>> denied that he had for had nonconsensual sex with anyone. but after the court appearance of harvey weinstein, he should for the tribunal if he pays this $1 billion bail. this is very likely to happen. he will have a lot of restrictions, forced to wear an ankle bracelet, and he will have to surrender. he probably will not be able to travel outside of the united states. attorney, the district is in the hot seat for his role

in this case. tell us more about that. daniel: absolutely. he is under a lot of pressure, especially because back in 2016, the new york district attorney decided not to prosecute harvey weinstein after allegations that groping ahad been young italian. there was even a recording of this event, and at the time, the district attorney decided not to prosecute. launch,ndrew cuomo to back in march, a federal investigation on whether the district attorney acted responsibly at the time. turning himself in, it might mean more pressure from the district attorney, and this might have been prompted by the federal investigation that has been launched. >> daniel, do we know why cyrus

vance, the district attorney, did not decide to prosecute harvey weinstein back then? daniel: there have been reports that a lot of pressure was made at the time of the company that cofounded, that there were even strong efforts behind closed doors for him not to prosecute. this is not been confirmed by cyrus fans or by anyone close to him. but he has been under fire for this decision, especially when the body of evidence could have been strong enough to help an investigation at the time. unfortunately, looks like we are losing the connection. we will be back with daniel in new york as soon as harvey weinstein shows up at the police station. it has some of

the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. ireland's 3.5 million voters are casting their ballots this friday in a referendum on whether or not to open up those rules. as it stands, a woman can only abort her fetus if her life is in danger. if the referendum passes, women will be allowed to terminate their pregnancies up until 12 until 24 weeks, excuse me, under exceptional circumstances. for more, stephen carroll joins us from dublin. you have been speaking to voters there. what are they telling you? reporter: that this is one of the most liberal constituencies in the country. if you compare it to three years ago and the referendum on gay marriage, this had amongst the highest yes votes in the country. not surprising we are finding a lot of yes votes at the polling station behind me here in dublin. we asked if minds have changed

or if their votes have changed over the course of this campaign. coming up fort trust.was everyone acknowledging that this is a sensitive issue, difficult decision for people to make. many are saying they felt they wanted to tries -- trust women or trust doctors by voting yes and voted to repeal the constitutional ban on abortion. turnout will be key. we know there has been a brisk turnout at this polling station in dublin just after three hours of voting. it is similar across dublin earlier today. the main rush of voting comes in the evening later on. >> what will change after this referendum? reporter: that depends on how the vote goes. if yes, it will delete article

43.3 of the constitution, the one that gives equal rights to the young born, acting as a ban on abortion in nearly every circumstance. it will be removed and replaced with a line on abortion for the first and since 1983. promised that has it will introduce abortion for up to 12 weeks under any circumstance with a further extension for those in special circumstances like a risk to the health of the mother. if it is a no vote, the situation remains unchanged. the vote is described as once in a generation, and the yes it isgners feel that if rejected, there will not be another chance to vote on this issue for potentially at least a generation. that will continue to situation at the moment, which means abortion is illegal in almost every circumstance. more than 3500 irish women will travel abroad per year for an

abortion. >> that was from dublin. thank you so much for joining us. by their now, confused allies spirit south korean president moon jae-in says he's perplexed at donald trump's decision to cancel an upcoming summit with kim jong-un. north korea says it is going to talk to the u.s. at any time following trump's letter in which t claimed that cancellation on "open hostility." the door has not been slammed to shut, but it is no longer wide-open either. his summit with kim jong-un, donald trump left the world wondering. move?s the next chess a question on the forefront of mines in pyongyang and uel.ington and in so

moon jae-in was not consulted before trump stepped out. one that willk, test the peacemaking and go-between roles. >> the parties are still hoping to solve the problem to talks. our government will continue with our diplomatic efforts and maintain the momentum of dialogue. >> conciliatory language that was also used by the conflict's other main players. trump said to mr. kim, don't hesitate to call, leading to some to believe that the u.s. may be buying time to prepare. north korea said it is willing to give washington more time. for some analysts, the canceled aeeting is just a hiccup in process they say could take years. >> diplomacy will be lengthy and frustrating. if you cancel one meeting, it is not the end of the story, but you have to stay focused on that path. >> there are some forces that do

not fully black -- back the diplomatic path. nationalgton, trump's security adviser recently wrote an essay entitled "the legal case for striking north korea first." and there is china, north korea's main ally. not everyone in beijing may backed the idea of a peace deal orchestrated by washington, one that leads to a unified korean peninsula. >> paying homage to the victims of leningrad, now called st. petersburg, where the nazis laid siege to the city during world war ii. emmanuel macron is in russia meeting with vladimir putin for a two-day visit. both are in favor of salvaging the iran nuclear deal that donald trump pulled out from earlier this month. of an agreement over other issues like the war in syria, the conflict in ukraine, and a legit russian meddling in elections abroad.

