live from london. this is bbc news a new york court overturns harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape, ordering a new trial in the landmark "metoo" case. the us supreme court is considering whether donald trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. the outcome will determine whether he can face trial on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election. what role did climate change play in the severe flooding in parts of the middle east last week? we'll speak to our climate editor. hello, i'm lucy grey, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. a court in new york has overturned the conviction of the hollywood producer harvey weinstein, who was jailed for sex

offences in 2020. the new york state court of appeals ruled that the original trial made a mistake by hearing evidence from women who claimed they had been assaulted, even though their allegations were not part of the charges being heard. he was jailed for 23 years. the judges have ordered that a new trial be held. he has also been sentenced in california to 16 years in prison for raping an actress in los angeles, and that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. let's speak to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal is not going to be walking out of jail because of the other conviction in los angeles, but talk is through the 2020 case that was so huge in terms of the metoo movement. the harve terms of the metoo movement. tue: harvey weinstein terms of the metoo movement. tte: harvey weinstein conviction case was almost the founding case of the

metoo, one of the most important social media movements in modern american history where people spoke out against sexual violence and sexual assault. out against sexual violence and sexualassault. his out against sexual violence and sexual assault. his conviction was seen as a huge moment and victory for those women who had come forward in the trial and for it now to have this stunning reversal is also seen as a huge moment, a moment of loss for many of them, and we are getting reaction coming through, if i can just read to you some of that. the lawyer representing eight of the victims of harvey weinstein has called today a major step back in holding those accountable for acts of sexual violence and the lawyer goes on to say that courts routinely admit evidence of other undercharged acts where thejuries admit evidence of other undercharged acts where the juries understand issue concerning the attempt, so almost rejecting the argument made by the moral cheat —— majority of judges at the court of appeal, it

was a 4—3 decision, and they essentially said he did not get a fair trial, so what happens next, you are right to point out he will not walk free from court. he still has a sentence to serve in california. there are questions, because the 23 year sentence he got a new york stands on it's up to the manhattan district attorney to decide if there will be another trial so we don't know when it will be or if there will be another trial but it's worth pointing out that the person who will make the decision is alvin bragg, who was already in the midst of a trial against former president donald trump which is ongoing right now.— president donald trump which is ongoing right now. also, the women at the centre — ongoing right now. also, the women at the centre of _ ongoing right now. also, the women at the centre of this _ ongoing right now. also, the women at the centre of this case _ ongoing right now. also, the women at the centre of this case would - at the centre of this case would have to decide whether they want to go through a whole trial again and what that would entail.— go through a whole trial again and what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing _ what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing from _ what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing from a _ what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing from a lot _ what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing from a lot of- what that would entail. exactly. and we are hearing from a lot of women| we are hearing from a lot of women who spoke out against him and ijust want to read to you a line from

catherine kendall, an actress and accuser. she said she felt disheartened, sorry, she felt heartened that despite the ruling that the case had started a larger movement. let me read what she said. he will never be free because his name is synonymous with sexual assault and may be the most important part is the awakening that took place and will keep taking place. but you have many women who will decide whether they want to give evidence again, whether this trial can even take place again. it's worth mentioning at the time the trial was happening there were concerns raised whether it was legally sound and would result in a conviction, and if it did, would there be a reversal? we don't know. as i say, we don't know what the decision will be by the new york district attorney.— decision will be by the new york district attorney. thank you so much for talkinu district attorney. thank you so much for talking us — district attorney. thank you so much for talking us through _ district attorney. thank you so much for talking us through all _ district attorney. thank you so much for talking us through all of - district attorney. thank you so much for talking us through all of that. - the us supreme court is due to hear arguments whether the former president donald trump is immune

from prosecution for actions he took while president. the outcome will determine whether he should face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat. mr trump argues he cannot face criminal prosecution for actions he took while in office. a decision isn't expected untiljune. the ruling in this case won't affect his criminal trial under way in new york — where he's facing charges of making hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels. mr trump is in court again today. earlier, i spoke to gary o'donohue who talked us through what we can expect at trump's immunity hearing. the supreme court here has decided to hear this case to really trying to decide whether or not a president, donald trump, in this case, has immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office. we know he's already been charged in four separate criminal cases, and the most serious of those is the one that relates

to 6th january and the attempt to overturn the election. donald trump is arguing that that case should not have been brought at all, because, as president, he had immunity from prosecution. the special counsel, jack smith, is a saying that is not true, there is nothing in the constitution that says that. and really, the supreme court is going to try and decide on that. they will hear arguments today but it will take them weeks to come to a conclusion, possibly not until the end ofjune, which means that the beginning of any trial, depending on the outcome of this, has been significantly delayed. and so could go beyond the election date in november. now let's hear from our new york correspondent nada tawfik, to explain trump's movements this morning. even before the day began, he kind of held a campaign event here in new york, going to a construction site, meeting with workers, union workers, and basically his campaign saying since they can't be out on the trail, they're going to bring the trail to them here in new york.

