around the world today film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for decades after he admitted to unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl the organization that awards the oscars also voted to oust comedian bill cosby convicted a week ago on three counts of aggravated indecent assault an erupting volcano in the u.s. state of hawaii has prompted authorities to order over a thousand residents to leave their homes fishel say from the killer whale volcano poured out a crack in the road and began moving towards residential areas eruption follows series of earthquakes in recent days. and the new u.s. ambassador to germany richard grenell has been sworn into office posts had been vacant for more than a year reynolds is one of trump's most prominent gay appointees is confirmation there had been delayed by democrats opposed to his conservative positions and alleged derogatory comments about women want to look at the preliminary results from local elections in the u.k. suggest that british prime minister theresa may has been spared the white house some had

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academy of motion picture arts and sciences. the organization says the w decisias in accordance withrd its sts of conduct. mr. polanski previously admitte to having with a 13-year-old. the academy has also expelled the disgraced comedian bill cosby, who was convied of sexual aault last month. powerful dust storms across northern india have killed more than 100 people and injured many others. high-speed winds and lightning have brought down houses. a senior official said it was the most intense storm in decades. our correspondent has more. reporter: first came the choking dust. huge clouds of it whipped up by winds of up to 80 miles an hour. then came the rain, torrentialdo pour. the storm swept across north india, bringing devastation. leectricity pylons were torn down, the arcing cs sparked this ferocious fire. storms are common in it this time of year, but this one was much bigger and more damaging than had beast. as always, it was the poorest who suffered most. many were killed or injured when collapsed. feeble mud and brick h

convicted of sexual assault last month and oscar winning director polanski admits to rape of a thirteen year old girl in one nine hundred seventy seven the us academy of motion picture arts and sciences says the decision reflects its standard of conduct thanks for watching up next is inside a story i'll see soon. thursday march twelfth quest freedom day just days ago two suicide bombers in advanced on killed at least twenty nine people including several journalists. the attacks ever on the press worldwide so why are journalists and becoming a target this is inside story. and welcome to the program on elizabeth piron m it is becoming ever more risky to be a journalist and today's world to attacks in afghanistan earlier this week killed at least mine journalists the u.n. has documented the killing of fourteen journalists last year alone but the issue is not unique to that country reporters from north korea to syria turkey and eritrea face threats every day according to the world press freedom index north korea ranks of the bottom while norway sweden and the netherlands round up the top three but a europe passing the state this decline in the regional rankings munter is now ranked sixty

. >>> bill cosby and roman polanski have both now been punished by the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences. the board of the organization that puts on the oscar show voted to expel though cosby as a member as well as oscar- winning director roman polanski. polanski fled the u.s. for europe 20 years ago after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. the academy says those decisions were made in accordance with the organization's standards of conduct. >>> two people who supervised the cleanup of radioactive material at the hunters point naval shipyard have been sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to find records. stefan and jason were both employees of the company that was hard to remove radiation contaminated soil from the site. the radiation is from experiment conducted during the cold war era. both admitted to finding uncontaminated soil from areas outside of where they were supposed to be testing and then falsifying the reports. there are plan for a major redevelopment at the site including homes and offices. >>> tetra tech released this statement. t

of the stories. bill cosby and roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and sciencestold to leave their homes after lava ran down into a residential area. kilauea is one of the world‘s most active volcanoes. you can see some of the images there. they never fail to impress, volcanoes, do they? hopefully eve ryo ne volcanoes, do they? hopefully everyone is safe there. 7:10am. the conservatives benefited from the collapse in ukip‘s vote in many areas in the local elections. however the party lost control of richmond in london and plymouth. joining us now from westminster is conservative party chairman, brandon lewis. thanks very much forjoining us this morning. what‘s your overall feeling in terms of how the conservatives have fared in this round of local elections? good morning. ithink it‘s been a good night for us. a dreadful night for labour. they were promising to sweep the board in london. they haven‘t gained at the moment a single council in london. 0bviously moment a single council in london. obviously there are still results to come in. what we‘ve seen across the

