections. u.s. president has begun a 2 day visit to n.p.r.

his 1st official trip to the country they tell you that massive rally as a newly built a cricket stadium alongside the prime minister narendra modi the leader's aim to strengthen ties between the world's 2 biggest democracies. in the corona virus outbreak has forced china's national people's congress to perspire on its annual meetings for the 1st time in decades number of deaths in china has risen to nearly 2600 south korea has raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level following 168 new cases and iran's confirmed death toll now stands at 12 the highest number of fatalities outside china and that report comes from europe's worst hit country it's early west 7 people have died midnight on the italian austrian border police and the army are deployed to guard a train with a potentially deadly cargo operators stop the service amid fears that 2 of its

passengers were carrying the corona virus only once tests came back negative where services resumed its early is battling to control a sudden eruption of the virus this entire child was summoned to be tested in makeshift 1st aid centers. nervous wait a call me no activity yet and you know yesterday it was my birthday and now i've been told happy birthday after the swab we shall see we wait they told us that if we are positive the alert us immediately that was in the neighboring lombardy region more than 10 tons have been quarantined. police set up roadblocks around the area a so-called red zone in an effort to stem the rapid rise of infections. to sort out the actions. by inviting people to stay at harm in addition to closing places where crowds congregate. trying to ensure containment of this phenomenon.

melanne 2 is winding down from the opera house to the cathedral cultural hubs have closed their doors fashion week true also fell victim armani closed its runway show to the crowd leaving georgia staring at empty seat meanwhile the european union has pledged 230000000 euros to fight the global outbreak we stress that. for the moment but w.h.r. has not advised changing up imposing restrictions on other travel or trade. there was some respite for residents of the tug dubbed italy's wu han authorities open one supermarket after a weekend in lockdown though going by the queues at me be sold out pretty fast.

just a reminder the top story police in germany say at least 30 people have been injured after a cop plowed into a crowd celebration compound in his parents' attack happened in the town of mistakes of some of the injuries are serious the driver has been arrested and faces a charge of attempted homicide. is off go with it is that next more world news to the top of the our. country to any list of trials is. to sit in the footsteps of the great britain clicking here.