Of this place, Istanbul Modern. Im in turkeys biggest city, istanbul. In many ways, the story of istanbul is the story of the Bosphorus Strait, the waterway that divides the city and has made it a key Meeting Place for centuries. The brand new home of Istanbul Modern acknowledges this with an impressive open plan ground floor that connects the city with the water. And ive been given special access to the museum as the team make final preparations ahead of its opening. Any new museum needs a gifted architect to create it. And in the italian renzo piano, Istanbul Modern has hired one of the best. Because pianos renowned internationally for his elegant structures, such as londons shard, and cultural buildings, from the pompidou in paris to the whitney in new york, are his speciality. Which is why im so excited that hes agreed to guide me, via a video call, around his latest creation. Hello. I would love to get a sense. How do you approach designing a building like this . The first thing i
Welcome to the programme. Here in the uk the left wing maverick, George Galloway has won the rochdale by election. Mr galloway who won by almost 6,000 votes made his support for the palestinian cause his dominant Campaign Theme in the constituency, which has a large asian muslim community. 0ur Political Correspondent peter saull reports from rochdale. I do hereby declare that George Galloway is duly elected. George galloway is nothing if not persistent. 37 years after he was first elected as a labour mp, he is on his way back to parliament determined to be a thorn in his former partys side. This is going to spark a movement, a landslide, a shifting of the Tectonic Plates in scores of parliamentary constituencies, beginning here in the north west. In the west midlands, in london, from ilford to Bethnal Green and bow, labour is on notice that they have lost the confidence of millions of their voters. Hes always divided opinion, though. George galloway you want to burn our future that pro
Over as the aid convoy moved away. In the last hour, the Un Security Council has been meeting Behind Closed Doors to discuss the situation. It comes on the day that the hamas government says more than 30,000 people have been killed in the territory since this conflict began in october. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports from Jerusalem The Hunger created by war made this tragedy. That is a fundamental fact of what happened today. The dead and wounded were starving people, simply hoping to feed their families. Translation | am| one of the wounded. I was on al rashid street. We were there all day in order to get food for our children, but we paid for that aid with our blood. Thousands had gathered in the predawn darkness. Theyd heard trucks were coming with aid. There were farmers, mechanics, our bbc cameraman, teachers, a doctor from a local hospital. An israeli drone filmed people crowding the aid trucks. It is a striking depiction of human desperation. The military said tan
For haaland as a city player. It was not only about Scoring Goals, its about holding the ball, it was about, for me, still young, developing on these kind of things, holding the ball, playing with the team and all of these kind of things, but as a striker i have to score goals. And if im not Scoring Goals, i have to help the team Scoring Goals and play attacking football, so thats what im trying to do. Martin dubravka was the hero for newcastle as he saved the decisive penalty against blackburn to seal their route to the quarterfinals. It was 1 1 after extra time at ewood park, with dubravka denying dominic hyam from the spot in the shoot out. A much needed win for the Newcastle Boss eddie howe. The situation that were in and the season that weve had, i dont think this was ever going to be an easy game, i think this is always good to be the kind of cup tie that was going to go late in the match. We need to be resilient, and defend well. We did in the main. I think martin made a couple