Weinstein Dropped By Oscars Academy

The board voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to remove Weinstein, declaring the era of "shameful complicity in sexually predatory behaviour" in the movie industry was over. Also, Kyrgyzstan elects a new leader in a closely-fought contest, the first commercial flight lands at the remote British territory of St Helena, and the latest from the London Film Festival.

(Photo: Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival (File Photo 2017). Credit: AFP)