the, the, this is the, the news live from berlin, the accusations against him health ignite, the me 2 movements now one of harvey weinstein is guilty. verdicts has been overturn new york's highest cord crosses the 2026 crimes conviction against the disgrace. hollywood producer. that doesn't mean weinstein will walk free, also coming up us secretary of state, se blinking is engaging for what are expected to be tough talks. tensions are higher between the us and china, over taiwan, and the war and ukraine. and venice introduces an entry fee in an attempt to curve mass tourism and protect residents. the

i'm in use of welcome to the program. we started in the us, where in new york's highest court has overturned a 2020 verdict that found harvey weinstein guilty of rape. and a 4 to 3 decision, the new york court of appeals ruled that the former movie producer was not given a fair trial. it said the judge who presided over the case improperly allowed testimony for witnesses whose accusations were not connected to the case. accusations made against weinstein, where the spark behind the global need to move it. earlier, entertainment journalists kj. matthews told us more about why the court overturn harvey's harvey weinstein. this conviction. it's yeah, it seems very complex. but if it really isn't, the bottom line is appeals. court judge said that the trial judge should not have

allowed all of the evidence that they allowed in the bottom line is he was convicted because a certain woman came forward for a specific case in new york. however, that judge allow the other women who also made allegations to come forward and tell their story. the problem with that is that those women had nothing to do with the particular case that he was being tried for. and so now the judge of saying it was unfair and you were allowing in prior bad acts that were unrelated to the current case in which she was being tried for. and so now they're left with deciding should we re tried harvey weinstein, which we already know the aid has already said he will do that. okay, so a lot of the public has been taking this as shutting doubt on whether or not wines dean was guilty in this case, but you're saying that's not what it's really about here. no, no, you should not walk away saying that this judge is saying that harvey weinstein is

not guilty. that's a totally separate entity. this judge is saying is that the trial was not fair to him, but the judge is not saying that he's not guilty. so we have to look at 2 separate things there that there was evidence brought in that should not have been brought in, therefore interrupted his ability to have a fair trial which every individual in america is entitled to. and one's name was a cheese by dozens of women. this isn't even the only conviction, a rape conviction that he's faced. he's actually in prison due to another rape conviction. so does this ruling have any practical consequences for wanting or yeah, as you just her key was convicted of rape and sexual assault in california to which he was sentenced to 16 years. so he was supposed to serve at that time, once his he finished his time in the state of new york. however,

now that that case is kind of been tossed aside and he's still in prison in upstate new york. they may end up shipping him over to california to start serving that time until they retry him again in new york. so he's not getting out of prison. he may shift prison, moving from upstate new york to california los angeles, california to be more precise, but he's not getting out of prison any time soon. that was entertainment journalists, caging matthews and los angeles. speaking to me earlier, the us secretary, secretary of state anthony blinking is in beijing for what are expected to be tough talks with the chinese leaders. this is blinking, the 2nd visit to china any year as pensions between the 2 countries remain high. there at odds over a range of issues among them, the were new crane. lincoln will meet 1st with foreign minister with me and then likely hold talks with president she's in pain. another source of tension is

taiwan. lincoln's visit comes as washington promised, more than $8000000000.00 of military aid for its into pacific partners with taiwan chief among them. beijing views taiwan as its own territory and is threatened to seize it by force. dw east is a asia correspondent, james chaytor, looks at the impact of the funding and blinking visits on taiwan us. we don't walk away from our allies, we stand with them. it's back is described it as an inflection point in history. the world us president joe biden, this week assign since a lot of phone military aid package was more than $95000000000.00 us dollars motion more than a 1000000000, if that is a mocks for washington's in the pacific pond, this, it includes on supports in front of military financing for taiwan, the self pro democracy, the china claims has its own. on the same day, the us secretary states america's top tips, not just me blinking visits, china face to face and promising not included on the agenda. page things,

ministry threats to tie want was present badging. make a what 8 thoughts about the us funding for taiwan is defense. pretty well. military collusion between the us and taiwan will not bring security, nor can it save taiwan from the doomed faith of independent high school to ship. i mean, a chinese presidency. jim ping has often said what he calls re unifying. taiwan with china is a cool interest for badging recent years. china has wrapped up minute trans invitation. flying military, i crossed into ty, one's at defense identifications on almost every day. in less than a month, taiwan with a new great, it's newly elected president lighting though he's about to do everything he can to protect. high one from chinese attack is a way to live this reconciled to his new national security team with many company equipped with years of experience, many diplomatic positions. they've welcome the latest us port task on the saw it on

will be all it shows that our primary goal is to complicate the calculations on the other side of the straight into cost. china is time table for potential reckless military actions always seem to be constantly postponed in order to maintain stability in the taiwan strait. i'd ship all tie t the out that time when he is officially is often said in self defense is that responsibility alone. but with a gap in military capability between type and aging whitening tie when he is exercises like this a couple of months ago. underlined the fact that the supports of washington would be critical to funding off a chinese attack. and for more on us secretary of state mc blinking this visit to china, i'm joined now by correspondent fabia and catch my in beijing fabi. and thanks for joining us now. the relations between the us and china have been strained to say the least recently. so how was anthony blinking receive their or

