hello. this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top story: as fewer migrants
cross the mediterranean, shocking claims that many are imprisoned, abused, and forced to
work as slaves in libya. taking a stand against sexual harassment. stars launch a campaign
to support women in the workplace. and storm carmen batters the coast of western france,
cutting off power to thousands of homes. it's expected to cause more disruption as it heads
east. china bans the import of millions of tons of plastic waste to protect its environment.
i'll be speaking to laure cucuron, who helps run terracycle - a recycling firm that specialises
in hard to recycle waste. a very warm welcome to the programme - briefing you on all you
need to know in global news, business and sport.
and you can be part of the conversation. do you think the sexual misdemeanours in hollywood
last year will lead to change in the workplace in 2018? tell us what you think. just use
the hashtag - #bbcthebriefing. hundreds of thousands of migrants are stuck in libya after
the number trying to cross the mediterranean sea to europe has been reduced by police patrols.
a european union policy of encouraging libyan groups to monitor its coastline has reduced
migrant travel by 70% since july. however, the un has called living conditions for the
majority of african migrants "inhumane". over 5,000 - mainly nigerians - have been repatriated
and those returning from libya have told harrowing stories of abuse. in this special report,
the bbc's stephanie hegarty went to the city of benin in southern nigeria to meet
those recently released. walked the streets to the
anti-europe. these two man almost made it, but they were arrested in a boat off the coast
of libya and sent
to prison. they said when they were no longer needed, they
were dumped in the desert, rescued by a man driving by, they will repatriate the nigeria
with the help of the un. we spoke to several nigerian migrants, the details of their stories,
and each told us of the same horrifying trend. prison authorities leasing or
selling migrants to local businesses as labour. is the new development in as labour. is the
new development in a dark and brutal industry in which traffickers and prison officers extort
migrants, forcing them to buy their this man was arrested in libya and 2015 and brought
to prison. he says the man bought his freedom, he forced into for nothing. after three months,
he refused to backin back in prison, he was told he was going to be deported. instead,
he was taken to prison for seven months. how many people did you c di
there? almost 20. in benin city, men are being processed by the authorities here. many of
them have stories of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of the parties in the libyan
detention centres where they we re libyan detention centres where they were held, and
at least three people i have spoken to so far have told me they were forced to work
for free or sold as slaves. again and again, the prison is mentioned as a place of terrible
abuse. it is run by libya's ministry
of interior, which itself is run by two militia groups. libya is in the middle of the civil
war and his militia are only nominally under the un wreck most government in tripoli. the
libyan interior ministry did not respond to our attempts to set up an interview. the un
agency says there are about 7000 african migrants still stuck in libya, they have stepped up
attempts to get their citizens home and thousands have been repatriate it in the last few weeks.
carrying on told former, those that do come home have to continue the hard work of rebuilding
their lives. more than 300 women from hollywood's entertainment industry have launched an initiative
to tackle sexual harassment in workplaces. the campaign is called 'time's up', and
it includes hollywood stars such as cate blanchett, america ferrera and eva longoria. it is going
to provide legal support for women and men who suffer abuse. i'm joined now from los
angeles by the entertainmentjournalist,
kj matthews. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us
here on bbc world news. tell us about this campaign, they have already raised $10 million
towards it, haven't they? it is interesting, we learned about this initiative monday in
the united states, it has really been in the works ever since the harvey weinstein scandal
broke backin the harvey weinstein scandal broke back in october. there have been actors,
agents, producers in hollywood meeting to say what can we do to make sure this trend
is lasting? what measures can be put in place? we want to make sure that hollywood understands
that things need to change and he was needs to change, so they basically after four
months, came up with an initiative called time's up. time is up, it is time to end the
nondisclosure agreements, and they have. so they basically have formal objectives, the
first thing to mention is the legal defence fund. so far, it has raised $30 million, hollywood
bigwigs have donated a couple of million dollars and what they want to do is use that funds
to help women who may be facing sexual harassment or misconduct and reported to their human
resources office and have faced backlash. many office and have faced backlash. many
of these women do not have money to fight their companies, that is where this legal
defence fund will come in help women in the workforce who do not have the money or the
power to fight back against this. the second thing they want to do is eliminate
nondisclosure agreements, these are the agreement that many women, who once they report sexual
harassment 01™ once they report sexual harassment or sexual misconduct and the company wa nts
to or sexual misconduct and the company wants to eliminate them and come up with a settlement,
they often agree to pay them a certain amount of money in exchange for their silence, meaning
they can never talk about any of the allegations with anyone, ever. many of the women say that
when they come forward to report things, they are not aware that there are other women have
had the same incidence or been in the same circumstances because of these nondisclosure
agreements, so they wa nt nondisclosure agreements, so they want companies in hollywood and all
across the world to really get rid of these agreements. the third thing they want is gender
parity, they wa nt they want is gender parity, they want women working in hollywood, doing
the same exactjob with the same exact qualifications, to be paid the same amount of money as man,
and then lastly, they want a lot of the actresses that will be attending the golden globes,
which
happens this sunday here in hollywood, to use their red carpet interviews to talk about
this new initiative and talk about ways they wa nt to initiative and talk about ways they
want to make sure... thank you so much for explaining what this new initiative is all
about. you can of course be part of the conversation as well, let us know what you think. do you
think the sexual misdemeanours in hollywood last year will lead to changes in the workplace?
