is the centralfigure, trial but dominique pelicot is the central figure, accused trial but dominiqueof having arranged for his wife gisele to be raped, for arranging for men to come and raped her while she was drunk. today was the first time he was speaking, he was due to speak last week but he was ill but today he took the stand and said straightaway he admitted the totality of the charges against him. he said, i am a rapist, as are all of the other defendants in this courtroom. this provoked a hubbub and general muttering among the other men, rapists, alleged rapists, accused in the court, because the defence as you were saying earlier is that they thought this was a game, arranged by dominique pelicot and his wife and that it was therefore something to which she was submitting voluntarily. that is their defence. so, to be called rapists by the principle that used was for them and up front and an abridgement of their defence so they are not happy with that, but he said i'm a rapist, they are rapists, and they beg forgiveness, i recognise what i did add that what i did was unforgiva

dominique pelicot was due to testify— dominique pelicot was due to testify last week in the case whiche world _ which has shocked france and the world but his appearance was delayed due to health issues _ was delayed due to health issues. . ., , ., issues. prosecutors had said dominique _ issues. prosecutors had said dominique pelicot _ issues. prosecutors had said dominique pelicot offered i issues. prosecutors had said l dominique pelicot offered sex with his wife, seen here entering college, on a website and still be at peace. in addition to dominique pelicot 50 other men accused of taking part are on trial in the southern french city of avignon. the other men so far have not commented on their charges. the us secretary of state antony blinken is due to arrive in egypt shortly as efforts continue to secure a ceasefire deal, and the release of hostages in gaza. mr blinken met israel's opposition leader, yair lapid in washington on monday. mr lapid hasjoined other world leaders in calling for israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to secure an immediate truce with hamas. more on

there are 51 people on trial including dominique pelicot.th of france who over the course of ten years it is alleged answered on the chatline and then came to the chatline and then came to the house and did what they are alleged to have done. so it's a trial in which each case will have to be taken individually. each of these defendants has a lawyer and will mount a defence so that is why it is going to take a long time as each individual case is gone through and they will be videos which will be produced at some point which are the main point of evidence, but identified these 50 people. the military government in myanmar says the death toll from extensive flooding across the centre of the country has now risen to more than 220. thousands of hectares of farmland have been inundated with flood waters along the irrawaddy river, including areas around the capital naypyidaw. the situation is being made much worse by myanmar 5 civil war. before the storm hit tens of thousands of people were already living in displacement camps. here in the uk, a

dominique pelicot, who's 71, admitted he was a rapist, and asked for forgiveness.ears, and arranging for other men to rape her while she was unconscious. dominique pelicot has accused his 50 co—defendants of knowingly participating in rape. many of the men say they thought they were taking part in a sex game. we will have more on that story in a moment and there is more on the bbc website. a desperate operation to shore up flood defences is taking place in poland, as floodwater threatens to engulf a city in the south west of the country. the mayor of nysa has asked all aa,000 residents to leave. more than 5,000 soldiers have been deployed in the region. at least 18 people are thought to have died in the floods across central europe, which have been caused by heavy rain and snowfall.

dominique pelicot told a court in avignon he was admitting all the charges against him. said, "and so are all the other defendants in this court room." he begged for the forgiveness of his wife, gisele. our paris correspondent andrew harding has been following the case and has sent us this report. prison vans arriving at the courthouse in avignon. inside, and handcuffed, some of the 51 men on trial here. all accused of raping one drugged and unconscious woman. and this morning, as usual, that woman strode calmly into court, waiving her right to anonymity, looking at past other accused who are not in detention. no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today, pelicot�*s former husband dominique gave evidence. translation: i dominique gave evidence. translation:— dominique gave evidence. translation: ., ., translation: iadmit what i did. i am uuil . translation: | admit what | did. | am guilty- we — translation: i admit what i did. i am guilty- we had _ translation: i admit what i did. i am guilty. we had a _ translation: i admit what i did. i am guilty. we had a pe

