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rose mcgowan is the latest to say she was raped by the hollywood producer.th me and some of the team hi there. we're going to look at the satellite picture, first of all, because we have quite a typical autumnal set up, really. cool north—westerly winds across the atlantic meeting milder southerly winds, the a weather front in between. what of course is not normal is this. hurricane ophelia, a category two hurricane, near the azores, with winds gusting to 120 miles an hour. they will be affecting our weather early next week. for the time being, we have warm winds wafting their way across the british isles, dragging out that warm air for the time of your. so, over the next days we could see temperatures go as high as 2a degrees, if we get some sunny spells. the temperatures, by the way, are pretty good, actually, for late july. except it's not late july, it's october. and those temperatures are really quite incredible fought the time of year. now, it is a mild start to the day everywhere, with temperatures into double figures. we've got some rain around in no

the american actress rose mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape.ays she repeatedly told the boss of amazon studios, who worked with weinstein, what had happened but he'd done nothing about it. mr weinstein denies the allegations. on saturday, the organisers of the oscars will hold emergency talks amid speculation it could suspending talks amid speculation it could suspend harvey weinstein‘s membership. nick bryant reports. harvey weinstein‘s star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest female names in the movie industry who have accused him of harassment, and worse. actress rose mcgowan has said she was raped by the film producer in the growing scandal now affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets to the company's chief executive, mcgowan said: the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said: in new york today, one of america's big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering options

anne thompson has more. >> my name is rose mcgowan and i am brave and i am you. >> reporter: rose mcgowan giving voice to the fight she's waged on social media since the harvey weinstein scandal broke. the actress says she was raped. >> the triggering has been insane. the monster's face everywhere my nightmare. >> reporter: she never mentioned weinstein by name at the women's convention in detroit. mcgowan reached a $100,000 settlement with the once powerful movie producer according to "the new york times." weinstein denies any nonconsensual sex. >> the scarlet letter is theirs. it is not ours. we are pure. we are strong. we are brave. and we will fight! >> reporter: today, congresswoman jackie speier saying, me, too, when she was a capitol hill aide. >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: now, several powerful men across many industries have resigned, been fired or suspended following allegations of sexual harassment. celebrity chef john besh leaving his restaurant group. nbc news political analyst mark halprain, off the air accused o

in a series of tweets to the company's chief executive, mcgowan said: .n head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said: . in new york today, one of america's big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering options for its stake in the weinstein company, whose headquarters is not far from wall street. on sunday, the company sacked its co—founder. the weinstein name has long been a hallmark of quality in the entertainment industry but in the past week, it has been trashed. creative partners are trying to pull out of projects with what is left of the weinstein company. it has been likened to a run on a bank. the oscar—winning director oliver stone initially said that weinstein should not be judged prematurely. if he broke the law, it will come out, there will be a trial, and i believe a man should not be condemned by a vigilante system. but later in a post on facebook, he said, "after looking at what has been reported in many publications over the

in a tweet to amazon's chief, mcgowan said i told the head of your pseudo that hw r a aped me.adn't been proven. i was the proven. amazon released a statement saying price is on leave of absence effective immediately. the move comes after a female producer lodged a complaint against price. mcgowan's followers credit her for speaking out, but the actress's prolific tweeting took a hit after twitter temporarily suspended her account on wednesday. it outraged her followers, the hashtag women boycott twitter started trending and calls for no tweeting friday to support mcgowan. a twit wither spokesperson says her page was not suspended because of her weinstein rant, but because she had violated their policy by posting a private phone number. whatever the case, her account was restored the next day. >> now, we have the power of social. we can rally communities around these issues very, very quickly. so that's really what rose is doing. >> dee poku spalding is a former hollywood agent. she like so many others in hollywood knew of wine sateen's behavior. >> it was sort of an accepted e

mcgowan reached a $100,000 settlement with the once powerful movie producer according to "the new york times." weinstein denies any nonconsensual sex. >> a scarlet letter is theirs. it is not ours. we are pure. we are strong. we are brave. and we will fight! >> reporter: today, congresswoman jackie spier saying hee too when she was a capitol hill aide. >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: now, several powerful men across many industries have resigned, been fired or suspended following allegations of sexual harassment. celebrity chef leaving his restaurant group. political analyst mark halperin off the air accused of lewd conduct while at abc news. wib steen's accusers top 65 and more than 300 women accuse james toback of harassment, which he denies. tonight more questions about the public behavior of former president george h.w. bush. a fourth woman says he grabbed her behind during a 2006 photo shoot. as more women tell their stories, advocates in detroit hope for real change. >> i'm thinking that finally that women will not be a

