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Speaker 1: Vinton Mecavini are UK and Europe correspondence with US. Vincent,

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Speaker 1: good morning, nice to be with you. The indecent assault

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Speaker 1: chargers in the UK against Harvey Weinstein discontinued.

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Speaker 2: Why yeah, that's right. Well, the CPS says they've made

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Speaker 2: the decision because there is no longer a realistic prospect

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Speaker 2: of conviction now. Weinstein was charged in twenty twenty two

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Speaker 2: with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in

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Speaker 2: London for alleged defenses in nineteen ninety six. The alleged

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Speaker 2: woman victim is now in her fifties, but the head

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Speaker 2: of the Special Crime and counter Terrorism Division at the

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Speaker 2: CPS said that they have continuously reviewed this case and

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Speaker 2: explained their decision to all parties. They would still encourage

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Speaker 2: any potential victims to come forward, but they're saying now

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Speaker 2: that they will not continue with this. Weinstein was of

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Speaker 2: course jailed in twenty twenty in New York for twenty

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Speaker 2: three years for rape and sexual assault of former assistant

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Speaker 2: and an actress as well many women coming out to

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Speaker 2: testify against him in addition to those alleging various things.

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Speaker 2: But he is of course in a protracted legal battle

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Speaker 2: in the US and now trying to overturn those convictions.

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Speaker 2: So that may have played a part in what's here

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Speaker 2: in the UK.

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Speaker 1: And in France, Macron has pict as Prime Minister.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. After a couple of months of turmoil

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Speaker 2: in France. Off that snap election, Michelle Barnier, a veteran

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Speaker 2: French Conservative politician, will take over. Now. That is a

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Speaker 2: name that people might remember from Brexit. He was the

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Speaker 2: EU's former Brexit negotiator. He was incredibly tough and formidable

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Speaker 2: as the UK Brexit side saw. He's hoping to put

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Speaker 2: an end of the two months of paralysis and deadlock

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Speaker 2: in France. The right, the Marine Le Penn, says that

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Speaker 2: she will wait to see whether or not he can

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Speaker 2: do that, what his platform will be. The left though,

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Speaker 2: aren't happy with his selection, but we'll see whether or

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Speaker 2: not it will get France going again after this sort

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Speaker 2: of stalemate they've been in and this sort of true

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Speaker 2: that they've had through the Olympics and the Paralympics. So

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Speaker 2: the Paralympics they've stepped to end of course in the

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Speaker 2: next week, so it'll be back to school in France

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Speaker 2: and we'll see whether or not they can get their

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Speaker 2: parliament back up and running. There are some rumors circulating

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Speaker 2: that perhaps President Macron might simply throw in the toll,

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Speaker 2: resign and potentially trigger a fresh presidential election a few

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Speaker 2: years early in order to try and wrong foot Marine

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Speaker 2: La Penn and the far right in the hope that

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Speaker 2: they might not be prepared yet for that race.

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Speaker 1: Wow, Okay, that would be a big move, wouldn't it.

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Speaker 1: It's either you lit the fire far right in and

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Speaker 1: you include them somehow, or they're probably eventually going to

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Speaker 1: take over, aren't they, whether it's now or whether it's

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Speaker 1: in two years. That's Vincent Mecha. Anyow. You can europe Correspondent.

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