on the agenda for the visit is an annual economic forum in's and petersburg. more on thes have state of economic ties between france and russia. glinting in the sunlight, the golden domes, the cathedral in the heart of paris. presences are less ostentation. >> good evening. in lingwood --r foreign language] >> thanks change when the international community had the russian intervention in ukraine. >> sanctions hit in 2013 to support him. the company was really developing peter guber selling and exporting french goods into russia and importing russian

project -- products to france. >> imports and exports ground to a halt and three of the shops closed. and will plunged by 6 million euros. such asund other ways, from suppliers in germany to be able to get us russian products without problem. regretfully, we were no longer able to work with russia. >> small businesses were not the only ones affected, and it was not just in france either. russia saw the sanctions rock its economy to the core. >> they hit every business. throughrprise am a compliance and use of capital markets to which they could no longer axis financing for large industrial projects such as oil and gas from european banks and small to medium-sized businesses that export. they cannot use the regional or national bank anymore to require credit for export. on effects had

consequences, too. since 2012, exports to russia dropped from nine year -- 9 billion euros to 4.5 billion euros. certainections create a atmosphere appearance ecologically, it is important to rebuild confidence between france and russia. there is a lot of misunderstanding that needs to be addressed, and that is why dialogue between president macron and president putin will be very important. >> france's special representative to russia, a face to face meeting will be key to avoid further misunderstandings under phony issues such as syria and ukraine. just blaming russia, the netherlands and australia hold russia responsible for the donning of flight 17 inine july 2014 as it made its way to amsterdam from kuala lumpur. boris johnson says the russian government must answer for its

actions. the tragedy killed all 298 the planeboard as flew over eastern ukraine. on thursday, the said the guilty missile was used by russian military brigades, but the kremlin rejected blame for the downing, saying it distrusts such findings. losing faith in the ruling socialist and the opposition filed a no-confidence motion against prime minister rajoy after his party was found guilty on thursday of corruption in a case where lawmakers were found to have accepted kickbacks in exchange for government contracts. the motion will need the backing of an absolute majority of 176 lawmakers. meanwhile, a party is calling for snap elections. mris joins ush from a dread. what has prompted and this anger ?

sarah: it is tt court ruling from the high court yesterday at 29 out of 37 defendants were convicted. ofng them was a close ally mariano rajoy, the prime minister, the former treurer of the conservative people's party. he was sentenced to more than 33 years in jail. thatcourt also concluded the people's party itself had benefited from the ill gotten gains, and ahead to pay back 245,000 euros. there were basically politicians involved in that scandal. a businessman ran the network and organized the paying of bribes to party officials, party members, in return for organizing lucrative eves and public contracts. really, that sparked the outrage. these have been long-running

investigations. but that case actually just looked at six years, but the courts is still investigating other allegations against the people's party. >> will this be e downfall of rajoy's government? risk thats a serious mariana rajoy's government could be ousted because the socialists and the anti-austerity party said they will back in motion of no-confidence against him. in spain, that has to be a potive motion, so that means are has to be an alternative government put forward. the parties will have to turn to the smaller mp's, and that may be a problem if they cannot all unite. the big revelation has been that the government's allies have said they want mariano rajoy to call a snap election. if he does not, they are prepared to potentially back that no-confidence vote motion. >> sarah morris joining us live

from madrid. thank you for those details. for those of you just joining us here on "france 24," let's look at our top stories. the police, to celebrity filled producer harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself over after he is charged with sexual misconduct. more than 100 women have come out overall, and it sparked the global #metoo campaign. ireland, votedin whether or not to legalize abortion in a referendum. that you can only terminate a pregnancy if life is in danger. time now for business news. brian quinn joins me in the studio. welcome, brian. you are starting here in europe with what is being called the biggest overhaul of data privacy laws since the birth of the

internet. brian: the general data protection regulation takes effect friday across the european union. users have the right to know how their data is being used, how it will be kept, and if it is used outside the eu. all users will be able to contest any violation of their rights. facebook has been the target of ire from eu lawmakers, calling the cambridge and linda scandal and following the cambridge analytica scandal. in terms of gdpr specifically, it is focused on a few principles. control. the needs to be transparency about how your information is used. and then it's to be accountability when companies misuse that. is a values -- these are values we have always shared. >> how our markets looking so far?

on friday.ly gaining investors somewhat reassured by north korea pose a conciliatory reaction to donald trump's cancellation of a meeting with kim jong-un. the frankfurt dax up nearly a full percent. the ftse may have been held back by concerns over italy's populist government. banking shares their losing some ground. decision to cancel the june 12 summit with kim jong-un at major consequences, not just in geopolitics but for north korea's ailing economy, as well. brian: pyongyang has faced crippling international sections for years and -- sanctions for years in response to miss attests. could standhat it to gain from a thawing of ties with both powers. >> in april, kim jong-un declared the regime was halting its nuclear program and shifting its focused to the economy.

summit with the united states was an important step to opening up the north to foreign investments. but instead of peace talks, donald trump promise to continue pursuing harsh economic sanctions on pyongyang. there is trump: our trying sanctions, by far the strongest sanctions ever and maximum pressure campaign will continue. >> since north korea's first nuclear test in 2006, the international community has piled economic pressure on the regime. the main sectors hit by the sanctions are textiles, coal, and crude oil. u.s., andan union, japan have strengthened their own measures against pyongyang over the years. under pressure from the united states, china, north korea's biggest trading partner, has tightened trade, as well. overall trade between the two countries felton 10.5% last year.