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mcgowan says, quote, i was like e wwe gross, that would make me feel disgusting. according to the times mcgowan reached a $100,000 settlement with weinstein back in 1997. however, that agreement never included a confidentiality clause. a spokesman for weinstein has repeatedly said he unequivocally denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex. >> in the wake of hollywood skapd lz, real people are speaking out against sexual harassment and you'll meet some of them next. i beat it. i did. not alone. i used to have no idea what the american cancer society did. research? yeah. but also free rides to chemo and free lodging near hospitals. i used to maybe give a little. then i got so much back. ... i used to have cancer. please give at cancer.org. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. ♪ if you're looking to save money on your medicare part d prescriptions, switch to walgreens.

the american actress rose mcgowan became the latest woman to make accusations of rape.she repeatedly told the boss of amazon studios who worked with weinstein that she'd been raped. but he'd done nothing about it. meanwhile former us presidential candidate hillary clinton told the bbc that the allegations are appalling and such behaviour shouldn't be tolerated in any walk of life. mr weinstein denies the allegations as our correspondent, nick bryant, reports. harvey weinstein‘s star has plummeted, brought down by some of the biggest names in the movie industry. actress rose mcgowan has shed she was raped by the film producer in the scandal affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets to the company's chief executive, she said: the amazon had a studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said: in new york today, one of america's big banks, goldman sacks, said it was considering options for its sta ke was considering options for its stake in the wei

then the woman who made these allegations went much more public with the specifics of it and rose mcgowaneted about telling this executive roy price about what happened to her, and, of course, amazon struck a deal with the weinstein ompanies, s it just isn't, you know, i'm not saying it's not a good look, but all coalesced around one place, so the pressure was on on amazon to act and suspend and remove him. >> impact on the product offering amazon is trying to put together >> i think part of it has to do with that. there was quite a good "wall street journal" story about how it wasn't getting traction, so part of it is performance, part is attention this is getting, so i think it all coalesced around what happened yesterday, especially after rose mcgowan made those tweets and the person bothered by roy price spoke up very forcefully and in great detail about what happened to her, which was appalling, of course >> and, kara, people, obviously, women speaking up in many industries, right, so sort it out maybe as a hollywood story and then it's the parts of amazon that touch hollywood, but i

rose mcgowan has been one of weinstein's that most vocal accusers and should be using twitter to speak out but women around the world are avoiding the social media platform today in solidarity with the one day boycott it was called after mcgowan's twitter account was temporarily suspended on wednesday there's a big show from social media to ask us the full story. so what led up to this boycott less. well phil actress mcgowan had been very outspoken on twitter over the last number of days really harshly criticizing hollywood for its culture of silence around sexual abuse also speaking out against the people who knew about harvey weinstein's practice of sexual harassment and the people who didn't do anything about it or who didn't speak about it now in the course of doing so she had also published somebody is private phone number on twitter a number that is believed to be associated with the weinstein company so twitter suspended her account temporary least saying that rose mcgowan had violated twitter's terms of service people right now online a saying ok twitter is being hypocritical w

