because these allegations not only took place in london, but some of these allegations took place in st tropezen who came forward to personal assistance, interior designers, so they travelled with mohamed al fayed. gloria already has also given her expertise because apparently some of these women are also american women. take a listen to how gloria all right describe some of the abuse. l describe some of the abuse. i am very familiar with how powerful men use their wealth, positions of power and fame, to the subject women and girls to sexual abuse. the allegations against mohamed al fayed include serial rape, attempted rape, sexual battery and sexual abuse of minors. they involve doctors, administering invasive quy doctors, administering invasive guy near —— gynaecological exams as a condition of employment for some of the employees who were targeted by mohamed al fayed for sexual abuse by him. the allegations also include the unauthorised disclosure to mohamed al fayed of the examination results of employees he targeted for sexual abuse. the allegations involve cover—ups, threats, and a quart

some of the allegations against him are said to have happened in paris, st tropez, abu dhabi and thereforealso has to do with the fact that many of the women involved were personal assistants to mohamed al fayed so travelled with him around the world, and also stated some of his homes. this is notjust confined to london, this is a global story too. azadeh moshiri, thank you. 0utside harrods for us. we expect a press conference later, perhaps within the next hour or so and we will bring you that live when it happens. let's turn to the middle east now, where israel has launched fresh air strikes across southern lebanon in what security sources there say are some of the most intense bombings since the start of the gaza war in october. these are the latest pictures of israeli strikes on the southern lebanese border village of rihan. the israeli military says its warplanes struck hundreds of hezbollah sites, including a weapons storage facility. it all comes after the leader of hezbollah — proscribed as a terrorist organisation by some western governments — gave his first public reaction to the

st. tropez and abu dhabi, paris, but also the fact that some of the women coming forward with their storiesnvolved. take a listen to what she said. there are certain themes that emerge — there are certain themes that emerge from the bbc documentary. most of the victims _ documentary. most of the victims were terrified and felt that they had no place to turn. they— that they had no place to turn. they felt — that they had no place to turn. they felt powerless and they feared — they felt powerless and they feared retaliation. their terror— feared retaliation. their terror was reinforced by threats, _ terror was reinforced by threats, surveillance, and phone _ threats, surveillance, and phone tapping. it is also apparent from the documentary that many of the women were vulnerable, and that mohamed al fayed _ vulnerable, and that mohamed al fayed took advantage of their vulnerability. he used his wealth. _ vulnerability. he used his wealth, and his power, to manipulate and control female victims — manipulate and control female victims for his sexual pleasure. another common theme was that— plea