and coming up on newsnight, men, women, power and sex. the harvey weinstein affair has opened up conversations about how men behave, well beyond hollywood. is this a watershed moment? good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has outlined a new, tougher us stance towards iran, a country he says is under the control of a fanatical regime. he's accused tehran of violating the international nuclear deal signed two years ago, calling it one of the worst agreements in history. he said he would now decertify it. the uk, france and germany insist they'll stand by the deal. our north america editorjon sopel reports from washington. this is one of the worst deals ever made by any country in history. my number one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with iran. there should be no surprise the president is doing what he is doing. he made clear his distaste for the iran nuclear deal at every opportunity. but finding a simple remedy has proved difficult, so today he refused to recertify it. i am directing my administration to work

women power in berlin the ada lovelace conference office women in i.t. the opportunity to link up and manages founders and programmers are in attendance there aim to support each other and strengthen female networks the tech world is male dominated women have to be assertive they sometimes witness comments that a downright crass. isn't here and i don't believe that this is a business context and in such a context it's ok to make jokes but they shouldn't cross the line but we must keep fighting this and say that we don't want pub conversations in a business context one doesn't see one. but what happens if the fact she was comments give way to sexual harassment what can women do to fight something like that. discuss it with someone and and be confident that you will be heard there is a responsibility of us all to make sure that we take conversations like this very seriously we can all help we could all listen to someone who's going through it all been through it and we can all be a role model and a listening support machine coverages women not to be afraid

was power women had, private power, domestic power, and even some educational and religious power within their own homes and the homes of other women. they taught children how to read and understand the bible, the text of the world people lived in in boston. ,omen raised children and crops cared for land and gardens in complex households, they grew herbs used as medicines and healed the sick and cared for the wounded. women's greatest realm of power was in childbirth. midwifery was an exclusively female domain. birth is such a significant time, especially in an era where so many women or babies died at birth, but this was a crucial domain and life in the 17th century. women, although powerless in public, were charged with saving ,he lives of women and babies including those of new england's most powerful men. who winthrop, the governor led the move to banish anne hutchinson from massachusetts, had recently welcomed her into his home to deliver one of his children and tend to his wife. as a scholar has written, women provided a large part of the medical care in early colonial , a practice

during the egyptian revolution women also made their presence felt in cairo but in the demonstrations against the ruling power they became the target of systematic attacks and sexual assault. it's. as the people of the arab world rose up in the name of freedom the rights and status of women became more hotly contested than ever. and yet things for arab women were very different fifty years ago emancipation and equality seemed within reach as the countries gained independence women enjoyed considerable freedoms. and the political leaders of the time the liberators of the people declared that by people they also meant women. fifty years on women face increasing problems claiming or defending these hard won rights the situation of women has hardly improved or not at all what happened how can arab women shake up the society so blocked by sexist and patriarchal structures this film a constant struggle and chance to history. to see it is one of the countries where arab famine as i'm going back over a century is most deeply rooted sharif as we as a pioneer of june is in feminism at the two last cemetery in tunis she

and i think women are saying, forget influence, we want power. could one sexual predator in a bath gown prompt a social transformation on a massive scale? the scandal of harvey weinstein is having an effect well beyond hollywood as a spotlight is thrown on men, women, power and sex. we'll ask if the conversation that has opened up this week will have a permanent effect on outlawing unacceptable behaviour that has been silently tolerated. also tonight: what is the purpose of a deal which at best only delays iran's nuclear deal for a short time? we ask what trump's repudiation of the iran nuclear deal means for iran, the us and the world. also: vikings, the first heroes who slashed into their own bodies and drank their own blood. we look into the life of the punk poet kathy acker with her new biographer, chris kraus. i think happiness is greatly overrated. happiness has become the neoliberal aspiration. hello. the revelations from so many women about harvey weinstein have been a shock to the hollywood system. the police in london and new york are n

and coming up on newsnight, men, women, power and sex.has opened up conversations about how men behave, well beyond hollywood. is this a watershed moment?

