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. this is what it is like to be a woman in america, living with mail entitlement to our bodies. —— male. the us supreme court hears arguments on whether donald trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. 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? high. thank you for being with us. we begin in new york. the former hollywood producer, harvey weinstein, has had one of his convictions for rape overturned. that was on the basis that he didn't receive a fair trial. the case was a landmark in the #metoo 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. well, 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". she spoke to my colleague caitriona perry, who asked whether she would like to see weinstein retried. you know, what's important to know is that a courtroom is not a safe environment for survivors of male sexual violence. they can be very traumatising spaces. you know, the most dangerous place

in america for a woman is in her home. we know the men who assault and rape and murder us. and a lot ofjudges are still catching up to that reality. and juries don't necessarily know that information either. we still think of rape as stranger rape — as someone who jumps us in an alley. and so a courtroom isn't necessarily — even if harvey were retried and convicted in the state of new york — the place where survivors are going to get their healing. and that's what we need. you know, that's what we need. it may be a fair outcome, if he were convicted in new york, and that would sure be a magic wand. but survivors need trauma—informed help and for men to stop raping women. his lawyer said that everyone has

the right to justice. he said even people who are very unpopular in our society, no—one is above the law, but no—one is below the law either, he said... and i agree with that. yes, of course i do. everyone deserves justice and — and — and i support due process. i had the opportunity to meet the great supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg, and we talked about due process, even for people who are accused of the most egregious sexual crimes. and, you know, actually right now at the university of kentucky, where i did my undergraduate degree, a couple of our former student athletes experienced terrible institutional betrayal and have accused my university, of which i'm very proud, in which i love of complicity and and other betrayals. and we're going to go through due process there. and i love my university enough to hold it accountable. so i definitely support due process. and there's no doubt that harvey weinstein is a serial sexual predator. it doesn't change the fact that he committed these crimes. over 100 women came forward after i was the named source

in the new york times investigation. and on that point, a separate 16 year sentence handed down in california is not affected. he will stay in prison. he won't be freed. does that bring you and other survivors any sense of comfort, any sense of justice or that healing that you're describing? you know, it's more complex than that because i don't think the carceral system in the united states does perpetrators of male sexual violence any favours either. you know, what i would love to have is a restorative justice conversation with harvey weinstein. you know, ithink that it's stories, it's narrative that helps change hearts and minds. i'm not about punitive measures. i'm about community and safety and belonging and forgiveness. i forgave harvey weinstein a long time ago and it was no favour to him. i did it for myself. and, you know, it's a whole other conversation in terms of the american carceral system. but harvey hasn't had

a change of heart. he doesn't necessarily — his last words when he was convicted and he was walking out of the courtroom we re "so how does this happen in the united states?" you know, and what would be a more satisfying outcome is if men looked at their entitlement to female bodies and thought, that is a person of dignity, she is a person of worth, and i do not have the right to encroach on her bodily autonomy. that would be satisfying. nicole deborde hochglaube is a criminal defense attorney and trial lawyer. i asked her if this development in weinstein�*s case came as a surprise. 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. 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. it's bring in a visiting professor from the east asian institute. thank you for joining us. there is a lot to discuss, isn't there, from china's assistance to russia, taiwan, tiktok — in your view, what is the main objective of secretary blinken�*s trip? this secretary blinken's trip? this is more about _ secretary blinken's trip? this is more about america - secretary blinken's trip? ti 3 is more about america than china and it isn't for nothing that both janet yellen and blinken have come to china and not visits on the other direction. the americans really want from china some kind of win, something they can credibly sell, as it were, back home, in america, in the run—up to the elections in november. and the chinese actually do not have very much that they want from the americans that the

americans are possibly willing to give. so i think we will see very little progress, actually, coming out of the talks, particularly not in public. we will probably see some kind of concessions about overcapacity, chinese industrial overcapacity, particularly steel and aluminium. and some kind of chinese understanding of that issue. but not very much more. the chinese have a long list of things they would like but they know the americans are never going to budge on any of these issues. indeed. their stances on big issues like russia, taiwan, tiktok, and they haven't really changed. at a meeting to agree to disagree?— to disagree? yes, but also to keep lines — to disagree? yes, but also to keep lines of _ to disagree? yes, but also to keep lines of communication | keep lines of communication open, which is important as we know things can get out of hand very quickly and then we won't know what kind of territory we will be in and i think both

