and more in an effort to

NEW YORK (AP) — After five weeks of testimony from’s accusers and other prosecution witnesses at his

, his defense has started presenting its own witnesses. But it’s unclear whether the ex-studio boss himself will be one of them.He’s due to decide in the coming days whether to testify. His lawyers have spent last weekend and recent evenings talking through pros and cons with him, and the discussions were ongoing Thursday evening.“There’s no easy answer,” attorney Arthur Aidala said outside court.

If Weinstein does take the stand, it would be a remarkable twist — and potentially risky legal move — in the yearslong saga of the onetime Hollywood honcho-turned-#MeToo outcast.Weinstein, 73, is being retried on rape and sexual assault charges because New York’s highest court

. He denies the allegations, and his attorneys maintain that anything that happened between him and his accusers was consensual.

Weinstein didn’t testify at his first trial, nor at a separate, or USAID, over five years, the project has now shut down following the Trump administration’s decision to

“The joy I felt when I was selected for this project has been replaced by sadness,” said Doumbia in Mali’s capital, Bamako.She had hoped to take advantage of the empowerment program to train as a pastry chef.

”I don’t have any hope of realizing my dream (again),” Doumbia said.Doumbia is among thousands of people who now find themselves stranded