dominique pelicot, who's on trial with 50 other men, acknowledged that he was a rapist, and said his to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. andrew harding reports. prison vans arriving at the courthouse in avignon. inside, some of the 51 men on trial here. handcuffed, all accused of raping one drugged and unconscious women. but many of those on trial remain free men. masked, they enter the courthouse through the front door. and look who walks in beside them each day. the woman they are accused of raping, gisele pelicot. boldly refusing anonymity, insisting the shame belongs not to her, but to her attackers. no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today, pelicot�*s former husband dominique finally took the stand. he had this to say about the decade he admits he spent drugging his wife, then filming strangers raping her. translation: i regret what i did, even if- it is unforgivable. i had nothing but love for my wife. we had a perfect family. it was me who was not good. pelicot told the court he was not born evil, that he was abused as a child. significantly, he

nearly a decade and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious. 7-year-old dominique pelicottified yesterday that he raped his wife who divorced him after he was arrested. 50 other men are on trial for raping gisele pelicot. she told the court she feels completely betrayed. her ex-husband apologized and asked his family for forgiveness. >>> "politico" says for the second time republicans blocked a bill on ivv protections. it would require public and private insurance coverage for ivf and other fertility treatments. republicans call the bill an election year stunt saying lawmakers are hypocrites for insisting they support ivf. only two republicans voted for the bill. lisa miami hurricanes ski -- lisa murkowski and susan collins. >>> and the "los angeles times" says california governor gavin newsom signed several artificial intelligence-related bills. some of the bills signed would give actors more protection from a.i. use of their likeness without their consent. others would crack down on deep fakes using the a.i. to create false images and videos in political ads. another wou

dominique pelicot, who's on trial with 50 other men, acknowledged that he was a rapist, and said hisht to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. andrew harding reports. prison vans arriving at the courthouse in avignon. inside, some of the 51 men on trial here. handcuffed, all accused of raping one drugged and unconscious women. but many of those on trial remain free men. masked, they enter the courthouse through the front door. and look who walks in beside them each day. the woman they are accused of raping, gisele pelicot. boldly refusing anonymity, insisting the shame belongs not to her, but to her attackers. no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today, pelicot�*s former husband dominique finally took the stand. he had this to say about the decade he admits he spent drugging his wife, then filming strangers raping her. translation: i regret what i did, even if it is unforgivable. - i had nothing but love for my wife. we had a perfect family. it was me who was not good. pelicot told the court he was not born evil, that he was abused as a child. significantly,

in his first testimony since the trial opened, dominique pelicot admitted that he was a rapist, and saidgisele, who has waived her right to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. ms pelicot, who was given the chance to respond shortly after his admission of guilt, said: "it is difficult for me to listen to this. for 50 years, i lived with a man who i would've never imagined could be capable of this. i trusted him completely." the case sparked protests across france over the weekend, with thousands gathering in cities across the country. although no cameras are allowed in court, ms pelicot has requested the trial be open to the public. her legal team says a public trial will shift the shame back on the accused. andrew harding sent this report from avignon, france. prison vans arriving at the courthouse in avignon. inside, some of the 51 men on trial here. handcuffed, all accused of raping one drugged and unconscious women. but many of those on trial remain free men. masked, they enter the courthouse through the front door. and look who walks in beside them each day. the woman

speaking in court for the first time — 71—year—old dominique pelicot, admitted all the charges againstpating in the rape, of his now ex—wife gisele. 0nly15 of the 50 have pleaded guilty. we'll go into more detail over the course of this travail trial. but he said he recognized what she is charged with, he said he is a rapist, and what he said all the 50 men in the dock with him are rapists too, they knew what they were doing, we all rapists, he said. that is important because as you are saying, the defense for elect of these coaccused is that they did not knowingly take part in a rape. they say that they were convinced that they were part of a sex game which dominate political had arranged with his wife, she may have been asleep but as they were concerned it was something consensual by the couple, hotly contested by the prosecution, saying that they cannot what's of non—that the woman was unconscious and therefore there cannot be any consent, but in any case there was this rift developing between his side, his version of events, as organizer and the version which will probably be given

