but not worried about the case. the bbc has launched a new education programme for children in afghanistan who are banned from attending school. the show in pashto and dari will help teach young afghans english, maths and science. in the uk, the port of dover has declared a critical incident, with up to 70 coaches delayed overnight as they tried to cross to france. port authorities cited french border controls and bad weather for the hold ups. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the arts interviews: fenton bailey. on today s media show, one of the pioneers of reality tv. hello, hello, hello! fenton bailey s behind rupaul s drag race, described by time magazine as one of the most influential reality tv shows of all time . the company he founded, world of wonder, has made documentaries about andy warhol, britney spears, monica lewinsky over the years, about police brutality in la, and about the lgbt supporting tv evangelist tammy faye. they also brought the cult c
the pope says he will take part in the mass celebrating palm sunday you re watching bbc news. now it s time for traces left behind: a migrantjourney. every year, thousands of migrants try to make their way to europe. as they leave their homelands behind them, the possessions they take with them give us a sense of who they are. remnants of a painful past or glimpses or a more hopeful future. some dedicated people on the italian island of lampedusa have saved some of those items. where are these people? where are they? i m here to see if i can tracejust one person through one of these lost objects and shed new life on this dangerous journey taken by so many. my name is thomas naadi and i m a bbc correspondent. i m based in ghana, my country, but my journey starts here in london but do so. this has long been an arrival spot for refugees seeking better opportunities in europe. i m here to meet one of the founders of a collective set up for objects lost by those travelling on this
we will start in iran. politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be enforced rigorously they re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. joining here with me is parham ghobadi from bbc persian service. just talk us through what is happening right now. why are authorities cracking down now? because of what we see is happening today in iran is that many women in big cities like tehran and other major cities, theyjust walk big cities like tehran and other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarves and without hijab. without hijab, not only headscarves, for four decades iranian women had to wear to walk in the streets. now we see especially young women walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iranian politicians and iranian dutch mic that has frustrated iranian hardliners. so the regime rigid regime is a a difficult position becaus
politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be enforced rigorously they re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. earlier, i spoke to bbc s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her job and without hijab, it s not only headscarf, it s also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in order to walk on the streets. so now we see, especially younger women walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iran. iranian politicians and iranian heart that has frustrated iranian hardliners. and so iranian regime is in a really difficult position because they have this tiny margin of supporters that are hard liners, and these are the people who are willing to pick up arms and defend the regime. now, they
in the mass celebrating palm sunday you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. welcome to talking business weekly. let s take a look at what is on the show. the rise and rise of the ai chat bot. the great global artificial intelligence race is under way as chat gpt takes the world by storm. this humanlike tech is wowing people across the globe with its ability to hold a conversation and even create computer code but as we hand over the keys to technology should we be more worried about the consequences and what could all of this mean about the future work? i will discuss all of this with these two. a director of technology from the un and a recruitment expert who specialises in what it means to be a human in this ever evolving workplace. also on the show i sit down with the big boss of the world bank and talk the lending battle between the us and china, how fund the developing world and weathering our economic storm. wherever you arejoining in wherever you