for his metal clothing designs and fragrances has died at the age of 88. he made his name with space age designs in the 1960s. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. 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 treasures looted from afar on colonial expeditions. but we re here because the university has recently announced it s actually returning some of those, specifically benin bronzes, to nigeria. and it s there in what was once known as the kingdom of benin that i want to start this story. for centuries, this street igun eronwan, has been famous for one particular craft bronze casting. its name literally translates to the place where bronze works are made. just five min
corner of the studio, but a story in two parts, the weekend weather, it starts with a lot of cloud but a mild feel. it ends on sunday with something a little bit chillier but much brighter. but certainly right now we have got a lot of cloud out there, that cloud actually thickening up enough to produce drizzle, some mist and murk of a high ground, limited clear breaks. but with that cloud cover, temperatures not dropping too far, 6-9 , temperatures not dropping too far, 6 9 , so i really might start to saturday morning, but a cloudy start for most. if you look closely at the map, some breaks appearing in the cloud, there will be some spells of sunshine, but equally, for northern ireland and scotland, this band of rain pushing in from the west, eventually with something brighter following on behind. 9 12 degrees. but as the band of cloud and rain sinks further south and east during tomorrow night, the rain will weaken but we will start to introduce something colder behind this
after russia s blockade caused global shortages. the family of archie battersbee, who died yesterday after his life support was withdrawn, has called for an inquiry into the handling of his situation after enduring a lengthy legal battle to try to keep him alive. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us. welcome to bbc news. talks are taking place on a possible ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants to end the latest fighting which has killed at least 31 palestinians since friday. egypt is r
on free school meals. chance here for england. england score! and it s gold for england s women in the hockey, as they beat australia at the commonwealth games. good afternoon. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence that have been the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towards jerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have agreed. the israeli operation began on friday. since then, at least 30 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a crush of grief for islamicjihad s most powerful commander in gaza. revenge, the mourners shout, and soon it came, the armed group filing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed h
In a statement he said im working hard and focusing on building my Bowling Fitness back up to fulfil a full role as an all rounder in all formats of cricket. Opting out of the ipl and the world cup will hopefully be a sacrifice that allows me to be the all rounder i want to be for the foreseeable future. Sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. They set a notional target of 511 for the hosts, who have at least gone past their own first innings score. Four more wickets for the tourists will wrap up a 2 0 series win. Five games in the premier league later on tuesday, with three of the bottom five clubs in action. Everton are three points above the drop and they travel to newcastle looking to find some form. Theyre on a club record equalling run of 12 League Matches without a win. But sean dyche will be taking inspiration from their previous meeting at goodison, which they won 3 0. We provided a very good performance early in the season against