dominique pelicot admitting in court that he drugged his then-wife without her knowledge and recruited dozens of strangers online to rape and sexually abuse her as many as 200 times. gisele pelicot telling her supporters, "thanks to everyone, i have the strength to fight this battle to the end." she chose a public trial, revealing her identity, to shine a spotlight on sexual violence against women. gisele pelicot insisting the shame be on her husband and the 50 other co-defendants, not her. in court today, she hit out at claims from some of the accused that they didn't know she hadn't consented, calling them, quote, degenerates. her ex-husband and father of their three children telling the court on tuesday, "i am a rapist," and saying his co-defendants are, too. he went on to say, "she didn't deserve this, i recognize that." and david, i can tell you, criminal trials here in france rarely spark protest, but thousands of people have rallied in support of gisele pelicot and against sexual violence against women. david? >> david: rallying behind that ex-wife. tom soufi burridge. tom, than

they heard from the lawyer of dominique pelicot that he was too sick to attend, as you say he has nowlonger. everyone had hoped to hearfrom him, not any confession, if you like, he's already made that and we've already been told about the images he took of all these dozens of men who raped his sleeping, unconscious, drugged wife, but we were hoping to hear about his state of mind, perhaps his suggestions about a difficult childhood. instead we heard police again giving more details in court today about this extraordinary case, and his wife gisele sitting very silently, very stoically. a member of coursejust last week she took the stand and explained the moment her world was turned upside down when the police informed her that her supposedly loving husband had been taking these pictures and inviting men into her bedroom for decades, or for years. andrew, thank you. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 19 palestinians have been killed in an israeli strike on a designated humanitarian zone. local reports say at least 60 more who were sheltering in the displacement camp at al mawasi

dominique pelicot taking the stand and admitting, quote, i am a rapist who, quote, has an addiction. acknowledging his 72-year-old wife did not deserve this. his wife gisele pelicot did not have to reveal herself in this case, but she has come forward, saying she could never have imagined the man she lived with for 50 years could have been capable of rape. she is being applauded by the people of france for her bravery, seen now as a symbol of the struggle against sexual violence in france. >>> when we come back here tonight, the pipeline explosion. still burning tonight, families being kept from their homes. and authorities now pointing to an suv in the area. >>> also, the new video revealed just today of that submersible that exploded near the "titanic" as that hearing continues to unfold. >>> and the new study tonight on coffee. what your morning cup of coffee might do. ri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiov

in his first testimony since the trial opened, dominique pelicot admitted that he was a rapist, and saidle, who has waived her right to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. the case sparked protests across france over the weekend, with thousands gathering in cities across the country. although no cameras are allowed in court, ms pelicot has requested the trial be open to the public. her legal team says a public trial will shift the "shame" back on the accused. the rapper and producer sean �*diddy�* combs was denied bail after pleading not guilty to charges that include racketeering and sex trafficking in new york. authorities accuse mr combs of turning his business empire into a criminal enterprise, something he denies. the charges come after raids on two of sean combs' properties in los angeles and miami in march. he'll be held in federal custody until his trial. the bbc�*s nada tawfik has more from new york. sean combs pleaded not guilty in court. his family was there to support him, but the judge then heard nearly two hours of arguments from both sides over his detention

