welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines.. a new york court overturns harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape, ordering a new trial in the landmark "metoo" case. the actress ashleyjudd speaks of her fury at the ruling. there is no doubt that harvey weinstein is a sero— sexual predator. there it doesn't change that he committed these crimes. the us supreme court hears arguments on whether donald trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. and top us diplomat antony blinken is in beijing — as the two superpowers attempt to repair their relationship and besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day—trippers to visit. is this the way forward

for overwhelmed cities? the former hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned. new york's highest court has ruled he didn't get a fair trial. the case in 2020, was a landmark in the �*me too�* movement, which exposed sexual misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. our correspondent emma vardy has the latest from los angeles. when harvey weinstein, one of the most powerful men in hollywood, was accused of rape, it led to an outpouring about a culture of sexual assault and misogyny experienced by women around the world.

what became known as the metoo movement. many women came forward accusing harvey weinstein of forcing them into sex. for years, there was a fear of speaking out, they said, because of his ability to make or break careers. but now, the rape conviction against harvey weinstein that came out of the metoo movement has been overturned in new york. the court of appeals said prosecutors had called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. that meant, it said, he was unfairly tried for past behaviour. harvey weinstein was also convicted of rape in a separate case here in la. last year, he was sentenced to 16 years for raping a woman in a beverly hills hotel. he will remain in prison while a decision is made in new york over whether to retry him. harvey weinstein�*s lawyer has commended the appeals court, he said, for upholding the principles that should govern a criminal trial. in this courthouse behind us, at that trial, the law was not

applied fairly to harvey weinstein. you can't throw out 100 years of legal precedent because someone is unpopular. harvey weinstein�*s conviction in california is also being appealed. his legal team are looking into what implications the new york ruling could have here. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. the first woman to go public with allegations against harvey weinstein was actress ashleyjudd. she says a top court overturning his 2020 conviction is "an act of institutional betrayal." in the last hour, she spoke to my colleague caitriona perry — who asked whether she would like to see weinstein retried. what's like to see weinstein retried. important to know is a what's important to know is not a safe place for survivors of

sexual violence. they can be traumatizing places. the most dangerous place for a woman is in her home. we know the man who assault and rape and murder us emma lots ofjudges are still catching up to that reality, and juries don't necessarily know that information either. we still think of rape as a stranger rape, someone whojumps think of rape as a stranger rape, someone who jumps us think of rape as a stranger rape, someone whojumps us in an alley, so is in a nest —— not necessarily even if harvey were retried and convicted in the state of new york, a place where survivors get healing. that is what we need. it may be a fair outcome if you were convicted in new york, and that would be a magic wand, but survivors need trauma informed help, and for men to stop raping women. his help, and for men to stop raping women. his lawyer said that everyone _ raping women. his lawyer said that everyone has _ raping women. his lawyer said that everyone has a _ raping women. his lawyer said that everyone has a right - raping women. his lawyer said that everyone has a right to i that everyone has a right to justice _ that everyone has a right to justice. he said even people who— justice. he said even people who are _ justice. he said even people who are very unpopular in society, _

who are very unpopular in society, no one is above the law — society, no one is above the law or— society, no one is above the law or below it either, he said _ law or below it either, he said. �* . ., said. and i agree with that. yes, of course _ said. and i agree with that. yes, of course i _ said. and i agree with that. yes, of course i do - said. and i agree with that. yes, of course i do some i yes, of course i do some everyone deserves justice, and i support due process. i had the opportunity to meet the great supreme courtjustice great supreme court justice ruth great supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, and we talked about new process, even for people accuse of the most egregious sexual crimes, and right now at the university of kentucky where i did my undergraduate degree, a former student athletes experience terrible institute —— institutional betrayal and accuse my institution of which i'm proud and love of other betrayals, and we will go through due process there. i love my university and have to hold it accountable. so i definitely support due process, and there is no doubt that harvey weinstein is a serial sexual predator. it does not change the fact he committed these crimes. over 100 women

these crimes. 0ver100 women came forward after i was a named source in the investigation.- named source in the investigation. named source in the investiuation. , , investigation. he will be still investigation. he will be still in prison. — investigation. he will be still in prison, the _ investigation. he will be still in prison, the sentence - investigation. he will be still i in prison, the sentence brought down _ in prison, the sentence brought down in — in prison, the sentence brought down in california has not changed, does that bring any sense — changed, does that bring any sense of— changed, does that bring any sense ofjustice or comfort to you or— sense ofjustice or comfort to you or other survivors? it�*s you or other survivors? it's more complex _ you or other survivors? it's more complex than - you or other survivors? it�*s more complex than that, i don't think the courtroom and united states does perpetrators of male sexual violence any favors. i would love to have a conversation with harvey weinstein i think it's stories and never —— narratives that help changes hearts and minds. i'm not about punitive measures. i am about community and safety and belonging and forgiveness. iforgive harvey weinstein a long time ago but some it was no favor to him, i did it for myself. that's a whole other competition in terms of the american

