should treasures grabbed by european colonisers be returned to their countries of origin? well, my guest is the director of the humboldt forum, hartmut dorgerloh. is germany right now the leader in the restitution movement? hartmut dorgerloh, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it s a great pleasure to be in this amazing museum. i think it s fair to say this is perhaps the most ambitious cultural project launched since the unification of germany. what is the. the motivating idea behind it? yes, it s the most prominent cultural project since the reunification in germany, and it is a debate also about the new heart of the new capital of reunified germany. so it was in the beginning more a discussion about the architecture, about urban development, what to do with the site where originally, for centuries, the main residence of the hohenzollern monarchy. a prussian palace was here. yes, a prussian palace. and after the second world war, when it was torn down, heavily damaged in the war b
indonesia mourns the 125 people lost in a stampede during a football match. explosions on the frontline in eastern ukraine, as its soldiers battle for every inch of territory. we have to be careful here. we ve been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind day and night a hard battle to hold this position and stop the russians from pushing into bakhmut. and they came in all shapes, sizes and costumes more than 40,000 runners have taken part in this year s london marathon. good evening. the government should have laid the ground better before unveiling its plan for major tax cuts the prime minister admitted today, acknowleding the turmoil on the financial markets that followed the mini budget nine days ago. she did, however, defend its content, including removing the top rate of income tax for the highest earners. tonight, another prominent conservative has questioned that policy as the party gathers in birmi
gunshot. japan s former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead during a campaign rally. police say the suspect used a handmade gun. the us presidentjoe biden signs an executive order to help safeguard access to abortion following the supreme court overturning of roe v wade. , ., ., . and at wimbledon, the defending men s champion proves too much for britain s cameron norrie. novak djokovic seals his place in sunday s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest from the women s euros in england. one of the tournament favourites, spain, survive an early scare, to get off the mark. good evening. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between diffe
and sugar tax on process food sold in england. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year s event as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. good afternoon. royal officials have said that prince charles remains politically neutral , following a report that he has strongly criticised plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. an unnamed source told the times newspaper that prince charles has described the policy as appalling and said he was more than disappointed by it. the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda is due to leave on tuesday. simonjones reports. their destination, dover. more than 10,000 migrants have reached the uk in small that so far this year. boats so far this year. the government says it is determined to stop people risking their lives crossing the channel and to
but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. we ll get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weapons to be used inside russia. at a moment of high risk in the conflict, we ll discuss european defence and ukraine s use of arms beyond its borders. good evening. the labour leader keir starmer has today pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, who was also campaigning today, dismisse