a lot of the women that get power are conservatives they don't think they want to take away their privileges. do you think mickey haley would come in?. >> i thought about this a lot. this is a lot of fragmentary thought but it seems to me that we have a particular problem i think other countries are more comfortable with powerful women than we are there is a way in which to have this reverence that will not let go and one of the things that you learn from hillary there is a crazy tight rope walk that if you are too feminine bin it takes too long to rule but if you are seen as too powerful or assertive so of they can walk the tightrope is unusual you mention end elizabeth warren when she ran in massachusetts was accused of a lot of stuff that we no longer hear about her. >> i don't like her voice. >> exactly. >> pocahontas. >> president trump actually referred to her as pocahontas. >> so this is certainly the case then hillary's career when she was secretary of state and helping the survivors of 9/11 people loved her. she had 60 percent approval rating. but then the ambitious part just going

and you don't have the kinds of investigation and chain of command and changes in place that women even powerful women. or relatively powerful women are unlikely to come forward and i think that what you see and what's needed is both a kind of cultural change and then you need structural changes wow so in the united states of course many of our workplaces are at will employment. and when you have those kinds of workplace rules in place then it makes all workers very vulnerable but particularly women who are suffering sexual harassment so i think you have to see the both the cultural change in those structural changes working hand in hand a legal battle is underway in the u.k. as high as calls over northern ireland strict abortion laws campaign groups say the penalties for illegal abortions are too tough breech women's rights small from belfast. hard. so are you it's a mother of two during her first pregnancy doctors discovered that her child's skull had been filmed and there was no chance of survival outside the womb she asked for the medical term and nation but was given a blunt response for to

women were changing. but the conservatives are tane the powerful hold on the country using the and friends to limit the scope of certain reforms especially concerning marriage. one of the most outspoken critics of women's liberation was the muslim brotherhood a powerful islamist movement founded in egypt in one thousand nine hundred twenty eight. one of its representatives sayat hot tub called it is that a bit of historical amidst it so much it is government in most of us are with the family. the muslim brotherhood was the main opponent of nasa's brand of socialism in particular they disagreed over the status of women as the speech from one thousand nine hundred sixty six shows. what i believe in most of the land of the finalists i mean. why. well. i would. feel must. look. at the list of. it. that it was. not me. that it could have. been. yeah. but nasa faced constraints in a country which was mainly rural and conservative the reforms he introduced on behalf of the gyptian women paled in comparison with those adopted by. nasa for a tarion regime was devoted to a big dream of a different kind arab unificatio

work and you don't have the kinds of investigation and chain of command changes in place that women even powerful women. are relatively powerful women are unlikely to come forward and i think that what you see and what's needed is both a kind of cultural change and then you need structural changes wow so in the united states of course many of our workplaces are at will employment. and when you have those kinds of workplace rules in place then it makes all workers very vulnerable but particularly women who are suffering sexual harassment so i think you have to see the both the cultural change in those structural changes working hand in hand britain's first major exhibition looking at this response to war and cold flicks post nine eleven opens all those day in london just baldwin when you take a look at nine eleven a defining moment in the twenty first century with untold consequences consequences that continue to kill and devastate today artists like all of us have been affected by the events and they've used their skills to process and understand contemporary conflict justice artists from previou

that'll mean more women taking up powerful positions behind the scenes.casting couch culture will change. hollywood is being forced to look at itself from a new angle and it might not like what it sees. laura bicker, bbc news, los angeles. maria giesejoins me live from connecticut. she's a feature film director who has campaigned widely for gender parity in hollywood. maria, if it going to take more women taking a powerful positions behind the scenes to taint for change this? you know, i think the whole ethos, the whole way that hollywood functions, its business structure, actually, is what needs to be called into question. because its functions are based on reciprocity, i will give you this and you give me that. you know, and for most women, unless they are very powerful, what have they got to give? and then, if you want to speak out about sexual harassment or sexual discrimination, just as the woman before was saying, you get blacklisted. and you can't work in that industry anymore. so the problem is that it's an employment problem is that it's an emplo