incarceration system, but harvey has not had a change of heart. he does not necessarily, his last words when convicted was how does this happen in the united states? what would be a more so —— satisfying outcome is if man looked at their entitlement to female bodies and thought that is a person of dignity. she's a person of worth, and i do not have the right to encroach on her bodily autonomy. that would be satisfying. i spoke to nicole deborde hochglaube, a criminal defence attorney and trial lawyer. she gave us her assessment on why harvey weinstein�*s 2020 rape conviction was overturned by new york appeals court. it really did not. in watching the trial, there were so many bits of information and pieces of evidence that came into that trial that were really unrelated to the actual accusation for which he was on trial that many lawyers

watching the case wondered if this would ultimately be a problem, and the court of appeals decided that it was. there could be a retrial. so, now the prosecution has to re—examine their position and separate the usable evidence, which is procedurally and constitutionally allowed to come in to trial in the courtroom, and separate that from evidence which is not legally allowed to come into the trial and determine whether or not they wish to persist. i'm understanding that they have indicated publicly that they do intend to retry this case, but they will have to try a much different case than the one we saw before. and a reminder. we played a short clip a moment ago — but in the coming hours you'll be able to watch the full interview with the actor ashleyjudd, one of the most high—profile women to come forward with accusations

against harvey weinstein. it's been a big day for donald trump in not one, but two courts in the united states. in a case of historic importance, the supreme court has heard arguments on whether the former president is immune from prosecution for actions he took while in office. the outcome will determine whether he should face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. but it's taken place as his criminal trial continues in new york — where he denies covering up a hush money payment to pawn star stormy daniels. we'll have more on that shortly, but first, here's gary 0'donoghue on proceedings in the supreme court. around three hours or so of arguments before thejustices — quite a quite a long session. and the question, the essential question, does a president, does donald trump have immunity from criminal prosecution for acts he committed while he was in the white house? now, the previous courts have said no to that question.

donald trump's lawyers say yes, and there's constitutional basis. but jack smith, the special counsel who is, of course, prosecuting donald trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the events around january the sixth and the attack on the capitol. he says no one is above the law, and that's what the justices have been wrestling with. they, i think, were pretty sceptical of the idea of total immunity from prosecution. now, that may be bad news for donald trump, but they also may want to make a kind of distinction between acts done as a private citizen or for private reasons, and acts done as official as part of the officialjob. and that may mean they push this back down to the lower courts, which could delay the case even further. and we're already looking at a very tight timetable forjack smith, the special counsel, to bring this case before the election. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik has been covering trump's hush—money trial.

we are still on the first witness in this case, the publisher of the national enquirer, and he gave more details into these payments that he said he made on behalf of donald trump through his lawyer, michael cohen. the first to a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, who said she had an affair with donald trump, which donald trump denies. he said he paid $150,000 to her because michael cohen said "the boss will take care of it". but he said when he went to get reimbursement, his legal adviser really urged him against it. and then parts, as prosecutors allege, of this cover up, saying that donald trump spoke to him many times afterward, asking about why the women, for example, had given interviews when there was an agreement with them not to. and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating

procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. us secretary of state, antony blinken, has called on washington and beijing to manage their differences "responsibly", on day two of his visit to china. this was the moment mr blinken arrived in beijing from shanghai. a full day of talks with china's political leadership is planned for friday, including a possible meeting with president xijinping. mr blinken�*s trip is aimed at resolving a series of contentious issues, from taiwan to tiktok, as the two superpowers attempt to repair their relationship. 0ur china correspondent laura bicker previews the visit from beijing: in this suburb of beijing, two worlds collide. a sport seen as an expression of america's national identity has made it to china's capital.

there are only a few thousand players in this country, but potentially millions of fans. it is very interesting to culture communicate through this game. you know, chinese people play american sports and american people come to china. they are very welcome. see each other, to know each other, to make friends with each other. yeah, peace not war. this is also the hope of the us secretary of state as he's made welcome in shanghai. hi, nice to see you. but difficult conversations lie ahead if china and the us are to avoid competition spilling over into conflict. we have an obligation for our people and indeed an obligation for the world to manage the relationship between our two countries responsibly.

