. -- in tblisi. there is a new law that they say could hinder efforts to join the european union. to all of you joining us on pbs in the united states and viewers around the globe, welcome to the show. today is international women's day, an opportunity to celebrate women but also an important time to highlight struggles women around the globe still face every day. in iran, the situation remains dangerous for women. months after they first took the streets in mass protest, women seem to have achieved some of the freedoms they are fighting for. we bring you this exclusive report from tehran. some faces have been blurred for their safety. >> this would have been impossible just six months ago. walking the streets of tehran in your own choice of clothing. now, it's not an uncommon sight anymore. like this university student, many women are taking the risk. it is still against the law. to talk about it, we go inside. >> there were many reactions to me not wearing the hijab. people looking at me, pulling faces and insulting me, humiliating me. or kindly and sentimentally advising me on

i want to thank you for our national anthem, which was played in tblisi.to express my sincere respect for georgia. there is no such ukrainian who would not wish success to our friendly georgia, democratic success, european success. mark: next, police in tel aviv are investigating the shooting. three people were wounded in the incident. the circumstances have not yet fully emerged. the suspect has been neutralized. we understand shot and wounded. we will bring you more as we get it. israel's president herzog has spoken out on a controversial move to form the country's judiciary. he says the plan should be scrapped. protests arose to stop the prime minister at the airport this thursday. he had to be taken by airport to catch his flight for a state visit. -- he had to be taken by helicopter to the airport to catch his flight for a state visit. netanyahu's critics say he is ordering the reforms to try to avoid prosecution on corruption charges. >> another day of mass disruption. israel is dealingith one of its worst domestic crises over the new government's pl

we have seen thousands of people take to the streets in two plessis -- two plessis -- tblisi .s this a step against authoritarianism, as many of the protesters seem to think? >> the current government in georgia started out to be more pro-european, but the sponsor of the ruling party has moved the country backward in recent years toward a more pro-russian direction, and this law that is being proposed is almost a copy of one that russia has. >> as you say, that is an important point you make because we saw a similar law brought into force in russia over a year ago. is there a sense there could be some sort of influence from moscow at play here? >> certainly some influence, but he may be just mimicking what is going on in russia, such as it's not clear this is engineered by pressure, but it certainly is a russian-like move. >> the eu foreign policy chief called this a very bad development. what impact do you think it will have on georgia's hopes of eventually joining the eu? >> first, it is not clearly law will actually be passed because there's large demonstrations in the stree

steve rosenberg, bbc news, tblisi. where police in the northern city of hamburg say at least 6 people have been killed in a shooting. several others are said to be injured. german media are reporting that the shooting took place at a jehovah's witnesses' centre. emergency services were called at about 9 pm local time. let's go to israel now, where the country's president has said the government should abandon its controversial plan to overhaul the legal system as tens of thousands of israelis take to the streets in protest. isaac herzog said he could not watch his country being ripped apart before his eyes. this comes as three people have been shot and wounded in tel aviv in what israeli authorities say is a suspected terror attack. earlier, an israeli military raid killed three suspected palestinian militants in the occupied west bank. a few hours after that, the us defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel for talks. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman has the latest from the protests in tel aviv. the pr

steve rosenberg, bbc news, tblisi. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines....lans for 2024, including increased or spending on infrastructure and social programmes and higher taxes for the rich and their companies. worth several trillion dollars. the plans may form the backbone of a presidential reelection bid. state media and north korea say armed forces had been ordered to intensify drills for a real war. the countries leader personally oversaw a fire or salt drill on thursday which reports say it said prove the armies ability to counter an actual war. the italian prime minister has outlined stiffer penalties for people smugglers after holding a cabinet meeting near the site where at least 72 migrants died in a shipwreck last month. the un says it will buy a vessel capable of removing oil from a big tank or a bandage off the coast of yemen in 2015. there's been concern the decaying ship could cause a major oil spill. to india now, because that's where the australian prime minister anthony albanese is. he is trying to strengthen ties between the two countries

let's bring you some live pictures now from tblisi. about three o'clock in the morning, and hundreds of people are still out on the street. it's relatively peaceful scene right now, but overnight we've seen police using tear gas, water cannons, and stun grenades, pushing back people who have broken through barricades. it is seen to be georgia's biggest protest in many years, and tens of thousands have been rallying for a second night to oppose a bill that they say is modelled on a russian one used to suppress civil liberties. we'll have more in that story throughout the day here on bbc news, so do stay with us. but for now, i want to take you to another one of our top stories today, and australia. one of our top stories today, and australia. australia says it's on track to become the first country in the world to totally eliminate cervical cancer — globally this is the fourth most common cancer — and also the fourth leading cause of cancer death. the world health organization has a target to eliminate cervical cancer within the next ce

protests in the georgian capital tblisi against a controversial foreign agent law have continued latedreds of people gathered outside the parliament building where police used water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse them. the demonstrators gathered after parliament gave its first approval to a bill requiring organisations that receive funding from abroad to register as foreign agents. the bill has been criticised by the eu and the united states who say it will have an impact on freedom. to the us now, where senators from both republican and democratic parties have presented a bill that would give more power to the administration to ban chinese apps if they pose security threats, including the popular video—sharing platform tiktok. this bill comes after the us government officials were barred from installing tiktok on their devices in january. earlier, we spoke to zack cooper, who is a senior fellow with the american enterprise institute and a former pentagon and white house official. we asked him what the us hopes to achieve with this bill and why they are so worried about tiktok

