of the job or the artwork. whenever tourists come to nigeria, they want to visit this place, through the buyer and the commission works. whilst the technique has remained the same, most are working off printed images with little access to their ancestors original works. we have few ones that is still left, which is in ourfamily house this year, and we still have them in catalogues. yes, there are a few, not much. we don t have much access to it because much of them is stolen. ifeel bad and i m not too happy because this is our treasure. it s what our forefathers laboured to do. it s reckoned around 10,000 pieces were looted by the british when they sacked benin in 1897, burning down the city s palace in the process. the bronzes were then sold to institutions around the world. now there s no law in the uk which forces museums or other places to return stolen artefacts, but some institutions are doing it independently, likejesus college, cambridge. they were the first institut
things like financial frauds, data theft. those kinds of things are already happening. then there are other crimes where we don t know whether it can still be called as a crime or not. for example, there have been reported cases of some harassment, sexual harassment. now, if you look at the definitions of these crimes in physical space and you try to apply it in the metaverse, there s a difficulty. so those issues are yet to be resolved. jurgen stock is interpol s secretary general. he thinks law enforcement and governments will need a proactive approach to regulating any coming metaverse. criminals are exploiting any new technology that helps them in making simply money very quickly. naturally, sometimes lawmaker, police, our societies are running a little bit behind. we see that currently in the deal with social media, for instance. it is important, of course, whatever new technology is being developed, that we consider security by design. i think this will be a game change
following a long illness in support, a history maker, he becomes the spurs all time top square as his side beats manchester city in the english premier league. welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. including some of those arrested the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, has been giving us more details. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of people who are imprisoned or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary said that a considerable number of people who were a
beijing has accused the us of an over reaction. the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you are watching bbc news. those of the main story so far tonight. i ll be back with an explosive and at nine o clock. don t worry, i know you will be watching happy valley! coming up on this week s show nigeria s looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europe s sleeper trains. we get the low down on europe s sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel are getting people back onto trains and away from short haul budget flights. and we head to south america and what s officially the most electrifying place on earth. hello and wel
union leaders in the uk urge the prime minister to intervene in the dispute about healthcare pay. the biggest week of strikes in the history of the national health service is due to start on monday. the us continues to search for the wreckage of a chinese balloon suspected of being used for spying which was brought down by an american fighterjet yesterday. hello and welcome to bbc world news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone, from the bbc s persian service, says those freed have several conditions attached to their release.