and accused of "hostile acts." the film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences more than 40 years after he admitted to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. the organization that towards the oscars also voted on posted to oust comedian bill cosby, convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault a week ago. a porn star, president him and his lawyer. there have been more twists in the stormy daniels scandal surrounding the u.s. president today. before we bring you the latest, let's take a look at what we know so far. the porn actress stephanie clifford -- her stage name is stormy daniels -- alleges she had sex with donald trump in 2006 a year after he married his wife, melania. in 2016 she was paid by trump's lawyer michael cohen. she says it was fresh money to keep her quiet about the alleged sexual encounter. the payment was made days before the 2016 election, raising questions about campaign financing violations. trump has denied having sex with daniels and previously denied knowledge of the payment made to her. but trump's new lawyer, rudy giul

and accused of quote hostile acts. or the film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences more than forty years after he admitted having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl the organization that awards the oscars also voted on thursday to oust comedian bill cosby convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault a week ago. a porn star a president and his lawyer there have been more twists in the stormy daniels scandal surrounding the u.s. president today now before we bring you the latest let's take a look at what we know so far now the porn actress stephanie clifford her stage name a story danno she alleges that she had sex with donald trump in two thousand and six a year after he married his wife milan yet in twenty sixteen dangles was paid one hundred thirty thousand dollars by trump's lawyer michael cohen you see him there she says that it was hush money to keep her quiet about the alleged sexual encounter the payment was made just days before the twenty sixteen presidential election raising questions of campaign financing violations trump has denied eve

year's general election film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences for decades after he admitted to unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl the organization that awards the oscars also voted to oust comedian bill cosby convicted a week ago on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. and the social media site twitter has urged its more than three hundred million users to change their passwords the company says it recently found a bug had caused some passwords to be stored in plain text rather than being encrypted it says there was no indication that the passwords have been misused and that its advice was purely for cautionary. and we have some breaking news just coming in to us now the swedish academy has just announced that this year's nobel prize for literature will not be awarded the institution is in crisis over his handling of sexual assault allegations against the husband of one of its members the scandal has seen a string of board members leave in recent weeks and we'll have more on more on that story for you later in the program well fo

convicted of sexual assault last month and oscar winning director polanski admits to rape of a thirteen year old girl in one nine hundred seventy seven the us academy of motion picture arts and sciences says the decision reflects its standard of conduct thanks for watching up next is inside a story i'll see soon. thursday much world quest for.

bill cosby and roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and sciencest. tv star cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month. oscar—winning director polanski admitted statutory rape of a 13—year—old girl in 1977. peter bowes reports from los angeles. the academy announced the expulsion of bill cosby and roman polanski two days after its board gathered to vote on the issue. in a short statement, it said the academy encouraged ethical standards that required its members to uphold its values of respect for human dignity. the group adopted a new code of conduct in december for its more than 8,000 members. it says the academy is no place for people who abuse their status, power or influence in a manner that violates standards of decency. it includes a provision to suspend or expel those who compromise the integrity of the organisation. last week, bill cosby was found guilty of three counts of indecent assault and is currently waiting to be sentenced. roman polanski is a fugitive from justice in the united states, after fleeing the country in 1978, when h

unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl in one nine hundred seventy seven years academy of motion pictures arts and sciences a decision reflects its standards of conduct. the prestigious nobel prize for literature could be postponed this year as a result of sexual harassment accusations board members have left the swedish academy responsible for the award following the allegations involving the husband of an academy member an announcement on the prize will be made on friday. now the world's largest victorian glass house has reopened for the first time in five years in the u.k. it's home to fifteen hundred species of plants many of which are extremely rare and require specialist care charlie angelo went to take a look an architectural wonder and heaven for horticulturalists kew gardens a vast victorian greenhouse is open again to the public it's taken five years of restoration moving in ten thousand plants from the world's temperate climates where it's not too hot not too cold this is the largest metering glass house in the world it's maybe two hundred metres long eventually consists of five separate buildin

academy of motion pictures arts and sciences says the decision reflects its standards of conduct. al jazeera journalist mahmoud will say and has now been in an egyptian jail for almost five hundred days he was detained without charge by authorities in two thousand and sixteen during a holiday to cairo the egyptian national is one of many journalists harassed or threatened with arrest in a government crackdown to stifle dissent osama bin job that has our report. five hundred days locked up and counting hussein and al jazeera deny brutal king's addition incitement against egypt and spreading false news. the un condemned his arbitrary detention saying was stopped questioned and detained in december twenty sixth seen after travelling to cairo for a holiday since then he's been in solitary confinement and has yet to be charged the office of the un high commissioner for human rights says indefinite pretrial detention is the egyptian government's tactic to restrain anyone who dares to act independently the un human rights what he says the policy is a cornerstone of egypt's suppression of

