you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were younger,
also coming up on the programme: we are in india to meet the rohingya families who are now unwelcome in their adoptive country but can t be sent back to myanmar. a success for conservation scientists, after this tiny endangered baby elephant was born at a british zoo. and the k pop phenomenon black pink breaking records as south korea showcases its successes on day one of the seoul pop culture convention. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, says a russian missile strike on a rail station in the east of the country has killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more. mr zelensky had previously warned that russia might do something cruel to disrupt ukraine s independence day which coincidentally fell on the same day as the six month anniversary of the invasion. this is the current state of play in the country with russia controlling ukrainian territory in the south and east
are the first to go when we fall on tough times, which really tells us where our priorities are, which really tells us what we believe in. everybody who wants it can just make the choice to hire more women and people of colour and support with your money and notjust with your words, the work of women and people of colour. and so, you know, it s not magic, really. it s just making the decision. and it s notjust films. also football, right? natalie portman. yeah. ..founded the first female football team for your native city of los angeles. why did you decide to be part of it? oh, so many reasons for deciding tojump on to, to angel city football club and, you know, everything from the excitement of being a part of a women s professional football team,
joon ho. this is a generation born in the 1960s, that went to university in the tumultuous 19805, university in the tumultuous 1980s, as korea entered a new democratic era, and then into the film industry in the 1990s. there were significant changes that happened, in terms of finances. the government went from trying to control the film industry to promote it and support it, and the government played a big impact on film and other areas of public culture too, and i think these film makers have found innovative ways to tell stories that have really captured the attention of audiences far and wide, and i think that is true of notjust films but miniseries as well, and i think the success of singers as well and k pop idols, they are clearly very, very talented and are finding ways of attracting audiences both locally and internationally. absolutely,
don t know which one yet. i will have to get back to you. no, but we will get it done. it is gold rush time for nfts and notjust films. the market is gold rush time for nfts and not just films. the market for movie memorabilia is potentially huge. and in this new frontier, that means headaches all round. this week, quentin tarantino put scans of handwritten pulp fiction script note up for auction. i handwritten pulp fiction script note up for auction. note up for auction. i have the entire pulp note up for auction. i have the entire pulp fiction note up for auction. i have the entire pulp fiction script - entire pulp fiction script written in my own hand. the nft dro has written in my own hand. the nft drop has led written in my own hand. the nft drop has led to written in my own hand. the nft drop has led to a written in my own hand. the nft drop has led to a bitter written in my own hand. the nft drop has led to a bitter legal- drop has led to a bitter legal battle betwee