faranak amidi, bbc news.ational women's day around the world, including protests. i want to bring you some live pictures from rome where women are marching for women's rights. there are plenty more other events and we will show them on the news channel as well as our streaming channel, so please do check out iplayer for more events around the world. but back here in parliament square, i'm joined by community dancers, a group called impact dance, who say they are working towards art for social change. thank you forjoining us. thank you for your time today. we will be showing some of your performance later this afternoon. why is it that you say art for social change, what are you trying to achieve?— to achieve? what we are trying to achieve is that _ to achieve? what we are trying to achieve is that a _ to achieve? what we are trying to achieve is that a lot _ to achieve? what we are trying to achieve is that a lot of _ to achieve? what we are trying to achieve is that a lot of young - achieve is that a lot of

faranak amidi, bbc news.ghtings in the 1950s and �*60s were actually caused by extensive military tests of highly advanced spy planes and new space age technology. the pentagon says a number of secret projects involved circular or saucer—shaped aircraft like this fighter—bomber. as you can see, it looks a lot like the ufo's we have seen in films. officials also said there was "no evidence" that the us government had encountered any alien life, but accepted that despite this declassification of evidence, it's unlikely to quell popular beliefs about extra terrestrial life. that's all for this half hour. i'm helena humphrey. i'll be back in 30 minutes with a special look at us foreign policy following prsident biden�*s state of the union, so do join us for that. hello there. there was a lot of dry weather around on friday, but cloud varied quite a bit from place to place. southern england had some lovely sunshine, with temperatures reaching 12 celsius in hampshire, 13 celsius in wiggonholt, in sussex — which was

faranak amidi, bbc news.ter oppenheimer leads the way for nominations, its rival barbie has eight and was the highest—grossing film of last year. barbie was made by warner brothers, and its chief executive pamela abdy has been speaking to our culture editor katie razzall about barbie, oscar snubs, and the state of the film industry. we are in full production right now... i'm on a private tour on a lot at warner brothers. casablanca... casablanca was filmed right here. we see rick and ilsa sitting outside a parisian cafe. these are some of hollywood's most famous streets. well, my work is done here. the dream house is in there. ken's mojo dojo casa house was inside there. this is where i live... barbie was the biggest grossing film of the year, but greta gerwig wasn't nominated for a best director oscar... what happened here? and margot robbie isn't up for best actress, which has got to hurt if you're pam abdy, one of hollywood's most powerful women. of course it does. you know, of course i want to see all of

the bbc�*s faranak amidi met two of them.l the time and thinking to myself, "i would like to have that same job". nesa azadikhah is one of the first female djs in iran. she built her career djing at underground raves in tehran in a scene that women weren't always welcomed. i remember reactions weren't that great. people looked at me as if there was something wrong with me. some men even thought because of what i was doing, they could easily touch or kiss me. thousands of miles away from iran's restrictions, the dance music industry is still very much male—dominated. based on the international music summit's 2023 report, women make up only 15% of the top 100 dj bookings at festivals and clubs globally. paramida is an iranian—german dj. she lives in berlin and is a resident dj at one she is now in france and plays across europe. playing outside iran, for me, is liberating. i feel relaxed and don't worry about being arrested or the event getting cancelled. but for me, nothing beats the vibe of iran's underground parties. we want