mcgowan was 23 and had just appeared in the movie "scream."e times" reports that mcgowan's agreement is just 1 of 8 previously undisclosed settlements weinstein made with women over the past the so, was weinstein's behavior an open secret in hollywood? well, "30 rock" had this joke back in 2012. >> oh, please. i'm not afraid of anyone in show business. i turned down intercourse are harvey weinstein on no less than three occasions. out of five. >> hi, i know you have a job to do, guys. >> reporter: before he was fired from his company on sunday, weinstein's attorney said the "times" story was saturated with false and defamatory statements. the man has denied any inappropriate behavior with judd. actress rashida jones told "e.t." it's great that women are speaking out. >> i hope it gives women the support they need. >> reporter: today, dame ewedy dench said she was unaware of any wrong doing and offered whole hearted support to those who have spoken >>> "saturday night live" is taking heat for not comment tong scandal. they had jokes ready but s

rose mcgowan is the fourth woman to make similar accusations against him. the boss of amazon studios, roy price, but was ignored. mr price has since been suspended by amazon. it comes as police in new york and london have launched their own investigations. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. harvey weinstein‘s star has plummeted. actress rose mcgowan has now said that she too was raped by the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein in a scandal that is now affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets, mcgowan has said publicly to the company's chief executive, she said: the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said: in new york today, one of america's big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering its options for its sta ke was considering its options for its stake in the wine stain company whose headquarters are not far from wall street —— the weinstein company. it has been likened to

in a series, tweets, rose mcgowan said publicly...ad of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer, helewdly propositions her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said... weinstein's spokesperson says he denies al—gatwick expresses of non—son sensual contact. 0ver denies al—gatwick expresses of non—son sensual contact. over 20 women have spoken out about harvey weinstien including angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow, carla tell vin, and heather graham. along with kate beckinsale. harvey weinstien has not been seen since abrief appearance earlier in the week. the only time he addressed the week. the only time he addressed the press over the situation. i'm not doing 0k. the press over the situation. i'm not doing ok. i got to get help, guys. you know what, we all make mistakes, a second chance, i hope. 0ilster stone says he will pull out ofa 0ilster stone says he will pull out of a project, if the harvey weinstien company is involved but emphasised that he believes it is important that everyone involved in the

rose mcgowan claims she was ignored despite repeatedly telling a studio boss she'd been raped.illary clinton says the allegations against harvey weinstein — a prominent supporter of the democratic party — are heartbreaking. i was shocked and appalled because i've known him through politics, as many democrats have. there's still nervousness on the red carpet — but hollywood's young actors say such behaviour is part of the culture ami am i the right look? are they going to like me because of this? i don't have that. but what if they ask me to do that...? i can't do that! also on the programme tonight: president trump says he can't continue to support the iran nuclear deal — saying it's under the control of a fanatical regime. voting on an empty stomach — the food shortages in venezuela ahead of this weekend's elections. food has become more and more complicated to buy. the shopkeeper has boxed up coffee, oil and butter in more manageable sizes, but even then many people can't afford that because prices keep going up and up. the islamic faith school in birmingham guilty of sex dis

one of those women is reportedly actress rose mcgowan. >> rose mcgowan has gone around for many years kind of just dancing around the that she's had some horrible experience with harvey weinstein. >> taking to twitter after the "times" article mcgowan posting this photo of herself from years ago with the message, this is the girl that was hurt by a monster. this is who you are shaming with your silence. weinstein responded to the article saying he planned to take a leave of absence and, quote, i appreciate the way i've behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and i sincerely apologize for it. weinstein had already hired lawyer lisa bloom as an adviser. she talked to good morning america friday. >> i've worked with harvey for a year and these rumors have swirled around him for a long time. i said to him, what's going on? this is not okay. >> a day after this interview, bloom quit. at the same time weinstein's personal lawyer said the article was saturated with false and defamatory statements and that weinstein was going to sue the newspaper. weinstein, a tempered ex

mcgowan firing back that affleck was absolutely aware of weinstein's transgressions. affleck blasted on twitter, from those who recall an incident where he wrote a trl host, hilarie burton, captured on camera. affleck apologized on twitter. meanwhile comedian seth mcfarlane tweeting this blistering joke at the oscars -- >> congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. >> reporter: it came from a place of loathing and anger and was in support of his friend jessica barth, who shared her allegations with "the new yorker." weinstein's spokesperson responded to "the new yorker" saying, any allegations of nonconsens unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. these abuses aren't just a hollywood problem. >> this kind of leverage exists anywhere where you see a disproportionate amount of power in the hands of men who decide that that makes them entitled to women's bodies. >> reporter: last summer before his death, the powerful ceo of fox news, roger ailes, was forced to resign in the fallout after former anchor gretchen carlson fi