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in his first testimony since the trial opened, dominique pelicot admitted that he was a rapist, and saide gisele, who has waived her right to anonymity, "did not deserve" what happened to her. instagram says it's overhauling the way it works for young people 7 promising more "built?in protections" for teenagers and added controls for parents. part of the measures being introduced will see new "teen accounts" for 13 to 15—year—olds, which will have strict controls on sensitive content to prevent recommendations of potentially harmful material. if you arejustjoining us, welcome to the programme. the israeli intelligence agencies, mossad and shin bet, have a long history of tracking and eliminating israel's enemies, wherever they hide. israel hasn't yet commented but this latest attack on his brother, the iranian backed group in lebanon, is unlike anything we have seen before. some weeks ago the his brother leader hassan nasrallah ordered his fighters to ditch their smartphones, which he feared israel would be tracking and infiltrating. what they had intercepted was the supply of the new de

dominique pelicot, who's on trial with 50 other men, acknowledged that he was a rapist, and said hismen. but many of those on trial remain free men. masked, they enter the courthouse through the front door. and look who walks in beside them each day. the woman they are accused of raping, gisele pelicot. boldly refusing anonymity, insisting the shame belongs not to her, but to her attackers. no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today, pelicot�*s former husband dominique finally took the stand. he had this to say about the decade he admits he spent drugging his wife, then filming strangers raping her. translation: i regret what i did, even if it is unforgivable. - i had nothing but love for my wife. we had a perfect family. it was me who was not good. pelicot told the court he was not born evil, that he was abused as a child. significantly, he was quick to condemn his co—accused. translation: i am a rapist, like the others in this room. | they knew everything. gisele then told the court it was hard to listen to a man she had trusted completely for half a century. news from

dominique pelicot told the court, i am a rapist. just like all the others in this room with prosecutors say belico offered sex with his wife on a website and filmed the abuse yes. >> you confirmed that he recognized his part in the wave of his wife on the question of whether he raped her on his own. he confirm that sometimes you you're on his own. what was the frequency of the rapes? he said that regarding himself, it took place two or three times a week, then some man who came could be added on top of that symbol of the struggle against sexual violence in france because they'll teleco insisted on a public trial to expose her husband and the 50 other men accused of raping her over almost ten years this is seeing this case interests us woman and especially seeing this little woman who is defending herself against all these lawyers and all the accused we have to support her. >> and maybe this can happen to anyone young, old. you never know. and it's important this hurts as a woman, this hurts. we can imagine such things it's unaccepta

prosecutors say for nearly a decade she was drugged and made unconscious by her then husband, dominique pelicot, who then allowed dozens of men to rape his wife rodriguez this is one of a small number of the accused could midst of the crime. >> he apologized to the victim despite acknowledging he had been wrong and cowardly rodrigo is and his lawyer tried to shift the blame to the husband it's totally bad. >> several be the question is not whether mrs. pelosi, you could have consented. she obviously was not consenting she is obviously the victim in this case. and the only problem is to know how the men who in particular mr. rodriguez this morning initially interpreted that proposals and the request made to him by mr. belico probably morning as the case continues, support for the victim and tensions in the courtroom are both on the rise. so that's going around. door and has this report at a journalist. he's one of 51 men on trial for allegedly raping gisele pelicot. the french woman whose ex husband drugged her and invited strangers on line to rape her as that's the case has sparked outrage acro

pelicot�*s husband dominique has already confessed to everything, to repeatedly drugging his wife overd police that either they didn't realise she was unconscious or they assumed her husband's consent was enough. but that kind of argument has provoked fury. today, the husband's lawyer said other accused might argue it was sex, not rape, but when the videos themselves are shown in court, there will be no doubt what really happened. pelicot�*s own daughter attended the trial this morning. she's campaigned for the issue of drugging and raping to be taken far more seriously across france. and outside court, activists called for the courage shown by one woman to lead to wider changes in laws and attitudes. andrew harding, bbc news, france. uk prosecutors have dropped a sexual assault case against the convicted rapist harvey weinstein. police say a woman, now aged in her 50s, was assaulted in london in august 1996. the crown prosecution service said the case had been dropped because "there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction". in 2022, a court in los angeles convicted the now dis