and told them to leave. (vicki) the group behind the academy awards has expelled bill cosby and director roman polanski from its membership. the academy of motion pictures arts and sciencesed the organization's conduct standards in a statement announcing the decision. cosby was convicted last week of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand. polanski fled the u-s in 19-78 after being charged with statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. he has continued making films in europe, winning an oscar in 20-03 for "the pianist." (vicki) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: low clouds and fog lingered this morning before clearing in the afternoon. after that it was mostly sunny and nice with a few patches of fog near the coast. after a few active days across the state the doppler radar has gone quiet. on the satellite you can see high pressure building over the state now. it will be a fast moving ridge of high pressure but it should bring us the warmest day of the week tomorrow

. >>> the academy of motion picture arts and science board of governors has voted to expel bill cosby and roman polanski. of -- it said the board of governors voted tuesday night. the organization also expelled harvey weinstein polansky remains a fugitive after fleeing the united states after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. cosby was convicted of sexual assault in pennsylvania. >>> another possible diplomatic breakthrough with north korea. it comes ahead of a much- anticipated summit. we will have more on the possible release of three american detainees. >>> meteorologist mark is tracking a warming trend. >>> guaranteeing all our romain is from california. >>> what you need to know about the deadly e. coli outbreak affecting eco-light lettuce -- romaine lettuce and what you need to know. dog: seresto, seresto, seresto. jake... seresto, seresto, seresto. whatever your dog brings home to you, it shouldn't be fleas and ticks. seresto gives your dog 8 continuous months of flea and tick protection in an easy-to-use, non-greasy collar. seresto, seresto, seresto. ohh no, jake.

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the academy of motion picture arts and sciences says its governs board voted to revoke his membershipanski. polanski fled to europe 40 years ago after pleading guilty to sex with a 13-year- old girl. the academy says its decision was made in accordance with the organization's standards of conduct. >>> the allegation of sexual misconduct are now widening against long-time news personality charlie rose. the "washington post" is reporting 27 more women have now come forward. last november, pbs canceled his interview show and cbs fired him as anchor after allegations from eight women who accused him of groping them making lewd remarks and walking around them naked. the post is also reporting that managers at cbs were alerted about rose's questionable behavior on at least three occasions before firing him. cbs had no comment. >>> over the last two weeks we have interviewed all eight candidates for mayor of san francisco. in june, voters will decide on a permanent replacement for the late ed lee. we have invited each of the candidates into our studio to talk to them one-on-one and tonight,

across the pond obviously it took a long time for the academy of motion picture arts and sciences to make these decisions but they finally decided to expel. convicted actor bill cosby and of course the director roman polanski. were basically seeing an awful lot of fallout and it is accumulating and this situation of course really shakes trust in the sense that you just know this sort of thing is everywhere there is nowhere that sort of you know. lying under the under the rug the cannes film festival next week and we can put our hands in the fire here today that need to be based on all of these things and based on what just happened with the academy in l.a. me too will be a part of it what do you think i mean beyond can and beyond those those those individual expulsions obviously here i mean you're you're a culture correspondent you've been following this really from the very beginning of the way that all disc annals have really rocked especially the world of culture what do you see as the wider implications going forward. i think essentially that. we're looking at in the case of the o

of sexual assault last month and oscar winning director has admitted statutory rape of a thirteen year old girl in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven the u.s. academy of motion picture arts and sciences says that the decision reflects its standards of conduct. the u.k. authorities say that they will continue to investigate the data for at the center of facebook's privacy scandal even though it's shutting down the chair of a u.k. parliamentary committee says that action could still be taken against directors all of cambridge i'm melissa trying to hold reports now from london. cambridge analytical is the political consultancy at the heart of a massive facebook data breach there are claims that the personal data of millions of people contributed to micro-targeting models using online ads to influence voters in the u.s. presidential election and the brics a referendum in the u.k. the news that the company has closed its doors and is filing for bankruptcy may frustrate efforts to get to the bottom of what went on a british parliamentary inquiry has heard evidence from a company whistleblowers describing how the data of eighty seven million facebook users was harvested vajra third party ap