happening today-- first daughter invanka trump will rub elbows with some of the most powerful women in the world. trump is set to attend the annual forbes most powerful women's summit, along with arianna huffington, former deputy attorney general sally yates, general motors ceo mary barra, and others. trump also already knows the keynote speaker. canadian prime minister justin trudeau will speak tonight about the importance of gender equality. tonight's gala will be held at the smithsonian american art museum. developing now-- we are entering the final stretch before virginians head to the polls to pick their next governor. the two men vying for the job faced off in a final debate last night. republican ed gillespie and democrat lieutenant governor ralph northam squared off at the university of virginia. here are a couple of the exchanges from the debate. northam leads by 7 points in a new poll northam leads by 7 points in a new poll from christopher newport university. today-- it's do or die for the washington nationals. facing elimination after dropping game 3 to the cubs. ace starte

power, over the women, it is all about power and rape and all sorts of sexual assaults are about dominatingl have the support of people, this campaign we have seen, #metoo, the fantastic things rose mcgowan has been saying, in order to say, if you have been abused in that way, you should say it, and consequences should be suffered. this affects the bbc, something similar, top bbc women expose sex pests, this says, the sunday times says a secret route of —— secret group of top presenters exposing cases of sexual harassment. this relates to the westminster discussion of their being whether it is whats app routes, ways of women communicating about people by whom they feel threatened, trying to spread information on each other, which is a really important thing to do. —— groups. and hopefully will lead to more information coming to light. women being empowered through new technology, social media... you mentioned the campaign, #metoo, we can hope these revelations will change behaviour but what is definitely clear is that social media, the attention is issue is getting, it is creating a sense i

women power in berlin the ada lovelace conference offers women in i.t. the opportunity to link up and manages founders and programmers are in attendance there aim to support each other and strengthen female networks the tech world is male dominated women have to be assertive they sometimes witness comments that a downright crass. isn't here and i don't want this is a business context and in such a context it's ok to make jokes but they shouldn't cross the line we must keep fighting this and say that we don't want pub conversations in a business context doesn't so on and. but what happens if the fact she was comments give way to sexual harassment what can women do to fight something like that. discuss it with someone and be confident that you will be heard there is a responsibility of us all to make sure that we take conversations like this very seriously we can all help we could all listen to someone who's going through it all been through it and we can all be a role model and a listening support machine courage as women not to be afraid to make it clear

that'll mean more women taking up powerful positions behind the scenes.culture will change. hollywood is being forced to look at itself from a new angle. and it might not like what it sees. laura bicker, bbc news, los angeles. earlier, i spoke to maria giese, a film writer and director who has campaigned for gender parity in hollywood, and here's what she had to say. i think the whole ethos, the way hollywood functions, its business structure actually is what needs to be called into question because it is based on reciprocity of. i will do this and you give me that. and for most women, unless they are very powerful, what have they got to give? and then you get blacklisted and you can't work in that industry any more. so the problem is that its unemployment problem and, yes, we need to get more women into that industry, i think, need to get more women into that industry, ithink, if need to get more women into that industry, i think, if we could figure out some way to generate gender parity with high on the scene than on the screen, these kinds of sexual ha

, women with power, with women with who don't have power. women who been marginalized and it can be very cruel the way women treat other women. you've experienced a little bit about yourself, obviously . >> i'm glad you asked about it because i write about this and i'll start with a conversation i had shortly before announcing that i was going to run. and it was with sheryl sandberg, somebody i've known for a long time and really appreciate the work that she's done with lean on, with the research, working with professors at stanford and the university of pennsylvania, marshaling back evidence about what actually happens in women's lives, how we are received, how we perceiveourselves . she said she wished that everyone who read lean on understood what she thought was one of the major takeaways from that book which was that the more professionally successful a man becomes, he becomes more likable. the more professionally successful a woman becomes, she seems less likable because our stereotypes, our presumptions about what's appropriate and not

as long as men hold the vast majority of the powerful jobs in this country, powerful roles, is anything going to change? women still speak up as a group but they still will be facing this, as i understand what you're saying. >saying. yeah, the power dynamics is what it is. some men have power addiction, masochism, an addiction to seduction where they're always crudely driven by this, so it's just woven into some people's distorted natures and i think they can stop getting away with it and it's becoming more likely that they will get caught. >> woodruff: we hope some things are changing for the better. david brooks, mark shields, thank you both. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: and now, a look at love, loss, class, race and the mystical-- all topics in jesmyn ward's latest novel, "sing unburied sing." recently named a macarthur genius fellow, the tulane university professor has been nominated for this year's national book award, an honor she previously won in 2011. jeffrey brown visited her in mississippi in the latest episode of our "race matters" series. >> brown: a late summer day in the small town of delis

