The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen.
Harvey Weinstein sex crimes retrial to begin Tuesday in NY
The retrial of Harvey Weinstein, whose prosecution and conviction for rape and sex assault ignited the “MeToo” movement, kicks off in New York on Tuesday.
The disgraced movie mogul’s 2017 conviction by a jury was overturned seven years later by an appeals court that ruled the way witnesses were handled in the original trial was unlawful.
Former Miramax studio boss Weinstein will be in the dock for the sexual assault of former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006, the rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann in 2013, and a new count for an alleged sexual assault in 2006 at a hotel in Manhattan.
The trial, expected to last up to six weeks in a Manhattan criminal court, begins Tuesday with jury selection, which could take five days, according to Judge Curtis Farber.
Weinstein, 73, hopes the case will be judged with “fresh eyes,” more than seven years after investigations by the New York Times and the New Yorker led to his spectacular downfall and a global backlash against predatory abusers.
US in hurry for nuclear deal, Iran says after high-stakes talks
The United States wants a nuclear agreement “as soon as possible,” Iran says after rare talks on Saturday, as US President Donald Trump threatens military action if they fail to reach a deal.
The long-term adversaries, who have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are seeking a new nuclear deal after Trump pulled out of an earlier agreement during his first term in 2018.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, a seasoned diplomat and key architect of the 2015 deal, and Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, led the delegations in the highest-level Iran-US nuclear talks since the previous accord’s collapse.
Araghchi, who briefly spoke face-to-face with Witkoff, a real estate magnate, during the otherwise indirect meeting in Oman, says the talks will resume next Saturday.
“The American side also said that a positive agreement was one that can be reached as soon as possible but that will not be easy and will require a willingness on both sides,” Araghchi tells Iranian state television.
“I think we came very close to a basis for negotiation… Neither we nor the other party want fruitless negotiations, discussions for discussions’ sake, time wasting or talks that drag on forever,” he adds.
Israeli strikes reported in central Gaza; hospital building said hit after warning to leave
Palestinians in Gaza reported multiple IDF strikes in the enclave’s center overnight.
Earlier, the military had warned several neighborhoods in the Nuseirat area to evacuate after a rocket was launched at Israel from the area.
Medics said two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a hospital, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures.
Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital evacuated the patients from the building after one person said he received a call from someone who identified himself with the Israeli security forces shortly before the attack took place.
No casualties were reported, according to the civil emergency service.
Israel has made no comment on the strike as of yet. It has repeatedly accused terror groups of using various civilian sites including hospitals as bases of operation.
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