the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has finally taken the step to expel people like bill cosby and director roman polanski and you know the cannes film festival is opening next week need to well no doubt be playing a role there there's already been an announcement that some actresses of color are going to be making a stand against racism so. there is this new acceptance of women's stories and of the need for diversity and obviously public opinion is pressure is very very high when these cases come out and there's an insistence that men who are you know exhibiting this kind of predatory behavior and power abuse be penalized and i think we're going to see this going on probably with every every large cultural event that goes on much as we've seen with the recent film. festivals and awards you know well certainly at the academy a time to regroup for that karen at homestead thank you very much for bringing us up to date on this story. so let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world india is bracing for more wild weather a day after dust and thunder

been expelled from the organization that matches the prestigious movie awards the academy of motion picture arts and sciences says the decision reflects the standard of conduct and cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month and the oscar winning director pronounced he has admitted strategery way rape of a thirteen year old girl in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven coming up on al-jazeera telling stories of the missing and when explain who won awards one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist. i'm charlie undulate in london inside the. victorian house of a huge restoration project it's home to some of the world's rarest. and in sports champion kenyan run ask admits he has failed the test says he isn't to blame. hello again the severe storms that we've seen across parts the central plains through towards the in the story and mississippi river valleys just gradually easing off now still some heavy rain associated with this frontal system pushing into the northeast and there is towards the eastern seaboard so it looks like being a wet day for all to one can of there a tempera

of a young man called connor sparrowhawk. bill cosby and roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and sciences the big island of hawaii. thousands of people have been told to leave their homes after lava ran down into a residential area. kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. the weather with alina jenkins. something of a west east split this morning. the best of the sanction further east. further west, more cloud. this begin continues to bring patchy drizzle to the islands in scotland. bright and sunny spells, sunshine... for most places, it is dry. in the best of the sunshine, howzat! -20 howzat! — 20 celsius. outbreaks of letting pretty rain, as well, cry and a mixture of variable cloud and crystals. those between 7—11dc. some misty and patchy fog, that's on the channel calls. try and spells of sunshine, tempered as climate daytime one day. eastern coast will a lwa ys daytime one day. eastern coast will always be somewhat cooler. tomorrow, good spells of sunshine from any but still outbreaks of rain in the north—west of scotland. top temperature 21 celsius. good morning, i'm a

of the headlines. the hollywood reporter says roman polanski and bill cosby were booted from the academy of motion picture arts and sciencesstandards of conduct in the wake of the harvey weinstein sexual misconduct scandal. the academy issued a statement saying the board continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the academy's values of respect for human dignity. cosby was recently convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to unlawful sex with a minor and then fled the united states. >>> "the new york times" reports on a study that suggests eating fish and legumes can be tied to a later menopause. the average age was 51. eating 2.5 ounces of fresh legumes a day like peas or beans delayed menopause by a year. eating three ounces of oily fish a day delayed it by three years but eating refined rice and pastas was related with earlier menopause which may be linked to cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. >>> u.s. cheese needs a fake i.d. when it goes overseas. european union laws limit cheese names to products made only in the region of origin. that means american

>> hello, everyone this is what's happening at this time the academy of motion picture arts and sciencesoard of governors has voted to expel bill cosby from the membership for sexual misconduct. the organization that puts on the oscars expelled harvey weinstein in october >>> washington post reports sexual misconduct from charlie rose were more numerous than previously known and found three occasions over the period of 30 years in which cbs managers were warned of rose's conduct towards women at the network an additional 27 women say rose sexually harassed them >>> authorities say an argument over a break room light led to a deadly stabbing involving three workers at philadelphia international airport saying the three men worked for a company that cleans planes for frontier airlines the stabbing victim was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> and amazon is venturing into the pet market with its own brand of products called wag so far, it's only available to amazon prime subscribers first product is a line of dry dog food with several varieties, and they plan to expand the brand for addit