behaviour that harvey weinstein is being accused of, that he was using his powerful position to bully, attack and harass womenfelt he had power over because they wanted to be in his movies. when you move that situation to the house of commons, of course there are situations like that. sometimes, they arejust there are situations like that. sometimes, they are just clumsy men who have had a drink too many and are making a pass to a woman. that is not the same thing. people are 110w is not the same thing. people are now saying it is a witchhunt. others say it is just a way of getting men off the hook. the truth is somewhere in the middle. it is this use of the word inappropriate. where does inappropriate" and begin? i don't think we have set those boundaries yet as a society —— where does inappropriate end and criminal begin's you and i have both worked in the house of commons, reeta.|j was lucky enough never to experience anything like that from an mp, but the power balance was not there. i was a journalist. i didn't want to bea was a journalist. i didn't want to be a politician, so they couldn't further my ca

howie: it's been hard for women with powerful boss or colleagues not to speak out.ere coming up through the tv ranges did you have uncomfortable experiences? trish: i think it's important for every woman to call it out when she experiences it. call it out when it happens. it takes a lot of courage. but i think women increasingly have that courage. i think that is a tremendous direction to go in. i think different industries have gone through this at different times. you think about the financials industry in the 80s and they went through a similar experience. you think about what media and hollywood is going through and what technology is going through. these are industries that didn't experience it later, but they are getting their acts cleaned up and they absolutely need to do that. howie: . the editorial that monsters are everywhere and it paints too dark a picture. trish: she is saying me too is doing that? me ties not exposing anyone. saying me too is -- harvey weinstein. what a creep. and it sounds like judging by these allegations he may find himself behind b

that'll mean more women taking up powerful positions behind the scenes.s casting couch culture will change. hollywood is being forced to look at itself from a new angle and it might not like what it sees. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the pentagon says a saudi man who is being held at guantanamo bay has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges. the sentencing of ahmed mohammed ahmed haza al—darbi comes after his guilty plea in february 2014 for his role in an attack on a french oil tanker off the coast of yemen. south africa's supreme court of appeal has upheld a high court decision to reinstate hundreds of corruption charges against the country's president, jacob zuma. the allegations relate to a government arms deal signed in 1999, when he was deputy president. mr zuma has repeatedly rejected the claims against him. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has insisted the uk must meet its financial commitments to the eu before brexit talks move on to future trade relations. mrjunc

if you really wanted to do something that would revolutionise the lives of women and stick the power structure. some invested carer, to invest in childcare, social carer. to invest in the work that women do unpaid, unseen and undervalued, and which consistently leave them in a position where voices had and heard. leave them in a position where voices had and heardlj leave them in a position where voices had and heard. ijust want to get your reaction to the comments of michael gove on the special edition of radio 4. he has apologise unreservedly. lord kinnock, who added to his comments but it goes way beyond groping, has yet to apologise. the audience laughed and the presenters as well. would you like to see an apology from everybody? particularly lord kinnock. i think we do need to see those men in power understanding that what they're saying is totally inappropriate. to say it is clumsy doesn't come close. what i would much rather see if those men in power taking specific, strategic actions tackle the structural inequalities that allow them to set up inequalities that allow them to s

the more women vote and go to the polls, the more power they have. he 1992 election, the year of the women, to medically increased the number of women in the house and senate. even fear of how women might vote gives them leverage. if enough women were to coalesce for the same candidate or cause, they would have more power. corollary to this is emily's list, women contributing money to candidates and two parties. change andso affect willpower. coalitions have been fragile and fraught. there have been few successful examples of coalition. after thege campaign picketers were released from jail, maybe 2.5 years of sticking to each other, during some periods of the civil rights , among mothers marching against the vietnam war, maybe mothers against drunk driving are an example of coalition, not the mothers of the movement. those mothers who children have been shot by the police. more often, partisan and racial schisms still erupt. they were risks among the white women. they can buy the attempts to support -- organize for the civil rights amendment. the mid