parties have a vested interest in trying to avoid that. the guard rails need to be maintained in place and the red line everybody has must also, again, be discussed, so that everybody knows what, as it were, the rules of engagement are. . ~' were, the rules of engagement are. . ~ , ., were, the rules of engagement are. ., ~ . were, the rules of engagement are. ., . ., are. thank you so much for “oininu are. thank you so much for joining us _ are. thank you so much for joining us on _ are. thank you so much for joining us on the _ are. thank you so much for. joining us on the programme. are. thank you so much for- joining us on the programme. of joining us on the programme. of course, we will have a lot more on secretary blinken's visit to china and the meetings he is having across all platforms, including laura's piece — laura bicker�*s sit down interview with secretary antony blinken. check that out on the bbc website for the latest. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

to the war in gaza and israel

was a 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 in jerusalem, wyre davies, has more. it is pretty clear that israel's preparations for this much anticipated, much heralded assault on rafah in southern gaza are gathering apace. it is israel's intention notjust to finish off hamas politically but militarily. about 25% of hamas' fighting force remains, along with leadership, and most is thought to be in rafah in southern gaza. alongside, it

must be remembered, but 130 hostages, those taken and abducted into gaza on october seven. so there is1 million one half gazans or thereabouts, internal refugees thought to be internal refugees thought to be in rafah. that is why the international community, particularly the americans, the british, and other allies, have emerged israel not to undertake this big full—scale military operation to get or to facilitate the movement of some of those internal refugees because there is already a humanitarian crisis in gaza and the prospect of a big military operation alongside more than 1 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 ifpi to make peace talks or talks about a ceasefire between the israelis and hamas were to get somewhere. —— happening is if peace talks. they haven't got anywhere in recent days. mediators, particularly the

egyptians and categories, have expressed at the big distance between the two sides. there are reports egyptian negotiators are due to meet the israelis, perhaps with hopes to get ceasefire talks going again. but as it stands, there are no talks of ceasefire and the israeli military operation is looking as though it will happen in the nearfuture. 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 porn 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 6 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. nada tawfik reporting there. the prime minister of haiti, ariel henry, has resigned at a transitional council has started running the country. the body is tasked with organising elections and restoring order to haiti, suffering from deadly gang violence. he agreed to step down after armed groups refused to let him return from a trip abroad. in other news, experts are warning sexually abusive cyber attacks are on the rise

across the world and anyone can be a victim of so—called extortion. it comes after two men were arrested in nigeria earlier this month after an australian teenager took his own life. —— sextortion. police allege they told the teenager they would release personal photos unless he paid them $500. there was an extensive study looking at the studies. the fbi is warning this is a rapidly escalating threat and teenagers don't know where to turn. �* , , ., teenagers don't know where to turn. �* , ,., , , turn. let's give some numbers here. in 2021 _ turn. let's give some numbers here. in 2021 there _ turn. let's give some numbers here. in 2021 there were - turn. let's give some numbers here. in 2021 there were only. here. in 2021 there were only 139 reported cases of financials sextortion targeting teenagers in the united states. last year there were over 26,000 reported cases. just within the two—year span there has been an 18,000% increase in cases stopped a massive surge in this type of crime. and it is the fastest growing crime

targeting kids in north america, the uk and australia, but it is a global phenomenon, too. and when we look at these cases ofjordan demay here in america. when we look at the uk, the unfortunate case of murray dowey in scotland, looking at australia, all roads lead back to nigerian perpetrators in all of these cases. and that is where our research came in. we started looking at these financial extortion cases as organised crime. how connected? and all roads are leading back to west african cyber criminals who call themselves yahoo boys. they are financially motivated and have recently learned that they can make a whole lot of money by catfishing and exhorting teenagers for whatever money they have in their bank accounts, their cash apps, and whatever they can cause from them at that time. if you or someone you know has been affected by sextortion,

you can contact the bbc action line for support. 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. 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. before we go, it is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet, and it attracts advice number of tourists.

—— vast numbers of tourists. but venice has become the first—ever city to charge visitors in a bid to control numbers. 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

— buongiorno — 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 try 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 scientistjane 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. i'll be back with business use shortly. but for now, thank you for watching the programme. —— business news.

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 south—west. 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.

shares of both check giants rise. china kicks off its biggest showcase of cars as electric vehicles take centre 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 center of it all. erin delmore has the details. among the dozens of companies reporting first—quarter took centre stage.