actress rose mcgowan has said that she was raped by the producer.a growing scandal that is now affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets she said i told the head of your studio that he raped me. over and over i said it. it had not been proven, i said i was the proof. the amazon head of this studio is facing a accusation from a female producer that he propositioned her in 2015. in a statement amazon said he is on a leave of absence of effective immediately. we are reviewing our options for the projects we have. in new york today one of the big banks said they are considering options for their stake in the weinstein company. on sunday the company sacked their co-founder. the weinstein name has been a hallmark of quality in the entertainment industry. in the past week it has been trashed. many are trying to pull out of projects with what is left of the weinstein company. it has been likened to a run on a bank. >> the oscar-winning director oliver stone said he should not be judged prematurely. >> if you broke the law

actress rose mcgowan certainly isn't laughing. "the new york times" reports that in 1997, when mcgowan was just 23, weinstein paid her a $100,000 settlement, after a, quote, episode he had with her in a hotel room during the sundance film festival. in a new twist, mcgowan is now attacking actor ben affleck in response to his statement about weinstein on tuesday. in it, affleck said, quote, i find myself asking what i can do to make sure this doesn't happen to others. an enraged mcgowan took to twitter, implying affleck knew of weinstein's behavior and told her about it years before. quoting affleck in her tweet, she posted this. god damit, i told him to stop doing that, you said that to my face. the press conf i was made to go to after assault. you lie! mcgowan later confirmed to "the new york times" she was indeed accusing affleck of lying by not acknowledging that he was aware of weinstein's alleged behavior, telling the paper, i am saying exactly that. our attempts to reach both mcgowan and affleck were unsuccessful. randi kaye

i feel things are different. >> my name is rose mcgowan, and i am brave. and i am you!she is so brave. she must feel a sense of relief. she says she has been silenced for 20 years. >> good for her. i'm so glad so many people are stepping forward. >>> moving on to a pair of stars who had a couple of health scares. selena gomez opened up for the first time since she underwent a life-saving kidney transplant. meanwhile, simon cowell was rushed to the e.r. after an accident in his home. >> how are you doing, simon? >> reporter: that's simon back at his london home this afternoon, giving a thumbs up. just hours earlier, a scary scene. we're told the 58-year-old was carried out on a stretcher in a neck brace after falling down a flight of stairs. a source close to cowell tells "e.t." simon had not been feeling well. he was dizzy when he went downstairs to get some hot milk. as he went upstairs, he fainted and fell backwards. >> it's nice to have you here. >> reporter: "e.t." has been inside cowell's three-story london home. we're told his girlfriend, lauren silverman was in n

rose mcgowan is on a mission.y twitter locked her account because of all the activity. her name is trending this morning. she has been relentless encouraging women to come forward and calling out people she says knew and did nothing. she beat up bad guys in "scream". >> you want 20 play psycho killer. >> reporter: bewitched us in "charmed" but now rose mcgowan is center stage being one of the first women to dom forward accusing harvey weinstein of sexual harassment and now not holding back her criticism of hollywood insiders who may have protected him. >> she has been really, really active in signal boosting other people's stories in calling out a potential hypocrisy. >> reporter: as the list comes forward against weinstein continues to grow, so do the questions. a new report overnight in "the new york times" saying the weinstein board likely knew of harvey weinstein's behavior. mcgowan tweeting this impact two days ago. they knew. they funded. they advised. they covered up. they must be exposed. they must resign.