of course, in patriarchy, we have women finding their way around if they want to gain power. this case, we know, there is a recent study in germany that it is easier for women to become rich i marrying -- by marrying than working. birgit: is it then wrong that they do that? stefanie: no, the system is wrong. what we should talk about is how to change the patriarchal system, because nobody should have to marry or undress just to become -- two increase in society. excuse.t an we still need to talk about the violence of sexual harassment. we should not derail it by talking about other women. melinda: your opening statement talked about rape culture, and said that menus assault to keep women down -- that men use assault to keep women down. cases, we arese not talking about the exercise of physical power so much as economic power, aren't we? birgit: i think these kinds of discrimination, excesses of, sexism, racism, the power of distribution in society, the more money you have, the more power you have. the more powerful weinstein men were very powerful, he was able to keep up the

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it's not massive quite yet because as we've seen it does take these powerful women, these well-known people and a group of them to come forward, but there is a cultural shift where this is just not the way business is done in hollywood or the way business is done in the media. we are seeing a change across the board. just recently, amazon suspended an executive for making inappropriate comments to another producer, alleged inprim comments. and what we're seeing is some sort of change. it's not clear yet if an unknown woman would come forward with an allegation against another high-powered executive whether we would see the same sort of avalanche, but we're starting to see people are believing these women noer and more and not just accepting it as the status quo. >> yeah, it's really fascinating that maybe we are at this sea change on the issue or maybe an inflection point on the issue when it comes to sexual harassment and what behavior is unacceptable. thank you. really appreciate it. >>> still ahead, president trump is taking steps to dismantle two of president obama's signature ac

a growing chorus of women speaking out with harrowing allegations of sexual harassment. some even claiming rape. by one of the most powerful men in hollywood. harvey weinstein. these are just a few of the women who have come forward in recent days. among them, three oscar winning actresses. angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow and mirra sorvino. the story of one woman as they investigated her serious allegations of groping. >> if you want to leave -- >> why yesterday you touch my breast? >> oh, please. i'm sorry. just come in. i'm used to that. >> and you're about to hear from the report here obtained the secret audio. >> this was something that over and over again i was told was an open secret. >> as hollywood reacts to the latest bombshell allegations. was there a culture of complicity? why were charges never brought against weinstein? >> this special edition of "nightline," hollywood in scandal, the women speak. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ "nightline." hollywood in scandal. the women speak. >> then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> he just kept asking me to watch him masturbate. >>

women are on the pages of the new york times saying he had made unwanted to them. at the time they were not powerful women. they -- >> exactly. >> he was the power player. his wife overnight, someone who is known in her own right as a fashion designer, she told people magazine she's leaving him. >> that's right. they've been married for ten years, two kids together. they were together in los angeles huddled amid this worsening crisis for weinstein and his company. last night she's saying she's going to leave him. no further details about that. but that was not a surprise to weinstein and to his friends given the depths of this -- of this scandal. >> w he he's very happy with the potted plant, but the question might be how did this story not come out sooner because in the new yorker it says all 16 women who had accusations there said the behavior was widely known within the weinstein company. how was this story buried and hidden so long? >> it was his power to keep things buried meaning when reporters would sometimes try to pursue allegations about his misconduct he would find ways to make the storie

women who now could have stopped this. now paltrow is a powerful woman in hollywood. her silence has impacted the lives of younger women. >>> do you have to be famous to get believed? >> being famous helps a lot with this "the new york times" investigation last week. ashley judd's name in that story made a difference. i'm not going to sit here and pretend it didn't. having names of famous actresses saying they have been harassed by weinstein made the story land in a way that i don't know it would have otherwise. >> and jennifer, real quick, the whole situation regarding the president a year ago when he was can date and the access hollywood tape came out, has now been brought up again in light of the harvey weinstein scandal and it has the question, after that happened and he went on to become president of the united states, did that make people fear coming forward and saying something for fear of not being believed, or do these stories of weinstein, we saw bill o'reilly, roger ailes also get taken down by accusations of sexual misconduct prove the