figures, south korea's central bank estimates north korea's gdp stood at about $28.5 billion in 2016 with growth and nearly 4%. that is only a fraction of south korea's almost $1.3 trillion gdp. forication could be off both koreas. south korean government estimating that a unified korea could potentially generate and $8.7 trillion economy i-20 55. one point seven times the projected size of south korea alone. >> let's take a look at some more top business headlines. app i -- apple has won a case against samsung. the crane electronics giant has to pay apple. the legal battle has been ongoing since 2011. apple was awarded over $1 billion in damages early in the case with the two sides fighting over the amount ever since. result's government has reached a deal with the country's

trekkers to end a four-day strike and a price cut for diesel at it was planned for 15 days. it will be extended to 30 days with the brazilian government compensating touch her b -- compensating petrobras. u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross will be heading to china. ross will visit beijing from june to to june 4 to continue negotiations the visit comes as donald trump launched u.s. national security investigation to auto imports a could see more tariffs imposed on china. for business, speaking of data privacy, a cautionary tale from one family in portland, oregon. >> indeed. it would. -- ed wouldmazon appear that their amazon alexa echo recorded a private conversation and send it to a contacterson and their

list. amazon said the unit in question apparently misheard a word in the conversation as "alexa," thereby waking the device, and subsequently misinterpreted snippets of the conversation as commands to send a message to the recipient. and then a confirmation order. a series of highly improbable coincidences, and amazon said it is working on this for the future. fortunately, the conversation was about hardwood flooring, which i do not think has any euphemistic meaning. so i suppose it could have been worse. >> it could have been worse, but at the same time, that is pretty terrifying. >> i do not have one. if i did, i might watch myself around it, honestly. i talk to myself nonstop. >> there are all kinds of reports of alexa thinking you gave it a command but you did not. on its ownlaughing or debt is creepy. i don't know, i do not think the

technology is perfected. safe with thely new privacy laws in europe. thank you, brian. next is the press review. time to look now at today's papers. i am joined by alison sargent onset. we're starting in ireland were voters are casting their ballots in a historic referendum on abortion. >> right, it has been an incredibly divisive referendum as "the irish times" notes today. a huge mobilization on both sides, in particular for the yes vote. have beenats returning home to vote, many of them women, returning and spending hundreds of euros on plane tickets. cartoonists are juxtaposing this mass homecoming with another journey that thousands

of irish women take, and that is going abroad to get the medical procedures that they are not able to get at home. as you can see in this one, the cartoonist writes, taking one journey to stop other women from having to take the other journey. >> the yes campaign seems to have quite a bit of momentum. it seems to be in their favor. >> there is a lot of excitement that this could be a very historic day in ireland if the yes camp does iwn. -- win. but "the irish independent" says the yes camp are fearful of a silent no vote. that is a worry and decisive topics. people do not really want to admit how they are actually planning on voting. the irish prime minister has shown support for the yes camp, going to keep the country pose the legacy of shame. ireland has a very catholic legacy though. they did legalize same-sex

marriage in 2015, but many are wondering if the country is now really ready to legalize abortion. in this rather dark curtain from a swiss cartoonist, traditional sweaters on one side that are handmade. for years, ireland's abortions, and the other window, have also been handmade. >> now to other stories dominating world papers today. donald trump abruptly canceled his meeting with north korean leader kim jong-il. -- kim jong-un. >> many papers are try to analyze this decision. we have seen breakup rhetoric. one paper said a week ago, an advance team from the white house went to singapore to meet with the north korean delegation, but they waited for three days and the north koreans never showed up. and when u.s. officials tried to call them, the north koreans did not return the phone calls. a classic case of ghosting. there are suggestions of them may have been another man in the

picture, so to speak, and that is chinese president xi jinping. they pinpoint the meeting with xi as the moment his attitude started to change towards donald trump. things really were not the same anymore, and it is some thing that donald trump has commented on. thisme papers are seeing as a failure on the part of donald trump himself. >> a left-wing american website is calling it the art of the fail, taking on the title of trump's book. they say he handed north korea a win. "the new york times," surprisingly, is coming to donald trump's defense, saying donald trump made the right call in agreeing to the meeting of the first place. they say this is not such bad news, hopefully just a hiccup, and it will give the u.s. a chance to properly prepare for negotiations. her, then this commemorative coins were not

such a bad idea after all. thenlot of papers have focusing on these commemorative coins that were made to commemorate the meeting after the announcement. it wouldthey announced get cancer, the white house gift shop atricure them on sale -- after they said it would be canceled, the white house gift shop actually put them on sale. of harveyages weinstein as he makes his way to the police station in new york where he is expected to be formally charged. the media mogul is accused of sexual harassment and assault in this case. two of the more than 100 women who have come forward with stories of sexual abuse and intimidation by the famous hollywood producer. later in the day, harvey weinstein is expected to head to

the courthouse, where he will then post $1 million in bail. in theis coming later program. stay tuned for developments as they happen on "france 24zñvpx

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