i want to start with the actress, rose mcgowan.e out with the clarion call saying pay attention to what happened. she now says, via twitter, that harvey weinstein raped her in 1997 at the sundance film festival, and he's calling out and naming names of people who knew. i will read you one of her tweets. she says jeff bezos from amazon, i said it over and over. she is the person leading the charge of just grabbing people by the shoulders and saying we need to talk about this. >> you feel for somebody going through, especially in such a public way. with all of the reporting she seems to have been the only woman that had a settlement that has been reported. >> $100,000 in 1997 for whatever happened at the sundance film festival. >> which really begs -- it gives -- to anybody that would doubt the credibility of this woman who clearly is going through a horrible thing also in public, it is calling, and she is having an affect in the sense there are petitions online to take weinstein off the academy award circuit, and the real question n

. >>> there's an arrest warrant out for rose mcgowan over drug charges. >> mcgowan left a bag behindited airlines flight that landed at dulles. it tested positive for narcotics. >> they have tried to contact mcgowan to appear in a virginia court but they have not heard back. the actress tweeted last night saying, quote, are they trying to silence me? that's a quick look at what is going on this morning. there's actually a lot going on. >> it's a busy tuesday. >>> the news at 4:30 starts right now. >> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >> ♪ [ music ] ♪ >>> happy halloween, everybody. bust >> yeah. >> once a year you have to do something like that. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm larry miller. we are get ing ting your tuesday started off right. a little less spooky this morning. >>> let's check in with mary to see how things will shape up in morning. mary, you're going to take your little boy trick or treating today. >> i am. he will be cookie monster, that's why i have my cookie monster blue on this morning. we have to get through today first. starting off cool. 38 degrees in gaithersburg

and so is actress rose mcgowan, who previously starred in weinstein's blockbuster "scream." >> i wanto go to bed with you. >> all right. >> reporter: she's promoting her new movie "going all the way" with her co- star ben affleck whose career was launched by weinstein films. >> i found the class. elementary. >> elementary. >> "harvey weinstein, who believed in us, and made this movie." >> reporter: mcgowan claims she found herself alone with weinstein in a hotel room where something awful happened. >> according to the new york times -- harvey weinstein paid rose mcgowan $100,000 settlement because of something that happened in harvey weinstein's hotel room. the settlement says that it is not to be construed as an admission that something untoward >> reporter: that would be one of eight reported settlements weinstein would pay out over the years. but there's money to burn in the late 90s miramax is cranking out hits. >> it's tom ripley. >> tom ripley? >> we were at princeton together. >> reporter: and harvey weinstein bestrides the earth like a collossus. his ambitions and appetites se

>> reporter: mcgowan claims she found herself alone with weinstein in a hotel room. >> according to "w york times," harvey weinstein paid rose mcgowan $100,000 settlement because of something that happened in harvey weinstein's hotel room. the settlement says that it is not to be construed as an admission that something untoward happened. >> reporter: that would be one of eight reported settlements weinstein would pay out over the years. but harvey weinstein's ambitions and appetite seem limitless. as his power grows, so too do his alleged aggressions. to include, according to "the new yorker," allegations of rape. >> there are assaults in there. and over and over again there's activity that is highly criminal. >> reporter: by 2005, harvey weinstein had left miramax and launched the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of films it seems no one wants to see. >> i left the coffee pot on again, didn't i. >> reporter: it's not all bad. in 2007 weinstein marries georgine that chapman, a former model and actress who was launching a new fashion wine. and

the american actress rose mcgowan is the latest star to publicly accuse him of rape.he claims against weinstein have led the former us presidential candidate hillary clinton to say she is shocked and appalled. it was just disgusting and the stories that have come out are heartbreaking and i really commend the women who have been willing to step forward now and tell their stories. we'll have the full details in a moment and i'll be talking about dexual harassment in the workplace with laura bates of everyday sexism. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: president trump is to announce a tougher stance on iran which he says is aimed at ending its "pursuit of death and destruction". the chancellor has described eu negotiators as "the enemy" as he calls on them to engage with the government in brexit talks. come on kick the tyres, challenge us. come on kick the tyres, challenge us. we're ready to have this discussion with you, but let's behave like grown—ups. now for a fishy tale — the one that didn't get away; we hear from the angler who nearly choked on a dover sole

