pope francis historic visit to south sudan has ended with an open air mass. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. 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. 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 welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, it s the beginning of term and students are coming back, and like many generations before them, they ll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasur
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
he was joined by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, they re seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that s been ravaged by tribal conflict. to the uk and believe in the north west of england say they believe that nicula bully who went missing while walking her dog operably fell into the river why in lancashire. the fortified mother of two was last seen a week ago. police divers and dogs have all been used in the search. danny savage has the details. exactly a week on from when nicole bulley vanished, her friends held a roadside appeal, hoping to catch anyone who was buzzing last friday. her pictures are everywhere, but there is no transfer anywhere. everywhere, but there is no transferanywhere. it everywhere, but there is no transfer anywhere. it has been an agonising week for her partner and their two daughters. partner and their two daughters. partner and their two dau:hters. g , partner and their two dau:hters. y , ., d