tellers what you think. -- tell us. storm carmen has cut power to tens of thousands
of homes in western france. wind speeds of up to 140 kilometres an hour battered the
country's atlantic coast and is moving towards germany. elsewhere, and a deep freeze has
settled over large parts of the united states and canada bringing extreme cold, snow and
travel disruption. sarah corker reports. 0n france's atlantic coast, the new year was
ushered in by the arrival of wild weather. strong winds and rough seas meant seaside
cities cancelled traditional new year swimming events.
winds exceeding 140km/h knocked out power to thousands of homes across brittany. this
man said the storm was stronger than expected, and had already done some damage to the roof.
police say one man in his 60s was killed when a tree fell on his car near the french-spanish
border. elsewhere, and across the atlantic, the united states is experiencing a record-breaking
arctic cold. from texas to maine, the sub-zero temperatures and snow were unrelenting. at
chicago airport, there were long delays. it is brutally cold - i mean, five degrees and
below, in the single digits. it was something else. and for almost a week now, parts of
canada have been colder than the north pole. niagara falls have
become an icy spectacle. with temperatures falling below -30 celsius, even the penguins
at calgary zoo have been moved inside. there's widespread disruption on the roads, railways,
and in the air. but for these brave souls in pennsylvania, it's never too cold for a
new year's dip. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. police
in germany are considering whether to charge a politician from the far-right afd for inciting
hatred, after she made anti-muslim comments on social media. on twitter, beatrix von storch
accused german police of "appeasing" what she called "barbaric, gang-raping muslim hordes
of men." the metropolitan police are investigating the murders of four young men across london,
after they were stabbed to death in unrelated attacks in the space of 15 hours. so far,
there have been five arrests in connection with the incidents. the mayor of london sadiq
khan has said he will "work tirelessly in 2018" to stamp out what he called the "scourge"
of knife crime.
air accident investigators in australia say it could take months to establish why a seaplane
carrying a prominent british businessman and four members of his family crashed into a
river near sydney on new year's eve. richard cousins died along with his fiancee and her
daughter. the pilot was also killed, as well mr cousins' two grown-up sons. the spanish
economy minister luis de guindos has estimated the dispute over catalan independence has
cost spain more than $1 billion. he said this was due to the slowdown in the catalan economy
after the unauthorised independence referendum. dr stephanie hare is an independent political
risk analyst. shejoins me in the she joins me in the studio. shejoins me in the studio.
a she joins me in the studio. a warm welcome to you, happy new year. thank you very much
for coming in. what you make of this figure, $1 billion? this is obviously going over several
months, but it is
hugely damaging to spain's economy. there's only started in october and there have been
drumbeats of catalan separatism for a while and it really escalated in october and then
we have just had the vote on december 20 one. to have1 billion euros fallout, i would want
to see the numbers, and to see if it is actually jobs numbers, and to see if it is actuallyjobs
orjust a number of companies... yeah, i suppose we want to put this in context too. this is
spain's economy minister, spain has not want to see catalonia breaking away. yeah, i would
like to see the catalonian separatist agree with these figures, there is an angle to be
played here. political uncertainty does have consequences for economics. it is still not
clear what is going to happen. that is
right, it is looking like a really on the issue because the separatists have won the
vote in the referendum, so have won the vote in the referendum, so now have won the vote
in the referendum, so now what? how do they square the circle? yeah, we will see, won't
we? thank you very much. stay with us on the briefing. also on the programme: scotland's
bookshop by the sea: your chance to read, relax - and even run the place. the most ambitious
financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of
the euro. tomorrow in holland, we are going to use money we picked up in belgium today,
and then we will be in france and again it will be the same money. it's just got to be
the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being
stabbed at his 0xfordshire home. a 33-year-old man from liverpool is being interviewed by
police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good.
you... just good? no, fantastic! that's better. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines:
new claims that many african migrants are being imprisoned, abused - and forced to work
as slaves in libya. hundreds of stars and hollywood insiders have launched a campaign
in the us to fight sexual harassment at work. protestors in iran have attacked police stations
late into the night as demonstrations across the country entered their sixth day. at least
thirteen people have been killed since the protests began last thursday. 0ur correspondentjon
donnison has
been following developments. iran has not seen anything like this in almost a decade.
the country's leadership underfire in almost a decade. the country's leadership under fire
in in almost a decade. the country's leadership underfire in the biggest protests since 2009.
people are angry about high unemployment, rising prices and corruption. police stations
have been attacked, authorities say one policeman was shot dead on monday. three other officers
were injured. in recent days the country's let that president, rouhani, has sought to
downplay the protests and their significance saying they were instigated via iran's enemies.
