To its destruction to its current status as a symbol of the Greek state joining me to look at the history and meaning of the Acropolis the emeritus professor of Greek culture from Cambridge University Paul cartledge the co-director of the Hellenic Research Center in Athens Dr Andrew Nikkei McRae s and professor of applied mathematics at Imperial College London Demetrius Puppa Ga that s all on the forum after the news this is the b.b.c. News Hello I m Jonathan Izod the Vatican spokesman has said Pope Francis has met 8 survivors of clerical and institutional abuse by the Roman Catholic Church on his 1st official visit to Ireland it comes hours after the Irish prime minister earlier Veronica called on Pope Francis to listen to victims including vulnerable women and children and to work to bring them justice from Dublin Chris Pedro ports the pope spent an hour and a half with the survivors of abuse among them was Marie Collins who was sexually abused by a priest in the 1960 s. The group a
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Therapist the world s radio station. Coming up after the news on the B.B.C. World Service it s hard to quit me Stephen Sackur women in the movie business have taken the lead in a movement for equality respect and then end to abusive male behavior in the U.S. The mantra me true has become a cultural phenomenon but how far can it reach Well my guest today is one of Pakistan s biggest movie stars my hero a calm and her deeply conservative and male dominated country is it possible to challenge the deeply unequal status quo this is not a Pakistan centric epidemic this is a quote Over problem we keep talking about change and I ve been saying this even in Hollywood they keep saying you know real change is coming about I think real conversation is what s happening right now that s my hero come on hard talk after the news. The news with Sue Montgomery 21 countries have announced to be coordinated expulsion of more than 100 Russian diplomats over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in the U.K.