shiori ito, if filmmaker and activist seeking compensation.case and demand for damages. much more for you anytime on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello. well, wednesday morning is going to be quite foggy across some parts of england so the advice is to take it steady on the roads almost anywhere in england and the fog could linger right through the morning and possibly into the early afternoon, particularly across northern parts of england but as i say, but the south, the midlands, the north are at risk of getting the fog. at the moment, we are in between weather systems. there is a band of wind and rain heading our way but that's not going to reach our shores until a little bit later on wednesday so in the short—term, it's quiet out there, the winds are light, that fog is forming, you can see it here across the south, the midlands as well, patches in the north too and on top of that, the temperatures are around freezing or below, particularly across northern parts of the uk so the risk of some icy patches early on wednesday as wel

the film—maker shiori ito brought a civil case against noriyuki yamaguchi, saying he raped her afteriwan's foreign minister, joseph wu, has argued that the island requires additional support from democratic allies to stand up to increased diplomatic and economic pressure from communist china. in a bbc interview, mr wu said the world was waking up to a rising threat from beijing. you're up to date with the headlines. now on bbc news, it's panorama. tonight on panorama we investigate the church facing allegations of fraud. i feel like heartbroken, because i'm thinking this is supposed to be like a family. and like, most importantly, it's like god's people. and its leader, a charismatic pastor. god is going to help you. he's going to change your life forever. we reveal the church's appetite for cash. a basic person in a month should give a thousand. i think that is normal. i think it is no big deal. it's not even that deep. you walk into a room you see 111—15 people with bags of money.

the filmmaker and actress was seeking —— shiori ito, a film—maker and activist was seeking compensationgh profile civil case. she broke her silence about the case in 2017. he denies any wrongdoing. i got the details from mariko 0i a short time ago. mr yamaguchi has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and says the sex was consensual, that he had to take her back to his hotel room because she was too drunk. as you said, he has filed a counter case which the court has rejected. authorities estimate that only 4% came forward in 2017. ms ito face a lot of abuse, especially online. things that rape victims in other parts of the world phase as well but she went ahead of it. this is a civil case so it is not like he will be arrested or spend time injail but this is definitely a victory for her. so this could have real significance, this case? indeed, and it's also brought up a lot of other issues because ms ito has spoken publicly about how when she first went to the police station, she begged to speak to a female police officer but only 8% of police officers injapan are women she was advised not to b

shiori ito was seeking compensation from noriyuki yamaguchi in a civil case, alleging that he raped herer inviting her to dinner to discuss a job opportunity in 2015. now on bbc news it's 22 years since a british driver broke the sound barrier and the world land—speed record by driving a car across an american desert at 763mph. today, the same man is trying to smash his own record with a new car, the bloodhound — this time, in africa. andrew harding has been following his progress. well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. it is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. every day i go, why are we doing this? it may be the last land speed record as we know it. this is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. it is the story of a quest to design and build the world's fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. there are

the film—maker shiori ito brought a civil case against noriyuki yamaguchi, saying he raped her afteriting her to dinner to discuss a job opportunity. the court rejected his counter—claim for damages. taiwan's foreign minister, joseph wu, has argued that the island requires additional support from democratic allies to stand up to increased diplomatic and economic pressure from communist china. in a bbc interview — mr wu said the world was waking up to a rising threat from beijing. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to the former un envoy for syria staffan de mistura on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. at the end of the second decade of the 21st century, does anybody still believe in the ability of the so—called ‘international community‘ to stop wars, disarm dictators and protect civilians? look at the scale of suffering in syria, the renewed unrest across the middle east, the imminent american withdrawal from afghanistan. my my guest acro one has been a us envoy in all of those places over the past decade was up is it about time to acknowledge the irrelevance of

shiori ito, a film—maker and activist broke her silence in 2017 and was seeking compensation from noriyukieople injapan to speak up that they've been raped. in fact, the authorities estimate that only 4% of them came forward in 2017. and that's way shiori became the face ofjapan's media movement, especially because the man who she's accusing of rape is a very high profile journalist. he denies any wrongdoing, saying that the sex was consensual, that he had to take her back to his hotel room because she was too drunk. shiori also faced a lot of abuse online. remarks like, why did you go out for dinner with him, wasn't it what you were wearing? i guess things that rape victims in other parts of the world also face. but she went ahead with the civil case. it's not a criminal case, so it's not like mr yamaguchi will be arrested or go to jail. but nevertheless, it is a victory for her. let's return to that lovely story amongst our most watch —— watched today. learning to play a musical instrument is a great thing for a child to do growing up — especially if they are keen to learn. but it can be

journalists shiori it hasn't won a sexual assault case in japan and been awarded $30000.00 in damages ms ito accused a high profile t.v. reporter of rape and became a symbol of the miti movement in japan where sexual assault is rarely reported. well the german chancellor angela merkel she has entered the controversy over whether the chinese telecoms company who way should be allowed to participate in germany's 5 g. network role well china's ambassador has hinted that his government may retaliate if way is excluded here in germany but merkel says she has not been told any threats by chinese authorities she repeated that she is against any banning of any firm before the 5 g. l. w. has been to take a look inside who always extravagant offices and we have an interview with the chairman. it looks like a renaissance castle in the middle of europe but it is actually only a modern replica and part of the research and development operations at china's tech supreme oh huawei the campus outside of shenzhen was opened this spring from the outside it's nostalgia of britain large but inside it is futurism