what was interesting was as court got underway, actually, the first item of business was prosecutors saying that donald trump had yet again, four more times violated a gag order that prevents him from going after witnesses, potentialjurors attacking them. they say that donald trump did that even right outside of the courtroom doors in calling michael cohen a liar. and also when he spoke about david pecker calling him a nice man. prosecutors are just worried that donald trump, through these kind of statements to the press assembled here, through his social media posts, is trying to intimidate potential witnesses. the judge hasn't ruled yet if he will hold donald trump in contempt of court, though he did tell donald trump's team that their argument that he was just responding to political attacks really was losing them credibility with the court. where we're at now, though, lucy, is the first witness, david pecker, the former publisher

of the national enquirer, he's back on the stand and he's really still laying out the groundwork of this case, helping prosecutors case that this was all about helping donald trump's campaign. he's outlining instances where his tabloid did do that and did pay hush money. the person they're speaking about right now is karen mcdougal, a former playboy model. and david pecker is really going over in detail conversations he had with donald trump and michael cohen when her story kind of came out and david pecker became aware of it. he says that donald trump called her a nice woman, that they had agreed that national enquirer should buy her story and that she initially didn't want to come forward, being afraid she would be like the monica lewinsky in this case. so some interesting details coming out of court yet. but as i say still, very much laying the groundwork before we get

to the actual payment. that is the key part of this case, that hush money payment to stormy daniels. power sharing is over in scotland. the scottish national party will now lead a minority government at holyrood. the scottish greens were given the news before an emergency cabinet meeting in edinburgh this morning — last week the party had announced that its membership would be given a vote about remaining in government, because of anger about the decision to scrap key climate targets. here's how the scottish first minister, humza yousaf, confirmed the news. i believe that going forward it is in the best interests of the people of scotland to pursue a different arrangement. that is why, following a discussion with my cabinet this morning, i have formally notified patrick harvie and lorna slater that i am terminating the agreement with immediate effect. here's how the co—leader of the scottish green party, patrick harvie, responded to the news that the coalition was officially over.

the first minister has decided, i'm sorry to say, to capitulate to the most reactionary, backward—looking forces within the snp and it is the opposite of what is in scotland's best interests. live to edinburgh and our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. and now the scottish conservatives are looking for a vote of no confidence, aren't they? yes, a day of dramatic — confidence, aren't they? yes, a day of dramatic developments - confidence, aren't they? yes, a day of dramatic developments here - confidence, aren't they? yes, a day of dramatic developments here in l of dramatic developments here in scotland and the collapse of this power sharing agreement, terminated with immediate effect and the disquiet had been growing for some time. reaching a crescendo after two decisions were taken last week which angered the scottish green party, the first being the watering down of climate change targets here in scotland, interim climate change targets on the decision by the nhs in scotland to pause prescribing

puberty blockers to children of the back of what is known as the cash review. they put it to a members vote whether they should stay part of the power—sharing deal with the larger party, the snp, and in effect humza youisaf seized the initiative and try to get on the front foot politically because he could see perhaps the argument or discussion would rumble on for another month and this morning, instead of giving the greens the opportunity to be in the greens the opportunity to be in the agreement, he binned them in a short meeting lasting just ten minutes and he took in the co—leaders of the scottish green party into bute house and said this partnership is no longer working and it has to come to an end. he is trying to press the reset on his government and saying the snp will make decisions for the future of scotland now based on what it thinks is the best path going forward but

of course it will be a minority government so it's still going to have to make compromises along the way but not necessarily with the greens as it may choose to turn to the scottish conservatives or liberal democrats or scottish labour to pass the votes in the scottish parliament but it's not going to be easy. scottish labour is calling for an election and the scottish conservatives say they want to hold a vote of no confidence and i say that humza youisaf is weak and a failed first minister who has focused on the wrong priorities for scotland and has covered in the interest of the snp are not scotland and that he is unfit for office. technically speaking you need two days before the vote to get into place procedurally so at the earliest it is likely to take place next week and there will be a lot of toing and froing in the interim. the

