We speak to the mayor of freetown in sierra leone, subject of a new bbc documentary. Well hear from Award Winning actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi on whats next for irans women led protests. And iranian female djs use music to defy the islamic republic. Hello, im Azadeh Moshiri and welcome to our bbc news special programme on International Womens day. Im standing in front of the Millicent Fawcett statue, here in parliament square. She was a suffragist in the 20th century, protesting to secure the right to vote for women. Its by the artist Gillian Wearing and it was made after a campaign by a feminist writer, Caroline Criado perez, who wanted to see a womans statue here in the square. Now, of course, what were about to look at for the next half hour are just some of the issues affecting women today. Theres plenty more coverage from the uk and Around The World on the bbc news website and app. So lets begin with ukraine. And after more than two years of war in ukraine, the un says mor
good morning. we begin with israel where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the mobilisation of police and army reservists following a significant increase in violence. in tel aviv, an italian tourist was killed and several others were wounded when a car was driven along a promenade. it came just hours after two british israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank, that also left their mother seriously injured. our correspondent anna o neill has the latest. this is the car which is suspected of ramming a group of tourists in the centre of tel aviv last night. police say a 45 year old man drove along the city s beachside boardwalk, hitting several pedestrians before overturning. he was shot and killed by israeli police. it happened just hours after two british israeli sisters were shot dead, and their mother seriously injured, in the occupied west bank. police are still searching for their attacker, but israel s prime minister visiting the s
hello and welcome. we begin with israel, where the prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has ordered the mobilization of police and army reservists following a significant increase in violence. in tel aviv, an italian tourist was killed and several others were wounded when a car was driven along a promenade. it came just hours after two british israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank, that also left their mother seriously injured. our correspondent anna o neill has the latest. this is the car which is suspected of ramming a group of tourists in the centre of tel aviv last night. police say a 45 year old man drove along the city s beachside boardwalk, hitting several pedestrians before overturning. he was shot and killed by israeli police. it happened just hours after two british israeli sisters were shot dead, and their mother seriously injured, in the occupied west bank. police are still searching for their attacker, but israel s prime minister visitin
we begin with israel where the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the mobilization of police and army reservists following a significant increase in violence. in tel aviv, an italian tourist was killed and several others were wounded when a car was driven along a promenade. it came just hours after two british israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank, that also left their mother seriously injured. our correspondent anna o neill has the latest. this is the car which is suspected of ramming a group of tourists in the centre of tel aviv last night. police say a 45 year old man drove along the city s beachside boardwalk, hitting several pedestrians before overturning. he was shot and killed by israeli police. in a tweet, the italian deputy prime minister named the victim as alessandro parini, a lawyer from rome and said other italian citizens may be among the injured. it happened just hours after two british israeli sisters were shot dead, and th
we begin with israel, where the prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has ordered the mobilization of police and army reservists following a significant increase in violence. in tel aviv, an italian tourist was killed and several others were wounded when a car was driven along a promenade. it came just hours after two british israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank, that also left their mother seriously injured. our correspondent anna o neill has the latest. this is the car which is suspected of ramming a group of tourists in the centre of tel aviv last night. police say a 45 year old man drove along the city s beachside boardwalk, hitting several pedestrians before overturning. he was shot and killed by israeli police. in a tweet, the italian deputy prime minister named the victim as alessandro parini, a lawyerfrom rome and said other italian citizens may be among the injured. it happened just hours after two british israeli sisters were shot dead, and t