.# and, eltonjohn and his long time writing partner bernie taupin receive the prestigious gershwin prize for popular song. millions of women here in the uk, born in the 1950s, who were affected by the government's decision to raise their state pension age in line with men's, will find out today whether they could be entitled to compensation. the campaign group women against state pension inequality — also known as waspi — says the change plunged tens of thousands of them into poverty. our reporter azadeh moshiri has more. # heigh—ho, heigh—ho. ..# could this be the day they have been fighting for? waspi have been demanding compensation for years after their retirement plans collapsed. for many, the wait has been painful. suddenly knowing i wasn't going to get it for another six years dramatically affected my standard of living and it is money i will never get back. i have accepted that. i do feel the government should have let me and the other women know that this delay was coming down the tracks. we had no notice at all. the state pension age used to be 60 for women and 65 for men. but

partner bernie taupin receive the prestigious gershwin prize for popular song. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. america's top diplomat, the us secretary of state, antony blinken has just arrived in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he'll meet senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority, as the us pushes for a pause in the fighting in gaza. these are pictures of mr blinken arriving in cairo a short while ago. he's pushing for more desperately needed aid to enter gaza. it's mr blinken�*s sixth trip to the region since the war began and comes after a un—backed food security assessment warned that a man—made famine in gaza is imminent. let's go live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. this knell. is mr blank and's six the trip to this is mr blank and's six the trip to the region. is he having much success —— mr blinken. we to the region. is he having much success -- mr blinken.— to the region. is he having much success -- mr blinken. we will have to unaue success -- mr blinken. we will have to gauge that _ success -

taupin. they were awarded the gershwin prize for popular song from the library of congress for their prolific contribution to the world of music. over the course of their 57 year partnership. >> the longevity of our career has, because the songs varied and the songs last because they cover different territories. philadelphia freedom is not like burn down the mission. >> daniel is not like saturday night's alright for fighting. there's a lot of different stuff. our palette is full of colors. >> yeah, they are among the best selling artists of all time, with a mind boggling 300 million plus records sold worldwide that numbers go in, up, up, up. >> coming up. march madness gets underway for real today as women's basketball sees record growth in its popularity and who we think will ultimately be cutting down the nets this year. >> you're watching world news now. >> have you or anyone you know ever lived or worked at camp lejeune before 1987? this important message is for you. marine corps base ca

fue galardonado junto a su colega, el compositor bernie taupin, con quien lleva trabajando por más de, muchas gracias por alegrarnos un poco el día. también con esto nos despedimos. gracias por acompañar. hay más información esta tarde en noticias. telemundo. en nuestra clínica de emociones ya le. a chamaca ya la tengo metida en la casa. de quién es la casa? mía. quién paga? yo. y entonces quién manda? pues yo. pero rocío

him and lyricist . and bernie taupin, his lyricist.hen i met bernie, he said, yeah, of course we rip people off. but they didn't rip off thought they off the people i thought they had. didn't rip off had. yeah, they didn't rip off space ripped off space oddity. they, ripped off another called pearls another band called pearls before swine. yeah. but, in the end, i did like elton because he was just, you know, very straightforward and honest. but he went very much off the rails, of course, latterly. yeah, yeah. tried to be normal. >> yeah. so musical heroes present can go present day, you know, we can go back the 50s and 60s and back to the 50s and 60s and early about today's early 70s. what about today's music? and music? how was that changed? and who to ? who do you listen to? >> the thing about music is >> the thing is about music is there's a tiny proportion there's always a tiny proportion of talent. people think the 60s were so brilliant, but there was a massive, absolute rubbish recorded in the 60s as well. and today is always 2%

and, eltonjohn and his long—time writing partner bernie taupin receive the prestigious gershwin prize