scottish greens will take a decision collectively are whether their msps will back a humza youisaf or sack him, if you like. we expect them to make the announcement in a little over an hour's time about what path they choose to take but this has been a very difficult day for humza yousaf who has been in office as first minister for a little over a year. first minister for a little over a ear. ~ ., ., ., year. around the world and across the uk, this _ year. around the world and across the uk, this is— year. around the world and across the uk, this is 33c— year. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. -

a former top executive at the post office has said she is �*truly sorry�* for the �*devastation�* caused to wrongly convicted sub postmasters and their families. angela van den bogerd has been giving evidence at the post office horizon inquiry — the flawed it system which was the basis of hundreds of prosecutions — and a wide—ranging miscarriage ofjustice. here's a little of what she had

to say when she was challenged about her part in what happened. firstly, i think you make no concessions or admissions that you did anything wrong, correct? well, i didn't knowingly do anything wrong and i would never knowingly do anything wrong. you don't apologise for your role in any of the events being examined by the inquiry, do you? ithink, you know, and i've reflected on this quite a bit, you know, and the disclosure that i've seen through this process, there are things that, documents that i've seen that i don't remember, some of them from from the time. but clearly, knowing what i know now, i would give further weight to some of those documents than i did at the time. so they would have more significance. so things that i might have missed at the time that i,

i really regret that and i wish i'd been able to see that back then. but still, knowing what you know now in your witness statement, you don't apologize for anything that you did wrong, do you? i apologize for not getting to the answer more quickly, but with the evidence i had and the parameters of my role at the time, i did the best i could and to the best of my ability. our correspondent azadeh moshiri has been at the inquiry throughout the day and shejoins me now. an apology, but no admission of having knowing anything —— knowingly done anything wrong. you have to explain what a key figure she was in all of this first of all. tt explain what a key figure she was in all of this first of all.— all of this first of all. it was a qualified _ all of this first of all. it was a qualified apology, _ all of this first of all. it was a qualified apology, wasn't - all of this first of all. it was a qualified apology, wasn't it, | all of this first of all. it was a . qualified apology, wasn't it, one that did not satisfy a lot of the former sub—postmaster is an victims who attended today and a lot of them have gathered today because of how central a figure angela van den bogerd has been to the entire affair. her careerat

bogerd has been to the entire affair. her career at the post office spanned more than three decades. she personally oversaw a lot of the complaints to do with the horizon it system, complaints by the victims who attended and she was heavily involved in the 2013 mediation scheme between the sub—postmasters and the post office, a scheme that failed. she was also accused of having misled the court by a judge in a case that the post office lost. it was when alan bates, the champion of the story, the former sub—postmaster who flagged and campaigned the issue for decades, he took on the post office and one and her witness testimony was heavily criticised by the judge in the instance, so if anyone was going to have intimate knowledge of this entire affair, you would think it would be angela van den bogerd but what we have had a lot of today is similar to what we have heard from other executives in the past

few weeks, that in hindsight it makes sense now but in her words, theseissues makes sense now but in her words, these issues did not register with her at the time.— these issues did not register with her at the time. thank you so much for us there — her at the time. thank you so much for us there at _ her at the time. thank you so much for us there at the _ her at the time. thank you so much for us there at the inquiry. - let's speak to deborah counts about the harvey weinstein conviction being overturned. i wonder if you could explain the basis of this because we heard from the court of appeal that he did not receive a fair trial as prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. in terms of trying to build up a pattern of behaviour, that's often an argument used in court. can you explain what this is about. essentially the court of appeal has ruled that the witnesses who were not complainants could not be

offered as witnesses at this trial because it was prejudicial. the court said it was not not relevant but so prejudicial because it showed proclivity and showed that harvey weinstein is someone who had a tendency to abuse and rape women. in just the way that the complainants testify happened to them. what i see as the major takeaway is this conviction was reversed on legal technicalities and we hope that alvin bragg, the da of new york will retry harvey weinstein, a serial and unrepentant rapist for the crimes he committed and i'm confident a jury would convict him again without the testimony of the other women. 0ne would convict him again without the testimony of the other women. one of those was my client. she showed tremendous bravery coming forward and tremendous courage and i do believe that the testimony was not for nothing. it educated the world to the abuse of harvey weinstein and that there is nothing like the

