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for the easter holidays. now it s time for traces left behind: a migrantjourney. every year, thousands of migrants try to make their way to europe. as they leave their homelands behind them, the possessions they take with them give us a sense of who they are. remnants of a painful past or glimpses or a more hopefulfuture. some dedicated people on the italian island of lampedusa have saved some of those items. where are these people? where are they? i m here to see if i can trace just one person through one of these lost objects and shed new life on this dangerous journey taken by so many. my name is thomas naadi, and i m a bbc correspondent. i m based in ghana, my country, but myjourney starts here in lampedusa. lampedusa has long been an arrival spot for refugees seeking better opportunities in europe. i m here to meet giacomo, one of the founders museum set up for objects lost by those travelling on this route. i m hoping to use one of these objects as a lens for look ....
day three of the delays at dover, and once again it is coach passengers who are bearing the brunt of the problems. this group is trying to get to luxembourg for a short break, clear customs and then get on the ferry, so we are looking at ten hours. the problem is we have got one driver so i don t think we will get to where we are going tonight. i don t really know what we re going to do. how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday celebration how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday celebration is how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday celebration is not - how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday celebration is not often . birthday celebration is not often the best birthday celebration is not often the best of starts but what can you do? ., , . . the best of starts but what can you do? , ., ., ., ., ., do? those that have made it onto the ferries are still do? those that have made it onto the ferries are still concerned do? those that have made it onto the f ....
face estimated waits of six to eight hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the backlog, as passengers travel abroad for the easter holidays. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: how will it end? gunfire. in the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. both sides need a breakthrough. ukraine, with advanced western weaponry, could well know seize the initiative. the ukrainians will continue to fight, whatever happens. so providing they ve got the tools to do thejob, they can do it. slava ukraini! but russia is not giving up. neither side seems ready to negotiate. so could russia still defy the odds and win this war, or will ukraine prevail? in this programme, we are going to examine how either side could yet win in ukraine. more than a year after the invasion began, the fighting has reached another inflection point. ukraine has the initiative. they are expected to launch a new offensive ....
and help clear the backlog. the port said 111 coaches were waiting to cross the english channel on sunday afternoon. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for global questions: lula s new brazil. hello. i m lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city famed for its soaring sugarloaf mountain and stunning copacabana beach. but the big story in brazil now is its highly charged political transition. last year s narrow election victory of leftist president lula over his far right wing rival, jair bolsonaro, highlighted brazil s deep polarisation. gunfire. injanuary, thousands of bolsonaro supporters attacked the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions too about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president lula confronts many crises at home, including rising inequality, and he wants brazil to play a greater role on the world stage, declaring brazil is ba ....
you are watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show. this week on the travel show: we ve got the struggle of equality being queer, and the struggle of equality being indigenous people in this country. how pride reaches the world s oldest cultures. things like this make me happy because it s ensuring that things are changing. how to see the world without being able to hear it. you would see that the smell is close, but then the next smell and the mouth is different. and a teetotal tipple in the land of wine. it s good actually! i don t like it. hello there from sunny paris, where later on in the show i will be finding out whether the city of love is ready to relinquish its favourite drink, but first. we re off to sydney, which is celebrating 50 years since its first gay pride week. and five since same sex couples were given the same marriage rights as everybody else. so that s made this year s pride event all the more special, as jackie wakefield has been finding ....