some people are calling for a boycott of twitter after actress rose mcgowan was partially sus extended for violating its terms. she posted a screen shot she said twitter has suspended me there are powerful forces at work be my voice. twitter telling us, quote, we've been in touch with her team and her account was temporarily locked because one of her tweets included a private phone number which violates our terms of service. the tweet was removed and her account was unlocked we will be clearer about these policies and decisions in the future mcgowan who settled a lawsuit against harvey weinstein has been tweeting in support of women against abuse and calling out men who allegedly abused women or knew about weinstein. twitter shares are actually now up today about 4% on a pivotal research report maintaining the stock as a hold, setting long-term top line growth for it as well. but rose mcgowan is trending on twitter across the united states it will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. guys, back over to you. >> there's a bunch of cross currents here. there's the pivotal research

judd, gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie and rose mcgowan. many are asking why maattan district attorney cyrus vance refused to prosecute weinstein after he confessed to groping filipina-italian model ambra battilana gutierrez in a audio recording captured in a 2015 new york police sting operation. one of weinstein's lawyers at the time donated $10,000 to vance's election campaign only days after vance decided not to prosecute the case. we will have more on highbury -- harvey weinstein after headlines. in syria, the u.s.-led coalition fighting isis in raqqa say wednesday it will not accept a negotiated withdrawal to end the fighting in the northeastern syrian city that was once isis's de facto capital. thousands of civilians remain trapped in the 2.5 square miles still controlled by isis. activists say more than 1000 civilians have already been killed since the u.s.-led offensive to seize control of the city began in june. the journalistic monitoring group airwars says dozens of civilians have reportedly been killed in the last week, includin

rose mcgowan says she was raped by the film producer in a growing scandal that is now affecting one ofhe world's biggest companies, amazon. she said, i told the head of your studio that hw raped me. he said, it had been proven. i said hw raped me. he said, it had been proven. isaid i hw raped me. he said, it had been proven. i said i was the proof. the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said... roy price is on leave of absence effective immediately. we are reviewing our options for the project we have with the weinstein company. in new york today one of america's big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering options for its stake in the weinstein company, whose headquarters is not far from wall street. on sunday, the company sacked its co—founder. the weinstein name has long been a hallmark of quality in the entertainment industry, but in the past week it has been trashed. creative partners are trying to pull out projects with what is left of the weinstein comp

rose mcgowan is the latest actor to claim she was raped by the hollywood producer. he denies the allegations. meanwhile harvey weinstein‘s brother has denied reports that the film production company they co—founded could be closed or sold. president trump has set out a new, more confrontational approach to iran, condemning tehran as a "fanatical regime." he said he wouldn't cancel the agreement immediately, but instead was decertifying it. the move has prompted condemnation from the other international powers that signed it. the worst wildfires in california's history have left at least 36 people dead and hundreds missing. firefighters are facing dry and windy conditions for yet another day as they try to contain more than 17 blazes ripping through the region. now on bbc news, our world. more thani more than 1 million more thani million refugees more than 1 million refugees are more thani million refugees are now in germany. having escaped the brutality of the world's war zones. for two years, for two yea rs, we for two years, we have followed a syrian family in the

the us actress rose mcgowan is the latest star to publicly accuse him of rape.ngland's top doctor calls for an international to put more effort into stopping the over—use of antibiotics. and in the next hour — fanning the flames in california. fears that high winds this weekend could whip up the wildfires that have killed 30 and left hundreds missing. and a fishy tale — the one that didn't get away. we hear from the angler who nearly choked on a dover sole that jumped down his throat. good evening and welcome to bbc news. us president donald trump in the last hour has said he wants to "adjust the flaws" in the iran deal that's supposed to stop the country developing nuclear weapons. and, in a statement at the white house, he said that if he can't get congress to agree, he's ready to terminate the deal completely. providing relief from the intense pressure, the sanctions had created. it also gave the regime an immediate financial boost. and over $100 billion its government could use to fund terrorism. the regime also received a massive cash settlement of $1.7 bil