pelicot�*s husband dominique has already confessed to everything, to repeatedly drugging his wife over raping her have told police that either they didn't realise she was unconscious or they assumed her husband's consent was enough. but that kind of argument has provoked fury. today, the husband's lawyer said other accused might argue it was sex, not rape, but when the videos themselves are shown in court, there will be no doubt what really happened. pelicot�*s own daughter attended the trial this morning. she's campaigned for the issue of drugging and raping to be taken far more seriously across france. and outside court, activists called for the courage shown by one woman to lead to wider changes in laws and attitudes. andrew harding, bbc news, france. michel barnier ? the former european commissioner who negotiated brexit for the eu ? has been named france's prime minister. mr barnier, a conservative, was appointed by president emmanuel macron following two months of political deadlock after snap elections ended in a hung parliament. our europe editor katya adler has more. michel ba

pelicot�*s husband dominique has already confessed to everything, to repeatedly drugging his wife overt realise she was unconscious or they assumed her husband's consent was enough. but that kind of argument has provoked fury. today, the husband's lawyer said other accused might argue it was sex, not rape, but when the videos themselves are shown in court, there will be no doubt what really happened. pelicot�*s own daughter attended the trial this morning. she's campaigned for the issue of drugging and raping to be taken far more seriously across france. and outside court, activists called for the courage shown by one woman to lead to wider changes in laws and attitudes. andrew harding, bbc news, france. michel barnier — the former european commissioner who negotiated brexit for the eu — has been named as the new mr barnier, a conservative, was appointed by president emmanuel macron following two months of political deadlock in the country after snap elections ended in a hung parliament. 0ur europe editor katya adler has more. michel barnier. a household name across the uk. michel barn

pelicot�*s husband dominique has already confessed to everything, to repeatedly drugging his wife overs or they assumed her husband's consent was enough. but that kind of argument has provoked fury. today, the husband's lawyer said other accused might argue it was sex, not rape, but when the videos themselves are shown in court, there will be no doubt what really happened. pelicot�*s own daughter attended the trial this morning. she's campaigned for the issue of drugging and raping to be taken far more seriously across france. and outside court, activists called for the courage shown by one woman to lead to wider changes in laws and attitudes. andrew harding, bbc news, france. michel barnier ? the former european commissioner who negotiated brexit for the eu ? has been named as the new french prime minister. mr barnier, a conservative, was appointed by president emmanuel macron following two months of political deadlock in the country after snap elections ended in a hung parliament. our europe editor katya adler has more. michel barnier. a household name across the uk. michel barnier,

no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today pelicot�*s former husband dominique finally tookhe admits he spent drugging his wife, then filming strangers raping her. translation: i regret what i did, even if- it is unforgivable. i had nothing but love for my wife. we had a perfect family. it was me who was not good. pelicot told the court he was not born evil, that he was abused as a child. significantly, he was quick to condemn his co—accused. translation: i am a rapist, like the others in this room. | they knew everything. gisele then told the court it was hard to listen to a man she had trusted completely for half a century. news from the trial is creating new tensions here in mazan, the nearby village where the couple lived. the sense of shock in this small community is deepening by the day. the french police now say they have evidence that 80 local men took part in the rapes. 50 of them are now on trial, 30 more have yet to be tracked down. translation: we know 30 of them still haven't been caught. _ there are tensions here because we don't know if we can trust our neighb

no cameras are allowed inside the courtroom, but today pelicot�*s former husband dominique finally tookits he spent drugging his wife, then filming strangers raping her. translation: i regret what i did, even if it is unforgivable. - i had nothing but love for my wife. we had a perfect family. it was me who was not good. pelicot told the court he was not born evil, that he was abused as a child. significantly, he was quick to condemn his co—accused. translation: i am a rapist, like the others in this room. | they knew everything. gisele then told the court it was hard to listen to a man she had trusted completely for half a century. news from the trial is creating new tensions here in mazan, the nearby village where the couple lived. the sense of shock in this small community is deepening by the day. the french police now say they have evidence that 80 local men took part in the rapes. 50 of them are now on trial, 30 more have yet to be tracked down. translation: we know 30 of them still haven't been caught. _ there are tensions here because we don't know if we can trust our neighbours