forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick film processing factory. because of the poor working conditions there, they decided to take a stand for workers rights and their action captured the imagination of many other trade unionists, as lakshmi patel told me. for housewife mrs jayaben desai, her 220th day on the picket line was marked by a presentation. this is a presentation - on behalf of the north west london branch of usdaw, i the shop workers union, to mrs desai, who is the treasurer of the strike committee. - thank you very much for coming along. . translation: jayaben desai was a very strong woman. . she had made up her mind to bring the union into the factory. ..because our women were treated badly. we
midfield set up to score a stunning goal for arsenal as they seized the initiative in style. it s 16 years since arsenal won europe s top prize. they remain the only english team to win this competition. here, they displayed the level of intensity required on the biggest stage with their dominance rewarded again. had and kate s cross. more chances came and went on a rainy night. in the end, two goals were enough. having already won the domestic league cup, they remain on course for a trouble. on course for a treble. adam cottier, bbc news. indonesia will not host this year s under 20 football world cup after fifa stripped the country of its right to stage the tournament. last friday s draw for the 24 team competition was cancelled by the indonesian organisers following protests earlier this month in the muslim majority country against the participation of israel. fifa have acted following a meeting between their president, gianni infantino, and the chairman of the host countr
against the world cup semi finalists as they take on latvia in cardiff. tomos daffyd reports. no wonder they re in a good mood. their campaign is off to a great start thanks to this man, nathan broadhead brilliant on his debut, according to the captain. aaron ramsey said the new players are showing players are showing they re ready to make their mark after some high profile retirements. players are making their own history, so for nate to come in and win in the last minute was brilliant in his debut. these moments are what we live for, and you could see that with the celebrations with the fans at the end. this was the moment wales rescued a point in croatia shot on target in the last seconds of the game. at 2a, nathan broadhead had to be patient for this opportunity. after the bonus of picking up a point in croatia, latvia tomorrow already feels like a must win match. latvia are the weakest side in their group latvia are the weaker side in their group more than 100 plac
almost 30 years. the us department of defence is that it was monitoring the situation but did not currently see any reason to adjust its nuclear posture. vladimir putin has that russia will station nuclear weapons in belarus. now on bbc news, witness history, women led movements. hello and welcome to witness history. i m farhana haider, at the people s history museum in manchester, with more remarkable moments from the past, as told by people who were there. in this episode, we look back at five campaigns and protest movements led by women. coming up, we ll hear about the fight for the equal right to pray for women at the western wall injerusalem, the argentinian forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick fil
this is bbc news, the headlines. a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi. trees and power lines have been torn down and tens of thousands of power outages have been reported by residents. tensions continue in france with demonstrators clashing with police in st solene, in the west of the country, during a protest against plans for a new water reservoir. the unrest follows weeks of protests over president macron s pension reforms. vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. putin told state television that belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. a massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history: women led movements. hello and welcome to witn