yeah, actually the reception of blankets, 1st half of his china trip in shanghai yesterday was rather warm, blinking visited the basketball game. he had discussions with students at the university that was really to be a good part of his agenda today. however, it's a whole nother story today. he holds the political talks in beijing this morning. he has met his count upon one each, the china support minister and there to it must be of us rather serious, i would say so one in his opening remarks set that yes, the bilateral relations with the u. s. they the has step allies, but he sees a negative tech. there is the recently increasing and building up. and he also accused us of suppressing china if it's um, yeah, deprive of china if it's the just to meet the rights to development. so recently the perception in been staging is that the ties have been getting worse again. so what are the main topics here? is this uh, antagonistic or are there more um,

topics that could bring the 2 countries together? i would say more antagonistic because um yeah, the discrepancies in most of the topics is really quite stock. so they will debate about taiwan. they both debate about the middle east and it's hard to find a common ground. and one topic that a central a full blanket to discuss. he is to warn you, crane, and maybe a china has a role in, in directly supporting the contents um to the re. so the accommodations that um the u. s. is um, you know, having against china is quite strong. they say that china is exporting a lot of will use products to russia. and it's also exporting the main shelf machine to inputs to rush. and that was a very important for putting to build up its ballistic and his ballistic missile program. and so that will be a strong issue, but i don't see any room for progress if you just a couple of hours ago putting has actually confirmed that he will be soon inmate traveling to aging. and i'm sure that a seating thing will roll out the red carpet for him. speaking of that red carpet,

the anti blinking is supposed to need. she's in ping himself to expect any headlines from that meeting. so actually, um i would say it's not very i'm sure that they will meet. i mean it's really an interesting question because it holds a strong symbolic message. usually seating thing does not often meet with um, you know, government officials on the minister level. but recently, for example, he met with a russian for him and assessed 2nd level of and he wasn't paging so and also by blinking during his last visit and paging, he got a brief meeting with his teaching ping so whether they meet, i think that show us with the chinese side, you know, wants to show goodwill, or rather the opposite correspondence probably in customer and vision. thanks a lot. a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the students at the university

of california, los angeles, have joined a wave of pro palestinian citizens on campuses across the us. demonstrators are demanding a ceasefire and gaza and calling on the university to cut all ties with israel. hundreds of students have been arrested at similar protests across the country as authorities crack down on the growing movement. hades prime minister avia avi, has stepped down to allow a transitional ruling counselor council to be sworn in the council. this test with a pointing a new premier and restoring law in order as the country struggles to travels to tackle spiraling gain violence. kings are believed to control most of the capital port applause. rescuers and wildlife expert experts are raising to save dozens of wales beached on the coast of western australia. some $160.00 pilot wheels became stranded near the tourist town of dunst for at least $26.00 have died . venice. italy is worth

a visit and 5 year owes to italian authorities have introduced a new 5 year old fee for people wanting to visit dentist. officials say the new fee is aimed at curbing peak and tourism to the fragile lagoon city and safeguarding spaces for residents. they also hope it will help provide more information on the number of day trippers, something relatively unknown until now. hits the city of canals, culture, and crowds. venice has long been street by mass tourism. now a pilot project aims to rein it in. dave visitors have to pay 5 year owes to enter the officials say it will discourage tourists from coming during peak times and make the city more livable for residents. the charge also tells officials how many day trippers are coming in. these tourists are happy to pay up easy. i think we

should pay 10 meant 5. we should pay more to help j. you've got to. it's too crowded. otherwise, if you want to get the most out of it. but not everyone agrees, venetian protestors say the tax won't stop over tourism, as there is no limit on visitor numbers. they argue more needs to be done to support the local community because it is the we can save this just by giving houses to the local residents. and by repopulating it can only stim date tourism. it does not reduce. the bigger influx is from asia, from china, from america, it will change absolutely nothing. so, what i want to leave my house, i have to pass through 3 or 4 bachelor parties. i called the local police to tell me they're not doing anything wrong, but they get drunk, they come back late, the alleys are full of rubbish. there are no controls. venice is

the 1st major city to run such an experiment. one that could become a blueprint for other destinations, played by over tourism. and here's a reminder of our top stories. new york's top court has overturned harvey wind students conviction in the state for 6 crimes, including rape. the court of appeals ruled that weinstein was not given a fair trial. once students, other convictions in california, it still stands us secretary state anthony blinking is in beijing for talks with chinese leaders till the 1st with 4 and this long lease one needs and then likely hold talks with president, she's in pain. they're expected to discuss taiwan and the war and ukraine. that's all for now. up next our show planet a takes a look at whether

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