casting couch culture that was his line, that the women knew what they were in for. not true, thejury rejected it then and i am confident they will reject it again. he rejected it then and i am confident they will reject it again.— they will re'ect it again. he is sta int they will re'ect it again. he is staying in — they will reject it again. he is staying in prison _ they will reject it again. he is staying in prison because - they will reject it again. he is staying in prison because of. they will reject it again. he is i staying in prison because of the conviction in another trial that took place in los angeles. i suppose the question is whether the women will want to go through the whole trial process again. in terms of what you were just saying about the impact of the trial. it's fair to say it had an enormous impact in terms of women in the us and all over the world, in fact and i suppose the feeling of being able to come forward and take on establishment people. yes, change the world, because _ establishment people. yes, change the world, because the _ establishment people. yes, change the world, because the for - establishment people. yes, change the world, because the for the - establishment people. yes, change i the world, because the for the metoo movement women suffered in silence and did not share their experience and did not share their experience and the courage that the victim showed in coming forward, millions and millions of people all over the world shared their truth that rape

is notjust strangers leaping out of bushes, it is often bosses, often intimate violence, and the world could not deny the truth of the experience that many, many women experience that many, many women experience throughout the world. so it did change the world and it made it did change the world and it made it much more believable when women came forward, because we know how common it is. so i do believe their courage changed the world and when he gets re—trialled, thejury understands this now in the world understands this now in the world understands it now that harvey weinstein and men like him are recidivist and repeated and unrepentant rapist and their line that they were used by women who wanted to get ahead in the acting world or any other world will be firmly rejected.— world or any other world will be firml re'ected. ., ,, , ., , . firmly re'ected. thank you very much for firmly rejected. thank you very much for comint firmly rejected. thank you very much for coming on. _ firmly rejected. thank you very much for coming on, that _ firmly rejected. thank you very much for coming on, that is _ firmly rejected. thank you very much for coming on, that is debra - firmly rejected. thank you very much for coming on, that is debra katz, i for coming on, that is debra katz, an employment lawyer.— for coming on, that is debra katz, an employment lawyer.

world weather attribution has released a study into the influence of climate change on the heavy rainfall that impacted the united arab emirates and 0man last week. the study is not conclusive, as scientists say they do not have enough data from previous storms to be definitive. however, they say there's no alternative explanation, other than climate change, for heavier rainfall. they are also sure that cloud seeding did not play any role. severe flooding led to 20 deaths in oman and four in the uae, significant damages to cars and buildings, and huge travel disruptions, with more than 1,000 cancelled flights at dubai international airport. the rainfall was the heaviest to hit the uae in 75 years. joining me now is our climate editor, justin rowlatt. what does the study say about the role of climate change the numbers were extraordinary, the amount of rain that fell in 24—hour days was more than a year. aha, amount of rain that fell in 24-hour days was more than a year.- days was more than a year. a year and a half — days was more than a year. a year and a half a _ days was more than a year. a year and a half a brain _ days was more than a year. a year and a half a brain in _ days was more than a year. a year and a half a brain in 24 _ days was more than a year. a year and a half a brain in 24 hours - days was more than a year. a year| and a half a brain in 24 hours about 15 centimetres and when you see the

pictures of it. it's extraordinary. partly because dubai is not used to seeing rainfall and that is the problem with the uncertainty about the climate change. rainfall does happen but it doesn't happen often so when the scientist were going through the data they didn't have many examples to draw on and as a result the findings are uncertain and they think the store was made between ten and 40% more than it would have been without the greenhouse gases we have pumped into the atmosphere raising temperatures by 1.2 celsius. they can't be certain but the overall trend is clear and climate change is warming the atmosphere and a warm atmosphere can hold more moisture and it has to come out as rain.— come out as rain. dubai is hot already and — come out as rain. dubai is hot already and there's _ come out as rain. dubai is hot already and there's not - come out as rain. dubai is hot already and there's not much | already and there's not much moisture going on and these places