these talks are off to a contentious start. the us has announced more military aid for the self—governing island of taiwan as fears grow china will take it by force. beijing sees the island as its territory and is furious. the us also believes china's exports to russia are helping moscow with its war effort, an accusation beijing says is "groundless". but mr blinken will push for that trade to stop. china believes the united states is trying to contain it — both its economic rise and its influence around the world. beijing thinks america's top diplomat has come here to lecture rather than to listen. and this already fragile relationship faces a tougher test this year as both presidential candidates are vying to be tough on china. back on the football field, their minds are on the sporting season, not the political one.

their hopes are for more nfl players to come to china. but visits from superstars are more likely to take place when both global superpowers find some common ground. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. and we'll have plenty more on the meeting in beijing all across our platforms — do check our bbc website for the latest. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here in the uk, a government minister has raised eyebrows after appearing to confuse two different countries in africa. speaking on the bbc�*s question time programme, conservative mp

chris philp was asked about the government's controversial policy to depot illegal migrants to rwanda — and whether someone escaping the war in congo — would be deported to rwanda. there is an ongoing conflict between the two nations. here's the exchange. i come from a neighbouring country called congo. if you know, geographically, that is located right next door to rwanda, and right now in goma there's a genocide going on and there's such a big conflict going on of people from rwanda. so had my family members come from goma the crossing right now, where they then be sent back to the country that they're supposedly war in rwanda. does that make any sense to you? no, i think there's an exclusion on people from rwanda being sent from rwanda. they're from congo and they're supposed to be there, supposedly warring these people from rwanda. are they then going to be sent to rwanda if they came here and a crossing from from congo? yeah.

would people be sent from a different country of congo, isn't it? it's a different. yes, it is. are you saying if they come from a war zone in congo, would they then be sent to rwanda? israel's war cabinet has held a day long meeting discussing the military operation in rafah in southern gaza. israel says its plans to launch an assault on remaining hamas battalions in rafah. more than a million displaced people are taking shelter in rafah. washington has warned israel not to carry out a full—scale attack without a credible plan to protect civilians. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it's pretty clear now that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering pace. there's been an all day meeting of the israeli war cabinet. it is still israel's intentions to finish off hamas, notjust politically but also militarily. according to israeli sources,

about 25% of hamas' fighting force remains, along with the leadership, and most of that is thought to be in rafah in southern gaza. alongside, though, of course, it must be remembered, about 130 hostages, those that were taken abducted into gaza on october the seventh. so there's also a million and a half gazans or thereabouts internal refugees thought to be in rafah. and that is why the international community, in particular the americans and british and other allies of israel, have urged israel not to undertake this big full scale military operation in order to get or to facilitate the movement of some of those internal refugees because there's already a humanitarian crisis in gaza, and the prospect of a big military operation alongside more than a million internal refugees is something a lot of people don't want to consider. the one thing that might prevent a big military operation happening is if peace talks or talks about a ceasefire between the israelis and hamas were suddenly to get somewhere. those peace talks haven't really got

anywhere in recent days. the mediators, the egyptians in particular, and the qataris, have expressed some frustration at the the big distance between the two sides. now, there are reports in israel tonight that egyptian negotiators are due to meet the israelis, perhaps with a view to getting those talks about a cease fire going again. but as things stand, there are no talks about a ceasefire and israel's military operation is still looking as though it's going to happen at some point in the near future. in the uk, two of the household cavalry horses who bolted and galloped through london on wednesday, are in a "serious condition" having undergone surgery. the army says its too early to know if they'll return to official duties. seven horses were spooked during a miliary exercise, with four unseating their riders. chi chi izundu reports. this is the event the bolted

horses were being exercised for — the major general�*s inspection, which is an annual test of the household cavalry�*s ability to conduct state ceremonial duties for the year. the horses quaker, tennyson and both vida and trojan, who are seen here running through central london, were spooked after building materials were dropped from a height next to them. four soldiers were thrown and while three needed hospital treatment, it's been confirmed one has now been discharged. a cyclist was also treated in hospital. the army has confirmed that all four horses that bolted yesterday are now under veterinary care. three of them are being looked after here at the hyde park barracks, including the white one that was obviously injured. the fourth is at an equine hospital. equine specialists say that despite months of training to get used to the different sounds of london, these animals can still get spooked. if something they perceived to be a little bit different, so it may be louder or it may be in closer proximity to them, maybe a slightly different sort