but it's really old school patriarchy so of course in patriarchy we have women find their way around if they want to gain power and this means of course i mean we know for example they were a recent study in germany that it's easier for women to become rich by marrying them by working because it's still there for them to do that and this is part of it it is very wrong that they do it no i don't want to know but it's wrong that the system is like this and what feminism and what would we should talk a bit about is how to change this patriarchal system because nobody should have to marry or you know undress just to become who do get up in society i mean you know. so this is it's not it's not an excuse because it is like this i mean we still need to talk about the violence of the. sexual harassment and we shouldn't be raided me i'm talking about i ask you about that point about the violence because your opening statement talked about rape culture and said that men use assault to keep women down but in many many of these cases we're not really talking about the exercise of physical power so much as economic power a

to briefly introduce our moderator senior associate nina easton, who was chair fortunes most powerful women international summit and the culture of the fortune global forum. chair fortunes most powerful>> we're supposed to cau joni, thank you so much for being here. i've watched you from afar, it's really a treat to be here with you. es to the senator continu exercise the theme smart women smart power in her own family. your daughter -- >> my daughter is at the united states military academy. she wants to serve in the army. >> you must be so proud. >> i am very proud, she is a , sheg willed young woman believes in our country just as mom and dad do. she wants to serve, she really does believe that she can make a difference, i'm glad for that. is from a town called red oak in iowa. , you grew upt iowa on a farm, you went back to your own hometown, that's where you live now. she actually takes a flight into omaha and had to drive one hour to get back to her town every weekend. what kind of a culture clash is it when you arrive at dca from there? >> it's very different background. we were talk

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i think this is a powerful moment, women sharing their stories and speaking to each other. that makes a difference. you know, one of the reasons continue, isnt can because harassers make their victims feel isolated and vulnerable. willeel like, no one believe you because this happened without witnesses. you feel like there is really nothing you can do. that if you complain, it will only make things worse because the person harassing you is so powerful in the company. and people often feel like maybe, this was their fault, that they put themselves in this situation, and if only they had done something differently maybe they could have prevented this from happening or did and the power of women sharing stories, where you see the same sort of thing happening over and over, people'srts to shift perception. that wasn't my fault. this happens over and over and over again, it is not about us doing the wrong ink. it is the harasser doing the wrong thing, and i am not alone and vulnerable, here. rick on twitter says weinstein may have been packed, has beengun laws, it rewarding culp

back, the other big context of the handmaid's tale is how women treat other women especially women with powerh women who don't have power, who've been marginalized and it can be very cruel. i'm glad you asked about it. i will start with a conversation i had shortly before announcing that i was going to run. and it was with sheryl sandberg, someone i've known for a long time and appreciate the work that she's done and the research working with professors at stanford and university of pennsylvania marshaling again the facts and evidence about what actually happens in women's lives and how we perceive ourselves. she said he wished everybody understood what she thought was one of the major takeaways from this book which is the more professionally successful a man becomes, if you know what's coming to more successful she becomes less likable because our stereotypes come our presumptions about what's appropriate and not appropriate i get so powerful. they are rooted in our dna and millennia, so you say to yourself if that's the case what can we do about it? the second point she may become equally p

hopefully, it gives more women power to speak out, but i just want to reiterate and underscore that this is not, like you said, this is not just in hollywood. we have horror stories not too long ago about what goes on with wimt entrepreneurs when they go to pitch their ideas and their businesses to many that are venture capitalists. it's awful. it happens in every industry. we do need to find a solution here. we need to have more women in positions of leadership, more women ceos, women on board that should be 50/50, more women in executive leadership positions, and we need to stop electing presidents who are self-professed grabbers of women's genitals. >> i agree. build a time machine to go back to the '90s. >> you wrote about this piece. >> yes, i did. it talk about how i thought it was cheap for people and republican national committee to score political shots off this because in my mind, there is a form of political abuse. they are not standing up for women and trying to stop this, but scoring political points using the women like donald trump did before the st. louis debate by holdin