translation: al victories against the us and the zionist regime are unbearable for our
enemies. our success unbearable for our enemies. our success in the region is intolerable for
them. they are out for revenge and trying to provoke people. so far
his words have done little to stem the protest. in the past, to do that, the government has
used force. there have been large counterdemonstrations organised in support of the country's leadership.
but is the protests enter an sixth day, the message from many iranians is that they want
change. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later. prepare for rail
chaos across london and the uk as protests take place over an increase in railfares.
the first scheduled protest is expected at paddington station from 0700 local time. zookeepers
at london zoo are readying their clipboards and calculators for the zoo's annual stockta
ke. from lions to leaf-cutter ants, they'll all be counted as part of the audit which
is essential for zoo license requirements. and later -japan's royalfamily will make
a public appearance to receive new year greetings from well wishers. the emperor of japan, akihito,
and empress michiko will make the scheduled appearance alongside immediate family members.
time now to bring you up today on
the latest sports news. reading more books is a popular
new year's resolution but how about reading an entire bookshop - while running it at the
same time? that's what holidaymakers are being given the chance to do in wigtown in scotland.
it's proving so popular it's booked solidly until 2020 and the concept could soon be branching
out into asia. our scotland correspondent has been to take a look. between the hills
and the sea in south-west scotland is a small town where they like their book, a lot. wigtown
is scotland's national book town and among the many bookshops here, one is available
to rent for one week at a time. it is run by enthusiasts who wish to be surrounded ibooks
while trying their hand at telling some as well. alison drury is a police community support
officer, but not this week. instead she is stacking bookshelves and
shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a bookshop for a week. what your
friends think of that? a bit of a mixture. some think i'm a little eccentric. it is a
strange thing to do. at the same time we have some friends who think it is extremely exciting
and a quiet envious and excited for me. to have you enjoyed it? i have. you can tell,
can't you ? you enjoyed it? i have. you can tell, can't you? she has free rein. displays
can change as too can the promotions. the chance to run a bookshop for a one or two
weeks has proven popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand with america
and south korea to run the place. one couple on their 80s came in their honeymoon and others
like the town so much that they stayed. the shop, which once came close to closure, turned
around by those were the dream of running a bookshop and wa nt the dream of running
a bookshop and want the chance to test that our.|j think in everyone's life you have
that voice that says what if. we wa nted that voice that says what if. we wanted to give
people the opportunity to do with. this is a real virtual reality where you can come
be in a bookshop, feel the cold, enjoy the books, enjoy the community and have an adventure
along the way. and if those who've come on a bookshop holiday are looking for ideas,
wigtown boasts 1a bookshops so there is plenty here to inspire. we love our bookshops and
oui™ inspire. we love our bookshops and our books. we even have people coming from
far and wide to run a bookshop. imagine that. it sounds like a crazy idea but what a fantastic
thing for us, bringing us out into the world and encouraging people to come and share our
love for books. that passion for selling books may be spreading. there is interest from a
chinese firm looking to open its own version of the open book holiday business. so successful
has this scottish one being, it is booked out for the next two years. does sound like
a great holiday. i'll be back with the business breathing in a few we'll have more beijing's
ban on waste imports and the impact that will have on recycling in the rest of the world.
and tell me what you think about our talking point today. hollywood are launching a new
campaign against actual harassment. let us know your thoughts - use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing.
good morning.
there is some stormy weather on the way for the british isles in the week ahead. quite
windy with a hat scales for many of us and some heavy rain to boot. that said, quite
a quiet start to the day today. a chilly one as well with clear skies and light winds overnight
to temperatures and some spots have dropped close to freezing. a fine start will be limited.
this weather front is keen to move in from the west making a wet rush-hour in northern
ireland and rain fringing and western scotland. a frosty start, cloud pushing towards northern
england and the midlands, early brightness further east. for wales in the south-west
of england the wind is already picking up and the wind is already picking up and the
rain arrives promptly. the rain will be heavy but it will move through quickly. for the
likes of wales in the south-west of northern ireland, it should be an improved picture
by mid-morning. the rain across the east at lunch and pushing up across the east at lunch
and pushing up through the north sea in the
afternoon. we may see snow for awhile across the high ground of northern scot eight england
so bear that in mind. - northern england. overnight tuesday into wednesday, widespread
strong winds, as waves of gales, perhaps severe ones. heavy rain is well and even as this
low heads off into the north on wednesday it leaves us with widespread strong wind and
a continued risk of gail along with nasty showers. heavy rain, squally winds and hailand
nasty showers. heavy rain, squally winds and hail and thunder. a very lively day on wednesday.
chilly in the north, temperatures managing to bridge the double figures in the south.
for the rest of the week at an orderly queue. here comes our next one for thursday and friday.
weather sweeps up from the south-west on thursday. all areas will experience strong winds on
friday. again, yet more rain. on
thursday something perhaps drier on the eastern areas but the rain will push across the british
isles overnight thursday into friday and then on friday, somewhere underneath this swirling
area of low pressure with all areas the rinsing low pressure. that could be rain
and chill on friday.
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