steve rosenberg, bbc news, tblisi.shot dead and two other wounded in tel aviv in what israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. the police say the suspect was — in their words — neutralised at the scene. it comes hours after the us defence secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel for talks. he told israeli leaders to take steps to reduce tension in the west bank amid an escalation in violence. to india now, because that's where the australian prime minister anthony albanese is. he is trying to strengthen ties between the two countries through deeper trade, investment and defence relations. he is the first australian prime minister to visit india since 2017 and is headed for the us next, where he's expected to meet with us presidentjoe biden and uk prime minister rishi sunak about the aukus defence partnership. for more, we can speak now to stuti bhatnagar, research fellow, strategic and defence studies centre, australian national university. she joins us from sydney. it's wonderful to get you on the programme. p

more and more protesters are joining the rally outside georgia's parliament here in the capital tblisihey're holding banners that read, "we are europe". this is a controversial law which the governing party has been pushing to adopt. they are saying that they want to ensure transparency among civil society and non—governmental organisations. this law would require all non—governmental organisations and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare, to label themselves as foreign agents. the opposition and protesters here are saying that this law would bring nothing good for georgia, that it would bring the country closer to authoritarian countries such as russia and belarus. we have seen how many people are here and how they're trying to do something to save their nation as a european nation, as a free nation, and to get as far away from russian influence as possible. protesters and the country's opposition are saying that this law would stigmatise georgia's vibrant civil society and non—governmental organisations and eventually would silence the

let's go live to our correspondent in tblisi rayhan demytrie.oot out foreign agents, organisations which had significant proportion of their backing from outside georgia, why has it done a u—turn on this? outside georgia, why has it done a u-turn on this?— outside georgia, why has it done a u-turn on this? 2096, to be precise, under the proposed _ u-turn on this? 2096, to be precise, under the proposed bill, _ u-turn on this? 2096, to be precise, under the proposed bill, any- under the proposed bill, any organisation, non—governmental organisation, non—governmental organisation, receiving more than 20% of its funding from the west, from abroad, they would have to declare itself as an agent of foreign influence. why did they withdraw? because there were huge protests over the last two days. now we are getting some reaction from the civil society to this statement by the georgian dream and they are saying they do not trust the government, they have pledged to return back to the streets at 7pm local time and they want guarantees from the georgian d

tear gas was used and projectiles were thrown. 0ur correspondent in tblisi is rayhan demytrie.an government had done a u turn. non—governmental organisation, receiving more than 20% of its funding from the west, from abroad, they would have to declare itself as an agent of foreign influence. why did they withdraw? because there were huge protests over the last two days. now we are getting some reaction from the civil society to this statement by the georgian dream and they are saying they do not trust the government, they have pledged to return back to the streets at 7pm local time and they want guarantees from the georgian dream it is definitely taking this country to europe. they also want all of the protesters arrested over the past two days — and by the way, we do not have the latest numbers, 66 people were arrested on the first night and we don't know how many were arrested yesterday — so civil society are saying they want all of these people to be released, they want to understand how technically this withdrawal would work. also, they are pointing out to some points in th

story we covered last night on the programme, after two nights of violent protests in the capital, tblisiending a private dinner and was later admitted to hospital where he is receiving treatment. his senate colleagues say he is sitting up and talking and will be recovering for a few days. the 81—year—old is the senate's longest—serving republican leader and plays a key role in setting the party's strategy. scientists say they have discovered a new method of removing carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the sea. the researchers say their new approach, using off—the—shelf resins and other chemicals, captures co2 from the atmosphere up to three times more efficiently than current methods. and what is particularly good about it is that gas can be transformed into bicarbonate of soda and stored safely and cheaply in sea water. scientist don't want to talk about those sort of options because they think it will take off the need to cut emissions but i guess this is the technology that mightjust cut emissions but i guess this is the technology that might just save us. the technology tha

lots of people still on the streets in tblisi, but it does look as though there has been political movementt the furore about his comments about the government�*s policy on migrants. he did say he stood by his words and he was asked if he feared suspension. do you fear getting suspended? no. but he had a little to say about what the director general of the bbc may or may not have said to him. has the director general said anything to you? what has he said? he said, "well, we have a chat. we chat often. anything about the tweet, gary? do you regret sending the tweet at all? no. the tweets which have led to all of this began with a description of the home secretary�*s statement as "beyond awful." he then defended the statement, saying the policy was "immeasurably cruel" and added that the language used is not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s. does my friend agree that the requirement to be politically impartial must cover all those who are presenters on the bbc, including the highest paid? in the commons today the culture secretary said those comments were disappointing and inapp

more and more protesters are joining the rally outside georgia�*s parliament here in the capital tblisiave seen how many people are here and how they're trying to do something to save their nation as a european nation, as a free nation, and to get as far away from russian influence as possible. protesters and the country�*s opposition are saying that this law would stigmatise georgia�*s vibrant civil society and non—governmental organisations and eventually would silence the country�*s free media. a bbc investigation has found the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales has risen sharply. last year there were nearly 22 thousand cases of out of control dogs causing injury — that�*s an increase of about 30 percent on five years ago. the number of dogs being seized is also going up, meaning police have to spend millions of pounds on kennels and vet bills — as danny savage reports. whoa, whoa, whoa! the aftermath of a dog attack in london. police try and contain the animal with a fire extinguisher. but look at the strength in its pull. a 13—year—old child is being trea