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
there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it s attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it s part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it s still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person in this waiting tug boat tells a story of sudan. look at the exhaustion. they ve made a dangerousjourney to get here to port sudan. they ve told they told us the
fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we are just coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been secured for now. 0n sudanese soil
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we are just coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has bee
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been