leave in recent weeks film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion our picture arts and sciences for decades after he admitted to unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl the organization that awards the oscars also photo to oust comedian bill cosby convicted of we could go on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. and the social media site twitter has urged its more than three hundred million users to change their passwords company says it recently found a bug it calls some passwords to be stored in plain text rather than being encrypted it says there is no indication that passwords have been misused and that it's advice was purely precautionary. in the first test of public opinion after last year's general election voters in britain appear to have spared prime minister theresa may the wipe out some had predicted early results from local elections indicate her conservative party lost control of some key councils but managed to gain ground in breaks at supporting regions the vote comes after a turbulent week for may who's had to deal with a high profile resignation and th

bill cosby and the film director roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and scienceshe oscars says the decision is in accordance with its standards. bill cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month, roman landscape has previously admitted having sex with a 13—year—old. donald trump admitted he reimbursed his lawyer for by buying the silence of a pawn star. over an alleged affair. it was designed to stop stormy daniels making false accusations, donald trump denies having an affair with her and for illegally using money from campaign funds to pay her off. back now to election 2018. welcome back, we are focusing on 150 local authorities across england, dozens local authorities across england, d oze ns of local authorities across england, dozens of them in london, some of them the key contests of the night, we can them the key contests of the night, we canjoin tim donovan in wandsworth. a borough, a council which could tell us so much tonight, one that labour so dearly wants to win and they haven't been in power here since 1978, they came quite close in 86, but since

bill cosby, and the film director roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and sciencess no indication passwords have john, nice to see you, i am wondering now we have some more results in, including slightly different news for labour as well. how do you see things? well, i think the first thing we should say it is time to utter a health warning your score board, it is now very clear in line with a different results in london there is a bit of a swing to the labour party, outside of london there is a swing to the conservatives, but because london is responsible for 40% of the seats up for grabs tonight, that seat tally is not going to provide you with a very good reflection of the performance of the party, what is going on now, those viewers who have been watching for the last two hours will have said hang on, wasn't it true the torieses were at 50 gains. yes they were. why are they down to 20, because they started losing seats in london. why are the labour party now up? they started to gain seats in london. that seat tally needs to be looked at separately, in london and

academy awards he was convicted of sex the last week the rector polanski has affinity to having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl in one nine hundred seventy seven the economy of motion picture arts and sciences says the decision to flex. standards of conduct. six critically endangered black rhinos are on their way to chad from south africa black rhinos were wiped out from chad nearly fifty years ago because of wide scale poaching the rhinos will be released into small enclosures before they can roam freely through the country's cooma national park wild animals rescued from the syrian city of aleppo have found a new home in northern jordan the lions tigers and bears are now living in a nature reserve dedicated to rescuing creatures from conflict and as brandy's alexander now reports it's the only century of its kind in the middle east. so does a two year old lion and has been through a great deal he's one of many animals rescued from a warzone and brought to this sanctuary in northern jordan we are currently have twenty three in total we have seventeen lions we have four bears into tigers and they all come from somewhere from the in middle east last summer several animals were rescued from a

film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences more than forty years off to he admitted having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old goal the organization that awards the oscars also voted on thursday to oust comedian bill cosby convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault a week ago. reporting the facts the battle for and against the. it is fiercer than ever on this world press freedom day a show of solidarity from all of us to our fellow journalist punished for pursuing the truth and recognition of those who will not be silenced this year's d.w. press freedom award goes to a professor in iran since to prison for simply talking to us i'm burning off in berlin this is the day. they are under siege that it is. right now to the to see that. as being this day it's. all about me not getting. beat up. right people up.

film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences more than forty years off to he admitted having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old goal the organization that awards the oscars also voted on thursday to comedian bill cosby convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault a week ago. at the. p.w. former c.e.o. martin winter corn charged in the u.s. over diesel gate he is the highest ranking person to be charged in relation to the scandal and we'll get the latest from new york also coming up justice for miners in south africa who contracted a deadly lung disease the over four hundred million dollar payout the largest class action suit the country is ever seen but for some it's already too late. this is your business update on how an unfree in berlin it glad you could join us now former v.w. c.e.o. mart of into corn has been charged by u.s. prosecutors over the german carmakers efforts to cheat emissions tests on diesel vehicles prosecutors say he was told about the cheating as early as may twenty fourth tina was part of a cover