get quite and the sea is particularly warm which is a weather pattern which drives up the temperatures in the tropical pacific. we have high sea temperatures and the water evaporates into the atmosphere and is then available to fall as rain. that is what we saw happen in dubai last week. �* , ., . , that is what we saw happen in dubai last week. �* , . . , last week. and the researchers said there were important _ last week. and the researchers said there were important lessons - last week. and the researchers said there were important lessons from | there were important lessons from there were important lessons from the storms. the there were important lessons from the storm-— there were important lessons from the storms. , , , ., , the storms. the lessons you see when ou look at the storms. the lessons you see when you look at the — the storms. the lessons you see when you look at the footage, _ you look at the footage, catastrophic flooding as a result of the rainstorm and its function of the rainstorm and its function of the fact that there are not ways for the fact that there are not ways for the water to escape and this is a concrete city not used to rain and they haven't built the sewers and culverts you would have on a city that more regularly experiences

rainfall and the roads rapidly became rivers, and you see the open areas of dubai, totally flooded and the basements of buildings with the water pouring in there, so a huge amount of structural and infrastructure damage as a result and what the sign to say is there is and what the sign to say is there is a clear lesson for all of us round the world, so climate change will change weather patterns and we need to adapt our times —— towns to cope with the increased rain we will see. tell me what cloud seeding is, because it was on that.- tell me what cloud seeding is, because it was on that. that's when ou ut because it was on that. that's when you put chemicals _ because it was on that. that's when you put chemicals in _ because it was on that. that's when you put chemicals in the _ because it was on that. that's when l you put chemicals in the atmosphere to allow water to accumulate. hopefully not heavy enough to fall as rain and reading university has been helping them explore the potential of cloud seeding that this was a huge storm and we knew it would come and even if you did know it would make difference because the rain was going to fall and the rest of the arabian peninsula, whatever happened. of the arabian peninsula, whatever ha ened. . , ., ~ of the arabian peninsula, whatever ha ened. . , . ~' ,, happened. perfectly timed, thank you ve much.

happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much- do — happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much. do with _ happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much. do with us _ happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much. do with us -- _ happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much. do with us -- stay - happened. perfectly timed, thank you very much. do with us -- stay with i very much. do with us —— stay with us on bbc news. low pressure in the north sea with patches of cloud in england and wales and scotland seem brighter skies with a few showers, so this is where the cheery as to whether it is at the moment and the brighter skies will spread to northern ireland and northern england through the day but with the risk of a few showers and it has been cold enough and you flakes of snow across the higher hills of scotland and northern england and temperatures wherever you are below par, between nine and 13 degrees and there will be some areas that sea temperatures of around seven in parts of east scotland and eastern england so pretty chilly. scotland and eastern england so pretty chilly-— pretty chilly. overnight we will continue to — pretty chilly. overnight we will continue to see _ pretty chilly. overnight we will continue to see cloud - pretty chilly. overnight we will continue to see cloud and - pretty chilly. overnight we will continue to see cloud and a . pretty chilly. overnight we will| continue to see cloud and a few patches of rain across the far south otherwise the skies will be clearing

particularly across the north—west where there be areas of frost in rural parts. a few showers coming in off the north sea overnight which takes us to friday and the weather system still bringing rain in the far south but otherwise a bright and cold start to the day with spells of sunshine and showers will develop and they will be most developed in scotland and eastern england where some can be heavy with hail and thunder. temperatures between nine and 13 degrees which is below average for the time of year. it stays unsettled in an area of low pressure is bringing some rain, and the wettest weather is forecast for southern england, south—west and east anglia where there will be a chilly north—easterly wind developing and further for northern ireland and scotland we are looking at a mixture of sunny spells and showers and some could be quite heavy with hail mixed in and temperatures below average for the

time of year. that area of low pressure continues to bring the threat of rain across eastern areas of england and the rain could be really slow to clear. further north—west, a day of sunny spells and passing showers and some of them are heavy with hail and thunder and temperatures not changing much, another cool day. but if you are fed up another cool day. but if you are fed up with this chilly spell of weather, although it looks not completely dry, at least into next week the weather will warm up for a time.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a new york court overturns harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape, ordering a new trial in the landmark "metoo" case. israel's war cabinet is meeting to discuss a possible major military operation in southern gaza, despite growing international calls against it. and venice becomes the first city in the world to charge day trippers for entry in an effort to tackle over tourism. time for a look at the business news now. ben thompson is here on time today, get in the leftmost early, did you? i made sure i was down nice and early, i couldn't cope with the grief yesterday. good afternoon, time for a look at business. let's start in the us because we've just had the latest reading