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
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
the protests since mid september. new cctv pictures of missing lancashire woman nicola bulley have been shared by one of her friends. the images show the 45 year old in the hours before she went missing whilst walking next to the river wyre, nine days ago. the united states is trying to find the wreckage of a chinese surveillance balloon, which it shot down over the atlantic on saturday. 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. at ten o clock, we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, our world jessica and austin: when murder goes viral. in june 2020, three friends found a suitcase washed up on a beach, accidentally defining the story of a murdered couple. wait, open it. laughter open it. as the videos went viral, people started speculating the clicks and sha
this week. as we re working towards the metaverse, we re at interpol to see how they re planning to keep it safe. we look at new software that s helping doctors perform delicate brain surgery. lara s throwing her weight around again. watch it! i ve got super strength. yes, that s definitely more powerful. and get ready to feel old. i never thought in my 205 i d be romanticising technology from when i was 13. over the last 20 or so years, we ve seen how difficult the internet and the web has been to police. it s bigger than any one country, and you can base your business in any one of them, depending on whose laws you want to adhere to. and it s opened up more ways for us to cause each other harm. disinformation, bullying, fraud. you name it, and you can do it online. so when it comes to the next generation of the internet, often referred to as the metaverse, we re going to have the same problems. and even though the metaverse doesn t even exist yet, there are those who are al
home due to its heritage inside. alongside its archaeological objects, it also has natural history specimens and contemporary local artworks. well, that s it for this time. but don t forget, you can watch loads more content and the longer version of this show on the bbc iplayer. but until next week from me, rajan datar, and the rest of the travel show team here in cambridge, it s goodbye. hello again. i m sure you noticed the big change in weather pattern we had over the course of the weekend. saturday the uk was underneath this area of cloud, not much sunshine around at all, whereas on sunday we had much sunnier weather, particularly across england, wales, northern ireland and at times parts of scotland as well.