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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behind the work. welcome back. i said i would keep you up to date with the events in new york and i will show you the live pictures. they are debating at the moment and they are holding a meeting currently on the african union. we are told they would go back into consultations on the gaza draught and a couple of hours time, so i don t think we will get a vote until the early hours of the morning here and perhaps late in the evening eastern time. so that tells you there is something in that text the various parties don t like. junior doctors were back on the picket lines today, the second day of a three day strike. they refuse to back down from a demand for a 35% pay rise and will walk out again for six days in the new year. around 98% ofjunior doctors voted in favour of the strike action, giving the bma a mandate to keep striking until the end of february. and that will put paid to one of rishi sunak s five pledges. the walk out could tip nhs waiting lists above 8 million fo
british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time. hundreds of staff have been made redundant. and a seven day state of emergency has been declared in new zealand s largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. a 13 year old palestinian boy has shot and wounded a father and son in eastjerusalem. shot and wounded a father it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. 42 people have been arrested in connection with friday s shooting the gunman was killed. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. the suspect is just 13. he is said to be the relative of another teenager shot dead by israeli forces this week. the police are not going to allow terrorist org
straight after this programme. coming up on the travel show. this place is a realfiesta! wow! look at this! something so exhilarating about watching horses running. theme music. hello and welcome to the travel show. with me, rajan datar. this week, we are taking a breakfrom being on the road to look back at some of our favourite stories from the past three months. this summer has seen record temperatures in london and in other parts of the world. some airlines and airport struggle to be so many of us wanting to travel again and sometimes does seem the price ofjust about everything has gone up. but that has not stopped us from bringing you some of the best travel stories around the world. and we have beenjoined by new member the team! how do i have so much stuff? how will i fit all of this? in that tiny little car? back injuly, we welcomed top travel vlogger ava zubeck to the team and we spent no time sending her to mexico, to find out more about a simple but effective way of