of noise to what they're used to, that can trigger a fear response in horses still. vida and quaker�*s injuries are serious, but the army hopes they will make enough of a recovery to join the rest of their regiment on official duties in the nearfuture. chi chi izundu, bbc news. the global production of wine dropped by 10% last year, compared to the previous year. that's the biggest fall in more than six decades. the international organisation for vine and wine, the body that monitors the trade, blames it on extreme weather events including droughts and fires. the body said global wine consumption had also gone down last year compared to figures from 2022. it is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet — and it attracts vast numbers of tourists. but venice has become the first ever city to charge visitors in a bid to control numbers. tourists will need to pay fives euros for a day trip

between now and mid july as the scheme is tested out. those who refuse to pay will face a fine. from venice, here's mark lowen. sometimes beauty can be overshared. venice — glorious, unique and creaking under the weight of mass tourism. 30 million visitors a year, two thirds of them day trippers, crowding the same sites at the same times, pushing out the locals. so a new way to tackle it — a five—euro entry fee from today. the world's first such scheme. residents and overnight tourists are among those exempt in controls across venice. so this is how it works. i've entered the city at the main train station. i go to the payment website, find the five euros fee for today, click through, and enter my name and credit card details. so i get a qr code, i come through and have it scanned,

and it shows that i paid and i can enter the city and avoid a fine of up to 300 euros. it's a good idea to make money. i don't know if people will like it and want to keep coming to pay. i would probably try to change my travel dates to make it a little more smooth. avoid the fee? to avoid the fee, yeah. i think if it can help - with their infrastructure or whatever else they may. have a need for, then i think that would be great. the authorities say it's a trial untiljuly that could be extended in price and duration. it's very important for us to discourage the day—trippers and to know in advance how many people will visit venice so we can arrange all the services, the transport, the cleaning of the city. a lot of cities in europe, most of all are affected by over tourism. so do you think that you will be a guinea pig, if you like, for other cities? yes. it's not the most beautiful role, but i think, yes. but the tide of critics is growing, like environmental scientist jane de mosto. she's lived here for 30 years and seen the number

of residents drop to record lows in a city threatened by tourism and climate change. a five—euro ticket is less than the cost of a drink at a bar. i think we know enough about what's happening to not need to do experiments. we just need to get on and address the real issues of protecting venice and making it a better place to live. so this historic city grapples with an instagram—era problem, as venetians wait to see if this scheme can save their increasingly fragile jewel. mark lowen, bbc news, venice. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. i'll be back with business new shortly, thank you for what you

newsday. hello. there are signs that the weather might warm up a bit next week, but not just yet. we stay in the rather chilly air for friday, a mix of sunny spells and showers, and ,actually, across the south of the uk, a frontal system that will bring more in the way of cloud and some splashes of rain. low pressure generally in charge of the scene through the day ahead. so after a cold start, most places will see some spells of sunshine and a scattering of showers. some wintriness in the showers over high ground in scotland. but that frontal system will bring cloud and rain across the channel islands and across southern counties of england. temperature—wise, well, about where we have been over the last few days, north to south looking at values between 8—13 degrees. now, as we head through friday night, we'll see this band of rain in the south pushing its way further northwards. a lot of cloud with that, too. that will hold the temperatures

up to some extent, but northern england, northern ireland and scotland holding on to some clear spells and it will get chilly again. we'll have a frost to start saturday morning, not as cold further south thanks to that extra cloud, those outbreaks of rain, which will be moving northwards as the day wears on. as the rain clears, it may brighten up a little bit towards the south coast, but that could allow some sharp showers to break out. for northern ireland and scotland, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers once again through the day. and those temperatures, well, maybe just creeping up a little bit in some areas, highs between 9—11; degrees. into the second half of the weekend, we see this area of low pressure drifting northwards. that's going to bring outbreaks of rain for some, especially across the eastern side of the uk. but it may well be that some of this rain comes a little bit further westwards, affecting quite large parts of england and wales, maybe clipping into eastern scotland. the further west you are, though, it's that mix of sunny spells and showers. some of the showers will be on the heavy side. temperatures between 9—12, maybe 13 degrees in the southwest.

but as we head into next week, it does look like things will slowly but surely warm up. we start to bring a feed of winds from the near continent. these orange colours on our air mass chart. temperatures are set to climb, perhaps up to 19 or 20 degrees celsius through the middle part of the week. but that doesn't mean sunshine all the way, still unsettled with some rain at times.

the ai boom propelling alphabet and microsoft's quarterly numbers, as shares of both tech giants rise. china kicks off its biggest showcase of cars, as electric vehicles take center—stage at the beijing auto show. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. we begin in the us, where two tech giants, microsoft and google parent alphabet, have reported strong first quarter results, with the artificial intelligence boom at the centre of it all. erin delmore has the details. among the dozens of companies reporting first—quarter earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre

stage. both beat