arriving in court this morning, gisele pelicot sounded weary.ppling with the fear that their father may also have abused them and even his own grandchildren. masked as usual, the 50 men accused of raping gisele pelicot as she lay drugged by her husband have now finished giving evidence. almost all still deny rape, but explicit video footage of their actions has been shown in court. speaking at the trial for a final time today, gisele pelicot condemned "male cowardice." they all raped an unconscious woman who was unable to give her consent. not one of them reported it to the police. it's time for a change to our macho, patriarchal society, one that trivialises rape. inside the courtroom here, gisele pelicot has been speaking again of her refusal to feel shame as a victim. asked, for instance, about why she kept using the family name "pelicot", she said because she wanted it to be associated with her, not her husband, and that she wanted her grandchildren to feel proud of it. in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of maki

arriving in court this morning, gisele pelicot sounded weary.final stretch," she said. her children are here too, grappling with the fear that their father may also have abused them and even his own grandchildren. masked as usual, the 50 men accused of raping gisele pelicot as she lay drugged by her husband have now finished giving evidence. almost all still deny rape, but explicit video footage of their actions has been shown in court. speaking at the trial for a final time today, gisele pelicot condemned "male cowardice." they all raped an unconscious woman who was unable to give her consent. not one of them reported it to the police. it's time for a change to our macho, patriarchal society, one that trivialises rape. inside the courtroom here, gisele pelicot has been speaking again of her refusal to feel shame as a victim. asked, for instance, about why she kept using the family name "pelicot", she said because she wanted it to be associated with her, not her husband, and that she wanted her grandchildren to feel proud of it. in his own last

arriving in court this morning, gisele pelicot sounded weary.have abused them and even his own grandchildren. masked as usual, the 50 men accused of raping gisele pelicot as she lay drugged by her husband have now finished giving evidence. almost all still deny rape, but explicit video footage of their actions has been shown in court. speaking at the trial for a final time today, gisele pelicot condemned "male cowardice." translation: they all raped an unconscious i woman who was unable to give her consent. not one of them reported it to the police. it's time for a change to our macho, patriarchal society, one that trivialises rape. inside the courtroom here, gisele pelicot has been speaking again of her refusal to feel shame as a victim. asked, for instance, about why she kept using the family name "pelicot", she said because she wanted it to be associated with her, not her husband, and that she wanted her grandchildren to feel proud of it. in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of making a strong woman submit to him.

arriving in court this morning, gisele pelicot sounded weary.t their father may also have abused them and even his own grandchildren. masked as usual, the 50 men accused of raping gisele pelicot as she lay drugged by her husband have now finished giving evidence. almost all still deny rape, but explicit video footage of their actions has been shown in court. speaking at the trial for a final time today, gisele pelicot condemned "male cowardice." translation: they all raped an unconscious woman - who was unable to give her consent. not one of them reported it to the police. it's time for a change to our macho, patriarchal society, one that trivialises rape. inside the courtroom here, gisele pelicot has been speaking again of her refusal to feel shame as a victim. asked, for instance, about why she kept using the family name "pelicot", she said because she wanted it to be associated with her, not her husband, and that she wanted her grandchildren to feel proud of it. in his own last comments, dominique pelicot spoke of his fantasy of making a stro

over something like ten years, dominique pelicot allegedly drugged his wife, gisele, and invited more being prosecuted for taking part in this unspeakable business and have gone on trial in avignon. all the hearings are in public because, with remarkable courage, gisele pelicot was determined to bring everything she'd suffered out into the open. the case has had an extraordinary effect on france. the bbc has been making a documentary on it and the producer, marianne baisnee, talked to me about gisele pelicot and what they'd found. since the first day, she wanted this public, this trial to be public. she didn't want it to be behind closed doors. and so women, feminists, ngos are coming to support her because they understood that this is notjust her trial, but a trial for every rape victim in france, and it's a very political trial. what is also very striking is that, in general, for this kind — when you have a rape trial, you have maybe several victims and one defendant. but here, it's totally upside down because you have one victim, 51 men, all their lawyers. so, it's very impressive

most accused with aggravated rape against gisele pelicot, who's sitting just a few feet away from them with her head literally held high across the room from her sits the man accused of organizing these rapes her husband of 50 years, dominique pelicot. his eyes are often closed and his hands are resting on a cane. as for the men on trial, some seem to share friendly exchanges, while others just keep to themselves. many of the defendants could get a maximum of 20 years anchoring women's rights campaigners who have come here asking for heavier prison sentences after months of hearings, this case really has whipped up emotions not only here in france but around the world, with many calling for change. saskya vandoorne. cnn avignon gisele pelicot case is receiving international attention, with vogue germany featuring her on the digital cover of the magazine on monday, which was the international day for the elimination of violence against women. >> cases like hers are usually tried confidentially in france, but pellico chose to go public with it, saying quote, shame must change sides new d

al-awda briefing new >> gisele pelicot russian president vladimir putin's big reveal. >> he said thesile was a new hypersonic non-nuclear device called the hazelnut such weapons today, he said the missile strike targets at speeds of ten mach. that's 2.5 to 3km per second. the modern air defense system available worldwide and the u.s., developed missile defense systems in europe cannot intercept such missiles this is impossible. he framed the strike as a response to american and british supplied missiles. atacms and storm shadows slamming into russia proper over the last 72 hours. >> we should we consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military objects of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our objects, and in the event of an escalation of aggressive actions we will respond just as decisively and in kind yet kyiv was yet more on edge when the sirens sounded thursday afternoon a us official insisted russia had few of these new experimental missiles, and it had warned allies about the strike. >> it's unclear if that led to its embassy shutting