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
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Profit from betting on those matches. That is absolutely prohibited underfootball association regulations. Meanwhile, west ham have officially appointed Julen Lopategui as their new manager. The former spain, real madrid and most recently wolves coach has been out of a job since leaving the premier league last year. He agreed a deal with west ham earlier this month and succeeds david moyes, who won the Europa Conference League with west ham last year. Fresh from winning the t20 series, englands Women Cricketers have beaten pakistan by in their opening one Day International in derby. Batting first at the county ground, england lost a steady flow of wickets before Alice Capsey Dug in to make 44, her best one Day International score, as the home side finished on 243 9. Sophie ecclestone was then pick of the england bolwers as she took 3 26, on the way to beating pakistan by 37 runs. And thats the sport. Lucy, thank you very much. You are watching the context. It is time for our regular we
But what comes next once the iraqi city is reclaimed . And new jerseys governor is feeling the heat. Its bad enough to close a beach on a Holiday Weekend its another thing to then show up relaxing in the sand. Welcome to 100 days . Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Emmanuel macron is either a self styled napoleon whos far too regal for the french republic or hes a political genius whos going to restore both dignity and prosperity to the country. Take your pick. After a grand state of the Union Session at versailles, the new french president has been called both. In a break with tradition, the president summoned the joint Houses Of Parliament to versaille, to hear a 90 minute address. In the speech, he said the European Union had lost its way, and the State Of Emergency will be lifted this autumn. He also told the lawmakers he wants to slash their numbers by one third. Translation so far, too often, we have taken the wrong path. We have preferred procedures to r
To help Homeless People living on the streets. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A father who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter out of school for an unauthorised holiday has lost his case at the Supreme Court. Jon platt, whos from the isle of wight, had argued that all the law required of him was to ensure that his child attended school regularly. The high court had originally ruled that the holiday did not constitute regular absenteeism but this morning the Supreme Court has overturned thatjudgement. This is how lady hale announced the ruling. Unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect. Not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. If one pupil can be taken out whenever it suits the parent, then so can others. Different pupils might be taken out at different times, multiplying the disruptive effect. Any educational system expects people to keep the rules. Not to do so is unfair to those obedie